英语六级考试口语经典问答题：fun with English

　　Unit2 fun with English

　　1. Have you ever observed how a child starts to learn to speak his / her mother tongue? What can you learn from the way a child learns to speak?

　　It is interesting to see how babies and young children learn to talk. They learn from people around them. They learn by repeating what they have heard. And they learn through trial and error. When they first say a word, use a phrase or make a sentence, they would most likely do it wrong. But they are not "afraid" of such errors. They would keep trying, making adjustments in the process, until they could make sense.

　　From the way a child learns to speak, I can learn a lot as far as language learning is concerned. One useful lesson, as I see it, is that, if you want to improve your English speaking skills, you should listen and observe carefully how other people, especially native speakers, speak English, and then open your mouth and do the same thing

　　2. Is there any difference between conversations in English and conversations in Chinese so far as safe topics, openings and endings are concerned?

　　This is a complicated question but the answer is yes. There certainly are some differences. As language is based on culture, if we learn more about the culture or cultures related to the English language, we will have a better understanding of safe topics, openings and endings for English conversations. Then, when we talk in English, we would know what topics are safe with what kind of people, and what is appropriate to say to start or end a conversation.

　　Our course book contains plenty of good examples. Here we can find very useful information about safe topics, and appropriate openings and endings for English conversations.