"Elder sister Q, the main purpose of my coming to the ship is to learn English well. Which position is more suitable for practicing English? "

This is a good question. But I missed the point.

Learning English has little to do with position.

Many people think that they can speak English fluently when they go abroad and take a cruise.

Because of the language environment, it must be natural.

But in fact, how many people in China have stayed in the United States for many years and can't speak English at all?

There are also many foreigners who have lived in Hong Kong and Shanghai for many years and still can't speak Chinese.

Why is this?

Linguist Ron Hu Fei once said:

In fact, learning a language is not something you can read with your ears and see with your eyes.

If you have no internal driving force, those languages are invalid information for you.

Your brain will automatically worry about it.

If you are abroad, you are only with people from China.

You are on a cruise ship, and all the people who go out to play are from China.

You can't learn English well.

When I came to the ship to sign the contract, my English level had changed from "I can speak a few words, but I can't understand".

It has reached the level of "small talk is barrier-free, and business English has not yet been mastered".

Now advanced to the stage of business English proficiency.

Then I found out how to learn English well: not that I want to learn English well, but that I have to learn English.

For most people, success is basically not the result of choice, but the result of coercion.

I have never learned to drive.

So when I used to sell cars, I always asked my colleagues to help me switch cars from the garage.

The taste of begging was so bad that I was forced to learn to drive.

In the first 30 years of my life, I learned to swim several times, but I didn't learn it.

Before taking the seaman's certificate, I was afraid that diving would drown, but I learned it in three days (in fact, I learned later that it is difficult to drown myself in a life jacket).

My advice to you is:

First: Take the initiative to speak English, speak boldly and find opportunities to speak.

If your purpose is to learn English, location is not the most important.

You can practice English in most positions, as long as you can have direct contact with foreigners.

Bars, western restaurants, entertainment departments, duty-free shops and so on. ...

As long as you can get in touch with the guests, you can practice English.

Then someone said, I'm on the China route now, what should I do?

China Airlines, although all its guests are from China, half of its employees are foreigners.

You should help them and make friends with them.

Teach them to use Taobao, teach Chinese, and they can make friends.

That's what being friends is all about. You must give first, and then you can get it.

If at first, you won't make friends,

Your executives and managers are generally foreigners.

Communicate with the boss often and take the initiative to do your own task.

It is also very helpful.

Of course, there are some jobs that are really closely related to English.

For example, I used to translate for micro plastic surgeons.

Follow foreigners every day, you must be able to speak and understand.

You are AHD (Assistant to Hotel General Manager), and you send 100 foreign mails every day.

It's definitely good for English.

But these positions should be based on your own understanding of English.

Without this ability, it is impossible to recruit you for no reason.

So we still have to start from the basic position.

Second, don't stay in your comfort zone.

If you don't like to talk at work, see where dad goes after work.

No review, no socializing, no watching American TV series. English won't get better by itself.

Actually, I didn't take the initiative to study before.

Later, the first manager came from China, and I couldn't understand her English.

Other China girls can joke with foreign handsome guys, and I can only giggle.

They are all from China. Why is the gap so big?

At this time, I felt very ashamed.

So I started recording the manager's meeting and went home to imitate it again and again.

Later, I not only understood it, but also translated it.

Three months later, I was promoted and the manager was changed to a foreigner.

This is easier to practice.

Communicate, study, report, discuss and even quarrel with the manager.

You can understand most everyday expressions without knowing it.

If you don't have the motivation to communicate with others,

Then the purpose of work is the most inescapable motivation for you.

Practice your working language first, and then wait until you are proficient and confident.

And then develop to communicate with people.

Third, increase your understandable memory and write down the words and sentences you encounter in your life.

If a foreigner says a word or sentence you don't understand, try to understand it and write it down.

This is much better than reciting examples from a dictionary.

For example, my manager said, "I need wires."

I forgot the word wire and stayed for a long time. Later, a colleague handed him a plastic thread.

I will never forget this word.

Because that's my own memory. I will always remember my embarrassed expression when I failed to help the manager.

This is an understandable memory.

I think the so-called English environment is forcing you to understand the meaning.

Speaking of understandable memories, Joy came to Qingdao this time.

On the way back to the ship, I met Mr. Richard, and Mr. Zhu came to visit our boarding students.

Now I regret not attending Mr. Richard's class.

Under his education at that time, many students made a qualitative leap in English.

He used his brain to oppress the law.

Recycling will take you back to English, and then take the exam after you finish it;

If you don't study hard, you will be ruthlessly hit by his mock interview.

I looked at a girl who couldn't even say her name at first,

After two months, I can introduce vegetable salad fluently.

During that time, you dreamed of speaking English, which was all professional knowledge.

This is the advantage of having to learn.

A baby who hasn't got on the boat yet.

Enjoy this persecuted time every day!

Match your English level with the interview level in Qi Fei.

Richard also told us at the time:

I ask you to learn English now, not just for the interview.

It's good for your future.

I understand this sentence now.

I was not abused by Richard at that time, and I will be abused by foreigners in the future.

Fourth: Don't study across grades.

If your English really stays on the basis of abc,

Even if you get on the boat through the interview, it is difficult to learn English well.

Progress means that 1 rises to 2, not 0 rises to 10.

If the surrounding information is completely invalid,

You will be under a lot of pressure.

Coupled with work, people are prone to collapse.

This is also the reason why many people feel uncomfortable working on the boat.

Even resigned and went home soon.

Tired, unable to communicate, lonely ...

These are the real difficulties.

Don't imagine yourself too powerful,

It is still recommended to lay a solid foundation before boarding.

In fact, how much money you earn on a cruise is not the most important thing.

If you can learn English well, it will be a lifelong job.

It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish.

Money is a fish, and English is the way to fish.

Finally, I wish you find a way to force yourself to learn English.

Forget it, I'm going to recite words.

Who said I was despised by foreigners again today? ...

Alas.