In Shanghai Daily, a Chinese raised a rhetorical question: Who took the fun out of learning English? She offered an answer, too.
Here, I have a question: Why do so many enthusiastic English learners feel they are getting no closer to their wonderland after years of learning?
For those who are getting an Olympic-size headache of learning English, maybe they are heading the wrong direction from the very beginning.
Forget about the better career, forget about the high marks, forget about all the benefits that learning English “guarantees,” – can we just learn it just for fun?
When did we forget that the first and purest motivation for learning things in this world – back when we were kids – was just for fun?
We learned drawing because the colorful world was attractive; we played ball because the bounding ball seemed funny.
Now that we are learning English, maybe fun is the key that will open the door of wonderland.
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