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1、HowtolearnEnglishwell--VantageAgoodEnglishclassisavaluablemeansforacquiringandpracticingEnglish,butstilltherealityisthatmuchofyourprogresswillarisefromyourownself-studystrategies.Asateacherforcloseto10yearsnow,Iamoftenaskedforadviceonhowbesttoself-studyEnglishforfastresults.Isuspectsomet
2、imesmystudentsarelookingforthatmagicshortcutorpanaceawhichcandeliverthemfromallthe"blood,sweat,andtears"thatoftensurroundstheprocessoflearningasecondlanguage. Thereis,ofcourse,nomagic,butontheotherhand,theremayalsobenoneedtoengageinself-torturousactivitiesthatdrainyourenergy.Partofthese
3、lf-torturethatstudentsinflictuponthemselvesresultsfrommisconceptionsformedalongtheway.Iwouldlikeinthisarticletodiscussafewofthesemisconceptionsandoffersomealternativeadviceforself-studyingEnglish.A.H.Whiteheadoncesaid,notignorancebuttheignoranceofignoranceisthedeathofknowledge.Inotherwor
4、ds,itisimportanttounderstandmisconceptionsbeforetheyinhibityourself-study.MisconceptionⅠ IfIcommunicatewithaChinesepartner,myEnglishwillgetworse. ThereisacommonperspectivehereinBeijingthattheonlywaytoimproveyourEnglishisbyspeakingwithanativespeaker.Itstemsfromtheperceptionthatspeakingt
5、oanothersecondlanguagelearnerhasanegativeeffect,sincethepartnerspeaksChinglish. Consequently,manydesperatelylookfornative-speakingpartners,somepayingasmallfortunefortheluxuryofspeakingwithinexperiencedexpatriateswhodolittlemorethanchat.Worseyet,opportunitiestospeakregularlywithaChine
6、separtneratlittleornocostareignoredoutoffear.Inshort,the"nativespeaker’sEnglish"crazeissomewhatsynonymouswiththe"Chinglish"phobia. TheviewthatcommunicatingwithanotherstudentsomehowdamagesyourEnglishrestsontheage-old,erroneous6assumptionthatlanguageacquisitionisalinearprogression,withthe
7、nativespeakeratthetopofthehierarchy.Perhapsnativespeakerteachersareguiltyoffeedingthisperceptionbylabelingcourses,students,textbookssequentiallyintermsoflevels(i.e.beginner,pre-intermediate,intermediateetc);inthearrangementofgrammarstructuresfromsimpletocomplex;andinreadi