English Learning

        English is becoming a world language and it’s a useful tool for people to communicate with each other. Also, in our bridging course, we are mostly learning English. So how to learn it well? Ok, there are some tips.

       First, vocabulary is the basic. We may meet too many new words in our supplementary materials or other guidance books, which may get us depressed. What I want to say is that don’t worry and just write down them in your notebook which you can review during your bus journey. It’s a good way to make full use of your time. Second, put what you have learned into use, just as the old saying “Practice makes perfect”. For example, you may use words that you learned yesterday in your today’s paragraph writing. What’s more, just open your mouth and speak a lot, not only in classes but also in daily life. Maybe you can plan your schedule and decide when you must speak English instead of Chinese. Last but not least, read a lot of English books. As for me, I like to take a book with me to a quiet place during the lunch time and read quietly. Just skip the difficult part. In this way, we may benefit a lot.

        We may have different strategies, but we all share the same purpose---learning English well.

My learning strategies

My learning strategies

  Frankly, I'm a lazy person. So having a plan before doing things is difficult to me. It's the same with my studies. At most of the time I may not have a strategy or a specific method in my studies. But of course, I have my own way to study. It might not be suitable for you, but to some degree, it's my strategies.

  I think the most important strategy for me is paying all attention to my class. Because I believe that only in class can we learn knowledge and methods efficiently and absorb them sufficiently. By doing this, we needn’t spend too much time to review. So it can save a lot of time for us to do other activities, such as playing sports or watching movies and so on. This is the reason that it takes precedence over all strategies.

  What’s more, I will never leave any questions of academy. I will solve it as soon as possible, because you may have forgotten your questions and your mistakes after a few days. Then your problems will remain as they were. So it’s necessary to find the answer as quickly as you can.

  These are two of the most important strategies I have in my studies and I hope they can help you in some degree.

Learning Strategies

It is not a easy thing to learn a foreign language and we need to put a lot of efforts into it. However, it is far from enough. Proper learning strategies will help you learn more efficiently. For me, speaking and reciting are more useful.
Speaking may be one of the most widely accepted ways to learn English. When we speak aloud, we can hear our pronunciation clearly and change our mistakes straight away.What’s more, speaking requires us to form several complete sentences during a very short time, which forces us to think in English rather than just translate sentences. I highly recommend we start the day with a beautiful article and read it aloud on a balcony or other nice place. Choose some articles that can inspire us. Not only can we improve our English, but we can also put us into good mood, ready to enjoy the whole day.
Reciting also contributes to my English learning, but, someone may feel it is too  boring to do a thing like that. In my opinion, however, reciting enlarges my vocabulary and improves my ability to express myself. When I read, I tend to copy my favorite parts and try to recite them. Such parts can be a description of a nice place, an accurate description of one’s mind, etc.
That is all for my suggestions; I hope everyone can enjoy themselves when learning English.

Skipping Chinese When Using English

  Normally, we use Chinese to learn English. We learn a new English word by memorizing its Chinese meaning. As a result, when we understand or express something in English, our brain has to do translation from Chinese to English, which makes us difficult to use English as smoothly as the native speakers. Hence, if we are able to skip Chinese when using English, we can probably make a huge process in English learning.
     To use English without the participation of Chinese, we need to avoid giving an English word a Chinese meaning. We had better use junior English words to define senior ones. For some English words with meanings of specific stuff in real life, we can even memorize them by forming pictures in our mind. In sum, no matter what methods do we adopt, the key point is to skip Chinese!
   Besides, we are supposed to speak English as much as possible after class. As we usually speak chinese in daily life, the connection between the general stuff and its chinese name is confirm. Consequently, when we try to mention something which occurs in daily life, the Chinese name of it will come out instantly and interrupt us from seeking its English name. To avoid this condition, the only way we can adopt is to speak English instead of Chinese in daily life.
   Furthermore, reading an English novel is a good way for us skip Chinese. When getting absorbed in an English novel, we enter an English environment so that we will unconsciously skip Chinese and understand the plots directly in English. After spending lots of time reading it,  we are able to come up with English words instantly instead of Chinese words when we are writing.
   All in all, try to use English without the translation from Chinese and we will eventually become near native speakers. 

English Learning Strategies

English, as our second language, is not easy to learn. If we want to lean it efficiently, we need to adopt some strategies.
First, activate your ears. Listening is very important in learning a foreign language. I think watching movies and TV shows is a very useful method. Sometimes listening to a radio like BBC can be a little boring. While watching movies and TV shows can not only attract our attention but also teach us some common uses of daily English. However, we should pay attention to the choice of movies. Not all the movies are suitable. Because the lines in some movies are so casual that they don’t follow the rules of grammar. We’d better select the classic movies. Besides, don’t just choose the American movies or TV drama. We should watch them form different English speaking countries so that we can enrich ourselves with more vocabularies and phrases. The more we practice listening, the more clearly we’ll listen to the native speakers.
Second, open your mouth. Some people are afraid to speak a foreign language in front of a lot of people just like me. But I think practice makes perfect. Speaking more with others can increase your confidence. Although sometimes we can not express ourselves by using the exact words, sometimes we just can’t think of the words we’ve already known, but the situation will get better if we keep on talking with others in English.
In addition, never stop reading. Reading English books or newspaper can be a good way of learning lots of new words. It can also deliver to you fresh information and different views. Absorb them and then you’ll have something helpful in your mind.
Last but not least, make every effort , stick to your strategies and never give up!

Learning strategies

I think it is a big topic to talk about learning strategies, because there are many things we can learn, such as languages, skills and knowledge. So what I will mention here is only learning strategies on English.

As for English, I have learnt for about 11 years, so I have some experience no matter how my English level is.

I don’t think people can remember English words by repeating it again and again. I have no idea whether there is a best way to recite English words or not, but I can learn the words by heart by reading the textbooks when I was a junior student. As time went by, I was admitted by senior high school, and my English told us her method about enriching vocabulary, which is reviewing the words in a certain time. She said, “I must memorise lots of words when I was in university, so I looked at every words intently. And I read them every day before I went to bed, then I had impression of them, so I knew its meaning when I saw one of my memorised words. Besides, I reviewed the words in a certain time, maybe once a month or longer. I didn’t try to recite them as soon as possible, because I would forget them if I didn’t use them for a long time. So using the words is important as well.” I agree with my teacher very much.

How about grammar? Watching grammar books or doing lots of exercises? No! It’s boring. I haven’t recited the grammar what eacher asked to, but I obeyed teacher’s words to recite texts in the morning reading. Now that you must read something, why not reciting the texts? And I got high marks in exams because I had intuition to judge. Of course that was I have done during the junior school days, there wasn’t much time for us to do that and the passages were too long when we were in higher grades. So maybe you can suggest your younger sisters and brothers to learn grammar like this.

When your English basic is steady, you should improve it and learn more about proverbs, culture for further communication. A friend of mine once said to me, “Recently I was reading the Bible in English, on which I usually conversed with foreigners. As you know, I have seen more than 100 Hollywood films, so there is no difficult to me. I like the feeling when I talking with people who I want to on my interested topic.” So I think it is a wonderful idea to watch movies for improving English skills.

These are my experience about English learning strategies, you can adapt what you consider is useful and learn from them. I will be thankful if you can share your strategies with me.

Communicate in English

  There are so many learning strategies of English. But what is the best one? There may be no best strategies. So you must find the most suitable one for yourself. And it is of great use for me to communicate with local people in English.

  Many people find it difficult to learn English very fast. It is normal because English is not your mother tongue. Suppose that you were born in an English-speaking country, of course you can pick up English very easily. Everyone around you is speaking English, so you have to practice. Just like that you are a Chinese, you can master Chinese at a young age. That is to say, communication is a good learning strategy.

  By communicating with people who speak English, you can improve your English level virtually. And being a near-native speaker is not only a dream any more. Good spoken English enables you to adapt to a new environment rapidly. However, we may be afraid of talking with local friends in English. To tell you the truth, I fell really embarrassed when making any mistake. Under this circumstance, I would keep silent rather than speak. As a saying goes, ‘all enemies are tiger made of paper’, believe yourself, you can do anything. Moreover, set a goal for yourself like how long you will chat with the local. For example, speak English during lunchtime and try your best to finish it. As time flies, you are able to find your process.

  Just remember to integrating communication and learning, speak English more,in this way can you master English better.  

Learning Strategies

        The two most important learning tips
        When it comes to how to learn as learners ,everyone has something to say ,which is one of the characteristics of "individual" .As far as I am concerned ,there is still some common practice suitable for the majority .
        Was there a stage when you were tired of studying and whatever you did seemed meaningless ?Well ,I want to say that it is common during our school life .Maybe it is just because of over working on our study or a lack of sleep .In this case ,the best approach is not to try again and again to figure out a functional way ,but just to set aside some time for a rest .It can be a month or longer ,depending on different people .
        What's more ,during our study ,the most important thing is that we should make it clear what we  are supposed to get or to achieve after our years of efforts .A clear ambition is not only a goal about the future ,but also a kind of motivation which can show us a brighter outlook compared with the hard study day after day ,and we can call it anchorage to some extent .
        Personally ,I think if one can keep the two tips in mind ,he or she has already equipped with the basic skills to study well .Because the student knows he or she should not push himself or herself to hard and shift as he or she can to pursue the goal .

Learning Strategy

      Learning English through Reading

Everyone starts to learn their mother tongue by listening.A little baby ,which doesn't know any words ,speaks out his first word ----"mom" simply by listening and imitating what he heard from his mother.However,when it comes to learning a foreign language,since the language is not what we usually heard ,our ways of studying have to be changed. 

In that case reading can play a very important role in our English studying. Because when we are reading a newspaper or a novel,we see a lots of new words and .So our vocabulary is enlarged .those paragraphs also give us certain situations for each new word.Therefore the memorizing will be much easier. At the same time,those phrasal verbs and collocations may contribute a lot to our grammar.

Besides vocabulary and grammar,there are another two benefits of English reading.one of them is gaining knowledge. It is obvious that we can get some information from any forms of reading.the other is learning how to think in a western way. Chinese way of writing tends to use more content to describe the circumstance and feelings (this is what we call "qi xing").But the western way is more direct.So in order to write in proper English,we should think in a western way first.Reading can help us to achieve that.

Don't hesitate.Start reading NOW!!

English Learning Strategies

To learning a language, everyone may has his own strategies that may be suitable for himself. Because every person is an individual with his own personality. So, I want to talk about my own English learning strategies.

First, reading. Starting learning from reading is a good way. Not only can I check my vocabulary and comprehension ,but also I can improve my reading speed and skill. Second,  listening and watching. That means listening to English music and watching English movies. When I am watching a English movies, I can always find some interesting sayings which are common in American or British social lives but are seldom used during English class. Third, speaking. As we are in Singapore where there being a pretty good environment of English speaking, we have lots of chance, such as shopping, taking a bus, visiting a park, asking directions,etc. Just speak out and try my best to make others understood. The forth one, writing. Don't lose any chance to write English essays especially when there are others can make comments on that essay.

Above all, learning English or some other languages will not be difficult if one can find the suitable way and never give up.

Interest--the heart of learning

Today, I was asked whether I enjoy studying. I think despite the fact that it's boring to study, we have to study every day. Only then can we get good grades and have a better future. However, We just force ourselves to study but haven't realized the pleasure of study and don't enjoy it from the heart. Just as taking medicine, there is no doubt that all of us don't like taking medicine, but when we are sick we have to take it whether we like it or not. But my partner Ruizhi told me that his did enjoy studying. He loves whatever he does from the heart and from the beginning. What he said shocked me and let me think about the interest of learning as well as everything.

As an old motto told us, interest is the best teacher. How can we achieve something without interest? Yes, things do have their boring parts, but we can ignore the bad parts and concentrate more on the positive parts. The same example, we hate medicine, but we can concentrate more on its instructions and how it functions. Then, we may not regard it as a suffering to take medicine because we can have interest in investigating it.

Now that we have to do something, why not leave out the bad feelings and begin to enjoy it?

Learning strategies

Everyone has his own learning strategies which are more suitable and helpful. As for me, I usually use two different learning strategies: preview and review.

Preview plays an important part in our confidence-building.For example, I will preview the lesson when it is difficult for me to understand or has many new words. Once I have previewed, I will have a roughly understanding about the lesson. Therefore the fear will disappear and confidence will come.

In my opinion, I think review is indispensable. By reviewing, I will understand what I have learnt better and deepen my memories about the lesson. Besides, I usually review the lesson many times. Review is really helpful especially when what I should memorize is boring. As for me, when I was reviewing the lesson, I often came up with many new ideas which are helpful for my learning. As a result, if I have reviewed enough times, the lesson will be easier and easier to understand.

Everybody knows these two learning strategies. But it is easy said than done. I strongly recommend you to master these two methods. It will make your study easier and happier than before.

When forgetfulness comes

As William Shakespeare mentioned "There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand readers' eyes", it is not a pity for me to see that everyone has its own learning strategy unlike of which behaviorists may be fond. For me, the most efficient way to learn a new language is to use it.

There are plenty of English learners who complain about the following situation. Sometimes they felt the words look familiar, but they could't remember the meaning of it. If you do have the same experience, that is because you are still not acquainted with this word. It can be your reading barrier if you fail to think up the meaning of the word at the first time.

So what to do with this situation? The answer seems simple but effective - practice makes perfect. If one word frequently appears, it is hard to erase the memory of it. Language learning is a long journey of forgetfulness and strengthening. That means it is almost impossible for anyone to remember all the words they have met. It doesn't matter if you forget a new word or phrase right away. But how about twice or three times? It will finally be branded into your brain just as the soldering iron does to the metal plate.

Nowadays, thousands of resources on the Internet offer us a brand new way to learn English. There are NPR, BBC, CNN for high-level learners, and VOA Special English for medium level learners. Besides these, American series also seems to be a good choice. Whatever it is, just pick up one and go into it. There is no doubt that you will finally benefit from it.

This is just my way of learning - using the words whenever it is. It may not be suitable for everyone, but there is one thing should be regard as Learning Bible "Stay hungry, stay foolish".

Learning English in English programs

We all Chinese students find it difficult for us to learn English in China not in terms of reading but the ability to apply it into our daily lives.So I think English programs can help a lot in this field.

  Your everyday English will be improved a lot by watching TV shows.Because TV shows always include the records of the common life ,no wonder that it employs a large number of oral words and sentence styles.When you are watching the TV shows,you can know how native people express themselves in a certain situation,and remember the way people express themselves.So maybe after a period of time you will find yourself can speak idiomatic English.

  You can obtain much knowledge about the culture behind English. Every language is based on a certain culture,and only when you understand the culture behind can you develop your ability in this kind of language.In English programs,there are considerable references to the culture.This will help to expand your horizons of the English culture and give you an insight of the story behind English so that you can have a better grasp of English.

  When you are watching or listening to the English programs you create an English environment for yourself where you are exposed to English as much as you are abroad.It is just this kind of contact that can help you a lot in your learning process.Just go for it,and gradually you will find yourself fall in love with these programs.

The most effective way to learn English

There are many ways to learn English ,I think the most effective way is to use .

Using English can help you learn vocabularies .When I was in China ,I didn't have many chances to use English .The only way to recite words for me was to repeat the new words many times .But it didn't work well .When I come to Singapore ,I can use my new words to express myself and read newspapers to use the words ,by which way the words will give me a deep impression .

Using English can help you pronounce well .If you read essays ,you will take almost all the notice on the meaning and leave less on pronunciation .But when you use English to express youself ,you will sometimes find that others don't understand you clearly .That is because there are some words that you pronounce wrong .It works well to improve English speaking .

Using English can help you understand native English speakers better .Because of the different grammars of different languages ,the thinking ways are different .And it is always the main problem that people from different places find it hard to understand others' English .Thinking way is one part of culture .Listen to them and use English as they do ,which is a effective way to be near native speaker .

In a word ,using English is the best way to learn English .Just take chance to speak English and it must wor well .

Learning strategies

There are different kinds of strategies in different periods of one's studying time.

For me, when I was a senior high school students,I listened to the teachers carefully

and kept notes on my class. I reviewed my recently-received knowledge after

class and try my best to finish my homework (Although I hardly ever finished my

homework thoroughly).

These strategies are enough for my high school study. But not for now.

There are English, and more English every day, boring and tiring as the routine is

all the same day after day. So what I need is not only a strategy for study, but also

a strategy for living. It's important to get rid of the negative attitude to studying and

daily life.

All studying methods resemble one another (for example,to keep a vocabulary

notebook, review schoolwork every day, to talk more and listen more, to have a

plan and put it into effect,etc), while entertaining methods have their own ways.

I think reading English books and watching sitcoms are both good ways both to

relax and study. We read not just for developing our reading skills,but also for fun.

And so do the intention of watching English TV shows. To some degree, playing

games of english versions on computer and browsing English websites are also

good ways to learning English while playing.

Learning English from TV shows

Today, we had a learning strategies class. Everyone has his own ways to develop his English skills. As far as I’m concerned, the best way to learn English breezily is watching English TV shows and taking notes when you meet some new words or new usage of old words. Not only can we enjoy the exciting plot ，but also we are able to know how to use English correctly in various situations.

However, the disadvantage is that sometimes we will be devoted in the story and put the note away. For dealing with this problem, I recommend watching the short TV shows, like Friends, a situation comedy, which is about 20 minutes one episode. It is about 6 persons’ life in New York, so it includes much communication in our daily life. Through this shows, we can learn a lot of useful words and when to use them. Besides, it won’t be boring, even you watch it again and again. So you can enjoy the plot at the first time, take your notes at the second time, and practice your listening and speaking without the lines at your third time.

Of course, it is not suitable for everyone. I hope you can find the most appropriate strategy for yourself.

Studying more efficiently

During my 15 years of studying, I have found that there are some very useful methods to study more efficiently, and I am very delighted to share them with all of you.
Frankly speaking, in my childhood, to some degree, I did not like to study so I could not fully engaged myself in the tasks. As I grew old, I noticed that it was the distractions around me that draw my attention away from my work. First of all, I strongly maintain that it is of great importance to choose a quiet and comfortable place to study, like the library or the self-learning classrooms, where you can totally immerse yourself into a fabulous atmosphere studying and be far away from distractions. Secondly, at the same time,confronted a great deal of work to do, we ought to make a list to help us know what you should do and then arrange our time and prioritize the things in a practical schedule, through which we can better organize our time more efficiently. Finally, the rest and recreation are extremely vital too, through which can recharge our batteries and help us keep our positive attitudes.
Through these learning strategies, I believe that we group 4 students can smoothly fulfill our bridging course, improve our English skills, and ultimately become good friends with each other happily.

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