@ai_suxiaole: Why Do Chinese Programmers Have Solid Tech Skills but Always Lag in English? The Author Studied This Thoroughly and Created a GitHub Project with 50k Stars — An English Guide Written by Programmers for Programmers

Why do Chinese programmers have solid technical skills but often struggle with English? The author researched this question thoroughly and turned it into a GitHub project. GitHub 50k ⭐️, an English guide written by programmers for programmers 🔗 https://t.co/5gOHVsBhsu — # byoungd/English-level-up-tips Source: https://github.com/byoungd/English-level-up-tips Simplified Chinese | English This is dedicated to my former beloved W. > We all live in our own past. People spend a minute getting to know someone, an hour to like someone, a day to fall in love with someone, but in the end, it takes a lifetime to forget someone. # Project Introduction An advanced guide to learn English which might benefit you a lot. A somewhat unconventional English learning guide/tutorial (https://github.com/byoungd/English-level-up-tips). ## Recommended Resource: ku0.com If you use the AI learning plans in this guide and need more stable, trustworthy AI accounts and API resources, check out our product: ku0.com (https://ku0.com). ku0.com is a trusted AI resource library where you can get one-stop access to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini account top-ups, ready-to-use accounts, and shared account pools. We use token quality checks and a unified gateway to filter out unstable, watered-down, or mislabeled relay services, and help you reduce AI usage costs and procurement risks through trusted account resources, quality reports, and access logs. ## Background Hello friend, welcome to the unconventional English learning guide (https://github.com/byoungd/English-level-up-tips). When your eyes meet these words, I sincerely hope this is not just a tough journey to conquer English, but a marvelous adventure that opens the door to wisdom. May these pages become the strings of a shared resonance between our hearts, playing the wonderful music of language learning. Back in early July 2017, my goddess W., who was preparing for the TOEFL, asked me a question: How can I learn English efficiently? While thinking about how to answer, I recalled my experience of passing 26 courses (including 19 retakes and 7 current semester courses) in one semester during my senior year of college. Plus, I happened to rank first in my province (Jiangsu) for both English and Chinese in the college entrance exam. Maybe I’m barely qualified to offer some efficient learning tips, just as a starting point. After sharing some learning insights with her, I was amazed at her enthusiasm for learning, but also noticed some shortcomings in her study methods. So I wrote a simple article loosely introducing my English learning experience. A few days later, she told me she hoped I could organize these experiences and share them with more people in need. Before that, I had no idea so many students struggled with learning English. They had never even thought: English, as a language, should be learned quite naturally, just as we naturally learned Chinese. I sincerely hope everyone can love learning English. If you can’t, try to discover the joy or benefits of it. Allow me to quote Steve Jobs (the original quote refers to work, but the sentiment is similar): The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. > > > The same goes for love for learning. In this guide, I will try my best to combine my subjective views with some scientific basis to provide you with a detailed English advancement guide. I sincerely hope this guide brings you a little help. ## English Proficiency Levels [email protected] > This chart mainly references Global scale - Table 1 (CEFR 3.3): Common Reference levels (http://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale) ## Features Feature introduction ## Chapters understanding vocabulary listening reading speaking writing ai The newly added AI chapter has been updated to the 2026 version. It no longer focuses solely on generic prompts but instead systematically answers: - Why Gemini is now recommended as the primary engine for English learning - How to string together Gem / Live / Guided Learning / Canvas / quiz / flashcards into a complete training pipeline - Besides Gemini, how ChatGPT / Claude / Perplexity / DeepL Write should be used and divided - How to design a truly long-lasting listening, speaking, reading, and writing training loop If you want to turn AI into a real accelerator for English learning—not just something that occasionally helps you translate a couple of sentences—this chapter is worth paying close attention to. word-list [email protected] My Story ## Thanks - Thanks to everyone who cares about and has contributed to this guide ❤️ ## Bonus Chapter To talk about the love part of my personal growth experience, feel free to check out Unconventional Ex-Girlfriends (https://github.com/byoungd/how-to-find-love) If you want to read about my real experiences during the period after failing my startup, you can also read this: My Story ## Online Reading - Zhihu: Unconventional English Learning Guide (https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/444211376) - GitHub Pages: English-level-up-tips (https://byoungd.github.io/English-level-up-tips/#/) - GitBook: English-level-up-tips (https://babyyoung.gitbook.io/english-level-up-tips/) ## Republishing Declaration If you republish this guide, please indicate the author and GitHub link. Thank you! ## License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ## Special Statement Many enthusiastic friends have sent messages saying this guide is well-written and helpful for their English learning, and they wish to reward me. Fate has already given me many extra gifts, so I need no other rewards. Unified statement: This guide does not accept nor need financial sponsorship. Please use the spare change you intended to tip me to buy some good books for yourself. Isn’t learning the greatest joy in life? > Cheers and Enjoy :)