A huge number of students choose to study English independently on a self-study basis rather than attend a formal course. However, without the assistance of a teacher, students often find it difficult to manage their studies.

Especially in recent years, the development of technology relating to the internet, social media has led us to learn English easily because high-tech has a lot of content useful for self-learning at home. However, it is believed that students find many obstacles without the teacher’s guidance. Personally, I partly agree that students will face a lot of obstacles when learning English on their own. First of all, English learners may lack basic grammatical knowledge to manage the study. Students find it hard to absorb new vocabulary and grammatical rules without teachers’ instructions. Moreover, they can have a shortage of experience and get confused, so they can not know where to start and how to set a goal for their study, which may result in a waste of time. Additionally, students can easily make mistakes related to the lexicon and syntax, so they cannot make corrections and cannot learn lessons from their misunderstanding. Especially, students may not set and follow a strict regime in their self-study. Additionally, learners can not maintain determination and discipline without teachers’ supervision. Furthermore, they can easily get distracted and have no interaction in classrooms, and lose interest in practicing language skills because of external factors including the environment and technological devices, as a result, they will get lower results and be confused in their life. On the other hand, in the case of advanced learners, self-study can be considered as a good choice because that can prove many excellent linguistic skills. Such students easily get an established background in language skills and learning methods that can manage their studies effectively. They can find a lot of knowledge in the library or can search on the Internet and become active in sharpening their ability in English learning. To illustrate, Youtube, an informative online library, provides users with many study documents including English teaching videos, podcasts, music, and other types all over the world. In conclusion, self-study could be a good choice for some people who want to learn independently. But, teachers should be involved and offer students a structure to their studies, that will mean they spend their time efficiently when they study on their own.