Speaking and Being Myself - My Progresses 50
"Of course I'm going to practice pronunciation to make it perfect, but how long does it take until my pronunciation becomes perfect? In a few years? Maybe, but maybe not. It is even probable that my entire life may perhaps be too short!"
I shouted to myself in my mind, after I noticed that I was unconsciously practicing movements of tongue in pronouncing some sounds very slowly.
Suddenly I felt that someone was asking me that "Aren't you talking with anyone until you make your pronunciation perfect." Actually it is a voice from my own mind.
With remark of the leading passage, I answered no to the question. I would like talk with someone sooner, probably within a year. Meanwhile I have found out that how I want to enjoy a conversation. I need to choose carefully who to talk to, because topics I'm ready to speak and I really like to talk is really limited and partial. I would like to talk about subjects about railways for hours, but if someone wants to talk about movies, it is likely either to end the conversation immediately, or that I can't join in conversation at all. Actually, even about railways, my favorite subject, I often feel that my vocabulary is too weak to enjoy a conversation.
"Be yourself" this is the advice from an English teacher at that time when I was taking an English conversation test. The problem has been that being myself has meant that I haven't been good at making a speech, even in my favorite subject. Therefore, enhancing speech skills so as to enjoy a conversation in a field I love or I'm good at will be the priority, if I want to be confident in speaking English.
I shouted to myself in my mind, after I noticed that I was unconsciously practicing movements of tongue in pronouncing some sounds very slowly.
Suddenly I felt that someone was asking me that "Aren't you talking with anyone until you make your pronunciation perfect." Actually it is a voice from my own mind.
With remark of the leading passage, I answered no to the question. I would like talk with someone sooner, probably within a year. Meanwhile I have found out that how I want to enjoy a conversation. I need to choose carefully who to talk to, because topics I'm ready to speak and I really like to talk is really limited and partial. I would like to talk about subjects about railways for hours, but if someone wants to talk about movies, it is likely either to end the conversation immediately, or that I can't join in conversation at all. Actually, even about railways, my favorite subject, I often feel that my vocabulary is too weak to enjoy a conversation.
"Be yourself" this is the advice from an English teacher at that time when I was taking an English conversation test. The problem has been that being myself has meant that I haven't been good at making a speech, even in my favorite subject. Therefore, enhancing speech skills so as to enjoy a conversation in a field I love or I'm good at will be the priority, if I want to be confident in speaking English.
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