Method 1: Watch more American TV shows, listen to TED and VOA, and recommend watching American TV shows, which is more interesting. However, if you only watch American TV once, it will have no effect, just knowing the plot and having fun. Learning is not that simple. I majored in English at the university. At that time, I watched Friends for ten seasons 10 many times and downloaded all the contents of Friends to my mp3 player. Sleep with friends when walking, play with them when eating, and sleep. At first, I may not understand them. When I really can't understand them, I go to the English original. Is it because I don't know words or my pronunciation? After listening blindly, I can understand them, and I will continue to listen to the next one. You can even try to practice your spoken English according to the shadow reading method, that is, you start a little later and repeat the words in the audio. When you can repeat all the contents of Friends, you will find that your English listening and speaking are no longer a problem.
Method 2: increase the number of words and increase the number of words. Some people simply recite the dictionary, but they soon forget it because of hard work, and they don't remember to use it, and they don't know how to use it. It's very depressing. Why is this happening? Because words without context are easy to forget even if they are recited, and they will not be used even if they are recited. What we have to do is force ourselves to read a little every day, or watch a little American drama. The words appearing in the middle must be looked up in detail, and the paper dictionary must be looked up. By the way, we should find out all the corresponding noun forms, verb forms and adjective forms of this word, think about how everyone uses this word in the article in combination with contextual memory, and then try to make sentences to use it ourselves. Then write the new words you came into contact with today on a small piece of paper and stick them in places where you can look up at home, such as across the dining table, the mirror in the toilet, the bedside and so on. A few days after posting, you must review these new words regularly, so that you can accumulate a little every day, which will be very effective after a long time.
Method 3: Force yourself to speak English. This is the purpose of the English corner, which is to force myself to say everything I want to express in English within a certain period of time, just like I am abroad now. When we face China people, we will easily choose a simple way to speak Chinese, but we need to restrain this impulse and force ourselves to speak English. If you can't express yourself, you will find that you will actually speak more than you think, and it is best to talk to someone who speaks better than yourself. You can also think more about what you see in your daily life. If you don't look them up, write them down in your notebook and exercise your English thinking. Think about how to say this sentence in English. After a long time, our English will make great progress.
Method 4: Don't pay too much attention to grammar when you speak. We China people sometimes learn things very simply and care too much about the correctness of sentence grammar. In fact, as long as the language can be used, it is good to live abroad. As long as the other party can understand you, it's good for us who are not native English speakers. Therefore, we should not be afraid to speak because we are not sure whether the grammar is correct or not. Speaking more and practicing more is the key to learning a language. Besides, when watching American TV series, we still need to learn from others as much as possible. You can't go wrong if you listen to it too much.
Recommended American TV series: Friends, The Big Bang Theory, House of Cards, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Modern Family, Prison Break, Everyone Loves Raymond, Two Half Heroes, etc.
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