tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275372772077650637.post6295513897510850590..comments2024-03-18T09:47:18.076-07:00Comments on Forever a student: 有獻不死之藥於荊王者Vladimirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898612218295828520noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275372772077650637.post-6322208632746110362011-08-27T07:44:55.483-07:002011-08-27T07:44:55.483-07:00Dear Gordon,
thank you very much for your comment...Dear Gordon,<br /><br />thank you very much for your comment and nice words!:)<br /><br />As I said already, the story behind why I chose Taiwan and not China is actually quite complicated. To make it short, I chose Taiwan, because it was easier for me to go there from the administrative point of view (I was a Slovak citizen studying in the Czech republic so my situation was a bit different) and the fact that I like the ocean and warm weather. It was nothing political or cultural.<br /><br />I would actually love to get much better in reading articles in 文言文 believe me but it is so difficult! I try to understand the articles by feel, but I'm only a beginner really. <br /><br />When it comes to English in Taiwan.. I feel very sorry for Taiwanese students, because the put so much effort and money into studying English, they go to 補習班's and unfortunately there are very few Taiwanese that I met that would speak fantastic English without having left Taiwan. English is just as difficult for you as is Chinese for us. The only difference is that English is everywhere and you have tons of materials you can choose from, even create your own English world in Taipei if you like. For us this is much more difficult. The only Taiwanese that speak amazing English I've met are either ABC's or people who went to the American school in 天母 :))<br /><br />What you can do is just find Americans in Taipei and spend a lot of time with them, talk to them a lot, listen to what they say, how they say it, when they say it, remember it and use it:) If you have the chance, listen to ICRT radio or watch American television, read a lot of books in English and so on. Your English is already conversational, so forget about grammar explanations (only if you make obvious mistakes look at a rule or have it explained) and just talk to people, listen to as much real English as you can (no textbook English).<br /><br />This all is only general advice. Experiment a little with a lot of audio input and see what works best for you.<br /><br />* my apologies for grammar and other mistakes, I wrote this comment in a hurry:)Vladimirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05898612218295828520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275372772077650637.post-67092405109944841922011-08-26T09:30:58.315-07:002011-08-26T09:30:58.315-07:00hi Vladimir!
i knew you from the website of Luca!
...hi Vladimir!<br />i knew you from the website of Luca!<br /><br /><br />i am a Tawanese, and of course amazing of your achievement of languages.<br /><br />about this article, i was astonished that you study exactly 文言文, oh my god , it's really difficult, even native high school students can't handle them well....<br />exclude of 文言文, i guess that you are still good on chinese , right?<br /><br />oh a question i was curious about why you chose Taiwan instead of China as a place where you stay for learning chinese?<br /><br /><br />at last, i am a language lover without enough time and the motive to keep going...<br /><br />depending on your experience of living here, you might find that the way of learning english here, is almost only focusing on reading (in order to pass exam), and the other reason is that insufficient of environment (maybe it becomes better recently)<br /><br />so i have a problem that i can get good grade on english test, but it's difficult for me to speak english fluently, is there any tip for it?<br /><br />besides, i have learned German for 2 years, the same problem occurs again, i read German articles and understant them well, but i can't speak like the level of those articles, kann ich nur einfach Meinungen präsentieren....<br /><br /><br />it's a great honor for me to learn the information about you and it actually inspires me again, thank you.<br />(sorry for the amount of mistakes in my poor english)<br /><br /><br />best regards<br /><br />GordonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com