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Dialogue with Li Yang: People need some madness!
| 作者：SOHO特区网
-上传日期：2021-8-15 |
Dialogue with Li Yang: People need some madness!
It has been a long time since I went to Beijing to study in a blink of an eye. As a place where my dream started, I gradually became half a "Beijing", and the label of "Beijing Piao Clan" gradually faded away on me. Beijing is a place where a crouching tiger, hiding a dragon, as the capital, Beijing’s cultural atmosphere is particularly strong, and the endless series of lectures in the university is a beautiful scenery. During the university I have listened to many lectures by famous teachers, famous teachers, and famous professors. Every time there will be a new harvest, there will be a pleasant feeling of "listening to the king's words, better than reading ten years of books", and the personality charm of those real masters is even more admirable...
But the outside world is also very helpless. I often feel too helpless and depressed in this impetuous city. I do not deny that there is true love in the world, but the pressure of reality will make everyone busy and indifferent for their livelihood. Maybe sometimes I don't fully understand Beijing, the unknown side of the city under the cover of gray, and the undercurrents under the not-so-busy lights of this city. When someone asked Li Ao, a famous Taiwanese writer, what his greatest insight in his life was, Li Ao blurted out: "Human feelings are as thin as paper!" I have never dared to agree with him before, but since coming to Beijing alone, I wandered away and saw Many people have become particularly utilitarian, and it is even hard to believe that even the person closest to you will feel that you don’t know him, or that you have to re-examine him. I sometimes think: Actually, life itself may be like this, and I also feel that the ambitious spirit I just came to Beijing has been smoothed by the cruel reality. Until one day, I attended Li Yang’s Centennial Lecture at Peking University. After the "Crazy English" demonstration class was held, after a conversation with this Chinese celebrity who pioneered a unique way of teaching English, the light of life was shining again before my eyes.
On a certain day in March of that year, several eye-catching posters appeared on the campus of Beijing University of Science and Technology. The content was "Crazy English" founder Li Yang will hold a demonstration class at Peking University.
For Li Yang and his "Crazy English", I came into contact with it as early as when I was in high school: a group of people holding a vocabulary book, in the morning, evening, or in the snow or light rain, they opened their throats and shouted English words with emotion. Sentences have become a daily compulsory course. Needless to say, learning English in this almost crazy form has a certain effect on deepening memory and training oral ability. However, the emergence of new things is always accompanied by controversy and doubts. The same is true for Li Yang’s "Crazy English". On the Internet, there is a hoarse and hysterical approach to learning English. There are many people for the "great pioneering work", and there are also many people who derogate Li Yang as a "liar". What kind of person is Li Yang, and what is the evaluation of "crazy English" in his own eyes? With these questions in mind, I decided to use this opportunity to do an issue of Li Yang's "Crazy English" character topic in the "Sunshine Times" in the form of an exclusive interview.
On March 9th, I came to the place where Li Yang was going to take classes early-Peking University Centennial Lecture Hall, located in the center of Peking University Yanyuan. Good guys, it was already crowded and packed. The students went down to kindergarten kids and up to Elderly people are all as excited and curious as beginners. I roughly interviewed some students, and found that many people have traveled all the way from other places to listen to Li Yang's "Crazy English".
Finally, Li Yang came, wearing his iconic glasses, and speaking, full of energy. After a while, the audience went crazy. The people in the whole lecture hall were like Li Yang, holding English textbooks, yelling and reading English words, sentences and texts. The atmosphere of the scene was extremely high.
At this time, I understood why Li Yang founded "Crazy English" and why the people at the scene support this unique learning method so much, because after I also yelled wildly for a while, I found that I was frustrated before. The helplessness and confusion in my heart disappeared suddenly, replaced by an ambition to struggle and take root in Beijing! It can be said that although Li Yang’s demonstration class did not give me too much in English, it gave me an enlightenment on the wandering road of life: madness represents the spirit of human beings to transcend themselves and represents the ideals. Persistent pursuit represents full devotion to the cause. Once people have this kind of madness, they can succeed in anything they do!
The interview with Li Yang went well because he is not a singer and dance star standing on the stage. He is standing among the students and can answer questions and consultations from the students at any time during the lecture. Like most celebrities who are happy to deal with the media, he is approachable, wise in conversation, and full of energy that seems to be exhausted. We are already familiar with the legendary experience of his creation of "Crazy English", but this time his interpretation of the "Crazy English" concept, a learning philosophy that is completely different from traditional English education, has inspired me a lot. This time, when I published this interview manuscript of "Impression of Li Yang: English Is Shouted Out", it is no longer the blind publicity and praise of celebrities when I wrote the manuscript. Instead, I wrote objectively at the end of the article. The evaluation, let the readers judge for themselves, to appreciate——
I first came into contact with Li Yang’s "Crazy English" when I was in high school. At that time, I thought "Crazy English" was "Rock English" lacking rationality and depth, and Li Yang was a businessman who sold English as a commodity. Let me truly understand and accept Li Yang’s concept of "Crazy English"—this kind of learning philosophy, which is completely different from traditional English education, was after a recent conversation between Li Yang and I.
On March 9th and 10th this year, Li Yang, the founder of "Crazy English", held a two-day demonstration class in the Centennial Lecture Hall of Peking University. Just like every time I participate in teacher Li Yang's live speech, what makes me feel the most is the crazy passion of Li Yang and the learners. The ages of the trainees vary from five to six-year-old children to sixty to seventy-year-olds, and there are countless people who have traveled all the way from other places to Beijing to listen to Li Yang's lectures.
During the Li Yang "Crazy English" demonstration class, the author had the honor to exchange some of my views with Teacher Li Yang. When I asked him what he thought of "Crazy English" as a new teaching model that appeared in front of traditional English education and gradually became a well-known education brand, Mr. Li said: "Many Chinese have learned English for ten years. , But the result is sad deaf-mute English, or Chinese-style pseudo-English. Reading English aloud is particularly effective and it is definitely not the first one he discovered, because someone realized it early on, but he promoted it vigorously. Learning English is a physical task. You have to practice more spoken English. Practice makes perfect. If you break through your spoken English, you will naturally have no problems with listening."
Teacher Li also said, “The 21st century is a century in which both Chinese and English are parallel. English is international mandarin and a basic skill that modern people must possess. With China’s entry into the WTO and the successful bid for the Beijing Olympics, people have become more aware of English. The importance of English learning. Beijing’s English learning atmosphere is now very good. If the citizens’ English level is not improved, Beijing will be inconsistent with its status as an international metropolis and capital. Many multinational companies place their Asian branches in Hong Kong instead of releasing them. In Tokyo, the international financial center, there is also an element of the English atmosphere."
When I asked him about his promotion of "Crazy Chinese" abroad, Mr. Li smiled and said that he vowed to popularize English in China, spread Chinese to the world, and make English and Chinese the two mainstream languages in parallel in the world, "I I am very confident to do this well.” Teacher Li said half-jokingly: “I hope that you will learn'crazy English' and become English teachers in Japan or South Korea or teach Chinese in the UK and the US to earn money from foreigners. "
What is the purpose of learning English well? In this regard, Mr. Li said: "Learning English well can improve our international competitiveness, and being an international person with Chinese characteristics can better defend the interests of the motherland and the people. This is the best patriotism!" This is what Li Yang likes to say most in his speech, and it also expresses his sincere patriotism.
When I talked about the reverse English learning method of Professor Zhong Daolong, Liu Zhen’s Survival English "Foreign Dialects" and the three-step learning method of Qu Gang’s English that just surfaced, and how he positioned himself" "Crazy English"? "Crazy represents the spirit of human beings to surpass themselves, the persistent pursuit of ideals, and the full devotion to career. Once people have this madness, they can succeed in anything, let alone conquer English?!" Say.
After talking with Li Yang, the originator of "Crazy English" learning method, I think we not only have a deeper understanding of "Crazy English", but also deeply attracted by Li Yang's personality charm.
Li Yang’s "Crazy English" has now become a big social phenomenon. As an internationally renowned education brand, "Crazy English" will have a smooth journey in the future? We believe that Li Yang after "crazy" is calm and rational. We will wait and see the development and future of "Crazy English".
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