怪不得我姊姊的女兒 , 她自己報了到英國 , 一個月要十萬元

後來讓她去免費(學費) 的德國

每天（或隔天）強迫自己看 CNN 或 BBC，嘴巴跟著碎碎唸，

（光聽不夠，嘴巴一定要動，熟悉一下那些音律）

一方面也可知道一些國際新聞，台灣電視台的國際新聞實在太少了。

沙塵人間.難滌心垢.虛擬世界.反見真情.

樓下成吉思汗的媽真是說出很多人的心聲！

聽語音系統可以重複聽很多次，可是要說給語音系統聽，就很頭大了。尤其每次要小龍包拼出名字，就非常火大卻又不能對著電話大吼。

又，小龍包剛到美國時，課堂上英文的聽說還好，可是一碰到人家要我抄電話號碼就糟了，總要聽個兩三次才能把所有號碼寫對，好像有數字的 learning disability，非得把英文轉成中文再寫下來。後來某次課堂上聊天，才發現巴西、韓國來的學生也有這樣的情形，大概數字跟語言還是用到不同的腦細胞吧。

小驢子之前也去美國遊學近一年,也是人生中英聽的高峰(還是不怎地), 現在...... 唉......就更遜了

我在台灣使用信用卡的中文語音

也是要重覆聽 , 因為突然聽不懂電話裡的中文語法了~

年輕時我也在美國遊學一陣子 , 不過我都是住在小阿姨家白吃白住

不但省很大 ,有時還偷打工哩~

..................

妳到英國遊學很貴 , 每個月平均要多少啊~

Use it or lose it.

任何語言都是要常用才會記得好.

Apple

Hi Ping Ze,

It's always interesting reading your articles.

A lot of people must have experienced what you have experienced. Learning languages is all about using it often as possible. My Japanese colleague in NZ returned back to Japan to work. 6 months later I visited him in Tokyo and found his English became so poor! It had been only for 6 months!

Immigrating to other countries isn't easy. Speaking English well may be a skill in Taiwan and it may give you extra edges to get a job, but in English speaking countries it's not a special skill. It's a basic tool for survival and communicating. It's one of most basic social aspects and there is nothing special about it. Fortunately I understood that soon after I came to NZ.

It was a long process for me to learn English. I believe I tried harder than my other classmates in language school. I even cut out all the chances of using Chinese, like quiting reading Chinese news paper and even not making any Chinese speaking friends.

I know it was a bit too extreme, but it worked! It worked very well. Sorry guys. I was not being arrogant. I just knew what my priority was.

It's my experience to share with you.

Cheers

Barry