First off, this is my opinion of the man Liyang. I am a student learning English in China.
I got the basics on my own, and a teacher filled me in later. He then asked me how much money I made, and wasn't happy with "enough". He hounded me a bit, and since he is a guest at the school, and the school was getting some face (we are not the biggest school in town, but we are the only place he came too), I went along. And again, that is not really to bad, from what I know, my salary is a well known secret on the campus. The part that got to me, and I was to shocked and embarrassed, was when he offered some of his breakfast. Sure, sharing food isn't so bad, but cold food? And not letting me use chopsticks, telling me to eat with my hands ( cold, wet dumplings, with my hands)?
I found out after, one of his staff had made some kind of error, and he was rude to her, said something about her being on, or acting like she was on drugs. He also mentioned his daughters ( his wife is white I guess), saying they lived and studied overseas, and that they were very good English half breeds. I don't think that is acceptable in China, and I know it isn't in Canada. That is just rude.
Now I don't want people to think I am attacking a successful Chinese businessman. As a businessman I think he has done very well. I take issue with his claims of teaching, seeing as he has had no training as a teacher. The main point he stress's is that "learning English isn't easy, you have to put a lot of effort into it, and you will make mistakes, but that's how we learn."
I would counter this with "Anything you put effort into, where you make mistakes and still keep going will end in success". It is called hard work. If you check the slogans on his books however, "English made easy" is one of them.
The teachers played nice with him too, so I still went on stage with him in front of the students. I played his game, gave him face. But I did it for the students, and I can point out to them that both he and I have been saying "You have to try, fail, and try again. No point in being shy, have a try."
This is the part I protest. He is famous, but famous doesn't equal a good teacher (but being famous for being a salesman, that's pretty good). There are over 30 English teachers in the school, none of them use his stuff. If he has helped people learn in the past, that is great, but I have seen so many schools, programs and "shady" tutors promise easy results, take the cash, and the students/clients learn very little.
A Student, just by joining Dave's ESL Cafe can learn just as much, and this is free. I can save you the money his program costs.
1) Be prepare to work at learning English, when ever you have some free time, speak English out loud.
2) Get some English to read ( it doesn't even have to be correct, his has grammatical errors and punctuation mistakes). The point is you need some English to read. If you can repeat a tape or movie, that works to, Liyang tries to teach the pronunciation first and the meanings second.
3) Keep at it, try, fail, try again. Don't be Shy, have a try!
That is it.
This is the same method the schools use, but he spends time saying the government program is wrong. He is saying the same thing, just in a different way, lots of excitement, and a flashy show. To be fair, I use the same tricks in class, but I don't charge the students extra for my "crazy".
He does say the teachers are to strict with the students, making them so afraid to fail that they are not willing to try. I think we forget that high school students spend a lot time at school. Teachers in China have to teach manners and proper behavior to, remember some students live at school until the weekend or longer. The only adults students deal with are teachers. Imagine trying to teach math class, and stopping to cover being polite? Teachers have to be strict in China , they have to raise and teach at the same time. It is different in the west, but the west is the west, the east is the east. Some western methods can work, but so many of them focus on one-on-one time with students, they are just not practical in China.
The ending of my day with Liyang? Headmaster served him a poor lunch after (my first lunch with the Headmaster was very nice). Another teacher pointed that out to me, I was feeling a bit used/dirty after the show. But best of all, he gave every English teacher his complete collection of books/tapes... None of them are on any desks or in any office.

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孩子，你究竟想要做什么？其实看到这个书名，就可以大概判断出当下我们这些当父母的，在教育孩子方面有多少迷茫和无奈。看到封面一个小朋友抱着那么多书，甚至超过自己的身高，挡着孩子的视线，其实作为孩子也是很无奈。为何家长与孩子都会出于无奈的境地呢，这需要我们深思。
封面入眼就看到这样一句话，请蹲下来，倾听孩子的声音。我想作者想提醒读者的是，先要了解孩子要什么，第一步是做到与孩子平行的位置，最起码从孩子的视线来看孩子，来看孩子的世界，然后再谈与孩子交流做朋友的事情。
每个人都从童年少年走过，当他到了做父母的年龄，当他有了孩子的时候，他和孩子之间就有了代沟——这是时间和成长留下的刻度。时过境迁，家庭和环境都发生了变化。如何跨过这条鸿沟，就需要架设桥梁，架设桥梁需要掌握的学问，就是教育心理学。如果不懂心理学，两个成人的沟通可以顺利进行；而因为儿童的心理与成人的心理有很大的区别，如果不懂心理学，父母将无法顺畅地与儿童进行沟通。
这本书从心里分析的角度，来帮我们解读孩子心理，知道孩子想要什么，怎么给予孩子更多的爱。比如里面的那个父母焦虑然后导致孩子也焦虑的例子就非常好。比如很多父母都不知道，两三岁的小孩子，喜欢反复听同一个童话。妈妈在给孩子读童话时，或许会想，每天换不同的童话，比较有趣。可是孩子们不愿意，孩子愿意天天听大灰狼或者小红帽，听它百遍也不厌倦。疯狂英语李阳在接受我的采访时说，学语言的诀窍就是重复，而孩子这种爱重复的天性，正是造物主赋予他轻松学会复杂语言的本能或者说本领。正是在这种不停地重复的过程中，孩子听懂并掌握了每一个词汇，以惊人的速度学会了母语。想想看，孩子学会母语只需要两三年，而成人掌握英语，需要学多少年！
一个有趣的现象是，幼儿园老师和两岁的小朋友捉迷藏，前几次老师都是藏在桌子下面，后来老师换了藏身的地方。老师认为，孩子费了一番周折再找到她，一定会欢呼起来。可是，当孩子们费了好大的劲，在门后找到老师时，都一脸失望，他们说：“老师，你为什么不藏在桌子下呢？”这位老师不知道，孩子们正处于秩序的敏感期。这个阶段的孩子把秩序看得非常重要。
教育说到底还要到心理学找依据。要教育孩子，先要了解孩子，如果不了解儿童的心理及其特点，不了解受教育对象，如何施教？鲁迅说：“孩子的世界，与成人截然不同，倘不先行理解，一味蛮做，便大碍于孩子的发达。”心理学家李子勋在《陪孩子长大》一书写道：“我们对孩子的内心世界了解非常少，却自以为懂得非常多。原因是我们处在强势，经常不自觉地以自己的思维方式来理解孩子，逼迫孩子放弃天赋中的能力，努力学习如何与成人相处，学习成人的思维模式和行为模式。可笑的是，我们把这个过程称为教育。”
孩子，真的让我们欢喜又让我们忧。其实很多父母是希望与孩子做朋友，是开明的，是积极的，可为什么现实的生活中出现了那么多的问题呢。记得一个教育老师说，孩子的错都是大人的错，的确当孩子出现问题时，你要反思自己，做父母的是否有问题了。而不是在孩子身上找原因，找解决的办法。言传身教的力量是非常强大的。
《孩子究竟要什么》这本书，每个家庭都应该买一本。我很赞同这句话，家长抽出那么一点时间，真正静下心来读一读，比你面对孩子的问题焦头烂额无从下手时再去临时抱佛脚要好的多。

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　　在未来的人生旅程中，怎么才能做到多一些得，少一些失，多一些成，少一些败？珍惜时间，利用时间就行。不仅如此，还能“让有限的生命发挥出无限的价值”。