My approaches to academic English study PART1 Keep reading professional papers in your field, and write critical reviews . This is the most direct way to accumulate academic English jargon, because you can see that how these professors who are native English speakers express their academic findings or achievements. But it is true that everyone will experience a hard time that you may find there are so many unfamiliar academic words or jargon. Nothing is easy in the beginning. Just continue to do it. And after reading twenty or just ten papers , you will find you can almost understand what the paper is discussing without a dictionary. The joy at that time will give you more motivation to continue your professional learning. Attending professional conferences or listening to lectures given by international professors can also be a good way to practice academic English. Thank our university for providing that chance to get closer to these professors. We can get into contact directly with those authors of the good papers we read before, hear them expressing their point of view. And if you want to talk with them and have the courage to speak English even your oral English is poor, you can ask some questions, tell them your thoughts. The professors I met are always willing to answer your questions. So don’t be afraid to speak English , it is a good opportunity to practice your spoken English. Sometimes you can also go to some lectures which are not in your research field, and who knows, that may give you an inspiration on your research and broaden your vocabulary.