what i dunt like about learning E~

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Back in China kids start to learn E since kindergarden... I am not so sure about nowdays, but it was 1992 when I was one of them.

omg~! What an impressive amazingly brilliant idea to teach 2/3/4 years old kiddo learning second language?! we didn't even get to know our own native language yet...

So there time brought us to elementry/middle/high school, and later on, the only choice of language class is English! Why couldn't we have the choice of learning other kinds? We are forced to learn only E, and there were not that much fun learning this language I gotta be honest, and I personally believe there were not that much fun when teaching it. To whoever is teaching English in elementry/middle/high S, if you are thinking what i am thinking, I totally sympathize with u~

What is the purpose of learning it? Because we know the most popular language on eartrh is English? Because we want to get to a better college, a better job, a better life afterwards? I've skimmed this forum not really thorouly but i got the general idea. It is divided into sections like this one and some other to help visitors focus on what our particular difficulty is and find the solutions in a convinient way. And here this section is, Audio: speech and pronunciation. My question is, think back of what you'd learned in school. Grammers? Vocabs?

When you are learning a foreign language, what you should do besides building up the basic foundation (which is vocabs and grammers), don't you think that you should also learn how to apply it? How to use it when you need to? have you ever imagined what kind of embrassing situation you may have to deal with in the future only because of culturewise confusion? Unfortunately, what we learned were the tricks of getting a straight A test score, at least this was my very own personal experiences and my friends'. And the questions i asked above were indeed some unhappy memories from my life.

With all due respects and no offense please, shall I generalize that kids nowdays are learning because of learning, not because what we have that strong eagerness to seek for knowledge? (particularly in China)

Youyou_living Freestyle · Accepted Answer

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This is my second year in US, communicate in English is no longer a main problem for me. However, I still do have lack of interests in learning it. May be the whole thing above was just some excuses i was trying to find for myself, but i know that was one of the main reasons of why i feel sooooooooo slacking off and unwill when taking English course. I don't like people around here and I don't feel that I belong to this country, this enviornment which is totally in English. But I want to try to have the willingness of taking this more seriously, just for survival.

ps. I'm not so sure if it is the right place to post this.

But i'll see if anyone advise me to post it somewhere else or just easily delete this.

CalifJim · Answer

I don't like people around here and I don't feel that I belong to this country, this enviornment which is totally in English. But I want to try to have the willingness of taking this more seriously, just for survival.

You are in a truly unfortunate situation, although you do seem to be trying to keep a positive attitude about it. Perhaps your difficulty is more personal than linguistic. Not liking the people around you and having a feeling of not belonging are both factors that need to be overcome - at least partially - before you can make progress in the language, in my opinion, because one of the best ways to learn a language is to form friendships with the natives. Assuming you know a few Chinese people where you are located, maybe you could start by having them introduce you to English speakers they have become friends with. Even if you don't hit it off with the first people you meet, they can introduce you to others, who can introduce you to others, and so on, so that eventually you may find some English speakers that you might like.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

Hi Youyou

I can relate to your problem and truly understand how you are feeling right now.In this world there are lots of challenges and we

tend to feel handicapped and disheartened at times when we have to face problems, obstacles or a new environment.

You should not stop working towards your goals and I am sure very soon you will adapt your self soon. You will feel that you

belong to them when you start relating to them." When You are in Rome act ike Romans........and now when you are in U.S be

one of them !"

Oppurtunity is an island in the sea of difficulties.

Now read this and you will feel ....................You can do anything..............If you have the passion to do it.............

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.

Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.

The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move.

"We told them so."
"Crazy men and their crazy dreams."
"It’s foolish to chase wild visions."

Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever.

He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task. As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.

It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.

He touched his wife's arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project.

For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife's arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man's indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their teamwork, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do.

Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal.

Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles seem very small in comparison to what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that seem impossible can be realised with determination and persistence, no matter what the odds are.

Even the most distant dream can be realized with determination and persistence.

Take Care

Regards

Shania

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