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A Brief Analysis of Inefficiency and Time―consuming in English Learning for Chinese Learners 　　【Abstract】Nowadays it is common to see inefficiency and time-consuming in English learning for Chinese learners. This paper makes a brief analysis of this phenomenon from two major aspects： internal factors and external factors. The former includes age factor， affective factor， efforts and gift and the mode of thinking. The latter includes linguistic factor， sociocultural factor and the examination system. And then some practical strategies are given on the basis of the Critical Period Hypothesis， considering affective factor， making enough efforts and taking advantage of gift， adapting to different modes of thinking， Krashen’s Input Hypothesis， the Whorfian Hypothesis and perfecting the examination system in order to improve the phenomenon. 　　【Key words】Inefficiency； Time-consuming； English learning； Chinese learners 　　0 Introduction 　　Nowadays English is pretty popular with Chinese learners. Some learners do fairly well in their English learning while others spend too much time in learning English inefficiently. So it is of great essence to make a brief analysis of the phenomenon of inefficiency and time-consuming in English learning for Chinese learners in order to improve English learning. 　　1 Factors Resulting in Inefficiency and Time-consuming in English Learning for Chinese Learners 　　1.1 Internal Factors 　　1.1.1 Age Factor 　　English learners in many cases learn differently at various ages. During a person’s whole life， he or she may learn slowly at first， and then begins to learn faster. With time going， he or she may reach a peak of English leaning where is hard to go beyond. Later he or she may gradually start to slow down in the speed of English learning. 　　Although the details of English learning process may be quite different，the trend of their learning may be similar to some extent. In other words， learners are often different from each other in