Many of you always wonder why no matter how hard you try, you still can't listen and speak like a foreigner. The reason you cannot achieve success is for many reasons. But perhaps the reasons below have had a large impact on your learning efficiency!
You are Vietnamese, obviously your grandparents, parents, and relatives also speak Vietnamese. Only a few luckier people have parents or siblings who have spent time living abroad. Because you always live around Vietnamese people and spend a lot of time chatting, your English is difficult to improve. If you pay close attention, you will see that the more people have the opportunity to interact with foreigners, the better they hear. But of course you can't refuse to talk to your loved ones. Or can we live far away from them? So what's the solution? You must find your own way to interact with native speakers. With everything possible. Find opportunities to study abroad, get a job, join a club, etc. The very reason you are always surrounded by Vietnamese has significantly reduced the opportunity to listen and speak.
The era of booming technology brings many benefits, including education. Everyone can find learning materials anywhere. However, this also causes harm. "There are many teachers, there are many ghosts", too many sources of incorrect pronunciation are still posted on social networks every day. The students believed in following, but as a result, they pronounced everything wrong. We also cannot know what is correct, because we do not pronounce it correctly. This reason is also extremely difficult to solve because there are no standards to test. The only way is for you to filter the right sources of knowledge for yourself!
No matter how carefully you study listening and speaking, without the opportunity to experience it, that knowledge will only stay on paper and in your head. But the truth is that we don't find many opportunities to practice in Vietnam. In a place where everyone uses Vietnamese, speaking English will have many disadvantages. Surely many of you know the feeling of embarrassment or discomfort when others think you are a colorist. "Maybe he wants to show off that he's good at English." "You can't brag if you speak as well as anyone else",... Gradually, these prejudices have prevented us from practicing speaking and listening in English. Not only that, meeting foreigners or working for foreign companies is sometimes a luxury dream for many people. The reasons from the society we live in are the most difficult to change.
The "dilemma" reasons why you can't listen and speak like a native speaker
Because of these reasons, it is difficult for your ability to listen and speak English to be perfect like a native speaker. But don't be discouraged by that! Perseverance and effort will always bring good results! Good luck!