In this article, we share our techniques for improving your motivation for learning English as a foreign language. We used them all the time when we were learning English and we still use them when we need to boost our motivation in areas other than English.
Imagine yourself in the future
Imagine you can talk to native speakers just like you talk in your first language. Imagine other people wanting to speak English as well as you do. Imagine the possibility of writing e-mail to people from all over the world.
It is helpful to read an article about the advantages of knowing English well. You should know that it is possible to learn English really well. Just look at other people who have done it.
Remember that you are already good
You already know some English (you're reading an article in English right now)。 That's a big success! Now it's time for more successes. Time to start using powerful methods of effective learning. Time to gain an impressive knowledge of English.
Remember there is a lot that you don't know
You are good, but your English probably isn't perfect. You probably can't understand English-language TV, read books in English, talk to native speakers easily, write letters without mistakes, etc.
You should never think your English is perfect. Even if you are the best student in your class, always try to find your weak areas and work on them. When you've learned to speak English well, your problems will be quite small: punctuation, rarely used grammar structures, rare words, understanding “street language”. Right now, your problems are probably more basic: mistakes in pronunciation, small vocabulary, grammar problems with the present perfect tense and conditional structures.
Use your English whenever you can
This is very, very important. The more you use English, the more you will want to learn it.
Because English is so popular, you can use it everywhere. You can use Google to find English-language websites with interesting information, you can watch American cartoons, you can play adventure games on your computer, you can read interesting books in English, or you can do other things that we write about.
If you do these things, you will not only have fun and learn English. If you see that a new English word lets you understand your favorite TV show (or communicate with people, or beat a computer game), you will want to learn more words. So you will learn English more, use it more, learn it more, use it more… If you also use effective learning methods, your English will grow faster than you can imagine.
怎樣喜愛(ài)學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)
提高你學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的動(dòng)機(jī)
在這篇文章中,我們來(lái)分享一下如何提高將英語(yǔ)作為一門外語(yǔ)來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)的動(dòng)機(jī)的方法。當(dāng)我們學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的時(shí)候,我們一直在使用這些方法,而且當(dāng)我們需要提高除英語(yǔ)以外其它領(lǐng)域的學(xué)習(xí)動(dòng)機(jī)時(shí),我們也使用著這些方法。
想象未來(lái)的你
想象你可以與以英語(yǔ)為本土語(yǔ)言的人談話就如同與別人說(shuō)自己的母語(yǔ)一樣。想象其他人就像你一樣也想用英語(yǔ)談話。想象給世界各地的人寫電子郵件的可能性。
讀一篇關(guān)于對(duì)英語(yǔ)有很好的了解的優(yōu)勢(shì)的文章是很有幫助的。你應(yīng)該知道真正地學(xué)好英語(yǔ)是可能的??梢钥纯雌渌?jīng)這樣做的人。
記住你自己已經(jīng)很好了
你已經(jīng)了解了一些英語(yǔ)了(你現(xiàn)在就在讀一篇英文文章)。這是個(gè)很大的成功!現(xiàn)在是獲得更大成功的時(shí)候了!是開(kāi)始使用有效的學(xué)習(xí)方法的時(shí)候了。是獲得給人印象深刻的英語(yǔ)知識(shí)的時(shí)間了。
記住你還有很多不懂的東西
你現(xiàn)在很不錯(cuò),但是你的英語(yǔ)很有可能達(dá)不到非常出色的程度。你很可能還聽(tīng)不懂英語(yǔ)電視節(jié)目,讀不懂英語(yǔ)書,不能很容易地與以英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)的人談話,不能沒(méi)有絲毫錯(cuò)誤地寫英文信,等等。
你應(yīng)該永遠(yuǎn)也不要認(rèn)為你的英語(yǔ)非常出色。即使你是班里好的學(xué)生,也要經(jīng)常努力去發(fā)現(xiàn)你的弱勢(shì)并且多下功夫。當(dāng)你已經(jīng)學(xué)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)并且成績(jī)不錯(cuò)時(shí),你的問(wèn)題就小多了:標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào),很少被使用的語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu),不常見(jiàn)的單詞,理解“街道語(yǔ)言”,現(xiàn)在,你的問(wèn)題很可能就更基礎(chǔ)了:發(fā)音上的錯(cuò)誤,小的詞匯量,帶有現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)和條件結(jié)構(gòu)從句的語(yǔ)法問(wèn)題。
只要你能就盡量用英語(yǔ)
這是非常,非常重要的。你使用的英語(yǔ)越多,你就會(huì)越想學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)。
因?yàn)橛⒄Z(yǔ)是如此流行,你在任何地方都可以使用它。你可以使用Google(一個(gè)網(wǎng)站的搜索引擎)去搜索那些有有趣信息的英語(yǔ)網(wǎng)站,你可以看美國(guó)卡通,你可以用電腦玩冒險(xiǎn)游戲,你可以讀有趣的英文書,或者你還可以做其他我們所涉及到的事情。
如果你做這些事,你將不僅僅獲得樂(lè)趣和對(duì)英語(yǔ)的學(xué)習(xí)。如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)新的英文單詞使你理解了你下的電視節(jié)目(或者是與人們交往,或者是玩一個(gè)電腦游戲),你就會(huì)想學(xué)到更多的單詞。因此你將要學(xué)習(xí)更多的英語(yǔ),更多地使用英語(yǔ),再更多地學(xué)習(xí)它,再更多地使用它……如果你還使用有效的學(xué)習(xí)方法,你的英語(yǔ)水平將會(huì)進(jìn)步很快,甚至超乎你的想象。