what do you mean ah wait you can’t
uncomfortable when to pad your
hallo you missing him yet they’re
getting the go Jack
Shoku Kris you see I’m sorry
were you expecting subtitles if only
life were that easy
hello my name is Cindy and I’m from
China I moved to America one year ago
this is my second year of going to
school America as a lot of new
immigrants find out we have the same
problem when we don’t speak the language
and you need to learn new language in a
place who had never lived before but how
does one Tansy’s if you have I will
travel to another country you know how
difficult it can be to communicate in
your language so you’re playing your
trip to Paris you want to see the Eiffel
Tower remember Lisa and keep a get you
prepare for this anyone shape by many a
few words from June mercy and forget
which is actually a sim word in French
ah English so that looks easy my point
cell is that it is all pretty easy
because my unit in Paris you discovered
that most people here actually speak
English too according to a British
newspaper The Independent almost 2
billion people speak study English as a
non-native language so as a native
English speaker no matter where you go
in the world
chances are you are meet Sarah who speak
English too
bye wait you might be sinking
1.2 billion people speak mention there’s
a lot of people yes it is for the 1.2
people speaking mentor or live in China
so it doesn’t help someone like me who
moves to get and if you visit their
country
when there was big English you are only
visiting for a few days you might know
how quality conversations with the
locals but you want stuff you can simply
go to a restaurant and point out other
people’s food in other word us a life
pairwise should be more than just
survival actually while I was in China I
hope in you some basic English like yes
no school burger pizza thank you and
please I just sounded I recognize when
people were talking to us
it bothered me a lot and I was so scared
to go to school however the solo is over
and I needed to start school my mom told
me it was going to be ok and I was
hoping it was true but unfortunately my
first day of school in America was
horrible on the first day of school I
found a backpack to my homeroom because
that is where we do in China one teacher
came to me and say I will ever say I did
understand however on this year to work
my backpack I said yes to him by still
remember to put my backpack I have no
time to figure this out and the thyroid
already in my first period we were using
Chromebooks and I had to write English
my school you know at that time I didn’t
even know how to school you know so I
use my personal email and it doesn’t
work when Leticia asked if anyone had a
problem I was embarrassed that I was
only one who is
my head I thought I was going to cry
because this will ever happen to me in
China people so it is easy just make
friend and talk to that but you can make
friend when you hardly speak the
language although there are many inches
still day in my school but the you know
speaking Mandarin Chinese so I had
different level of fluency again it was
difficult to make friends after the
first day of school I realized I have to
learn English revving well since it was
so important yes I want you to live in
America but how to do this how do you
learn new language in a place you have
never been before where would fear you
suppose it is a powerful motivator
provided it doesn’t pray for you as well
as a fear of not being able to speak a
new language is greater than the fear of
trying to speak the new language you
succeed in other word attempting to
speak a new language can cause much fear
you are afraid of mispronouncing award
or use the wrong pronoun Mandarin
speaker have a hard time using hue she
correctly because we don’t have gender
pronoun we’re using the wrong verb tense
but as well as your highness your other
fear the grievant fear of not speaking
the language at all you will succeed as
a saying does practice make perfect not
having a choice is another powerful tool
to learn in your language being forced
to do something can be a strong
motivator tensing up last time you had
to do something I don’t mean tie your
shoes we’ll take all the charge
something more challenging
we’re successful I’m guessing you would
sink like that action movie where the
hero has to dismantle the band before
the timer come down ten nine eight
so here you can decide to write this
mental the bank representative amazing
you haven’t worked seven six she must
give us a bank right now and figure out
how to make a stop five four
I mean I wasn’t even sure I wanted to
live my life in China and miss myself
but my family moved here so here like
the action hero I’m Stu this meant with
a bump
I had to write English so I start
speaking about limited English on you
and quickly learn why I didn’t because
if they accept I was kicking down every
day three two one my parents and my
family were very supportive and do not
give me too much pressure during the
first year of school so instead I put
pressure on myself I wonder required you
to immerse myself into my new
environment I took care of my comfort
zone and a channel to be scared making
mistakes because accepting mistakes is
part of learning perhaps at my aunt who
have moved here much longer and tell me
many sins I needed to know she learned
very fast because she tried to talk to
people also time she talked to waiters
in a restaurant or by real deal from I’m
sure going to a hotel lobby while angry
coworkers are sleeping just to talk to
people I’m not that brave but I need to
start somewhere I always loved reading
book so I start to read back at home
practice that I had read in Chinese
Spanish and learning English
it had because I knew the story and
characters I also try to speak English
to metal cousin who refers me
but the funny thing is you want to
improve their Chinese and if you like
correcting my English I also bad that I
couldn’t person participate in the group
class
so I know how to reach out and join more
now I try my best to be just as active
in group projects as the averages
because I know I’m smart enough and
she’s our language
slow me down however why hide and make
mistakes that I always find my English
was getting better day by day I begin to
understand the teachers and even though
yes I left my vocabulary to learn I’m
using translation application less and
instead of only talking to students that
hang me with translation I began to talk
to them about other things eventually I
started enjoy learning English because
when you start to communicate and have
meaningful conversations with people you
find out how many phrases we have in
common there’s similarities and you can
make connection our language and culture
for example reverse this and see what is
easy is a piece of cake and I went that
the eyebrows my eyes is the same as
changing my hand in China it makes me
realize that the paper after work and
also different in the way we express
ourselves this also made me feel that is
also interesting because human culture
has their differences and their own
beauty but we are all connected at the
same time because it is not only a bad
language is also about a new culture and
exploring a new work so instead of
building a wall I challenge you to build
your vocabulary challeng a new language
and then visits the country as Mark
Twain once said China is fatal to
prejudice bigotry and narrow-minded thank you