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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
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Speaking with native speaker
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00 Please I'm just curious, have you ever spoken with an native english speaker? What kind of problems did you have during the dialog with an native english speaker? Share your experiences....Personally, I have experiences with speaking with people from UK and US. For example, last year I was with my gf at the vacation in 02 br
00 London (beautiful city, except of that prices..:-(. I was proud that I was able to communicate with almost everyone (in hotels, in Madame Tussaud gallery...etc.). I said almost, because when I was hanging around the Tower Bridge, I met there a man who wanted something from me and I had absolutely no idea what was he talking about. I didn't catch absolutely nothing from his speech...:-( I felt really awkward, because at the end he showed me his empty cigarrette box and started his strange english again...:-(..So maybe he wanted cigarrettes, I don't know.... I was happy that I got rid of him at that time...He had really strange accent and here we get to the point. My ability of understanding to native speaker depends on the accent of that particular person. For example, I remember on guy from Tampa Bay, who taught us in english conversation school. I loved the lessons with him, because he had absolutelly clean accent. I caught every word from his speech. I was with him in a pub. He told me about his parents, about the living in US, about the prices of the tickets to the NHL match...etc. It was great. But then he moved into the other town and they gave us another native speaker. That guy was from US as well. He said that he his from Chicago, but I must say that the lessons with him were horrible. Everythime when he started to talk I caught just first three words and that was all...:-( 02 br
00 Nice ilustration of the problem with accent are the TV shows. There are a lot of actors, where I have no problem with understanding of their speeches, like William Petersen (CSI), Eric Close (Without a Trace, I love his NY accent). But there are actors where I'm happy that I have an english transcript. (Gary Dougan from CSI or Anthony Lapaglia from Without a Trace).....:-) 02 br
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00 That's it. I'd like to hear your experiences...I'm really looking forward to it..I think it's interresting to talk about this. 02 br
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00 with regards 02 br
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00 Please I'm just curious, have you ever spoken with an native english speaker? What kind of problems did you have during the dialog with an native english speaker? Share your experiences....Personally, I have experiences with speaking with people from UK and US. For example, last year I was with my gf at the vacation in 02 br
00 London (beautiful city, except of that prices..:-(. I was proud that I was able to communicate with almost everyone (in hotels, in Madame Tussaud gallery...etc.). I said almost, because when I was hanging around the Tower Bridge, I met there a man who wanted something from me and I had absolutely no idea what was he talking about. I didn't catch absolutely nothing from his speech...:-( I felt really awkward, because at the end he showed me his empty cigarrette box and started his strange english again...:-(..So maybe he wanted cigarrettes, I don't know.... I was happy that I got rid of him at that time...He had really strange accent and here we get to the point. My ability of understanding to native speaker depends on the accent of that particular person. For example, I remember on guy from Tampa Bay, who taught us in english conversation school. I loved the lessons with him, because he had absolutelly clean accent. I caught every word from his speech. I was with him in a pub. He told me about his parents, about the living in US, about the prices of the tickets to the NHL match...etc. It was great. But then he moved into the other town and they gave us another native speaker. That guy was from US as well. He said that he his from Chicago, but I must say that the lessons with him were horrible. Everythime when he started to talk I caught just first three words and that was all...:-( 02 br
00 Nice ilustration of the problem with accent are the TV shows. There are a lot of actors, where I have no problem with understanding of their speeches, like William Petersen (CSI), Eric Close (Without a Trace, I love his NY accent). But there are actors where I'm happy that I have an english transcript. (Gary Dougan from CSI or Anthony Lapaglia from Without a Trace).....:-) 02 br
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00 That's it. I'd like to hear your experiences...I'm really looking forward to it..I think it's interresting to talk about this. 02 br
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00 with regards 02 br
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02 br 02 br 00 But I've had the same experience as you, while trying to learn Spanish. I went to movies, watched TV, listened to the radio. 90% of the people where I work speak Spanish and I have no idea what they're saying, unless it involves phrases which I've learned by listening to language records and following the "script" and translation on paper.
- 02 br 02 br 00 But I've had the same experience as you, while trying to learn Spanish.
- I went to movies, watched TV, listened to the radio.
- 90% of the people where I work speak Spanish and I have no idea what they're saying, unless it involves phrases which I've learned by listening to language records and following the "script" and translation on paper.
- And Spanish pronounciation is as easy as it gets!
- I can imagine how you guys suffer with English!
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0 Hi JCD, I haven't had too many problems with native speakers of English since I was a baby, but back then it was really rough! 02 br
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00 But I've had the same experience as you, while trying to learn Spanish. I went to movies, watched TV, listened to the radio. 90% of the people where I work speak Spanish and I have no idea what they're saying, unless it involves phrases
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00 But I've had the same experience as you, while trying to learn Spanish. I went to movies, watched TV, listened to the radio. 90% of the people where I work speak Spanish and I have no idea what they're saying, unless it involves phrases
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00 Hi Avangi, 02 br
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00 I absolutely agree with you. That's exactly that problem. Interesting is that sometimes native speakers have a problem to speak ev
01 cite 10 Avangi 12 cite 10 ....And it's not a matter of speed. It's a matter of clarity, voice quality, and perhaps "crispness." 12 blockquote12 br
00 Hi Avangi, 02 br
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00 I absolutely agree with you. That's exactly that problem. Interesting is that sometimes native speakers have a problem to speak ev
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00 Hi Avangi, 02 br
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00 I absolutely agree with you. That's exactly that problem. Interesting is that sometimes native speakers have a problem to speak ev
01 cite 10 Avangi 12 cite 10 ....And it's not a matter of speed. It's a matter of clarity, voice quality, and perhaps "crispness." 12 blockquote12 br
00 Hi Avangi, 02 br
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00 I absolutely agree with you. That's exactly that problem. Interesting is that sometimes native speakers have a problem to speak ev
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