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快速提高英语水平的101件事！
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Be confident. People can only correct your mistakes when they hear you make them.

Surround yourself in English. Put yourself in an all English speaking environment where you can learn passively. The best way to learn is through speaking.

Practise every day. Make yourself a study plan. Decide how much time a week you are going to spend studying and stick to it. Establish a routine.

Tell your family and friends about your study plan. Get them to push you to study and also don’t let them interrupt you.

Practise the 4 core skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. They all need to be worked on for you to improve.

Keep a notebook of new words you learn. Use them in sentences and try to say them at least 3 times when you speak.

Visit EC’s free learn English website at least once a day and complete a lesson.

Memorisation of lists is one of the most common ways of learning vocabulary for a test. It’s only a good exercise for short term studying because you often do not retain the information that you have learned for a test.

Use your body clock. If you’re not a morning person, study in the afternoon.

You will find words easier to remember if you try to remember an example sentence using that word rather the word on its own.

Plan to take a test. You’ll find that you work harder when you need to study for something.

Saying that, it’s better not to study just to take a test. Think of the bigger picture. What can you do when you have a good command of English? How will the quality of your life improve?

Give yourself a long term goal. Focus on working towards it.

Give yourself short term goals too and reward yourself when you achieve each one.

Create an atmosphere in which you want to learn, not because you have to. You’ll learn more when you’re learning because you want to.

Know what works best for you. Think about what methods have been successful for you in the past and stick with them.

Figure out how you learn. It can be by memorising, reading, speaking, summarising or other methods. Find out how you study best. It can be in a quiet place by yourself or with a group.

Get help! If you don’t understand something you’ve got to ask someone. Ask your teacher, classmates or friends for help.

Review! Review! Review! Make sure that you take the time to review things you have studied in the past.

It’s not a good idea to study on your own for more than 30 minutes at a time. Take regular breaks, get some fresh air and stretch your legs.

Don’t be in such a hurry to move up a level. Concentrate on the level you are at now.

Watch DVDs rather than TV. It’s better to use something that you can watch over again to catch information you might have missed the first time.

Watching TV only gives you the chance to hear something correctly first time. This is better for high level students. It can be great practice for speaking to native English speakers so you don’t have to ask them to repeat themselves!

Read graded readers. These books are especially written for your level. Read a whole novel. You can do it! You’ll feel great afterwards.

Children’s books have easier words and are a good alternative to graded readers.

Newspapers are a good place to find passive constructs. Read through an article and see if you can find the passive sentences.

Read for the general meaning first. Don’t worry about understanding every word, then go back and look up new words.

For a word you don’t understand in a sentence, look at the other words around it. They will give you a hint. Try to guess the meaning from the context.

Learn root words. They’ll help you guess the meaning of words. For example: scrib = write, min = small

When you learn a new word, think of all its other forms: Beautiful (adjective), beauty (noun), beautifully (adverb).

Learn prefixes (dis-, un-, re-) and suffixes (-ly, -ment, -ful), these will help you to figure out the meaning of words and build your vocabulary.

English, unlike Japanese or French, uses word stress. For new words, count the syllables and find where the stress is. Only one stress per word and always on a vowel. Two syllable verbs have a stress on the second syllable (beGIN). 2 syllable nouns (TEAcher) and adjectives (HAPpy) stress the first.

Use English whenever you can. It’s as simple as that!

Don’t translate into English from your own language. Think in English to improve your fluency. Talk to yourself…but not on the bus otherwise people will think you have gone crazy!

You can’t learn English from a book. Like driving a car, you can only learn through doing it.

The most natural way to learn grammar is through talking.

Keep an English diary or journal. Start by writing a few sentences a day and then get into the habit of writing more.

Why not start an online blog and share your writings with the world?

To become a better writer brainstorm as many ideas and thoughts onto paper without worrying about grammar or spelling. Then think about the structure. After that, write your piece using good grammar and spelling. Finally, read it through or give it to someone else to check for mistakes.

Keep an eye on your punctuation as it can totally change what you’re trying to say. Check out the difference in meaning between these two sentences: “A woman without her man is nothing” and “A woman: without her, man is nothing”.

Sing your heart out! Show the world your beautiful voice! Learn English songs and sing along with them to improve fluency and intonation… anyone for Karaoke?

Get a penfriend or use chat-rooms, forums and community sites. If you can’t speak to someone in English, this is the next best thing.

Shadow English CDs. Listen to a few sentences then repeat what you heard. Focus on the rhythm and intonation.

Have English radio on in your house. Even if you are not actively listening to it, you will still be training your ears.

Mirror CDs. Read out loud along with a CD. Again, this is great for intonation, pronunciation and rhythm.

Dictation. Listen to a CD or friend and write down what you hear.

Nobody likes to hear their own voice, but be brave and try it! Record your voice and listen to your pronunciation and intonation. It will help you to identify your problem areas.

Ask your helpful teacher if you can record his lesson. This is a great way to review. You can also listen to your teachers speaking speed and intonation.

Use an English/English dictionary as it will help you to keep thinking in English and not translating.

If an English/English dictionary seems scary, there are learner’s dictionaries for English students of your level.

Don’t become too reliant on your dictionary. Your dictionary should be an aid, not your main teacher. Try to guess the meaning of words rather than going straight for your dictionary.

Don’t give up! Stay positive! Sometimes you will feel that you aren’t learning quickly enough. Everyone feels like this, don’t worry about it. You’ll get there in the end.

Enjoy it! We learn more when we are having fun!

If you get nervous when speaking, take two deep breaths before you say something. You’ll speak better when you feel relaxed.

Keep yourself motivated by looking back at the textbooks and CDs you used in the past. You’ll be surprised at how easy they seem to you now! Congratulations, your level is improving!

You are never too young or too old to start learning English. Don’t make excuses not to learn. What are you waiting for?

Procrastination can stop you from being successful. To stop procrastinating, it’s important you understand if your procrastinating is to avoid studying, or if it is your bad habit.

If you haven’t gotten the results you wanted yet, it’s not because you’re bad at languages, it’s because you haven’t found your own special way of learning yet.

Use resources which match your level. Don’t use texts/listening exercises which are too difficult or too easy. Use materials which challenge you but don’t frustrate you.

Don’t worry about making your accent perfect. It’s an important part of your cultural identity to keep your accent. Native English speakers enjoy hearing English spoken with an accent.

There are many types of English: British, American, South African and so on. None of these are wrong or not as important. English is English.

Instead, be aware of the differences in American and British English and use your words accordingly. For example: Elevator (US) / Lift (British).

Carry cue cards with you. These are small cards which you can write new words on. You can pull them out and look at them whenever you a free minute.

Use post-it notes and stick them around your home. You can use them to label things. Stick one on your pet dog!

You can’t ignore phrasal verbs (two words verbs), there are hundreds of them in English and they’re widely used. The more you focus on their meaning, the more you’ll be able to guess the meaning of new ones. You’ll start to recognise their patterns.

Use your intuition. Go with your gut feeling, you’ll be surprised how often your first guess is the right guess. Like we said before, be confident.

Gather your thoughts. Take a second to think about what you’re going to say. You know the grammar, but maybe you don’t use it correctly when you speak.

Meet new people. Make the effort to mix with English speakers in your town. You could join a club or go to bars where foreigners hang out. Buy one a drink, they love that!

Be the person to start conversations in English. Try to keep the conversations moving and use listening words (‘really?’ / ‘go on…’/ ‘what happened then?’) Don’t wait for others to speak to you. Get in there!

Debate. Discuss topics in a group. Each person should choose a viewpoint (even if you don’t agree with it) and debate it within the group. Make sure you get your point across. Learn to listen actively. Active listening will help in the classroom and it will help you get more out of, and contribute more to, group study sessions. Focus on the person who is talking. Don’t fidget or become distracted by other people or events. Concentrate on the speaker with your ears and eyes. Follow the movements the speaker makes in an effort to hear more. It may help to repeat what you hear others say in an effort to understand their thoughts.

It’s not enough to only learn English words. You can teach a parrot English words but that doesn’t mean it can speak English! You still need to have an understanding of grammar.

Verb tenses are used by English speakers to talk about the timing of actions. You might not have the same expressions in your own language. It’s important that you know these tenses and when to use them.

English has many irregular verbs. You should drill yourself on them.

Keep it up! If you take a break from speaking English, you will find that your level decreases and all your hard work has been wasted.

Don’t be put off by a bad test score. Sometimes students have the ability to pass an English test, but can’t communicate well with English speakers. If you can speak freely in English, you should be proud of yourself.

Remember that as long as you have tried your hardest, you have succeeded!

Learn English with a friend. You’ll have someone you can practise with and you can motivate each other to study.

Remember, the way we write English is not the same as how it’s pronounced. For example ‘Ough’ has over 6 pronunciations. Familiarise yourself the Phonetic Alphabet. It will help you correctly pronounce words in the dictionary.

Get used to the ‘schwa’ sound [?] – an unstressed and toneless neutral vowel sound. ‘Schwa’ is the most common vowel sound in English. For example, the ‘a’ in about and the ‘u’ in supply.

Keep in mind that it takes longer to improve when our level is high. Usually the fastest progress is made when we are beginners. Don’t think that you’re suddenly not learning anymore, it’s just a less noticeable progress.

Make sure that your English matches the occasion. It’s OK to use slang with friends but not in a business meeting. Decide in which situation it’s appropriate to use the words and phrases you have learned.

Textbook English is often different from the way we casually speak. To learn casual ‘slang’ watch movies.

Idioms can be difficult to memorise, but they are great fun to use and they’ll make your English more colourful.

When talking we usually link words together so that two words can sound like one. Simply put, we link words ending with a consonant sound to words beginning with a vowel sound (consonant > vowel). We link words ending with a vowel sound to words beginning with a vowel sound (vowel > vowel). Practise these to improve your listening and pronunciation.

Make use of the internet. It’s full of resources to help you learn: BBC Learning English ; learnenglish.ecenglish.com

Think about your strong and weak points. Write down which areas you want to improve on and work on improving them. Of course, don’t ignore your strong points. Congratulate yourself on how well you’ve done!

Unlearn your mistakes. You probably make the same grammar mistakes over and over again. Use English tests results as a study tool. Go over your mistakes and choose one or two that you want to focus on. Use your favourite grammar book to check rules.

Use the correct article (a/an, the). Be aware that there is more to this rule than a/an= non specific, the=specific. For example: A university (not an university because it begins with a consonant sound). An hour (not a hour because the ‘h’ is often silent).

For fluency, try image training. Before you go to that restaurant think through what the waiter is likely to say to you. Think of what phrases you are going to use.

Much communication comes through body language and gesture. These can be different between cultures and countries. For example, the two-fingered “V” for victory symbol is fine palms-out. If you make it with you palm facing toward you, you’ll offend a British person. It means…well, you ask a British person and find out for yourself!

The easiest one – Sleep! You’ll learn more after a good night’s sleep. You’ll be able to concentrate more.

Take an English course in an English speaking country.

If you studying abroad, mix with people from other countries not only people from your own country. It’s not a good idea for you to live in a shared house with people from your own country. Enjoy a more cultural experience by spending time with other nationalities.

Have you thought about getting a job or doing an internship abroad?

Get yourself a qualified teacher. Who wants to learn wrong things?

Nobody can learn all of the English language. No need to worry about trying. A useful shortcut to learning is that in English we have lots of words that have the same pronunciation, but a different spelling and meaning. For example, ‘come here’ has the same pronunciation as, ‘I can hear the birds’. You might find it easier to build vocabulary by knowing the different meanings.

Once you have a basic level of English explore the different ways you can say the same thing. This makes your English more interesting to the listener and it shouldn’t be too difficult for you because you already know the basics. For example, how many ways can we say, ‘Goodbye’ in English?

When you are on your English course, be prepared for your class. Do your homework as soon as possible and hand it in on time. Review your notes and your last lesson a few minutes before the class. Doing this will refresh your memory and you’ll be warmed up for lesson.

Don’t get distracted in class. Focus on the lesson, don’t stare out of the window. Don’t be late, arrive a few minutes before the start of the lesson. Don’t sit next to people who won’t speak to you in English. Switch off your phone. Be organised, remember to take your textbook, notebook and pen.

Find a comfortable, peaceful place for quiet study. You need somewhere where you can focus 100%.

Last but not least 英语原来如此简单

不要害怕犯错误。自信点。人们只有在听到您犯的错误后才能纠正您的错误。
用英语环绕自己。让自己处于会说英语的环境中，您可以在其中被动地学习。最好的学习方法是通过说话。
每天练习。为自己制定学习计划。确定一周要花多少时间学习并坚持下去。建立例程。
告诉您的家人和朋友您的学习计划。让他们来推动您学习，也不要让他们打扰您。
练习4个核心技能：阅读，写作，口语和听力。他们都需要为您而努力。
记下您所学的新单词。在句子中使用它们，并在说话时尝试至少说3次。
每天至少访问EC的免费学习英语网站并完成一堂课。
记忆列表是学习测试词汇的最常见方法之一。这只是短期学习的好方法，因为您通常不会保留为考试而学到的信息。
用你的身体时钟。如果您不是早起的人，请在下午学习。
如果您尝试记住使用该单词而不是单独使用该单词的例句，您会发现单词更容易记住。
计划进行测试。当您需要学习某些东西时，您会发现自己更加努力。
话虽如此，最好不要只是为了考试而学习。想一想大局。良好的英语水平怎么办？您的生活质量将如何改善？
给自己一个长远的目标。专注于努力。
也给自己短期目标，并在实现每个目标时奖励自己。
创造一种您想学习的氛围，而不是因为必须这样做。您会在学习中学到更多，因为您愿意。
知道什么最适合您。想一想过去有哪些成功的方法并坚持使用。
弄清楚如何学习。它可以通过记忆，阅读，口语，总结或其他方法进行。了解您的学习方式。可以自己或与一群人一起在安静的地方。
得到帮助！如果您不了解某些内容，则必须询问某人。向您的老师，同学或朋友寻求帮助。
评论！评论！评论！确保花时间回顾过去学习过的内容。
一次单独学习30分钟以上不是一个好主意。定期休息，呼吸新鲜空气，舒展双腿。
不要急于提升水平。专注于您现在的水平。
观看DVD而不是电视。最好使用可以再次监视的内容来捕获您可能第一次错过的信息。
看电视只会让您有机会第一次正确听到一些声音。这对于高水平的学生来说更好。与以英语为母语的人说话可能是一个很好的做法，因此您不必要求他们重复说话！
阅读分级读者。这些书是专为您的水平而写的。阅读整本小说。你能行的！之后您会感觉很好。
儿童读物的单词比较容易使用，是分级阅读者的不错选择。
报纸是寻找被动构想的好地方。通读文章，看看是否可以找到被动句。
首先阅读一般含义。不必担心理解每个单词，然后回头查找新单词。
对于您在句子中看不懂的单词，请查看其周围的其他单词。他们会给您提示。尝试从上下文中猜测含义。
学习词根。它们将帮助您猜测单词的含义。例如：scrib = write，min = small
当您学习一个新单词时，请考虑所有其他形式：美丽（形容词），美丽（名词），美丽（副词）。
学习前缀（dis-，un-，re-）和后缀（-ly，-ment，-ful），这些将帮助您弄清单词的含义并建立词汇量。
与日语或法语不同，英语使用单词重音。对于新单词，请计算音节并找出重音在哪里。每个单词只有一个重音，并且始终在元音上。两个音节动词对第二个音节（beGIN）有重读作用。首先是2个音节名词（TEAcher）和形容词（HAPpy）。
尽可能使用英语。就这么简单！
不要用自己的语言翻译成英语。用英语思考可以提高流利度。跟自己说话…但是不要上车，否则别人会认为你发疯了！
你不能从书中学英语。就像开车一样，您只能从中学习。
学习语法的最自然的方法是通过交谈。
保留英文日记或日记。从每天写几句话开始，然后养成多写的习惯。
为什么不建立一个在线博客并与世界分享您的著作呢？
要成为一个更好的作家，可以在纸上集思广益，而不必担心语法或拼写。然后考虑一下结构。之后，使用良好的语法和拼写来编写您的作品。最后，通读该书或将其交给其他人检查错误。
请留意标点符号，因为它可以完全改变您要说的内容。看看这两个句子在意义上的区别：“没有男人的女人什么都不是”和“没有男人的女人什么都不是”。
歌唱你的心！向世界展示您美丽的声音！学习英语歌曲并与之一起唱歌，以提高流利度和语调……有人要卡拉OK吗？
结交笔友或使用聊天室，论坛和社区站点。如果您不能用英语与某人说话，这是下一件好事。
影子英语CD。听一些句子，然后重复您听到的内容。专注于节奏和语调。
在家里开英语广播。即使您没有积极地聆听，您仍然会训练您的耳朵。
镜像CD。与CD一起大声读出。同样，这对于语调，发音和节奏很有用。
听写。听CD或朋友并写下您听到的内容。
没有人喜欢听到自己的声音，但是要勇敢尝试！记录您的声音，听您的发音和语调。这将帮助您确定问题所在。
询问有帮助的老师是否可以录制他的课程。这是一种很好的查看方式。您还可以听老师讲速度和语调。
使用英语/英语词典，因为它将帮助您继续用英语思考而不是翻译。
如果英语/英语词典看上去很吓人，那么您可以找到适合您水平的英语学生的学习词典。
不要太依赖字典。您的字典应该是一个帮助，而不是主要的老师。尝试猜测单词的含义，而不是直接去字典。
不要放弃！保持乐观！有时您会感到学习不够快。每个人都这样，别担心。您将最终到达那里。
好好享受！我们在玩乐时会学到更多！
如果说话时感到紧张，请深呼吸两次，然后再说些什么。当您感到放松时，您的说话会更好。
回顾过去使用的教科书和CD，保持动力。您会惊讶于他们现在对您而言如此轻松！恭喜，您的水平正在提高！
您永远不会太小或太老而无法开始学习英语。不要找借口不学习。你在等什么？
拖延会使您无法成功。要停止拖延，了解拖延是为了避免学习还是坏习惯，这一点很重要。
如果您还没有获得想要的结果，那不是因为您不擅长语言，而是因为您还没有找到自己的特殊学习方式。
使用与您的水平相匹配的资源。不要使用太难或太容易的文本/听力练习。使用会挑战您但不会令您沮丧的材料。
不用担心使您的口音完美。保持口音是文化认同的重要组成部分。讲英语的人喜欢听口音重的英语。
英语的类型很多：英国，美国，南非等等。这些都不是错误的，也不是那么重要。英语是英语。
相反，请注意美式英语和英式英语的区别，并相应地使用您的单词。例如：电梯（美国）/电梯（英国）。
随身携带提示卡。这些是小卡片，您可以在上面写新单词。您可以随时抽出时间查看它们。
使用便签纸并将其粘贴在您的房屋周围。您可以使用它们来标记事物。在您的爱犬上贴一个！
您不能忽略短语动词（两个词动词），其中有数百个英语动词，它们已被广泛使用。您越关注它们的含义，您就越能够猜测新含义。您将开始认识到它们的模式。
用你的直觉。随心所欲，您会惊讶于您的第一个猜测是正确的猜测的频率。就像我们之前说的，要自信。
收集您的想法。花点时间考虑一下您要说的话。您知道语法，但说出来时可能使用不正确。
认识新的人。努力与您所在城市的说英语的人混在一起。您可以加入俱乐部或去外国人闲逛的酒吧。买一杯，他们喜欢！
成为用英语开始对话的人。尝试保持对话的进展，并使用倾听的单词（“真的吗？” /“继续……” /“然后发生了什么？”），请不要等待其他人与您交谈。进到那里去！
辩论。在小组中讨论主题。每个人都应该选择一个观点（即使您不同意），并在小组中进行辩论。确保您明白自己的意思。学习积极倾听。积极的聆听将在课堂上有所帮助，并且将帮助您从小组学习中获得更多的帮助。专注于正在说话的人。不要对他人或事件感到烦躁或分心。用耳朵和眼睛专注于扬声器。跟着扬声器的动作努力听到更多。重复您听到别人说的话可能有助于理解他们的想法。
仅学习英语单词是不够的。您可以教鹦鹉英语单词，但这并不意味着它会说英语！您仍然需要对语法有一定的了解。
讲英语的人使用动词时态来谈论动作的时机。您使用自己的语言可能没有相同的表达。了解这些时态以及何时使用它们非常重要。
英语有许多不规则动词。您应该对它们进行练习。
保持！如果您不讲英语，您会发现自己的水平下降了，所有的辛苦工作都被浪费了。
不要因考试成绩差而退缩。有时，学生有能力通过英语考试，但不能与说英语的人很好地交流。如果您可以说自由的英语，您应该为自己感到骄傲。
请记住，只要您尽了最大的努力，您就成功了！
与朋友一起学习英语。您将拥有可以与之一起练习的人，并且可以彼此激励学习。
请记住，我们的英语写作方式与发音方式不同。例如，“ Ough”有6个以上的发音。熟悉拼音字母。它将帮助您正确发音词典中的单词。
适应“ schwa”声音-一种无压力且无音调的中性元音。“ Schwa”是英语中最常见的元音。例如，供应中的“ a”和供应中的“ u”。
请记住，当我们的水平很高时，需要花费更长的时间才能改善。通常，当我们是初学者时，进步最快。不要以为您突然不再学习了，这只是不太明显的进步。
确保您的英语与场合相符。可以与朋友一起使用lang语，但不能在商务会议中使用。确定在哪种情况下使用所学单词和短语是合适的。
教科书英语通常不同于我们随便说的方式。学习休闲的“ s语”看电影。
惯用语可能很难记住，但使用起来很有趣，而且会使您的英语更加丰富多彩。
交谈时，我们通常将单词链接在一起，以便两个单词听起来像一个单词。简而言之，我们将以辅音结尾的单词链接到以元音开始的单词（辅音>元音）。我们将以元音结束的单词链接到以元音开始的单词（元音>元音）。练习这些可以改善您的听力和发音。
利用互联网。它有足够的资源来帮助您学习：BBC学习英语；learningenglish.ecenglish.com
考虑一下您的优点和缺点。写下您要改进的领域并进行改进。当然，不要忽略自己的长处。祝贺自己做得如何！
忘记你的错误。您可能会一遍又一遍地犯相同的语法错误。使用英语测试结果作为学习工具。仔细检查错误，然后选择要重点关注的一两个。使用您最喜欢的语法书检查规则。
使用正确的文章（一个/一个，该）。请注意，此规则的作用不止是非特定的。例如：大学（不是大学，因为它以辅音开头）。一个小时（不是一个小时，因为“ h”通常是无声的）。
为了流利，请尝试图像训练。在去那家餐厅之前，请仔细考虑服务员可能对您说的话。想想您将要使用的短语。
许多交流是通过肢体语言和手势进行的。这些文化和国家之间可能会有所不同。例如，胜利的两指“ V”符号就很好了。如果您的手掌朝上，那么您会冒犯一个英国人。意思是……好吧，你问一个英国人，自己去发现！
最简单的-睡觉！睡个好觉后，您会学到更多。您将能够集中精力。
在讲英语的国家上英语课程。
如果您是出国留学，请与来自其他国家的人混合，而不仅仅是来自您自己国家的人。与来自您自己国家的人住在一起的房子不是一个好主意。与其他民族共度时光，享受更多的文化体验。
您是否考虑过在国外找工作或实习？
让自己成为一名合格的老师。谁想学错东西？
没有人能学所有的英语。无需担心尝试。一个有用的学习捷径是，英语中有很多单词具有相同的发音，但拼写和含义不同。例如，“来这里”与“我能听到鸟儿”的发音相同。通过了解不同的含义，您可能会发现构建词汇更容易。
一旦您掌握了基本的英语水平，就可以用不同的方式说同一句话。这会使您的英语对听众更有趣，对您来说也不应该太困难，因为您已经了解了基本知识。例如，我们可以用几种方式说英语“再见”？
当您上英语课程时，请为上课做好准备。尽快做功课并按时交。上课前几分钟，请复习笔记和上一课。这样做会刷新您的记忆，并且您将为课程热身。
不要在课堂上分心。专注于课程，不要凝视窗外。不要迟到，请在课程开始前几分钟到达。不要坐在旁边不会和你说话的人旁边。关闭手机。要有条理，记得带上课本，笔记本和笔。
找一个舒适，安静的地方安静学习。您需要一个可以100％专注的地方。
最后但并非最不重要的一点是。和英语原来如此简单一起学习