自学雅思口语有哪些常见误区

　　该文以理论与实践相结合为原则，讨论了英语口语自学的四大误区：一、中国学生不愿跟与自己水平差不多的中国学生练习口语，以为这样会对自己的口语带来不良影响，殊不知与自己在水平上相差太大的人练习口语易使自己丧失信心;二、学英语只能向美国人学，刻意模仿美国口音，殊不知只能语音语调正确，用词得当，就是好英语;三、词汇量不大时不开口，殊不知只需掌握一定量的词汇，尤其是功能词，就能用英语进行交流;四、只知死背语法，殊不知必须根据上下文，不断使用固定句型以达到熟练的程度。针对这些误区的存在，他给英语口语自学者提出了一些学习建议：1.自创英语口语学习环境，而不必担心交流的对方不是以英语为母语的人;2.每日抽出一定时间接触生动而有意义的英语原文;3.持之以恒，自我鼓励。

　　A good English class is a valuable means for acquiring and practicingEnglish, but still the reality is that much of your progress will arise fromyour own self-study strategies. As a teacher for close to 10 years now, I amoften asked for advice on how best to self-study English for fast results. Isuspect sometimes my students are looking for that magic shortcut or panacea1which can deliver them from all the "blood, sweat, and tears" that oftensurrounds the process of learning a second language.

　　There is, of course, no magic, but on the other hand, there may also be noneed to engage in self-torturous2 activities that drain3 your energy. Part ofthe self-torture that students inflict upon themselves results frommisconceptions formed along the way. I would like in this article to discuss afew of these misconceptions and offer some alternative advice for self-studyingEnglish. A.H. Whitehead once said, not ignorance but the ignorance of ignoranceis the death of knowledge. In other words, it is important to understandmisconceptions before they inhibit your self-study.

　　Misconception Ⅰ

　　If I communicate with a Chinese partner, my English will get worse.

　　There is a common perspective here in Beijing that the only way to improveyour English is by speaking with a native speaker. It stems from the perceptionthat speaking to another second language learner has a negative effect, sincethe partner speaks Chinglish.

　　Consequently, many desperately look for native-speaking partners, somepaying a small fortune for the luxury of speaking with inexperiencedexpatriates4 who do little more than chat. Worse yet, opportunities to speakregularly with a Chinese partner at little or no cost are ignored out of fear.In short, the "native speaker's English" craze is somewhat synonymous with the"chinglish"phobia5.

　　The view that communicating with another student somehow damages yourEnglish rests on the age-old, erroneous6 assumption that language acquisition isa linear progression, with the native speaker at the top of the hierarchy7.Perhaps native speaker teachers are guilty of feeding this perception bylabeling courses, students, textbooks sequentially in terms of levels (i.e.beginner, pre-intermediate, intermediate etc); in the arrangement of grammarstructures from simple to complex; and in reading and listening passagesselected by the number of words they contain (i.e. easy, moderate,difficult).