Lin Jessie的部落格

This is something I wrote for my students and will renew it soon.

Jessie’s suggestions of studying English                 

Vocabulary

1.       Learn to use phonics to memorize the words. If you can pronounce the word, it won’t be difficult to spell it. 學著以自然發音法來記單字。會唸的字很容易就可以拼出來。

2.     Categorize vocabulary in your vocabulary book. 把單字分類，整理在自己的筆記本中。

3.     For new vocabulary, write down the word, parts of speech and an example sentence so you learn how to use the word. 新學到的單字應該要一起記住它的詞性與用法，最好自己再造一個句子加深印象。也可以將不同詞性的相關字一起記住。光會背一個單字沒有用，最重要的是會適時的用該字。台灣學生的一大弊病是詞性分不清楚就亂用。該用名詞時用動詞，完全忘了句型節構。

4.     Read a lot. When you see the same word again and again, you know it’s important and you should memorize it. 氾讀。經常閱讀自己有興趣的文章或讀物。當你看到一個字不斷重複出現，就該把他記住了。

5.     Learn word roots, prefixes, suffixes little by little. It’s not too helpful to buy a book and try to memorize all of those if you don’t have enough vocabulary. 逐漸學習一些字首，字根，字尾。與其買一本書來背，不如自己慢慢從已學到的單字歸納整理，效果會比死背整本書好。

6.     單字是學習語言非常重要的一環，單字少的人說不出什麼句子也聽不懂別人講的話。但是單字的累積並非一朝一夕，拿字典來背或把單字本背熟了無法增加太多英文能力。單字應由文章，對話或其他有整體性的內容當中去學習。如此你才能知道該字的用法且能正確的運用。

“English Vocabulary Organiser” Chris Gough LTP 文鶴出版社

“Vocabulary In Use” Cambridge  東華出版社

字源大挪移  施元佑   經典傳訊

Listening

1.       Before you listen, check the information you have: the pictures, the questions. 在做聽力練習之前，先瀏覽你現有的資訊。

2.     Listen to key words. You don’t need to know every word to get the main idea. 傾聽關鍵字。即使你不知道每個字，你還是能聽出大意、要點。

3.     While you are listening, if you miss something, just keep listening. If you stop at one place, you will miss all the other part. 當你聽到不懂的字或錯過一個答案時，不要停在那裡，繼續往下聽才能了解更多。

Speaking

1.       Speak loud and clearly so people will understand you. If you don’t have confidence and speak in a low voice, people won’t understand you even if you are saying a right sentence. 大聲並清楚的表達你的意思。當你說的小聲又沒有信心時，即使你說出的句子是正確時，別人可能也聽不懂或聽不到。

2.     Don’t try to find every word you want to say and translate it into English. Most of the time, you don’t have to have huge vocabulary to express your ideas. Try to use simple, short sentences. 中英文很多時候沒有對等的字，也不需要懂所有的字才能表達你的意思。僅量用簡單的字來說明你想說的內容而不是查字典將每一個你想說的字翻成中文。

3.     Before you speak, think about which tense you should use and don’t forget every sentence should have a subject and a verb. When you speak a negative sentence or ask a question, make sure you use the helping verb right. 在開口前先想一下應該用那個時式，句子是否有主詞，動詞，主、動詞是否一致？否定句與 問句是否用了正確的助動詞。當然也不要想太多而呆在哪兒說不出話來。記得用你學過的句形，用最簡單的主詞、動詞、地點、時間之類的簡單句來表達自己。

英語短句 臨時須要的一句話   凱信

Reading

1.       It’s better to glance the article quickly without taking any notes to get the main idea. Then read it again slower, underline words you don’t understand. Try to read by context, stop to check the dictionary for new words after you reread every paragraph. (You pick the best meaning of the word from the dictionary according to the context.) After finding out all the new words, reread the article again to get a better understanding. 在讀一篇文章時最好先很快地瀏覽一次。即使有不懂的字也先不用停下來查字典，先看過一遍後會有對整篇文章一些概念。接下來讀第二次時先讀一個段落，不懂的字劃底線。讀完一段後把畫線的單字按前後文查出適當的意義。(一個單字有許多不同的詞性與意義，一定要依前後文來找到最適當的用法。) 接著在一段一段查。全部查完後再重讀一遍，確定了解整篇文章的大意內容。

2.     Make sure you know the sentence structures so you know how to break down a long sentence into clauses. 了解句子的結構才能在適當的地方斷句，了解真正的意思。

3.     Read the questions first and that will help you to have an idea what you are going to read. If the questions are multiple choices, just the read the questions, ignore the answers. 在做試題時，可以先讀問題得知該篇文章的大意，但不須讀問題的選項。

Writing

1.       Keep basic sentence patterns in mind. Start from a subject then a verb, add the object if you need, put the place and the time according to the order. Use adjectives and adverbs in the right places and make sure adjectives only use to modify nouns and adverbs can modify adjectives, adverbs, verbs but not a noun. 記住以基本句型來寫句子。再加上時間、地點、形容詞、副詞。切記不要完全中翻英。寫英文句子要按照英文結構。

2.     When you want to write a word you are not familiar, please check the vocabulary to find out the right usage, especially when you use the electronic dictionary to translate a Chinese word into English. You need to choose the right one by checking its parts of speech, meaning and usage. 當要用一個不熟悉的字時請務必要查字典，確定你的用法是對的。尤其是用電子辭典將中文翻成英文時，請一定要再查該英文字的用法。是一個及物或非及物動詞，需要加上什麼介系詞等。

Grammar

1.       Start from a beginner grammar book which can be one for the children.

2.     Pick the grammar books with exercises and do it after you study after unit so you will find out if you really understand it or not.

大家一起哈文法        何嘉仁

遠東新英文法        遠東

Basic English Grammar Betty Schrampfer Azar 敦煌書局

Azar Understanding and Using English Grammar  Betty Schrampfer Azar

Grammar Express For self-study and Classroom use  Fuchs/Bonner Longman