Why are many people in China afraid to speak English outside?

People in China are afraid to speak English outside. In fact, it is not only a question of learning English, but also closely related to China's educational philosophy.

All along, our education has taught us a very important thing, that is, never make mistakes in learning, not that you will make mistakes, but learn to correct them and not make the same mistakes again. Therefore, China people can't speak English well. If they make a little mistake, they will feel laughed at and lose face. So in order not to make mistakes, they simply don't talk.

However, language is a skill, but all skills must grow in the process of constant practice and mistakes. If you don't speak, you really can't make mistakes, but you can't grow up. As a result, you were silent for many years. Once you need to speak English, it's even more embarrassing.

Another serious problem is that most people in China have not received professional phonetics education when they first came into contact with English. English teachers in many schools can't even read phonetic symbols correctly, and they don't pay enough attention to phonetic symbols in class. Then they copy fluent Chinglish or local English and speak it to a large number of students for many years. So you will find that many English learners have a strong local accent. Some accents are so serious that foreigners can't understand what you are saying when you open your mouth. . . A situation like this will make the parties have a strong sense of inferiority, which will make them even more reluctant to speak English.

In fact, English is not as terrible as many people think. It is just a language, a communication tool, which is convenient for us to communicate and understand better with foreigners. As long as you have the right attitude, practice in the right way and seize every opportunity to speak and use English, you will find that you don't have to worry about being laughed at by others at all, and others will only envy you for speaking English.

Only by constantly revising and improving in application can we really improve our spoken English.