howweshouldpracticeoralenglish

　　Itiscommontomanypeoplethattheiroralenglisharepoor.Oftentimesyouhavebeenlearninghowtoreadandwritebuthavenothadmuchpracticeinconversations.HerearewhatIseeasthemaindifficulties:

　　1.ThevocabularyofconversationalEnglishisslightlydifferentfromthewrittenone.Peopleusealotofslang.

　　2.ThespeedthatpeoplespeakatisfasterthansomeonelearningEnglishcankeepup,andpeopleoftendon'tannunciate:theyslurwordstogetheralot.

　　3.SomeonelearningEnglishasasecondlanguageusuallyneedstotranslateasentenceinordertounderstand(EnglishtoChinese),andwhenresponding,needstotranslateathoughtintothesecondlanguagebeforesayingit(ChinesetoEnglish).

　　4.Whenspeaking,youwanttosaysomethingperfectly.

　　Thecombinationoftheabovemakesitveryhardtocarryona"normal"conversation.

　　Hereismyadvice:

　　1.Ifyouwanttoimprove,youmustbewillingtospendtimeinpracticingit.

　　2.Youneedtofirstbuildafoundation,andthisfoundationistobeabletounderstandsimplechildren'sEnglishwithoutneedingtotranslate.

　　3.Thenextstepwillbetoexpandyourvocabularytotheadultleveluptoapointthatyoudon'tneedtotranslate.

　　ThefinalgoaloftheaboveisthatyouwillthinkinEnglish.