1. Listen (input)
2. Speaking (output)
3. Reading (Input)
4. Writing (output)
5. Translation (two-way)
The cultivation of language ability in the above five aspects is not only necessary for English examination, but also necessary for future communication. In a word, the ultimate goal of English learning is to communicate with others smoothly, which can only be achieved through a lot of scientific training. To this end, Lyman's philosophy of English teaching often gives students the following methods for their reference:
1. Listen
As far as listening is concerned, this ability embodies the characteristics that English is a skilled job. What must be kept in mind is the basic law of "quantitative change can lead to qualitative change". I suggest you:
(1) Extensive listening five times: find a listening material suitable for your own level, listen to it at least five times in your spare time, and then change to another listening material or listen to it five times. Go back and forth like this for a year, and you'll get results.
(2) Intermittent intensive listening: part of occasional intensive listening, that is, taking notes while listening. Listen and write sentences sentence by sentence. Words that are not found in the dictionary. Not lazy, not fidgety, practical, solid, step by step. There will be different degrees of progress every time.
(3) Language environment: Many people complain that English learning has no language environment. Lyman English believes that we should establish our own language environment and make full use of the Internet, television, radio and other media to communicate with English teachers and foreign friends. The above conditions are mature, which is helpful to establish a language environment. We should stop being lazy, feeling inferior and making excuses. Get into the habit of listening to English every day.
Step 2 talk
Speaking English is a difficult task for most students in China. This is a big problem that China students have to face after studying English hard for more than ten years. Lyman English believes that if you want to practice fluent spoken English, you must step by step, from simple to complex. Naturally, some skills should also be noted:
(1) Self-talk: Starting from English reading every day, your voice is loud, your speech is clear, your pronunciation is accurate, your intonation is beautiful, and your confidence is increased.
(2) Self-creation: By changing some words, phrases or sentence patterns, imitate sentences, turn them into your own sentences, and read them aloud.
(3) Pay more attention to sentence patterns: the fundamental reason why you can't make a sentence is that the sentence patterns are not skilled enough and flexible enough. Pay more attention to sentence patterns, different meanings derived from sentence patterns, and make sentences flexibly.
(4) Communication: When you hear English, you should imitate meditation and increase your own morphemes. Whether you know it or not, you should follow it in your heart. This is the basic step in English class or communicating with people. Unfortunately, many students in China have neglected this place. Take those who are willing to listen to your poor English as bosom friends.
Step 3 read
When it comes to reading, we should pay attention to both intensive reading and extensive reading. The so-called intensive reading means reading word by word, figuring out the meaning of every word, phrase, sentence pattern and even idiom, locking in some things that have not been learned, learning in the process of learning, remembering and using, and constantly enriching your English knowledge.
As for "extensive reading", most students in China don't care about it or have no time to care about it. English learning just needs a lot of extra-curricular reading to increase extra-curricular information, thus increasing speaking resources and increasing reading comprehension knowledge. Students with good English read a lot, which plays an auxiliary role in their exams and exchanges. Lyman English believes that as English learners and users, we should know astronomy above and geography below. Although not proficient, but should be involved in a wide range.
writing
English writing has always been regarded as an important part of various English tests, and writing is also one of the indispensable skills in English application in the future. So writing needs to be studied and practiced. Just like our Chinese writing, we should write some English diaries, weekly notes or special compositions from time to time, and make full use of the grammar points we have learned to express our views. To be clear, writing can review the basic knowledge; For spoken English, it can play the role of thinking cultivation.
Lyman English believes that when practicing writing, we should pay attention to the following matters:
(1) Opening paragraph: Attractive
(2) Phrases and sentence patterns: Use more phrases and sentence patterns.
(3) Conjunction: ensure the fluency of sentences and paragraphs.
(4) Complex sentences: express complex opinions.
(5) Text typesetting: clear and tidy.
5. Translation
As for English-Chinese translation, it is basically difficult to find in textbooks and classrooms. Few teachers explain how to translate Chinese into English. Lyman English believes that Chinese-English translation is of great help to both English writing and oral English. We believe that Chinese-English translation is one of the important language abilities that students must practice.