2014-2015学年北师大版选修七Unit19Lesson1LanguageLearning（第一课时）课件（46张）.ppt

; English is one of the languages that are widely used around the world.Do you know how to improve our oral English and when we will talk like a native？Now lets read the following passage to get the answer.; According to US research, it can take up to ten years to become a near-native English speaker. Asian and Spanish students took between five and ten years to reach native speaker performance in English-only schools. Fluency (流利) obviously doesnt happen overnight. But time can definitely make you a better speaker. After testing his own memory, German psychologist Hermann Ebbing has discovered that humans forget most of what they learn in the first 20 minutes.; So cramming (死记硬背) right before a speaking exam is not likely to be as effective as practicing regularly over time. The more you practice, the more familiar new words will become. In the classroom, studies have also shown that repeating oral tasks improves a speakers performance. One of the best repetition exercises is the 4/3/2 technique. Speakers give the same talk to three different listeners with a progressive (逐渐的) decrease in delivery time, starting at four minutes, then three, and finally two minutes. ; This exercise has been proven to help learners speak faster. It can also result in less hesitation (犹豫) and more grammatical accuracy. While time does make a difference when it comes to speaking perfect English, it wouldnt hurt to brush up (提交) on your other language skills. Studies have also shown that reading can increase your speaking vocabulary. After one month of an extensive (大量的) reading program, a 27-year-old student of French became more familiar with 65 percent of the new words.; Aside from choosing the right learning methods, having certain personality traits (特点) may also help. US linguistics expert Stephen Krashen believes those with high motivation (上进心), self-conf