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1、大学英语5听力上海外语教育出版社Lesson1PartA Problemsfacingforeignstudents TodayI'dliketotalkaboutsomeoftheproblemsthatstudentsfacewhentheyfollowacourseofstudythroughthemediumofEnglish--ifEnglishisnottheirmothertongue.Theproblemscanbedividedintothreebroadcategories:psychological,culturalandlinguistic.
2、ThefirsttwocategoriesmainlyaffectthosewhocometostudyinBritainfromAsiaandAfrica.I’llcometocommentonlybrieflyonthesetwocategoriesandthenspendmostofthetimelookingatlinguisticdifficultieswhichapplytoeveryone.Someofthecommonpsychologicalproblemsreallyinvolvefearofunknown:forexample,whetherone'saca
3、demicstudieswillbetoodifficult.Lookingattheculturalproblems,wecanseethatsomeofthemareverypracticalnature,forexample,arrangingsatisfactoryaccommodation.Othersarelesseasytodefine.Thelargestcategoryseemstobelinguistic.Let’slookatthisinsomedetails.Moststudents,intheirowncountries,willhavelittleop
4、portunitytopracticeusingEnglish.WhereforeignlearnersfirsthavetheopportunitytospeaktoanEnglish-speakingpersonthenmayhaveashock“theyoftenhavegreatdifficultyinunderstanding!I'lljustmentionthreeofthepossiblereasonsforthis. First,itseemstostudentsthatEnglishpeoplespeakveryquickly.Second,theyspeak
5、withavarietyofaccents.Third,differentstylesofspeechareused.Forallofthesereasonsstudentswillhavedifficulty,mainlybecausetheylackeverydaypracticeinlisteningtoEnglishpeoplespeakingEnglish. Whatcanastudentdothentoovercomethesedifficulties?Obviously,attendEnglishclassand,ifalanguagelaboratoryisav
6、ailable,useitasmuchaspossible.HeshouldalsolistentoprogramsinEnglishontheradioandTV.Perhapsmostimportantofall,heshouldtakeeveryopportunitytomeetandspeakwithnativeEnglish-speakingpeople.Inaddition,thestudentprobablyhasdifficultyinspeakingEnglishfluently.Theadviceherewillseemdifficulttofollowbut
7、it'snecessary.Firstly,hemustsimplifywhathewantstosaysothathecanexpresshimselfreasonablyclearly.Secondly,hemusttrytothinkinEnglish,nottranslatefromhismothertongue.ThiswillbegintotakeplaceonlywhenhisuseofEnglishbecomesautomatic.Usingalanguagela
