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课件网) Unit 5 Languages Around the World Reading for Writing Reading for Writing Learning English Read these posts from an online forum for Chinese students who are learning English and fill in the table blow. login sign up Hey, everybody, what are your biggest problems with learning English Wang Le Hi! I’ve been studying English since primary school. I used to get high marks in English, but now I’ m having a lot of trouble with my listening. When I listen to native English speakers talking in a video, I can catch only a few words. I can never quite get the main idea. Any advice Liu Wen 2 2 1 Listening to English radio programmes helps me get used to how fast native speakers talk. I also repeat what I hear to help myself to experience the feeling of the language. Sometimes I even record my voice so I can listen to myself and compare my pronunciation with the radio host’s! My biggest headache is how to be polite in English. It’s so much easier to just say “Open the window!”, but in English that can sound really terrible. I have to think about who I’m talking to and then decide whether to say, “Open the window, please!” or “Could you open the window please ” or even longer “Would you mind opening the window, please ” Jia Xin 0 0 2 Yeah, that’s really hard! I think it all depends on who you’re talking to. If I’m talking to a close friend, I can use short requests, like “Open the window”—our relationship is close and we’re equals, so I only need a few words to bridge the gap between us. But if I’ m talking to someone who isn’t very close to me, I must make my request longer—and I must make it a question, not a demand, e.g., “Could you open the window, please ” If I’m talking to someone senior to me, then I should say, “Would you mind opening the window, please ” For me, vocabulary is my biggest problem—there are just SO MANY new words! I can’ t keep all the new vocabulary straight in my head, and I certainly can’t remember how to use them all properly. HELP! Li Rui 4 0 0 Liu Wen Name Jia Xin Li Rui trouble with listening to native English speakers Problem how to be polite in English remembering new vocabulary Listening to English radio programmes; repeat what you hear; record your voice and compare to the radio host’s Advice Use short requests for close friends; use longer requests for people who are not so close; use more polite phrases for people senior to you Create your own word bank: carry a small notebook with you everywhere, and add new words when you learn them; learn word chunks instead of single word; learn word formation Jia Xin’s advice Li Rui’s advice Your advice Work in groups. List your problems in learning English and brainstorm some useful advice. I don’t know how to ... ... is a big difficulty for me. I cannot ... I have no idea how/what ... My biggest problem is ... I (also) have trouble with ... You might try ... It’s very important to .. ... ...
