Observing Language

Blog #6
This class has definitely changed my perspective about communication and language. All of the things we learn are new to me. I feel more aware of the sounds around me now, then before. I used to never really pay attention to word pronunciation, unless it was really noticeable. Now I am more aware of different sounds people choose to deliver the same word. When people talk to me I specially pay attention to the pronunciation of the words they are speaking. One of the language observations that I have made is with one of my professors. He happens to say something like, "die-rection" for direction. He always says it like that. Another example is with my little cousin, when I ask her where she is going she tells me,"I'm going to my "balet (ballet) practice. She needs to pronounce the T. I have corrected her a couple of times, but I think it is a habit now. It's interesting how the same word is pronounce differently by person to person, and we live in the same region. I am anticipating different pronunciation from my future students. Although, they probably grew up in the same region they will not pronounce all the words the same way.