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1、EnglishUsedasaTool英语学习基本规律小议IamoftenaskedbymystudentstogivethemthebestwaytosuccessinlearningEnglishquickly.Unfortunately,thereisnoshortcutintermsoflearningaforeignlanguage,sowesometimeshearstudentscomplain,“IlearnednothingonEnglishlastsemester.”or“itisjus
2、tawasteoftimebecausewecanneitherunderstandwhatforeignerssaynormakeourselvesunderstoodtoothers.”Inthisessay,wearegoingtotakeacloselookatthosecomplains.Weshouldfindoutwhoisresponsibleforthefailure,andwhateffectivemeasuresshouldwetaketochangethesituationaste
3、achers,studentsorsomeoneelse?Aswecontinue,wesoonrealizethatthecomplainsinvolvemisconceptionsandill-placedresponsibilities.Theyaregreatlybasedonthewaythestudentsunderstandthenatureoflearning,andlearningaforeignlanguageinparticular.AsfaraslearningEnglishisc
4、oncerned,mostpeoplebelievethatthecontentoflearningcouldbeclassifiedintotwomajorpartsingeneral:oneistheknowledgeofEnglish,andtheotheristheskillinusingEnglish.HoweveritisnogoodforustostudyEnglishastheknowledgewhichleadsusto“muteEnglish”(哑巴英语).Asamatteroffac
5、t,anylanguageisjustatoolbywhichpeoplecommunicatewitheachotherindailylifeandsocialworkaswell.ThesameistrueofEnglish,soweshouldlearnitwellbyspeakingorbyusing,notbystudying.Wemayfrequentlymakeaspeech,forinstence,inpublicorbeforeourclassmates,anddiscussapopul
6、artopicwithpartnersingroupsinEnglish.Ontheotherhand,wemayalsokeepadiaryinEnglishorhaveanotherpracticalwriting,suchasaletter,aresume,anannouncementandsoon.Initsbroadestsense,learningEnglishreferstoanyprocessbywhichanindividualgainsknowledgeanddevelopsskill
7、s.ThereisnodoubtthatlearningEnglishinvolvesfivebasicskillswhichareasfollows:listening,speaking,reading,writingandtranslatingorinterpreting.Listeningandreadingamongthemareconsideredbysomelanguageexpertsas“receptiveskills”whiletherestisregardedas“productive
8、skill”.Fortheformer,learnersgetorpractiselanguagematerialsofferedbyothers,andforthelatter,learnrshavetoproducelanguageoftheirown.Infact,eachofthefivebasicskillshasitsownsub-skills.Totakethereadingasanexample,itsskil
