It was last year, I was working as assistant to native speaker for teaching kids from YMCA program in Summer.
My job was supporting teacher to make children understand and I worked for primary kids.
For me, it was difficult to order to students in English because I didn't have an experience growing by foreign environment. I can communicate adults because they have knowledge to understand what I'm trying to say. For children, I can say to them but some ways, I felt how can I say words in English. There were uncertain phrase in English and as well as in Japanese. So, which made me fail language.
Kae
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Kae,
Thanks again for the very thoughtful reply to the question...
What did you feel about our discussion in class?
I have lots of experiences with words failing me, not only with my second language, but with my first language, too.
Have you ever had those times when you have been embarrassed, and so what you intend on saying is not what actually comes out...
It's what is called an 'affective factor' ~ something that affects your ability to do something. This can be in language or something else...My question is: How do we overcome these 'affective factors'? Not an easy answer, I'm afraid...
Steven Mondy
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