On December 23, a stall aunt sold fruit to foreign friends on the streets of Chengdu. Not only is this aunt enthusiastic, but even more surprisingly, her English is incredibly fluent. She used fluent English to communicate with foreign friends, and even foreign friends couldn't help but praise her English is really amazing! In the face of such praise, the aunt replied with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether you are fluent in English or not, just buy my fruit." ”
This aunt's level of English is undoubtedly the envy of many people. However, she told us with her own practical actions: Practical English is to be able to speak well as long as you dare to speak and use it!
At the same time that the English show of the aunt who set up a stall in Chengdu swept the audience, the difficulty of English in the 2024 postgraduate examination surprised the candidates. Many candidates have complained that English is too difficult, and some even said that they would give up the postgraduate entrance examination. The reason for this may be related to the education model of English for the test.
Test-taking English, as the name suggests, is English that you learn Xi in order to prepare for exams. In this mode of education, students tend to focus only on the knowledge points in the exam, ignoring the practical use of English. In the long run, students are able to do well in exams, but they are not able to use English well in real life. This is also why many people feel at a loss when faced with practical application scenarios such as Chengdu stall aunts.
In fact, the most essential role of English as a language is to communicate. The purpose of learning Xi English is not only to prepare for exams, but more importantly, to be able to communicate with others without barriers in future work and life. Therefore, in the process of learning Xi English, we should pay attention to practicality and cultivate our practical English skills.
This aunt's story gives us a vivid practical English lesson. She does not have a strong foundation in English, nor has she received a professional English education, but she dares to speak English and communicate with foreigners in English. It is because of her bravery and persistence that she can speak English so fluently and so authentically.
This makes us understand that learning Xi English is not something that is out of reach. As long as we dare to speak and use, we will be able to speak English fluently. And this kind of courage and perseverance is exactly what we need most in the process of learning Xi English.
Of course, that's not to say that we can ignore the Xi learning English. On the contrary, we should work harder to learn Xi English and keep improving our English. However, in the process of learning Xi, we should not pursue the perfection of grammar and vocabulary too much, but should pay more attention to practical application.
After all, the essence of language is communication. Only when we really grasp the practicality of a language can we really speak it well. As the Chengdu stall aunt said: "It doesn't matter whether you are fluent in English or not, just buy my fruit." ”