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expire hi everybody welcome back to ask

Alisha the weekly series where you ask

me questions and I answer them maybe

first question this week comes from Ali

Riza heigen Ali Ali says hi Alicia

what's the difference between where have

you been and where were you hmm there's

not a big difference here if you've been

waiting for someone for a long time like

you expected someone to be at a place

like at a meeting or maybe a restaurant

or a cafe and you have been waiting for

a long time you might use where have you

been to mean where were you from this

point in the past until now

like I expected to meet you so we might

use where have you been in a case like

that we might use where were you in a

situation where we're asking about a

finished situation or something that's

done it's it happened in the past like

for example if you miss class one day

you are supposed to go to school but

you're sick and you go to class the next

day your classmate could say where were

you yesterday so that sounds like

yesterday something happened and they

want to know about that situation at

that point in time only so this is a

little bit different from where have you

been which means like there was some

expectation that you would be there and

you were not so in some cases you can

use both yes like for example if you are

late for a meeting and your coworker

asks where have you been like you're an

hour late you could use that or the

co-worker might say like where were you

you're an hour late

those are some cases like where it's

kind of up to the speaker to decide a

little bit but generally if someone has

been expecting you for a period of time

they'll probably use the where have you

been pattern if it's just a past action

a past situation it's over it's done you

might use the where were you pattern

instead so I hope that this helps you

thanks for the question okay let's move

on to our next question next question

comes from shoe high shoe shoe says hi

Alicia your lessons are helpful cool my

question which one is correct most of

the movie takes place in LA or most of

the movies take place in LA nice

question actually both sentences are

correct and they have very different

meanings so let's take a look the first

one most of the movie is set in LA means

the majority of this movie only takes

place or happens in LA with the plural

most of the movies take place in LA it

means most movies in this specific group

happen in LA so to give an example of

this let's

imagine like a movie series there are

three movies in the series and the first

two movies movies 1 and 2 take place in

LA and in San Francisco a little bit

movie number 3 takes place in New York

City so when we want to talk about movie

1 for example we could say most of the

movie takes place in LA so that means

the majority of movie number 1 happens

in LA not all of it because a little bit

happens in San Francisco but the

majority of the movie happens in LA so

we say most of the majority of most of

the movie takes place in LA if however

we want to talk about the series this 3

movie series and we want to talk about

where the series happens we could say

most of the movies take place in LA so

that means most of the movies meaning

two of the three movies are set mostly

in LA so that means movies 1 and movies

2 are mostly in LA movie 3 is in New

York City so it's in a totally different

place so in that case we're talking

about a group of movies most of the

movies in this group in this series in

this case take place in LA so both of

your original example sentences are

totally correct yes but they just have

very different meanings so think about

it are you talking about one specific

movie and what things are happening in

that movie or are you talking about a

group of movies so this example is just

about movies yes but you can apply the

same idea to many other situations too

so I hope that this helps you thanks

very much for the question

ok let's move on to your next question

next question comes from on health hello

again on a hill on houses hi Alicia and

team could you please explain the

meaning of the word whatsoever sure ok

whatsoever means at all or of any kind

so you could replace whatsoever in a

sentence with of any kind and it would

still make sense we tend to use this a

lot in

get tip situations like when we're

saying you cannot do something so it's

used a lot for like rules or policies or

whatever for example students may use no

devices whatsoever he gave no hints

whatsoever about the new product we had

no help whatsoever with our homework so

in each of these example sentences we

could replace whatsoever with of any

kind and it would still make sense so

again this is not so commonly used in

everyday speech because it's used a lot

to talk about policies and rules and it

kind of sounds a little bit on the

formal side a little bit but if you're

ever not sure just try replacing

whatsoever with of any kind and see if

it makes sense so that's what whatsoever

means I hope that it helps you thanks

for the question

ok let's move on to your next question

next question comes from saya dosa toh

here hello sy dosa cytosis s hi Alicia

can I learn English with lyrics from

songs yes to some degree sure we get

this question every once in a while so

here are a few reminders first of all

please remember that the lyrics to songs

may not always be grammatically correct

while yes we can communicate ideas and

we can communicate feelings through

songs songs do not always use perfect

grammar second keep in mind that in many

songs there are like slang vocabulary

words they're inappropriate vocabulary

words or offensive vocabulary where it's

used also the vocabulary words by one

artist or by one singer may not be used

in everyday speech very much or may not

be used in the people like in

conversation with the kinds of people

you are used to speaking with so for

example if you really like I don't know

country music or if you really like rap

music but a lot of the people that you

talk to really like pop music or rock

music or something like that you might

find that like they don't use the same

words or they're not commonly like using

the kinds of expressions that your

favorite singers are you

so that's something else to keep in mind

another thing to think about is the

rhythm so in songs it's great it's very

important to have a certain rhythm so

that people can enjoy music but this is

very different in many cases from the

way that we actually speak in everyday

life so if you can understand a song

that's great but that doesn't mean that

you can apply the same rhythm when

you're speaking so like rap for example

most people don't speak in the same way

as they sing or when they perform like

rap songs so that's another thing to

keep in mind finally remember that even

if you can fluently sing a song it

doesn't mean that you can fluently

communicate in English so maybe you can

remember all the words to your favorite

song that's great that's fun it's a

great study tool a great motivator for

sure but that doesn't mean that you can

automatically use all of those words or

you can communicate well in English with

those things that you've learned they're

kind of like supplements they're like

extra bonuses for your study so don't

use only song lyrics like they can be

really helpful and they can help you to

identify with culture and make friends

and stuff but I would suggest maybe

using that a little bit using lyrics

from songs a little bit and it's

important to keep those reminders in

mind that I talked about do so I hope

that this helps you and good luck with

your studies ok let's move on to your

next question next question comes from

Maxine Maxine Maxime says hi Alicia how

do I use regardless and regardless of

thanks a nice question we use regardless

at the beginning or at the end of a

sentence you may also see it used to

like connect to ideas in the middle of a

sentence some examples well I left my

phone at home

regardless I'm going to enjoy my day our

team is under a tight schedule

regardless everyone is happy

I see you've prepared a lovely meal I

have to leave regardless on the other

hand we use regardless of before a noun

phrase regardless of the managers

decision I think our team did a great

job we should respect other people

regard

of their race so regardless of is used

before a noun phrase regardless without

of typically comes at the beginning or

at the end of a sentence I hope that

this helps you thanks very much for the

question hi everybody my name is Alisha

in this lesson I'm going to talk about

the difference between question asked

and inquire these are three verbs that

seem very similar but have a few

different uses so I'll talk about some

definitions and then I'll share some

examples to give you an idea of how you

can use these verbs okay let's get

started I want to begin with the verb

question two questions so please be

careful today I'm not talking about the

noun form question I'm talking about the

verb form to question something so two

question as a verb has a couple of

different meanings first it means to ask

for information to ask someone for

information this often has the nuance of

interrogating someone so to interrogate

someone this is a verb we used for

example in like police situations or

like suspect or crime related situations

where police or authority figures ask a

lot of questions to a person who is

suspected of a crime that's

interrogation as a noun or in the verb

form to interrogate so maybe a slightly

less serious form of interrogate is

question so it means you're asking for

information usually about a serious

matter so let's look at an example here

the reporter questioned the CEO about

the year's changes so in this case it's

a business situation a reporter is

talking to a CEO about changes in the

company perhaps for the year and the

verb question in past tense questioned

is used to mean the reporter is asking

for information in a serious manner so

this probably also means that the

reporter is asking many different

questions not just one question but

asking a series of questions about the

same

okay let's take a look at the second

meaning for this lesson of the verb

question the second meaning here is to

doubt to doubt so like if you're

suspicious of something something

doesn't seem true for example it doesn't

seem genuine we can use the verb

question to describe that let's look at

an example I can't believe you're

questioning my loyalty so here question

in the progressive form questioning

refers to doubting someone's loyalty so

this could be is like a member of a team

a member of a group a member of a

company whatever in other words the

person listening is questioning or is

doubting the speaker's loyalty meaning

they're not sure if it's true or not so

two question can mean to doubt as well

all right one more example sentence here

just to kind of refresh

I think the first meaning is applicable

for this sentence the suspect was

questioned this morning the suspect was

questioned this morning so here it's

used in passive and we see that it's

again in some kind of criminal or crime

related situation so this is something

you'll commonly see in news like in

reports related to crime

so do question okay now though let's

move on to ask and inquire so let's

start with an ask the verb to ask means

to request one to request something it

also means to look for information so

you'll see actually this is the same as

I have for inquire but one key

difference here is that ask is the most

commonly used verb it's more casual than

inquire so I'll show you some examples

of how to use this first one she asked

him for help with her report

so here asked has the meaning of request

in other words she requested him for

help with her report here we have past

tense asked asked she asked him for help

the second example sentence they asked

where the restroom was again we have

past tense here in this case they're

looking for information you could

understand it as requesting information

but here

they are looking for some information

this is a fairly simple a fairly casual

situation so ask is a good choice here

we don't need to use enquire as that

sounds a little too formal

so ask is used in these kind of everyday

simple situations to request help for

example or to get some information okay

so now let's take a look at inquire as I

said inquire I have the same definitions

listed for inquire as I have for asked

however inquire sounds more formal than

asked so we can use it in similar

situations in terms of the meaning but

when you use enquire it should be for

something that's a little more serious

or not so maybe everyday so maybe in

like business situations or in customer

client relations for example let's take

a look at some examples of when inquire

might be used first one reporter's

inquired about the president's

motivations so reporters inquired about

so in this case its reporters they're

searching for information about the

president's motivations so this is

connected to this meaning looking for

information the reporters are trying to

find some information here let's look at

the next example sentence

people shouldn't inquire about the

private lives of celebrities so here

inquire is used in present tense so in

other words people shouldn't look for

information or maybe even people

shouldn't request information about the

private lives of celebrities so these

are perhaps more formal situations you

these might be something you could see

in the news for example or in more

serious situations or in serious

discussions so when you're choosing

between ask and inquire ask yourself is

this a casual situation if so ask is

probably the best choice if it's more

formal like a

this situation you might use in choir

instead and when you want to talk about

like interrogations and like asking lots

and lots of questions you might use the

verb question here instead 10 useful

prefixes a prefix by the way is like a

small word a few letters that we attach

to the beginning of a word to change the

meaning of that word let's go

re the first prefix is re re re re means

again so we see the word re in like redo

or replay or we imagine or recreate for

example so it means to do the base word

again so whatever you see re in front of

or not everything but if you see re

before a base word like that it can mean

to do that thing again

so in a sentence I have to redo my

homework ante the next prefix is auntie

auntie or you might hear anti as well

anti or anti both are fine but it means

against or in opposition to or like kind

of the opposite of something so against

against anti so we see this in like

antifreeze or antisocial or

anti-inflammatory or antibiotics so they

all mean against something so like the

word antifreeze for example means like

against freezing so it's a it's

antifreeze is a product that prevents a

liquid from freezing for example an

antibiotic is a medicine that we take to

kill like bad microorganisms in our body

germs in other words so we see bio in

that word so relating to like biology

antisocial refers to someone who does

not like social situations they are

against social situations and

anti-inflammatory another type of

medicine is against inflammation so

inflammation can mean like swelling or

like turning you read for example so

anti means against something we see anti

before words which mean like opposing or

again

that thing in a sentence my boss is anti

overtime dis so the next prefix is dis

dis so dis essentially this means not so

we see this in words like disrespect or

disapprove or disconnect or like

disagree for example so these words all

mean not plus the base words so like

disagree for example means to not agree

or disconnect means to not to connect so

something is not connected to the other

thing disrespect means to not respect

something for example so this means not

plus that base word in a sentence a good

editor should be disinterested X the

next prefix is X X X means former former

so something that was once true is not

true anymore we see this very commonly

in relationships so for example my ex

husband ex-wife ex girlfriend ex

boyfriend ex boss so all of these me my

former something my former boyfriend my

former girlfriend my former boss my

former roommate for example in a

sentence the ex CEO was in the news this

week mid the next prefix is mid mid so

mid means like in the middle of ordering

something so we can see this in a word

like midnight or midsummer for example

or mid-morning so meaning in the middle

of or roughly in the middle of something

during that time period mid night means

in the middle of the night or mid

morning is like in the middle of the

morning so all of these refer to mid to

something we can also use it for like an

action like mid meal for example or she

was a mid presentation when the phone

rang for example so mid means in the

middle of something

in a sentence I was mid breakfast when I

heard the news ill the next one is ill

ill so ill means again not or it's like

a negative prefix it means the base word

but not that base word so we see this in

words like illogical

or illegible or illegal for example so

these all mean not plus the base words

so illogical means not logical illegible

illegible means unable to read legible

means readable illegible means cannot

read that thing unable to read that

illegal means not legal in other words

so an action that is against the law so

ill means not in a sentence highly

illogical captain

that's a Star Trek reference in the next

prefix is in in I am it also means not

it means not words that fit this pattern

for example could be impossible or

impeccable or improbable or imperfect

for example so again it means not so

imperfect means not perfect

impossible means not possible so it

means not it means not in a sentence

this is impossible

in the next prefix is in in so again in

also means not it's a negative prefix

that we use there are a lot of words

that start with this in meaning not so

like inconsiderate incapable

inconceivable inappropriate so they all

mean not plus the base word for example

like the word in appropriate means not

appropriate so behavior that is not

appropriate in a certain situation or

incapable means not capable someone

cannot do something they're expected to

do so in means not plus our base meaning

the opposite then of that mean in a

sentence he's incapable of running the

country here then

prefix is ear ear so the pronunciation

is ear even though it's I are here for

example we see this in like

irresponsible or irredeemable or

irregular so again this means not

something so irresponsible means not

responsible irregular not regular

irredeemable is something that cannot be

made up we cannot redeem that thing so

here is another negative prefix meaning

not or no in a sentence your behavior

was irresponsible none the next prefix

is non non n o n so n o n is a prefix

again it means not or against or like

efficiency against so non also means not

something so for example we see it in a

word like nonsense or like non

sequential or non sequitur so these are

words that all mean like not something

so for example non sense means no sense

essentially not sense non sequitur so

sequitur the base there is like think of

the word sequence we see that same sort

of base in sequence as we see in non

sequitur and that actually comes from

the Latin meaning like to follow

something so it's non sequitur means

like it does not follow so a non

sequitur means something that just it's

not part of the conversation it's like a

random comment is a non sequitur so it

does not follow non sequitur is one so

non means not or no in a sentence this

is nonsense hi everybody my name is

Alicia welcome back to know your verbs

in this episode we're going to talk

about the verb act let's get started

acting

it was hard to choose like a basic

definition of this verb because I think

depending on the person there are a

couple different meanings that you might

think is the basic definition of fact so

I've kind of picked one for this lesson

okay so the basic definition for this

lesson is to take action to do something

examples act now and save money we need

to act quickly okay now let's look at

the conjugations for this verb present

act acts past acted past participle

acted progressive acting

so now let's talk about some additional

meanings for this verb the first one is

to perform as a character to perform as

a character some examples he acted in a

musical last summer I love to act okay

so in the first example sentence he

acted in a musical last summer means he

performed as a character in a musical

last summer so to act means like to

perform in some way in a production so a

musical or a theater production by the

way musicals are the performances with

singing and dancing usually a play is

the same thing but no singing and no

dancing really just talking so a play is

just talking musicals singing and

dancing so he acted in a musical last

summer the second example sentence was I

love to act in other words I love to

perform as a character so this may be is

a common hobby for many people I think

okay let's go on to the second meaning

for this verb to behave to behave so

this is a very open meaning to behave in

some way it means like your manners are

like the way that you present to

yourself or the way that you show

yourself examples she acts like she's

angry but she's actually happy

my dog is acting strange okay so in

these examples we're talking about a

person's behavior in the first example

sentence she's acting like she's angry

it means she's behaving in a way that

makes it seem like she's angry so

something about her behavior maybe her

facial expression or her body language

or something like that we think she's

angry she seems angry but she's actually

happy in the second example sentence my

dog is acting strange there's something

about my dog's behavior that is strange

so maybe my dog is behaving in a way

that is not typical for my dog so maybe

my dog is running in circles but he

doesn't usually do that that's strange I

could say my dog is acting strange so my

dog is behaving in a strange way okay

let's go on to another additional

meaning for this verb

the third additional meaning is to

perform a function to perform a function

some examples my phone case acts as a

credit card holder she's acting as

liaison with the new clients okay so on

both of these sentences we see one thing

or one person is behaving or performing

a specific function in the first example

sentence it's a phone case my phone case

acts as a credit card holder so it has

the function of a phone case yes but

there's also this other function I can

use my phone case to put credit cards

inside so it acts as a credit card

holder to in the second example sentence

she's acting as a liaison with the new

clients it means she is performing the

function of a liaison a liaison is a

person who's kind of a go-between for

communication between two groups so she

is the go-between she's performing the

function of a go-between she's acting as

a liaison for the clients the fourth

additional meaning for this verb is to

have an effect to have an effect some

examples the poison acted quickly

the sad story acted on the audience's

emotions okay in the first example

sentence the poison acted quickly we see

the poison had an effect quickly that's

what acted means here we're seeing it in

the past tense and it means to have an

effect in this case so the poison had an

effect quickly in the second example

sentence however we're talking about an

effect on people's emotions not like a

medicinal effect like we saw in the

first example sentence the second

example sentence was the sad story acted

on the audience's emotions in other

words the sad story had an effect on the

audience's emotions so that means

probably that the audience felt sad or

the audience felt maybe disappointed or

something the audience's emotions were

affected by the story by the sad story

so we say the sad story acted on the

audience's emotions so this means to

have an effect

okay let's move on to some variations in

how we use this verb the first variation

is act up to act up this means to

exhibit negative behavior to have bad

behavior some examples my asthma is

acting up the kids acted up at the

dinner party last night

okay so in the first example sentence I

mentioned asthma actually asthma is a

sickness it's a disease asthma asthma is

very common it's a lung problem or kind

of a breathing related problem where it

becomes difficult to breathe depending

on different situations for different

people so if I say my asthma is acting

up it means my asthma is behaving in a

negative way my asthma is there's some

problem with it my condition is not good

because of my asthma my asthma my

illness in other words is kind of strong

right now it's acting up so I'm having

problems because of my asthma right now

in the second example of sentence

however it's a person in this case kids

so kids acting up at a dinner party

means kids were displaying bad behavior

negative behavior at a dinner party so

acting up means something negative is

happening some kind of negative behavior

is occurring okay so the next variation

is to act out to act out also does mean

to behave in kind of a negative way but

the difference between act out and act

up is act out has the feeling of doing

this bad behavior in order to get

attention so you act out because you

want to be noticed some examples of this

your son has been acting out in school

she's only acting out because she wants

attention

so acting out is like you're making some

kind of extreme behavior or maybe it's

like kind of scandalous or maybe it's

really rude or maybe like too sexy there

can be lots of different ways to act out

but the idea is that the action happens

because this person wants to get some

attention whether negative or positive

doesn't matter it just wants attention

but we should be careful because this is

different from to act something out to

act something out is different from to

act out to act something out means to

represent an activity with your body so

that means to showcase a scene or to

explain a scene in a movie or to kind of

show somebody a gesture with your body

so examples we acted out our favorite

movie scene she acted out the story so

acting something out means using your

body like physically using parts of your

body to act out to show something so for

example like a simple action if I want

to act out making a phone call I would

do this like making the gestures of

making a phone call we could say this is

acting out a phone call hello that's

acting something out I'm using my body

and I'm using gestures to explain

something to explain a behavior so this

is different to act something out and to

act out have very different meanings so

be cautious to act something out takes a

direct object to act out does not so

please be careful of this there are some

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speaking use our voice recording tool if

you can easily repeat the lines from the

conversation that's a good sign or if

you're using another program try to

shadow the provided conversations if you

can do it without a problem then you've

made progress and are ready to go to the

next level

number six for writing try and copy out

our lesson dialogue by hand the point

here is to see if you can write smoothly

or not as a way of assessing your

writing you can also do this with any

text book you can also take a picture of

your writing and send it to your Premium

Plus teacher for feedback number seven

use our premium plus assignments if

you're a Premium Plus member you can ask

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assignments based on your knees

whether for reading writing speaking or

listening and they'll provide you

feedback so you can see where you are

with each skill so to recap one take our

assessment test to revisit old lessons

three try harder lessons or use our

extensive reading books for reading five

use our voice recording tool sixth right

out dialogues by hand and seven take

advantage of our assignments remember

the point of assessment is not to pass

or fail but to see where you've improved

and where you need to work if you're

trying to learn a new language you'll

sometimes have to contend with a whole

new alphabet complex grammar and

difficult pronunciation many new

learners start out strong but peter out

after a short time but that doesn't have

to be your story

don't let the harsh reputation of some

languages scare you away

yes it's not easy but it probably isn't

as hard as you think either in this

video we'll give you four ways to

improve the way you study while learning

a new language follow these and it will

be hard not to see improvement in your

language

number one develop a good accent when

first trying to learn a new language the

words might overwhelm you some words

might be extremely long or complicated

in ways you aren't used to as a result

the new language can sometimes sound

more like noise in an actual language

this could be because you don't yet have

a good grasp of pronunciation in that

language so focus on this weak point by

learning and practicing how to correctly

pronounce each individual sound in the

language start with one's most similar

to your native language and then move on

to the more difficult ones then start

practicing with full words phrases and

sentences work your way up to listening

to recorded audio of native speakers and

try your best to mimic their flow of

speech while this method probably won't

make your accident perfect it will help

you improve greatly even more

importantly you'll be able to hear the

language differently and continue to

improve when you intuitively know how to

correctly pronounce a sound it's a lot

easier to recognize that sound when it

is spoken or read knowing these new

sounds gives your brain some context for

what it hears when you're using the

language our language learning program

is a great tool for working on your

pronunciation it lets you play back the

words from a lesson in isolation you can

also play audio at a slower speed this

is perfect for pinpointing the nuances

of the language and developing your own

accent as well as your ear

number to break down the writing system

every language has its own unique set of

rules and challenges when it comes to

writing your best bet is to focus on one

point at a time trying to learn the

entire system at once can be

overwhelming work with a section of the

writing system until you become fairly

comfortable with it the point of going

slowly in doing one piece at a time is

to ensure that you have a firm

foundation if you rush through this

stage you might miss essential details

and this may negatively affect your

learning in the future number three

learn grammar in context this tip is

applicable no matter what language

you're learning once you move past the

basic vocabulary in the language try to

pick up the patterns of the grammar by

learning the rules in the context of

phrases or so

census example sentences found in the

lesson notes of each of our lessons are

extremely helpful for this after each

lesson you can look at the examples to

get a feel for how a particular aspect

of the grammar worked then you can

practice making your own similar phrases

using the same rule

slowly but surely as you work through

each episode you'll take greater

ownership of the language this approach

is a lot more effective than memorizing

tables or rules if you can use the

grammar and vocabulary you just learned

you're much more likely to internalize

it and thus remember it the next time

you want to say something in your target

language number 4 get feedback from

native speakers receiving correct and

accurate feedback from native speakers

is vital to improving your skills in the

language whether you're reading or

writing you need to find out what your

mistakes are so that you can correct

them some people are willing and able to

pay a private tutor or take a formal

class in order to help them progress

these things will certainly help but

they aren't the only options if you live

near a major city there's a chance that

there are some native speakers in your

area keep your eyes and ears open

because you might be surprised where you

can find them you can look for a nearby

meetup group or a language exchange

you're likely to find speakers there as

well if these options don't work out you

can take your search online there are

several free language exchanges where

you can chat via video or audio with

other language learners look for a

native speaker learning your own native

language so that you can practice

together and correct each other's

mistakes don't be afraid to put yourself

out there and make mistakes it's all

part of the process as long as you're

getting good feedback when you use the

language your skills will improve

hopefully this video took some of the

fear and mystery out of learning a new

language remember that the most

important tip is to enjoy the language

for its own sake if you enjoy the

process of learning then studying will

seem more like a journey of discovery

than work use these pointers as tools

for the road ahead as you work your way

to fluency in your target language some

language learners progress more quickly

than others is this because they're

smarter more

or maybe just lucky this is not the case

most of the time a lot of what

determines your success in a language is

the amount and consistency of the time

you put into it and the way that you go

about practicing in this video we'll

take a look at five techniques of

successful language learners that you

can use in your own studies number one

hit the easy targets start with easy

attainable goals in the beginning you

might want to do as much studying as

possible when you first start learning a

new language but this is a good way to

get burned out fast by all of the

obstacles you'll hit whether you're

trying to learn ten basic vocabulary

words a week or just want to review some

grammar that you've already studied and

might need a refresher on having easier

goals to get you started on your

language learning journey can make it

easier to keep progressing and then when

you hit those goals you feel motivated

to make even more challenging ones it's

okay to start small and work towards

hitting the harder targets but when

you're just starting to learn a language

go for the easier ones rather than

overwhelming yourself with too much at

once there's always been a bit of debate

in the language learning world as to

whether or not you should learn grammar

explicitly or implicitly a lack of

grammar should never keep you from

trying to speak a foreign language

however implicit learning by itself

doesn't work well when dealing with more

complicated grammar number two break

down the most difficult parts of the

grammar tenses verb conjugations noun

inflection there are a lot of tough

spots you'll find in grammar as you come

across these foreign grammar concepts

take some time to study and practice

them hone in on one aspect at a time and

practice it by writing out sentences or

simply by speaking read different

grammatical explanations and example

sentences well you don't want to spend

all your time grinding out grammar

exercises 10 or 15 minutes a day of

focused practice will help you master

these otherwise difficult areas of the

language another great way to master

grammar is to work with whole phrases or

conversations this isn't as easy to do

while you're speaking with someone but

it can be done by listening to audio

our language podcast lessons are ideal

for this because they feature native

conversations that you can pause or

replay over and over again as you study

and work through a conversation first

look at the words and phrases that you

do know then without resorting to a

translator or dictionary

do your best to figure out what any new

or unfamiliar words mean after that feel

free to look them up if you work this

way with whole sentences you're much

more likely to internalize the new

grammar number three practice with

native speakers language course books

apps and podcasts are all great ways to

learn the language but eventually the

rubber will have to meet the road and

you'll need to start using what you

learn the best students take every

opportunity they can to practice the

language with real people you might not

be learning the most popular language

but even so there are still a lot of

other learners out there trying to

master it like you take advantage of

this and try to link up with a meet-up

or a language exchange in your town or

city this way you can connect with other

learners and get tips and tricks from

them that might help in your own studies

if you're unable to find an exchange in

your area take the search online and you

can even find some native speakers on

free sites the connect language learners

around the world here you can help out a

native speaker who's learning your

language you can learn from each other

it's a win win number four

focus on being understood not being

perfect undoubtedly when you begin to

speak with native speakers you will make

a lot of mistakes this is a natural part

of the language learning process in your

first few conversations you'll probably

mispronounced miss conjugate or

altogether forget words but that's okay

learn to embrace these mistakes as long

as you're practicing with a native

speaker who can give you accurate

feedback those mistakes can do nothing

but help you improve after getting

feedback on your mistakes the next most

important thing in your spoken language

practice will be to keep the

conversation going if you make a mistake

correct it and move on if you can't

remember a word do your best to describe

but in your target language to your

language partner use what words you have

in order to be understood even if your

sentence or addiction comes out a little

weird

number five keep a journal in your

target language most people talk about

how important it is to speak a language

you're learning but not nearly as many

mention how powerful writing in the

language can be writing in your target

language lets you use all the material

you've learned but without the demands

of a real-time conversation writing is

also an excellent way to expose the

words or phrases you don't know or are

unsure about you can write in an

old-fashioned paper journal and do your

best to check it or have a friend look

over it you can also write entries

online and have them corrected by native

speakers while it's not always easy to

speak successfully it is always

rewarding use these tips as a guide to

jump-start your progress no matter what

keep your head up and after a bit of

patience and hard work you'll be

speaking your target language soon

enough for some learning a new language

seems to come naturally for others the

entire process feels more like a tooth

and nail struggle however if you've had

a negative experience learning a new

language at one point in time don't let

that discourage you from trying again

the truth is that learning any language

is never easy but it's definitely

possible sometimes the difference

between success and failure has less to

do with your abilities or talents and a

lot more to do with the way you look at

things in this video we're going to look

at how to avoid five serious mistakes

made by new language learners number one

listen before you speak being slow to

speak and quick to listen is good life

advice whether or not you're learning a

foreign language effective listening is

essential to communication as a beginner

there is a tendency to concentrate so

much on what you're going to say and how

you're going to say it that you can

completely miss the meaning or heart of

what the other person is trying to

communicate not only will this impair

your ability to listen in your target

language

it will also stall what little

conversation you had going remember the

conversations are a two-way street if

you're speaking more than listening then

you actually have more of a monologue on

your hand

than a dialog the inputs of language

learning listening and reading are just

as important as the outputs speaking and

writing for a beginner inputs are even

more crucial as they are the main way

you acquire new vocabulary we even go so

far to say that for new students the

best method for learning involves more

listening than it does speaking though

that may change with higher proficiency

levels number two don't be embarrassed

when you do speak people's next mistake

usually comes from the other side of the

spectrum where new learners are too

scared or embarrassed to contribute to a

conversation the fear of making mistakes

and embarrassing yourself can paralyze

your language learning it's vital to

remember that everyone makes mistakes

even native speakers had to find their

way through the language when they were

children making mistakes while learning

a new language is inevitable but it's

also a good thing

the faster you make mistakes the quicker

you can correct them and move on with

your learning so instead of being afraid

to make mistakes

try looking at them as steps towards

progress in reality that's what they

really are number three don't fixate on

minor issues if taken in all at once a

new language can feel overwhelming to

learn it's so easy to get discouraged by

all your little mistakes and

conversational mishaps and you lose

sight if the progress you're making in

addition to mistakes you'll also come

across plateaus where you study and

practice consistently but don't see any

results for a significant amount of time

but whether you face errors or plateaus

remember that these things are minor

obstacles on the road to fluency the

most important thing is not to give up

stick with it if you stay persistent

your mistakes will be corrected and your

abilities will improve but if you slow

down or throw in the towel completely

then you'll either subvert your progress

or Nix it all together so remember that

as long as you're still studying and

learning the language you can't lose

it might feel like you're losing the

battle for language learning for a

little while but hang in there a

practical way to help you stay motivated

is to make small weekly goals

research shows that goal-setting has a

significant impact on learning try

picking one aspect of grammar or a

collection of new words or phrases to

study for the next seven days at the end

of the week check your progress and

measure your success setting little

benchmarks like this will give you a

rightful sense of accomplishment number

four remember that immersion isn't

magical a lot of people think that by

moving to a foreign country they will

learn the language by osmosis but

whether you learn abroad or at home you

still need to study and practice the

language living in a new country gives

you way more opportunities to do this

than staying at home but if you don't

consciously take advantage of these

opportunities while living abroad it

won't benefit your language learning if

you're an expat living in a foreign

country there's a natural inclination to

hang out around other expats learning a

language and living in a foreign culture

is hard and uncomfortable for better or

worse we're often drawn to the easier

road if you made the decision to study

abroad then you want to hang out with

native speaking people as much as

possible you have the rest of your life

to be with people who speak your

language

this doesn't mean ignore your expat

friends just be sure that you're giving

proper attention to your language

learning languages are better lived than

they are learned number five be

open-minded languages are better lived

than they are learned when learning a

new language your brain will want to

conform the new grammar and vocabulary

to your native language norms and

grammar rules ignore your brain on this

one at first you might feel completely

wrong saying a sentence that is in fact

correct after a certain point in

language learning there is a switch that

goes off when your brain finally

realizes that you're not speaking your

native language but a new one altogether

this could take a while though

especially if this is your first time

learning a new language until then do

what you know is correct even if it

feels a bit weird when you say it

the same goes for culture just as you

want to be open to the differences in

the language don't forget to be open to

the differences in the culture too

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本周的第一个问题来自 Ali

Riza heigen Ali Ali 说你好 Alicia

你去过哪里和去哪里有

什么区别 一直在

等一个人，就像

你期望某人在一个地方，

比如在会议上，或者餐厅

或咖啡馆，而你 已经等

了很长时间了，你可能会用 where have you

been 来表示你

从过去到现在在哪里，

就像我期待见到你一样，所以我们可能会

使用 where have you been in a case

we may use where we may use where 您是否处于

我们正在询问已

完成的情况或已

完成的事情的情况，这是过去发生的

，例如，如果您有一天

旷课，您应该去上学，但

您生病了，您去上课

第二天你的同学可以说

你昨天在哪里，听起来就像

昨天发生了一些事情，他们

只想知道

那个时间点的情况，所以这

与你去过哪里有点不同，

这意味着有一些

期望你会在那里

，但在某些情况下，你可以同时

使用 yes ，例如，如果你

开会迟到了，而你的同事

问你去哪儿了，就像你迟到一个小时一样，

你可以使用它或

同事可能会说，

你在哪里迟到了一个小时

，有些情况

是由演讲者决定的，

但一般来说，如果

有人期待你一段时间，

他们可能会

如果只是过去的动作，

请使用你在哪里模式 过去的情况 它已经结束了 你

可能会使用你在哪里模式，

所以我希望这对你有帮助 谢谢你

的问题 好的，让我们

继续我们的下一个问题 下一个问题

来自鞋高鞋鞋说嗨

艾丽西亚你的课很有帮助酷我的

问题哪一个是正确的

大多数电影发生在洛杉矶或

大多数电影发生在洛杉矶很好的

问题实际上两个句子都是

正确的并且它们具有非常不同的

含义 所以让我们来看看第

一个大部分电影都在洛杉矶设置意味着

这部电影的大部分只

发生或发生在洛杉矶，复数

大多数电影发生在洛杉矶这

意味着大多数电影都在这 特定的群体

发生在洛杉矶，所以举个例子

，让我们

想象一个电影系列，系列中有

三部电影，前

两部电影电影 1 和 2 发生在

洛杉矶，而在旧金山发生了一点点

电影编号 3 在纽约

市，例如，当我们想谈论电影

1 时，我们可以说大部分

电影都发生在洛杉矶，这意味着

电影 1 的大部分发生

在洛杉矶，而不是全部，因为有一点

发生在旧金山 但是

电影的大部分发生在洛杉矶，所以

我们说大部分电影的大部分

发生在洛杉矶，如果

我们想谈谈这 3

部电影系列的系列，我们想

谈谈系列发生的地方，我们可以 说

大多数电影都在洛杉矶发生，

这意味着大多数电影意味着

三部电影中的两部大部分都

在洛杉矶，这意味着电影 1 和电影

2 主要在洛杉矶电影 3 在

纽约市，所以它在 完全不同的

地方 案例我们正在

谈论一组电影

这个系列中这个组中的大多数电影在

这种情况下发生在洛杉矶所以

你的两个原始例句都是

完全正确的，但是它们只是具有

非常不同的含义所以想想

它是 您在谈论一部特定的

电影以及那部电影中发生了什么

，或者您是在谈论一

组电影，所以这个例子只是

关于电影，是的，但是您也可以将

相同的想法应用于许多其他情况，

所以我希望这对您有所帮助

非常感谢你的问题，

好的，让我们继续你的下一个问题，

下一个问题来自健康，你好，

再次在房子的山上，你好，艾丽西亚和

团队，你能解释一下

这个词的

含义吗？ kind

所以你可以

用任何 kind 替换句子中的任何东西，

这仍然是

有道理的

sed 了很多类似的规则或政策或

任何东西，例如学生可能不使用

任何设备他没有给出

任何关于新产品的提示我们

对我们的家庭作业没有任何帮助，所以

在每个示例句子中，我们

可以用任何

类型的替换 它仍然有意义，

所以这在日常演讲中并不常用，

因为它经常

用于谈论政策和规则，听起来

有点正式，但如果你

从来没有 当然只是尝试用

任何类型替换任何东西，看看

它是否有意义，这就是什么

意思我希望它可以帮助你谢谢你

的问题

好的让我们继续你的下一个问题

下一个问题来自saya dosa toh

这里你好sy dosa cytosis 嗨，艾丽西亚

，我可以用歌曲中的歌词学习英语

吗？是的，在某种程度上，肯定我们

每隔一段时间都会收到这个问题，所以

这里有一些提醒，首先

请记住歌词 ngs

可能并不总是在语法上是正确的，

但是我们可以交流想法，

我们可以通过歌曲传达感受

歌曲并不总是使用完美的

语法 其次请记住，在许多

歌曲中，像俚语词汇一样，

它们是不恰当的词汇

词汇或令人反感的词汇 它

也用于一位

艺术家或一位歌手的词汇可能不会

在日常演讲中经常使用，或者可能

不会用于

与您习惯与之交谈的人交谈的人中

，

例如，如果您 真的

喜欢 或者他们通常不喜欢使用

你最喜欢的歌手的那种表达方式，

所以这是要记住的

另一件事是

节奏，所以在歌曲中 很棒

有一定的节奏非常重要，

这样人们才能享受音乐，但这

在很多情况

下与我们在日常生活中实际说话的方式非常不同，

所以如果你能理解一首很棒的歌曲

，但这并不意味着

您可以在说话时应用相同的节奏，

例如说唱，例如

大多数人的说话方式

与他们唱歌或表演时不像

说唱歌曲一样，所以这是要记住的另一

件事最后记住，

即使你 可以流利地唱歌 这

并不意味着您可以流利地

用英语交流 所以也许您可以

记住您最喜欢的

歌曲的所有单词 很棒很有趣 这是一个

很好的学习工具 肯定是一个很好的动力

但这并不意味着 你可以

自动使用所有这些词，或者

你可以用英语很好地与

你学到的东西交流它们

有点像补品它们就像

你学习的额外奖励，所以不要

只使用像他们这样的歌词

真的很有帮助，它们可以帮助您

识别文化并结交朋友

和其他东西，但我建议您可以

稍微使用

一下歌曲中的歌词

，记住这些提醒很重要

，我谈到了这样做 我

希望这对你有帮助，祝你学习好运

好的，让我们继续你的

下一个问题 下一个问题来自

Maxine Maxine Maxime 说，嗨，Alicia

，我如何使用，不管怎样，

谢谢，我们在开始或开始时都会使用一个很好的问题

句子的结尾 你可能还看到它曾经

喜欢 连接到句子中间的想法

一些例子 很好 我把

手机留在家里

不管我要享受我的一天 我们的

团队都在紧张的日程安排中，

不管每个人 很高兴

我看到你准备了一顿美味的饭菜我

不得不离开不管

另一方面我们在名词短语之前使用不管是

不管经理的

决定如何我认为我们的团队做得

很好我们应该重新 观察其他人

对他们的种族的看法，所以

在名词短语之前使用“不管

”通常出现在句子的开头

或结尾我希望

这对您有所帮助，非常感谢

大家的

问题 本课我将讨论

问题询问和询问之间的区别

这三个动词

看起来非常相似但有一些

不同的用途，所以我将讨论一些

定义，然后我将分享一些

例子给你一个 关于

如何使用这些动词的想法好吧让

我们开始

作为动词的问题有几个

不同的含义首先它意味着

询问信息向某人询问

信息这通常具有询问某人的细微差别

所以询问

某人这是一个动词 we u sed

例如，在类似警察情况或

类似嫌疑人或与犯罪相关的情况

下，警察或权威人士向涉嫌犯罪

的人提出很多问题，

以名词或动词

形式进行审讯，因此可能稍微

少一点 严肃形式的审讯是

问题，因此这意味着您通常是在询问

有关严重

问题的信息，所以让我们看一个

例子，记者就

这一年的变化向 CEO 提问，所以在这种情况下，这

是记者正在与一位业务状况

交谈的人 CEO 关于

公司今年的

变化，过去时的动词

questioned 用于表示记者

正在认真地询问信息，所以

这可能也意味着

记者提出了许多不同的

问题，不仅仅是一个问题，而是

问一系列关于同一个问题的问题

好吧让我们来看看

本课动词

问题的第二个含义 第二个含义 这里是

怀疑到怀疑，就像如果你

怀疑某件事

看起来不真实，例如它看起来不真实，

我们可以用动词

问题来描述，让我们看

一个我无法相信你的例子' 重新

质疑我的忠诚度，所以这里的问题

以渐进形式质疑

是指怀疑某人的忠诚度，所以

这可能就像一个团队

的成员，一个团队的成员，一个

公司的成员，换句话说，

听的人在质疑或

怀疑 说话者的忠诚度意味着

他们不确定它是否真实，所以

两个问题也可能意味着怀疑，好吧，

这里再举一个例句

只是为了刷新

我认为第一个含义适用

于这句话嫌疑人被

质疑这个 早上 嫌疑人今天早上接受了

讯问，所以在这里它被

用于被动，我们看到它

再次处于某种犯罪或

与犯罪相关的情况，所以这是

你经常在新闻中看到的东西，比如 在

与犯罪有关的报告中，

所以现在做问题好吧，尽管让我们

继续询问和询问，所以让我们

从询问动词询问开始，意思

是请求某人请求某事它

也意味着寻找信息，所以

你会看到实际上这是 与

我的询问相同，但

这里的一个关键区别是询问是最

常用的动词，它比询问更随意，

所以我将向您

展示如何使用第一个她向

他寻求报告帮助的例子，

所以 here ask 有 request 的意思

换句话说 she asks him for

help with her report 在这里 we have

Past '

正在寻找信息，您可以将其

理解为请求信息，

但在这里

他们正在寻找一些信息，

这是一个相当简单的相当随意的

情况，所以在这里询问是一个不错的选择，

我们不需要使用 enq uire 因为这

听起来有点太正式了，

所以在这些日常

简单的情况下使用 ask 来请求

帮助或获取一些信息，

所以现在让我们看一下询问，正如我

所说的询问，我列出了相同的定义

用于询问 正如我所要求的那样，

但是询问听起来比询问更正式，

因此我们可以在类似的

情况下使用它的含义，但是

当您使用询问时，它应该用于

更严重的事情，

或者可能不是每天都这样，所以也许在

类似的业务中 例如，在情况或

客户关系中，让

我们看一些可能使用查询的示例，

第一个记者

询问了总统的

动机，所以记者询问了

所以在这种情况下，他们的记者正在

寻找有关

总统动机的信息，所以 这

和这个意思有关 寻找

信息 记者在这里试图

找到一些信息 让我们

看看下一个考试 ple 句子

人们不应该询问

名人的私生活，所以这里的

询问用现在时，所以

换句话说，人们不应该寻找

信息，或者甚至人们

不应该询问有关

名人私生活的信息，所以这些

是 也许更正式的情况你

这些可能是你可以

在新闻中看到的，或者在更

严重的情况下或在严肃的

讨论中，所以当你

在问和问自己之间做出选择时，问问自己

这是一个随意的情况，如果是这样，问

可能是最好的 选择如果它更

正式，比如

这种情况，你可能会在合唱团中

使用，当你想谈论

像审讯和问

很多很多问题时，你可以在

这里使用动词问题代替 10 个有用的

前缀顺便说一句，前缀就像 一个

小单词 我们

在单词开头附加几个字母以改变该单词的

含义 let's go

re 第一个前缀是 re re re re 表示

ag ain 所以我们看到 re 一词就像 redo

或 replay 一样，或者我们想象或 recreate

例如，这意味着再次做基本词

，所以无论你在前面看到 re

还是不是所有东西，但是如果你

在这样的基本词之前看到 re 它可能意味着

再次做那件事

所以在一个句子中我必须重做我的

作业 ante 下一个前缀是 auntie

auntie 或者你可能会听到 anti as well

anti 或 anti both are fine 但它意味着

反对或反对或

类似 与反对抗冻的东西相反，

所以我们在

抗冻剂或抗社会剂或

抗炎剂或抗生素中看到这一点，所以它们

都表示反对东西

，例如防冻剂这个词意味着

反对冻结，所以它是一种它的

防冻剂是一种防止

冷冻液体，例如，

抗生素是一种药物，我们可以用来

杀死体内

细菌中的有害微生物，换句话说，所以我们在

这个词中看到生物，因此与生物学相关

不喜欢社交场合 他们

反对社交场合和

消炎 另一种

药物是针对炎症的，所以

炎症可能意味着像肿胀或

喜欢转动你阅读例如所以

anti 意味着反对我们看到的东西 anti

在单词之前意味着反对或

再次

that thing in a sentence my boss is anti

overtime dis so the next prefix is dis

dis so dis本质上这意味着不是所以

我们在不尊重或

不赞成或断开连接或

不同意之类的词中看到这一点，例如，这些词都

意味着不加基础

例如不同意的词意味着不同意

或断开连接意味着不连接所以

某事与另一件事没有联系

不尊重意味着不尊重

某事例如所以这意味着不

加上句子中的基本词一个好的

编辑器应该是 不感兴趣的 X

下一个前缀是 XXX 表示以前的前者，

所以曾经正确的事情

不再正确，我们很常见地看到这一点

在人际关系中，例如我的

前夫 前妻 前女友 前

男友 前老板 所以所有这些都是我

以前的东西 我的前男友 我的

前女友 我的前老板 我的

前室友 例如

一句话 前首席执行官在新闻中

week mid 下一个前缀是 mid mid 所以

mid 表示就像在订购某物的中间，

所以我们可以在

诸如午夜或仲夏之类的词中看到这

一点

那个时间段午夜意味着

在半夜或中午

就像在早上一样，

所以所有这些都指的是中间的

东西，我们也可以将它

用于像中餐这样的动作，或者她

是 例如，当电话响起时，中间演示

中表示

在句子中的某事中间当我听到消息时，我正在吃早餐

他是基本词，

但不是那个基本词，所以我们在

诸如不合逻辑

或难以辨认或非法之类的词中看到这一点，所以

这些都意味着不加上基本词

所以不合逻辑意味着不合逻辑难以辨认难以

辨认意味着无法阅读清晰

意味着可读难以辨认意味着无法

阅读 无法阅读的事情

非法意味着不合法 换句话说，

因此违反法律的行为如此

恶劣 意味着在句子中 高度

不合逻辑的船长

这是下一个前缀中的星际迷航参考

在我是 这也意味着不是

这意味着 不适合这种模式的词

例如可能是不可能的或

无可挑剔的或不可能的或不完美

的例如所以再次意味着不那么

不完美意味着不完美

不可能意味着不可能所以它

意味着不是它意味着不是在一个句子中

这

在下一个前缀中是不可能的 is in so again in

也意味着不是它

是我们使用的否定前缀有很多

以 this 开头的词的意思不是那么

像轻率无能

不可思议的不恰当的，所以它们都

意味着不加上基本词，例如，

像恰当的词意味着不

恰当，因此

在特定情况下不恰当或

无能的行为意味着没有能力某人

不能做他们应该做的事情

意味着不 加上我们的基本意思

与那个意思相反的

句子他无法在这里管理

国家然后

前缀是耳朵耳朵所以发音

是耳朵即使它是我在这里

例如我们看到这个就像

不负责任或不可挽回或

不规则所以再次 这

意味着不是如此不负责任的意思是不负责任的

不规则不规则不可

赎回是无法

弥补的东西我们无法赎回那件事所以

这里有另一个否定前缀表示

不是或不造句你的行为

是不负责任的无下一个前缀

是非非非 所以 non 又是一个

前缀它意味着不是或反对或类似

效率反对所以 non 也意味着不是

某事 例如，我们在一个词中看到它，

比如废话或非

连续或非推理，所以这些

词都意味着不是某事，

所以例如非意义意味着没有意义

本质上没有意义非推理所以

sequitur 那里的基础就像

想想 单词序列我们看到与

我们在 non sequitur 中看到的序列中相同的碱基

，它实际上

来自拉丁语，意思是喜欢跟随

某物，所以它是 non sequitur 的意思

是它不跟随，所以 non

sequitur 意味着它

不是一部分的东西 在谈话中，它就像一个

随机评论是一个不合逻辑的，所以它

不遵循不合逻辑是一个，所以

在句子中非意味着不是或不这

是胡说八道大家好，我的名字是

艾丽西亚，欢迎回来了解你

在这一集中的动词我们' 重新

谈论动词 act 让我们开始

表演

吧 很难选择

这个动词的基本定义，因为我认为

根据人的

不同，你有几种不同的含义 可能会

认为是事实的基本定义，所以

我为这节课选择了一个，

好吧，所以这节课的基本定义

是采取行动做某事

示例现在行动并节省资金我们需要

快速行动好吧现在让我们看看

这个动词现在

时行为的变化形式 过去行为 过去分词

进行行为

所以现在让我们来谈谈

这个动词的一些额外含义 第一个

是作为一个角色表演 作为一个角色表演

他

去年夏天在音乐剧中表演的一些例子 我 喜欢表现得还好

所以在第一个例句中他

去年夏天在音乐剧中表演意味着他去年夏天在音乐剧中

扮演角色

所以表演意味着喜欢

在

音乐剧或戏剧作品中以某种方式表演

音乐剧是

唱歌和跳舞的表演，通常一出戏

是一样的，但没有唱歌也没有

跳舞，真的只是在说话，所以戏剧

只是在说话，音乐剧唱歌和

跳舞，所以 h 去年夏天在音乐剧中表演

第二个例句是

我喜欢表演，换句话说，我喜欢

扮演一个角色，所以这可能

是很多人的共同

爱好 举止得体，所以

这是一个非常开放的意思 以

某种方式表现，这意味着你的举止

就像你向

自己展示的方式或向自己展示的方式

她表现得像她

生气但她实际上很高兴

我的狗是 表现得很奇怪 好吧 所以在

这些例子中，我们

在第一个例句中谈论一个人的行为

她表现得像她很生气

这意味着她的行为方式

让她看起来很生气 所以

关于她的行为可能是她的

面部表情或她的 肢体语言

或类似的东西 我们认为她很

生气 她看起来很生气，但实际上她

很开心 在第二个例句中 我的

狗表现得很奇怪

我的狗的行为有些奇怪

因此，也许我的狗的行为方式

对我的狗来说并不典型，所以也许

我的狗在转圈，但他

通常不这样做，这很奇怪我

可以说我的狗表现得很奇怪，所以我的

狗的行为是 奇怪的方式 好吧

让我们继续这个动词的另一个附加

含义

第三个附加含义是

执行一个功能 执行一个功能

一些例子 我的手机壳充当

信用卡持有人 她充当

与新客户的联络人 好吧

两者都是 这些句子我们在第一个例句中看到一件事

或一个人正在表现或执行

特定功能

它是一个手机壳我的手机壳

充当信用卡持有人所以它

具有手机壳的功能是的但

还有其他功能 我可以

用我的手机壳把信用卡

放在里面，这样它就可以充当信用卡

持有人，在第二个例句中，

她正在充当与新客户的联络人，

这意味着她正在

履行联络人 liaison 是一个

在两个群体之间进行沟通的中间人，所以

她是中间人

一种效果 产生效果 一些

例子 毒药

起效很快 悲伤的故事对观众的

情绪产生了影响 在第一个例句中还可以

过去时，它意味着

在这种情况下产生效果，所以毒药

在第二个例句中迅速产生了效果，

但是我们谈论的是

对人们情绪的影响，而不是

像我们在

第一个例句中看到的药物效果第二个

例句是悲伤的故事作用

于观众的情绪，

换句话说，悲伤的故事对观众的情绪产生了影响，

所以这

可能意味着观众感到悲伤

或 观众可能感到失望

或者观众的情绪

受到故事的影响 悲伤的故事

所以我们说悲伤的故事会影响

观众的情绪 所以这意味着

产生影响

好吧 让我们继续讨论

如何使用这个动词的一些变化 第一个变体

是行动起来 这意味着

表现出消极行为以做出不良

行为 一些例子 我的哮喘正在

行动 孩子们昨晚在晚宴上行动了

好吧 所以在第一个例句中我

提到哮喘实际上是一种

疾病 这是一种疾病 哮喘 哮喘

很常见 这是一种肺部问题或

与呼吸相关的问题

我的哮喘

有问题 我的病情不好，

因为我的哮喘 我的哮喘 我

的病，换句话说，现在有点严重

的行为，所以我

现在在第二个句子示例中因为我的哮喘而遇到问题，

但是在这种情况下是一个人，

所以孩子们在晚宴上表演

意味着孩子们在晚宴上表现出不良行为

消极行为 所以

行动起来意味着正在发生一些消极的

事情发生某种消极的行为

是好的所以下一个变化

是行动起来行动也确实意味着

以一种消极的方式表现但

行动和行动之间的区别

是行动 有

这种不良行为的感觉是为了

引起注意所以你表现出来是因为你

想被注意到

重新做出

某种极端的行为，或者这可能

是一种可耻的行为，或者它

真的很粗鲁，或者可能太性感了，

可以有很多不同的方式来表现出来，

但想法是行动发生了

因为这个人想要得到一些

关注，不管是消极的还是积极的

，它只是想引起注意，

但我们应该小心，因为

这与采取行动不同，采取行动与

采取行动不同

意味着

用你的身体代表一个活动，

这意味着展示一个场景或

解释电影中的一个场景，或者

用你的身体向某人展示一个手势，

所以我们表演了我们最喜欢的

电影场景，她表演了这个故事，所以

表演了一些事情 意味着使用你的

身体就像身体上使用你

身体的某些部位来表现出一些东西，

例如像一个简单的动作，如果我

想表现出来打电话我

会这样做，就像做打电话的手势

我们可以说 这是

表现出一个电话你好这是表现出某

事我正在使用我的身体

并且我正在使用手势来解释

某事来解释一种行为所以这

与表现某事和交流是不同的

t out 有非常不同的含义，所以

要谨慎行事 需要

直接对象来行事，所以

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非常适合 pinpoi 找出语言的细微差别

并发展自己的

口音和耳朵

号码来分解写作系统

每种语言都有自己独特的

规则和挑战在

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于一个点 尝试一次学习

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的一部分进行大量工作，直到

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阶段，你可能会错过重要的细节

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第三

在上下文中学习语法

无论

你正在学习什么语言，一旦你超越

了语言中的基本词汇，这个技巧都适用

通过

在

短语的

上下文

中学习规则来提高

语法模式 在每

节课之后，您可以查看示例

以了解语法的特定方面

是如何工作的，然后您可以

练习

使用相同的规则

缓慢但肯定地制作自己的类似短语

对语言有更大的自主权 这种

方法比记忆表格或规则要有效得多，

如果你能使用

刚学过的语法和词汇，

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它，从而在下次

你想说什么时记住它 用你的目标

语言 4 得到

母语者的反馈 从母语者那里得到正确和

准确的反馈

对于提高你的语言技能至关重要

无论你是阅读还是

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错误是什么，这样你才能纠正

它们 有些人愿意并且能够

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似乎更像是一次发现之旅，而

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前进道路的工具 当

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比其他人更快 这是因为他们

更聪明 更多

或只是幸运，

大多数情况

下并非如此

看看

你

可以在自己的学习中使用的成功语言学习者的五种技巧 第一个

击中简单的目标从容易

实现的目标

开始 你可能想

在第一次开始学习一门

新语言时尽可能多地学习 但

无论你是

想每周学习十个基本

词汇还是只是想复习一些

语法 你已经学习过，

可能需要复习一下，

让你开始

语言学习之旅的更简单的目标可以让你

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达到更难的目标，但是当

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语法永远不会阻止你

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在处理更复杂的语法时，隐含学习本身并不能很好地解决

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动词变位 名词

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对话，您可以

在学习

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在不求助于

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其他学习者

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专注于被理解

毫无疑问，当你开始

与母语人士交谈时，你会

犯很多错误 这

是语言学习过程的一个自然部分 在你

最初的几次对话中，你可能会

读错词缀或者

完全忘记单词，但没关系

，

只要你和母语为母语的人一起练习，

他们可以给你准确的

反馈，这些错误无济于事，

只能帮助你改进 获得

关于你的错误的反馈 在你的口语练习中，下一个最

重要的事情

是在你犯错时保持

对话

继续进行，如果你不记得一个词，则继续前进

即使你的

句子或成瘾出现了一个

有点奇怪的

数字 fi 用你的

目标语言写日记 大多数人

都说说你正在学习的语言是多么重要，

但几乎没有人

提到用这种语言写作有多么强大

用你的目标语言写作

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老式纸质期刊上，并

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看它 你也可以在线写条目

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它总是

有益的 使用这些技巧作为指导来

启动你的进步无论如何

保持你的 抬起头来，经过一点

耐心和努力，你很快就会

说你的目标语言

了 d 钉子斗争 但是，如果您曾经在

某个时间点学习一门新语言有过消极的经历

，请不要让

那阻止您再次尝试

，事实是学习任何

语言都不容易，但

有时绝对有可能

成功之间的区别 失败

与你的能力或才能的关系不大，而与

你看待事物的方式有很大关系。

在这个视频中，我们将

研究如何避免新语言学习者犯的五个严重错误。

说 慢

说快听是很好的生活

建议 无论你是否正在学习一门

外语 有效的倾听

对于沟通来说是必不可少的 作为初学者

有一种倾向是

专注于你将要说的内容以及如何说

你会说你可能

完全错过了对方试图传达的意思或核心，

这

不仅会损害

你用目标语言倾听的能力

它还会阻碍

你进行的小对话记住

对话是双向的，如果

你说的比听的多，那么

你实际上手上的独白

比对话更多 语言

学习听力和阅读的输入是

与初学者口语和写作的输出同样重要

输入

更为重要，因为它们是

您获得新词汇的主要方式，我们甚至

到目前为止说，对于新生来说，

最好的学习方法涉及更多的

听力而不是口语 尽管

这可能会随着熟练程度的提高而改变

第二

当你说话时不要感到尴尬 人们的下一个错误

通常来自光谱的另一端，

即新学习者过于

害怕或尴尬而无法参与

对话 害怕犯错误

和 让自己难堪会使

你的语言学习瘫痪 重要的是要

记住，每个人都会犯错误，

即使是母语人士也必须解决 d 他们

小时候学习

一门新语言时犯错是不可避免的，但这

也是一件好事

试着把它们看作是

在现实中取得进步的步骤 那是它们

真正的第三位 不要专注于

小问题 如果一次全部接受一门

新语言可能会感到不知所措

很容易因

你所有的小错误而气馁

会话失误，

如果你正在取得的进步

除了错误之外，你也会失去

视力

记住，这些都是

流利路上的小障碍，

最重要的是不要放弃

坚持下去，如果你坚持

你的错误 es 会得到纠正，你的

能力会提高，但如果你放慢速度

或完全认输，

那么你要么颠覆你的进步，

要么把它全部搞砸，所以请记住，

只要你还在学习和

学习语言，你就可以

不要失去它可能会让你觉得你在

语言学习的战斗中输了

一会儿，但坚持

下去，一个帮助你保持积极性的实用方法

是制定每周的小目标

研究表明，目标设定

对学习有重大影响 尝试

选择语法的一个方面或一

组新单词或短语

在周末的接下来的 7 天里学习

检查你的进度并

衡量你的成功 设置这样的小

基准会给你一种

正当的成就感

第四记住 沉浸并不

神奇 很多人认为

移居国外他们会

通过渗透学习语言，但

无论你是在国外学习还是在国内学习，你

仍然需要

在一个新国家学习和练习语言比呆在家里

给你提供了更多的机会，

但是如果你在国外生活时没有

有意识地利用这些

机会，

那么如果

你是一个 居住在

外国的

外籍人士

天生倾向于与其他外籍人士

闲逛

那么你想

尽可能多地和说母语的人一起出去玩

你的

余生都和说你语言的人在一起

这并不意味着忽略你的外籍

朋友 只要确保你对你的人给予

适当的关注 语言

学习 语言

比学得好 第五

思想开放 语言

比学得好 学习

大脑想要的新语言时 为了

使新的语法和词汇

符合你的母语规范和

语法规则，一开始忽略你的大脑，

你可能会觉得完全

错误地说一句实际上是正确的句子

在语言学习的某个点之后

有一个开关

会熄灭 当你的大脑最终

意识到你说的不是你的

母语而是一种新语言时，

这可能需要一段时间，

特别是如果这是你第一次

学习一门新语言，在那之前做

你知道是正确的事情，即使

感觉有点 很奇怪，当你

说文化也是如此，就像你

想对语言的差异持

开放态度一样，不要忘记

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