NICE EXPERIENCES IN TDT
Up to now, I have attended TDT for exactly 4 weeks. At the very beginning, I wondered whether TDT was suitable
for me. My English was on an embarrassing stage. Because my job is about export business, I have to talk with
foreigners sometimes. However, I always find I can’t express myself well, and can’t express myself in perfect
and fluent English. I’v attended a few English classes several years ago, but they didn’t help me much. Kyle,
my education consultant, told me that TDT was different from the traditional English classes, and I could pick
up my English here in a relaxed way. With a suspicious attitude, I attended TDT. Finally I found he didn’t lie
to me. It is not only relaxed, but efficient.
I joined many activities at first, such as having Japanese food, pumpkin carving, seeing a horror film, etc.
Here I met crews who are from America and speak native American English. They could easily find our mistakes when
we spoke Chinglish.  They corrected us immediately. And they are always very kind and patient. Besides new words
and phrases, we also learned about American culture from them. While learning English here, I also have a lot of
fun. The most impressive activity was the Halloween party on Nov. 1st. Over one hundred people attended it,
everyone was wearing special clothes or masks. Several guys were even wrapped into a mummy using toilet paper.
What a creative idea it was! It was  new experience for me, and I had an exciting night.Before attending TDT, I
was a homebody, only leaving home to go to work.  My friends are limited, either classmates or colleagues. During
my spare time, I used to stay at home. After attending TDT, I find it is also a good place to meet new friends
from many fields I’v never met before. TDT is like “a big family”. Everyone here treated me very kindly,
especially Libby, my study consultant.  She has a nice voice ( I haven’t met her, just keeping in touch with her
in telephone), and she has helped me a lot.  She pushes me  to succeed.
I like TDT, and I think I will get what I want here.
                                         By stella   M00 1728

dear all family,

Hope all family will get what they want in Talk English!!!

Always Making You Better! 

Maggle M001719~会员感言：

俗话说：四十不惑。在我跨入这不惑之年时，女儿已经出入成婷婷少女，而本人也掌管着一家综合性医院的医院办公室和总务课两大
职能部门，每天忙的像狗一样，但总觉得还应该补点啥？今年的一次境外旅游，让我豁然开朗：学英语。不过，转身之际，我又退
却了。说实话，学生时代我们学过英语，但是，现在对英语的感受，我的口头蝉即可了然：（英语单词）分开了，我都认识，但是，
合在一起，唯有它认识我了。从头开始学英语能行吗？可怕……一次偶然的机会，我带着期盼和彷徨的心情，踏入了“拓客”会所，
开始了我在拓客学习的成功第一步。在那充满欧洲复古风格的环境了，往日里威严肃穆的教学气氛荡然无存，每一寸肌肤都被热情
的老师，细致的编排、互动的会员所包围，90分钟的课时悄然而过，大伙仍沉浸在和睦的大家庭氛围中，意犹未尽。更有甚者，
入会第四天，我被教育顾问安排参加了一次迷你活动：自制T恤衫。就主题而言，太让我兴奋了：曾几何时，在T恤上画画，这可是
多少人想干又不敢干的事。我几乎是一路小跑进了教室，猛一抬头，眼前的情景使我望而却步，甚至想倒退。教室里，两位外籍教师
正在用纯真的英语跟学员亲切交谈。天哪，我一句也听不懂，今天还能干吗？站在门口犹豫再三，最后，还是硬着头皮移步入内，
选在一角落入座。活动开始了，老师将今天的6位会员分成两组，各有一位外教引领阅读老师准备的相关课程资料，文章的内容都是
围绕着主题：T恤而设。会员按序轮读，当轮到我时，我深吸了口气，连我都听不懂的英语发音，从我口中缓缓吐出，气若游丝。这
时，外教就会及时的，不厌其烦地对我的发音进行纠正，直至她认可为止，而对词汇的解释，围坐的会员会热情的转述与你，30分钟
的阅读练习，大家其热融融，不存在任何对英语认知程度的敌意。接下来，会员们从静态的阅读开始向动态的制作转换，大家手拿老
师分发的白色T恤，积极的讨论着即将描绘的蓝图，经过描绘、染色、晾干等步骤，一件件声色迥异的T恤展现眼前，就在大伙各抒
己见评论作品之际，外教又在逐个的提醒，让我们回答关于开场阅读中的精华部分。哇！老师的提问，我竟然都能用英语回答了，
虽然有点断断续续，急急巴巴，不过，我真的很开心，想欢呼。一场寓教于乐的活动就在依依不舍中结束。在回家的路上，我就暗自
高兴，原来四十岁开始学吹打真的不晚。鉴于我莽撞的个性，经常发生异常，但是，这次选择的结果一个字：对。
请大家一起为我加油吧。

dear all family,

首先感謝maggle媽媽在工作如此忙碌及身兼數職的狀況下,還寫了分享感言與其他伙伴分享！我想学习最难的地方

就是把学习留在自己身上,因为那是需要时间及自己的发现!共勉之～

The most difficult aspect of learning is retention because it takes time and self-discovery～

Always Making You Better!

     在人的一生当中，会遇到各种各样的挫折和困难，怎样处理，看你的修养有多深，及对历练、情绪

的控制。

     这些挫折、困难正是我们所要学习克服的，这样才会看到自己的成长。不要对以前所做的决定后悔，

这帮不了我们，也不能改变什么，因为这些决定在你当时的情境下可能是合情合理的，所以我们要让这

些决定变得值得。

     每个人活着，通常都觉得有存在的价值，但是发觉几十年下来，日子只是在重复的过着，没有让自己

不一样，那是因为我们的想法没有改变过，这会直接影响到我们的行为、做事方式。

     当我们还小的时候，可以依赖父母，当我们成人后，当然有很多人还是可以依赖，但是我们可能忘记

父母会老，他们要依赖我们，这才发现肩上的责任很重，这需要我们改变，让自己成熟，让父母放心，我

们是可以独立的。

      所以我们要存着一颗感恩的心，真的会让我们更容易迈向成功的阶梯。

dear family,

文章取之於”人的使用手冊”現今科技產品皆有使用說明書,但做為最高科技的”人”擁有如此精密的細胞

和神經及血液骨骼的產物,上帝在製造我們的同時卻開我們一個玩笑,忘了附上我們”人的使用手冊”！以至於我

们要在人生學習的道路上跌跌撞撞自己去尋找及摸索答案！我們今後的每周會附上幾篇”人的使用手冊”的

文章與大家分享！由衷期待與希望大家能早日找到”自己的使用手冊”！～共勉之～

 Dear all,

Dear all,

A friend sent me this link to this video about an American woman in Beijing who made a TV series called Sexy Beijing.   It's very cute and well done.  Apparently it's won some awards and even been featured on CNN.  It's a take off the "Sex and the City" TV Series but done from a perspective of a foreign woman who is living in Beijing.

 Anyways, take a look at this episode below:

A lot of you may be saying to yourselves... wow, her Chinese is REALLY good!  This reflects the same concepts that are presented in our ASCEND - AMS[心态整合] system but instead of using "learning English" as an example, this time it's "learning Chinese".  The hostess is someone who really is passionate about learning Chinese - she's really at the AMS Passion Level.  So passionate in fact that she wants to find a Chinese boyfriend (as seen in the above episode).  So you can see why her Chinese has improved to such a level - it's not her skill and ability... it's her Attitude & Mind-Set. 

It's exactly what we do here at Talk English when we're getting our members to really developing a genuine interest in learning English through our all our amazing activities and our AMS Workshops. 

So as you can see, Sexy Beijing got some "Talk English" in herself as well...

Gordon passed me this member testimonial and I felt that I wanted to share with everyone else out there.  This is what AMS and the ASCEND system is all about.  Listen to what Terry says... it's great advice for anyone studying and learning at Talk English!

         Terry Qi M000664

学习英语 一路走来

英语是一个怎样的东西？对大多数人而言，这是一种语言工具。于我，它还像一个躲在
相框里的冰清玉洁的美人。
学好英语意味着什么？对大多数人而言，意味着更好的工作，更高的薪水。于我，却还
像通向美人那里的，一张粉丝见面会的门票。
我是如此欣赏能够流利与外国朋友交流的人，夸张一点说，像是仰慕天堂中的天使；
我又是如此享受说出口的英语能够被别人听懂的感觉，贴切一点说，是美好的心情。
是的，学好一门外语是自我价值的肯定，更是一种美好的心情。这，是我来参加Talk
English的主要原因。
还记得参加的第一次活动：墨西哥菜，辛辣醇香的口感仿佛还萦绕在舌尖。热情爽朗的
外教，主动积极的学员，热烈的活动气氛，打开了我对英语学习方式认识的一扇新门，
也让我很快就为之深深吸引，频繁的参与其中。
Pajamas Party，Rock Climbing，Language Exchange……一次次的活动伴随着我一步
步踏实的走来，有快乐，有开怀，有大快朵颐，有自信满足。这些都变成了深刻的记
忆。而收获，却在不经意中。
曾经也有过疑惑，在会员中看到过高中，甚或小学生的身影，但我个人并不认为Talk
English的方式适合于他们学习；也碰到过十几个人围着一个外教聊天的活动，让我焦
急且羞怯于多人之中插嘴发言。但后面想想，Talk English可以为学生提供一种模拟的
外国气氛，或许对他们将来出国有所帮助。而人多的场合表现、发言，则更是一种锻
炼。这样的经历也让我领悟到，很多时候，限制自己进步的不是外界条件，而恰恰是自
己的心。勇敢的迈出一步，就会看到更精彩的天空。
在五月的测试中，我荣幸的升了一级。可以说有意外，但也有些许坦然，因为这是付出
以后赢来的收获。在此要感谢Talk English的工作人员，感谢你们奉献的一次又一次精
彩活动。同时也要特别感谢我的顾问：Miki，她认真负责的态度让懒散的我受益良多。
最后要感谢在Talk English中认识的众多朋友，感谢我们一起创造的快乐而深刻的记
忆，期待与你们在将来的日子里一同进步，一起收获感动和成功。

You’ve picked topics for language that interest you … and now you have several new vocabulary words written down that you know will be useful.

How are you going to remember them well?

Here’s a technique I recommend, that will make your memorization fun and effective.  Take your list, bring it with you wherever you walk, and look for opportunities to say these words aloud as you find situations to use them in.

Putting this new vocabulary in use when you’re out in the world and “in motion” will raise the enjoyment level of learning, and when you enjoy, you’ll remember more easily.  If you can’t find a native English speaker to practice with when you’re out, then say the words to yourself to reinforce their pronunciation and meaning.  Visit places where you’ll have a good chance to use the vocabulary … for example, if your topic is fashion, then walk through a shopping mall and see or hold the clothing or jewelry as you say it’s name.  If it’s food, then stroll through the aisles of a grocery store, pointing to and picking up items, or take a shorter trip to your refrigerator (or clothes closet) and do the same.

With Putonghua, it’s the words and phrases I’ve learned while being in motion that I remember more than those I’ve simply studied at my desk in the apartment … so I’ve been putting this technique to the test myself!

Happy Dragon Boat Festival week to you, Mark

How can mistakes be good, when everyone tries hard to avoid them in life?

They’re one of the most valuable learning experiences!

I’d like to suggest that you be happy each time you make an error speaking English, because it means you’re not afraid to use the language.  Smile when you say something wrong, knowing you’re gaining more great information for the next conversation.  Let the error help you remember the correct way to speak the words next time.

If someone laughs, laugh with them.  It’s unnecessary to take the error personally … you know you’re intelligent and capable, so don’t worry about appearing less than that … and in the rare occasion that someone from an English-speaking country does laugh at what you say, know that they probably wish they could speak Putonghua and Shanghaihua as well as you!

Also, I’m not saying we want to repeat incorrect language patterns.  It’s our choice to seek a better way to express something, from a native English source, then remember the solution and practice it.

Through mistakes and the process of correcting them, we can celebrate the basic reason we learn another language …to communicate with and understand each other!  If you can achieve this as you correct your English, then you’re already successful.

Wish you well, Mark