Voice Journal

My name is Watcharapong and I have to study in the voice and Articulate class. I never study like this before because the teacher teach us at the bigining about how to pronouce a word. Sometimes I feel emberessing, but later I realize that everybody do the same mistake. We have the diferrent problem. For example, Asian students have different problem from Spanish students. Finally, we don't feel shy or emberres anymore.

My friend name Jiro. He has been live here for 30 years. He came from Vietnam. He told me about how to speak English easier. He told me that many Asian students feel shy when speak English. Sometimes they afraid to speak in wrong gramatical. He said American people doesn't care much in gramatical just speak and can understand each other that be fine.

Last Friday I just took TOFEL exam. It was a nightmare. Espacially, speaking part it was very difficult. It had 5 questions and all of it are so difficult, but I could understand 4 of them. The last one is very difficult. I didn't know what the question talked about. I could understand some but the most of the time I couldn't. It is because I don't know many of vocabulary.

My Voice and Articulate is the third class in a day. I am always hungry and feel sleepy all the time. Sometimes the teacher let us lay down on the floor and take a deep breath. That time I can take a nap also. Sometimes I hear my Thai friend snore beside me. The teache likes to turn on music when we lay down and take a deep breath. The music makes us easy to feel sleep. It is good for Kay and me to sleep.

Today I went to Mcdonald to eat something. I order to the cashier who form Mexico. She could understand me, but I couldn't understand her. She speak English very hard to understand. Maybe I am not get usual to listen Mexicans speak English. Why American people can understand them?

I always make a mistake when I say " can" or "can't". The sound is almost the same. Even Americans sometimes make a mistake also. I realize that I am better say " can not" be cause it easier to understand than "can't". Even I have to speak to word, but it helps me to make it easier. I don't want to do thing complicate.