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About My English Studies I've been studying English for 2 years now. I could hardly remember any proper English phrase during the first 3 months. It was really a pain in the ass. However, my English has been improving a lot since I started learning it. These days I often talk with some expats. They often say I'm an advanced learner of English, but I don't think so. My current English level isn't obviously very good, so I'd better get a lot more proper pronunciation and conversational skills. As you might already know, most Japanese people tend to pronounce English in a horrible way called "Engrish". I also used to do it. That's why I decided to focus on the difference between English and the fake one, and how I can reduce the wrong accent so that I can smoothly communicate with English speaking people such as native/fluent speakers. As a matter of fact, that's a good way for me. I always try to speak English with a clear and understandable accent as much as possible, even if it is the broken English.

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About My English Studies

I've been studying English for 2 years now. I could hardly remember any proper English phrases during the first 3 months. It was really a pain in the ass. However, my English has been improving a lot since I started learning it. These days I often talk with some expats. They often say I'm an advanced learner of English, but I don't think so. My current English level isn't obviously very good, so I'd better get a lot more proper pronunciation and conversational skills. As you might already know, most Japanese people tend to pronounce English in a horrible way called "Engrish". I also used to do it. That's why I decided to focus on the difference between English and the fake one, and how I can reduce the wrong accent so that I can smoothly communicate with English speaking people such as native/fluent speakers. As a matter of fact, that's a good way for me. I always try to speak English with a clear and understandable accent as much as possible, even if it is the broken English.
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スティーブさん、コメントありがとうございます。発音矯正に関しては、ネイティブチェックが不可欠かと思います。 Thank you for the comment, Steve. I think we need to have native speakers check our pronunciation for our accent reduction. As you know, when I was in junior high and high school, I learned fake English from people calling themselves teachers. They couldn't speak English with native speakers. Some of them were even overbearing. I disliked to learn English in those days. That's why I hadn't studied English at all for 20 years since I graduated from college up until I started it again in April 2014.
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Great essay! As I read it, I notice either of the errors that Brandon caught. All I saw was a very clear, intelligent essay written in normal, conversational English. What you said about accents - about identifying the differences between English as spoken by a native, and "the fake one" was interesting. I have the same problem getting the proper pronunciation of Japanese sounds. (う is hard, as is the らりるれろ line).
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Thanks for the nice comment, Edward. I appreciate your comment.
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I'm with Brandon on this one. Keep it up!

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