Li Kaifu: Please tell me how to learn English well.

Every current student and parent may not know the name Kai-Fu Lee. As a successful Chinese, he wrote four open letters to school students. His "education" concept is very popular. Unlike some people who specialize in educational research, he has contributed many practical methods. Recently, when my children talked to me about Kai-Fu Lee’s insights again, I saw that his fifth open letter was addressed to parents. Sometimes it seems that we understand many truths, but it is often not easy to really do it well when faced with specific situations. I went back to read his article and felt that it still has practical guiding significance, so I excerpted some fragments that interest me. Come down and share it with your friends: Li Kaifu Digest 2: The most important communication tool in the 21st century is English. Many Chinese students have good English test scores and have passed CET-4, CET-6, and TOEFL with high scores. However, after studying in the United States, they failed to attend classes. But it is difficult to understand the course content, and it is even more difficult to communicate with foreign students. How should we learn English well? Since English is the most important communication tool, the most important learning method is to combine it with practice as much as possible. You cannot just "learn" without "using", let alone learn English by memorizing it. When studying, everyone should try to read the original professional textbooks (if your English is not good enough, you can start with Chinese-English textbooks), and appropriately read some professional papers that interest you, which can improve your knowledge of English and related majors at the same time. . Secondly, the best way to improve your English listening and speaking skills is to talk directly to foreigners who are native English speakers. There are many foreigners studying and working in China now. Many of them are willing to talk and communicate with Chinese students in order to learn Chinese. This is a good learning opportunity. In addition, don’t regard learning English as a chore. You can learn English in an interesting way. For example, you can watch more dialogues or speeches by celebrities, and read more novels, dramas and even comics. Beginners can learn from original English teaching programs and videos, while those with a certain foundation should watch English TV or movies. When watching an English movie, it is best to watch it once with subtitles, while looking up new words and familiarizing yourself with sentence patterns, and then watch it again without subtitles and listen only with your ears. Listening to English radio is also a good way to practice English listening. It is best to spend half an hour to an hour every day listening to the radio and trying to understand the content. If necessary, you can record it and listen to it again and again. There are also many interactive English learning websites on the Internet, where you can use games, self-tests, bilingual reading, etc. to improve your English proficiency. In short, having the courage to practice and perseverance is the only way to learn English. Editor's Note: Experts say that learning English should not be regarded as a chore. It is best if you are interested and can learn quickly. However, if you don't like it very much at the beginning, then you should learn it as a task, just like in real life. There are many things in it that you may not necessarily like, but you must do it, and you may actually fall in love with it over time. The expert talks about learning English. If you are in Hong Kong, in addition to English, the local language (Cantonese) is also indispensable. If you want to enter other people's society and live with others, you must first have communication tools. Using your own tools on the turf doesn't quite work. But if you are willing to learn and speak out boldly to communicate, you will find that most locals are very kind to outsiders who learn to speak the local dialect. Finally, I posted a joke: A mouse unfortunately ran into a cat. In desperation, the mouse barked like a dog, scaring the cat away. Afterwards, the mouse said proudly, "Look, it's quite useful to know another foreign language!" .