1.To tell in advance
What level do you desire your English to achieve? How long do you spend learning English every day?
Some students always think that they are not much of an English learner, so I have to ask them one question – how much time have you spent on English? How can your English get improved if you always brush aside the reading materials and just cram for the English exam a day or two before the exam? Consequently, it is bound to generate your fear for English tests. For me, due to the deep love for English, I have been studying it almost every day, and sometimes I will study it for two or three hours every day even on holidays (Just take myself for example. You don’t need to expend too much time, actually. Frankly speaking, it mainly depends on your personal goals and self-positioning. If you don’t aim high in English, an average of 20 minutes per day is fine. For instance, opting to do some reading practices and memorize dozens of words per week. Meanwhile, it is also advisable to allocate time for books and courses related to your major, etc.).
大家期待自己的英語達到什麼水平呢？每天會用多長時間學英語？
一些同學總是覺得自己不擅長英語，那我就不得不提醒一下了，你們花了多少時間在英語上呀【笑】如果平時沒怎麼學英語，只是在臨近考試那一兩天抱抱佛腳，英語水平怎麼能提高？當然是會害怕考試了。對我來說，因為一直很喜歡英語，所以幾乎每天都在保持學習的狀態，假期裡有時每天也會學習兩三個小時英語（這裡只是舉我自己的例子。時間也不用花太多，主要看個人的目標和定位。如果對英語沒有太高要求，平均每天二十分鐘也是可以的，比如規定自己一周做幾篇閱讀、背多少單詞。完全可以按照自己的需求把時間用在看書、學習專業課等上面）。
2. Different sections about English learning
(1) CET4&CET6
While gearing up for the tests, do reading and listening exercises of the past years' exam papers, and memorize some sentence patterns and expressions. Although long-term effort matters a lot in English learning, short-term sprints can also bring great benefits. For students who are not good at English, it is recommended to finish more past years' exam papers, then read the passages intensively and memorize the words you don’t know (There are articles about intensive reading on Zhihu, take a look if you want).
Listening is particularly worth paying attention to. A few days before taking CET6, I did listening comprehension practice every day. On average, I just made 1 to 3 errors in total, but I totally got puzzled in the examination room, struggling to understand the recordings. The listening parts of CET4 and CET6 are, generally, quite different from high school, and in most cases more difficult (not knowing the questions in advance). What’s worse, lack of practice also precludes higher accuracy. Thus, be sure to practice more, find a suitable way to figure out the questions, and improve your overall listening level. And it is also advised to do papers in a simulated examination environment for your state, after all, differs significantly between personal studying booth and examination room.
(2) Competitions
Participating in competitions is definitely a good way to urge yourself to improve your English ability, ensuring accurate goals and powerful motivation in the short term, and enabling you to focus on improving at least one aspect of your ability. For example, when I was preparing for the writing contest, I bought the official textbook by the Foreign Research Institute, which really introduced me to English writing. There is more to English writing than simply piling up advanced sentence patterns and words. It involves the layout, writing methods (such as the argumentation methods, and logic), use of expressions, English thinking, etc. But excellent expressions can really burnish the article. What’s more, for some competitions, it is very likely that you cannot finish the paper within the requied time, making it necessary to do timing practice ahead of the contest. And I』d also like to mention that many English official accounts have various competition notices, so pay attention if you want.
For those with higher goals in English, it is advised to assign additional learning tasks for yourselves. In the main, English proficiency is omni-directional, with listening, speaking, reading, and writing. While training these four parts separately, you will find that they are all connected, which means these abilities are likely to improve as a whole. In addition, so as to learn efficiently, while making good use of the continuous time (such as a few hours at your disposal), don't forget the scattered time (such as memorizing words on the subway).
分板塊談英語學習
（1）四六級
考前刷真題的閱讀和聽力，背作文句式、表達。英語雖然很注重平時的積累，但短時間的衝刺也能有很大收益。對於基礎稍微薄弱一點的同學，推薦多刷四六級閱讀題，並且精讀真題（精讀真的是一個很好的方式，知乎上就有關於精讀的文章，大家可以看看）。如果不想額外背單詞，可以在精讀真題時把遇到的不認識的單詞記住，相信堅持下來英語水平能有所提升。
另外想特別說一下聽力。考六級前幾天，我每天做一篇聽力，基本一共錯1~3個，但到考場上就不會做題了……所以四六級聽力真的是一個很魔幻的東西（主要是提前不知道問題）。它和高中聽力很不一樣，比高中難，大家又沒像高中那樣進行大量的練習，可能暫時沒找到適合自己的做題方法。所以一定要多練習，找到適合自己的模式，提高整體聽力水平。也最好模擬一下考場，練習調整心態，畢竟在考場上做題和自己平時練習很不一樣。
（2）競賽
參加競賽確實是督促自己提升英語能力的一個很好的方法，能讓自己在短期內有目標和動力，也可以著重提升某一方面的能力。例如，在準備寫作大賽的那段時間，我買了外研社的官方教材，才算是真正入門了英語寫作。英語寫作絕不是簡單背幾個高級句式和單詞就可以得高分的，它涉及謀篇布局、寫作方法（如議論文的論證方式，文章也要求邏輯嚴密）、詞彙表達、英語寫作思維等等。但優秀的詞彙表達確實能讓文章增色不少。對於一些競賽，很可能出現寫不完的情況，所以需要提前定時做題。另外，很多英語公眾號都會有各種競賽通知，可以關注一下。
對於英語方面目標較高的同學，可以額外為自己安排學習內容。當然，英語能力應該是全方位的，聽、說、讀、寫都不能落下。分開訓練這四個板塊的同時，你會發現它們都是相通的。一個部分的能力提高了，另一個部分也不知不覺地在提升。另外，英語學習是「整散結合」的，即利用好整塊時間（如可供支配的幾個小時）， 也不要忘記零散時間（如在地鐵上背單詞）。
3. Sharing of my learning resources
Listening:KeKe English app (rich listening resources), VOA news, NPR news, Round Table, etc. Try to type out the original text.
Speaking: Follow the listening materials and talk in English.
Reading: Read foreign journals intensively and other English articles extensively (Such as China Daily, which is sort of difficult. Of course, reading listening materials and doing CET4&CET6 tests are also practicing reading).
Writing: Collect excellent expressions during intensive reading and learn English writing from the official textbook of the writing competition.
Others: Recite words (BaiCiZhan app)
個人學習資源分享
聽：可可英語app（聽力資源豐富），VOA news、NPR news、圓桌議事等，可以嘗試自己把原文打出來。
說：練習聽力時跟讀聽力材料，用英文對話。
讀：精讀外刊，泛讀其他英語文章（如China Daily，偏難。當然讀聽力文章和做四六級真題也是在練習閱讀）。
寫：精讀時積累表達，從寫作大賽官方教材中學習如何進行英文寫作。
其他：背單詞（百詞斬app）
4. Find a learning method that suits you
Although there are a dazzling variety of learning methods, I hope that you can find the one that you favor. English studying is a gradual process and your learning methods will be adjusted automatically at varying stages. For example, a few methods I am utilizing now are those I couldn't understand before. So there is no need to have qualms about sticking to a method that you are not sure if it is proper. After all, a way works best when you enjoy it.
探索適合自己的學習方式
大家可能看到過各種各樣的學習方法，但還是希望每個人可以找到自己喜歡的學習英語的方式。學習英語是一個循序漸進的過程，到了不同的階段，你的學習方法自然會有所調整，比如我現在很喜歡的一些學習方式就是以前所不能理解的。所以也不用擔心是否要採用其他學習方法啦，適合自己、自己喜歡的就是最好的。
5. Summary
(1) Spend time on English.
(2) Although long-term effort matters a lot in English learning, short-term sprints can also bring great benefits.
(3) Intensive reading is recommended. It not only helps improve reading ability and increase vocabulary, but also greatly improves writing ability and oral expression.
(4) Improve English by participating in competitions.
(5) Find a learning method that suits you and you favor.
總結
1.花時間在英語上
2.英語雖然很注重平時的積累，但短時間的衝刺也能有很大收益
3.推薦精讀。不僅提升閱讀能力、增加詞彙量，對寫作能力、口語表達也有很大提升，幾乎是全方位的
4.通過參加競賽提升英語水平
5.找到適合自己以及自己喜歡的學習方式