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TED英语演讲稿:
6个月学会一门外语-英语演讲稿
简介:
为什么有的人学了XX年的英语还是开不了口?
而另一些人却能迅速掌握一门外语?
上世纪80年代,语言学家chrislonsdale来到中国,仅用6个月的时间他就能说出流利的普通话。
他是怎么做到的?
一起来听听他的学习方法吧!
haveyoueverheldaquestioninmindforsolongthatitbecomespartofhowyouthink?
maybeevenpartofwhoyouareasaperson?
wellivehadaquestioninmymindformany,manyyearsandthatis:
howcanyouspeeduplearning?
now,thisisaninterestingquestionbecauseifyouspeeduplearningyoucanspendlesstimeatschool.andifyoulearnreallyfast,youprobablywouldnthavetogotoschoolatall.
now,wheniwasyoung,schoolwassortofokaybutifoundquiteoftenthatschoolgotinthewayoflearningsoihadthisquestioninmind:
howdoyoulearnfaster?
andthisbeganwheniwasvery,veryyoung,wheniwasaboutelevenyearsoldiwrotealettertoresearchersinthesovietunion,askingabouthypnopaedia,thisissleeplearning,whereyougetataperecorder,youputitbesideyourbedanditturnsoninthemiddleofthenightwhenyouresleeping,andyouresupposedtobelearningfromthis.
agoodidea,unfortunatelyitdoesntwork.but,hypnopaediadidopenthedoorstoresearchinotherareasandwevehadincrediblediscoveriesaboutlearningthatbeganwiththatfirstquestion.iwentonfromtheretobecomepassionateaboutpsychologyandihavebeeninvolvedinpsychologyinmanywaysfortherestofmylifeupuntilthispoint.in1981itookmyselftochinaandidecidedthatiwasgoingtobenativelevelinchineseinsidetwoyears.
now,youneedtounderstandthatin1981,everybodythoughtchinesewasreally,reallydifficultandthatawesternercouldstudyfortenyearsormoreandneverreallygetverygoodatit.andialsowentinwithadifferentideawhichwas:
takingalloftheconclusionsfrompsychologicalresearchuptothatpointandapplyingthemtothelearningprocess.whatwasreallycoolwasthatinsixmonthsiwasfluentinmandarinchineseandtookalittlebitlongertogetuptonative.butilookedaroundandisawallofthesepeoplefromdifferentcountriesstrugglingterriblywithchinese,isawchinesepeoplestrugglingterriblytolearnenglishandotherlanguages,andsomyquestiongotrefineddownto:
howcanyouhelpanormaladultlearnanewlanguagequickly,easilyandeffectively?
nowthisareally,reallyimportantquestionintodaysworld.wehavemassivechallengeswithenvironmentwehavemassivechallengeswithsocialdislocation,withwars,allsortsofthingsgoingonandifwecantcommunicatewerereallygoingtohavedifficultysolvingtheseproblems.soweneedtobeabletospeakeachotherslanguages,thisisreally,reallyimportant.
thequestionthenishowdoyoudothat.well,itsactuallyreallyeasy.youlookaroundforpeoplewhocanalreadydoit,youlookforsituationswhereitsalreadyworkingandthenyouidentifytheprinciplesandapplythem.itscalledmodellingandivebeenlookingatlanguagelearningandmodellinglanguagelearningforaboutfifteentotwentyyearsnow.
andmyconclusion,myobservationfromthisisthatanyadultcanlearnasecondlanguagetofluencyinsidesixmonths.nowwhenisaythis,mostpeoplethinkimcrazy,thisisnotpossible.soletmeremindeverybodyofthehistoryofhumanprogress,itsallaboutexpandingourlimits.
in1950everybodybelievedthatrunningonemileinfourminuteswasimpossibleandthenrogerbannisterdiditin1956andfromthereitsgotshorterandshorter.100yearsagoeverybodybelievedthatheavystuffdoesntfly.exceptitdoesandweallknowthis.howdoesheavystufffly?
wereorganisethematerialsusingprinciplesthatwehavelearnedfromobservingnature,birdsinthiscase.andtodaywevegoneeverfurther,soyoucanflyacar.youcanbuyoneoftheseforacouplehundredthousandusdollars.wenowhavecarsintheworldthatcanfly.andtheresadifferentwaytoflythatwevelearnedfromsquirrels.soallyouneedtodoiscopywhataflyingsquirreldoes,buildasuitcalledawingsuitandoffyougo,youcanflylikeasquirrel.
no,mostpeople,alotofpeople,iwouldntsayeverybodybutalotofpeoplethinktheycantdraw.howevertherearesomekeyprinciples,fiveprinciplesthatyoucanapplytolearningtodrawandyoucan2actuallylearntodrawinfivedays.so,ifyoudrawlikethis,youlearntheseprinciplesforfivedaysandapplythemandafterfivedaysyoucandrawsomethinglikethis.nowiknowthisistruebecausethatwasmyfirstdrawingandafterfivedaysofapplyingtheseprinciplesthatwaswhatiwasabletodo.andilookedatthisandiwentwow,sothatshowilooklikewhenimconcentratingsointenselythatmybrainisexploding.so,anybodycanlearntodrawinfivedaysandinthesameway,withthesamelogic,anybodycanlearnasecondlanguageinsixmonths.
how:
therearefiveprinciplesandsevenactions.