EAP 104-001 Fall 2013

By Alex Chu 56309131; Christian Zheng 47259130

Blog.  Learning English requires a lot of effort, group work and collaborative learning is a really essential part of it. Group work give us more chance to talk and communicate with each others, which can improve our spoken skills. In addition, it can also enhance the pronunciation, as we can correct others errors in pronunciation when we are doing group work.  Moreover, we can combine our vocabulary bank because each of us know different words so we can learn new words when we are doing group works. Furthermore, solving problems can be easier when we are working in partners. It is because we can solve problems through discussion but not thinking by your own, which is obviously more efficient. Also, we can share our learning styles or the most efficient way to learn English.  To conclusion, learning English in groups can upgrade our spoken skills, expand our vocabulary, share our learning styles and solve problems together which can make our learning be more effective. Nevertheless, we still require to be hardworking when we learning this language.

By Tracy, Paul, Fred

The differences of cngenital talents between children and adults decide the divergence of their English  learning methods. As for children, their memory is much better than adults’; therefore, they can remember more words and use less energy in a limited time than adults. According an experiment made by Tsinghua university, children can remember 30 words per 10 mins on average, which is twice than adults’. Despite this, adults still have their own adventages to learn English,   because their abilities of practice are higher than children. For example, they know how to use the words appropriately and they always try to find chances to use them. Therefore, although they can only remember 1/2 words of children’s in a limited time, they can remember them efficiently. All in all, good memory and excellent practical ability are the major differences of them to learn English.

by Zhang Liping #19049139 , by Aining Yu #58605130

Learning English is necessary in the modern world, whether to adapt this competitive society or for the job positions. In terms of the differences between learning English as a child and an adult, there are several points to mention.

Firstly, In the aspect of reading books, children pay more attention to the visual image, while adults would prefer to acquire literature knowledge. It is obvious that in children’s books, there are lots of pictures with abundant colors, which can attract children’s attention and arouse their interests.

Secondly, for remembering English, children are able to remember it by reading aloud or playing games. However, for adults, they are used to figuring out the grammar used or sentences meaning in order to strengthen their awareness of English.

Thirdly, the ability for adults or children to learn English is quite different. Due to the lack of language experience, children are able to accept new knowledge easily. Though, for adults, If the English is the second Language for them, they will always remind of their first language. Thus, It is more likely for adults to mix them up.

Therefore, the main differences are dependent on their abilities to learn, the ways to memorize English as well as the methods to master new language.

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Leo Xi #55875132

Johnny Fang #55617138

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What major differences have you notices between learning English as a child and learning as an adult?

Main thesis: learning English as a child is easier because of the younger ages, and it’s more interesting, more fun, playing while studying. As an adult learning English need more skills and more patience on it.

English is widely spoken around the world at present, and it can be learned at any age. But different people with different experiences have different opinion on it. Leo has the opinion that the younger the learners are, the better achievements they will have on learning English. He has a friend who was born in 1998 and she can speak English very well. She also touches some achieves that her peers cannot reach. Johnny also thoughts that the age of learning English is the younger the better. However adults can learn English as well, just need more patience and skills. He met some people in some English corners for adults, on many familiar topics many adults are willing to try to speak to the foreigner speakers. As time goes by, more and adults are able to speak more and more, and they can peak more and more fluently. Therefore, the age of learning English can be a major disparity, and it can be affected by some other minor aspects.

By:Emma, 41788134, Helen 559887135

We find a lot of differences of learning English between children and adults today. First, children regard learning English as entertainment, it’s fresh and interesting to read a “wired” pronunciation. They are curious about a new language and have passion toward it. As for adults, learning English is just a mission for them which makes them feel under too much pressure. They are not willing to know deeper about it. Secondly, children have better memory to learn vocabulary, but it’s a big problem for adults to spend a lot of time on remembering new words. Children are not embarrassed to speak aloud in front of people or speak to foreigners. On the opposite, sometimes it’s awkward for adults to speak English because they are always concerned that other people would laugh at them. However, adults are more logical to learn grammar, structure and they have critical thinking to learn English. To sum up, children and adults have their own advantages and disadvantages to learn a new language.

This will be your portal to talk to the world about what is going on inside your heads as a result of what is going on inside of our class. Every second Friday, you will be asked to compose, edit, and publish a blog entry that speaks to the unit theme of our course. You can invite your friends, family, and other professors to read our blog and leave their own comments as part of the conversation.