First assignment sent in tonight. The mixture of fear and relief is familiar from previous courses. I can’t make any more changes for better or worse. Having listened to myself repeat the same two minute assignment over and over again for the last week, I think relief is uppermost.
I am now comfortable with listening to my voice, but the sound of the words irritates me. I don’t want to speak French in that way you sometimes hear in France. The words are right, the grammar is correct, but the rhythm of the words is totally wrong.
The first step in improving is recognising there is a problem, that something could be better than it is. When I make my second recording next year, I can compare the two. And hopefully, as I listen I will hear improvements and something more like the sound of a French speaker.
Getting the rhythm right
First assignment sent in tonight. The mixture of fear and relief is familiar from previous courses. I can’t make any more changes for better or worse. Having listened to myself repeat the same two minute assignment over and over again for the last week, I think relief is uppermost.
I am now comfortable with listening to my voice, but the sound of the words irritates me. I don’t want to speak French in that way you sometimes hear in France. The words are right, the grammar is correct, but the rhythm of the words is totally wrong.
The first step in improving is recognising there is a problem, that something could be better than it is. When I make my second recording next year, I can compare the two. And hopefully, as I listen I will hear improvements and something more like the sound of a French speaker.