Reason Part 2
Apr 05th 2010 02:07
I had to make a presentation in English the other day. Thanks to you guys, it went very well.^^
Well, now I want to write about my English skills. I guess you might think I'm going to write something negative as always, but I'm not. www It's been six months since I started using Lang-8. (Time flies fast. Yes it does.) My English skills weren't so good in the beginning, but I have improved a lot. Yey!
I read some entries Japanese people wrote. They said their English skills hadn't improved. IMO, their English will get better soon because at least they seem to be motivated. Sometimes I wonder what their motivation is. I really want to know. I know there are some Japanese housewives on Lang-8 and I don't think they need English. How is it possible for them to stay motivated? Sometimes even I lose my motivation. In addition, it seems like they have their kids learn English, too. Some Japanese women, housewives, want their kids to take over their dreams. For example, if they wanted to become actresses, they want their kids to be actors or actresses. If they wanted to get into a famous university, they want their kids to do it. Now I'm off the subject. ^^;
I like studying English very much for some reason, so when I see people correct my entries I feel I learn something and that makes me super happy. Anyway, I wonder what would be good for improving my English skills, especially pronunciation. Practice makes perfect, perhaps? Something like Skype?
Well, now I want to write about my English skills. I guess you might think I'm going to write something negative as always, but I'm not. www It's been six months since I started using Lang-8. (Time flies fast. Yes it does.) My English skills weren't so good in the beginning, but I have improved a lot. Yey!
I read some entries Japanese people wrote. They said their English skills hadn't improved. IMO, their English will get better soon because at least they seem to be motivated. Sometimes I wonder what their motivation is. I really want to know. I know there are some Japanese housewives on Lang-8 and I don't think they need English. How is it possible for them to stay motivated? Sometimes even I lose my motivation. In addition, it seems like they have their kids learn English, too. Some Japanese women, housewives, want their kids to take over their dreams. For example, if they wanted to become actresses, they want their kids to be actors or actresses. If they wanted to get into a famous university, they want their kids to do it. Now I'm off the subject. ^^;
I like studying English very much for some reason, so when I see people correct my entries I feel I learn something and that makes me super happy. Anyway, I wonder what would be good for improving my English skills, especially pronunciation. Practice makes perfect, perhaps? Something like Skype?
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I had to make a presentation in English the other day.
Yes it does.) Since my English skills weren't so good, they improved a lot.
Sometimes I wonder what is their motivation is.
If they wanted to get into a famous university, they want their kids to do it.
Anyway, I wonder what is good stuffs to would be good for improving my English skills, especially pronunciation.
Reason Part 2 [you don't need a period]
Practice makes perfect, perhaps? [I think that here, it is better to add a word demonstrating that you are uncertain as you are using a question mark. ^^]
(Something like) Skype? [Just a suggestion -- if you're talking to someone you might want to make this into a sentence fragment. If you want this to be more like a thought, then it's fine to leave it at "Skype?" ^^]
Pronunciation is as much listening as it is speaking. Watching shows in English will help you with your pronunciation, also :)
How is it possible for them to keep motivated?
I am sure that Skype is a very useful tool, but I hardly ever have time to get on it.
Holy smokes! I just realized "banira" is an anagram for "a brain" and your avatar features A BRAIN. That's why your posts have been standing out for me all this time (Oh, that and because they're always really good.)
Yes it does.) Since my English skills weren't so good in the beginning, they have improved a lot.
I have trouble watching Japanese TV for grown-ups, but things for children are better for me. (w)
じゃら, welcome back to Lang-8. また一緒に頑張ろうね！
Rochallor, 私も英会話同好会みたいなのあったら入りたい...
mburr, www, すごい。baniraって"a brain" かしこそうに見える？ ふふふ～ん^^
Takoyaki, TV for grown-upsって、もしかしてエロい?(冗)
But I meant things like dramas compared to Mini-moniとか.＾＾
Yes it does.) Since my My English skills weren't so good in the beginning, but I they have improved them a lot. Comment: It is not logical that having poor skills at the start would cause you to have better skills now.
Conversations with English speakers is great and Skype is a good way to do it.
You gave a presentation in English. Were there any English-speaking people there you would like to keep in touch with? That would be a good start because you will find yourself focusing on the meaning more than worrying about the syntax.
I know of some Japanese housewives on Lang-8 and I don't think they need English. (or, "I know there are some...", depending on whether you actually know some or if you just know that they exist)
How is it possible for them to keep stay motivated? ("stay motivated" is used more often)
In addition, it seems like they have their kids learn English, too. (comma ^^)
For example, if they wanted to be actresses, they want their kids to be become actors or actresses.
For pronunciation, you could try shadowing or chorusing. I read another lang-8 post recently that has a description of it:
http://lang-8.com/99196/journals/420639/Shadowing-for-learning-language
If it's too hard to chorus something because it's too fast, you can try finding slower pieces of audio at first and work your way up to normal speed (or ask people to record audio at a slower speed for you ^_~).
アドバイスもね。
う～ん、難しそうだけれど、やってみます！