Doyouoftenreadaloud?Perhapsyoudonotreadaloud.Youusedtoreadaloudwhenyouwerechild.Butnowwhenyougrewup,youstoppedreadingaloud.Becauseyouallfeelaloudisnowalostartamongtheboysandgirlsoffourteenorfifteen.
Readingaloudcanhelpyoutolearnbyheart,andlearningbyheartisveryimportanttowritingwell.Italsocanhelpyoutogetyourpronunciationgoodandcorrect,andgoodpronunciationisnecessarytoalllanguage,itcanhelpyoutofindoutcertainbeau-tiesoflanguagethatyoumaynotseeinyoursilentthecon-trary,ifyoudon'treadaloudyoucan'tlearntowritenaturally.
YoucanlearnandenjoyEnglishbyreadingaloud.
Thethreestudentscontaindifferentlevels.Theylivedwithdifferentroomates.Thefirstdaytheymetthebigproblemofwakingup.Theyneededtogetupat6o’clock,whileinBritaintheyhadclassin9o’clock.Whentheystruggledtositintheclassroom,theteachertestedtheirlevel.Theforeignstudentwithhighestlevelfelthardtoanswerthequestion,whileformostKoreanstudents,theyfeltitwassoeasy.
Somepeopleseemtohaveagiftforlearninglanguages.Theypickupnewwords,masterrulesorgrammarandlearntowriteinthenewlanguagemorequicklythanothers.Theydonotseemtobemoreintelligentthanothers,sowhatmakeslanguagelearningsomucheasierforthem?
Firstofall,successfullanguagelearnersareindependentlearners.Theydonotdependonthebookortheteacher;theydiscovertheirownwaytolearnthelanguage.Insteadofwaitingfortheteachertoexplain,theytrytofindthepatternsandtherulesforthemselves.Theyaregoodguesserswholookforcluesandformtheirownconclusions.Whentheyguesswrong,theytrytolearnfromtheirmistakes.
Successfullanguagelearningisactivelearning.Therefore,successfullearnersdonotwaitforachancetousethelanguage;theylookforsuchchances.Theyfindpeoplewhospeakthelanguageandtheyaskthesepeopletocorrectthemwhentheymakeamistake.Theywilltryanythingtocommunicate.Theyarenotafraidtorepeatwhattheyhearortosaystrangethings;they’rewillingtomakemistakesandtryagain.Itismoreimportantforthemtolearnandthinkinthelanguagethantoknowthemeaningofeveryword.
Finally,successfullanguagelearnersarelearnerswithapurpose.Theywanttolearnthelanguagebecausetheyareinterestedinthelanguageandthepeoplewhospeakit.Itisnecessaryforthemtolearnthelanguageinordertocommunicatewiththesepeopleandtolearnfromthem.Theyfinditeasytopracticeusingthelanguageregularlybecausetheywanttolearnwithit.
Whentheclasswasfinallyover,itseemedtoberelax,butforKoreanstudents,therewasanotherclasswaitingforthem.Mostofthemneededtotaketrainingcoursejusttoimprovetheirstudyuntil10P.M.Theforeignstudentscouldn’tbelieve,theykeptstudyingallthetimeandhadnotimetoplay.
InChina,alotofpeoplecomplainthatEnglishissodifficulttolearn.Theyevenspendalotoftimetostudygrammar,stillcan’tspeakEnglishfluently.ButasChinabecomesstronger,moreandmoreforeignersstarttolearnmandarin.ChineseandEnglishareinthedifferentlanguagefamily,sotheforeignersstruggletolearnmandarin,andmostpeoplegiveupafterafewdays’learning.Forsomewhocanspeakalittle,theycomplainthatChineseisthemostdifficultlanguagetolearn.Therearefourtonesanditishardforthemtofigureout.ButtherearestillsomeforeignerslearnChinesesowell.Therefore,iftheycandoitwell,whydon’twecomplain.Allweneedtodoistokeeppracticingandfindthebestwaytomasteranotherlanguage.
Chineseeducationisalwaysbelievedtobeintenseandinhuman,becausesomanychildrenburythemselvesinstudyingallthetime.TheprogramforforeignstudentsstudiedinChinabecamehotissue,whichattractsBritainpeopletokeepsearchingtheAsianeducation.NowtheymaketheplantosendthreestudentstostudyinKorea.