G'day, how're ya going mate? Today, my topic I've proposed is what "GLOCALISH" is. This stands for the Glocalisation of English, which means that English as a second language has become increasingly globalised but at the same time localised, and many non-English speaking countries have their own distinctly localised accent, ways of using vocabulary as well as peculiar expressions. This has been a kind of norm, right? Anyway, without further ado, let's find out.
In the first place, what is "GLOCALISH"? How could we say like this? Well, we are speaking English, but not like American, British, Canadian, nor Australian. We are speaking more like our local language-inspired Englishes, aren't we? That's totally fine. Pursuing the acquisition of English proficiency spoken by these main countries is definitely great but not effective to be able to obtain smooth communication skills. Because, emulating is not easy, and rather stressful, to some extent. Instead of thinking about native English, what we should be focusing on is to make sure that each one of you tries to master the 44 patterns of English pronunciation in accordance with IPA phonemic symbols. If you stick to learning the basics of the English language by listening to native sounds all the time, then unfortunately you will possibly never acquire even basic communication skills. This is precisely because that our native language immediately impedes your English learning as you're not learning such phonemic symbols. Learning from sounds is possible for only children between 0 and 8 influenced by your mother tongue.
Possibly until you turn 18 years old might be feasible when it comes to acquiring the solid or sound semi-native level of English pronunciation without learning IPA phonemic symbols. After this period, it's going to be almost impossible for us to master English pronunciation without learning from IPA. Let me go back to my main topic. Glocalish is a sort of English that is effectively but not adversely affected by our native language. Basically, everyone can effortlessly understand you even if you have a bit strong accent, because your pronunciation is crystal clear. That's the point. Your strong accent has to be offset by the articulation of your speech, which is the most important thing. Neutralising your accent is only possible if you steadfastly learn IPA symbols and practise each symbol until you could confidently pronounce all sounds without having a high degree of deviation from correct sounds.
Off you go by the time you've mastered the IPA sounds. No one strains to understand your English, then. And, you will feel I've relieved tension and stress from the sense of obligation to learning native-like English and pronunciation. No one needs to think about the acquisition of native-like English. If you could eliminate this sense of obligation, then there will have a possibility for you to get the next level. This is what I call "GLOCALISH".
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