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1、山东省临淄外国语实验学校八年级英语下册Unit2HowtolearnEnglishwell阅读短文素材鲁教版HowtolearnEnglishwell--VantageAgoodEnglishclassisavaluablemeansforacquiringandpracticingEnglish,butstilltherealityisthatmuchofyourprogresswillarisefromyourownself-studystrategies.Asateacherforcloseto10year
2、snow,Iamoftenaskedforadviceonhowbesttoself-studyEnglishforfastresults.Isuspectsometimesmystudentsarelookingforthatmagicshortcutorpanaceawhichcandeliverthemfromallthe"blood,sweat,andtears"thatoftensurroundstheprocessoflearningasecondlanguage. Thereis,ofcourse
3、,nomagic,butontheotherhand,theremayalsobenoneedtoengageinself-torturousactivitiesthatdrainyourenergy.Partoftheself-torturethatstudentsinflictuponthemselvesresultsfrommisconceptionsformedalongtheway.Iwouldlikeinthisarticletodiscussafewofthesemisconceptionsando
4、ffersomealternativeadviceforself-studyingEnglish.A.H.Whiteheadoncesaid,notignorancebuttheignoranceofignoranceisthedeathofknowledge.Inotherwords,itisimportanttounderstandmisconceptionsbeforetheyinhibityourself-study.MisconceptionⅠ IfIcommunicatewithaChinesepa
5、rtner,myEnglishwillgetworse. ThereisacommonperspectivehereinBeijingthattheonlywaytoimproveyourEnglishisbyspeakingwithanativespeaker.Itstemsfromtheperceptionthatspeakingtoanothersecondlanguagelearnerhasanegativeeffect,sincethepartnerspeaksChinglish. Conse
6、quently,manydesperatelylookfornative-speakingpartners,somepayingasmallfortunefortheluxuryofspeakingwithinexperiencedexpatriateswhodolittlemorethanchat.Worseyet,opportunitiestospeakregularlywithaChinesepartneratlittleornocostareignoredoutoffear.Inshort,the"nat
7、ivespeaker’sEnglish"crazeissomewhatsynonymouswiththe"Chinglish"phobia. TheviewthatcommunicatingwithanotherstudentsomehowdamagesyourEnglishrestsontheage-old,erroneous6assumptionthatlanguageacquisitionisalinearprogression,withthenativespeakeratthetopofthehiera
8、rchy.Perhapsnativespeakerteachersareguiltyoffeedingthisperceptionbylabelingcourses,students,textbookssequentiallyintermsoflevels(i.e.beginner,pre-intermediate,intermediateetc);inthearrang