my way of learning english presented by chris li department of chemical and materials engineering...

My Way of Learning My Way of Learning EnglishEnglish

Presented by Chris Li 李柏煜Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

June 8th, 2010

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OutlinesOutlinesI. My goals

II. Materials I used

III. What I’ve learned What I’ve been doing

IV. Conclusions

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My GoalsMy Goals

Learning English is a wonderful thing !

To study in America

Two kinds of exams hellish GRE annoying TOEFL

No energy to do the textbooks simple way of learning English

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Materials I usedMaterials I usedTo enhance my performance…

Listening : VOA, CNN student News, 普特聽力網

Reading : TIME, Newsweek, Novels, Vocabulary

book

Speaking : English Corner, English Café

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What I’ve learned and What I’ve learned and what I’ve doingwhat I’ve doing

Listening part : 1. CNN student News -get to know what happened in the U.S.

-no subtitles

2. VOA news -get to know what happened in the world

-slow and clear

3. 普特聽力網 每日聽力 -download all CNN, BBC, VOA, NPR news in your mp3

player !! -convenient

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What I’ve learned and What I’ve learned and what I’ve been doingwhat I’ve been doing

Reading part : 1. TIME

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What I’ve learned and What I’ve learned and what I’ve been doingwhat I’ve been doing

• Select the easier and interesting one

• Check the words and make sentences

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What I’ve learned and What I’ve learned and what I’ve been doingwhat I’ve been doing

2. Newsweek more serious topics

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What I’ve learned and What I’ve learned and what I’ve been doingwhat I’ve been doing

3. Novels Charlotte’s Web The Thief

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What I’ve learned and What I’ve learned and what I’ve been doingwhat I’ve been doing

4. Vocabulary Book notorious for vocabulary

difficulty

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What I’ve learned and What I’ve learned and what I’ve been doingwhat I’ve been doing

The most important one…Speaking part : 1. English Corner 2. English Café share my thoughts chat with foreign friends have interesting

activitiesTips for improving speaking : think before saying talk to yourself

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ConclusionsConclusionsWhat about TOEFL and GRE ? high score

stable construction

firm foundation

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Last but not leastLast but not least

If you want to learn English well…

Work hard and Go on and on !

Be willing to speak !

Let English fill up your life !

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Thank you for your listening

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ReferencesReferencesCNN-student newshttp://edition.cnn.com/studentnews/VOA newshttp://www1.voanews.com/learningenglish/

home/world/普特英語聽力http://www.putclub.com/

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