Definitively , English has to be part of your life in order to speak it without contempt , I have seen people that because they sound with an accent, it block themselves on wanting to speak without the prejudice, on taking too much on account the mistakes they would make if some superior to their level were to hear them speaking it wrong .In my case I had to learn by mistakes, I went to middle school in USA, so whenever I ask for something ; native speakers understood something else , but that did not stop me from trying or even spelling the word and then asking them to teach me how to pronounce it well.I was and I am still a dictionary girl, regardless the opinion of how might other would look at me , is not much my concern since I am a foreign speaker, making efforts to catch up another language which wasn't my mother tongue .Hence, yes; English had to become to much part of my life and that included struggles as well prevails , in spite of challenges like knowing that English was as a Second Language.
Thank you. Rebeca On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Eduardo Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > What called me attention was when he says we could not treat English as a > object or something stranger, English need become part of our daily life. > > What about you ? > > take care > > Ed. > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 03:27, rebeca alonso <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ho! that is inspiring and encouraging .What can I say .. reminds me when I >> first started to learn English, and I had to carry my dictionary with me >> all the time, I just wanted to know every unknown word I seen in adds , >> books, t-shirts etc.., still people had gone into my purse, and they have >> found dictionaries ; asking me why? . I still have to learn more vocabulary >> and work on adjectives as well with compound verbs and lots more but in >> contrast with Adrian, grammar did help me very much, although previous >> knowledge was needed . As feeling ESL part of yours, I agree with >> Adrian's experience that he didn't want to think in speaking English so >> objectively but to think in it naturally . >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ESL Podcast". > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just > reply this message > For invite your friends, visit: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions
