AsChinese,IthinkeveryEnglishlearnermustputEnglishandChinese
incorrectplace.Wemustknowthat:EnglishisourtoolwhielChinese
isoursoul!
ThebestwaytoEnglishlearningistoputthelearnersinaEnglish
environmentforaperiod.Butthat'snotaneasythingtodo.Wemust
studyEnglishwiththehelpofteacherstodayorstudybyyourself,ifyou
havetheabilities.
Inmyopinion,therearesomethingsyoumustdoinEnglishlearning:
Reading.BeforeyoustartyourEnglishlearning.It'shardtoimagine
whatisEnglishlike.Becausewehadnevercontactedsuchthingslikeants
onthepaper.TogetinsightsintoEnglishwemustreaditaspossible.
Throughreadingwhatcalled"Englishsense"willforminourminds.It's
veryimportant,sometimesyouwill"getsomethingwithoutteacher"withit.
Readingalsousmanyimportantinformationaboutthedifferencesbetween
EnglishandChinese.Thestaffyouchoosetoreaddecidesyourwayofthin-
kinginEnglish.
Rememeberthewords.Youcan'treadwhenyoudon'tknowthemeaningsofthe
words.Soitisimportanttorememberthewords.However,theproblemisalways
thatEnglishwordsissomany,howcanwerememberthem?Allofusdon'thave
geniusmemory,wordsmustberememberonebyone.Itmaytakeyoualongtime
alotofefforts.Afterall,thesweatisnotsweet.Therearesomeusefulskills
inwordsremembering.Idon'twannalistthem.ButIthinkthemostusefuloneis
thatyoucomebacktothewordsyouhaveevertrytoremembermanytimes.Then
theywillexistinyouheart.
Don'thategrammar.ThegrammaristheruleofEnglish.It'sveryimportant.Then
youmayprotest:peopleinEnglish-speakingcountriesmaynotknowwhatis"grammar"
That'sright.Butwearenotpeopleinthosecountries.Wecanonlyknowmoreabout
Englishthroughthegrammar.Whenyoumasterenoughgrammar,youwillfindEnglish
issoeasy.Butgrammarisaverttiringthing.Alotofpeopledon'twannatouchit.
Icanonlysay:Itdoesn'tmatter,allroadsleadtoRome.
Dosomeexercise.Whenwecomeacrossalanguagepoint,we'sbetterdosomeexercises
aboutit,thenwecangetit.Thatisbecausewewillcountersomanysuchpoints,we
can'trememberallofthemonlybyreadingthemseveraltimes.Theexerciseswill
impressyoudeeplysoyoucanrememberiteasily.
Listeningandspeaking.That'sofcourseveryimportant,becauseourgoalisthem.
Therearealsosomethingyoumustnotice.CarlMarxsaid:Don'ttranslateeverything
inEnglishintoyournativelanguage.Iagreewithitcompeletly.Ifyoudothat,English
willchangeitstaste.Don'tbelieveChineseexplainationtoomuch,orelseChinesewill
beabarriertoEnglishlearning.