After I’ve learned lots of basic things such as vocabulary, grammar in English, my goal has
been always to speak fluently. However there were not many chances to talk with native
even though I’ve been living in New Zealand. So during last 6 month, I’ve asked myself
whether staying here is worth or not.
While I was considering about efficiency of living abroad, my family visited NZ to meet me
and travel here. We were traveling around southern island for 10 days, during that time I had
to solve lots of troubles. For instance, We hired big campervan to travel and one day this car
was stuck in the sand near a beach. So I needed to converse with many native people not
only directly but also on the phone in order to ask some help. Usually when I talk with someone about a subject that is not familiar with me, I used to hesitate a lot because I need
seconds to check the grammar and the order and everything in my sentences. But in real
situation such as the accident, no one waited for me while I prepared my perfect sentences.
At that time, I had to listen and get it and also speak a lot according to the speed of native.
After that incident, I’ve been getting more confident and realised that It is really important to
face diverse situations and to communicate with others to deal with it.
Although there are lots of contents which let me know how to learn a second language
efficiently on the internet and also I’ve watched them quite often, the reason I can’t speak
English more fluently is I don’t carry out the ways that many teachers recommended. I know
that it is useless that i just know something unless i don’t practice it a lot.
But you know how difficult it is.
I think it is important to think about the purpose of learning English. For me, I regard English as a tool so the fact that you could overcome that difficult situation is really amazing and I think you're a good English speaker. But at the same time, I think those who speak English like natives are really cool I always wanna be like them so I can imagine your passion for English. All we can do is just practice a lot and keep revising yourself.
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I totally agree with you. Yes, It is also my hoping that be fluent like native. It is sound like cool and good for me in any place where people say English. I appreciate with your complement, yes, we can do more better it is obviously true that we are getting better than yesterday.
DeleteYour blog is full of your own experience!! Also, the structure of your essay is clear, so it is easy to understand and I like your blog very much.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your idea. Just knowing is useless. We must use our knowledge in useful way and in order to do it, we have to practice how to use it constantly.
Right, we should carry on this until ours comes true. I always try to write essays more clear but as you know, it is hard for me. So I try to learn more, as I can write and practice, it is more looks nice. Your sentence is also pretty good. Let;s do something with English in real life
DeleteI agree with your opinion that just knowing is useless but carrying on is difficult.
ReplyDeleteYour experience sounds very hard, but you got over. I think that definitely makes you stronger and better at speaking English.
Thank you. If I was in my country, I never figured out how it is important for me. Several experiences I have been it made me more strong in international stages. Let's don't be afraid of what coming to us. It is just wave we can fight it.
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