Talking to native speakers informally,
Listening to the radio or watching TV,
Attending lectures, seminars, etc.
Individual Langauge learning.
Positive attitude
kind of examination
Multiple - choice type
Writing type
Reading comprehension
speed
150 to 160 words per minute
Study reading speed
Average reading speed
Skimming
Listening Comprehension
involved
Staff
Students
Both
the major causes of problems
Listening and speaking in seminars
Understanding spoken
English 70% of difficulties
of the postgraduates in the
arrival in the UK
Fluency and self-expression
48% of students in the
arrival
The reason
Students spend little time
in actually speaking
English in a typical day
Because little opportunities to practice.
So they do not participate.
The most the inability to express
themselves adequately in the
spoken language.
Speak too fast,
pression to think,
shyness to say
something wrong,
not know how to say
something in English,
fear to say something
with a different
sense, frustration.
Academic writing
Students difficulties
Vocabulary 62%
Style 53%
Spelling loom large 41%
Grammar 38%
punctuation 18%
Handwriting 12%
Staff difficulties
Style 92%
Grammar 77%
Vocabulary 70%
Handwriting 31%
Punctuation 23%
Spelling 23%
Listening with understanding and note-taking in lectures