Have Lessons on italki
This week I had two lessons on italki with a new teacher Cezille.
She is very nice and always smile.
However, I now feel a little confused. I know the reason is on me. Most of the time the teacher talked, asked questions. I am the answerer. Sometimes I know the meaning of each words, but cannot to make them to a sentence in a short time.
I know if give me more time I can speak it out. But as it is online lesson, we talk to each other face to face.It must be embarrased if we both slience a few minutes, so the teachers always keep speaking. . I now wonder if I am suitable for the online lesson. Maybe I need to practice more with the video, the movie..
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Have Lessons on italki
This week I had two lessons on italki with a new teacher Cezille.She is very nice and always smiles.
However, I now feel a little confused. I know the reason is on me. Most of the time the teacher talked, asked questions. I am the answerer. Sometimes I know the meaning of each words, but cannot to make them to turn them into a sentence in a short time.
I know if give me I was given more time I can speak it out. But as it is an online lesson, we talk to each other face to face. It must be embarrased embarrassing if we both slience go silent for a few minutes, so the teachers always keep speaking. I now wonder if I am suitable for the online lessons. Maybe I need to practice more with the videos and the movies.
I know how you feel. Speaking is much more difficult than reading, writing and listening, because you need to produce words in real-time (实时). But if you want to gain skill in the spoken language, this is essential. Watching videos and movies will help you a lot in improving your listening skill and understanding of the language. But it will not help you with your speaking ability. I'll say this again - you will not become better at speaking without speaking.
As children we were not so self-conscious, we made the best effort we could. But as adults, we feel very embarrassed when we fail to communicate effectively.
The struggle that you go through when trying to respond to your teacher's question is inevitable, you'll need to go through this either now or later. I think now, in presence of your teacher, is best. I myself went through this when working for a foreign company and having to converse with my colleagues, and it was much more frustrating in that situation.
If you are worried about your teacher wondering why you are silent, maybe you two can agree on a hand signal to use. E.g. you raise the palm of your hand to indicate you are thinking.
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Yes, I should tell them. Thank you.
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Tell her you really want to speak and you need more time to formulate your response. You have to tell the tutors what you need and if they don't respond, get another tutor.
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