大家學英文困擾在哪裡呢?是否跟Eric遇到的狀況一樣?是不是要多加強聽力及口語的訓練?留言跟我們分享吧❤️ What do you find difficult about learning English? Did you have the same encounters as Eric? Should the education put more emphasis on Speaking and Listening? Share your thoughts in the comments with us ❤️
I think listening and speaking are the keys to be fluent in any language. It's suck that I' m man of few words, sometime even struggle to express myself in Chinese
The sequence of objects. English speakers have better short term memory. For instance, this computer instructions: "Click underline in the format group that is in the main tab." Most Asian language would say this in the time sequence of users' actions.
I practice english listening by watching a lots of FRIENDS!!! Seriously, it helped a lot!!! And for english speaking, since I have to work with foreigners, I will have to speak to them all the time, and in my opinion as long as you can understand each other its fine, unless you have to write business email then you will have to be correct and formal, otherwise just take it easy and be brave, although you dont speak perfect english, no one is gonna mock you for that, usually the one who mock you is your own fellow countryman.
Big fan of yours, Elizabeth!! Always amazed at your Mandarin ability on the WTO show! I noticed one huge cultural difference between expats living in Taiwan and HongKong is that in Taiwan, if you wanted to blend in with the locals, you just gotta make a strong effort to learn at least some basic Mandarin. In HK however, foreigners are just so spoiled and they would never think about learning Cantonese ever!
I think Eric speaks very fluent English! He has done a great job as a non-native speaker. I would look forward to more videos with your baby girl and you have talked and taught her both Mandarin Chinese and English.
I totally agree with you, language is a tool that you use to communicate with others, as long as the two can understand with each other, it’s ok. It’s what my professor said to me, too.
Watching tons of TV in the categories you interested in, sitcoms and talk shows really helped in terms of listening, cultural background, and even vocabularies that are useful when having conversations with English speaker.
Yes!!!! Just like what Eric was saying, listen listen listen!! I really like when people are able to learn from things like tv shows, because it’s a fun and relaxing way to learn! It helps people to relax and have fun with a new language!
Usage and structure of language is constantly changing. Basically, best language is simple and comprehend, other people can immediately catch what you want to express. Salute to you guys.
There is another platform such as talking to native English speakers at English Free Talk at Carpenter's House (木匠的家)in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City. Tuesday through Friday 7:30 pm.
Thanks so much for creating this kind of videos. it is so encouraging to see Eric's performance and confidence to speak English. keep up the great work !
I insist on watching videos of the native English speaker talking everyday,I push myself to learn English,I say “push ”,because it's not easy for me to get what you real taking about,it not a enjoyable experience, many times I find that I have learned these words before when I check out the subtitles,I fell frustrated.I really admire the pure English accent,yes,I mean it's the native speaker's accent, I'm dreaming of gaining the ability to speak English fluently like you all native speakers.That's my motivation to study English everyday!I believe that I'm able to get what they mean in the day of future.🥳
The society that I grew up is much the same as Eric's. It was hard to find someone to talk to in English, even at this time. To think in English is the later step that you would use, we all have to learn for a few years to catch a lot of vocabularies, grammar rules,etc. The key point that I turn the way into thinking in English was the time after I had watched many American episodes. , then, I started making sentences in my brain without mandarin. I care about the mistakes only because I want to correct them, so that I will be able to master this language as soon as possible. This is really crucial.
It is not only in Taiwan. Most people from non-English speaking country would worry about when they speak English to a native speaker. And the truth is, most native speaker will actually get impressed by how we could actually speak more than 1 language :D
thanks a lot.In a word,it can divide into there points:No.1 is to speak English confidently,and speak more as you can, don't be afraid of making mistake.No.2 is trying using English thought to think,dont't translate what you are listening into CHinese.No.3 is finding a environment to speak English.
Wading through a minefield is perhaps the best way to describe the mindset how most of us learn English as a second language. It's always seldom about communication and get your point across, but how to ace your multiple choice tests, or getting a good grade or appraisal from your writing instructor. Lack of supplemental reading materials also serves as a hindrance to effective learning. Granted, we're still capable of producing some ones like Eric who's fluent in his trade, but the number of them hasn't reached the critical level to make a fundamental impact on our teaching environments. Now, allow me to suggest some ways to accelerate English beginner's learning process: 1. Instead of one-way teaching, ask students to conduct a show-and-tell presentation all in English. Like how to build a birdhouse, or perform a hand puppets show. You'll be surprised to find out your work spent on preparation for a project as simple as that can involve such a huge new vocabularies. 2. Encourage didactic type of teaching style for not only instructor, but also students to be engaged in an interactive learning environment. Sometimes teacher can also learn mistakes from students and try to improve upon it next time they meet.
哈哈哈哈 我也是用一樣的方式學中文,改手機系統語言逼自己看多一點中文。 The other thing to keep in mind is since English is widely spoken in many parts of the world, each location develop it's own style and sound. This is why Elizabeth didn't think about whether Eric's English was good or bad, all speakers of English encounters wide variety of accents. We don't get caught up in the minor differences. Imagine if a Singaporean, British, and a South African were having a conversation. All native speakers, all sound different, different grammar, different vocabulary, but they aren't going to keep correcting each other. For English learners, its a good idea to listen to a wide variety. In a real life situation, you're not going to encounter an American every single time.
Totally agree with Elizabeth. As long as you can communicate and understand each other is fine. This is not your mother language. I Like it!!!Very encouraging video.
我以前美國高中9年級的ELD老師第一天只教我們一個單字然後說學好這個單字你就可以生活在美國一輩子了 他教的字就是 KISS Keep It Simple Stupid KISS :)) 然後我們就下課了 我大學英文教授教我們寫作文也是很巧, 丟給我們這一句然後叫我們以後作文都要一直想這個字來寫, 他不想改很麻煩又狗屁不通的作文
Dang, he speaks it fluently! I'm impressed. Let's just say that he exceeded my expectations. To be able to speak at his level, did he learn to speak like this while staying in TW the whole time? Or did he spend some of his time overseas as well?
I had a similar experience encountering with foreigners when I was a teenager. It was about Christmas time. You can imagine how good my English could be, but they were really nice just like you said. When they said your English is good, I honestly knew it was not true. 🤣🤣🤣
thanks for sharing what the thought on the expats. sometimes, non native english speaker not really do not want to talk with expats. just full of fears in mind that whether i didnt say something wrong or expats look us down that such bad English. by the way, just shared that there was really an experience in York at England that while ordering breakfast in the cafe, the shop service person kept picking up your accent not British in annoying ways though. hope you spread positive messages to all via this channel that languages are used as communication to understand each other but not a tool to compare how difference between us in the world.
First time to come to your chanal. I am a English leaner. I like your video so much. Eric's English is amazing! He speaks fluntly and sounds like native speaker!
I moved to US when I was 9. I took some after school English in Taiwan for a bit, but it wasn't that great. I don't recall having too much difficulty understanding teachers after moving here though. I think it was easier because it was forth/fifth grade, the environment was easier.