每天說英文挑戰 (2022.03.14)

Morning everyone,

Last Friday, a student of mine told me that she got 985 on TOEIC and of course that was an impressive result since she’s only studying in the third grade of senior high school.

People ask me how she could do it or how I have helped her reach the goal. My answer is “The exam was never our goal.”

 When we have class, we only focus on using the language, having real discussions with the language. And we never try to memorize vocabulary for the exam. We only memorize the vocabulary that we want to learn. So the learning process is very natural.

The language has become a part of her life, so taking the exam was just a random decision. Naturally, she could do well in the exam.

The essential parts of learning are still fun and sense of achievement. That’s (what) I hope that most parents would remember.

Have a nice day

中譯：

大家早安，

上週五，我的一個學生告訴我，她的多益測驗成績拿到 985分（滿分是990分），這是一個很厲害的學習成果，特別是她現在只是高中三年級學生。

有人問我，她是怎麼做到的？或者我是如何幫助她達成目標的？ 我的回答是，考試從來都不是我們的目標。

當我們上課時，我們只專注於使用英文，與英文進行真正的討論。而且我們從不為了考試背單字，我們只背自己想學的單字，所以學習過程很自然。

英文已經成為她生活的一部分，所以參加考試只是隨性的決定。很自然地，她可以在考試中取得好成績。

我希望大多數父母能記住，學習的核心仍然是樂趣和成就感。

祝你今天過得愉快！