In\nthis report, I want to talk about how my English skill has improved while\nspending time in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First,\nit is very embarrassing to tell this fact, but I could not pronounce\n\u201cvolleyball\u201d and \u201cwallet.\u201d In winter-term, I am taking a volleyball course. My\nfriends asked me what classes I am taking for this term. As I tried to answer,\nmy friends always asked me again because they could not understand what I was telling\nthem. Besides, I did not know how to pronounce the \u201cL\u201d sound. There is one\nstory: last year, I lost my wallet at Starbucks in downtown Naperville. When I\nrealized it, I asked a retailer if they kept my wallet or not. They said to me\n\u201cPardon?\u201d I was so disappointed with myself because I recognized I could not\neven pronounce an easy level word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So,\nI tried to improve my pronunciation skills in NCC. First, I asked my friends\nhow to pronounce \u201cV\u201d and \u201cL.\u201d They coached me a lot until my echo has improved.\nBesides, my ESL professor advised me to download an application of\npronunciation. Due to these two big supports, my speaking skills has improved\nvery much. Still, I need to be careful when speaking words including \u201cV\u201d and \u201cL.\u201d\nNonetheless, people understand what I am saying as I care about these difficult\nsounds. Before coming here, I thought there was no difference between similar\nenunciation. But now, I truly realize the importance in saying words and\nalphabets properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally,\nwhen people pronounce \u201cL,\u201d their tongues should be touched with upper teeth.\nHowever, they do not touch their teeth with their tongues, though the tongues\nshould be lifted, when they make sound of \u201cR.\u201d Usually, people close their\nmouth once when they say \u201cB\u201d, so I did not know that people should touch their\nlower lip and upper teeth when saying \u201cV\u201d. When I tried at first, I could not\nrealize how different they were, so it is still difficult for me to understand.\nHowever, I really recognized that the most important thing is for me to keep\npracticing the sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally,\nI want to be an English teacher in middle school in the future. The most\nfundamental goal for a teacher is the need to teach correct pronunciations. If\nI had not been here, I would not have noticed that I had terrible pronunciation\nskills. I am afraid of teaching bad pronunciation to our kids. I have only one\nmonth more here, so I will try my best to improve my English skills even more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this report, I want to talk about how my English skill has improved while spending time in America. First, it is very embarrassing to tell this fact, but I could not pronounce \u201cvolleyball\u201d and \u201cwallet.\u201d In winter-term, I am taking a volleyball course. My friends asked me what classes I am taking for this term. As I tried to answer, my friends always asked me again because they could not understand what I was telling them. Besides, I did not know how to pronounce the \u201cL\u201d sound. There is one story: last year, I lost my wallet at Starbucks in downtown Naperville. 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