Task
: an opinion column
“What I learn in school today”
Strange but Cozy
Talking about learning English, it
does not only relate to grammar, speaking, or listening but also how to
pronounce the words correctly, pronunciation. It becomes one of the big problems
in learning English because what is pronounced is so different from the word which
makes many students are annoyed and confused in learning, such as the word
“Island”, omitted “S” in pronouncing, and many others. It is stated that It
will become dangerous thing and make misunderstanding if we pronounce them
incorrect moreover to native speakers (Why You Should, n.d.). Those all are
different from I felt when I joined in a short program of Mercu Buana English
Community. I learned many things especially about Pronunciation, a strange
lesson, which makes me happy, confident and great. Here are some factors.
First, it is fun which made me happy. We
always kept pronouncing and also much laughing because when we pronounced the
listed words on the book, we mostly did wrong in pronouncing words. Especially
when we read one page of listed words but at a quarter of the last part we did a
mistake then we have to repeat it again and again from the beginning. What a
tiring class it was! Everybody kept laughing because of it but we still enjoyed
it. In another hand, it actually made the class joyful and nice as stated that laughing
is able to have and build a good connection. Also It can move a chilly
situation to a warm one, full of familiarity2 (7 Health Benefits
n.d.)
Second, it also influenced me to be
confident and kept trying because making mistakes is normal. It meant that every
student was right even did mistakes. When some of our friends did mistake, they
reason that “we’re students, doing mistakes is ok!” so they always pretended to
be right person when they did mistake. In addition, about their pronunciation
including local accent, they felt free and confident in pronouncing every words
because they feel that everyone has their own pronunciation, so don’t blame
each other’s! Even though, their accent is different but actually their pronunciation
is incorrect. They just admit those are the same. What strange it is!
And the last, mastering pronunciation
well and having a good accent are able to be great point for us. It’s because
at first, listeners will value what we pronounced is good or bad. When in
conversation, although our speaking is not really fluent but we have a great
pronunciation, it’s impressing enough. As
stated by Tomasz P. Szynalski that pronunciation is the major thing which is
seen in conversation mostly (Why You Should, n.d.). So, when we have a
conversation, people who talk to us they won’t notice how good our grammar or
rich our vocabulary are but they will do notice to our pronunciation.
That’s all that I learned in
pronunciation class which made me happy, confident, and great. Whatever we
learn, either like or nor, just enjoy it because sometimes what we don’t like
but it’s needed for us.
Reference:
Why You Should. (n.d.) Retrieved on Wednesday May 5, 2015 from http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronuncwhy.htm,
7 Health Benefits ….. (n.d.)Retrieved on Wednesday May 5, 2015 from http://life.gaiam.com/article/7-benefits-laughter.
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