The TNUA English PostPublished biweekly http://ge2.tnua.edu.tw/english/index.htmlVolume 29

Special Edition

Tips about how to score high on TOEICWe invited three students who performed really well on their TOEIC test last semester to talk about how they prepared for TOEIC test.

CHEUNG TSZ HIN 張子軒 1st year of the graduate program of dept. of Fine ArtsTsz Hin is from Hong Kong. He started to learn English when he was in elementary school. He started his reading habit when he was asked to read English newspapers in junior high school. When he was at university, he worked at a book shop where he had to talk to foreign customers in English. After graduating from university, he worked in an accounting office where he also had many chances of speaking English at work. His first tip for learning English is to find your own interests and learn about them in English. To read something you really love is the best way to motivate you to keep reading. Also, he suggested that watching movies or TV series with English subtitle is another good way of learning a language.

HSU JUI TIEN許睿恬 3rd year of the dept. of filmmakingHer preparation for the exam is writing the practice tests. Also she reads English newspapers in her spare time. Her advice for improving the English reading ability is to read a lot, and not to be distracted by the words or phrases you don’t know. You can understand an article from the whole context. Listening training: watching speeches from TED.com

YAP WHYE JYE葉偉傑 1st year of dept. of filmmakingWhye Jye is from Malaysia. He started learning English when he was in kindergarten. He borrowed a book of TOEIC practice test from the office of general education at our university before he took the official TOEIC test. He is generally interested in world news, so he watches BBC regularly. He suggested that students should be more aware of how people talk whenever they watch a video or a movie in English. Concentrating on Chinese subtitles is not a very good idea for language learning according to him.

Text by Mavis Lin