as a chinese student,how to learn english

1st thing to remember... NEVER BE AFRAID OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT THINK OF HOW YOU USE ENGLISH!!! If you'll be afraid, it will be very detrimental in your learning, you will not be able express what you would really love to say because of the worries inside your mind... SO CAST IT OFF!!! I am a Filipino, and English is not our FIRST LANGUAGE... but I manage to learn and be able to use it fluently by ALWAYS using it in my everyday communication. I even try to talk to any foreigner I come acrross to. I am not shy whether my grammar would be funny as long as I am expressing myself clear to them. All I am saying is that...
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!!! that's true with learning a new language whether English or other foreign language as well.

I did my BEST to be a help for you, I hope I was able to motivate you to GO ON learning English. God bless you my friend in all your endeavors.

wu an peng you!:D

my advice would be, watch a lot of american shows...you can try and imitate how they are talking and always ALWAYS read a lot! that way, learning english would be easier:D

Studying English is not easy. It takes time to master it. I'm Filipino and I work as a Customer Care Specialist that takes calls from Untied States. It's so hard to get a job if you are not good in English but practice makes perfect and perfect makes permanent. English is my second language as well. If you want to practice your English skills, the links below will help you a lot because it helped me. Practice and Practice. Always remember that Practice makes Perfect and Perfect makes Permanent.

For grammar and exercises, you should go to:

1. www.englishpage.com

2. . http://grammar.ccc.commne... . http://www.englishclub.com

4. . http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

5. . http://aliscot.com/bigdog... pronunciation practices:

You can download this to your computer:

1. Can8 (you could look at this in yahoo or google, you need a microphone with this, instructions are also in the website where you can download it

2. Pronunciation Pattern

and you could go to the links below for pronunciation practices:

1. www.americanaccent.com

2. . www.merriam-webster.com

3. . http://www.pbs.org/speak/... . http://international.ouc.... . http://www.manythings.org/mp/m08.html

6. . http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Ea... . http://www.speechcom.com/index.html

If you want to practice your listening skills you should go to:

www.esl-lab.com

Note:

*You should have headset or speaker

*You should focus on the following:

- pronunciation

- International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)or American Phonetic Alphabet (APA)
you can watch movies like "Harry Potter", "American Pie" and "The Parent Trap" for better understand the differences of British English and American English

You should answer exercises for the following:

1. Subject-Verb Agreement
2. Prepositions
3. Tenses
4. Articles (The,A/An)
5. Modals
6. Conditionals
7. Phrasal Verbs

Just click on the link and bookmark it. I suggest that you should speak more in English. think in English and say it in English. Compose your thoughts in English. It's a good practice also. DON'T think in your own language and translate in English, that's wrong. I also suggest that you watch American films more and watch them how they speak and how they pronounce each words.

I know that people here in myLot may see this post in few discussions and may think that I'm not the one who wrote it. You can view this topic as well to this link http://www.associatedcont... a nice day!

I do agree with the other posts. Another way to help you specially for your spoken skill is to practice it with the natives. Try to go to this site: http://www.livemocha.com This is a free site that teaches people diffirent languages. Learning English here is very effective. Try it...its free. take care=)