Practical Ways to Improve Your English
提高英語水平的實用方法
PUBLISHED FRI, FEB 08 2019
Learning a new language is hard. There are many nuances to a language that memorizing rules may not be able to teach you. In addition, there are more casual ways of speaking that rules certainly don’t teach you. Don’t worry though. In the article below, I will outline a few ways that you can improve your English outside of schooling and tutoring.
學習一門新語言並非易事。語言間的差別細小甚微，光靠背語法規則恐怕難以掌握，而且遇到一些更為非正式的表達方式時，規則顯然行不通。但也無需擔心。在下文中，我將羅列一些方法，可以在學習及課外輔導之外，使你的英語水平節節攀升。
The best way to improve speaking and listening skills is to find a native speaker who is willing to converse with you. Ask them to correct any mistakes you make in your speech so that next time, you will not make the same mistake again. The benefits of practicing with a native speaker is that you will learn the rhythm of normal speech. In addition, your ear will naturally begin to pick up on grammatical and syntactic patterns that will help you in the classroom setting.
想要提高聽說能力，最好的辦法便是和英語是母語人士進行交流。向他們尋求幫助，糾正你的口語上的錯誤，如此一來，下次你便不會再重蹈覆轍。和英語是母語人士交談練習口語，你將受益匪淺。你會學到正常的英語語速。此外，通過聆聽，你自然而然便會知曉語法及句法結構，這對你的課堂學習也大有好處。
Another way to practice English is by watching TV or movies. This will allow you to hear the correct grammatical structures as they are actually used in everyday speech and will make it easier for you to hear your own mistakes whenever you are speaking. In addition, you can become culturally educated about what kind of media English speakers normally consume.
看電視, 電影學習英語也大有裨益。你可以了解準確的語法結構，因為這些在日常對話中隨處可見。在你說英語時，也更容易發覺自己所犯的錯誤。這也未嘗不是學習文化的好辦法，你可以了解到英語人士通常使用哪種媒介。
Another fun way to practice English is by reading magazines and books. This method may feel passive but you are actually subconsciously picking up grammatical patterns in the text. This is particularly useful for whenever you take exams or write essays that may require English because written English is a bit more formal than spoken English. Good books to start with are ones you have read before in your original language so you already know the storyline.
你也可以利用閱讀雜誌書籍學習英語，這一方法趣味十足。或許有些被動，但你在無形中便學到了書面語法結構。相較口語而言，書面語更為正式，所以這對參加英語考試，英語寫作尤為有用。最好選擇曾讀過的源語言書籍，你已對其故事情節有所了解。
