Why we cannot speak like native speakers?
The question is on the above. When talking with foreigners, we usually feel that we don't know how to express what we trully want to say. And then, we may use dictionary or try really hard to think a word to say it. What's more, as a native speaker, they may say some slangs that we know every words, but we just can't figure out when they put together. Some sentences seemed like that too. Although I have learned English for many years, I still can't watch a movie without subtitle, I mean Chinese subtitle. Because I can't catch up with their speed and ……I have to say I don't know the reason too.
By using italki, I also found a phenomenon that native speakers don't even care about what they say, because their customs let them to say the most natural tone. And it's seemed difficult to let them tell why they speak like that.
How to deal with this situation? Do you have some good advice?
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Why we cannot can we not speak like native speakers? [question word order]
The question is on the above. When talking with foreigners, we usually feel that we don't know how to express what we trully want to say. And then, we may use a dictionary or try really hard to think of a word to say it. What's more, as a native speakers [consistent number], they may say some slangs slang words ["slang" is an uncountable noun] that??? we know the meaning of every words, but we just can't figure out the meaning when they put the words together. Some sentences seemed like that too [consistent tense]. Although I have learned English for many years, I still can't watch a movie without subtitles, I mean Chinese subtitles. B , because [dependent clause, sentence fragment] I can't catch up with their speed and ……I have to say I don't know the reason too [OR: either].
By using italki, I have also found [more recent tense] a phenomenon that native speakers don't even care about what they say, because their customs let them to say speak in the most natural tone. And it's seemsed difficult to let for them to explain tell why they speak like that [consistent tense].
How to deal with this situation? [OR: How do we deal with this situation?] Do you have some good advice?
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对啊! 背单词，害死人! 结果就是哑巴英语。 Ann， 你须要切实的参加一个外教授课的英语班， 从基本学起。很明显你的根底很弱，不是你不努力，而是给老师和制度害苦了。
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非常感谢！但是看大段大段的英文，就会有每个词都知道但就是不知道连起来是什么意思的时候。
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I'm Chinese too. I know how usually Chinese learn. In school, they've spent most of their time to memory words. Their English teachers even cannot say any English themselves. What they really capable to do are just words and grammars. They don't know what a language means. So what does a language mean?
It means something meaningful, not just single words but the whole sentence, not the grammars but the context. What's the use of grammars? if you know the sentence well, it's unnecessary to learn at all. How about words? Just the same, they cannot help you very much in term of listening and speaking.
So, my suggestions are below:
1. listening.
2. reading.
More is better for both of the two. Reading lots of easy materials is the best way to help your understanding this language. Listening great number of easy audios is the only way for speaking.
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Why we cannot speak like natives?
When we talking in English, we often find it's difficult to express our point correctly. Sometimes we even try to find a word in a dictionary and often failed. More often, we've head lots of slangs from natives which make us totally confused. Having spent so many years of English learning, I still can't watch a movie without subtitle, I mean in Chinese. I feel sorry for that. I've no idea how could this happen?
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