Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Speaking

I seldom speak English. There is no one around me that I can speak with, except myself. I have got used to the broken style while speaking since I was small, therefore I believe I will probably tend to say something foolish like "Yesterday I eat", "He do the job" or "They are my friend" while conversing with the other native speakers. Writing and speaking are definitely two different aspects. You don't have the margin of time to think what's going wrong, especially the grammatical errors, in what you're saying. One of my friends once told me : "Think in English, speak in English, you might see the difference." However learning languages often comes harder to me in comparison with the other subjects. I have spent a lot of time to jot down the definition of the new vocabulary but my memory strength is just disappointing. Maybe I do remember it but it doesn't come to my mind when I'm going to use it. I'm having a low understanding in phrasal verbs too, causing my English to be unnature and immature. My speed of improvement is not capable to begin my life in college. I have to overcome this fatal stumbling stone.

5 comments:

  1. Don't worry. Do one thing at a time. You improve your written English now, and you can start thinking about improving your spoken English once you go into college or university. When you have the opportunity to mix with people of other nationalities and races, you will find yourself speaking in English no matter what.

    Eventually, your effort will pay off.

    Don't worry about making mistakes. Even native speakers do commit errors.

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  2. I hope I won't be stammering when I have the chance to meet you someday :D

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  3. If you happen to be at KLCC on weekdays you can always catch me up at Tower 1.

    As for the stammering part, that's not to be worried about. You have to start somewhere. I can be stammering in Mandarin, too.

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  4. You are a great guy to emulate!
    I shall meet you next time :D

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  5. Ah, I am just another ordinary guy trying to do some extraordinary things. We learn from each other, no matter what the age range is.

    See you.

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