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tal strength, but also possesses psychological advantages. To begin with, it helps to enhance interests in learning English. Because the knowledge that teachers pass on students in class is mainly based on syllabuses, some contents or subjects unrelated students’ daily lives might not raise their interests. In comparison, the subjects of discussion in here can be flexible. Sometimes students have a group discussion about a given task under teacher’s supervision, sometimes students have a free-talk without other people intervene. As for the topics, it may be stories of their daily lives; it may be interesting stories about school; it may be great events home and abroad. For their part, it is language and knowledge close to their daily lives that is of practicality and utility, which is easily to be accepted and mastered. Therefore, it will add output, encourage college students to speak more, achieve better result. As Albert Einstein once said, interests are the best teacher. Dennis child once wrote the following sentences in Psychology and the Teacher: “Grasping the meaning of a task is essential for efficient learning. Most of what we learn require an understanding of the gist of an argument and not follow my-leader repetition of the argument.”[12] Secondly, it helps to increase self-confidence & self-esteem. When college students have the impulse to speak English, they will tend to make great effort to display themselves. Despite the fact his oral English is not so satisfactory, when his idea is taken in by others, he will have a sense of pride and satisfaction, which greatly increases his confidence in learning English. “An increased in self-confidence and self-esteem will lead to increased learner effort in language learning and a great willingness to take risks or to continue attempting to make one’s views understood.”[13] From the above analyses, compared with class teaching, it can be found that when college students practice oral English in English corner, they not only feel natural, relaxed, interactive atmosphere, but also enhance their interests in learning English and increase self-confidence and self-esteem, therefore, for their part, English corner is the most appropriate and effective training place. Then how to take part in English corner activities? 4. Preparing for English corner activities 4.1 Evaluate and set up realistic goals “According to the knowledge that a learner has mastered and understanding of current events, he sets up a goal in consistent with the knowledge that he has learnt so far.” [14] For example, if the leaner has learned several proverbs： (1) Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. (2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. (3) It takes two to make a quarrel. The learner can choose“proverbs” as his topic in English corner. He can speak out English proverbs to let his counterpart to guess and paraphrase, and vice versa. In this way, apart from consolidating the knowledge what he has learned, he can gain more confidence of learning English and sense of fulfillment. Don’t be unrealistic and overestimate him. At the same time, it is undesirable to long for improving his oral English greatly after taking part in it for several times. With this attitude, he will be easily disappointed in himself. After all, as the saying goes, more haste, less speed. 4.2 Make preparation for attending English corner Though English corner is extracurricular activity, English learners ought to pay much