1. How do you memorize new words?
New words should be
mastered in several ways. First, pronunciation, if you want to pronounce the
word correctly, you'd better listen to it first and practice it again and
again by imitation. Second, spelling, if you want to memorize the word how to
spell, you'd better learn some knowledge for word building and pronunciation
rules. Third, meaning and use, if you want to know the exact meaning and use of
the word, you'd better learn it through context and reading. Finally, you
should work hard on it.
2.
How do you improve your reading?
First, look at the title of the passage if there is. You can get the general
idea of it. Then you pay attention to the first and last sentence of very
paragraph of the passage. You can get the main idea of the paragraph. Third,
through the context(上下文), you guess the new words that you come
across. Finally, note the style and tone in order to the writer's implication
in meaning.
3.
How do you improve your speaking?
You can improve your speaking only through practice. Firstly, don't think of
too much grammar, when you speak. You try to speak the key words, if you cannot
speak the whole sentence, but you must speak the key words clearly and
correctly. Secondly, pay attention to the different rhythms (节奏)between
English and Chinese. We Chinese tend to stress the words equally, while the
English words in the sentence tend to be stressed quite differently. The words
with important information are normally stressed. Lastly, try to use your
gestures and your facial expressions to go with your verbal communication.
4.
How do you learn English grammar?
The purpose of learning grammar is to help learners to have a better
understanding of the language. It is no use remembering grammar rules by rote
because there are no rules without exceptions. It is sensible to use English
grammar as a tool to help you to understand and master English. You learn
grammar only through language phenomena (现象)because
it comes from it. So you learn those rules and do some exercises to practice
them.
5.
How do you improve your listening?
You can improve your listening only through listening a
great deal and there is no shortcut. First, you should have the right
pronunciation of the words in your mind so learn to pronounce them correctly.
Then, you try to catch the meaning of the sentence but not the separate
meanings of the words, that is, do not concentrate on words too much but on the
meaning as a whole. Third, pay attention to the liaison, (连读)
loss of explosion and assimilation(同化) of the words. Lastly, pay
attention to the stressed words and guess the meaning through the intonation.
6.
How do you start to learn English?
First, you must have your purpose of learning English in your mind. Do you want
to improve your oral English or written English or for the purpose of tests?
Second, what level are you at? Are your English intermediate? Lower or upper?
Third, choose the way to learn English according to your time and finance. Do
you want to learn English by self-study, English class, English courses on the
radio, English learning software or even online courses on the Internet?
Finally, you must study hard and insist on learning continuously for a year or
two.
7.
How do you improve your translation?
First, learn some basic rules for translation. Then you must have a good master
of both English and Chinese. Finally, you must practice, practise and once more
practise. You can refer to some bilingual magazines English world for example.
You practise translation from Chinese to English and vice versa(反过来).
Then you have some comparison with their translation. After some period of
practice, you will make great progress. Practise makes perfect.
8.
How do you tell the differences of English synonyms?
There are no synonyms which are exactly the same. You should think of the
synonyms in these ways. The style is different. Formal or informal?. The
meaning is different. General or specific? It is different in grammar.
Different collocations and different sentence patterns.
9.
How do you learn English verb tense?
First, pay attention to the adverbial of time, if there is one, in the
sentence. Different adverbials of time indicate the use of different tense.
Second, the meaning of predicate verb, Some verbs tend to be used a certain
tense. For example, I like music The word like tends to be used in simple
present tense. Third, note the context, it will give you hints to use a certain
tense. Finally, you'd better do some exercises in order that you have some
consciousness(意识) of using English tense.
10.
How do you buy English dictionary?
Nowadays, there are so many different kinds of
dictionaries. Find the kind of dictionary that you are looking for. Then you 'd
better find out who is the publisher? Is it a well-known publisher? How many
copies has it been published? The more, the better. What do you think of the
printing quality of the dictionary
