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Most people who travel from China to the US find that£¬despite having studied English for years£¬they have to ¡°re¡ªlearn¡± it upon arriving£®
Words that we learned in English classes are not pronounced the same way here£®To truly be part of the ¡°melting pot¡±£¬fluency£¨Á÷Àû£©in English is not enough£®You need an accent to stand out£®
When I first came to the US for graduate school£¬1 was a nervous foreigner£®I felt so out of place that I wanted to hide everything about me that was ¡°different¡±£®To talk like an American became one of my goals£®
During my first term as a teaching assistant(TA)£¬my students complained£¨±§Ô¹£© they could not understand me£®I learned later from a study that this complaint was common among US students with an international TA£®It is called the ¡°Oh, no!¡± syndrome (ÇéÐ÷¡¢¾Ù¶¯)£º¡°Oh£¬no! Not another international TA£¬and not that accent again!¡¯¡¯
So I imitated£¨Ä£·Â£©the way native speakers talk and£¬over time£¬I made such good progress that American friends started to praise my English as having ¡°almost no accent¡¯¡¯£®I took this as a sign of my success£®Ever since£®people have often mistaken me for someone from many places£ºthe Midwest£¬the West Coast£¬China£¬Japan£¬South Korea£®Most frequently£¬people think I am from California£®
Suddenly£¬conformity (Ò»ÖÂ) was no longer a praise£ºIf I talk like an American£¬am I still Chinese? If I lose my Chinese accent£¬do I also lose my cultural identity? Am I denying£¨·ñÈÏ£©my past by being absorbed into£¨³Á½þÓÚ£©a new culture?
Now I realize that a person¡¯s accent is a permanent£¨ÓÀ¾ÃµÄ£©record of their past cultural experience and it is a mark of one¡¯s experience and exposure to different cultures£®
As a fourth-year student in the US£¬I am no longer a nervous foreigner£®My nervousness has been replaced by a desire to hold on to my cultural origins£®Now I consciously£¨ÓÐÒâʶµØ£©add some Chinese ¡°accent¡± when I speak£®I do not wish to speak ¡°perfect¡± English because I am proud of who I am£®
| My Feeling of Speaking English in America | |
| Time | Supporting details |
| At the (71) ______ | I have to relearn English (72) ______ arriving there, for my pronunciations of words are (73) ______ from native speakers. |
| My students complained that I couldn¡¯t make myself (74)______. | |
| During my stay | I made great (75) ______ in spoken English by imitating the (76) ______ native speakers talk. |
| People often (77) ______ me for someone from the Midwest£¬the West Coast£¬China£¬ California and so on£® | |
| Now | I think it necessary to keep my (78) ______ origins. |
| I often add some Chinese ¡°accent¡± consciously when (79) ______ English because I am (80) ______ of being a Chinese. | |