First of all, about the improvement of written English. The cultivation of English reading habits is the key. It is not recommended to read too professional materials, because it contains a large number of academic vocabulary, which will cause great difficulties in reading.
At first, you can read a relatively relaxing newspaper or magazine. For CET-4, the vocabulary should be around 4000-5000. The first thing I recommend is the language and expression of China Daily. China Journal is closer to the thinking of China people, not as difficult as some foreign magazines. As an English major, I found it difficult to read this when I was a freshman. There are some new words, but it doesn't affect my understanding at all.
After a period of persistence, if you feel that reading China Daily is no longer difficult, you can start to contact English books or magazines. I suggest starting with a novel. Because novels are more interesting, it is not so easy to give up. Recommend The Complete Works of Harry Potter (with few new words) and some works by modern novelists, such as Born Guilty and Small Fires Everywhere. Go to any website and you will get a book list.
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After a period of persistence, I feel that reading English novels is basically accessible, and I can start reading professional books or magazines. For example, you can read the Wall Street Journal, The Economist and so on. Keep accumulating professional vocabulary, and it won't be a problem to read foreign literature when necessary in the future.
Secondly, regarding the requirements of spoken English, the key is to increase the time of contact with English.
I recommend two ways: watching English TV series and movies, and going to English-speaking countries for exchange or travel.
First of all, English TV plays and movies. It is suggested to start with daily dramas. "The Big Bang Theory" is too professional. Just watch the excitement and it will pass. The two films I recommend are Friends, Desperate Housewives and Modern Family. Friends, this is absolutely classic. Actors have good acting skills and good lines, and they are basically everyday English, which is of great help to oral English. I have brushed 10 many times by myself, and many lines in it are by heart. Desperate Housewives tells the love and hate of several middle-class families in America. Because it is a white middle class, the language is more standardized and easier to imitate. The theme of Modern Family is also the white middle class in the United States, with more diverse elements, such as a gay couple and a series of interesting stories about their adoption of babies in Asia.
Secondly, if you have the opportunity to communicate or travel in English-speaking countries, you must seize it. Watching American TV plays is just an input, but language must have an output in order to truly become your tool. And in the process of communicating with native speakers, I can learn many idiomatic expressions that books can't learn.
Finally, it must be emphasized that it is not particularly ideal to completely improve your English level in the winter vacation for two months. It is suggested to stick to it in "years". Language needs to be accumulated, and only by long-term persistence can language finally become a handy tool.