I'm a student in English major, but my English is very poor. As a matter of fact, I don't like English at all. In addition, it's impossible for me to change my major, so do you have some suggestions for me to learn English well?
Look into Stephen Krashen's Second Language Acquisition Theory. Then apply it to yourself. You won't regret it. There are only 5 hypotheses, and they're not hard to understand. The hard part is applying them to yourself.
Also, be aware that the human brain is hard-wired to acquire the 4 language skills in the following order: Listening > Speaking > Reading > Writing. Don't mix them up. Listening helps speaking. Reading helps writing. Don't read a book to improve your speaking skills. That's very inefficient. The brain doesn't work very well that way. To improve your speaking, do a lot of attentive listening. To improve your writing, do a lot of attentive reading.
I showed this to my students this week, and they immediately understood:
I hope that helps.
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Thu 28 May, 2015 05:05 am
@Jessie007,
you should read English News paper and watch English News channel on Daily basis.