HABANG tinatapos ko ang deadline ng Sindak! ay naramdaman ko na marami pala akong libreng oras. Sinamantala ko na ang matagal ko nang plano na mag-enrol sa isang language institute para ma-review ko naman ang English language. Hindi tulad ng sikat na sikat na maid na si Inday na magno-nosebleed kayo pag inyong kinausap, hindi ako mahusay sa English at isa ito sa aking napakaraming handicap bilang taga-media. Nagkataon lang na pinili kong itaguyod ang ating Wikang Pambansa pero nararamdaman ko na rin ang pangangailangan na mahasa sa English. Sana ay hindi pa huli ang lahat.
Natapos ko na ang unang module; dalawang linggo na tigdadalawang oras mula Lunes hanggang Biyernes. Maganda 'yung language institute na napasukan ko na pinatatakbo ng mga twenty-something Fil-Ams—ang American Institute for English Proficiency na matatagpuan sa 6th Floor, Manila Bank Building, Ayala Avenue, Makati City. May dalawa pa akong modules na dapat tapusin pero baka sa June or July ko na maasikaso. Biglang-bigla ay marami na naman akong ginagawa. Kung interesado kayo, mura lang ang tuition fee, heto ang kanilang website: www.aiepro.org
Marami pa akong kakaining bigas bago ako magkaroon ng confidence na magsulat o magsalita sa English, pero ang 20-hour training ko sa AIEP ay muling nagbigay sa akin ng interes sa global language.
Nasa itaas ang 'graduation photo' namin. 'Yung nakasalamin sa unahan ang aming naging trainer.
6 comments:
Inkong KC:
This group must be really good.
And what's good about the course you're attending is that it also covers ACCENT REDUCTION. They may not expose you to IPA (international Phonetic Alphabet), but at least they will teach you where to place your tongue in relation with your palette and lips to form the necessary sound.
When they say AMERICAN accent, rest assured that they're trying to tell you that it will be like the one in the northwest: California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska – have the same accent - and the most acceptable, that even IPA has based their pronunciation from these above-mentioned places.
After this course, you can have a new career as a newscaster for ABS-CBN :-D
Frankly, some of their newscasters have big time problem with thick accent, and it boggles my mind why the network does not send them to a language school to fix the problem.
Paging REY LANGIT! He may not be from ABS-CBN, but he really needs help.
koyang JM,
i hope that when i completed ALL the modules i'll be getting the much needed confidence to be able to communicate well in english.
our trainor also found out that i have a speech defect; i have a weak 'G'. meaning, if i am talking to you, you'll have a hard time understanding the words i uttered if they end in 'G' such as big, pig, etc.
nope, di ko na wish na maging brodkaster. makapagsulat lang ako nang maayos sa english ay masaya na ako. :)
JM,
Pag sinabi bang American accent, does this refers to the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ACCENT, which represents mainstream America ? Iba din syempre doon sa East Coast, Boston, New York etc.,lalo na yung HAVaad accent ni late John Kennedy. At lalong iba sa DEEP SOUTH, at ng accent ng mga egoy doon.
KC,
Gusto ko rin mag enrol, gusto kong mag DJ, with American accent sa Bicol. Magkano ang tuition ? do you think I can afford it ? remember, wala na akong kayod ?
Gusto ko pa nga SPANISH sana sa INSTITUTO DE CERVANTES, kaya lang baka mahal....
Auggie
auggie,
P2,000 for twoo weeks, 2 hours a day. :) kayang-kaya mo na ito.
Auggie:
Kaya accent ng northwest ang ginagamit sa pagtuturo dahil ito ang pinaka-mild. Ito ang accent na naiintindihan ng lahat.
Kung Southern accent, masakit sa tenga. Kung New York, hindi talaga standard ang dating dahil sa karamihan ng nuances sa accent doon. Not that NY accent is bad. I like it myself. Pero may sat=rili itong kaibhan. lalo na yung burrying of the Rs. Though British accent also bury the Rs, yet it is also different. Kaya nga para mayroong standard, kung alin ang pinaka-mild ay iyon ang ginawang modelo sa lengguwahe.
Pinakamagandang pakinggan ay northwest talaga. Mabait sa tenga, relaxed ang delivery.
Pero kung later on ay matutuhan ninyo ang IPA (international Phonetic Alphabet) ay lalong mainam. All you have to do is master the 50 sounds of the standard English language.
For Filipinos, the hardest one to master is the Germanic sound called SCHWA. It appears when the word ends in a vowel sound, and unstressed. What makes it difficult for Filipinos is due to the fact that the Filipino pronunciationciation is based on Spanish. The vowel sound has ONLY ONE SOUND each. Just A,E,I,O,U.
Unfortunately, this is not the case in the English language.
From the American Institute for English Proficiency website @ www.aiepro.org:
The focus on this course is Neutralized American Accent, the accent used by the broadcast news reporting media in the United States. It is called "Neutralized" because as the word suggests, it is a neutral accent that can be understood by all Americans and the rest of the world. It is not regional (Southern, Brooklyn, Boston) or "twangy".
There are three elements to the Neutralized American Accent: Pronunciation, Liaison, and Intonation. The students will learn phonetics, blending, and "speech music" to start changing the way they speak and produce sounds. When these three elements are combined, participants will definitely begin speaking with an American Accent.
This module is especially for those individuals who are preparing for interviews, promotions, career advancement, or looking simply to improve their communication skills. We have also worked with various call centers who want to improve their employees accents.
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