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How to Learn English Well
How to Learn English Well
Nowadays, English has become a universal language. It is quite necessary and very important for us to learn English well. But the fact is that not everyone is lucky enough to succeed in this long-term language learning. There are two reasons for it: the lack of proper psychological preparation and the lack of good methods of language learning.
Proper psychological preparation
Proper psychological preparation here means positive attitude towards what you are doing。As we all know，whatever we do，we cannot avoid meeting with all kinds of difficulties。It is the same with our language learning。So what kind of state of mine should we have under such circumstances? Now think before answering the following questions about how we have been learning English。
1。How did you feel when you first began to learn English? Whenever you come to any difficulties，anything you don’t understand， what would you do ?
2。When you have to remember more and more words and grammars and find it hard to do so，how do you feel? Do you still feel it a joy or a headache to go on learning? What would you do?
If your answers to the questions above are affirmative。 That means you have fully prepared for your language learning psychologically。If not，you’ll have to readjust your attitude towards your language learning。What I suggest is that，if you really what to learn English well， you should，first of all remember three very important words—confidence，determination and perseverance。 That is，whatever we do，we should always believe in ourselves，and once we have made up our mind to do something，we should try our best to do it well。What’s more，not matter what difficulties we may come across，we should not be discouraged，nor should we give up。Instead，we should keep on trying until we succeed。
Learning English is like one of the adventures in our life， the success of which depends first on our positive attitude towards it。So remember: never be discouraged in face of difficulties。Always have confidence，determination and perseverance and we’ll sooner or later make our mark in our language learning。
Methodological preparation
But it’s not enough just to have confidence，determination and perseverance in language learning。We’ll have to find out an effective way to make ourselves an efficient learner of the English language。But before doing that， we should ，first all，have a clear idea about the following two points。
1。Language learning doesn’t mean memorizing a lot of words and grammatical rules，for they are just tools that can help you to learn a language more rapidly。But learning about a language is not the same as learning to use the language。
2。Doing a lot of tests is not the way to learn a language， for a written exam is just a means to check how well you have learned about the language。 So high marks can not stand for one’s all-round abilities。
Then what is the correct way of learning a language? Firstly， you’ll have to know what’s the language for。 In short， it’s for the exchange of ideas，for communication。So the purpose of our learning a language is to understand and to be understood。That is by developing the four basic skills of listening，speaking，reading and writing simultaneously。Therefore the ability to communicate cannot be acquired unless the language is learnt in a communicative way。So ，while learning a language，you’ll have to put emphasis on listening and speaking as well as reading and writing。Secondly，you should overcome the idea of losing face，if you make mistakes。As a matter of fact，westerners respect and help people who try—no matter how many mistakes they make; they have no respect for people who do not try for fear of making mistakes。If you hesitate to speak English because you are afraid of making mistakes，you simply will never learn English well。You cannot just think and talk about learning English; it’s something you have to do, a physical activity. So don’t be shy, don’t be passive, and don’t be lazy. And above all, don’t be afraid of making mistakes and don’t be afraid of asking questions. Remember: there’s nothing wrong with not knowing, but there is something wrong with not asking. Moreover, we should learn to be an active learner. It’s not enough just to do what our teacher asks us to do in class. The most important thing for us to do is to try to be a master of our own., that is, we’ll have to learn to do what we should do willingly after class in our spare time. Therefore, we should learn to depend on ourselves and nobody else is of great value to anyone who wants to be successful. For this reason, we must make great efforts to improve two kinds of reading by ourselves in our free time, which can definitely help ensure the fluency and continuity of our language sensitivity.
Reading aloud
Few students have ever paid enough attention to reading aloud， especially the way or the skills to read aloud，so that most of them have a lot of problems with reading，such as poor pronunciation and intonation reading as if singing，or in broken sentences，or without stress，or without understanding and so on。
To improve it，you should first of all，understand what you are reading。Then listen to English tapes and try to imitate。That is the only way to improve your pronunciation and intonation。And while reading aloud，you should put your stress on notional words like nouns，verbs，adjectives and adverbs。You may even read a bit slow and louder when you come to words you want emphasize，even if they are not notional words。 At the same time，try to take one deep breath to read a complete sentence with several proper pauses between groups of words。You may think that it will take you a lot of time to do so，wondering how you can spare so much time。Actually，you can read aloud after each meal for 5 to 15 minutes every day， so that you may have at least 15 minutes more every day to do oral practice，besides the morning reading。
Reading silently
As to reading silently， I think it the most important of the four basic skills。For reading cannot only help improve your listening，speaking and writing，but also increase your imaginative power as well as enlarge your vocabulary,。What’s more， you can learn a lot more that cannot be learnt in class，and while reading，you won’t feel lonely when you are alone—you see all kinds of people moving and acting on the pages，and you hear all kinds of good sayings，which will do much good to you in your studies and lives。So by reading alone，you are killing two birds with one stone。
In fact，reading habit or ability is formed or improved by reading itself。That’s to say，the more one reads，the better one will understand; and the better one understands，the more one will read。What you must pay special attention to while reading is not to stop every time you come to a new word。Just keep on with the reading and try to get the main idea of what you are reading。With the help of the contest，you’ll understand the unknown word when it appears again and again later on。In a word，you needn’t look up every single new word in the dictionary，for you might guess its meaning as you read on。If，after reading，you fail to understand a certain word，which happens to be an important one that prevents you from enjoying the story or understand the passage，you may consult the dictionary when you read for the second time，which will enable you to have a better understanding of what you are reading。
Besides， you should try to read all kinds of materials like newspapers，magazines，story books，novels and so on to ensure the quantity of reading。Meanwhile，don’t forger to improve your reading quality。You can mark out what you think is useful and important or new to you，you may underline useful expressions，frame important sentence patterns，circle little words like some prepositions and you may even use waved line to highlight some special uses of certain words。By this means，you can be clear at a glance about what you have learned from your reading when you go over it。The second is to take notes after reading。That is，copy down what you think is wonderful either n the language learning or in character training or anything else you may find useful。 It may be a phrase or an expression，a sentence or a paragraph，or even，perhaps，a complete passage，and then rearrange them in different columns like brush up。Easy reading，poem，humor，proverbs，twisters etc.。you may even draw some pictures to add color to you notebook，thus making it the one with knowledge，morality，amusement and artistry，which can also serve for practicing reading aloud。
Finally，be realistic in your language learning。 If you set impossible goals for yourself，you can only be disappointed n your progress。Psychologists have determined that learning takes place this way: first，you make a lot of progress and you feel very happy，then your language ability seems to stay the same; you believe you are not learning anything at all and you feel very disappointed with yourself。This period can last for days or even weeks or months，but you must not be discouraged。 At some point your language ability will again take another big jump and you’ll see that you really learning all along。
Perhaps we can say that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine—the effects come slowly but surely。So don’t expect to learn it all overnight，and don’t give up along the way。 Learn slowly，a little bit every day and the effects of you study will come—like Chinese medicine。
How to Learn English Well
Nowadays, English has become a universal language. It is quite necessary and very important for us to learn English well. But the fact is that not everyone is lucky enough to succeed in this long-term language learning. There are two reasons for it: the lack of proper psychological preparation and the lack of good methods of language learning.
Proper psychological preparation
Proper psychological preparation here means positive attitude towards what you are doing。As we all know，whatever we do，we cannot avoid meeting with all kinds of difficulties。It is the same with our language learning。So what kind of state of mine should we have under such circumstances? Now think before answering the following questions about how we have been learning English。
1。How did you feel when you first began to learn English? Whenever you come to any difficulties，anything you don’t understand， what would you do ?
2。When you have to remember more and more words and grammars and find it hard to do so，how do you feel? Do you still feel it a joy or a headache to go on learning? What would you do?
If your answers to the questions above are affirmative。 That means you have fully prepared for your language learning psychologically。If not，you’ll have to readjust your attitude towards your language learning。What I suggest is that，if you really what to learn English well， you should，first of all remember three very important words—confidence，determination and perseverance。 That is，whatever we do，we should always believe in ourselves，and once we have made up our mind to do something，we should try our best to do it well。What’s more，not matter what difficulties we may come across，we should not be discouraged，nor should we give up。Instead，we should keep on trying until we succeed。
Learning English is like one of the adventures in our life， the success of which depends first on our positive attitude towards it。So remember: never be discouraged in face of difficulties。Always have confidence，determination and perseverance and we’ll sooner or later make our mark in our language learning。
Methodological preparation
But it’s not enough just to have confidence，determination and perseverance in language learning。We’ll have to find out an effective way to make ourselves an efficient learner of the English language。But before doing that， we should ，first all，have a clear idea about the following two points。
1。Language learning doesn’t mean memorizing a lot of words and grammatical rules，for they are just tools that can help you to learn a language more rapidly。But learning about a language is not the same as learning to use the language。
2。Doing a lot of tests is not the way to learn a language， for a written exam is just a means to check how well you have learned about the language。 So high marks can not stand for one’s all-round abilities。
Then what is the correct way of learning a language? Firstly， you’ll have to know what’s the language for。 In short， it’s for the exchange of ideas，for communication。So the purpose of our learning a language is to understand and to be understood。That is by developing the four basic skills of listening，speaking，reading and writing simultaneously。Therefore the ability to communicate cannot be acquired unless the language is learnt in a communicative way。So ，while learning a language，you’ll have to put emphasis on listening and speaking as well as reading and writing。Secondly，you should overcome the idea of losing face，if you make mistakes。As a matter of fact，westerners respect and help people who try—no matter how many mistakes they make; they have no respect for people who do not try for fear of making mistakes。If you hesitate to speak English because you are afraid of making mistakes，you simply will never learn English well。You cannot just think and talk about learning English; it’s something you have to do, a physical activity. So don’t be shy, don’t be passive, and don’t be lazy. And above all, don’t be afraid of making mistakes and don’t be afraid of asking questions. Remember: there’s nothing wrong with not knowing, but there is something wrong with not asking. Moreover, we should learn to be an active learner. It’s not enough just to do what our teacher asks us to do in class. The most important thing for us to do is to try to be a master of our own., that is, we’ll have to learn to do what we should do willingly after class in our spare time. Therefore, we should learn to depend on ourselves and nobody else is of great value to anyone who wants to be successful. For this reason, we must make great efforts to improve two kinds of reading by ourselves in our free time, which can definitely help ensure the fluency and continuity of our language sensitivity.
Reading aloud
Few students have ever paid enough attention to reading aloud， especially the way or the skills to read aloud，so that most of them have a lot of problems with reading，such as poor pronunciation and intonation reading as if singing，or in broken sentences，or without stress，or without understanding and so on。
To improve it，you should first of all，understand what you are reading。Then listen to English tapes and try to imitate。That is the only way to improve your pronunciation and intonation。And while reading aloud，you should put your stress on notional words like nouns，verbs，adjectives and adverbs。You may even read a bit slow and louder when you come to words you want emphasize，even if they are not notional words。 At the same time，try to take one deep breath to read a complete sentence with several proper pauses between groups of words。You may think that it will take you a lot of time to do so，wondering how you can spare so much time。Actually，you can read aloud after each meal for 5 to 15 minutes every day， so that you may have at least 15 minutes more every day to do oral practice，besides the morning reading。
Reading silently
As to reading silently， I think it the most important of the four basic skills。For reading cannot only help improve your listening，speaking and writing，but also increase your imaginative power as well as enlarge your vocabulary,。What’s more， you can learn a lot more that cannot be learnt in class，and while reading，you won’t feel lonely when you are alone—you see all kinds of people moving and acting on the pages，and you hear all kinds of good sayings，which will do much good to you in your studies and lives。So by reading alone，you are killing two birds with one stone。
In fact，reading habit or ability is formed or improved by reading itself。That’s to say，the more one reads，the better one will understand; and the better one understands，the more one will read。What you must pay special attention to while reading is not to stop every time you come to a new word。Just keep on with the reading and try to get the main idea of what you are reading。With the help of the contest，you’ll understand the unknown word when it appears again and again later on。In a word，you needn’t look up every single new word in the dictionary，for you might guess its meaning as you read on。If，after reading，you fail to understand a certain word，which happens to be an important one that prevents you from enjoying the story or understand the passage，you may consult the dictionary when you read for the second time，which will enable you to have a better understanding of what you are reading。
Besides， you should try to read all kinds of materials like newspapers，magazines，story books，novels and so on to ensure the quantity of reading。Meanwhile，don’t forger to improve your reading quality。You can mark out what you think is useful and important or new to you，you may underline useful expressions，frame important sentence patterns，circle little words like some prepositions and you may even use waved line to highlight some special uses of certain words。By this means，you can be clear at a glance about what you have learned from your reading when you go over it。The second is to take notes after reading。That is，copy down what you think is wonderful either n the language learning or in character training or anything else you may find useful。 It may be a phrase or an expression，a sentence or a paragraph，or even，perhaps，a complete passage，and then rearrange them in different columns like brush up。Easy reading，poem，humor，proverbs，twisters etc.。you may even draw some pictures to add color to you notebook，thus making it the one with knowledge，morality，amusement and artistry，which can also serve for practicing reading aloud。
Finally，be realistic in your language learning。 If you set impossible goals for yourself，you can only be disappointed n your progress。Psychologists have determined that learning takes place this way: first，you make a lot of progress and you feel very happy，then your language ability seems to stay the same; you believe you are not learning anything at all and you feel very disappointed with yourself。This period can last for days or even weeks or months，but you must not be discouraged。 At some point your language ability will again take another big jump and you’ll see that you really learning all along。
Perhaps we can say that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine—the effects come slowly but surely。So don’t expect to learn it all overnight，and don’t give up along the way。 Learn slowly，a little bit every day and the effects of you study will come—like Chinese medicine。
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