My Reflection on Learning English中英文对照.doc

My Reflection on Learning EnglishIt is no doubt that to learn English well we must master skills in five aspects: listening, speaking, reading, writing as well as translating. Here I just focus on the first two skills. We usually put listening as the first, of course, it has the reason. Listening can be the key in the process of learning any language. It reminds me of the childhood. When we are just infants, we dont know how to read, how to write or even how to speak, the only way for us to learn mother tongue is just listening. Kids from 1 to 2 years old learn speaking mainly by sources from mother to daddys conversation or other amusing entertainments. More specific, listening can be divided into intensive and extensive. Make sure that you will have half an hour of extensive listening. When we are in extensive listening, we dont have to concentrate on what we are listening to, just putting the emphasis on intonation, rhyme as well as the speed. It just seems to be a way of training your feeling or your ears responding to English. Intensive listening is very difficult and complicated. We need to have strong will and be patient because it requires of we repeating the part we didnt catch over and over again. When it comes to speaking, I have three tips. Pronunciation should be the base, so correcting pronunciation is always necessary. Intonation, rhyme as well as the speed is the blood of body. We need all so that we can survive the speaking. To improve this, imitation is never outdated to be applied. The American TV dramas, BBC, VOA or the essays can be the source of imitation.Here I want to say more about oral English. Since I am not good at speaking, I spent a lot of time looking for a way to improve it. Finally I conclude my way. Just as a saying said, “learning English is like learning swimming. You will never acquire it unless you go into the water.” Here are some my tips for you to practice oral English:Firstly, spend half an hour talking to yourself. The topics can be anything, such as food, clothes, movie plot, music, story, news, joke or even your trouble. Speak English as possible as you can, if you dont speak, then you dont have chance to take mistakes and correct it. If condition permitting, use a cell phone to record what you have said, and listen to it. Try your best to find your flaws and make up for it.Secondly, go to English corner and talk to others. Its better if you can find a foreigner. If you cant, dont worry. Non-native speaker also helps. Its ridiculous that people believe only native speakers can help us improve English. Actually, our classmates also work. Why? They improved our grammar. The more grammar mistakes they expose in conversation, the less mistakes you will have in next talk.Last one is to recite. Our memory is just like a box. Only you often open it then you can get what you want. Try your best to read more and recite more. If you want to live a memorable life, then you have to memorize. Dont complain to me that you dont have time. You can squeeze it. We never know that how much time we have lost. I must say that there is no shortcut in learning a language. The best way is to repeat and imitate. To master a language, we must be expert on at least one skill of the five. You can poor in reading or writing, but you have to be excellent in the rest of all. If all the skill is middle or low, it is too dangerous. And in my opinion, listening and speaking are closely related. If you can do better in listening, then you have no problem in speaking. In the similar way, reading, writing and translating are also together. Of course, we need reading skill so that we can listen and speak. In fact, all the skills are linked to each other. The purpose we learn a language actually is to understand what a foreigner says and convey our ideas to them, so the ends of learning a language is translation. The way to test whether you are an advanced English learner is to check what your translating level is. 我对英语学习的反思毫无疑问想学好英语我们必须掌握英语的五项技能：听、说、读、写和译。在这我主要注重在前两个技能上。我们通常把听放在第一位，当然是有原因的。听是学习各种语言的过程中最关键的部分。这使我想到了我的童年。当我们还是幼儿时，我们不知道如何读、如何写、甚至是如何说，那时学习母语的唯一方法便是听。1至2岁的小孩主要是通过父母间的谈话或是其它的有趣的娱乐活动来学说话。更加具体一点就是说，听可以分为精听与泛听。每天确保你有半小时的泛听。当我们进行泛听时，我们不需要将注意力集中在内容上，而应该是关注它的语音、语调和语速上。这似乎是一种训练你的语感或耳朵反映的灵敏度。精听是非常困难以及复杂的。我们需要有很强的意志力和耐心，因为它需要我们一遍遍重复没听懂的部分直到听懂。涉及到说，我有三个建议。发音是基础，所以纠音总是很有必要的。语音、语调和语速好比是身体中的血液。我们需要这些才能持续交谈。模仿在提高这些能力上是永远不会过时的。美剧、BBC、VOA和短文都可以是模仿的来源。在这我更想说的是英语口语。因为之前我并不擅长说，所以花了很多时间在寻找方法来提高我的口语水平，最后我找到了我的方式。就像一句谚语说的，“学英语就像学游泳。只有下水你才能学会。”这里有一些我对于练习英语口语的小建议：首先，花半个小时与自己交谈。话题可以是任何事情，比如食物、衣服、电影情节、音乐、故事、新闻、笑话，甚至可以是你自己的一些问题。尽可能地讲英语，如果你不讲，你就不会发现错误，更不能改正错误。如果条件允许的话，用一部手机把你所说的录下来并听一听，然后竭尽所能找出缺点并改正它。然后，多参加英语角并和他人交谈。如果能找到一个外国人就更好了。当然如果不能也不需要着急。非本地的人也是有所帮助的。那些认为只有说母语的人才能对我们的英语有所提高是谬论。事实上，我们的同学也能够提供帮助。为什么呢？因为他们能够提高我们的语法能力。在谈话中他们暴露越多的语法错误，在下次交谈中我们就会犯越少的语法错误。最后一个是背诵。我们的记忆就像一个盒子，只有当你经常打开它时，你才能得到你想要的。尽可能多读多背。如果你想过一个难忘的生活你就需要记忆。不要抱怨说没有时间。你可以把时间挤出来的，我们永远不会知道我们失去了多少时间。我必须说的是在学习语言的道路上是没有捷径可以走的。最好的方法就是重复和模仿。想要掌握一门语言，我们至少需要精通一种技能。你可以不擅长读或者写，但是你必须精通剩下的技能。如果所有的技能都只是中等甚至是极差的话，就很危险了。在我看来，听与说是密切相关的。如果你在听力上很擅长，那在说的方面也是不会有问题的。类似的，阅读、写作和翻译也是相关的。肯定的是，我们需要阅读以便于我们的听与说。实际上，所有的技能都是相关的。我们学语言的目标是理解外国人所说的，并将我们的想法传达给他们，因此学习语言的最高层次就是翻译。而测试你是否是高级英语学习者的方法就是检测你的翻译水平。