Tips for OET test
1) In OET test reading section, skim and indentify key words are essential skill students should master. There is no need to read and understand every single word in the reading texts. By applying these methods, you can quickly find the answers for the questions without wasting time read through the whole passage.
2) In the actual OET test, before each section of the listening test, there will be a 1 minute for you to skim to all the questions and answer in your test booklet. As for a smart exam taker, you should make the most of this precious time. Students usually easily fall behind when they try to look at the questions, answer tables and listen to the conversation CD at the same time. The CD is only played one time, so there is no chance for you to listen again in any circumstance. Different kind of tests underline different strategies and trick, students who can understand the test well definitely can earn higher mark.
3) As a saying goes “Practise make perfect”, the more English you speak, the better you will become. Learning how to speak is a long journey as it is not your native language. You may find difficulty in pronouncing certain words and fully express your thought in a professional-specific conversation. Keep in mind that English is classified as a stressed language rather than syllabic. English pronunciation spotlight the specific stressed words while rapidly gliding over non-stressed words in the sentence. You will certainly be surprised at how smooth your speaking skill is by focusing on stressed words and lastly be confident as you always should be!!!
Numbers Made Easy
Often when I teach Chinese numbers in my mandarin class, students find it really helpful to learn Chinese numbers. Different from English, most Chinese vocabulary associated with numbers such as days of the week, months of the year are using vocabulary of numbers themselves. For Chinese learners, learning Chinese numbers will not only enable them to know how to count, tell time and negotiate prices in Chinese language, but can also help them to master a group of vocabulary all of a sudden.
The creation of Chinese numbers follows a mathematic system. Basically, we only need to remember how to count from 1 to 10, and can continue the counting based on the mathematics rules. Counting from 1 to 10 will be as follows:
yī(one),èr(two), sān(three), sì(four), wǔ(five), liù(six), qī(seven), bā(eight), jiǔ(nine), shí (ten)
shí yī (eleven) *as eleven is ten plus 1*, shí èr(twelve), ……èr shí (twenty)*as twenty is two tens*
Based on this rule, we can count till Jiǔshíjiǔ (ninety-nine), which is nine tens and nine. 100 in Chinese language will be Yī bǎi. Similarly, 200 and 300 will be èr bǎi and sānbǎi and so on.
Once you know how to count in Chinese, it will mean that you will learn a group of Chinese vocabulary associated with numbers in no time. For example, 12 months in Chinese language will be as follows:
yī yuè (January) * yuè means months, so literally it means the first month of the year*
liǎng yuè (February) , sān yuè (March) , sì yuè (April) , wǔ yuè (May), liù yuè (June),
qī yuè (July), bā yuè (August), jiǔ yuè (September), shí yuè (October) , shíyī yuè (November) , shí’èr yuè (December)
Similarly, days of week are as following:
Xīngqí yī (Monday) * Xīngqí means certain day of the week, so literally it means the first day of the week*, Xīngqí èr(two), Xīngqí sān(three), Xīngqí sì(four), Xīngqí wǔ(five), Xīngqí liù(six)
Do you think it is really efficient to learn Chinese numbers? 🙂
– Anne Ma (Mandarin Teacher)
Learning Korean from Korean drama O.S.T : Secret Garden
Secret garden is a kind of fantasy love story about the happenings between Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin), an arrogant and eccentric CEO and Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won), a poor and humble stuntwoman. The man is embarrassed at himself who is falling in love with the lady lives in a totally different world. Accidently, their bodies are swapped and they are getting to know each other more and more. Love is like a secret garden which cannot be logically explained. “Why do you love the man/woman?” Could you give an exact answer to the question when you fall in love? Love is a kind of magic. Isn’t it? The drama, Secret garden was my favorite and I had to keep moving on the next scenes. I never stopped to watch the drama. Lovely expressions and fantastic scenes of the drama are still waving in my heart. Especially, OSTs of the drama are great. Shall we learn some Korean from the drama O.S.T?
그 남자 (geu namja / The man)
한 남자가 그대를 사랑합니다
그 남자는 열심히 사랑합니다
매일 그림자처럼 그대를 따라다니며
그 남자는 웃으며 울고있어요
얼마나 얼마나 더 너를 이렇게 바라만 보며 혼자
이 바람같은 사랑 이 거지같은 사랑
계속해야 니가 나를 사랑 하겠니
조금만 가까이 와 조금만
한발 다가가면 두 발 도망가는
널 사랑하는 난 지금도 옆에 있어
그 남잔 웁니다
그 남자는 성격이 소심합니다
그래서 웃는 법을 배웠답니다
친한 친구에게도 못하는 얘기가 많은
그 남자의 마음은 상처투성이
그래서 그 남자는 그댈 널 사랑 했데요 똑같아서
또 하나같은 바보 또 하나같은 바보
한번 나를 안아주고 가면 안돼요
난 사랑받고 싶어
그대여 매일 속으로만 가슴 속으로만
소리를 지르며그 남자는 오늘도
그 옆에 있대요
그 남자가 나라는 걸 아나요
알면서도 이러는 건 아니죠
모를꺼야 그댄 바보니까
얼마나 얼마나 더 너를 이렇게 바라만 보며 혼자
이 바보같은 사랑 이 거지같은 사랑
계속해야 니가 나를 사랑 하겠니
조금만 가까이 와
조금만 한발 다가가면 두 발 도망가는
널 사랑하는 난 지금도 옆에 있어
그 남잔 웁니다
Could you look at the first sentence? 한 남자가 그대를 사랑합니다. Let’s start from 한. 한 (han) means one. 남자 (namja) means “man”. 그대를 (geudaereul) means you. 사랑합니다 (saranghamnida) means “love “. So this expression means that one man loves you.
Let’s move on the third pharagraph. 조금만 가까이 와. (jogeumman gaggai wa). 조금만 means a little bit. 가까이 means close to. 와 means come. So, this expression means “Come a little closer to me”
한발 다가가면 두발 도망가는 means if I approach a step closer to you, you take two steps backwards. 한 (han) means one. 발 (bal) means step. 두(du) means two. So 두발 means two steps.
널 사랑하는 난 지금도 옆에 있어 means that I who love you am still beside you. 옆 (yeop) means beside or next to and 지금도(jigeumdo) means still.
The most beautiful expression in the world is “I love you”, I think. You can say “사랑합니다 (saranghamnida)” in Korean. 사랑합니다. J
-Sarah Yong (Korean Teacher)
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