Chapter 193: Environment is Important
However, Lu Yiming also knew that a girl like Lu Jiajia, who usually didn't talk much and was relatively introverted, was now speaking up for him. If he continued to remain indifferent, it would be too disrespectful.
Lu Yiming didn't care about the competition results, but he liked Lu Jiajia's character mainly. As the saying goes, if you give me a peach, I will give you a jade in return.
When you receive kindness, you should respond with kindness. This is the bottom line and responsibility that everyone should have.
Facing Li Zhengkai's relentless advance, Lu Yiming chose to confront him head-on: "Well, since you asked sincerely, Akai, I will tell you with great compassion that I do have some special techniques for learning English. This is just my humble opinion. If you think it's good, you can adopt and master it. If you think what I said is wrong, just treat it as bullshit."
Li Zhengkai was originally very proud of himself because he saw that his provocation had finally worked.
But when he saw Lu Yiming's arrogant expression and behavior when he spoke, he became angry again.
He felt that there was something else behind Lu Yiming's words, and it was clearly directed at him!
However, Li Zhengkai couldn't get angry right now and could only think about how to find fault later.
As for Wu Kejun, he has always looked down on poor students. Lu Yiming's grades in previous years were obviously among the poor students. Therefore, when Lu Yiming said that there was a better way to learn English, Wu Kejun sneered.
"Then tell me, what better way do you have? Even the English teacher said that the first step to learning English well is to improve your vocabulary. You actually questioned the method Li Zhengkai proposed. Aren't you contradicting the teacher?"
Lu Yiming glanced at her calmly, and then said, "Akai's method is not bad, but it's not good enough. Whether it's increasing vocabulary or reciting aloud, it takes time and effort to produce results. But now the competition is about to begin. How much can you improve by doing this now? One percent, two percent, or three percent? Will this have a decisive impact on the outcome of the competition?"
As soon as Lu Yiming opened his mouth, his analytical angle showed his uniqueness.
First of all, his first sentence, claiming that what he said was just his "humble opinion", is in line with the humble style of the culture, so that people who hear it will not have strong resistance in their hearts. In addition, he said afterwards that if you think it is good, use it, and if you think it is not good, don't use it, and then he said a witty remark at the end, which directly removed everyone's psychological defenses and made people start to listen carefully involuntarily.
This is the art of speaking.
The same sentence, said in different ways, can produce completely different effects.
Then, what Lu Yiming said was exactly the same as what the teacher usually said, so everyone naturally found it easier to accept it.
"Yes, the competition is about to start. How many words can you memorize now?"
"Language subjects are not something that can be learned overnight. If you don't have a solid foundation in your daily life, it's useless to cram at the last minute."
Many people began to agree with Lu Yiming's statement.
Wu Kejun was still unconvinced: "Lu Yiming, do you have a better idea?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Yes, it is. You should analyze the current situation carefully. Let's talk about other things. Just look at the oral abilities of the people who signed up. Their abilities are also uneven. Hong Kong is a place where English is directly used for teaching. Even if some of us pass the written test, if our oral skills are not good, even if we win the competition by chance, it will be embarrassing to go there."
What Lu Yiming said made sense, and everyone agreed with it.
"Also, when learning a language, you need to listen, speak, read and write. The current teaching model only focuses on listening and writing. The test starts with listening, and the most points are for writing. Isn't this nonsense? I think speaking and reading are the most important. The most important thing about a language is not to do exercises, but to use it in practice. Language is a tool for communication. Do you mean that when others are talking to you, you take a pen and write them? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"
"Moreover, the teacher has also emphasized that a sense of language is very important when learning English. Once you develop a sense of language, you will feel awkward if you make a mistake in saying certain collocations. People with a good sense of language will not have bad English scores. I plan to design several English dialogue scenarios so that everyone can enhance their sense of language and deepen their application of grammar during the process of using it. Combined with the vocabulary that everyone has mastered, it should be more than enough to cope with this level of competition."
Although Lu Yiming sounded arrogant when he spoke, a detailed analysis revealed that his words were clear and logical, with absolutely no faults to be found.
Moreover, compared with the correct nonsense said by Li Zhengkai, Lu Yiming's speech is obviously refreshing and more practical.
Now it was Li Zhengkai's turn to be at a loss. He scratched his head and thought for a long time, but he didn't know how to find fault or refute. He even thought that Lu Yiming's method was better. Suddenly, he felt a strong sense of frustration and his spirit became listless.
It was obvious that Lu Yiming beat him again in this round.
After being abused so many times in a row, he began to feel a little unconfident.
However, he has been a genius since he was a child and grew up with the praise of people around him. Naturally, he would not easily admit that Lu Yiming is better than him.
At least, he hasn't given up in his heart.
Wu Qiuya was quite surprised by this. She smiled sweetly and praised him: "Student Lu Yiming, you can also design English dialogue scenes? That's amazing."
Not only Wu Qiuya, but even Lu Jiajia looked at Lu Yiming with surprise and joy.
As the daughter of a diplomat, her oral skills were naturally cultivated by her father over time.
What her father often told her was: To learn English, you need the right environment.
When you go to a place where everyone speaks English, no matter how poor your English is, as long as you spend some time with them, you will naturally be able to communicate with others in English with ease.
On the contrary, if there is no language environment, everyone speaks Chinese when they meet and never speaks English in normal times. After a long time, what they have learned will be forgotten, let alone improving their level.
If Lu Yiming can really design a set of English dialogue scenarios that cover as much of daily life as possible, and everyone can learn and consolidate from each other, then wouldn’t the language environment be created?
Although it is just a small environment, it is much better than being alone there and making noises.
It’s like running. When you go out in the morning, there are nice sidewalks and jogging paths on both sides of the road, but you just don’t want to run. You even think that if you run, people around you will look at you strangely.
On the contrary, if many people are running on the track and you are walking alone, you will feel embarrassed and will start to run slowly.
This is the impact of the environment on people.
