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English learning should follow the following six principles. These principles are common sense. As American President Lincoln said, one must decide problems and establish his own action plan according to language, logic and "simple common sense". If you follow common sense in the process of learning English, you may succeed. If you go against common sense, you will not succeed. Of course, success depends on your efforts. This time, if you follow common sense and work hard, you will succeed!

First, the principle of simplicity.

Learning English: Start with simplicity.

Use English: simple-good, simpler-better, simplest-best.

When we were in college, our English teacher asked us to read a lot of English. Some students borrowed the original, and there were more than 20 new words on the first page, and more than 20 words on the second page ..... On the fifth page, I didn't know what the first page meant; On the tenth page, I don't know what the first nine pages are written. Reading has become extremely difficult and monotonous, and I don't feel any gains. Reading the original English has become a process of looking up English dictionaries and memorizing new words, and it has become a chore. So few people can persist until they give up.

Some of them tried for the second time and finally gave up. What is the reason? I think it violates the common sense of "step by step"

By "step by step", you are required to start with "simplicity". Learning and using English should follow simple principles. At that time, I just started with simple English reading. Now, there are many sets of "easy books" in the bookstore. I read books with abbreviations of 500 ~ 800 words first, then books with abbreviations of 800 ~ 1500 words, and then works with abbreviations of 1500 ~ 2500 words ... I can read them because I understand them; It feels particularly good to read. When a person has a sense of accomplishment, self-confidence arises spontaneously and becomes stronger and stronger, thus generating greater interest. Foreign English literature seems to have brought me to a different country, a different culture, a different life and made some different friends. In the process of entering another culture, life, people and customs, there is a strong yearning and strong desire. I want to keep reading!

Only from a simple start, it is easy to get started, generate "interest" and carry things on. English reading should follow the "simplicity principle", and listening, speaking and writing should start from the simplest, because the simplicity principle has great advantages:

1, create a sense of accomplishment and cultivate self-confidence.

2. increase interest.

3. The language is catchy.

4. It is convenient to apply what you have learned.

However, many students in China tend to disdain simple language and only seek to understand without trying to use what they have learned. China students like to pursue one word when learning English-"difficult". Although I have learned a lot of difficult things, I can't "use". In fact, simple things are really important if they can be used flexibly and accurately. For example, in spoken English, people don't look at how difficult words a person can say. The key lies in whether he can skillfully express his feelings and ideas with the simplest words, sentence patterns and grammar. People in English-speaking countries communicate through a limited number of words and simple sentence patterns in their daily lives.

Simple English has become a trend in English-speaking countries: try to be as simple as possible when speaking or writing English. However, although China students have learned many difficult words and complex structures, they can't even express their thoughts with simple words and structures. Sometimes using big words is inappropriate on the one hand and difficult to understand on the other. In fact, only when you thoroughly understand the "small words" and "simple expressions" in English can you communicate skillfully in simple English.

Of course, this does not mean that "difficult words" and "complex sentence patterns" are completely useless or useless. I'm just saying we should use it less or as little as possible. But the current trend is that "simple English" means "the best English", which is absolutely correct. In fact, if you communicate with foreigners face to face, you will be surprised to find that the English they speak is so simple that you may even ask yourself what is the use of the complicated English you have studied for many years.

The key to English learning is to learn easy things and then use them comprehensively.

Second, the principle of quantity

Better, better, best.

It is far from enough for China to learn English intensive reading, intensive reading, intensive reading and intensive listening, let alone a lot of nonsense. How can there be qualitative change without quantitative change? Therefore, China people must pay more attention to "generality" when learning English. For example, if you don't read enough, you can't read English skillfully. If you want to learn listening, you should listen to a lot of tapes, English radio, English TV and English movies. If you want to learn spoken English, speak English as much as possible. You can't be too eager to achieve success in learning English, because only with "quantity" can you make a "qualitative" leap.

The accumulation of quantity is necessary. When learning English, many people often have a misunderstanding that a book represents a level. For example, when I finish reading a primary book, I will say "my reading level has reached the primary level", while when I finish learning an advanced book, I will be intoxicated with "I have reached the advanced reading level". I just read a primary spoken English book, and I think my oral English level is primary. After reading an advanced spoken English book, you think you are advanced in spoken English. In fact, English learning has a "point-line-surface" relationship. A book is just a point, countless books are connected into a line, and more lines form a surface. The so-called "level" is the superficial thing. Take reading as an example. First of all, you should read a lot of elementary books. When you have finished reading 30 elementary books and read 3 1 elementary books, there are few new words, and you can easily understand them and enter the world described by the author, then you can read intermediate books. Just reading a primary-level book, if you don't have a good foundation at all and are eager to read a higher-level book, you will inevitably "haste makes waste" and naturally you will not be able to learn well. In other words, no matter what English level you are at, you need to accumulate a corresponding level of quantity. English listening, speaking and writing should also follow this principle.

Language learning is to cultivate a feeling, which needs to be cultivated by the accumulation of quantity. As the saying goes, it comes naturally. Similarly, when a certain amount is reached, a "sense of language" arises. At this time, you should raise your feelings to your thoughts and integrate them into your own thinking, so that you can use English freely. Please note that the accumulation of quantity in the basic stage is the most important. The charm of the pyramid lies in its perfect architectural structure. With a profound foundation, the spire can be brilliant. The reason for learning English well is the same. We must lay a good foundation. Only on the premise of laying a good foundation can we learn English well.

In the accumulation stage of quantity, we should also follow the correct learning methods.

Take reading as an example, a simple set of reading materials is divided into six levels, each level has five or six, and a book is only about 100 pages, so you can read one level of reading materials in less than a week. In the process of reading, don't be too rigid in grammar. You can experience the function of grammar occasionally, but the key is to understand the theme of the novel. It should be noted that we are acquiring information, understanding culture and life and absorbing new ideas through English. In order to read quickly, you must read. Don't learn a language, first establish the concept of quantity and read as soon as possible. If you keep reading for three or four months, your English reading level will improve quickly.

Someone always asks how long it will take to learn English well. This question is not easy to answer, because there is no standard to measure English learning, and the speed of learning English varies from person to person. But one thing is certain, that is, you must have a correct way to learn English. In fact, as long as the method is right, you can get started soon. It takes a year or two to get started and communicate in English. Therefore, if you always do it in the right way, you will learn English well soon.

Thirdly, the principle of repetition.

There is an English proverb that "knowledge is the mother of skills". You can recall the process of learning any skill. Whether swimming or cycling, it is a process of repeating the same action. The acquisition of any skill, including English, of course comes from repetition. One thing is repeated too much, which leads to the core of the game. ⒄⒄⒂ ⒄⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ ⒂ Cong? ⒅ 1 heat dissipation? An acre of insurance? Jump cold? What's wrong with ammonia? Tuo? What's the name of Boan Bureau? What is Boan's M model? Jump cold? Is the partial scrapping of glass ammonia over? Reduce flexibility, Liao Wei? What's the name of Boan Bureau? What's the name of Boan Bureau? Is it miserable? Hey hey? ⒅ 1 heat load? Hey? Playing the Boba altar team? Hey? Hey? Tuo? Choose a tape and listen to it 20 times. At the beginning of learning spoken English, the principle of repetition is more important. Because, just after learning spoken English and memorizing some English, I will find my partner to practice and repeat what I have learned. "Repetition principle" and "quantity principle" are indispensable and should be organically unified. Learning any skills in English: reading, listening, speaking and writing, must be repeated on the basis of the principle of quantity. There must be some words or sentence patterns in English that you understand thoroughly and master. You can use them flexibly to communicate. Please note that these words and sentence patterns you have mastered must have been repeated countless times. These repetitive things have become a part of you, and you can use them freely. Repetition is the most important way for people to remember. Repetition makes people accurately and profoundly understand the essence and internal laws of things. The principle of quantity requires you to read more, listen more, speak more and write more, and emphasize the word "disk". The principle of repetition requires you to do the same thing many times, that is, to emphasize the word "essence" So it seems that the two are contradictory. But contradictions are inevitable. I think the best things in the world must be contradictory. Because only two contradictory bodies can produce the greatest power to make the subject move forward. Good English learning methods should also strive for the unity of contradictions. We should accumulate a batch of books, spread them out, and at the same time, we should learn a reader, a spoken book, a tape and a movie thoroughly. It is very important to "refine" some contents on the basis of quantity.

Fourth, the principle of imitation

Language is the identity mark formed by people in long-term practice, and its application "rules" can be followed. Children's language learning is a process of imitation. They imitate their parents, people around them, TV and other things that can be imitated every day, and they imitate more and more. Suddenly one day, they stopped imitating and gradually formed a language way that integrated their own personality characteristics.

As an English learner, we must imitate what we already have, and "innovation" without experiencing imitation in place means mistakes. Innovation comes from imitation, which is the basis of learning English and innovation. Only by mastering the soul and essence of English through imitation can we talk about our own language style.

When learning English, the principle of imitation is very important. For example, when learning phonetics, we should practice phonetic symbols, word pronunciation and read sentences and articles repeatedly. In practice, try to imitate the pronunciation of phonetic symbols and words, and imitate the tone and rhythm of sentences. Imitation is very important for learning pronunciation well. If you want to learn spoken English? Imitation is also important. When learning spoken English, try to imitate what you read and hear. Of course, it would be better if you imitate what you have read and heard on the principle of repetition. If you want to learn English writing, the importance of imitation is even more obvious. You have to read all kinds of articles and famous articles. I have read it many times, and if I really understand it, I must imitate it meticulously. Try to imitate, which is the most basic common sense in English learning.

A friend of mine speaks English very well. When talking about the secret of learning spoken English, he always said: "I will say what foreigners say;" I will write whatever foreigners write. " It was an instant hit!

Five, the principle of assault

If you want to learn English well, you need to adopt the strategy of "making a quick decision" and find the feeling of "getting into the role quickly". Only in this way can we have enough motivation and interest to stick to our study to the end. Do you remember how you learned to ride a bike, swim or drive a car? Did you master these skills through short-term "mass assault" exercises? The element of learning skills is the same, that is, going to countless surprise trainings. Of course, learning English may not be as simple as learning to ride a bike or swim, but mastering and using English is indeed a skill. To learn a skill, the principle of assault is the most important.

I used this method of surprise reinforcement when I was learning English. I just started learning English and studied English for three months. Start with simple reading materials and read as much as possible every day. Through surprise English reading, I not only learned vocabulary, but also became familiar with various grammatical phenomena and learned more about western life, culture and thoughts. Then, I went to strengthen my listening. After three months of listening surprise, I went back to strengthen my English reading. After strengthening reading, strengthen listening. After strengthening listening, strengthen oral English. According to this principle, we should strengthen reading-listening-speaking-writing. Learning English in this way has made rapid progress. In a sense, English learning is a process of strengthening correct concepts: strengthening the concepts of word pronunciation, word usage, sentence pattern and organization. For example, if you want to break through pronunciation, you have to arrange a period of time (for example, 15 days). In this 15 day, I am learning phonetics, listening to phonetics, imitating phonetics and learning "Die Hard Rowen" every day. /kloc-after 0/5 days, I feel that my pronunciation has made great progress, and I can stop when I have mastered it almost. Please note that while imitating, you should also record your pronunciation, carefully find out your pronunciation problems and correct them. After a while, attack the sound in the same way. Repeat this assault five or six times, and your pronunciation will definitely become the best. Sentence patterns, reading, grammar, listening and speaking should also undergo such a process of repeated assault and reinforcement.

A person's energy cannot be full forever, and doing the same thing repeatedly will become monotonous, so it is necessary to adopt the method of intermittent assault strengthening. The process of English learning should consist of intensive assault stage.

Sixth, the principle of interest

Interest is the best teacher. To learn English, you must be interested and try to cultivate this interest. If you are not interested in English, you will not have sustained enthusiasm and motivation, and it will be difficult to persist in English learning. On the contrary, once you become interested in English and try to cultivate this interest, you will do it unconsciously and read, listen, speak and write English with a strong desire. You will take the initiative to find someone to practice English, and you will find every opportunity to improve your English. Your English will improve unconsciously. You learned English before you knew it. Therefore, interest plays an important role in learning English well. However, despite knowing the importance of interest, few people consciously and step by step cultivate and develop their interest in English.

Misunderstandings in English learning

Let's talk about English learners who don't like learning English or have to learn English when they encounter difficulties.

I have to say that learning English in this state is really half the effort, or the effect is minimal. If you don't learn well, you don't like learning. If you don't like learning, you can't learn well. This is a vicious circle. You must change your ideas and methods of learning English and gradually cultivate your interest and confidence in order to finally embark on the right path.

Many English learners in this state of mind only study English to cope with various exams, for example, to get a CET-4/CET-6 certificate. They feel that learning English has little or no influence on their future career and development, and learning English is a waste of time. In fact, I don't agree that all people should learn English from middle school to college. Indeed, for many people, there are few opportunities to get in touch with English after work. There are many different opinions on whether English should occupy such an important position in China's basic education and higher education, but it will take some time to change. Since the major policies will not change obviously in the short term, we still have to learn English. Since you want to learn, why not let yourself get interested first and choose a more relaxed learning method?

From junior high school to university, I always see many people study English hard and spend a lot of time, energy and money on English learning, but with little effect. Or they study for four hours, maybe I can master it in half an hour. There are still many people who swear never to learn English again because of repeated wars and defeats. Seeing these people, I feel very sad about our English enlightenment and basic English education. This is why I have been determined to be an English teacher for a long time. Because they didn't cultivate their interest in English when they first learned English and didn't master good learning methods, their learning efficiency was low. If you do something you don't like, you can't do it well. Even if it is done, it will take considerable time and energy, which I think is a waste.

In fact, it is not difficult to learn English well, especially if you just want to study NMET or CET-4, or even TEM4. I think as long as you have a good learning method and mentality, no matter how hard you try. I took the senior high school entrance examination 142/ 150, the college entrance examination 122/ 150, CET-4 85, and TEM4 62 (TEM4 in 2003). Due to the great difficulty, the passing score dropped from 60 to 56, and I .. still don't understand why it is so low. In 2003, I got a score of 12/ 15 for the most difficult dictation part of "Band Four". I haven't got my TEM-8 score yet. Of course, grades can't tell everything. There are many students whose grades are much higher than mine, but the key point is that I really don't "work hard" in English learning, that is, I don't study as hard as many people do. I usually spend more time contacting and learning English than studying systematically in class.

First of all, one thing is certain. People who hate learning English don't hate it when they first come into contact with and learn English. This kind of boredom and even conflict with English is gradually produced and worsened in the process of learning English. I summed up the reasons for this boredom, mainly because the teacher neglected the cultivation of interest in English teaching, or it may be that the methods or means of teachers imparting English knowledge are relatively rigid, such as:

1. Too much emphasis on the interpretation of grammatical rules, so-called dead-button grammar.

2. Maritime tactics. That is, let students do a lot of difficult English knowledge exercises, so that students can learn English in the sense of frustration and failure in making mistakes.

3. Ignoring the cultivation of students' standardized and idiomatic oral pronunciation leads to many students' poor pronunciation and dare not open their mouths to speak English.

4. The teacher lacks passion in teaching, follows the book and acts as a teacher like a walking dictionary.

5. Students are not explained in detail how to remember words correctly, which makes them suffer from forgetting in the process of memorizing words.

6. Emphasis on the purpose of English learning, ignoring the role of English as a communication tool, leading to the lack of interaction between teachers and students in the classroom.

7. Teachers lack personal charm, can't attract students, and lectures can't be fascinating.

As can be seen from the above, it is very important for teachers to inspire and guide English beginners. Perhaps teachers' unintentional neglect of some aspects of teaching will lead many students to gradually lose their interest and strength in learning English.

Objectively speaking, English education in China, especially basic English education, has undergone great development and changes in recent years, and many excellent first-line English teachers have emerged. However, we also have to admit that due to the imbalance of China's economic and social development, most of these teachers exist in provincial key schools and schools in developed southeast coastal areas. For most ordinary schools, the number of such teachers is limited, and they are constantly losing. In this case, English learners are required not only to rely on teachers' teaching, but also to explore and find correct learning methods in the process of learning English.

Learning is hard work, and learning a language is even more difficult. Why do you say that?

Take the process of learning Chinese as a mother tongue as an example. We begin to babble a few months after birth, and the influence of the surrounding environment is very important for language learning. Before we can write Chinese, we can express our opinions in Chinese very skillfully, and we can speak English without studying grammar systematically, and we have never done so many multiple-choice questions when learning Chinese. With the study of Chinese knowledge science system in kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools and universities, we can use Chinese more skillfully and regularly, express ourselves more clearly and listen to others more accurately. At the same time, our reading and writing ability has also reached a higher level. It takes about ten years from learning to mastering Chinese. We use it every day at this stage. We learn Chinese in Chinese, and we also learn other subjects in Chinese. Make our language ability progress continuously in learning and using.

Human beings have the instinct to learn a language and are used to learning a language under the rules we mentioned above. However, our foreign language learning is the opposite. For example, when we learn English, when we can't speak English well, we learn grammar first. When we are not good at reading, we have learned the spelling of some words. Moreover, you can only speak several sets of complete English or make a few sentences in English in class. Learning a foreign language in this way violates the laws of anthropology and will inevitably cause many obstacles to our study. For example, the spelling of words is inaccurate and easy to forget; The grammar is not solid, the application is not flexible, and it is seriously influenced by the mother tongue. In addition, the pronunciation is worse. Even if the pronunciation of a single word is accurate, the intonation, stress and pause of the sentence are not authentic.

Faced with so many difficulties, we are easily frustrated and discouraged in the process of learning English. Therefore, when learning English, we must foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, turn disadvantages into advantages, and try our best to make the process of learning English conform to the law of learning Chinese, that is, to the law of anthropological language learning.

We can't learn English in a complete English environment, but we can try our best to create an atmosphere for learning English. For example, you can listen to English radio and watch TV programs on English channels every day; Or watch an English movie or series every day; Or read some English newspapers and magazines. In fact, it is not difficult to create a "passive" English environment, but passive listening and watching is not enough. We should actively express and communicate in English. For example, we can communicate with teachers in English in class; Find opportunities to contact foreign teachers after class; Or learn more from students who have good oral English, or even find foreign friends to communicate in English online (you can use the software Pal Talk). Even when you are alone, you can play two roles and have an impromptu English conversation.

In a word, learning English doesn't happen overnight, let alone in the classroom. We should always pay attention to English in our life. Watch more international news and learn more about all kinds of anecdotes happening around the world. Even if we know these things through Chinese, it will help us learn English.

Maybe someone will ask, what can be done to pay attention to English in life? In fact, we can start by paying attention to various English abbreviations. For example, when we go to the bank, we can see ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China); To eat fast food, you can watch KFC and McDonald's. ; Go to the insurance company and you can see PICC (China People's Insurance Company). Watching the news, you can often hear about the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), WHO (World Health Organization), WTO (World Trade Organization), UNESCO (United Nations Educational and Scientific Organization) and so on. With a computer, you will encounter a lot of English, such as PC (Personal Computer), CD-ROM (CD-ROM), IE(Internet Explorer), HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and so on. When using a digital camera, you will often see AE (automatic exposure), AF (automatic focus) and so on.

We have many opportunities to get in touch with English in our life. The key is whether we can be careful. Discover English in life, consolidate English in life and let English learning run through every moment. In other words, the process of English learning is not to pick up the whole article, but to pick it up one by one. So we say that people who learn a foreign language well are all careful people.