Many Chinese students have studied English for about ten years, but most of them cannot even speak English (fluent).
Actually, there are several difficulties have caused this to happen. The main one is fear! Another is the habit of (translate) from Chinese to English and then to change these thoughts spoken words and sentences. We must learn to speak as a child does. When we are learning second language we need to remember how we learned our native language. (learn) to understand and speak a language is one of the first skills a child (develop) . How does a child learn the language? He listens for a time and then he wants (repeat) the words. takes a long time before he knows anything about grammar, spelling or formal sentence structures.
As for language teachers, they should avoid criticism and be very (encourage) and generous with praise.
