Phonics

I've never heard about "phonics" before unitil the end of senior in university. I remembered knowing it very little and didn't understand what the professor talking about in classes. Then, I engaged it again when I worked as assistant teacher at Kid Castle institution. I perceived little concept by the students while coming to recite the articles or pronunce the vocabulary, such as ie, ee, dr, etc.

I only was taught "KK" phonetic symbol from the beginning of learning English in junior high school. I have no idea when started teachers to teach "phonics" of children English in Taiwan. The people whose age are similar to me have the same problem with me that don't know how to aid thier kids or the leaners who are younger much than them.

TOEFL iBT # IELTS

The people who major in English have more chance to practice the English four skills and immerse themselves in the enviromtemtal where fulls with the target language atmosphere. Recently, I have to prepare the TOEFL iBＴ and IELTS test in order to apply the graduate schools. It's not easy task for us whose major in English in university to get good score on that kinds of English proficiency tests. Other people whose major are not related to English can't understand why English majors can't do well on TOEFL and it is a myth to believe the English majors are excellent English test takers.

On the contrary, the English majors are considerate know the situation with each other and know the knowledge that got from university was different with the English exams. The students who major in department of English in Providence University have to pass 71 score on iBT of TOEFL that make them obtain the qualification to graduate from college. There still has a gap between the graduating qualification and the addimission to study abroad.