Hypothetical English (VCD)

Author: Zhang Yuanxia
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: This book is a secret weapon launched by Dr. Zhang Yuanxia, a U.S. psychology postdoctoral fellow. The author himself moved from a level where he couldn't understand or speak English to nervously stepping into the U.S. Illinois Institute of Psychology to teach lectures to American psychology doctoral students. During this high-stakes attempt, he spoke English using only a limited number of words, only to unexpectedly achieve remarkable results. After three months of lectures, his teaching received high praise from the students, with some even writing in the evaluation form: "Dr. Zhang is highly knowledgeable, witty, and a rare gem in the academy." Inspired by the success of his speech, Dr. Zhang wrote Speak English the Wrong Way. In the book, he critiques all the conventional English teaching materials in China: correct, standard, natural, and flawless, but difficult to learn. He believes that most people's methods of learning English are wrong, mistaking it for a scholarly pursuit that tortures themselves, while forgetting that the purpose of learning English is for communication. The book summarizes the shortcut for Chinese people to communicate in English as "Three ": Use simple English, in fluent ways, to express complex ideas.