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英语演讲:一个获奖者的英语学习之路
ThreemirrorsreflectthewayIlearnenglish
AfterIcamebackfromthe
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21stcentury-ericssoncup
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7thnationalenglishspeakingcompetitionwiththeawardofthe
“mostpromisingspeaker”,peoplekeptaskingmethesamequestionoverandoveragain.“howdidyoulearnenglish,especiallyasanon-englishmajor?”ActuallyIbelievethatahundredpeoplewouldhaveahundredofwaystolearnenglishwell.however,Iwouldliketosharemypersonalexperienceofenglishlearningwiththosewhohavetheenthusiasmforimprovetheirenglish.sinceIhavesetupthreemirrorsinmypreparedspeechinhopingthattheywouldguideouryounggenerationonthewaytoglobalization,IwouldliketomaintainthreemirrorsheretoreflecthowIlearnedenglish.
Thefirstmirror,Iassume,shouldreflectasteadyfoundation.Thisinvolvesmyfirstfewyearsofenglishlearning,whichIconsiderasthekeyfactorofallmyachievementsintheyearstofollow.AtthattimeIenteredthemiddleschoolattachedtoxi’
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anJiaotonuniversity,IcouldonlysaymyAbcswhileothersinmyclasscouldatleastcommunicateinsimpleenglish.Allthetalesaboutthefrightfulnessoflearningenglishthenpoppedupinmymindandmademefeelscared.Fortunatelymyfirstenglishteacherwasveryexperiencedinenlighteningherstudentsonenglishlearning.shewasakindwomanwithacharmingsmile.butherhomeworkassignmentswerenoteasytask:Theyrequiredustoreadafterthetapefor20timesandrecitethewholetext.soitwasquitenaturalthatmostofmyclassmatesonlyrecitedtheshortessaywithinashorttimeandthenwenttoplay.butmyfearofnotbeingabletosayasingleword,mademesitdownandimmersemyselfinwhattheteacherhadaskedmetodo.
beforeeveryenglishclasswewouldhaveanondutyreporttoletthestudentssaysomethingaccordingtowhattheyhadlearned.myfirstpresentationinclasswastoreciteadialogue.buttomygreatsurprise,myteacherpraisedmeformypronunciation.ItitteredbecauseIhadimitatedthereadersinthetapeforatleast20timesuntilfinallyIcouldn
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tfindanydifferencesbetweenourpronunciations.AndIdidnotrealizethatthislittleprizegivenbymyteacherbegantoinfluencemyenglishlearningmagically.
Ibelievethefirstthreeyearsofenglishlearningguaranteedthepossibilityofmyf
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urtherachievementsbecausebymeansofimitationIbuiltafoundationofgoodpronunciationandbymeansofrecitingIrestoredthebasicelementofenglishlanguage.onthewhole,Iwouldliketoshowmysincerethankstomyfirstenglishteachers.YuZhiling,whoisnowstillcaringformygrowth.
ThesecondmirrorIwouldliketomentionherereflectsaneffectivewayofenglishlearning.Istillsticktomypointofviewthatdifferentpeoplehavedifferenttechniquestolearnenglishwell.buttherearesomemethodsthatseemtobeobviouslyineffective.
Let
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sfirsthavealookatthefourimportantskillsforstudentstomaster:reading,writing,listeningandspeaking.Ihaveplacedtheminorderofdifficulty.
Readingistheeasiestskill.Itisalsothemostwidelyfoundenglishlanguageskillamongstchinesestudent,writingisamoreactiveskillthanreading.howeveritisstillalittleeasierthanspeaking,asthereisplentyoftimetochoosetherightwordslookinthedictionaryforhelp,andmakecorrections.Listeningisthethirdmostimportantlanguageskilltolearn.Itisfarmoredifficulttolistenandunderstandspokenenglishthantoreadenglishinabookorinaletter.speakingenglishmaybethemo
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stdifficultofthefourlanguageskills.Itisanactiveskill,andrequiresthestudenttoputwordstogetherintosentenceswithoutmuchtimetoprepare,andwithnotimeforcorrection,yetitisthemostexcitingskilltohave,asitopensupwonderfulchannelsofcommunicationwithpeopleofothersculturesandcountries.butthisisjustwhatwelack.
moreoftenthannotIfoundsomeofthestudentswhogethighmarksintheirexamsshowedaninabilitytocommunicatewithpeopleinenglish.Andthisenabledmetounderstanddeeperwhatmyfirstenglishteacherhasalwaysemphasized:listeningandspeakingkeepingahead;readingandwritingfollowingup.Ibelievethisistheruleoflearningalanguagebecausewelearnacertainlanguagetocommunicate.Asweconqueredthemostdifficultparts:listeningandspeaking,wewouldeasilymasterthewritingandreadingskills.
Thenhowcanwemakeit?Ihaveseenlotsofdiligentstudentsintheearlymorningreadingaloudtheirenglishtextswithoutpayinganyattentiontotheirnearlyunacceptablepronunciation.Ifeelsorryforthosestudentsbecausetheirhardworkdeservesamuchbetterenglishleveliftheyimprovetheirmethodoflearning.
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IfoundthatmywayoflearningenglishthatIformedfrommiddleschoolstillworkstoday.bylisteningtotapesandimitatingthespeakersonecanimprovehispronunciationwithinashorttime.byrecitingclassicessaysonecanenrichtheirlanguageaswellasenlargetheirvocabulary.Asanon-englishmajor,Iliketosetasideacertainperiodoftimeforenglishlearningeveryday,usuallyanhouroratleasthalfanhour.IutilizethisprecioustimebylisteningtotapesandimitatingtheircontentandthenrecitingtheshortpassagesIlike.Tobefrank,
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crazyenglish
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hasalwaysbeenmyfavorite.Thisisdefinitelynotintendedtoflatter.Insteadofdividingmyattentionbetweentoomanymaterials,I
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dratherconcentrateononeparticularresourceatatimesuchasce,notonlybecauseofitsabundantcontentandnativeenglish,butalsobecauseofthebenefitsithasbroughttomethroughintensivereading,listeningandreciting,Ibelievethatstudyingenglishbyusingtheseintensivemethodswillhelpyoutogettwicetheresultwithhalftheeffort.
Lastbutnotleast,thethirdmirrorreflectstheinterestinenglishlearning.confuciusoncesaid,
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Knowingitisnotasdelightinginit.
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nowhereisthismoretruethanonthematterofenglishlearning.myexperienceinenglishlearninginitiatedquitepassively,butbeforelongmyinterestinitbegantoinspiremetocontinuetheprocess.Totestifymyenglishskillsandtostirupevengreaterenthusiasm,Iusedtoparticipateinvariouskindsofcompetitions.whenI
英语演讲-一个获奖者的英语学习之路
