5. 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
6. 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 practise 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.
7. 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 practise, 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
8. 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.
9. 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?