Sharing My EnglishLearning Experiences

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Sharing My English-Learning Experiences

• Scott Hsieh
• 2006/10/25

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• Be Shameless!!!
• Dont be afraid of making mistakes
• You learn from your mistakes and never, never,
  make the same mistake in the future
• Example My first speech contest

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• Vocabulary
• I am not good at remembering new words.
• I am not good at spelling.
• Excuses, Excuses, Excuses!!!
• Know your weakness and overcome it!!!
• Example My little handbook

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• Read it (Pronunciation of the word/Dont be too
  confident)
• infamous
• chrysanthemum
• corral
• www.onelook.com

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• How to use the word/collocation
• When you look a word up in the dictionary, you
  have to read the example sentences. In addition,
  you can pay attention to related words or
  expressions.
• Talk

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• Synonym (Subtle differences of words)
• Different kinds of ??
• Radiate, shine, shimmer, glitter, glow, twinkle,
  dazzle
• Different kinds of ?
• Laugh, beam, grin, smile, giggle
• Different kinds of ??
• Increase, rocket, catapult, escalate, mushroom
  (particular use)

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• Read Comprehensively
• Novels/Magazines/News Articles
• Different Kinds of Topics
• Economics/Entertainment/Sports
• Economist, GQ, National Geographic, Time, and
  many others

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• Prefix and Suffix (Word Root)
• Pre - prepare, presume, predict, prenuptial
• Post- postmodern, postwar, postmortem
• Preposterous (Guess what it means)
• Etymology
• Déjà vu, cul-de-sac
• Importance of learning another language

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• Learning with Friends
• Some English games in daily life
• What do you call this in English?
• You can ask yourself these questions in daily
  life!!!
• You can also do a research on something you like.
  What do you like then?
• Seeing is believing (learning) Thistle ? ???

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• Movie/DVD
• Watch first without subtitles
• Then with English subtitles
• Finally with Chinese/English subtitles
• Lets see what this practice can do for you!

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• The End