How to counterattack English in the last month of the third grade of junior high school:

Ten ways to learn English well:

1. Listen to English weather reports

Some teaching tapes deliberately slow down the speaking speed in order to cooperate with beginners' learning, which is not enough for English listening training. If you listen to English spoken at a normal speed, beginners will feel powerless. Although the English weather report is fast, the vocabulary is simple and fixed, the content is simple, and the possibility of repetition is high, and it can be verified at any time in life. It is a good teaching material for introductory listening.

2. Listen to the English broadcasts of China Radio International

China Radio International (China Radio International) is from 7:00 to 8:00 in the morning and from 11:00 to noon every day. There is one hour of English program each at 12:00. The content includes a collection of domestic and foreign news clippings and various series of special reports. In addition to domestic announcers who are fluent in English as broadcasters, there are also recorded interviews on a certain topic with foreigners or visitors. The content is extensive, but the vocabulary is relatively simple and the speaking speed is moderate. It can be used to train or improve English listening.

3. Make good use of audio tapes to practice listening and speaking skills

Some learners are always used to listening to tapes while reading, and use tapes as an auxiliary tool for reading, so they cannot practice listening. purpose. The tape should focus on training listening and speaking skills.

Learners should choose listening tapes that are suitable for their own abilities, and should not rush for success to avoid frustration. First, listen to the tape content repeatedly. At first, you only need to grasp the outline. After listening several times, you will understand more and more details. People with poor hearing can read the text first, and then concentrate on understanding the meaning of each paragraph and sentence. Practicing in this way will help you develop concentration when listening and make your listening skills improve quickly.

4. Only by listening to English spoken at a normal speed can the improvement of listening be accelerated

Many radio teaching and listening teaching materials always deliberately slow down the speaking speed in order to match the level of the audience or learner. , although this is an understandable workaround, it will also produce some undesirable side effects.

For example: 1. If you are used to listening to English spoken at a slower speed, it will be difficult for you to adapt to actual interactions with foreigners, and you may even not be able to understand the English they speak at a normal speed. 2. When you deliberately slow down your speech, you can usually pronounce every word in a sentence clearly. However, in normal conversation, there will be many phenomena of assimilation, reduction, and liaision. Therefore, listening to English spoken at a normal speed is extremely important for listening and conversation.

5. Learn original English from the Internet

The Internet is now very developed, and there are many English learning resources on it. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing can all be done on the Internet, and you can repeat it unlimited times until you learn how to do it. However, the resources on the Internet are also mixed, and it is up to you to find the website that is suitable for your study. How to find valuable learning websites is actually not very difficult. There are many websites with a collection of resources, covering almost all aspects of English learning.

6. Act out movie plots with friends

In English learning, we often meet up with friends or classmates to talk in English to improve our English conversation skills, but we often feel that our language is poor. , the content discussed is limited.

Now you might as well try this method: In conjunction with the "Learning English from TV and Movies" mentioned in the previous section, first select one or more clips based on the plot of the movie, select a character personally, and then After watching the film, try to transcribe the lines into words and memorize them, and finally rehearse and perform. Regularly doing this kind of exercise is not only beneficial to English conversation and listening, but also a good exercise for grammar and writing.

7. Reciting English poetry

Fluency in English depends on the correct grasp of rhythm. English is divided into rhythms based on the stress of words and sentences. English poetry is one of the best materials for practicing English rhythm.

For example, Worsworth's famous "The Daffodils": "I wandered lonely as a cloud/That floats on high over vales and hills..." (I wandered lonely as a cloud/That floats on high over vales and hills...) Valleys and mountains...) is a typical weak-strong rhythm. After you are familiar with it, you will definitely gain a lot from reading it aloud.

8. Sing to learn English

Singing English songs is more effective than reciting English poems. Singing English songs can help you practice pronunciation, intonation and rhythm, and it can also help you memorize many words and sentence patterns in a very happy mood. The selected English songs should have beautiful language and regular grammar. You can start with nursery rhymes at first, and then gradually learn to sing lyrical songs. Before learning to sing, you should read the lyrics a few times and then learn to sing along with the tape. It will be better to memorize them after you are familiar with them.

9. Pay special attention to pronunciations that are not found in Chinese

There are some pronunciations in English that are not found in Chinese. These are also the most confusing pronunciations for our English learners, such as the pronunciation of "th". When pronouncing this sound, pay special attention to the correct mouth shape.

10. Recite famous speeches and find opportunities to repeat them.

A good speech not only seeks to be beautiful in the use of words but also pays special attention to communication and persuasion. It is an exercise The best textbook for English expressions. Learners do not have to memorize the speech from beginning to end, they only need to choose the paragraph or sentence they like to memorize.

For example: President Kennedy’s famous saying “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” What can you do for your country?) After memorizing many such wise words, it will be a lot of help for speaking and writing.