聽。說。讀。寫。
寫在前面：發現兩萬年前寫的文章。有點青澀的fu.
現在覺得，應該直接給資源就好了，講那麼多幹嘛。
聽力跟口說：來VoiceTube這邊就可以練到閱讀：天天讀，找讀的下去的小說跟雜誌！即便是沒什麼文學價值的羅曼史「格雷的五十道陰影」都可以讓你學到非常多令人害羞的單字、文法、片語！然後閱讀能力就提昇。天荒地老了！影片超多超實用的！
背單字：手機下載biscuit這個軟體，啥米鬼單字都可以在短時間內背起來。我在高應大的學生運用這個軟體，在兩個月內背了300多個單字，而且他說「很奇怪，怎麼單字都記得這麼清楚。」單蘭，這個軟體使用是有訣竅的，要搭配文章閱讀，而且還有一些神秘的撇步，想知道嗎？絲咪我。
寫作：除了找歪國人交換日記之外，你可以上twitter去看看人家寫些什麼，然後依樣畫虎爛葫蘆，創作第一步是抄，抄了之後就會寫了。然後呢，keep a diary，多多進行輸出。
若是你需要個人的語言教練，可以絲咪我。
＝＝以下是很青澀的兩萬年前的文章＝＝
Concerning teaching English, I believe many have lots to say. And I believe many others do much better than I do.
Still, I'd like to share some of my opinions about learning(or teaching)English. I hope that this can be helpful tothose students I'm meeting in 高科大、高應大、寰宇外語。
Some of these students are dying to learn English, but do not know how. Also, if you guys have better ideas, please don't hesitate to post them here, and write me comments.
％聽％
There are numerous magazines you can find in bookstore all around, such as "LiveABC" "Let's Talk in English." They are all good material for sharping your listening ability.
My personal favorite is audiobooks. But, bear one thing in mind. Don't read the text when you're practicing listening. Or you're not practicing listening--you're simply reading.
Do it on a daily basis, you'll see improvements if you really do so.
％說％
Many students complained about not having a good environment for speaking English in Taiwan.
Well, this I cannot disagree.
People here just don't speak English in their daily lives, which makes it uncomfortable for you if you do so.
(I'm not discouraging you to speak, I'm simply stating the fact.) Hard as it may be, there are some ways you can use as a substitute.
1. Keep a diary.
By keeping a diary in English, you can learn to put your ideas down on paper, which in turn trains you to express your ideas.
As you practice, you'll be able to express yourself quicker and more clearly.
2. Well, if you really can't find any human beings to speak English to,
TALK TO YOURSELF!! (Not dogs or cats)
I'm serious ne...I read about this in a magazine some time ago. First, you can try to comment on whatever's happening around you. For instance, you're in your classroom. You heard your classmates quarreling. You can react, saying
"Oh, these people are shameless. Why would they do this in public?"
"Could you please stop? You're hurting my ears."
"I'll just wait and see what's going on here."
"Ha...stupid women, stupid conversation"
Well, the list can go on and on if you want to. But that's not the point. The point is, you can really learn to express yourself well, if you do this practice often.
One thing very important is that, you need to look up words or sentences you wanted to say, but didn't know how to at the moment whenever you have chance to.
This way, you'll know how to say it, or say it in a more idiomatic way in similar situations next time.
3. Shadowing.(One of the rigorous training in simultaneous interpreting)
The intention is not to train you as interpreters, rather, to use this as a way to improve speaking.
Shadowing means 跟述 in Chinese, which means repeating what you've heard.
For instance, in ABC magazine, you heard John say "Hey Diana, care for some coffee?"
Then you repeat quickly"Hey Diana, care for some coffee?" This is not easy in the beginning, because you need to pay attention to listening and speaking at the same time. But as you keep on practicing, you'll get the knack to doing it better.
％讀％
About reading, I'd only say one thing--
READ MASSIVELY AND EXTENSIVELY.
Also there are something you need to bear in mind.
Don't look up words, if not necessary, that is, if you can still guess the meaning of the words, by reading them in the context. Get the main idea, and read on.
％寫％
Frankly, I cannot even write well in my mother tongue. So it might not be very suitable for me to provide you with suggestions. Anyway, I can still talk about some techniques I found useful. Except keeping a diary, which I mentioned earlier, you can also try writing a summary when you finish reading an article.
For example, you read about film critics or introductions of "SHREK". After reading, try jotting down some ideas of your own, be it a paragraph, or only a sentence. Like this,
"Shrek is a big ugly ogre, which means monster. He has a ugly face but a tender heart. He ran up into a Donkey one day. And began their adventures. Shrek had to save Princess Fiona from a fire-breathing dragon. He was so skillful and brave. I like the movie pretty much, because the dialogues are humorous and they made me laugh hard."
It will help. It's a good way for you to use words you've just learned from the article. These methods won't work if you don't put efforts into it. As you all know "To know is one thing, to do it definitely another"
最後，來個證嚴法師的勵志小語～
"願有多大，力就有多大；找對了路，就不怕遙遠"
共勉之
現在覺得，應該直接給資源就好了，講那麼多幹嘛。
聽力跟口說：來VoiceTube這邊就可以練到閱讀：天天讀，找讀的下去的小說跟雜誌！即便是沒什麼文學價值的羅曼史「格雷的五十道陰影」都可以讓你學到非常多
背單字：手機下載biscuit這個軟體，啥米鬼單字都可以在短時間內背起來。我在高應大的學生運用這個軟體，在兩個月內背了300多個單字，而且他說「很奇怪，怎麼單字都記得這麼清楚。」單蘭，這個軟體使用是有訣竅的，要搭配文章閱讀，而且還有一些神秘的撇步，想知道嗎？絲咪我。
寫作：除了找歪國人交換日記之外，你可以上twitter去看看人家寫些什麼，然後依樣畫
若是你需要個人的語言教練，可以絲咪我。
＝＝以下是很青澀的兩萬年前的文章＝＝
Concerning teaching English, I believe many have lots to say. And I believe many others do much better than I do.
Still, I'd like to share some of my opinions about learning(or teaching)English. I hope that this can be helpful tothose students I'm meeting in 高科大、高應大、寰宇外語。
Some of these students are dying to learn English, but do not know how. Also, if you guys have better ideas, please don't hesitate to post them here, and write me comments.
％聽％
There are numerous magazines you can find in bookstore all around, such as "LiveABC" "Let's Talk in English." They are all good material for sharping your listening ability.
My personal favorite is audiobooks. But, bear one thing in mind. Don't read the text when you're practicing listening. Or you're not practicing listening--you're simply reading.
Do it on a daily basis, you'll see improvements if you really do so.
％說％
Many students complained about not having a good environment for speaking English in Taiwan.
Well, this I cannot disagree.
People here just don't speak English in their daily lives, which makes it uncomfortable for you if you do so.
(I'm not discouraging you to speak, I'm simply stating the fact.) Hard as it may be, there are some ways you can use as a substitute.
1. Keep a diary.
By keeping a diary in English, you can learn to put your ideas down on paper, which in turn trains you to express your ideas.
As you practice, you'll be able to express yourself quicker and more clearly.
2. Well, if you really can't find any human beings to speak English to,
TALK TO YOURSELF!! (Not dogs or cats)
I'm serious ne...I read about this in a magazine some time ago. First, you can try to comment on whatever's happening around you. For instance, you're in your classroom. You heard your classmates quarreling. You can react, saying
"Oh, these people are shameless. Why would they do this in public?"
"Could you please stop? You're hurting my ears."
"I'll just wait and see what's going on here."
"Ha...stupid women, stupid conversation"
Well, the list can go on and on if you want to. But that's not the point. The point is, you can really learn to express yourself well, if you do this practice often.
One thing very important is that, you need to look up words or sentences you wanted to say, but didn't know how to at the moment whenever you have chance to.
This way, you'll know how to say it, or say it in a more idiomatic way in similar situations next time.
3. Shadowing.(One of the rigorous training in simultaneous interpreting)
The intention is not to train you as interpreters, rather, to use this as a way to improve speaking.
Shadowing means 跟述 in Chinese, which means repeating what you've heard.
For instance, in ABC magazine, you heard John say "Hey Diana, care for some coffee?"
Then you repeat quickly"Hey Diana, care for some coffee?" This is not easy in the beginning, because you need to pay attention to listening and speaking at the same time. But as you keep on practicing, you'll get the knack to doing it better.
％讀％
About reading, I'd only say one thing--
READ MASSIVELY AND EXTENSIVELY.
Also there are something you need to bear in mind.
Don't look up words, if not necessary, that is, if you can still guess the meaning of the words, by reading them in the context. Get the main idea, and read on.
％寫％
Frankly, I cannot even write well in my mother tongue. So it might not be very suitable for me to provide you with suggestions. Anyway, I can still talk about some techniques I found useful. Except keeping a diary, which I mentioned earlier, you can also try writing a summary when you finish reading an article.
For example, you read about film critics or introductions of "SHREK". After reading, try jotting down some ideas of your own, be it a paragraph, or only a sentence. Like this,
"Shrek is a big ugly ogre, which means monster. He has a ugly face but a tender heart. He ran up into a Donkey one day. And began their adventures. Shrek had to save Princess Fiona from a fire-breathing dragon. He was so skillful and brave. I like the movie pretty much, because the dialogues are humorous and they made me laugh hard."
It will help. It's a good way for you to use words you've just learned from the article. These methods won't work if you don't put efforts into it. As you all know "To know is one thing, to do it definitely another"
最後，來個證嚴法師的勵志小語～
"願有多大，力就有多大；找對了路，就不怕遙遠"
共勉之
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