How to Correct Mistakes in Language Learning?
In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the basic goal of language use is communication, then mistakes are secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually as realization of those mistakes increase. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes.①The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. For example, a Spanish speaker who has been saying “I do it” to express willingness to do something in the immediate future, could, by interacting with native speakers of English, observe that native speakers actually say “I’ll do it”. The resulting difference can serve as a basis for the student to correct his way of using the present tense in English. But a student who is unwilling to interact in the first place would lose this opportunity to learn by trial and error.② [167 words]
行文点评
好文妙译
语言学习中如何改错?
佳句临摹
①【注释】on the other hand很多情况下和on the one hand连用,表示同时存在的两个方面。
【临摹】I never could memorize poetry. On the other hand, I remember numbers. I never forget an address or a date.我从来记不住诗歌,但我却记得数字,我从不会忘记一个地址或日子。
②【注释】by trial and error反复试验,不断摸索
【临摹】Knowing as little as we do, there is no course open to us but trial and error.我们这样知之甚少,除了不断摸索别无出路。
思如泉涌
Man errs so long as he strives. 人只要奋斗就会犯错误。
To err is human, to forgive, divine. 人非圣贤,孰能无过。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. 想不犯错误,就一事无成。
A fault confessed is half redressed. 知错能改,善莫大焉。