In the past few years of studying in North America, they have learned a lot of things, and they have long a lot lesson because of the cultural conflict between the West. Now contribute, share it with domestic friends. I hope that you will be more effective in the interaction between the foreigners (English is the mother tongue); also make those friends who are distressed by learning English less, faster, better, with good English.
The Chinese people have the longest time in learning English, and the effect is the worst. This is related to the major misunderstandings of learning and application English. First, the long-term "filling" education method has made many people think that learning English is for the exam. It is impossible to know how to actually know; the second is that English is just Composed of "pronunciation, grammar, sentence and vocabulary". It is considered to learn English as long as you learn "pronunciation, grammar, sentences and vocabulary". In fact, if the pronunciation, grammar, the most important part of the English language, the pronunciation, grammar, and sentence is ignored by the English language, but it is: the correct language and customs of English culture and customs. Ways, methods and content.
First, let us explore the issue together. There is no target, vessels are always drifting at sea. To learn English, the purpose of learning English, but the purpose of learning, only one: In order to be "effective communication" with Native English Speakers, the work can be established, maintain and develop well with Native Speakers; or life Focused a few Na Tive Speaker's friends, can communicate with each other, encourage and help each other.
Instead of communicating with compatriots, it is not to say a few words such as: how are you? I am fine, thanks. My English is poor. Bye-bye. "Foreign" is a dew, can't find the north. (Many friends who have learned English in China seem to have a hard-working hero, "Ten years of grinding a sword, double-blade has not tried", and finally one day has the opportunity to face the enemy, the only thing that is thinking is : Escape!) It is not a waste of time for "In order to speak English", nothing to find and talk about the foreigner --- After breaking up, others don't want to communicate with you, but I can't remember what you are. Sacred.
In China, poor foreigners, most of them have been asked for thousands of lightning, bored, unable to creative, sometimes ch Inglish's problem, such as Are you an American? Do you like CHINA? I found that some people said that my English spoken is very good, I can talk to the foreigners. Come ON! Give me a break!
English learning this extent, the English ability composed of Chinese style, complex sentence structure, rigorous grammar and huge vocabulary, but only "the ears of the deaf", because it is not called "communication", it is fundamentally It is not worth spending so many time learning English.
A person in Singapore, a book, called "Asian thinking", saying that Asian countries, including Japan, South Korea, in addition to imitation, not innovative, it is difficult to true Competition with Europe and America. I hope not to be in my unfortunate words.
I am going to the United States to study abroad, I think I can think of English. After all, I have learned for so many years, I have a lot of effort, and I have got a lot of training courses --- from ordinary to the highest grade Tens of thousands. Come payable including study abroad exams, and it is also a pass. However, after the United States, he worked unforgettable, "Chinglis H" - Chinese-style English ": It can also be cope with English and his compatriots, but the" English is the mother tongue ", professor and other people When communicating, one involves substantive problems, no one can hear who! At least half a year of time is abnormal! Time I lost the ability to exchange, the confidence and beliefs of the establishment, like it is destroyed. They What's UP? What's new? The statement can be copened, talk about what is nothing. However, it is difficult to communicate with them, even if it is just seriously talking. In China, I am easy and most People become friends, they have been proud of it, because you treat others sincerely, others often treat you sincerely, otherwise you will "respect" next time, "you can start in the United States, how can I start Fair ?! Sincerely does not work? Is it your own voice, tone problem? Not! If you have the opportunity to teach Indians' English, you may also be proud of the pronunciation of the Chinese. I have an Indian classmate. Called with Abe, until I graduated, I heard the meaning of most of his words! However, the Indian "terrible" pronunciation, did not affect their fluent and effective communication!
Is it the cause of grammar and sentence? Not! I have been fortunate to have a university professor from China, who has come from China, is nearly 40 years old because of outstanding mathematics, and immigrants arrived. Don't mention it. When he speaks English, you can easily pick a lot of grammar and sentence errors, but this is not hindered by his in the United States for nearly two decades, using English to Americans and business management lessons. And succeeded. what is the reason behind the scene? After a few years in foreign countries, I gradually understood the truth: "If the pronunciation, grammar, the sentence, the pronunciation, grammar, and sentences in the" effective communication ", which are definitely important, and is subject to domestic English is ignored, it is precisely the most important part: expressing the correct way, method and content of English culture and customs.
The language is the carrier of its cultural and customs, precipitation, although the various cultures of human beings have a communication, but more is its special side. And Western culture has the opposite of Chinese culture. For example, she advocates "active enormous" Positight or Ambition attitude, and the Chinese "modest, art" office, the principle of speaking, often "conflict", constitutes the hindrance to effective communication. This is the so-called "cultural conflict, differences". Therefore, the kind of learning method and application method using the native culture and customs, adding too much "useless, many people who say that native language have never used it, I have never heard of the words, and outdated The words, sentences, do not understand the truly English and "people who are native speakers" are not surprising!
In response to the above drawbacks, Linda from Canada takes her many years of professor ESL teaching experience, I (HEN RY), in several people in Beijing, in several parks in Beijing, held only 2 to 4 people each time Ultra-small-range training and lectures (for easy way to do English in English), to teach concise and practical English learning and application skills, and improve people's ability to "effective communication" in English. Make you grasp your own way of learning and hard work, save yourself more time, energy and money. Our topic is: How to communicate and communicate with "English who is native language". By revealing the "Chinese and Western Chemical Differences, Conflict" in language applications, it is close to the current life-friendly English application training for Chinese people. Improve people with "Native Speakers" in "Native Speakers". We will tell you: what to say, how to do and how to achieve "effective communication and communication."
Through our training, you can also communicate effectively with foreigners, even if your English is not so good, because we will teach the most important skills for long-term neglect, communicating the most important skills. In Beijing, you are interested in learning English friends, you can send me a detailed introduction and specific arrangement of hez2@alum.rpi.edu or linda (lindaschueler@alumni.uwaterloo.ca) and lecture, and we summarized, targeted Chinese people improve English level learning methods.
We believe that all strategies and techniques for learning English can be roughly divided into two categories. One type is to take you with your own heart, spend time to repeat memory - memory you have summarized, summarizing others. This part of the work, no one can replace you, no matter what kind of genius! (Because eating fish is conducive to intelligence and memory, some people ask Mark × Tween, ask how much tube is used. Mark × Temping: It seems that you have to eat at least two whales!) But if you just fight hard, you can learn English. The Chinese English level should be the top, but the fact is just the opposite. (Learning abroad, deeply feeling: probably because of long-term training results, memories, memories, memories, things that don't understand, is our Chinese, but practical applications and innovation capabilities, overall It is our weak item.)
Therefore, the other is "how" how to use English in real life, using English to achieve exchange purposes "experience and techniques. The Chinese are brave in theory and inferior to practice (for reading: "Wanner is all product, only reading"). Because the application skills are very strong, this part of the skill is neglected for a few in China. Or because of the limited Native Speakers, it is difficult to get "truth", or because learning English is pursuing "high, big, full" English's hobbies and the psychological psychology of the Chinese people, making most people to adopt traditions, and the most Safety learning method: Concern for sentences, grammar and vocabulary, with English and Native Speakers exchange. In fact, language is just a tool unless you use this as a profession, otherwise it doesn't have any meaning, no use, if it can't serve "AC".
Reading and self-study help to improve English. But the shortcomings of the book, like self-study, no feedback, no two-way communication. Theore in theory, it is different. Especially the language, follow the principles of "use into the waste". Mastering this part is: creating conditions and opportunities, learning and communicating with English in English or in foreign countries. Practice, Practice and Practice! Research shows that when people are talking, 80% of information comes from body language (INTON ATION) and TONE. In addition, the impact on the effectiveness of the exchange, including the intention of both parties, the contents of the conversation, the understanding of English culture, and effective use of effective use, are not just sentences, grammar and vocabulary.
Therefore, it is often seen in such a interesting phenomenon: a secretary, assistant, assistant, assistant, and "foreigners", and some are known as three, 50,000 words, and some of the three, 50,000 words. Master, Ph.D., studied for ten years and twenty years, in the face of English for the mother tongue, in addition to the simplest number of non-painless so-called dialogue, how many people can "effective Exchange? Never use to use English instead of chinglish to express your thinking. Chinglish refers to the use of Chinese culture, thinking and habits, etc., the result is learned, the so-called "fluent English" is limited to compatriots, and "people" English "exchange At the time, the two sides reflected in the expression of "cultural differences" in language expression!
Don't understand and learn the embodiment of English national culture in communication, communication, but only the cultural and customs of the country, often cause exchange barriers. The consequences and damage are far greater than the damage caused by pronunciation, grammatical and sentence defects. Because of pronunciation, syntax and sentences are temporarily not good, everyone will understand, because after all, English is not your mother tongue, can slowly improve. However, because of the personality and misunderstanding of "cultural conflict", it is even possible to have a valuable development opportunity to destroy the valuable development opportunity! In a limited life, if you take into account factors such as age, occupational development trajectory, objective environment and conditions, life is only two or three times! For example, it will illustrate the cultural conflict: Westerners pay attention to "Eye Contact" in the conversation, and the two sides of the conversation should look at the opponent's eyes. The Chinese people have more views of the two eyes of the opposite side of the opponent. " Straight hook the land "Staring at others. But Western people think that "the two eyes" express their sincerity and frank mind, and the "eyes direct" of the obedience expressed their interest in topics and respect for each other.
Therefore, when the Westerners meet, with "Eye Contact", it is confident smile (what is the heart is thinking in the heart), the powerful handshake (the ritual touches, English is called "dead fish" Shaking a dead Fish) and positive thinking (Positive Thinking) will make people will continue to interact with you. On the contrary, if it is a touch of sparkling (some people are more because of the English phrase, but also scratching the, 呲 or on the white eyes), Muranang express (said: moodless is not color) and negative conversations, no matter you Grammar, pronunciation and sentences are pure and excellent and others also make others "respect". I am willing to know if you are willing to communicate with people who don't enter with you? ! Another example is the same, "pursuing wealth", the popular practices and concepts of the Chinese and Western countries are very different. Westerners, especially North Americans, promote entrepreneurial spirit: those who rely on their own talents and efforts rather than skirts and yield in dumblers. They abandon their own comfortable life, adventure, entrepreneurship, struggle (such as my Henry, Ha!), And make full use of modern business operations: market surveys, product development, advertising and marketing, quality control, after-sales service, etc. Your own product, service is accepting and likes society, and finally win. Entrepreneurs, there is no hero in the minds of the Western people! It can be said that the admiration and pursuit of entrepreneurship is that the United States can be proud of the United States in only more than 200 years, but it is hard to make today's British Empire of the National British Empire of "Japan."
Many people in China, otherwise, I love money, and envy the wealth and influence of entrepreneurs, but it is called "copper smell", saying that all entrepreneurs are trails - no business, for legitimate business behavior For example, reasonable advertisements are reversed to the nose, do not have a pois. I don't know the prosperity of the nation and the entrepreneurism. The American business community has a famous saying: Good products do not advertise, just like you just hide in the dark, just like the opposite sex you like.
In the West, entrepreneurship is also a "free society" barrier. The United States is based on Puritanism. In 1620, there were Mr. Li Zicheng's million farmers, and he was robbed in Beijing for 24 years. Pilgrim father. The Puritans believe that Poverty and lazy (laziness) are also an evil. People should, you can also strive, success, including financial freedom.
Lao Mei said: "The only means of obtaining freedom is a hard work, or there is a rich father." Ha, ha. Sorry, the latter half is Henry, I will add it! Wise people, will not leave too much money to the descendants: If the children have this, they will earn enough money; no matter how much money is not enough, but harm them. The Chinese knows that "rich three generations" is still willing to leave all the property and career, Sigh!
Westerners believe that a gentleman with education, responsibility and obligations, with their own wealth and skills, reward society, not to be over, endlessly. Some communities in foreign countries don't welcome Chinese people, not because of racial discrimination, but because of the lack of this "feedback society" in many people. US institutions, you can receive a large number of companies and private donations each year. The main building of my American business school is a pair of old couples donated 5 million US dollars in 1998. Thus, when you have, you have seen individualism such as flood beasts. Translate Individualism into individualism and self-contained, as a derogatory word or taboo word, always use it now. In fact, in the Western Individualism is a symphony, but selfish English use: Selfish word. Western society in the win-win (win-win) concept, in order to pursue maximum Value, people think: selfish people are short-sighted people, the most hurt is their best interest. The big name Ding Don (Enron), a banner of American companies, lost to the public because of fraud fraud, leading to suicide vice president, high-level supervisors were confined. The huge empire, when you are asze, you will be a smile! Some friends said that China has also been from "black cat, white cat, just caught the mouse is a good cat", enter "黑 鼠, mice, as long as it is not caught is a good mouse! I hope this is not the truth. ,My Homeland!
"Building a thousand, sleeping seven foot; 馐 馐, but a fullness". Henry I think: 100 years of life, such as a hurry. On the one hand, I should cherish the time, struggle forward, and feel the sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and warmth of the world, don't live this life; on the other hand, recognize the essence of wealth: life, death without going , Master of money rather than slavery, good use of wealth, profit!
The language of a nation is the carrier and precipitation of her unique cultural, and it is also her traditional accumulation. The traditional power is so powerful, the influence of the culture of the nation is so rooted, so that I am in the United States for two years, often almost can't help but I have to ask some "taboo issues" that I have already known.
For example, how old are you? How is it in China, especially after familiarity, ask your age, calling each other, talking about the brothers, or the sisters, but naturally; calling "Old Zhang, Lao Li", despite not old And the shouts are also happy.
Chinese culture, there is a deep-root nostalgic complex, which is addicted to the past - perhaps because our ancestors are too good, it is too good. The "long history, a hundred years old shop" is an attractive highlight. We advocate "old", old, seem to be a synonym of great wise, authority.
But in North America, there is an opposite of our cultural tradition. New, young is the symbol of life and vitality (Symbol), people advocate young, old, old, and the symbol of death. Therefore, age is a very taboo problem in North America, even between friends. If you want to let "the people in English" hate you, especially the woman hate, please boldly ask her age (the name: you are a pain in the neck.). Many people in North America, especially afraid of 40th birthday. It seems that I have been 40 years old, and I will have to be abandoned by society. You Cannot Teach An Old Dog New Tricks. She is no Spring Chicken is a common use of North America. Therefore, in the interaction with "foreigners", don't hinder her / his age, even if you don't care. Westerners have a humor, saying "The only secret of Yongqing youth is: lying on the age!" (Foreigner advocated humorism, called Positive Thin King, Positive Atitude, I have discussed in other articles. But use English and foreknoff, must Be careful, after all, from different cultural backgrounds. However, I have a real, American joke: Americans are really confident, I have been robbed in the street in the street: One Dollar for Pizza! Run and loud. I suddenly listened, I really thought that I owe him money! After moving to New York City, there were many times, and there were many times. Do Y Ou Have Five Dollars? Who is so expensive to live in New York City? ?). In fact, it is related to the relationship between age, what is the relationship between age? Many people have known as a few decades, but it is a messy, and it is astishing, and it has repeated tens of thousands of times. I can't say it: some people are dead at the age of 20, can be buried 70 years old! Is the age really important?
In North America, regardless of Canada or the United States, according to its labor law (Labor Law): Employers are not allowed to ask for the age, marital status, gender, race and religious beliefs of the candidate, and the above reasons must not be The reason for hiring, otherwise it constitutes illegal. Lostly lost procurement contracts from the government, and revitalize the law.
So if others ask you: How old is you? You can answer this: I'm Too Young to Retir E, But I'm old enough to know better Than the answer. This is the old beauty: Be Tough!
Domestic recruitment advertisements are common: "Requires 25 years old, unmarried". I am dull, but I don't understand: In addition to recruiting nun, monk and old road, what work and "marriage are" related? What do you have to work not to 25,30?
Those of the truly good things we have learned, how do we learn? ! Many concepts, including her respect for individuals, the yearning and unremitting pursuit of freedom, wealth and happiness, indeed worth thinking. You will also find that these philosophy will be fully reflected in English communication, and our training will naturally involve these. Therefore, I want to improve my English friends. In addition to listening to the original version, I can see the modern originals, I can find an old way to practice the oral language (can also exchange my thoughts. It is just a tool. It is not any meaning.), Otherwise, A good training class is also good. Communication needs, generate learning motives and interest. Just take care of yourself, or forever "bitter sea", or learning is just dumb English and chinglish. Multi-Native Speakers, or people who have lived abroad to learn, which is great for improving English, especially speaking. Otherwise, when you charge, the "Dragon Slayer" learned from the effort, is limited to the "Chinese-style English" for compatriots. Many Chinese learn English, paying the price and the road to the road, do you have to repeat? !
