The kids finally gave their speeches today, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be! 😅 Although, there was one kid who flipped between Japanese and English at hyper-speed to translate out loud WHILE using filler words. Back to the drawing board!
Slang is so hard to unlearn, though! Sometimes, it feels like the most authentic language!
Useful tips! When I was first learning Mandarin I found that my speaking improve once I started using filler words in Mandarin.
Now that I'm learning French I'm being more conscious as I find it easy to use an English filler word. I'm going to take more note of the French filler words I hear people use. 🙂
Oh there's a ton. I hear my coworkers using them but it hasn't yet come naturally to me. There's also the ones more commonly used in quebecois and the ones used in France so I have to figure out which I want to use because if I mix them it just won't sound consistent 😅
I had to google "valley girl" hahaha
One of the American English styles to avoid if you want to be taken seriously! 🤭
I would have loved to have you as a teacher. This is such a simple way to make it OK to hesitate, and make students think about how they sound.
I loved the note on the valley girl too, I learnt Dutch with students and had to unlearn a lot of slang expressions and filler words 😁
The kids finally gave their speeches today, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be! 😅 Although, there was one kid who flipped between Japanese and English at hyper-speed to translate out loud WHILE using filler words. Back to the drawing board!
Slang is so hard to unlearn, though! Sometimes, it feels like the most authentic language!
Useful tips! When I was first learning Mandarin I found that my speaking improve once I started using filler words in Mandarin.
Now that I'm learning French I'm being more conscious as I find it easy to use an English filler word. I'm going to take more note of the French filler words I hear people use. 🙂
I wonder if there are any quirky ones! It seems like French would have those!
Oh there's a ton. I hear my coworkers using them but it hasn't yet come naturally to me. There's also the ones more commonly used in quebecois and the ones used in France so I have to figure out which I want to use because if I mix them it just won't sound consistent 😅