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A Motivation of Learning English In a coffee shop, I met a Canadian guy who I have talked in somewhere before. He was friendly as we met last time. Since we had the common interest of Japanese cartoons and movies, we were taking about mostly them. I had been growing up in Tokyo with Japanese cartoons while he had in Canada with Canadian cartoons, our memorable childhood cartoons were different. I thought our Japanese cartoon was aired widely in the world, so foreign children watched the same one as we Japanese watched. However the thing was that they had more channel options than Japan and of course they had non-Japanese cartoons, so you didn't watch the Japanese cartoons unless you or your parents intentionally chose the one. By the way, through this topic, there is one thing I have just realized. Apparently, my English speaking level is still stuck at intermediate level according to my Canadian friend. This realization really discouraged me. He didn't mention it to me directly, but it was obvious since he was explaining about the difference of his way to talk when he talks to native English speaker and the others. He intentionally chooses easy words for English learners, including me. Not to mention, I know my English is not enough having a comfortable conversation for natives. Well, okay. Stay positive. It just motivated me to study harder.

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A Motivation of for Learning English

In a coffee shop, I met a Canadian guy who I have talked in spoken with somewhere before. He was friendly as we met last time just like the last time we met. Since we had the common interest of Japanese cartoons and movies, we were taking about mostly about them those. I had been growing grown up in Tokyo with Japanese cartoons while he had in grew up in Canada with Canadian cartoons. Our memorable childhood cartoons were different. I thought our Japanese cartoons was were aired widely in around the world, so foreign children watched the same ones as we Japanese watched. However, the thing was that in Canada they had more channel options than Japan and of course they had non-Japanese cartoons. so You didn't watch the Japanese cartoons unless you or your parents intentionally chose the one.

By the way, through During this topic, there is was one thing I have just realized. Apparently, my English speaking level is still stuck at an intermediate level according to my Canadian friend. This realization really discouraged me. He didn't mention it to me directly, but it was obvious since he was explaining about the differences of his way to talk of speaking when he talks to native English speakers and the others. He intentionally chooses easy words for English learners, including me myself.

Not to mention, I know my English is not enough having to have a comfortable conversation for with natives. Well, it's okay. I'm staying positive. It just motivated me to study harder.

 

 


Nice job! You'll get there! Learning a new language isn't easy and you must continue to learn even after you think you mastered it.

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I'm guilty of doing the same thing. My speaking manner changes depending on who I'm speaking with. If I know I'm speaking with someone who's still learning English, I change my vocabulary. I do that because it may take longer to explain if I use complex words or a lot of slang or idioms. Besides, when speaking casually I don't like to turn it into a lesson unless that's what the other person wants.

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