areflectiononmyenglishlearning

Wed., 25th Jul., 2012

The best way to learn a foreign language is to talk with the native speaker. In this way you can soon have good command of this language, instead of reading the textbooks by yourself for 10 years.

I got the above concept from the Portugal clients I received this afternoon. He makes lots of Chinese friends in Guangzhou, he invites his Chinese friends to his house, he talks to them, now he speaks Chinese so fluently within one year. However, we have spent 10 years’ school education on English learning, now we still find it very hard to understand every word they are talking. And we still have a lot of difficulty expressing our own opinions.

It is definitely not because they are smarter, it is just because they are learning in a different way, a better way. Can we also use this better way? Surely, the answer is yes. Then we need to make friends of native speakers. This is the most difficult part, but it is also the part which has

profound impact.

Methods to speak to native speakers:

1. Speak to the native speakers that you know, say your clients(business contact, holiday greetings, personal friendship contact), your clients’ friends.

2. Make friends on internet and talk with those who want to speak English too.

Also, talking with friend around me is also not too bad, at least I can try to think in English in an active way. Meanwhile, I can try to describe everything that I see. If I don’t know how to describe, I can look into a dictionary to make a search on websites.

All in all, interest in English, or say the passion for English, it is what will lead me to the point I want to achieve.