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haT EDxT al
kofMa ri
annePasca
lonhe
rins
ighttot
hesecrett
os peak
inganew
l
anguageamongAsi
ans.E
ngli
shastheg
lobal
lang
uagea
ndt
oolf
orcommuni
cat
ionbyfol
lowi
ngthel
i
nk.
Thenanswert
hequest
onsthatf
oll
ow.

1.
Howl
ongdi
dthev
ide
ola
st?

 T
hev
ide
ola
sti
n15mi
nut
esa
nd30s
econds
.

2.Whatdoe
sthes
peake
rsayaboutE
ngli
shasalang
uag
e?Howdidthes
pea
kerdes
cri
beE
ngl
i
sha
sa
l
angua
ge?Doyoua
grewit
hthi
smodernper
spec
ti
ve?Whyorwhynot
?

 Thespeak
ers ay
st hatEng l
i
s hisnota na r
tt obema st
ered;i
tisjustat ooltobeus edtog eta
res
ult
.Howwel lsome onec ommuni catesinE nglishhasveryli
ttl
etodowi ththei
rEngli
shle v
el.
I
thasalottodowi ththeira t
tit
udet owardsE nglish,
"Pascalsai
d.Theref
or e,l
etgoofyouridea s
ofrig
htandwr onga ndma kec onnecti
ony ourpr i
orit
yi ncommuni cation.Iagre
ewi t
ht his
modernperspect
ivebec auset hereisnone edf orust obecomef luentinE ngl
is
hbe ca
us ethe
morewefocusonour s e
lves,themor ewef orgetthatourlis
tenerdoesnotunder st
anda nythi
ng
wesay,s
owemus tbec onfidenta ndfocusedont hepersonwea respeakingto.

3.Whatwerethevar
iabl
escompar
eandcont
ras
tedbyt
hes
pea
keri
nter
msofs
pea
king
?Howwe
re
thes
evar
iabl
escha
rac
teri
zedbyt
hespe
ake
r?

 Thev a
ria
blesbeingcompa reda ndc ontra
stedbyt hespeakerintermsofs pea ki
nga rethetwo
typesofcommuni cat
ors:hi
g h-
levelc ommunicatorsandlow-levelc
ommuni c ators.Thespeaker
charac
teri
zedtheonewho' sgotahi g
h-l
evelcommuni cat
ora sineff
ect
ives incet heyarejust
tota
ll
yfocusedont hemselv
e sandg etti
ngitri
ght.Whiletheonewhoha sal owl evelise
ffec
tive
becausetheyaretotal
lyfocusedont hepe r
sont heyaretal
kingtoandt her esulttheywantt o
achi
eve.

4.Whatphr
aseorli
nebythespeakers
truc
kyout
hemos
tasa
nEng
li
shl
ang
uag
elea
rne
r?Wha
tisy
our
per
sonal
int
erpr
eta
tionoft
hisphr
aseorli
ne?

 Therearepe opleouttherewhoha veaverylowlevel

ofEng l
i
sha ndcancommuni cat
ever ywe ll
.
Forsomer eason,theseline sstr
uc kmet hemos tasa nE ng
lishlang
ua g
el ear
ner,be cause,
honestl
y,Iama fr
aidtospea kEngl
ishbecauseIhaveaverylowl evel
ofEngli
sh.Iamf r
ightened
ofbeingjudg edbecauseIc an'thandlei
t.ButIthi
nkinor derformet oovercomemydr ea d,I
shouldnotbea f
rai
dt obej udgeda ndIshouldbeconfi
dentenoug htospeakEngli
shtoot hers,
becauseinthiswa y,I
canc ommuni catev
e r
ywe l
l.
5.
Wha tdoyouthi
nki
sthemos
timpor
tantl
ess
ondoest
hes
peakerwantstoc
onv
eytoE
ngl
i
shl
ang
uag
e
l
earner
sli
keyou?Doy
outhi
nkshewassucc
ess
ful
?Hass
hei
nfl
uencedyou?Howso?

 Ithinkt hemos timpor t

antlessonthespe akerwa nt stoconve ytoEngl
ishlang ua gelea rnersli
ke
mei st hatIshouldnotbea fra
idtobejudg edbec ause,whatismor eimpor tant ,Iama bletolet
myl istenerunder st
andwha tI'mtry
ingtos ayandc ang i
vear esponset oourc onv ersati
on.It
doe sn'tmea ntha ttobef luentinEngli
shme anst hatyous houldhavema ster eda ndl earned
Eng l
ishv erywell.Wemus tonl yhavegrea tconfide nceinspe a
k i
ngEnglishbec ausepr ac
tici
ng
ma ke susf l
uent.AndIt hinkshewa ssuc cessf
ul.Y es,sheinfl
uencedmebec aus e,ac cordi
ngt o
her,whe ny ous peak,don’tfocusony our s
e l
f.Foc usont heot herpersona ndt her esul
ty ou
wa ntt oa chieve.Andi thi tmes oha rdbec aus eIonl yf ocusedonmy se lfwhe nIha da
conv ersati
onwi t
hs ome one .That
'swhyt hewor dswoul dn'tcomeouta ndIf eltasha med.But
now, eventhoughI haveav erylowlevelofE ngli
sh, Inowha vethecouraget os pea kE ngli
sh.