Day 23. Speaking

(Edited: Day 24)
I've wondered for a long time that why many people wanted to speak like a native speaker. Every time I see saw some discussions on italki like, "Do you choose a native speaker as a teacher? Why did she put her level as C2, she can't speak like a native speaker", I get fed up with those discussions and close  switch off the computer*.
Teaching skill should not be estimated by its the persons speaking level even if they are native speakers. I saw have seen many native teachers that really can't teach. They just talk in their mother tongue, English, in the class and get money.
Personally, I don't think that students are able to speak 100% like a native unless they are bilingual by nature. Even if they lived for ten years in English spoken speaking countries, they still keep their own accents. You don't notice the differentce of accents if the students speaks at high level English, but if a fellow countryman listens to it, they catch their mother tongue accent quickly.
I don't see any problems in speaking with your own accent if you make understood yourself. I think speaking with your accent is even attractive and I see it as part of your own beauty. I like to listen to people who speak with French or Spanish accents. They are very exotic and it sound like nice music to me. I doubt if my English with Japanese accent would be nice music. Some friends of mine would say  have said to me before that it sounded like a robot. Oh my goodness! I might have been speaking like an AI. Thank you.

*"switch off the computer" or "close my laptop". 

I enjoyed reading this and I really agree that often people teaching their second language can be much more effective. I mean, they actually remember learning it! 

Visiting Iceland

It is a big dream of me mine to visit Iceland someday. I love the beauty of nature, enjoy being outdoors and find it totally  really interesting to discover new countries. Iceland has beautiful landscapes, is famous for its geysers, waterfalls and hot springs and I would love to experience the country in different seasons. Once in summer, when everything is blooming and green, and of course in winter. A special highlight would be to see the northern lights.

Unfortunately I couldn't find anyone who would like to accompany me on such a trip. Most of my friends prefer to spend their holidays in warmer countries that are more popular for tourists. A lot of them like to have "beach holidays".
Of course, I could travel alone, but I find that more boring than travelling with someone else. I also have a terrible fear of flying and don't know how I would survive a flight alone without someone holding my hand.

By the way, I find the Icelandic language very interesting. Some words sound very cute. For example, a panda bear is called "Bambusbjörn" in Icelandic. A funny word. I like it.