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Most common mistakes language

語言學習者最常犯的錯誤

Fear

心有畏懼

It doesn’t matter how well a person can write in foreign script, conjugate a verb, or finish a vocabulary test. To learn, improve, and truly use your target language, we need to speak.

外文寫得漂不漂亮、知不知道動詞變位或能不能通過詞匯測試其實真的不是很重要，重要的是你學有進步、真正學以致用。我們要的是能夠交流。

This is the stage when language students can clam up, and feelings of shyness or insecurity hinder all their hard work. In Eastern cultures where saving face is a strong social value, EFL teachers often complain that students, despite years of studying English, simply will not speak it. They’re too afraid of bungling the grammar or mispronouncing words in a way that would embarrass them.

這個階段，學習者會因為害羞或不安而難以開口，導致所有辛苦付出難以收獲回報。東方文化中，要面子是很重要的社會價值觀。經常有英語老師抱怨說，許多學生盡管已經學習很多年英語，但就是開不了口。他們太害怕因為發錯音或犯語法錯誤而遭遇尷尬了。

The key is that those mistakes help language learners by showing them the limits of language, and correcting errors before they become ingrained. The more learners speak, the quicker they improve.

其實，這些錯誤可以幫助學習者發現自己語言學習的不足，并在錯誤根深蒂固之前予以糾正。學習者越是敢于開口，就越容易取得進步。

【知識點講解】

afraid of 害怕

例句：

Why should a great community like a university be afraid of nihilism?

為什么像大學這樣人才濟濟的社區要害怕虛無主義呢？

Aren't you afraid of being seen as a righteous crusader?

你不怕被人看作是一個裝腔作勢的改革者？

He was a little bit afraid of his father's reaction.

他有點害怕父親的反應。

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