How to learn English effectively?

The purpose of learning English is not to study the laws of English language, but mainly to communicate with foreigners, that is, to be able to listen, speak, read and translate English. This should be said to be a skill. However, the mastery of skills can not be achieved by theoretical explanation alone, but by repeated and long-term training in practice. Therefore, students who are interested in learning English well should pick up the article and read it, turn on the tape recorder and open their mouths. More exposure to English will deepen your understanding of English, and you can sum up good methods that suit you. For China people, it is not easy to practice the ability to speak well, and it requires courage to be afraid of mistakes and jokes. Chinese and English are very different, and their pronunciation methods are also very different. There will be many mistakes when you start practicing oral English. At this time, must be quite brick? Without the "nonsense" at the beginning, there is no beautiful spoken English.

2. Pay special attention to pronunciation and intonation in the primary stage.

Because of different pronunciation habits, it is not easy for people in China to speak standard English. Just as foreigners learn Chinese, it is difficult for them to speak standard Mandarin. However, in order to meet the needs of communication, we must make up our minds to master authentic English pronunciation and intonation. Middle school students are young, which is the best time to learn pronunciation and intonation. During this period, they have laid a good foundation for pronunciation and will benefit for life. Moreover, English in middle school is not good, and it will not be easy to change when you are old. At present, among middle school students, many people are trying to imitate the pronunciation of foreigners. They listened to the tape recorder repeatedly and corrected their pronunciation and intonation over and over again. They seize every opportunity to speak English loudly, not afraid of making mistakes or being told that they are Chinglish, and gradually approach the British and American accent in the practice of listening and speaking. Their practice is worth learning from. When learning English, we should stick to the principle of listening before speaking, especially in the primary stage. We see that many junior high school students, even primary school students, have poor pronunciation, but they concentrate on learning grammar rules there. This is really putting the cart before the horse. It should be noted that grammar rules can be learned well in the future, and good pronunciation and oral ability will be difficult to make up after this age.

3. Do a good job of reading.

Reading is an important aspect of English learning. Reading ability is an important ability to get information from words, and it is also the most convenient means for China people to learn English. Middle school students should work hard on intensive reading and extensive reading. The so-called intensive reading means reading carefully and understanding the structure and meaning sentence by sentence. For words or phrases you don't understand, you should look them up in the dictionary to understand them. After reading the article, you should also learn induction, synthesis and reasoning. Sometimes, translating difficult English sentences into Chinese helps to understand English accurately. Texts in middle school English textbooks and some famous English articles can be used as intensive reading materials. Extensive reading is a reading method that middle school students easily ignore. The so-called extensive reading is to read through, only to understand the general idea, regardless of the sentence structure, regardless of the usage of certain words. Extensive reading materials are varied, including simple reading materials, English newspapers for middle school students, and various relatively simple English chapters, which middle school students can read widely. When reading this kind of material, don't look up a new word in the dictionary. Try to guess the meaning from the context. Unless a new word appears repeatedly, you don't know whether its meaning really affects your understanding of the whole text. Extensive reading should also pay attention to a certain speed, and sometimes it is not necessary to read it carefully word by word. If you read more, you will have a strong sense of language, and you can gradually exercise your ability to skip and scan. It can be said that people who can't read extensively are not called reading.

4. writing.

There is one more thing for middle school students to learn English, that is, writing. Listening, speaking, reading and writing actually influence and restrict each other. Writing exercises can be done later, but high school students should always write English anyway. Writing can help us master English more accurately and improve our listening, speaking and reading abilities. Middle school students should start with simple sentences, not long ones. Write one or two sentences first, and gradually develop to five or ten sentences. Beginners can translate into English according to the meaning of Chinese when writing, and slowly write English directly by the English thinking in their heads. Beginners mainly use small words and sentences, that is, common words and simple sentences. When you have a certain level, you can also use some complex structures, such as attributive clauses, non-predicate verb phrases, emphasized sentence patterns and so on. Also practice using conjunctions well, because using conjunctions well can make the meaning expression more accurate and the article smoother. One thing to mention is not to create Chinglish. People in China should write English mainly by imitating and using the sentences you have heard and read.

5. Reciting is the basic skill of English learning.

Learning English can only be applied flexibly on the basis of rote memorization. Reciting is the first step in memory. Reciting is not as good as reciting a short passage. For example, the essay in Book 2 of New Concept English is interesting in content, simple in words and authentic in language. It is really a good material to practice reciting. Reciting has many advantages, which can make us familiar with English vocabulary and structure and enhance our sense of language. Since what you have memorized is deeply rooted in your mind, it lays the foundation for you to imitate the sentence patterns of British and American people when you use English? Otherwise, what should you say? How to write? If you only make sentences according to grammatical rules, that kind of English is probably not authentic English. Another advantage of reciting is to accumulate for the future. Middle school is a period with the best memory, and what is memorized is often unforgettable. Without a lot of recitation in middle school, it is difficult to develop English to a higher level in the future.