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A work

I want to say that it’s not easy to do all the work of an activity. I should think a lot including all the details. Every time I want to give up, and then I told myself if you insist on it , you will success. At last I do succeed.


IT IS NOT ALWAYS YOUR FAULT

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China produces approximately 5 million college graduates a year who have engaged in compulsory English education for anywhere between 10 to 16 years but are unable to produce comprehensible spoken or written English. Some Chinese educators dispute this and cite certain select Chinese college graduates who have a higher English skill accomplishment. However, upon proper and thorough investigation and inquiry, these show specimens generally fall into one of two categories: 1) they have studied abroad in an English speaking country, or 2) they have engaged in extensive self-study to overcome the shortcomings in the Chinese educational system.

China’s reform of teaching English as a foreign language, at the college level, has amounted to little more than changing the color of the tourniquet holding back the gusher of a severed artery. The net result of several reforms is that China continues to produce approximately 5 million college graduates a year who have engaged in compulsory English education for anywhere between 10 and 16 years but are unable to produce comprehensible spoken or written English.

Holistic English is a radical departure from China’s 30 year failed TEFL pedagogy and methodology. HE requires a paradigm shift in the approach to class size, class scheduling, class facilities, support facilities, and testing.  HE recognizes the inevitability of mother tongue interference and allows for a more natural English variation. Students in the Chinese English learning program learn mute English while the HE students become accomplished Chinglish speakers and writers. China unsuccessfully teaches English learning while HE successfully emphasizes English acquisition.

26 comments to A work

  • mearl zstu6

    Life is so difficult that all we have to face the hard reality of life.most of us are working for making a living rather than pleasure,even though we should become a man of responsibility and chang our so-so attitude.if we do,just do the best!

  • simon zstu7

    nothing is impossible.just do it~!all things are difficult before they are easy.some time,you do the job and maybe do not get a good result,but,if you do nothing there is even no any result at all.

  • Helen zstu2

    As a student, I find I can’t always keep vigorous in study. Sometimes I feel tired and do not want to learn anything, but I try to regulate daily schedual which makes me have time to relax myself. I ofen add some activities such as running, taking a walk, shopping and so on. After relaxing, I go on studying, and say to myself “ if you think you can, then you can. You just need insist on. Never mull over the results.” It is mental strength. It always works.

  • Ann ZSTU2

    Sloth is the human’s nature. when we make a plan, we just keep our’s enthusiasm a few days on the plan, we are lack of permanent patience.Laziness can be ovecame if we strict on the plan, and then we will success.

  • Tracy.S. ZSTU 5

    I agree with your point. Every time I want to give up, I always think that the Chinese old says: There is a will, there is a way. I usually tell myself.if I give up now, what I have do was out of value and I will not succeed. So everyone has the puzzle time, when we meet, we can think about our goals, our friends and family,then we will feel good. Just believe me.Haha!

  • Benzstu6

    Just do it,boy.
    keep moving…no matter wind or rain along the way.
    That’s it.

  • willy zstu 3

    I spend my college life in ZSTU four years. I award something seem to be seccessful. However, I find a job in Zhejiang ZhongDa Textiles CO,.LTD and start working on March,2010. At that time, I insist on working and giving up further study even though I have got the admission qualification of post-graduate. Everyone felt I was so cool ,and I was happy. While, six mouths of working life, which let me know what I want and many questions around me, so I quit the office and come back to school for my further study. But I don’t know if this decision is right? and is this meaning that I am a loser because of not insisting?

    EDITOR’S NOTE: FURTHER EDUCATION IS NEVER A MISTAKE

  • Monica.zstu.4

    Certainlly,I have the same feeling with you.Sometimes,I just do not konw why I come here and why I choose this subject.Everying around me is boring and uninteresting, but I think all the thing will be better tomorrow.

  • Bill zstu 6

    This remind me of the english learning,when I didn’t touch english for a month or even longer,I find it hard to use it at first,which made me understand that if I want to improve my english,I have to use it every day,like you said:english is 24 hours a day,seven days a week,so I believe I will improve my english because I try to insist on english.

  • Michelle zstu3

    I often plan to do something,but actually in the end I did not finish them.I usually think I am really a loser,just as coach Carter said,what is you afraid,it is myself,I cannot win myself,and the plans mean nothing but failure.
    Maybe,tomorrow I will insist on finishing those plans.

  • kitty zstu 8

    There are lot of times I have to do something I really don’t want to, so I convinced myself that the thing is gonna be fun or useful. Believe it or not, I am happy to doing something I don’t like, because life is just let you do what you don’t want to do, and if you do it happily, you can be happy, if you do it hard, you can success.

  • Miny ZSTU3

    As long as we work hard every day, we are taking a step forward from the success.we may encounter difficult at some times,even want to give up, but stick to our beliefs,then everything is not a problem any more.

  • micky zstu 3

    I agree with the viewpoint that if we want to be successfull,we should insist on doing what we do.Nothing is impossible.

  • VincyZSTU8

    yeah,it’s true that if you insist to do something ,you have the chance to succeed ,otherwise ,you have no chance.just try it ,you will find that you can do it .several times,I experience that .when I want to give up for the reason that it’s so difficult ,i maybe give up before ,but now ,i tell myself to insist on ,maybe i will not succeed in the end ,but have chance .just give youself more chance to try,and you will get a lot .

  • Echo zstu2

    Do what you want to do, no matter it will success or fail. If we so fear to do and not to do that we will not success forever. So do what you want, come on!

  • Linda ZSTU 8

    For most chinese students have been used to the less effective way of learning English , it’s not eazy to make a great change in Chinese students’ existing Enlish level .
    It’s obvious that it needs to take great efforts to achieve the goal which you’re eager for.
    Though sometimes thing’s not going on very well,hope you will always get good feelings when communicating with we Chinese students . Whether successful or not , you have been through a challenge.

  • connie zstu 5

    I really agree with you opinion that insisting will make sucess so I will insist on reading more writing more lisening more and speaking more.Maybe we will be busier as postgraduate,but we will not give up improve English because of our business.

  • vikeyx zstu4

    After reading these,I think about so much.I graduated from a famous university and found a job as a teacher in a senior middle school.Yet I love the students and tried my best to teach them, during my teaching time I found I needed to transform my job ,my enviroment,my life.So I chose to go further education.I almost forgot all what I had learned in my collage.It was hard for me to pass the examination of entrance to postgraduate.Especialy I changed the major course.Although there were many difficulties,I still insisted on my decision and tried my best to prepare for it.As some of others, I failed to enter my ideal university at last and came here.Yet I still was happy and going on doing what I want.Because I believed if there is a will, there is a way.No matter where you are, just do it and try your best.

  • SandraZSTU8

    I think the best way to do something is loving it and insisting on it. We always heard that how great if I do this before. In fact it is too late to do something. So let’s do it when you have time and energy, then your life will have no pity.

  • Rose ZSTU3

    some work is so difficult that sometimes we really want to give up, at this time ,I always told myself that there is a gain if we try hard but nothing. Though my English is bad ,I won’t give up, I firmly believe that if I insist on reading more, listening more ,writing more, speaking more I will be succeed.

  • samty-zstu3

    when i speak out loudly i qusetion myself if it’s just a slogan again.Much time i always give myself an excuse to slow down the pace to go ahead.yeah,i now find a nice thing to do–express my view in English clearly and influently .That’s it in a nutshell.And what i can do left is to believe myself.

  • Tony ZSTU 4

    What do we learn a language for? Expressing our ideas!
    What do we learn a foreign language for? Communicating with the foreign friends and express our ideas to them. Many facts have proved that chinglish can be understood by them, so why many people critize it? So just speak out in our Chinglish!

  • John ZSTU6

    I think what you said in the article is truth in China.A lot of the students including some of the English major students are tend have a low English skill accomplishment. Because for the majority of the students,they will seldom use English even never use it in their life,so they always have a negative attitude to English learning,also they always think study English is horrible job.

  • peter_zstu6

    Only when you do things by yourself can you find it is difficult.Just do it no matter how the result will be.

  • KEVIN ZSTU3

    I always remember that “God helps people who help themseves”!There is a long way waiting for us!If we want to be usefule person,we must try hard to make us strong!No one can really help us except ourselves!If you believe you can then you can!

  • kitty ZSTU 2

    Every year there are so many graduates who have engaged in compulsory English education for anywhere between 10 to 16 years. This largely due to China’s large population. But there are a lot of reasons that they cannot be unable to produce comprehensible spoken or written English. Just like a work, it’s hard to perfect. So learning a foreign language is very difficult, let alone in no English environment.

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