Hi! Language learners and native speakers! I wonder if some of you are a learner or lover of Linguistics?

I'm trying to learn English Linguistics at the moment, and the Phonetics chapter overwhelms me very much. 😫 I really don't want to bother myself with the organs of speech, besides, there are so many terms that I don't know even they are written in my own language. 🥹There isn't a test about this chapter for me to pass, however, by skipping learning (actually, rough learning) the Phonetics, can I still learn/acquire Linguistics? I find it's irresponsible for not learning a subject entirely, the "being less professional" seems to be the only outcome for this.🤔😨

To those engaged in Linguistics, does it matter to continue learning when you are not as proficient in Phonetics? (Is it important to know how we physically sound?)[Image]

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Hi! Language learners and native speakers! I wonder if some of you are a learner or lover of Linguistics?

I'm trying to learn English Linguistics at the moment, and the Phonetics chapter overwhelms me very much. 😫 I really don't want to bother myself with the organs of speech, besides, there are so many terms that I don't know even they are written in my own language. 🥹There isn't a test about this chapter for me to pass, however, by skipping learning (actually, rough learning) the Phonetics, can I still learn/acquire Linguistics? I find it's irresponsible for not learning a subject entirely, the "being less professional" seems to be the only outcome for this.🤔😨

To those engaged in Linguistics, does it matter to continue learning when you are not as proficient in Phonetics?  (Is it important to know how we physically sound?)[Image]

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A basic linguistics course usually includes an overview of the following:

* phonetics [attributes of sounds]
* phonology [system of sounds of a language]
* morphology [parts of words]
* syntax [parts of sentences]
* semantics [meaning of sentences]
* pragmatics [meaning in context]

Having a rough understanding of phonetics and phonology will not affect your understanding of the other areas.

Good luck with your linguistics studies!

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Hi Shana, practice practice practice (and worrying less helps too)!

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Study language never make you fluently you have to practice much with speaking if you don't have patner imagine yourself speak front audience and giving advice or telling story or you be critical with the News or article trending news you see it

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put it aside and forget about that nonsense
you won't need it to use English fluently

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