Steps/Methods 1 A feasible method to improve listening and speaking ability: listen to the original tape, put your hand on the pen at the same time, mark the pauses in time, and study the reasons for each pause afterwards-basically according to the meaning group. It is not impossible to read rhythmically, or even to read the flavor that native English speakers can read. You might as well read aloud often and record your own reading at the same time, and then listen to it yourself first. * * * Compared with the original sound, it is bound to make great progress. Reading English, like reading Chinese, requires cadence and emotion, watching foreign movies, watching programs hosted by foreigners on international channels, and listening to excellent speeches or tapes of presidential speeches. As long as you can speak English, you must speak boldly. Whether you have the opportunity to survive and develop in the United States is the key. If you learn dumb English, it will be difficult for you to go to America. At present, there are defects in our college English education. When learning a language, communication is the purpose, not the language itself. We often learn English only as a kind of knowledge. From elementary school to college, I still can't speak English in the end. Language communication and mastering a large number of vocabulary, sentence patterns and grammar are two different things. As far as the knowledge of the language itself is concerned, we passed the exam. What we lack is to use English in communication. Only in communication can we decipher each other's thinking codes. The same word has different meanings in different language communication environments. I suggest that our learning goal should be lowered and the pursuit of extensive English knowledge should be transformed into the pursuit of a quantitative skill. I think there are six skills that are the key to communication between Americans. If we can master these six skills, we can better understand American thinking and learn spoken English well. How to define a thing simply in English? Americans talk to Americans 80% to tell each other what this thing is. Although the vocabulary difficulty of our textbooks is deepening, the logical structure of thinking only stays at one level. People in China often say where are the books? Few people say what a book is. American primary school students began to ask: what is a book? Where this kind of book is is only the description stage of thinking. But I think it is difficult for even college students to answer what a book is. Because the traditional English teaching mode in China does not teach students the skills to express their thoughts. If you have learned the definition, but your understanding is still biased, then you should train how to explain things in different ways. If the other person doesn't understand one expression, Americans will look for another expression and finally make the other person understand. Because there is only one thing, there may be many language symbols to express it. This requires more replacement exercises. Traditional teaching methods also do substitution exercises, but this substitution is not true, only at the language level, not at the thinking level. For example, I love you. According to the replacement method we taught, you were replaced by her, my mother and so on. This replacement is no different from the practice of primary school students painting red. This substitution did not pose a challenge to intelligence, nor did it begin to think. The basic structure of this alternative sentence has not changed. I don't understand that I love you, and of course I don't understand that I love her. If I want to kiss you, I want to hug you, I will confess to you and so on. Or tell the other person the movie Titanic and tell them it's love, so that the other person may understand. This is the real substitute. That is to say, express the same meaning in different ways, or one person can't hear clearly. Give an easy-to-understand example to express it until the other person understands it. We must learn how Americans describe things. Descriptively speaking, due to the cultural differences between China and the United States, there will be great differences. We use time and space to describe things. Americans always describe space from the inside out, from the inside out. People in China are just the opposite. In terms of time, people in China are described in natural chronological order. When we describe a sudden stop, the last place is often the most important. In the description of time, Americans say the most important thing first, and then talk about the departure. Only when tragic events happen can Americans pave the way. This is the huge difference in time description between China and the United States. Learn to use important American idioms. Idioms are the most difficult and confusing things to learn. For example, Beijingers say that it is difficult for foreigners to understand that hats are covered. This is an idiom. Therefore, when you communicate with Americans, you can use American idioms appropriately, and he will immediately feel very cordial and love to communicate with you. So what is an idiom? You know every word, but when you put them together, you don't know what it means. Learn the ability of interpreting in two languages. This is one of the most important standards to measure spoken English. Because English is not our mother tongue, we are born with our own mother tongue. Many people think that learning a foreign language well means losing your mother tongue, which is wrong. Have the ability to guess. Why are there so few differences between Americans and Americans, China and China? This is because they can "guess" each other. Our teaching does not advocate "guessing". But I think guessing is very important for learning spoken American well. In communication, if you don't understand a word, you can't look it up in the dictionary at once. At this time, you need to guess to bridge the gap, otherwise communication will be interrupted. People in China pay attention to reciting spoken English, reciting sentence patterns and intonation. As a result, many people start to turn up when they talk about spoken English, in fact, they are looking for what they have memorized. If he can guess, I don't think this phenomenon will happen. These are the six skills I mentioned to learn to use the American way of thinking. If China students can do these six things, they will certainly learn spoken English well in a short time. Let's talk about English pronunciation. We China people don't need to get into trouble. We must try our best to pronounce like the locals, as long as our pronunciation will not misunderstand each other. In normal times, we don't need to be superstitious about scientific methods, just remember one thing: imitation. But you must imitate standard English or American English. On the basis of imitation, practice oral English 1 hour every day. This exercise must imagine a two-way communication situation, that is, it seems that someone is communicating with you. Finally, talk about the use of gas when speaking English. We should try our best to be lucky when pronouncing, and avoid pronouncing with lungs, so that English pronunciation can be loud and round. 10 Other useful methods: Practicing oral English usually requires someone to accompany you. What if there is no one to practice with me? Then I'll practice by myself. Step 1: Look in the mirror. Many people ask me how to practice my spoken English. Should I go out and talk to a foreigner? I don't think this is a good method. First, foreigners will think you are impolite. Then even if you meet a patient foreigner, you will find that you have nothing to talk about except the weather. How should I practice? The following is a method I have used. Practice with yourself in front of the mirror. First of all, you'd better find a topic and talk to yourself in the mirror. When chatting, you will encounter words that you can't say. Take notes and continue to chat with the mirror. You can talk about any topic, whether it's your job, articles you've read, or secrets you don't want to tell others. You can practice a topic repeatedly until you speak it fluently. Then use Wenquxing or the Internet to look up words that you just can't say and sentences that you don't know how to express. Over time, your spoken English will become particularly fluent and you will master many common words. Of course, there are also some websites on the Internet to find people to practice oral English with, such as opening their mouths. So you can find a free or paid practice partner. At least when you really want to chat with foreigners, you won't have any obstacles in your expression. I don't know when I invented this strange method, but I remember that a mirror became my best friend. The second part: morning reading, which I have been doing since I started learning English, is morning reading. Read English aloud for half an hour every morning. The louder the better, because the louder the voice, the more confident you will be. At first, I didn't want to read it. No child wants to get up half an hour earlier than other children to read English. But compared with other children, I have a strict father. When I'm lying in bed, as long as he drinks loudly, I feel awake. Get up, wash and read English. I still remember several times in junior high school because it usually takes a week to be on duty and I have to arrive at school half an hour earlier than other students. I wonder if children should go to school early to learn English? Before I had time to eat, my father severely scolded me for half an hour. Since then, I have been reading English in the morning. Although I didn't understand my father's insistence at that time, in retrospect, I still want to thank my father for his strict practice of standard pronunciation. Step 3: Listen to the news. This is what I am doing now. I listen to the news series of esay FM at work every morning. Because it is domestic after all, it is not as challenging as BBC and easy to understand. I usually listen to it when I take the bus in the morning. This may be more suitable for parents. I remember when I was a child, I would listen to the radio when I got up in the morning on holiday, but children's classes like Air English started at 6: 30 every morning. I don't know if there are any now. Children can watch more English cartoons, such as Disney series. Parents should not care too much that their children don't study just because they have Chinese subtitles. As long as they listen to pure English, it will be helpful for pronunciation over time. I just thought so much for the time being. These are the points that I think are very helpful to my study. With notes, there seems to be no shortage of reference. I hope it will help you and your children to improve their spoken English. m