#18 14 Février 2016 21:53:43
I really want to practice my english but it's not that easy ... I mean, you can find someone on the internet to speak with but I don't really like to chat with a stranger, I prefer discussion group like here. :D
I know there are meetings of people in a cafe or a pub and they can speak together in english, spanish or any another langage. I hope someday, I will have the courage to go to one of these. I'm also scared of what people might think about my accent. When I speak english, I try not to speak with a french accent. Well, I have it, I can't totally hide it but I don't want to speak like the italian man who went to Malta (it's a funny video, check it on Youtube ^^).Lately I saw 2 videos on Youtube and at one moment, they talked about Mr Robot and they both said "Mr RRRobott" the "r" in a french way and the end of the word in an english way. That's sound weird, I think ... And is it too hard to prononce "robot" like english speakers do ? =D I just one word, you can make that effort. XD
I'm scared that people think I'm showing off when I say, e.g, CIA like the americans . By the way, do you know why in France or maybe in Belgium or Switzerland, we say FBI like the americans but we say CIA with french pronunciation ?
Regarding oral understanding, I watch Tv shows in english with french subtitles but it would be nice if I could find a website where you can watch the episodes online but with english subtitles. It would be better to watch them without any subtitles but it depends on the show. E.G, in House of cards, I need them because with all the American politics, it's not easy but for other shows, I think I can understand 80 %. Yesterday and today, I was watching Ray Donovan and I tried not to look at the bottom of the screen but it is quite difficult because my eyes see the screen as a whole and they see the bottom part with the subtitles ^^
And that's funny when people said they don't like to see a movie with subtitles because they think they're going to focus only on the words and not be able to see what's going on screen. ^^ That's maybe true the first time when you're not used to but if you keep doing this, you won't have the feeling to read and you can enjoy the movie. And well, except for animated movies, I think dubbing really sucks and sounds no natural at all. :D