Is there a shortcut to learning English?

Author: Xie Jinliang
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Mastering a foreign language is a great joy, but it also requires hard work. As the saying goes, "Rome wasn't built in a day." There's no secret to it—perseverance leads to success. If this little book can serve as a guidepost, helping you reach the "main road" more quickly, that would be our hope. Language is a science. I hope there's a shortcut! Whether others believe it or not is up to them. As for us, we're stubborn and lack foresight—better to take it step by step! Language isn't formed overnight; it's the crystallization of a nation's cultural and historical heritage, a source of pride, and the essence. English isn't our native language, so wanting to become familiar with it and master it is no easy task! The old saying, "Ice isn't formed in a single day," applies to language learning too. Some people study a language for their entire lives and still don't claim to have mastered it. Take Chinese, for example. In the early days of the liberation, to speed up development, many people with basic literacy were needed. Even the literacy classes at the time took a year and a half to complete! Meanwhile, vocational schools for workers and peasants were also set up. Their actual effectiveness is undeniable. Learning Chinese is already like this, let alone learning another language. It's not easy—there's a big hurdle! English isn't static either. That's a fact, but it doesn't change so easily! All changes follow the same principle: the basic vocabulary and grammatical structure of a language remain relatively stable. Learning English still requires starting from the basics. Mastering a foreign language is a great joy, but it also requires hard work. As the saying goes, "Rome wasn't built in a day." There's no secret to it—perseverance leads to success. If this little book can serve as a guidepost, helping you reach the "main road" more quickly, that would be our hope.