In the beginning
of this semester, I choose this course because of its practicability, and I want
to improve English. Hesitantly, I was worried that this course would be a
boring, just like do notes or use highlighter on lectures. However; in the
first class, I was surprised and excited that we have to build a blog. For me,
It is a new style to learn English that I have never met.
In this course, I
gain a lot of gorgeous learning English tool. They are almost used by internet,
so the resources are more diversification than before, and which can improve
your listening, reading, speaking, writing. In all resources, I like My Et and
TED, both of them are good English social model. First, My ET is an interesting
software which you can interact with teacher inside the computer. It has a
little speaking test, you should imitate intonation from teacher after finish
you can adjust your pronunciation according to the test result. Once I read an
article, it is about foreigners pass their opinion on how hard Taiwanese
practice their speaking. Some of them think Taiwanese have high demand on
English speaking, they think it is not necessary. It is not a big deal that
very countries’ people have their own accent when they are speaking another
language. For example, Japanese have unique accent when speaking, foreigners
think it is cute, they think accent is every countries culture.
Yet, in the precondition
it is clear to understand that what you are talking about. So to learn well on pronunciation
is still important and necessary. Moreover, it has a variety of course you can
select to improve reading or listening. Some of the courses need money to get
it, however, you can use coins which you gain every time you finish a test to
exchange so that you don’t have to pay any. And it can found a club for member
to share their experience on learning English, or discuss the difficult with
each other, it can encourage you to do resolution on learning.
Second, TED is
also a good tool to learn English. Why I say it is a good English social model
in front page? Because you can watch the speakers their facial expression or
body movements when they are describe a theory so that you can feel the speakers
what feeling they want to bring to you. On the other hand, you can choose what
subject you like on the TED. While you are listening English, you absorb
knowledge except English, or you can know a lot of presentation skills, for
instance, most of speakers like to use famous university research to strengthen
their opinion. I like to search something about Psychology speaks, it make me
more realize that psychology is a science, and it is a big different from Psychological
Tests. And you can observe a person’s body movement to know what is he or she
thinking right now.
At last, I gain a
lot of acquisition in this course. From basically use keywords and simple sign
to google information and read English articles, even try to understand an
English presentation. It is necessary to use these tools again and again, so
that you can really learn something from these courses. Next time, if I have
chance, I would not hesitantly to choose it.
