m********4
发帖数: 607 | 1 在内科已完成了8周的见习, 分享以下我的最大的打击.
见习过程中,遇到几个很好的ATTENDINGS AND FELLOWS.他们对我很好,也一针见血地指
出我的弱点.有一个FELLOW,直接了当的告诉我,在这个大学的PROGRAM, 对语言与交流能
力的要求强与对医学知识的的掌握.你的教育背景,考试成绩,科研训练,这些都非常好.
但是,你必须投入更多的时间提高语言交流能力.
尽管很受打击,"忠言逆耳", 但是,换个角度考虑,能遇到这些好人,也是我的福分,
"事不关己,高高挂起", 他们可以什么都不说.对吧?
说些多余的话. 尽管,NB 在某些事情上有偏激之处, 但他/她坚持提醒大家花时间学语
言,提高交流能力,是一向善举.好久不见NB了,祝愿他/她一切顺利,心想事成. | L****n
发帖数: 12932 | 2 i told you EXACTLY that, reading less than 8 of your posts, much less than 8
weeks | s********k
发帖数: 19 | 3 totally agree.
Communication is the most important. | w******y
发帖数: 4871 | 4 你来美国几年了？为什么还会有communication problem呢？想过该如何改进呢？
【在 m********4 的大作中提到】
: 在内科已完成了8周的见习, 分享以下我的最大的打击.
: 见习过程中,遇到几个很好的ATTENDINGS AND FELLOWS.他们对我很好,也一针见血地指
: 出我的弱点.有一个FELLOW,直接了当的告诉我,在这个大学的PROGRAM, 对语言与交流能
: 力的要求强与对医学知识的的掌握.你的教育背景,考试成绩,科研训练,这些都非常好.
: 但是,你必须投入更多的时间提高语言交流能力.
: 尽管很受打击,"忠言逆耳", 但是,换个角度考虑,能遇到这些好人,也是我的福分,
: "事不关己,高高挂起", 他们可以什么都不说.对吧?
: 说些多余的话. 尽管,NB 在某些事情上有偏激之处, 但他/她坚持提醒大家花时间学语
: 言,提高交流能力,是一向善举.好久不见NB了,祝愿他/她一切顺利,心想事成.
| t*****s
发帖数: 139 | 5 个人观点:
1. It doesn't matter how long have you been in the US. What matters most is
how you practice your English language and/or communication skills through
whatever means on a daily basis.
2. language≠communication:
English language is English itself. It's something like vocabulary,
pronunciation and grammar. They are easier to improve in short term. Think
about how long it took you to prepare for GMAT, GRE or TOEFL and scored
really high (< 1 year).
Communication is more about CULTURE. This is the killer for most of us.
While language can be improved by just studying as hard as you fight for the
USMLE steps ON YOUR OWN, communication requires more than yourself. Your
need one or more partners to practice and improve communication skills.
Then, the question is who is the best partner for your practice? My answer
is ordinary Americans that you may or may not know. But the next problem for
most of us would be how to initiate a conversation with our American
friends. One SINGLE most important thing, in my opinion, is TOPIC. Yeah, you
are not short of vocabulary (you got some most frequently used words from
GRE and TOEFL). What prevents you from initiating a talk is the lack of
common topics between you and your friend. Simply speaking, most time you
don't know what to say (我和这个美国同事能聊些什么呢?). That is the power of
topic.
Topic derives from culture. The more you are familiar with their culture,
the more topics you will have when you want to talk. Think about this: why
you can naturally start a conversation with your Chinese friends? One could
argue because Chinese is our native language. But rethink again, it's
because we have a similar culture and background and we talk about things we
are both interested, not simply the same language we speak.
My own method: subscribe a paper version of a local (I prefer) or national
newspaper like USA Today. Stop visiting Chinese websites and use those time
to read the newspaper every day. Yes, I do this EVERY DAY. Newspaper has
tons of TOPICS Americans talk about from time to time, like news, sports,
local gossips, culture of food and drinks, fashions and more. At lunch time,
try to INITIATE a talk (you talk first) with your American colleague using
one topic you found most interesting from the newspaper you read yesterday.
You will get two for one, that is improvement of both your communication
skills and your reading skill. I stick to this method for many years and it
works, at least, for me very well. | s*****1
发帖数: 273 | 6 Well said. Can't agree more. Thanks for the post. It's very pleasant to read.
is
Think
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: 个人观点:
: 1. It doesn't matter how long have you been in the US. What matters most is
: how you practice your English language and/or communication skills through
: whatever means on a daily basis.
: 2. language≠communication:
: English language is English itself. It's something like vocabulary,
: pronunciation and grammar. They are easier to improve in short term. Think
: about how long it took you to prepare for GMAT, GRE or TOEFL and scored
: really high (< 1 year).
: Communication is more about CULTURE. This is the killer for most of us.
| Y*Z
发帖数: 51 | 7 agree no more!
As suggested by an attending, you had better read newspapers everyday at
least 30 minutes or one hour!
That really matters!
Most of CMG are very intersted in the news fromChina but never care about
the news in our life near us. IT is completely wrong!
Your suggestion is very good! Initiate a topic after a short preparation..
.everyday with a native speaker.....Thank you!
is
Think
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: 个人观点:
: 1. It doesn't matter how long have you been in the US. What matters most is
: how you practice your English language and/or communication skills through
: whatever means on a daily basis.
: 2. language≠communication:
: English language is English itself. It's something like vocabulary,
: pronunciation and grammar. They are easier to improve in short term. Think
: about how long it took you to prepare for GMAT, GRE or TOEFL and scored
: really high (< 1 year).
: Communication is more about CULTURE. This is the killer for most of us.
| h***y
发帖数: 834 | 8 赞，麦地果然卧虎藏龙，十分感谢你的精彩长贴！ 很受益 :)
is
Think
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: 个人观点:
: 1. It doesn't matter how long have you been in the US. What matters most is
: how you practice your English language and/or communication skills through
: whatever means on a daily basis.
: 2. language≠communication:
: English language is English itself. It's something like vocabulary,
: pronunciation and grammar. They are easier to improve in short term. Think
: about how long it took you to prepare for GMAT, GRE or TOEFL and scored
: really high (< 1 year).
: Communication is more about CULTURE. This is the killer for most of us.
| t*****s
发帖数: 139 | 9 We all have heard of the famous cliche of "easier said than done". Indeed,
improvement of communication skills would be such a task that fits perfectly
into that category. Do NOT expect your language and communication skills
will change significantly in days, weeks or even months. That simply will
not happen. It does take time. But you MUST take action, real action NOW if
you do want real improvement. When I say "take action", I mean a detailed
plan, like the one that helped you score a 99 in the USMLE tests. And
remember PERSISTENCE is the king.
Chinese students and scholars are no doubt hard-working people. Majority of
us, if not all, tend to accept the dogma that technical skills determine
everything. Following that rule, anything else you do would be a complete
waste of time. If you think that is right, then you are wrong! Do most
american go to work because they truly like what they are doing? No. They,
except a few nerds, just use their current job to earn money that they can
use to enjoy what they really love. That's it! Put all your time on working,
in my opinion, against their culture. You will be "hated" by those ordinary
folks. I am not kidding. We have to accept the "reality" that this is their
soil not ours. We need to adjust to their culture, but not vise versa, in
order to succeed. It's never too late to have a plan to improve your
communication skills. Start from TODAY.
Read the newspaper, watch some famous TV shows, listen to local radios,
follow the 2012 presidential campaign, check Yelp.com to find out some
famous restaurants in your area and go try them out, pick up the phone
instead of emailing when you have issues, buy an iPad and download some
famous games and enjoy, go see a hot movie......so many things you can do,
in a much more enjoyable way, to learn about the US culture and find out
more topics to talk with people. You will be loved and succeed, seriously.
I encourage all CMGs on this forums to share your experience of what you
think the best way to improve communication in the US. I believe we have the
power. | z**********4
发帖数: 467 | 10 I really like what you are talking about. I am going to do the same.
is
Think
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: 个人观点:
: 1. It doesn't matter how long have you been in the US. What matters most is
: how you practice your English language and/or communication skills through
: whatever means on a daily basis.
: 2. language≠communication:
: English language is English itself. It's something like vocabulary,
: pronunciation and grammar. They are easier to improve in short term. Think
: about how long it took you to prepare for GMAT, GRE or TOEFL and scored
: really high (< 1 year).
: Communication is more about CULTURE. This is the killer for most of us.
| | | l********z
发帖数: 810 | 11 Support!
perfectly
if
of
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: We all have heard of the famous cliche of "easier said than done". Indeed,
: improvement of communication skills would be such a task that fits perfectly
: into that category. Do NOT expect your language and communication skills
: will change significantly in days, weeks or even months. That simply will
: not happen. It does take time. But you MUST take action, real action NOW if
: you do want real improvement. When I say "take action", I mean a detailed
: plan, like the one that helped you score a 99 in the USMLE tests. And
: remember PERSISTENCE is the king.
: Chinese students and scholars are no doubt hard-working people. Majority of
: us, if not all, tend to accept the dogma that technical skills determine
| t*****s
发帖数: 139 | 12 Back in June, I noticed an excellent article titled "Paper Tigers" authored
by Wesley Yang. It was published on the "New York Magazine" website. In this
article, Mr. Yang talks about some serious problems that many Asian-
Americans are facing right now. Although it is quite lengthy, I really enjoy
reading it from the beginning to end. If you have time, I highly recommend
you read it, especially for those who are parents already. What would you
like your children to be when they grow up here in the US? Refresh yourself
with it and rethink about yourself at least for now.
To get this article, search Google using key words: "New York Magazine" and
"Paper Tigers".
Happy sharing! | t********o
发帖数: 228 | 13 Cannot agree more!
Good point. | k*****i
发帖数: 27 | 14 Thanks a lot tamcrcss! It is really helpful!
I have been thinking about similar things. I also find reading magazines,
such as simple life, could be very useful. It contains many everyday life
tips of ordinary American families.
I also read paper tiger when it first came out. | n***h
发帖数: 364 | 15 well said.
is
Think
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: 个人观点:
: 1. It doesn't matter how long have you been in the US. What matters most is
: how you practice your English language and/or communication skills through
: whatever means on a daily basis.
: 2. language≠communication:
: English language is English itself. It's something like vocabulary,
: pronunciation and grammar. They are easier to improve in short term. Think
: about how long it took you to prepare for GMAT, GRE or TOEFL and scored
: really high (< 1 year).
: Communication is more about CULTURE. This is the killer for most of us.
| Y*Z
发帖数: 51 | 16 here's a website about how to learn english from shi yigong. althought he is
talking about how to write in english, it is still helpful for us.
http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=46212&do=blog&
Paper Tigers ---I would say: the greatest enemy is ourself. Challenge ourself everyday, it IS discomfortable and sometimes painful, but if unchanged, how could we change our fate?
perfectly
if
of
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: We all have heard of the famous cliche of "easier said than done". Indeed,
: improvement of communication skills would be such a task that fits perfectly
: into that category. Do NOT expect your language and communication skills
: will change significantly in days, weeks or even months. That simply will
: not happen. It does take time. But you MUST take action, real action NOW if
: you do want real improvement. When I say "take action", I mean a detailed
: plan, like the one that helped you score a 99 in the USMLE tests. And
: remember PERSISTENCE is the king.
: Chinese students and scholars are no doubt hard-working people. Majority of
: us, if not all, tend to accept the dogma that technical skills determine
| h***y
发帖数: 834 | 17 tamrcss大侠，你的帖子真的都很赞，只是在当前的主题下，恐怕有很多同学会错过你
的精彩帖子。 可否请你重开一个主题帖，引导大家一起讨论如何提高英语和交流技巧
？ 先谢过了！
authored
this
enjoy
recommend
yourself
and
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: Back in June, I noticed an excellent article titled "Paper Tigers" authored
: by Wesley Yang. It was published on the "New York Magazine" website. In this
: article, Mr. Yang talks about some serious problems that many Asian-
: Americans are facing right now. Although it is quite lengthy, I really enjoy
: reading it from the beginning to end. If you have time, I highly recommend
: you read it, especially for those who are parents already. What would you
: like your children to be when they grow up here in the US? Refresh yourself
: with it and rethink about yourself at least for now.
: To get this article, search Google using key words: "New York Magazine" and
: "Paper Tigers".
| t*****s
发帖数: 139 | 18 多谢版主赏赐！我一定会把您吩咐的事儿给办了。
【在 h***y 的大作中提到】
: tamrcss大侠，你的帖子真的都很赞，只是在当前的主题下，恐怕有很多同学会错过你
: 的精彩帖子。 可否请你重开一个主题帖，引导大家一起讨论如何提高英语和交流技巧
: ？ 先谢过了！
:
: authored
: this
: enjoy
: recommend
: yourself
: and
| A*G
发帖数: 256 | 19 Very important suggestion (altough it is mentioned every year, the
communication is a big issue for most of us)! Thanks to Meigui & tamrcss &
others.
Wish Meigui get match! | s********o
发帖数: 3319 | 20 看来 tamrcss 很快就要红起来了，赶紧来抱一下他的大腿先：） | | | h***y
发帖数: 834 | 21 俺其实是小虾米一个，非常感谢你愿意花时间来帮助大家 :)
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: 多谢版主赏赐！我一定会把您吩咐的事儿给办了。
| m********4
发帖数: 607 | 22 开玩笑吧? 你"很势利"吗?
"人品"对"MATCH"结果还是有些影响的.
THINK BEFORE YOUR FLIP.
【在 s********o 的大作中提到】
: 看来 tamrcss 很快就要红起来了，赶紧来抱一下他的大腿先：）
| t*******n
发帖数: 224 | 23 "幽默感"对"MATCH"结果还是有些影响的。
【在 m********4 的大作中提到】
: 开玩笑吧? 你"很势利"吗?
: "人品"对"MATCH"结果还是有些影响的.
: THINK BEFORE YOUR FLIP.
| z**********4
发帖数: 467 | | D********r
发帖数: 119 | 25 You can say that again!
Thank you so much for sharing.
:)
is
Think
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: 个人观点:
: 1. It doesn't matter how long have you been in the US. What matters most is
: how you practice your English language and/or communication skills through
: whatever means on a daily basis.
: 2. language≠communication:
: English language is English itself. It's something like vocabulary,
: pronunciation and grammar. They are easier to improve in short term. Think
: about how long it took you to prepare for GMAT, GRE or TOEFL and scored
: really high (< 1 year).
: Communication is more about CULTURE. This is the killer for most of us.
| d****2
发帖数: 118 | 26 Yesterday when I was talking with my attending's MA, I asked her a question
regarding my strength: what do you think I am different from the other FMGs
you have met in this clinic? She told me that I am very open, would like to
communicate with different staff.
The FMGs she met before were usually quiet, and did not talk with the MA
staff except their preceptor.
I personally think we should welcome all the opportunities to work and talk
with different medical staff and learn from them.
Moon Day is coming. I brought some moon cakes to the clinic and wrote a note
about Moon Day introduction attached to the cake box. All the medical staff
enjoyed it.
As long as you like to open your mouth without many concerns, you will find
out it is not difficult at all to talk with the Americans around you. | L****n
发帖数: 12932 | 27 I always wonder how to type this symbol？≠？
【在 t*****s 的大作中提到】
: 多谢版主赏赐！我一定会把您吩咐的事儿给办了。
| p***1
发帖数: 272 | 28 所以面试要装啊。
【在 z**********4 的大作中提到】
: 其实一次面试很难看出一个人人品。
| m********4
发帖数: 607 | 29 气质是很难"装"的.
相信有经验的人能够区别"内在美"与"外在美"的不同.
高雅的气质,不是名牌服装,化妆品"包装"出来的.
【在 p***1 的大作中提到】
: 所以面试要装啊。
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