简述 ：I have been here for 1 month, and I have learned a lot in this month, for English study,
I have mu own suggetion for you.
My experience in GLV
Alex Guan 关小虎
November 7th,2007
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How time flies. The one month English training in GLV (Gateway language Village. Zhuhai) has already ended. The special predominance in GLV is to provide the trainees a total immersion English environment which is most different from other English training organizations in China, especially to improve the abilities of English speaking and language skills based on the teachers who come from many countries around the world. As a trainee, it’s my pleasure to have this chance to attend the English training. Here, I want to share my experience in GLV with you about English learning, I had this idea because of the speech which should be completed in 5 to 10 minutes in my last class in GLV. The topic I made for my speech is MY EXPERIENCE IN GLV, the following are some opinions from my speech and my learning in GLV for how to learn English efficiently:
When I was in GLV, many times, many students asked me the same questions, “what have you obtained in GLV?” “Have you made a big progress before you leave GLV?”
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Firstly, I think you should find out what your problems are in English learning, listening? Speaking? Reading? Writing? For me, Listening is my main problem, I think I can express my ideas when communicate with others, however, I can not
understand what others said sometimes. After discussed with teachers, thought many times and summarized by myself, I thought there are three ways by which can help me to improve my listening, those are Vocabulary, Accent and Grammar. Here has a good idea from a teacher who comes from England, I had ever a short talk with her, she told me that many students just spoke English word by word and could not express the whole meaning in a completely sentence which should be connected many words together by grammar; she also gave me good suggestions about accent and vocabulary: “you can focus on listening or talking with different people for accent, to vocabulary, just can learn by yourself, the point is to guess what the new word means”.
Secondly, about Speaking, it’s a big problem for many people to open their mouth. Here, just three words from my opinions for your reference: Slower, Clear and Loud. Slower and clear mean you need to give the full pronunciation at the starting of your English speaking, and then, practice by steps, you can speak fluently; the major idea for loud, as I see you should build up your confidence which is very important for English learning.
Thirdly, to Writing, be persistent, from my teacher’s feedback, two journals each week, whatever, if you like, that’s ok, just write it down and keep going.
Finally, “how to continue learning English in Chinese environment”? As I mentioned before, the English Only environment has changed already, the most thing is to establish the English thinking. If you always follow the traditional learning method of translation from Chinese to English, the result is continuing thinking in Chinese; it’s a big problem for English improving. From the GLV director Ping, We have got some good ideas to keep English learning in Chinese environment by watching TV or movie (30 minutes/day); reading newspapers; thinking in English; talking with foreigners; using English to English dictionary; confidence.
Also, in GLV, there are FOUR OPENINGS: Open your mouth for speaking; Open your ears for listening; Open your mind for receiving new ideas; Open your heart for making friends.
From all above, everything will be decided by yourself, do not care too much about your Chinese face in English learning, nobody is perfect, and maybe today is your turning point if you do act immediately. Remember: Do a little better than yesterday, it’s your progress! Don’t be shy, don’t cry, just try, practice and use it!
I hope it’s useful to you, and I also wish all of us can get a rapid progress in English learning!!
Thanks！
我的平和之路
Alex Guan 关小虎
2007-11-7
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时光飞逝，在平和国际语言村为期一个月的英语培训课程结束了。平和相对国内其它语言培训机构最大的优势就在于她是完全的英语浸泡式学习，尤其在促进口语和英语文字方面效果显著，这得益于平和里那些来自于世界各地的老师。作为平和学子的我深感荣幸能够有这样一个机会参与平和的英语培训课程，在这儿，我乐意分享我在平和的学习经历，和大家一起探讨英语的学习，之所以有这样一个想法，是因为我在平和的最后一节课上要求完成一个5到8分钟的演讲，题目是“亲历平和”，下面的文字就是我的演讲稿中的关于如何有效学习英语的一些意见和建议。
当我在平和时，常常有很多学生问我同样一些问题，“你在平和学到了什么？”“再你离开平和之即你觉得你的英语有很大提高吗？”
首先，我认为你应该找出你在英语学习中究竟有哪些问题？听力？口语？阅读？还是写作？就我而言，听力是我最大的问题，我可以在和他人交流中表达我的意思，但是有时我却不能很好的理解别人说出的话。和老师沟通了这一问题后，我自己也思考和总结了很多次，有3种途径可以帮助我提高听力：词汇，语音和语法。我曾和一位来自英国的优秀外教交谈过，她告诉我很多学生在说英语时，只会逐字逐词，而不能用一个完整的符合语法结构的长句来表达所有的想法;她还给了我一些关于英语语音和词汇方面的建议，“你可以和不同口音的人学习，锻炼听力，至于词汇，完全可以自学，但重点在于你遇到新单词时，要学会猜测它们的意思”。
其次，关于口语的学习，对于大多数人而言，张嘴说出来无疑是个大挑战，在这儿，我仅给出3个词供大家参考：慢速，清晰，大声。慢慢的说，清晰的说是指你必须在开口时给出完整而正确的发音，然后，多加联系达到流畅，关于大声地说是因为我们要在说英语时树立自己的自信心，这在英语的学习中非常重要。
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第三，关于写作，我的老师给我的意见是，每周2篇日志，无论写什么都好，畅所欲言，只要记得坚持。
最后，“如何中文环境中坚持英语学习”正如我之前提到的，纯英语环境已经改变了，最重要的是建立起英语式的思维方式，如果你一直遵循传统的汉译英的方法，结果就是你会一直保持中文式的思考方式，这是提高英语能力的大忌。
从平和校长平那，我们可以总结出一些好办法，如何在中文环境中保持英语的学习：看英文电视或电影（每天30分钟）；阅读英文报纸；英语思考问题；和外国人交流；使用英英词典；当然还有保持自信。
同样，在GLV，我们有四个Opening：张开你的嘴巴去说；打开你的耳朵去听；打开你的思想去接受新的理念；张开你的心扉去结交朋友。
总的说来，一切都在于自己，不要太在意在英语学习中你的中国面孔，人无完人，行动起来，也许今天就是你人生的转折点，记住：比昨天做得好一点，就是你今天的进步！不要害羞，不要哭泣，只需尝试，练习和使用英语！
我希望这些能够对大家有用，也希望大家都能在英语的学习中取得更大的进步！谢谢！
编辑：程秋波 Siegfread Cheng
录入/翻译:彭志 Rambler Peng
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