Followed by compulsory learning of English for nearly a decade, he has recently found himself English and even American students do not like. Watch Youtube videos will find their own do not understand a lot of content, watching movies too, but out of a subtitle, entered the "what he was saying, I do not know," the realm. Writing in English with only a few simple words. University exchanges with foreigners also put crappy "How are you, I am fine, thank you." Sometimes a good time to say a few words with state attributive clause, it is so.
So I began to wonder, in the end, where is the problem? I would like to find a cause from the English teaching himself and examination-oriented education. My point is just my personal experience combined with one of the words, for your reference, if everyone unhappy place, welcome.
About the problems before learning English
My English is completely entry in a public school, no one ever taught me what English learning method, in addition to a move by rote, kept back words and phrases sentences. Now there is also a lot of students still back the word, the word to see the book sales market will know. I do not know for whom English is not a good student by simply back word to improve their English.
English teaching is it not the intention of compulsory education to develop students' English communication skills it? But according to my personal experience, almost never met the teacher let us communicate in English in the classroom, classroom teaching mode basically speaking teacher in the above, the following students to listen, take notes, follow the teacher read a little on exchange training at all. Do not try to even high school teachers focus only on textbooks to explain the article, and then talk about grammar weekly, usually do not have oral training, examination paper are endless talk, got the time to speak in English.
Look at your middle and high school English learning experience in English speaking and writing four aspects of the existence of such problems:
- Write:
never deliberately trained his essay, write essay usually when the teacher assigned writing assignments or final exam essay. He will not think of what to write in English, I do not think the word they usually learn to use writing to. - Listen:
basically listen to the dialogue are usually listening training or examination, even if usually have the opportunity to listen to English, such as watching English movies, but also with the caption hear. Especially listening to English songs, I never just listen to the tone, do not listen to the lyrics. - Said:
hardly communicate in everyday English too, when used spoken at most, recite, read the text, which can practice speaking, but the ability to communicate in English can not exercise - Read:
basically read some volumes yard reading comprehension questions, or text on the textbook, go from not properly read an English book in line with the current level of English.
About word back
Word back I think is a stupid thing, I studied Chinese learned after our own basic words will specifically go back other words? Child learning Chinese, after learning basic vocabulary in school, will use these words to make sentences, will use these sentences into everyday conversation, saying that white is in the use of vocabulary, the vocabulary was put up. And now we learn after English, according to common sense to learn the most basic words 2000 from the school, you can go use. Use these words to make sentences, usually in English to describe things, to learn the words into his own writing as to use the word learn basic information in English or to read books, this time I do not understand the word go look up, you do not understand the sentence structure went to check grammar book, as in the writing process.
But we are far too many people, they hold a word book, where the word back. For this phenomenon, we can from another angle, if you see a foreigner holding a Chinese word book, in that back, what would you think? stand by? Or advise a go, buddy, you are so useless, you have to learn in the use of these words?
Word back this process, people just know the meaning of the word, but simply by "abandon, give up ..." This way memory is unscientific and inefficient. Some people say, the word back is relying on repetition, relying on constantly go back, how can there be so many methods, natural effort to remember. Ah, you are very smart, stupid. Do you know the smart memory trick is repeated, stupid is that you do not know the cost of time in this way to memorize words too high. Li Bai then hit the woman, you think she ended up spending much time to wear an iron bar? Is it then there is no better way yet? Would you say the woman may be poor, she did other resources for her to wear iron bar, but we do not resource it? Internet so advanced, how effective is it a memory word principle can not find it? "With time, method, Tiechu faster ground into a needle!"
So for word back, I think this should go back, do not silly Leng Leng back words and Chinese meaning of the word, but rather use words to make sentences, saying that white is going to use, with the word school.
About Why learn English
You clear why they have to learn English?
English how are you going to use?
For both questions, please clear your good answer, clearly the future, I would like to share a word:
How to use in the future, now how to learn
For me, I intend to learn English because they wanted to study abroad, so I need to have good English listening and speaking ability to read and write, writing, oral expression, listening and reading skills.
My response is this learning directly in the use.
For individuals thinking of learning English
On reflection, I now propose their own learning English Version 1.0 - “用中学”English Learning:
Features of this method might be: in the use of learning, may be more learning progress will be slower, may also be more difficult, the beginning will make you scratching your head, but stick with it will make you feel grateful
Users of this method requires the following basis:
- Have basic knowledge of grammar
- Have a basic vocabulary
The main approach is:
- It is necessary to remember the words, but also with words and sentences (write)
- Usually develop the habit of writing thoughts and essays in English (written)
- Listen to no English subtitles video, and try to understand (listen)
- Read English books, and outside the profession, will be covered (read) within the professional
- Practice basic English conversation, look for opportunities to communicate with foreign friends, or on the Internet to communicate with foreigners to observe the process and learn from (say)
- In the above five ways, the collection of English words and other knowledge we need to remember and timely review
About communicate in English with attitudes
You play shooting games in Internet cafes, he himself played very dish, next to a stranger in the crowd, you will not feel comfortable with it? You might answer that would be ah!
But I want to tell you, generally will not, because your attention, how can focus attention on other people behind the game?
So learning English, too, in dealing with people in English, I feel English is not good enough, so have a variety of emotional escape, not to do so. In fact, you really should do is find a way if the other side can understand the meaning you want to express, to focus on the other person. And we talk in front of you will escape the emotions generated scenarios, in fact, because you put the attention on himself. When you turn our attention to the other side and when this conversation, kind of awkward emotions naturally followed and scattered, like the previous example cited to play the game.
