Problems for learning English and Solutions
For Chinese student, It will be a long time before we have learned English better.
I am an advanced learner. There are several problems I met. Firstly, the vocabulary that the basic brick for the build of language is hard to understand, remember and use. Therefore, my solution is to read as much as you can, the key is that choosing an interesting book for yourself, making use of the technology of e-book and e-dictionary which will make much easier to read. More importantly, you don't have to focus on the language, you focus on the context of the book.
secondly, the grammar which will be greatly contributed to understand of the English sentence. Actually, reading is also a way to improve it. Especially, you will find the grammar make more sense when you have read lots of books than you have read some. However, to be honest, what I don't know much grammar makes me feel much hard to read some sentences which are long and complex in grammar, difficult in word. So, what's your advice for grammar?
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Problems for learning English and Solutions
For Chinese students, It will be a long time before we have learned English well.I am an advanced learner. There are several problems I met. Firstly, the vocabulary that are the basic building blocks of a language is hard to understand, remember and use. Therefore, my solution is to read as much as you can, the key is that choosing an interesting book for yourself, making use of the technology of e-book and e-dictionary which will make it much easier to read. More importantly, you don't have to focus on the language, you focus on the context of the book.
Secondly, the grammar which will greatly contribute to understanding the English sentence. Actually, reading is also a way to improve it. Especially, as you will find the grammar makes more sense when you have read lots of books more than you have read some. However, to be honest, what I don't much grammar makes me feel much hard to read some sentences which are long and complex in grammar, difficult in word. So, what's your advice for grammar?
Hi Elizabeth,
Just a few small corrections and I am sorry but I really did't get the sentence in blue.
First of all you need to understand that English grammar is completely different to Chinese grammar and you should not try to compare the structures of the two, just the sense. Next you should try to look for patterns - they are there, you just need to find them!
Finally, to really understand the language you need to use it. If it were possible to be an expert by reading and watching videos, I would be a brilliant guitarist and psychologist by now. (I am most definitely not!) Either take lessons or find a language partner to practice with.
Best wishes
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The Problems of Learning English and Solutions
For Chinese students, it will be a long time before we have learned to use English well, and I say this even as an advanced learner since I, myself, have met with a number of problems. First, the basic brick in the building of the language, the vocabulary, is hard to understand, to remember, and to use. Therefore, in order to improve and enlarge it, my suggestion is to do as much reading as you can--the key to which is choosing books that interests you—as well as using e-books and e-dictionaries for their convenience.
More importantly, you should not try to focus intently on every detail of the language, as it will just be too overwhelming, instead, you should focus more on the overall content of the book. Second, a sound knowledge of the grammar behind it, will greatly contribute to your understanding of both how and why sentences in English are, as they are. The reading of well-written materials allows you to see the usage, the patterns, and the constructions of the English language repeatedly, and subconsciously, leads to better comprehension.
Particularly, you will find that whatever grammar you encounter will make much more sense, be much more familiar, and be much less intimidating, after you have read many books, instead of just a few. However, to be completely honest, even I, myself, still find that I do not like it when I encounter sentences that are somewhat long and complex, and which use difficult, if not technical, words! Consequently, now that I have shared with and given you mine, what is your advice for learning grammar?*
Hi, Elizabeth. Good job! The changes that I made were to allow your sentences to sound more natural to my native ears, to clarify your ideas (apologies is I have misinterpreted!), and for ease of reading. I hope that his helps you. J.
*My advice for improving your vocabulary and grammar is to read a good dictionary and thesaurus. That way, you will earn the various meanings and subtle differences of related words, as well as the ideas that they represent, so if one word does not work well in your sentence, you can easily substitute another one close in meaning that does! Similarly, learn the Parts of Speech and master the use of punctuation.
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