A: What things are difficult

for you to learn English?

B: I can’t pronounce some of

the words.

____I can’t pronounce some of the words.____I can’t understand spoken English.____I read very slowly.____I can’t spell some English words.____I make mistakes in grammar.

The challenges we may face to1. can’t get the pronunciation right2. forget a lot of new words3. can’t always understand when people talk to me 4. can’t understand the words in magazines5. don’t get much writing practice

What are solutions to the challenges?

1.read English words and texts2.practice speaking English with others3.listen more4.take grammar notes

ListeningListen and check the challenges Paul talks about.

2a

2b Match the challenges in 2a with the solutions.

• A: I don’t have a partner to practice English with.• B: Maybe you should join an English language club.

Make conversations using the information from 2a and 2b

1. the teacher’s pronunciation was poor.

2. people always laughed at her when she spoke.

3. she had trouble making complete sentences.

4. English grammar was difficult.

Write “T” or “F” before the statements.

F

F

TT

The writer found learning English difficult because…

Her English improved when she started …

5. going out with English-speaking friends.

6. lots of listening practice.

7. using grammar in original sentences.

F

T

T

3. later on

.

Phrases and sentences1. first of all

2. to begin with

It’ll be sunny later on, I think.

be afraid to +v. + sth.

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.

Be afraid of + sth./v-ing

She is afraid of snakes.

The boy is afraid of going out at night.

5. laugh at When people are in trouble, we

should not laugh at them

6. decide + to + v. +sth

She decided to buy an English dictionary.

7. I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner.

Reading in the sun is bad for you eyes.

One of my pens doesn’t work,it’s broken.

Prop.(介词 ) + v-ing

What about going out for a work?

He is good at drawing.8. Another thing that I found very difficult was English grammar.某人 + find(s) / found +that 从句I found that maths was difficult.

某人 +find +sth.+ adj

某人 +find(s) + it +adj. + (for sb.) + to+v. +sth.

Jim found the book very interesting.

They find it difficult for him to learn English well.

9. Then I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning.

We’ll have fun learning and speaking English.The kids went out talking and laughing.

10. Now I am enjoying learning English and…

enjoy + v-ing

practice/finish/mind +v-ing

Explanation Explanation 1. Unless 连词，“除非，如果不……”e.g. I will go to the Great Wall tomo

rrow unless it is cloudy.

2. be angry with sb. “ 生某人的气”e.g. Our teacher is angry with us bec

ause we don’t listen to him

in class.

1. Unless 连词，“除非，如果不……”e.g. I will go to the Great Wall tomo

rrow unless it is cloudy.

2. be angry with sb. “ 生某人的气”e.g. Our teacher is angry with us bec

ause we don’t listen to him

in class.

3. see sb. doing sth.

“ 看见某人做某事” 动词 see 后面用动词的现在分词作宾补。类似的动词还有： hear,

watch, find 等。

3. see sb. doing sth.

“ 看见某人做某事” 动词 see 后面用动词的现在分词作宾补。类似的动词还有： hear,

watch, find 等。

e.g. When I passed by his room, I

heard him singing an English son

g.

4.change ... into ... “ 把……变为……”

e.g. Please change the Chinese se

ntences into English.

e.g. When I passed by his room, I

heard him singing an English son

g.

4.change ... into ... “ 把……变为……”

e.g. Please change the Chinese se

ntences into English.

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