I can learn English like a native speaker

A faithful reader asks: “What is the characteristic of perfect practice? How can I know I practiced perfectly? Because when a learner practices English, the results of the practice do not show very quickly.”

In fact, there are two ways to study a language, and students must use BOTH ways. One way is to practice for fluency - this is called “extensive learning”. Watching TV shows or movies, listening to radio, reading newspapers, magazines or novels are all examples of extensive learning. With this kind of learning, we cannot see quick progress and must trust in our brains to improve over time.

The other kind of practice is for accuracy. This kind of very careful practice is called “intensive learning”. Doing dictations, reading short passages, or reciting sentences (such as the one I recommended in the video mentioned in my last post) are examples of intensive practice. With intensive practice, it IS possible to see your progress IMMEDIATELY. For example, my students tried to say the sentence in my video (”Don’t put off til tomorrow what you can do today”) but made many mistakes, such as leaving out sounds (”Don pu off…”), leaving out whole words (”Don’t put off tomorrow what you can today”) or mixing up word order (”Don’t put til off tomorrow what today you can do”). By carefully comparing your speech with what you hear, you can see instant improvement. You may have to repeat many, many times - that is the nature of intensive practice, especially for students who have never done it before - but it gets easier with practice. And THAT is “perfect practice”.

I am trying to keep track of some English sentences which I can use in writing or even in speaking with a little twist. I will complete this list of English sentences gradulay.

• Obsidian is a distinctive type of igneous rock that forms as a result of the melting of deep crustal granite rocks into magma.
• Obsidian can also take on a golden or silvery sheen or be striped in a rainbow of hues.
• Glass Buttes in Oregon are composed entirely of obsidian.
• Obsidian was prized in many ancient cultures.
• Obsidian is easily worked into shapes with razor-shape edges even sharper than the edges formed from flint.
• Obsidian was thus used in the production of simple hunting weapons.
• It can also be polished to an extremely high luster.
• It was thus held in a high regard in a number of cultures as a semiprecious stone.
• Amelia Bloomer was an important writer and crusader for women’s rights.
• She started her own journal to espouse her ideas on rights for women.
• While she was effective in her work in a number of areas of women’s rights, she is best known today for her attempts to improve the style of women’s clothing.
• The flared-out skirt were created with hoop skirts and petticoats.
• Amelia introduced a style of clothing for women that was considerably more practical but also proved quite scandalous.
  
• Her outfit consisted of a knee-length tunic with a flared skirt over a very wide-legged pant that was cinched at the ankle.
• Even though the tunic came down to the knee and the legs were completely hidden beneath the voluminous folds of the pants, society was shocked by an outfit that acknowledged women’s leg.
• In the philosophy of John Dewey, a sharp distinction is made between intelligence and reasoning.
• Intelligence involves” interacting with other things and knowing them,” while reasoning is merely the act of an observer.
• Completed in 1936, the vault is housed in a two-story building constructed of granite, steel and concrete.
• Naturally, the most up-to-date security devices available are in place at Fort Knox, and the army post nearby provides further protection.
• One identifying characteristic of minerals is their relative hardness.
• The Mohs’ hardness scale is used to rank minerals according to hardness.
• Ten minerals are listed in this scale, ranging from talc with a hardness of 1 to diamond with a hardness of 10.
• Hurricanes generally occur in the North Atlantic from May through November, with the peak of the hurricane season in September.
• Only rarely will they occur from December through April in that part of the ocean.
• Of the tropical storms that occur each year in the North Atlantic, only about five, on the average, are powerful enough to be called hurricaned.
• To be classified as a hurricane, a tropical storm must have winds reaching speeds of at least 117 kilometers per hour.
• Henry Lonfellow was perhaps the best-known American poet of the nineteenth century.
• His clear writing style and emphasis on the prevalent values of the period made him popular with the general public if not always with the critics.
• He was particularly recognized for his longer narrative poems.
• Evangeline was set during the French and Indian war.
• Evangeline devoted her lifetime to the search for Gabriel.
• With its emphasis on sentimental, undying love, Evangeline was immensely popular with the public.
• The tear-inspiring poem follows Hiawatha through the tragedies and triumphs of life.
• The Courtship of Miles Standish takes place during the early period of the settlement of New England, a period which was viewed as a time of honor and romance.
• It takes time for his friendship with Miles Standish to recover.
• As with Longfellow’s other narrative poems, the emphasis on high ideals and romance made the poem extremely popular.