如何提高英语,尤其是口语?

song

我每天都能听到鸟叫,看到各种不知名的鸟在院子里悠闲,但看不到人呀?我的英语依旧是哑巴英语!痛苦! 而且刚刚因为语言问题失去一个工作的机会! 郁闷! 着急呀!

现在除了每天上课,基本上没有时间和别人讲话,而即使是上课时也只是将不几句,team discussing 也是经常用中文...一个班十几个人,只有2-3个老外,不讲中文讲什么? 所以感觉AMES的课程是垃圾. 唯一的好处是结交了一些新朋友,同学关系都很不错的.

教堂都什么时间可以去呢?只有周日吗?

还有什么更好的地方或方法?

短腿小鳄鱼

呵呵，抓住一起可能的机会，不要胆怯的，不要不好意思的，尽量找老外练练吧！
实在找不到人了，你就自己练，这个主要是增强自己的语感和流利度(一开始可以不
要太考虑正确性，有了一定的基础，在要求流利加准确就不难了)。如果你觉得口语
很差的话，不建议你看新闻什么的以希望达到英文口语方面有所提高的目的，因为
想来这时候你的听力应该不会很好，(主要是因为你很少运用词汇，对某些词的发音
不是很熟，那么感觉上就会觉得自己的听力不太好)，且新闻中常用的词汇不是日常
生活交流时用的。
有可能的话看肥皂据，哪些句子很生活话，你看了尽量重复，跟着说，一次两次觉
得怪怪的，但时间长了，很有效果。还有大声的读书，力求发音准确，断句正确，
然后自己复述，注意不是背，是自己说一遍，因为每个人都知道背句子和说句子的
TONE是不一样的。

你试试吧！提高口语主要还是多说多练，对于我们来讲还有有一点儿厚脸皮不怕出
丑，呵呵，相信你会觉得我的方法还是不错的。这边很多高手，让他们多支招！！

无产阶级

我觉得可以看电视，然后自己跟着重复。很怪哦，但也许有效。

astina

多听广播也有效果

123游客123

先在网上看即时新闻,知道了大概再看电视新闻,这样容易跟得上进度.看新闻从10号台5.00开始,到7or9,到sbs,一直看到2号台7.30结束.重复多次.

frank_lee

顶一下，这问题我也用的上！

mouse006

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maribel

无产阶级  在 2005-3-24 19:32 发表:

我觉得可以看电视，然后自己跟着重复。很怪哦，但也许有效。

你是这样在天天练习吗？ 你LP不把你当成神经病才怪！

labor

AMES是垃圾课程，我去了一周就不去了。

tuna_zhang

虽然很多中国人,但是大家都用英文交流. 我觉得很好啊.  大家都有提高英文的需求,你就主动一点说英文, 这样大家就会改变的.
另外,虽然我刚上了几天课,可我不觉得是垃圾, 我还是对这里的找工市场有了更多的了解.

bulaohu

It is really not much use to speak English with another bunch of Chinese friends. You not only won't learn the right accent, but the slangs are missing as well. I would encourage you to watch a lot of TV WITHOUT subtitle. Pictures and stage will help you  a lot in with learning the right slangs. It helped me immensely when I first arrived here. Now I can understand news 100% and local TV dramas 99%, and you know what - you will know you are a good English speaker when you notice that those locals are treating you like another local.

舒克

bulaohu  在 2005-4-30 08:36 PM 发表:

It is really not much use to speak English with another bunch of Chinese friends. You not only won't learn the right accent, but the slangs are missing as well. I would encourage you to watch a lot ...

that is 100% true

spirit1

leilliy

偶认为一开始说英语的时候一定要注意语法的正确，连简单的句子的正确性都做不到，能保证复杂，偏长句子的准确吗？而且如果一开始养成习惯不注意语法句子的正确，以后很难改过来的．

astina

偶来说一个偶上大学时用过的方法吧，适用于开口机会不多的人

具体讲就是每天抽半个小时自言自语，就像记日记一样，但是是用说的，对着录音机用英语说，可以说任何事，今天遇到的一件小事拉，今天的心情拉，等等等等，就是不许打草稿，打开录音机，开口就来。录完了第二天自己听（一般是会觉得惨不忍睹的，发音啊语法啊用词啊），听完了再录第二天的，周而复始，坚持下去，一定会有进步

当然口语和听力也是相辅相成的，练口语的同时要练听力，偶大一大二的很多个晚上都是听着英语磁带或者美国之音睡着的

coldair

astina  在 2005-4-30 09:43 PM 发表:

偶来说一个偶上大学时用过的方法吧，适用于开口机会不多的人

具体讲就是每天抽半个小时自言自语，就像记日记一样，但是是用说的，对着录音机用英语说，可以说任何事，今天遇到的一件小事拉，今天的心情拉，等等 ...

这个办法很有创意,从来没有听说过,不过想想很有道理.怪不得AS英语那么好.

astina

还是在上高中的时候，暑期去上一个什么英语班，里面的老师介绍了这个办法。真的很管用，难的是坚持

maribel

leilliy  在 2005-4-30 21:37 发表:

偶认为一开始说英语的时候一定要注意语法的正确，连简单的句子的正确性都做不到，能保证复杂，偏长句子的准确吗？而且如果一开始养成习惯不注意语法句子的正确，以后很难改过来的．

My boss has been here for 20 years and his English is very fluent, frankly. He has no problem at all negotiating with australian exporters from different states.  I can detect lots of grammar mistakes in what he says and writes, but this never is a barrier between their communication. I was also concerned about our "Chinese accent" when I first came in here, now I have realised that accent isn't big deal when you can communicate with others, instead, every accent in the world is beautiful and will help you stand out among other English speakers. :))

舒克

astina  在 2005-4-30 09:43 PM 发表:

偶来说一个偶上大学时用过的方法吧，适用于开口机会不多的人

具体讲就是每天抽半个小时自言自语，就像记日记一样，但是是用说的，对着录音机用英语说，可以说任何事，今天遇到的一件小事拉，今天的心情拉，等等 ...

我是这样准备“烤鸭”口语的，真的有用，在国内有时晚上去公园自言自语，别人还以为我some thing wrong.

bulaohu

That is a very good point Maribel. I never felt right about the American accent promoted by people like Li Yang back in China, because I can never understand why a Chinese needs to speak American English. Same in Aussie. Accent is not a defect, not a shortcoming, not a problem. The level of understanding to all sorts of different accents of the locals here are well beyond the imagination of those assume that they can only understand accentless English.

leilliy

From my own experience, I think grammar is important. I always made mistakes about the grammar before, like tense, singular & plural, and personal pronoun. Once when I was telling a story to an Australian teacher, he told me I made some mistakes about past tense and present tense which made it very hard for him to follow my story. And he also said he had found that some Chinese people always neglect basic grammar which should have been taught to them in primary schools as they are in western countries. Without correct grammar, people will usually think your English isn’t good enough and also be confused by your incorrect use of grammar. So my teacher suggested that I should start to speak only correct English, starting from simple sentences and phrases.

Since then I have started to pay attention to grammar, and I’ve found out that I can make less mistakes and my overall English ability has improved quickly. I also think local Australians feel a lot more comfortable talking with me now

maribel

bulaohu  在 2005-5-1 00:24 发表:

That is a very good point Maribel. I never felt right about the American accent promoted by people like Li Yang back in China, because I can never understand why a Chinese needs to speak American E ...

Yep. Actually many people like to take "accent" as an excuse of their not understanding Aussies well. I reckon it indeed takes time for non-aussies to adapt to Australian accent, however, when you have a good command of English language, this time won't be long.

We don't really need to mimic either American accent or Aussie accent or many others purposely. Just speak as we like and try to pronounce every word loudly and clearly. Always try not to make the same mistakes twice, that's what we can do.

maribel

leilliy  在 2005-5-1 13:09 发表:

From my own experience, I think grammar is important. I always made mistakes about the grammar before, like tense, singular & plural, and personal pronoun. Once when I was telling a story to an ...

You are right when you say we should pay attention to grammar when we speak or write English, however nine out of ten Chinese are too worried about any grammar mistakes they may make when they speak English. Their over-concern, undoubtedly, puts a bridle on their tongue and they are more likely to lose the thread of thought.

I am not undermining the importance of English grammar, however, in my humble opinion, for non native English speakers, they should speak more and write more without taking too seriously those grammar mistakes and misspelling at the first stage.

jeru

虽然找的鬼子公司,我工作两个月以后口语严重退步了,现在开始结巴了

老杏

你要和同事们多聊天长进就快了

HNREN

bulaohu  在 2005-4-30 20:36 发表:

It is really not much use to speak English with another bunch of Chinese friends. You not only won't learn the right accent, but the slangs are missing as well. I would encourage you to watch a lot ...

请教一下你是如何突破词汇的瓶颈的呢？100%的听清新闻并不容易啊。我现在就碰到这个问题，新闻的大意理解并不困难，但要达到象汉语那样100%的领悟还是很难，主要是经常碰到不熟的词汇。

来澳之前没背过红宝书，感觉6级那点词汇现在实在是吃力，来澳后又没有下定决心苦练单词，我感觉现在的听力的瓶颈就是自己的词汇量了。请教一下高手是如何突破的。谢谢！

小米

astina  在 2005-4-30 09:43 PM 发表:

偶来说一个偶上大学时用过的方法吧，适用于开口机会不多的人

具体讲就是每天抽半个小时自言自语，就像记日记一样，但是是用说的，对着录音机用英语说，可以说任何事，今天遇到的一件小事拉，今天的心情拉，等等 ...

我也用过，考ielts前，我每天洗澡的时候就自言自语，说上班很累啊，客户很过分阿，老板很讨厌阿，害怕吃的东西不干净阿，什么的

柯柯

好玩儿，我也试试这招!

春雪

学英语就象学唱歌一样，要经常开口。否则，就像一首歌，虽然听过挺多遍，但可能就是唱不好。

liz

+++，这么多人用过这招，却只有阿斯第一个说出来。。。。