How do you think it feels to move to another country? What would cause you to want to move to another country to learn a language other than English? In the essay “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris shows someones journey to learning the French language and to understanding the language, but not speaking it yet.
In this essay I felt that it was a great thing to want to learn another language other than the one that the protagonist spoke. At the same time it was a dumb move for him to “move to Paris with hopes of learning the language”. Since it's said that you need to move to the country of the language that you are learning to become more fluent in, doesn’t mean you have to lose your confidence and self-esteem to learn a language. In saying this I mean yes the journey to learning anything is hard, but at the same time you should feel fulfilled.
I also felt that this essay wasn’t all that it could be. I would get lost and miss the message of what the writer was trying to say. During the second time that I read the essay I think I finally got the point of what the author was trying to make. “Much work and someday you talk pretty…” was the point of what the writer was trying to get across to the reader. It’s true with lots of practice you will eventually understand and speak the language that you most desire to talk with the people around you.
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When reading this essay I also had difficulties understanding what the writer was trying to tell us. It also took me some time to understand what I was reading. I also feel the same way as you in the sense that no one should have to lose their confidence when it comes to learning something new. By reading this I get a strong feeling that you are confident and sure of what you feel towards this essay that you have read. Also as I read the essay I would also get lost at times. I also think the essay could have been written a little more different.
I understood for where you were coming from. I also feel that people should not be humiliated in order to learn. It's bad enough that he is in a different country, to be insulted on top of it is just horrible. I also feel that you should not be self conscience when learnig something new.
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