There are lots of things you can do in your own country.
When you are to acquire languages other than your mother tongue, everyone thinks that they can’t do it without studying abroad. But is it true? If so, the people who can’t afford going overseas can’t master any foreign languages, can they? Can the only people who has some international experience when they were young be an interpreter or translator? Here, I want to insist NO to that question. (from now on, I will talk about English only coz it’s too annoying to write “foreign languages” each times)
I admit that studying abroad is one of the best ways to learn English and if you are to master it nearly perfectly, it would be necessary to do it. But at the same time, I think there are lots of ways to study it and each one has some purposes and meanings. For example, watching movies and reading the scripts will help you to practice listening. Trying to talk to yourself in English will be good if you are to practice speaking it. Then, what studying abroad is for? I think it is to get used to using English and make your English more fluent. And this is the last phase of mastering English, I believe. (you can’t stop learning...) So what I would like to say here is that studying abroad is just one of the phases or ways of studying English.
Actually, I have never been to foreign countries nor studied overseas but I have a feeling that I can communicate in English and I believe (without any reasons) that I can use it as a tool in my future. So to wrap up, I think what you should do when you are to master or learn English is to do what you can do in your circumstances or environment and to try to make the most of it.
(Here I’ve noticed that I don’t say anything specific so far so I’ll write down some good ways in my experience to learn English at your own country)
・Try to talk yourself in English and if you find phrases you have difficulty to say, just search them on the Internet.
・Learn phonetic symbols and use them to practice pronunciations.
・Take or make the opportunities to speak English as much as possible. (for example, find someone to exchange languages with Skype)
Your opinion encourage me so much and I will do the best after going back to Japan (in NZ as well). Talking to myself in English and search the phrases I find it difficult to express is a good way to build my vocabulary, too.
ReplyDeleteyeah let's keep going
DeleteI totally agree with you!
ReplyDeleteI will keep studying and won't waste my time if I'm so tired when I go back to my country.
I'm afraid that my English skills would get rusty after leaving here. Let's keep studying.
DeleteYes, I'm afraid of the same thing.
DeleteI should do our best not to lose my days in this country.
Actually, I didn't think about studying abroad as deeply as you, so your opinion sounds interesting to me that studying abroad is the last phase of mastering English.
ReplyDeleteIf you can, I'd like you to share an argument to an opinion that what we should do first is to study abroad and communicate with English-speakers.
Yeah if you can, I think it's the best way to learn coz your environment will force you to do it.
DeleteActually, I can't study anything if there are no needs to do it.
I think everyone who can't afford going overseas should listen your opinion. I could learn new things that we can learn an additional lunguage even though we don't have enough money! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that.
DeleteTechnology is developing fast all the time, and the world is now becoming small. We are living in the era in which you can study other languages in your country.
Let's do this.
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ReplyDeleteyour viewpoint is rather similar to mine as you pointed out it is not always necessary to learn abroad to develop your language skills.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we should use technology as much as we can.
ReplyDeleteWow! Thank you for sharing such a useful information. We're gonna have to go back someday to our own countries and I think it would be more important to keep being fluent so that all our efforts don't go down the drain.
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