(IV)                 Tips - English Oral Presentation in 1 Semester  撇步 - 3個月讓成都學生說流利英文

Besides the two methods I mentioned in the last writings, I will teach you some more useful tips. Everybody, please set your mobile phone language system into English!

除了剛才講的這兩個方法，我再教你們一些訣竅。各位，把手機拿出來，選“設定語言”，改成English！

For method one practicing with siblings, to cultivate your interest and motivation in learning English is the most important purpose of all. However, the following ones will be very realistic and related to your normal life! For instance, when you pick up your mobile to check the time now, it’s already different!

第一個方法裡和你兄弟姐妹玩的遊戲，最主要是培養你對英文的強烈動機和需求。接下的這些可就真真實實、非常貼近你的生活！譬如說，你現在拿起手機看時間，已經不一樣了。

3.   Watch movies or series with/without English subtitles 看電影或影集（英文字幕/不要字幕）

Movies or TV shows are one of the main sources of English slangs and useful phrases, especially the TV series, because the movies are sometimes too exaggerated. In addition, when you are watching these series, remember to turn off the Chinese subtitles! Otherwise it will be all in vain if you rely on them. You may start with English subtitles first and then turn them off later when you think you understand what’s going on in the show or when you get some progress on English listening comprehension. By this way, it will not only help you with some oral usages, but you will also improve your English listening skill!

電影或電視影集是這些生活用語的來源之一，尤其電視影集，因為電影通常誇張一些。看這些電視影集時要記得，千萬不要開中文字幕！一旦依賴它們就等於白看了。初步接觸跟不上的同學，可以先開英文字幕，熟悉了以後再關掉。這不只讓你學到一些口語用法，你的聽力也會突飛猛進！

When I was in Chengdu, I had longer teaching hours per week for some classes. So I spent some time guiding my student there to the first step of this way. But since that watching series is still your own entertainment in your free time, I can only tell you the way! Go watch them yourself when you are back home.

我在成都時，有些班級每週的時數比較長，我有花一節課時間做示範給同學看。但這主要還是仰賴各位自己的努力，我只能告訴你方法而已！自己回去看。

4. Read English newspaper 讀報

Recommending you guys to read newspapers in English is not only for reading comprehension and speed, come on, Chinese students read too much already! But newspapers can also help you to keep up with the time, informing you the current events. Most importantly, giving you contents to talk about when it's your turn to speak.

建議你們讀英文報紙還不全然是為了訓練閱讀速度，拜託，中國學生已經讀得夠多了！報紙是跟上時代、了解時事的一個好方法。你得讀報紙，輪到你口說時你才有題材和別人分享。

I suggested my dean in the university I was teaching in to add an extra course called "Current Events Discussion" last year. I could offer some good articles I collected from papers in a week to talk about. I would say the "Current Events Discussion"  is the second important thing after the oral training for learning English.

However, due to the upcoming IELTS, this plan was not adopted then.

I’m recently arranging for the next few months. If I finally decide to stay in Taiwan and continue my oral training career here, I will definitely add the "Current Events Discussion" as extra hours!

去年我一直建議我們大學的院長每週加開一堂“新聞英語班”，我可以把我自己讀的每週重要大事整理起來、精選幾篇。我認為這是口語演講訓練以外，學英文第二重要的事情。

當時因為學生們把焦點放在即將到來的雅思考試的緣故，這個項目並沒有被採納。我最近也正在安排下半年的計劃，如果有機會待在台灣、開我設計的課程“英語口語訓練”，我絕對會把“新聞英語班”附加進去！