2013년 6월 18일 화요일

Week 8 Optional Extra Credit - "How To" Essay

4. Optional extra credit: Write a 200+ word “how to” essay about one of the following:
  A. How to study English
  B. How to cook your favorite food
  C. How to get rid of a boyfriend/girlfriend

I believe the best way to study English is to focus on speaking.  If you think about it, when we learned our native tongue we didn't start learning it by grammars and sentence structures, as it is usually the epitome of Korea's English education.  Look how babies learn to talk.  They are exposed to such environment where they pick up what people are saying, at first just word by word.  As time goes on, they start saying sentences and that's when the language skills really improve.  Because sentences include everything: grammar, vocabulary, and structure.  Thus, if you want to fully maximize your effort, I strongly suggest that you follow these steps.

1. Let yourself be in English environment as much as possible.

2. Listen, Listen, and Listen to English.  It doesn't matter what content it is as long as it's in English.

3. Imitate what your are hearing.  This is very important for hearing and speaking is totally different and if you don't practice speaking, you won't get better.

  

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  1. I finally know that why you are good at English. I envy you, and I will try to use these steps.

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