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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
By Steve Jobs

How to learn a foreign language – Reading

Posted on:  April 24, 2010  |   Category: Language Learning  |   1 Comment

第四部分 阅读

有关英语阅读,我曾请教过几个教过我的外教,尽管他们每个人的专业、教学风格等都不同,但他们对于我的问题所给出的答案基本上都一致:

1. Try to read as much as you can.

2. Read passages on various topics.

3. Read a group of words at one time, don’t read word by word.

4. Do not always look up a new word in a dictionary, try to “guess” its meaning according to the context.

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How to learn a foreign language – Pronunciation

Posted on:  April 24, 2010  |   Category: Language Learning  |   1 Comment

第三部分 发音

掌握一门语言的正确发音其实是学好这门语言的重中之重,可惜这个重中之重却被无数的中国学生忽略了。除去方言对掌握良好发音的影响之外,我想造成这个局面唯一的原因就是:考试不考。当我这样说的时候,或许会有人认为,说英语要能 make myself understood 即可,发音不必太在意。我承认在能说清楚的情况下确实不必“太”在意发音,但假如现在有一篇文章,你是希望奥巴马来读给你听呢,还是希望一个操着四川口音le和ne(汉语拼音)不分、平翘舌不分的人来读呢?另外,掌握了英语的正确发音,对于听力也是很有帮助的,它可以帮你大大缩短听到单词后大脑的反应时间。下面我就来简单讲讲怎样练习发音。

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How to learn a foreign language – Listening

Posted on:  April 19, 2010  |   Category: Language Learning  |   1 Comment

第二部分 听力

在开始正题之前,先引述我们的外教所传授的终极学英语大法:

listen/speak/read/write AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!

当然,PRACTICE AMAP是学习任何知识都无法绕过的一条路径,也是一条捷径。可是,单纯的as much as possible毕竟是一句比较空洞的话,在这当中我们有没有什么“方法”可循,有没有什么误区可以避免呢?答案当然是肯定的,在这部分中,我结合自己练习听力的过程,来讲讲做DICTATION(听写)的过程中应该注意的几个小问题。

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