TOPIC: Communication problem between two different culture & accent.
Specific purpose: TO identify & solve communication problem between Americans & Asians.
Attention-getting material: imagine yourself sitting at an Airport in CHINA, where people don't speak your language which is English and all the sign board, direction are in Chinese which u cannot read & understand. The person who is coming to pick you from the Airport is an hour late what you would do? How you will talk to people around you.
Credibility material: A situation very similar to this happened to me when I was coming to United States for the first time in my life.
PREVEIW: Communication problem are common between American and Asians when it comes to accent, talking speed and cultural difference.
1. Talking speed & Accent is a common communication problem between Americans & Asians speakers.
a) When Asians speak English they make a lot of grammatical mistakes some times this gives you a hard time understanding what he/she is trying say.
Some time doing correction in your grammar does not help either because of different accent.
b) Occasionally I speak too fast in front of Americans to show them that I know there
Language well but it makes it more difficult for them to understand.
Example: My friend daniyal living in United States since two years had similar
Problems with his American friends & classmates.
2. Some times particular words can make a lot of difference.
a) When I came to united states it was my first experience of traveling alone without
Parents. I was suppose to meet my uncle at luggage Area I ask officer to show
me where is luggage area but because of different accent he could not understand
me clearly but any how he took me to luggage area but my uncle was not there so i
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