Wang Yunni. Why is the learning of college English poorly? [EB/OL]. (2021-07-05) https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QiTc_Wbsl9OqwKSVbXkOrQ Keywords: College English; Learning effect summary: Compared with high school English, college English has the problem of poor learning effect, and t

Wang Yunni.Why is the poor effect of college English learning [EB/OL]. (2021-07-05)

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QiTc_Wbsl9OqwKSVbXkOrQ

Keywords: University English; Learning effect

Abstract: High school English has the problem of poor learning effect in college English, and the reasons for this are relatively complicated. First of all, the course assessment standards are lowered, and students are prone to follow the trend; secondly, students are not adapted to independent learning, resulting in poor learning results; secondly, students lack internal motivation and are more likely to feel fatigue and meaningless in memorizing words, etc.; secondly, they ignore the cultivation of listening and speaking skills and stay in "dumb English"; lastly, they are "aware of it is easy but difficult to act", and learn English well "with heart movement but no action".

After entering university, we often hear the saying "Freshman year is the peak state of English, and it will be worse than one year in the future." While making people laugh, we should also reflect on why this phenomenon occurs.

1. Due to the lowering of course assessment standards, the assessment method of college English courses has changed. As a general course, it has become the general minimum standard for students. As long as you pass the exam, you will pass the selection. As an important part of scores, high school English does not have the lowest requirements for students. On the contrary, high school English pursues high standards in the score dimension. This gap has led to a significant reduction in the importance of English among new college students in non-English majors.

2. The effect is not obvious due to inadapting to independent learning

The deterioration of non-English majors in English may also be caused by inadapting to university teaching methods. High school teaching is relatively rigid. A lot of knowledge points will be instilled in one class. Teachers will generally "chew" the knowledge points and feed them directly to students, because this is the most efficient way under test-oriented education. However, the university’s English learning method encourages students to express their understanding of the text. The focus shifts from learning words to understanding text, which will inevitably make some students who are accustomed to "speaking with food".

3. Fatigue due to lack of internal motivation and meaningless

After a period of practical learning, I found that I was very prone to fatigue and meaninglessness in the process of memorizing words. Words are endless compared to the time we can use. In the process of memorizing words, if you do not plan every day, you will easily feel tired. Because the dozens of words learned that day are just a drop in the ocean compared to the entire thesaurus, learners cannot see the end, so naturally they will lose motivation. Secondly, our results of the word memorization that day will not give us a quick response, and some words will never appear in the future. This creates a temporary sense of meaninglessness, as if the memorization of words is useless. During the assessment. Pick two reading comprehensions and find some questions to do the test may bring with you a higher score improvement than memorizing words.

4. Identifying listening and speaking and staying in "dumb English"

For Chinese students, listening and speaking are also a shortcoming in English learning. Due to the lack of language environment and lack of companions to learn English, we all learned dumb English. Looking at the words, you can accurately grasp the meaning of the passage, but listening to others' words seems to be listening to heavenly books. This is also one of the reasons why there is a dilemma in college English learning. But if we can learn English with multiple partners, I think the effect will be significantly improved. Try to express your meaning clearly in English during your daily communication, so that you can gradually get used to the English environment and also have a good effect on listening tests. At the same time, after memorizing the words, the companions can also give a small test to summarize the day's study and give timely feedback and motivation, which can solve the feeling of fatigue and meaninglessness well.

5. Because "knowledge is easy and hard to do", "has the heart move but no action"

English is an internationally common language, no matter when it is important, and it has an important impact on our research on foreign literature. Therefore, we must not lower our requirements.