Reflections on how to improve English speaking skills.docx

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ReflectionsonhowtoimproveEnglishspeakingskills

TherearemanywaystoimproveyourspeakingskillsinEnglishlanguage,anditisforyoutochoosethemostappropriatewaythatbettersuitsyouandthatmakesyouperceiveandlearnquicker.

Heresomewaysandmethodsyoucanapply:

-Readingatyourownlevelofcomprehensionandunderstandingsimplebooks,articles,onlineandoffline.

-Usingadictionaryonlineoroffagaintolookupnewwords.

-ListeningtosonglyricsinEnglish,watchingmoviesinenglishanddoinganyactivityyoulikethat

involvesusingEnglishsolearningbecomesfunsuchasgamesforexamples.

-Speakingandpracticingwithnativespeakerswhichhelpsyougetholdoftheaccentandlearnnew

modesofexpressionusedbynatives,ifyoudon'thavethechancetospeakwithnativesinreallife,thenyoucouldusesuchchatprogramsasitlaki,whichallowsyoutointeractwithnativespeakersandvoicechatwiththem.

-Practicinggrammarusinggrammarbooksoronlineexercisesisessentialtobuildcorrectsentences,

trythatlinkasanexample:

Usingoneormoreofthebeforementionedmethodsandwayscanhelpyouimproveyourspeakingskillsgradually,itdependsonhowmuchtimeandeffortyoudedicatetolearning,wishingyougoodluck:

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ForimprovingyourknowledgeinEnglishtry:

1.Listenmore&moretoEnglisheveninyoursleeping（ithelpsyoutomakeafamiliaratmospherewithit）.

2.Writemanysentencesinitfromshorttolongones（forimprovingyourgrammar&helpingtothinkinginEnglishnotinyourlanguage）

3.Repeatthesentencesafterhearingthemcarefully（assameasspeaker）.

4.Speakmore&moreevenyouhavesomemistakesonit（youcancorrectthemonebyone）

5.Getapartnertoconversationorchatting.

6.Practice,practice&practice（it’stheGOLDKEYforlearningeverything）.

Tryit

Don'tworryyoucanresolveyourproblemsonit

GOODLUCK

HowtoimproveyourcommunicationskillsbyspeakingbetterEnglish?

Practicemakesperfect,especiallywhenyouwanttoimproveyourcommunicationskills.Youcanfindhelptopolish（润色）yourEnglishinahostof（一大群）environments,andawidearray（一系列）ofmedia.Youwillneed:

repetition,media,adictionary,acomputerwithInternetaccess,books,stickynotes,andadiary.

Step1:

Repeatconversations

Studymouthmovementsaspeopleconverse.Repeatwhattheysay,preserving（保留）tone（腔调）,volume,andrhythm（节奏）.Utilizing（利用）medialiketelevisionandfilmsandlisteningtomusicorbooksontapeallofferachancetoabsorb（吸收）English.

Tip:

Newsbroadcasters（广播员）mustneutralize（中和）theemotions,sodon’tmistaketheirdelivery（讲话风格）forthewayyoumighthearnormalconversation.

Step2:

Familiarizeyourself

FamiliarizeyourselfwiththedictionarytoimproveEnglishcommunicationskills,transcribing（抄写）words,pronunciations,anddefinitionstoimprove.SpeakingandreadingaloudinEnglishforasetamountoftimeeachdaystrengthensyourabilities.

Step3:

Listen,study,repeat

Askfriendstopronouncedifficultwords.Listen,study,andrepeatwiththeirhelp,especiallyfocusingontheendingsofwords.Recordyourvoiceandcritique（评判）yourskillslater.

Tip:

Somewebsitesofferdaily,shortEnglishlessonssenttoyouremailoryourphone.

Step4:

Switchsearches

SwitchyoursearchengineormobilephonesettingstoEnglishlanguage.FindonlinechatswhereyouhavetorespondquicklyinEnglish.

Step5:

Readatranslation

Re-readabookfromyourpast,butthistimeinanEnglishtranslation.Concentrateonthedialogue,whichismoresimilartowhatyouwouldspeakthanthenarrative（叙述性的）descriptions,whichmightnotcomeupeveryday.

Tip:

Somebooksandmagazinesmaybetoodifficultatpresent.Don’tbeafraidtoquitoneandfindaneasierleveltexttolearnfromatfirst.

Step6:

Teachfamily

TeachEnglishtoyourfamily.Passingknowledgetoothersisaproven（经过验证的）waytopermanentlyfixthatsameknowledgeinyourownbrain.

Step7:

Labelstuff

Labelobjectsinyourhomebyputtingtheirnamesonsticky（有粘性的）notes,whichserveasvisualreminders.PlayaradioregularlytoreinforcetheEnglishlanguage,givingyouasubliminal（潜意识的）flowofwordsintoyourunconsciousasyouwork.

Tip:

Trylisteningtoatalkradionewsshow.ItwillprovidemoreEnglishspeakingthanamusicstation.

Step8:

Maintainadiary

KeepadiaryofarunningconversationwithyourselfinEnglish,usingwordsassociatedwithyourdailyexperiences.Theywilleventuallybecomehabitualchoicesandpartofyoureverydayinteractions（互动）withothers.

Didyouknow?

In2010,themorethan42,000studentsinPennsylvaniawhohadlimitedEnglishproficiencyspoke175differentlanguages.

HowtoimprovetheabilityofEnglishspeaking

I.Purposeoftheresearch

EnglishspeakingiscommonlyconsideredastheweakpartofChineseEnglishlearners.Takecollegestudentsforexample,theymaybegoodatEnglishreading,orEnglishwriting,someofthemevengotveryhighmarksindifferentkindsofEnglishtests.ButwhentheyareaskedtospeakinEnglish,mostofthemtendtochickenoutandkeepsilence.ThisisabigprobleminEnglishlearningandtheproblemstartstodrawsmoreandmoreattentionnowadays.Bothteachersandstudentsareeagertoknowthetruereasonbehinditandtheytrytheirbesttofigureoutthesolutiontothisproblem.Thepurposeofthisresearchisanalyzethisphenomenon,givesomeadvicesandsuggestions,thereforetohelpcollegestudentstoimprovetheirEnglishspeakingskills,thattheyneedthemost.

II.Literaturereview/researchbackground

Inordertocompletethistask,Iinterviewedsomeofmyclassmatestogetthewholepictureofthismatter.Ialsosentoutquestionnairetomanypeopleandgetquiteafewfeedbacks.Therearesomecommonproblemsexistingamongordinarystudents,whilesomeothersproblemsaremoreuniqueandpersonal.Afterdoingmyresearch,I’vecometoaconclusionthatwedidsomethingwronginlearningEnglish.Thetraditionalteachingandlearningmethodarenotsuitableformostus.Weneedachange,rightnow!

Thisismyresearchbackground.

III.Importanceoftheresearch

Asweknow,ChinesecollegestudentsputsomuchtimeandeffortinlearningEnglish.Yettheresultisnotsosatisfactory.Why?

Andwhatshouldtheydotomakethingsright?

Weneedtodoresearchandfindout.That’sthereasonwhyIcomeupwiththisresearchandreport.IjustwanttohelpthosewhodesiretoacquireEnglishandtriedsohardinthelearningpath.Ihopethattheresearchwillgivethemtheguidancetheyneed,helpthemtofindthesuitablemethodtolearnandeventuallymakeabigprogressintheirspokenEnglish.

IV.Outlineoftheresearch

1、SituationofcollegeEnglishspeakingteachinginChina.

InChinathereisaspecialpolicyinhigheducationalinstitute,thatisonlyhadpassedtheCET4（shortforCollegeEnglishTestbandfour）,studentscanhavetheirdiploma.Inthiscase,studentsputalotofeffortinlearningEnglish,doalotofexercises.HoweversincetheCET4isawrittentest,studentsmainlyfightforgrammar,reading,andwriting.Andtheypaylittleattentiontotheirspeakingability.SomeofthemevensimplyignorespeakingEnglishandkeeptheirmouthshutallthetime.Inthisway,thetest-orientedlearningmethodleadstheresultofhighmarkswithpoorskills.Peopleusuallycallthismethodas“dumbEnglishmethod”.Somanystudentsbecomethevictimsofthispoormethod.

2.ProblemsinlearningEnglishspeakingforcollegestudents.

ThereareseveralproblemsthatcollegestudentsusuallyhaveinlearningEnglishspeaking:

thebasicEnglishlevelispoor,betooshytospeak,lackofgoodenvironmenttospeak,andScarcityofculturalbackgroundknowledge.

2.1ThebasicEnglishlevelispoor.

Collegestudentsusuallysticktothearticlesassignedbytheirteachersinclass.Theydon’tdomuchreadingoutofclasses,sotheirvocabularyislimited.WhentheywanttoexpressthemselvesinEnglish,theysimplycan’tfindrightwordstospeak.Andsomewordstheytrytouseareveryformal.IfsuchwordsareusedinwrittenEnglishwillbejustfine,butinspokenEnglishthatwillbeweird.Pronunciationisanotherproblem.Whentheyspeak,peopledon’tunderstandduetothedialectoraccent.Soit’shardforthemtocommunicatewithotherpeople.

2.2Mostcollegestudentsareshytospeak.

Chinesestudentsareshybynature.Theyarebroughtuptobemodestandkeepthingstothemselves.Somoststudentsevendarenottospeaknativelanguageinfrontoflotpeople,letalonespeakEnglishinpublic.Thereasonisthattheyareafraidofmakingmistakes,losingface,orthinkotherpeoplewilllaughatthem.Thelesstheyspeak,theworsetheyspeak.Soit’slikeaviciouscircle.Graduallytheygiveuptrying.That’stoobad.

2.3Mostcollegestudentsdon’thaveagoodenvironmenttopracticeEnglishspeaking.

AlthoughtheInternetallowsthecollegestudentshavemorechancetoexposetoEnglish,theystillneedgoodenvironmenttopractice.WhentheyinaallChineseenvironment,theytendtospeakChineseallthetime.TheyspeakEnglishonlyinanoralEnglishclass.Andthatisnotenough.Everybodyknowsthatpracticemakesperfect,butnoteveryonehasthepatience.PracticingEnglishisalongandtimeconsumingprocess.Studentscan’tdoitjustnowandthen.TheyhavetopracticeEnglisheverysingleday,justlikethewaytheyspeakChinese.

2.4Scarcityofculturalbackgroundknowledge.

Cultureandlanguageareinseparable.Studentscan’thaveonewithouttheother.Theyhavetounderstandthebigdifferencebetweeneastandwestculture,whilewelearnEngl