<p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Noto Serif KR';" data-ke-size="size18"><b>어떻게 영어회화 실력을 향상시킬 것인가?</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">제가 이곳 영어 회화방에 글을 올리기 시작한 것이 작년 12월8일부터네요</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">처음에는 아주 조심스럽게 올리기 시작했지요 </span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">이곳에 오시는 분들은 영어회화에 관심이 많으신 분 들일 거라고 생각합니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">그동안 제가 올렸던 영어표현 들은 제가 일일이 하나씩 타자해</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">정리한 것으로 직접 말하고 들으며 익혔던 표현들입니다 </span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">작지만 영어회화 실력향상에 도움이 되셨기를 기대합니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">영어회화에서는 반복학습과 암기가 매우 중요합니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">그 보다 더 중요한 것은 발음입니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">언젠가 올렸던 미국TV방송을 자주 보시면 도움이 될 것입니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">뉴스 정도를 잘 들을 수 있고 따라 할 수 있다면 좋을 것입니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">나중에 올렸던 짧은 500개의 영어표현들도 아주 좋은 교재입니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">통째로 모두 외워서 유창하게 말할 수 있다면 도움이 될 것입니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">제가 직접 일일이 타자해서 올렸던 이런저런 유용한 표현들도</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">반복해서 학습하신다면 많은 도움이 될 것입니다 </span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">지금은 국제화시대입니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">누구나 해외여행을 하고, 인터넷으로 영어를 접하지요</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">구글검색을 할 때도 영어로 하면 한글로 할 때보다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">훨씬 더 풍부한 자료를 </span><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">검색할 수 있는게 사실입니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">아래 글은 제가 현업에 있을 때 직원 들에게 보냈던 메일입니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">저더러 늘 어떻게 하면 영어회화를 잘 할 수 있느냐고 물었지요</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">여러 직원 들의 질문을 받고나서 썼던 메일입니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">당장은 조금 지루한 감이 있어 당분간 좀 쉬려고 합니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">영어회화공부도 열심히 하시고 늘 건강하시기 바랍니다</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-ke-size="size16">그동안 성원해 주셔서 정말 감사했습니다 ^^*</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><div class="figure-img" data-ke-type="image" data-ke-style="alignLeft" data-ke-mobilestyle="widthOrigin"><img src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cafeattach/Uu6O/250621b29329412ba3168a20563b580876de7ca5" class="txc-image" data-img-src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cafeattach/Uu6O/250621b29329412ba3168a20563b580876de7ca5" data-origin-width="357" data-origin-height="60"></div><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">Dear all,</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"> </span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">I know that we all are struggling to improve our English capabilities including myself.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">However it's not easy as English is not our mother tongue but second language.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">So it takes a lot of time and effort. </span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">I believe that there is no short cut or easy way to master English</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">but we've got to try very hard everyday. Otherwise we cannot make it happen.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"> </span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">I collected good English expressions for the last say 20 years since I joined our company in 1982</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">and typed them up as an exercise to improve my typing skill after I rejoined our company in December 1998 as attached.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">I'd like to share this with you now and hope that this may help you a little bit to improve your English capabilities.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"> </span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><span style="color: #000000;">I think that there are</span> <span style="color: #000000;"><b>some important points we got to keep in mind to improve our English capabilities.</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>1.     </b><span style="color: #ee2323;"><b>Basic </b><b>English structures</b></span><b><span style="color: #ee2323;">.</span> Middle school English text books help quite a lot.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>2.     </b><span style="color: #ee2323;"><b>Use </b><b>simple and short expressions</b></span><b> rather than difficult and long ones.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>Many native speakers cannot read or understand difficult articles in "Time" or "Newsweek"</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>but they still speak English very fluently using easy and simple expressions.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>3.    <span style="color: #ee2323;"> </span></b><span style="color: #ee2323;"><b>Listening skill.</b></span><b><span style="color: #ee2323;"> </span>Speed and different accents and words by different nationalities.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>Listening to news programs in Fox News, CNN, ABC, Arirang TV, NHK, etc. helps.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>4.     </b><span style="color: #ee2323;"><b>Pronunciation </b></span><b>is the most important when speaking.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>Practise the pronunciation first at least 5 times rather than understanding the meaning</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>when opening the dictionary. And pronounce the whole sentences not individual words.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>5.     </b><span style="color: #ee2323;"><b>Memorize </b><b>native expressions (slangs) </b></span><b>as sentences or set not individual words .</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>Let's try to memorize about 1,000 expressions. Don't ask why.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>Don't try to compose new sentences in your head but use a set of sentences as they are.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>6.    <span style="color: #ee2323;"> </span></b><span style="color: #ee2323;"><b>Improve </b></span><b><span style="color: #ee2323;">vocabulary</span> </b><b>easy ones in particular.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>7.     </b><b>Understand </b><span style="color: #ee2323;"><b>special terminologies</b></span><b> regarding our industry and business.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>8.     </b><b><span style="color: #ee2323;">Read news materials in English</span> as frequently as possible to </b><b>update your knowledge</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>about what's going on out in the world.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b>9.     </b><b>Knowledge about your hobby, culture, food, everyday life, </b><b>etc. in English</b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">If you have any ideas to help us to improve our English capabilities, let's share it with others.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16"> </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">Let's try to master English together! Yes, we can do it.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Nanum Gothic';" data-ke-size="size16">SS</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"> </p>
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English seems not to improve even if we try, but it is getting better. I am now going to enjoy English rather than study it. Thank you so much. And see you again, 청솔님~^^
청솔님^^ These days, I also have some quiet time to rest. I used to wait while reading 청솔님 English writing. Thank you for your hard work. It was very helpful. See you next time.
첫댓글 Thank you for sharing with your experience.
Take care.~
Thanks.
I hope you continue the posting.
Bye now. ^^*
Thank you 청솔님.
Thanks to you, English conversation skill will be growing up..
Thanks.
Keep up the good job.
Good luck.
English seems not to improve even if we try, but it is getting better.
I am now going to enjoy English rather than study it.
Thank you so much. And see you again, 청솔님~^^
Absolutely.
You'd better enjoy rather than just try.
I'm sure that you'll get somewhere
as long as you'll enjoy it.
Thanks a lot for your support so far.
Bye now. ^^*
Why.... at this time of our age..???
청솔님^^
These days, I also have some quiet time to rest.
I used to wait while reading 청솔님 English writing.
Thank you for your hard work. It was very helpful.
See you next time.
I really appreciate your support.
You always encourage me by
putting kind and nice replies.
I won't forget it and
when l'm ready I'll be back.
Take care and good luck. ^^*
@청솔.
We look forward to the day we can be together again.
Thank you for loving the English Club.
I won't forget it ^^