Hi there I am Kare I am a Taiwanese oversea student currently studying in Singapore I am here to share some observation that I have made for the past 7 years English like Chinese is one of the most widely used language of around the wor ld But Taiwanese seems to struggle with it, I had not only heard once or twice th at my friends' complaining about the difficulty of English and having trouble to soak it into the mighty brain of ours Here are some reasons I think as of why. 1. Difficulty in defining words In English we have to Define what we say Especially a specific word we use. For example " I am Home ", base on this sen tence you cannot fully explain where am I, I could be at airport of my homelan d or at my own house or at where I was born, and because I did not define "hom e" or elaborate on the sentence result in a chaotic confusion. When there is a Confusion we would try not to touch it, try not to understand it Despite that in Chinese we also have to define word but unlike English, Chines e word usually have a more specific meaning attach to the word, which we could have a picture of it when we think of it, but English is a language that was formed from many different civilization considering that English is not a nati ve language. This is the main different More in Chinese we describe big as 大 but in English? Etc : Humongous, huge, gigantic, large. All these words is replacement of big. And you have to know at least a few so that when you need to explain them you know what it is After talking about the cause I need to define "define" I believe, in English, to define is to explain and elaborate a meaning of the word. Especially in an argumentative, If I give a title : Should Student have a boyfriend and girlfriend relationshi p? In this case you have to define 3 things : students, girl-boy friend , relatio nship so as to talk about it, but the problem lies here how do we define in En glish? To tackle this kind of confusion you can solve it by understanding English, wh ich is understand the meaning and know how to use but not just memorize what i t means and how it was spelt You have to know if a word is a noun，verb，adjective or adverb. Trust me more than 50% of the people cannot identify it. 2. Pronunciation / Afraid of Speaking Eng / Non- English Speaking background To learn a Language it not simply just to memorize it, this category falls at oral skill, to proudly say that you speak a certain tongue you must have the ability to write and speak and even understand that language. But in Taiwan or I should Chinese English Learner we are afraid and not capable of speaking En glish. I summed up a few points A. We are afraid we pronounce some words wrong and we would get mocked with B. We are not sure if our Accent is some sort of funny C. We do not speak English at home at School or at any other places And in Taiwan oral skill has been neglected which is a big blockade in Learnin g a language. Imagine the word 美丽 and imagine you do not know how to read th at word but you know the word base on the look itself, trust me, you are not g onna go far in learning Chinese. Project it to English the word beauty if you only know the look of it but you don't know how it is Pronounced you gonna hav e problem in a conversation. Language is something you can use quite often in real life unlike Sin Cos Tan. If you cannot use a language that you learnt in real life you do not need to consider yourself learning, perhaps a reader who does not know what he himself is reading To tackle this problem is the hardee it requires high amount of effort and bas ic memorizing use a dictionary on how every alphabet is pronounced and practic e it everyday until you get it to the tip of your finger and then start to lea rn how to pronounce a full word and slowly build up the speed of learning woul d directly proportional in a increasing manner. 3. Chinese way of thinking We are too used to Chinese writing style that we will often brought it into En glish for example 现在几点 we might say " what time is it?", but the correct w ay of speaking is saying " What is the time now?" To tackle this little problem just remember the way you write your English Ful l Name Let say if my name is 张小华 to write my name in English it is Xiaohua Zhang/C hang So project it back 现在几点 现在 - now 几点 - time And it become : what is the time now English is a worldwide language if you can hold it in your hand, a higher chan ce that you would do great and have a bright future Thank you for your attention 以上皆是个人观点 --

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