Beforeyoustartreading,youshouldknowthis:LearningEnglishrequiresaction.Youmayknowallthelearningtips,butifyoudon'tstartdoingthings,youwillachievenothing.Thereforeourmethodisnotjustforreading;itisforreadinganddoing.
YouneedtwothingstolearnEnglishwell—passionandeffectivelearningmethods—andpassionisthemoreimportantone.WhyBecausepassionmakesyouwanttolearnEnglish;thelearningmethodsonlytellyouhowtodoitfaster.
IfyoulovelearningEnglish:
Youwilldoitregularlyandspendmoretimeonit.LearningEnglishwillbeeasierforyou.Itwillbeeasyforyoutoremembernewwordsandgrammarstructures.It'sbecausethebraineasilyremembersinformationonasubjectthatyoulike.(Forexample,somepeoplelikehistoryandknoweverythingaboutWorldWarII.Ifyoutolda"normalperson"tomemorizeallthesefacts,theywouldneverdoit.)WeknowyoumaynotlovelearningEnglish.Andevenifyouloveit,youwillsometimesnotwanttodoit.Thisishowhumanpsychologyworks—sometimeswearesolazy,bored,andtiredthatwedon'twanttodoeventhethingsthatwelike.
Hereiswhatyoucandowhenyoudon'tfeellikelearningEnglish:
ImagineyourselfinthefutureImagineyoucantalktonativespeakersjustlikeyoutalkinyourfirstlanguage.ImagineotherpeoplewantingtospeakEnglishaswellasyoudo.Imaginethepossibilityofwritinge-mailtopeoplefromallovertheworld.
YoushouldknowthatitispossibletolearnEnglishreallywell.Justlookatotherpeoplewhohavedoneit.
RememberthatyouarealreadygoodYoualreadyknowsomeEnglish(you'rereadinganarticleinEnglishrightnow).That'sabigsuccess!Nowit'stimeformoresuccesses.Timetostartusingpowerfulmethodsofeffectivelearning.TimetogainanimpressiveknowledgeofEnglish.
Rememberthereisalotthatyoudon'tknowYouaregood,butyourEnglishprobablyisn'tperfect.Youprobablycan'tunderstandEnglish-languageTV,readbooksinEnglish,talktonativespeakerseasily,writeletterswithoutmistakes,etc.
YoushouldneverthinkyourEnglishisperfect.Evenifyouarethebeststudentinyourclass,alwaystrytofindyourweakareasandworkonthem.Whenyou'velearnedtospeakEnglishwell,yourproblemswillbequitesmall:punctuation,rarelyusedgrammarstructures,rarewords,understanding"streetlanguage".Rightnow,yourproblemsareprobablymorebasic:mistakesinpronunciation,smallvocabulary,grammarproblemswiththepresentperfecttenseandconditionalstructures.
UseyourEnglishwheneveryoucanThisisvery,veryimportant.ThemoreyouuseEnglish,themoreyouwillwanttolearnit.
BecauseEnglishissopopular,youcanuseiteverywhere.YoucanuseYahootofindEnglish-languagewebsiteswithinterestinginformation,youcanwatchAmericancartoons,youcanplayadventuregamesonyourcomputer,youcanreadinterestingbooksinEnglish,oryoucandootherthingsthatwewriteabout.
Ifyoudothesethings,youwillnotonlyhavefunandlearnEnglish.IfyouseethatanewEnglishwordletsyouunderstandyourfavoriteTVshow(orcommunicatewithpeople,orbeatacomputergame),youwillwanttolearnmorewords.SoyouwilllearnEnglishmore,useitmore,learnitmore,useitmore...Ifyoualsouseeffectivelearningmethods,yourEnglishwillgrowfasterthanyoucanimagine.
设想你自己在未来设想你能象你用你的第一语言谈话那样和说母语的人交谈。设想其他的人们想要说英语说地和你一样好。设想给来自世界各地的人写电子邮件的可能性。