The guy in the video said "This test is boring". So I want to ask if they had taken any "interesting" test. Tests are meant to be boring. It's not porn or something after all.
@ouichic8 жыл бұрын
Can't agree you more!! I hate the yellow Canadian's perspective in this post, He doesn't really respect this business. This guy's attitude is a disaster. If you want to learn English well , every way is as good way to find your favorite thing in learning English. Taiwanese are used to follow others steps. The way leading you to success may not be the great choice for everyone.
I totally agree what you are talking about. English is a tool for communicating. Its not supposed to be a thing that we only use to get a decent score.
我在加拿大讀書時曾經有個英文老師很不喜歡考試,尤其是考文法,她自己都說她文法都隨便寫講起來順的,她覺得考試考很好跟會不會用英文無關。One of my English teacher in Canada said she really don't like the test, especially the grammar test, she think doing the test well is doesn't means know how to use English in the life.
@AC-qu4in8 жыл бұрын
+Leona Chiang Yeah, this test really sucked
@gama50278 жыл бұрын
我覺得英文可以用更生動的方式教學,讓我感到我是在學習如何使用工具,而不是讓我討厭它
@nelson8311048 жыл бұрын
身為應外系,我可以很明確的說,沒用 每天找外籍老師練會話比較實在(當然文法單字基本功要有)
@ga7538878 жыл бұрын
一句(英文只需要能溝通)打翻別人辛苦準備單字片語考試的努力。國語也是小學跟老師一個一個字學起的。這時代幹嘛學屁英文 有估夠翻譯看大概就好拉~看不懂文章就一個一個字查就好拉~跟洋人溝通只需要How are you 開頭剩下用app翻就好拉~ 爽(高級釣餌,鯉魚王快來~
It's just a joke. I agree 100% with that Asian young man. " The measure of English is when you are free to express yourself to someone else and they will understand you".
my high school Spanish teacher mentioned this, educated people speak and write better. Native speakers do have advantage. However, if they don't study English grammar well, they will not do well. Many English teachers mentioned foreigners may do better than native speakers on adverbs because they spend. more time on grammar. Of course, if native speakers have spent time study grammar, that is a different story. GRE requires college level of understand in different fields. Native speakers have lesser advantage taking GRE. People taking, history, political science, and other general ed have less difficulty understanding GRE vocabulary and reading material. There are some exceptions. I did see some jargon in GRE English. One time, I was talking to a secretary. I mentioned contiguous. She mentioned the word did not exist. She was so certain because she knew English is my second language. She had been secretary for 20 years. My boss overheard the conversation and told her the word existed. Her English was better than me. However, I learnt the word in a computer science class. oh, i did see contiguous in GRE study material. I dont know many textbooks are written in English. it makes no sense to study history and political science of Taiwan in English. That is another disadvantage. For people who could read math, computer science, business textbooks in English, it will give them advantage. I never took TOEFL. Many people who took it told me native English speakers may not do well. However, I have the feeling people who read magazines, fictions, and news articles will do well. People who watch CNN and movies (no subtitles, caption, or translation) a lot will do well. People who dont may not do well, This applies to both native and native speakers
To take GEPT test is one of many ways to prove to ppl. that you try something 'n' you succeed in achieving certain English abilities. For me, at least it's one of the ways to keep you studying 'n' practicing English in an non-English speaking countries, right?
I took that test before and I'm glad to say that I passed it. While I really HATE taking the GEPT test. That test keeps making me question myself why should I learn English.
我是沒有考過全民英檢 所以詳情我也不清楚 只是他們考的是高級 所以標準也就不是僅僅"能夠與他人溝通而已" 英檢的官網對高級的定義大家可以自己去看 在美國 (大學)英文考試也沒有圖片阿 English 101/201等對很多英文為母語的人也不是容易的課。不過我在美國修過這麼多堂關於英文的課程 ( English 101, 201, news writing, communication 111, writing and speaking for business 320) 沒有任何一個考試有閱讀問答題 因為閱讀後的答案真的可以很主觀 不像文法等 對錯比較分明
Here was what I found at Hilary's book " Hard Choices" p. 229: When I visited Moscow in October 2009, I thought it important to speak out in support of free freedoms and against the official campaign of intimidation. 台灣的任何檢定考試,這樣搞,只是在限制國民對於外語的興趣。語言是活的東西,英文檢定應該請一堆英語國家朋友用chat 或txt 來“口試。“這樣不但讓國人了解實際的語言應用,也是讓外國朋友可以更實際的幫助台灣跟世界接軌的能力。
@bfdthreemin8 жыл бұрын
I think if other countries people can understand what did u say. This is fine....多半的人只是應付考試。所以我到覺得考試的成績不能代表你英文就很好。因為在臺灣你用不到。遇到外國人你還是不會說。。。