Introduction
English has dominated India despite of being a second language. Even the language has got the characteristics of the country where it born, many reasons can be traced for its dominance, what else the reasons are no one could reprimand the beauty of style and the structure of English. Some people can write good English, some can write good English, even some can be good at both, but not all the English users are good at both, the simple reasons is English is our second language, whatever the way we learn it and get trained it is still our second language, most of the people in India are adapted to their first language which influence was their right from one’s birth, by default the regional language get itself into the state of
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These two activities will certainly give a measure to build one’s vocabulary, since the user will come across lot of new words from which the reader can understand the meanings and the usage of new words.Reading and Listening to audios alone will not get one to know more, whenever one come across new words they’ve to refer either to dictionary or online source to find its meaning and usage, later they’ve to do some homework by speaking to themselves or in front of a mirror by using those words, they’ve to keep doing this on regular basis till they get perfect with those words with consistency in their normal usage. More than in reading the user can benefit from listening mode to build their vocabulary, thou it clears the problem of pronunciation too, when a word is pronounced correctly it definitely sounds beautiful, then almost 20% of proficiency acquires from this act.Apart from vocabulary building the user gets additions benefits from these two activities, …show more content…
One’s Voice & Accent purely depends on their regional and social background and it’s unique to the language that used in a particular area. If we take Hindi for example people from Mumbai speaks it different from the people of New Delhi and even in many parts of the country it was spoken in different style, which stiffs upon one’s tongue movements and rotations, it can’t be blamed anyone since the physical growth and size of people differs from place to place. Even for a regional language if the accents are that much then for a universal language English how much it would be, but there are three main accent in English which dominates the entire globe, they are (i) the American Accent, (ii) British Accent, (iii) Neutral accent. The accent which is globally used and understood is known as neutral accent. Listening to lot of audios will certainly help one to identify and differentiate the accent, and practicing the basis of vowels and consonants will make one to understand the relationship of words and sounds, which will certainly enhance one’s voice & accent and more they apply using it in their personal life, one’s voice along with accent will get
“Speakers choose among sociolinguistic variants available; their choices group together in ways which are obvious and interpretable to other speakers in the community”(68), Green says in context to the fact that inside speech communities, specific languages seem normal but once you leave that area, it may be hard to communicate as effectively with others. The way that people communicate is the way they are able to relate to their neighbors, when you take that away from them you take away their allegiance and their sense of loyalty to their community (68). Even if two people who speak different versions of English, they are both speaking English and will be able to understand each other, but communication is always easier and more effective when conversing with someone who has a similar linguistic style, or with someone from a related culture. Even when all parties are willing to work hard and share the burden of communication, sometimes accents can be too much of a barrier and prevent full
I get distracted easily and lose track of what I’m reading when a passage contains a lot of small details, so listening to an audio version helps me keep track of where and what I’m reading. Another helpful source is SparkNotes for broadening my understanding of important symbols when I’m confused. In addition partner and class collaborations assisted me the most in engaging with the text and symbols because it allowed for me to collect various answers, opinions and clarifications of symbolism, characters, events and more in
Firstly I do believe my vocabulary did in fact increase while using this program. As I began the process in the program, all my words were no longer limited to “at” “the” and “and”. The way in which I now vocalize my words are more in depth and stronger as I continue to write and speak. The increase, I feel, benefits me in all aspects in relation to vocabulary.
This reminds me of my experience of learning English from a Chinese teacher in a local school and the difference I felt from being in a western style classroom. I remember the first time, when my teacher started introducing herself in English, she obviously had a Chinese accent to her English, which led to me thinking of her being an inexperienced teacher. However, when I heard our English teacher speak, I notice a huge difference between both of the teacher’s English-speaking skills. My English teacher was speaking more clearer and quicker than the Chinese teacher, making it sound more conviving. But because the way they use their words was so different from the "Chinese version" of the English I have listened to all these years, it took me a longer time to understand what my English teacher says.
Taking Intro to Sociology this semester, we have discussed norms and normative behavior quite extensively. That class has reshaped my view of what it means to be normal. Resultantly, I think of normal as a relative term. Normal is whatever we are socialized to believe. As in our society we are socialized to believe so many different things no one can be normal.
Try to keep our own accent from a new language, keep speaking own language, and remember the way your speech of the own language, even we outside the world, we learning new language and the way we communication each other in new world, don’t forget your own speech, accent and pronunciation. As part of the comprehensive argument, Lederer try to support and understanding the speech in different regions and make a connection with his experience and share to the world to know the language is not going but
I’m a kind of person that don’t like reading at all. So I have to find a way that we make my reading easier. I end up reading with an audio book. It’s nothing wrong with an audio book. Indeed, it’s better than I thought it would be.
The kind of listening you need to learn is not passive absorption, like watching TV; it is critical listening.” , Keith said. He compares students learning to listen to watching tv. Yes, saying that seems very reasonable. However, it’s not that simple.
It is very difficult because the accent is difficult to understand when you are communicating with some local person. Secondly, when you are in class, it is very difficult to understand the lecture because teacher speaks very fast and you cannot follow the class notes. In that case, one should adapt a habit of reading books and newspaper (Wendroff, 2013). I also kept an English dictionary in my earlier days in US so that I can understand and learn English without getting into any trouble someday. Learning English is important because it makes a person understand about the new culture in a better ways.
In the essay Mother Tongue by Amy Tan she speaks about how is was when she was growing up. That it was difficult for her to deal with her mother's "fractured English" but, has she grew older she became more proud of her broken way of speaking. She realized that there was nothing wrong with the way her mother spoke and that her mother wasn't different than any other American just because of how she speaks. I think that Tans' main point is very enlightening and should be shared with others. You shouldn't judge a person based on how they sound.
In order to improve elementary students' reading ability, the author suggested that the school board should encourage schools to purchase audiobooks because some studies showed thatstudents who hear books are more likely to become able readers. The author made several mistake when presenting the above argument. The biggest error the author committed is the conditions. First of all, the author stated that many students are discouraged by the lonely activity of reading.
I worked hard to make my accent lighter and to understand people because I know that if I want to be a nurse then I have to be able to understand the patient and the patient have to be able to understand me. After a while, I was able to get my accent right due to the help of the internet, my friends, and my guardian
For all the assignments we get, I often listen to the audio given. This way I interpret and understand better. A benefit of hearing the text is catching parts that I might have missed. Also, different people have different nuance when reading a text, and it is good to hear another way people read the same text. Some disadvantages are that I get distracted easily, since I don't not have to read I often go on my phone or work on different assignments.
Dialects are not just accents but also grammar, vocabulary, syntax and common expressions used. One is able to identify and distinguish between different people, different ethnicities and races as people speak different languages. Each human belongs to a community which makes them speak a specific language and dialect that represent their community and differentiates them from others. Language connects people to their community as they are connected to people that speak the same
It enhances listening and speaking also it increases new vocabulary for student. The aim of this essay is to give real imagine about how the Aural-Oral approach can be taught in or during English learning and give good improvement in both listening and speaking in order to reach student’s communicative competence. The first focus of Aural-Oral Approach is to teach English for student