时常看到有同学问：发音要怎么练、单词要怎么记、听力要怎样才能听懂……学英语的各位都想找到通往成功的道路，那么我们来看看沪江专属外教Alison老师对这些问题都有什么样的意见吧！好的学习方法能让你事半功倍，不过要知道一切还是要建立在你努力付出的基础上哟~

Q: 我在发音方面很苦恼，想知道如何才能改善发音？外国人都是怎样练发音的呢？

A: The answer is that there are MANY ways to improve pronunciation. When I was growing up and learning speech and grammar, we practiced in a variety of ways. We recorded ourselves speaking and then watched and/or listened to it. This is helpful because then you can see if you are using your mouth enough! Many people don't use enough mouth muscles or open their mouths enough when they speak. We also practiced by giving speeches in front of each other and then giving each other feedback. Also, you should try watching films with the ENGLISH subtitles on, and pausing after each sentence to see if you can say it EXACTLY like the actor or actress. Imitation is one of the best ways to learn pronunciation and speech patterns.

改善发音的方法有很多哦。Alison老师说他们会把自己说话时的样子或声音录下来，然后通过看画面或者听声音来知晓自己的嘴型是否到位。他们还会两个人结对，A对着B讲话，然后B告诉A哪里发得不对等。另外 Alison老师还说大家要看些带有英文字幕的原版电影，放一句暂停一下，自己尝试着说那句话，看看跟原版本身的发音是否接近。模仿是练习发音和说话方式的最好方法之一哟！

Q: 我的听力很差，我要如何提高听力技能呢？

A: That's a tough question. Listening skills are just something you have to practice. Sometimes I have to listen to a Chinese phrase 20 times before I understand what it means. Listen to short clips of speech, over and over again. Do not listen to long paragrahs of speech, because you'll forget the things you don't understand. Another thing you can do is to try watching films with the ENGLISH subtitles on, and pausing after each sentence to see if you can say it EXACTLY like the actor or actress. Imitation is one of the best ways to learn pronunciation and speech patterns.

听力技能需要不断的练习，Alison老师说自己有时听个中文短语要听不下20遍才能明白它的意思。大家可以听听短的片段，要重复听很多遍。不要听那些大段大段的篇章，否则等到听完后你早就忘了自己哪些地方没听懂了。Alison老师给出的第二点意见和练发音的一种方法相同，那就是模仿，看带有英文字幕的原版电影，然后一句一句跟着说。（其实听不懂的原因之一就是你的发音和外国人不一样，所以你听到他们说出的单词时根本无法和自己所知道的词联系上，这就是为什么模仿外国人讲话也是提高听力的途径。）

Q: 词汇量要如何提升？

A: That's a difficult question because there are many different types of vocabularies, right? There's a business vocabulary, a literary vocabulary, an everyday vocabulary, and then different hobbies and activities have vocabularies, right? I recommend deciding what kind of vocabulary you want to improve (what kinds of words you want to learn) and then reading English books about those topics. Or English newspapers. Write down every word you don't know and look it up. Challenge yourself to understand every word, and keep word lists of new words that you learn so that you can review them the next day. If you only learn a word once and then move on, you'll forget it, right? Try this site for reading material online: it has short and long stories about many different topics.

这个问题比较困难了，因为词汇有各种不同类型的嘛，比如商业类的、文学类的、日常类的，另外不同的爱好和活动都有自己相关的词汇。Alison老师建议筒子们先想好自己需要提高哪方面的词汇量，然后就阅读这方面的英文书籍或者英文报纸。记下每个自己不认识的单词查查字典，努力让自己明白每个单词的意思。把学会的新单词做成单词表，那样第二天可以进行复习。因为如果一个单词只学一遍，你肯定会忘记哒。Alison老师还为大家推荐了一个网站，里面有关于各种话题的长短故事哦~

Q: Alision老师，我的语法很差，你认为我们需要花很多时间专门学语法吗？

A: Great question! To be completely honest, I think the best thing you can do is to practice speaking. Grammar is important for exams and for business presentations, but we learn through COMMUNICATION. And communication involves a lot of talking, not reading and memorizing. What do you think?

Alision老师认为提高语法水平的最好方式是练习口语。语法对于英语考试和商业演讲很重要，不过我们可以通过沟通交流去学习掌握。而沟通所包含的是很多的谈话，而非阅读或者背诵。

Q: 我想提高书面英语该怎么做？

A: Improving written English is a little easier, I think! Bulo is great for that! When I practice my written Chinese, I copy down sentences and then try and write own own sentences. If you give that a try, post your sentences here, so Bulo users and I can help you correct them!

Alison 老师觉得提高书面英语相对容易些呵呵，而沪江部落就是个好地方！Alison老师在练习自己的书面汉语时，她会拷贝下大家写的一些句子，然后尝试着写出自己的。（这一点大家可以借鉴哦，平时看到什么好的英文句子就记录下来进行仿写，这样可以帮助你记忆那些精华部分，无论是结构、短语或者用词，很有帮助的哈！）

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