How to Become a Good Student

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How to Become a Good Student

Are you a good student? Or just pretending as a good one like others? Well, definitely  that’s up to you. This editorial of mine will help you widen your thoughts in mind on how to be mature  and to be responsible at the same time.

Every student should possess a character of being “responsible” in all aspects of life. As a student, we are all capable of doing our doings right. And by that we are able to achieve that goal in order for us to be a role model to others. But when do we start to be a good one? Well, start with yourself, study hard, consume your time in studies  and give your best shot. Be responsible! Start now, Start today! Do the things that needs to be done and act the things that must acted like one!

A realization makes sense! A sense that all of us must set it into our minds. Never waste time, do whatever you can do before it may cost to nothing and  for sure too late.

The True Essence of Pronunciation

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Speaking of the English language plays a very important role in our lives because as we know English is the universal language.  And also we are using that language in order to convey our ideas and opinions to other. Well, when we are going to speak  English, pronunciation is very important in order to be understood.

Pronunciation is the language feature that most readily identifies speakers. It means to say that when you speak,  you speak clearly and monotonously. According to Seidhofer (1995) that “pronunciation is never and end itself but a means of negotiating meaning in discourse, embedded in specific socio-cultural and interpersonal contexts”. Indeed, pronunciation needs to be use  as communicative interaction along with other aspects of spoken discourse, such as pragmatic meaning and nonverbal communication. But for Morley (1999) Accent is a distracter to the listener. Since  we rarely achieve an accent-free  pronunciation, we set to fail if we strive (non native speakers of the language) to speak for native like accuracy. She also stated that Eradication of an accent should not be our goal. To communicate, therefore, it is necessary to say the words we want to say correctly and clearly.

As we gain communicative skill, we also need to gain confidence In our ability to speak and be understood. Because some of our fellow Filipinos speaks differently in English because it’s not our own language and were not a native speaker of it. Thus, we should use the English properly by pronouncing the words well and of course don’t forget that when you speak , speak with thought.