This is the 4th in a series about not being good at speaking English.
Cause 3) I don't have confidence in my pronunciation
In the first place, junior and senior high school English classes (and elementary schools these days) do not teach pronunciation.According to a national survey conducted by my research group, there are only a few universities that require the three elements of knowledge, ability, and instruction in speaking English in their English teaching courses.0.2% was.about75%, the current reality of Japanese universities is that even if you don't take classes related to English phonetics as a compulsory subject, you can get an English teacher's license.Under these circumstances, middle and high school English teachers cannot be expected to actively teach English pronunciation.However, it's not that English teachers can't pronounce it, it's that you can pronounce it and teaching others how to pronounce it.
Pronunciation does not always mean being able to pronounce like a native English speaker.It is a pronunciation that can be easily understood by the other party when communicating in English.English pronunciation, which is strongly influenced by the person's mother tongue, is very difficult to understand.The English spoken by international students from China and Vietnam in class is a typical example (of course, there are individual differences, and some people have easy-to-understand pronunciations).Even if there is some influence of Japanese, there is no need to correct it as long as the pronunciation is "communicable".English as an international language(=English as an International Language)pronunciation.
This is the teaching goal of the pronunciation classes in this department.Those who have taken a teacher training course at a university and aim to become an English teacher are required to have a higher level of pronunciation.EILAll you have to do is set a low hurdle for pronunciation with pronunciation as your goal.Only pronunciation, but pronunciation!
