In today's world, the word "stress" is synonymous with the word "well-being". To date, this disease has captured more than 60% of the world's population and, most likely, is not going to stop there. The mind of a person in a stressful state is overwhelmed with indignation, he refuses to work, and what is most terrible for him, he cannot get through to his master in any way, but he has no strength to be angry either …
Now you must be wondering – what does foreign languages have to do with it? The fact is that a person who is in a state of emotional tension, primarily at the psychological level, is not able to effectively learn the language, correctly express his thoughts in a foreign speech, and even more so raise the level of the language. Defects appear as follows:
- The rate of speech of a person under stress changes - it becomes either an order of magnitude slower or faster. Speech is interrupted by sighs, and because of this, the speaker is constantly distracted from the content of the conversation, trying to focus on the quality of the sounds being uttered. In the end, the phrase is not completed or it is rather difficult for the interlocutor to understand itcontent. Accordingly, no matter how much you train in this state, it is almost impossible to raise the level of the language.
- There are many gaps in memory, which in most cases are filled with such not entirely successful inclusions as "uh", "mmm" or "hmmm". The word, it seems, was taught and used successfully before, but now it is so difficult to remember it, and there is no strength for it … The use of such formations in speech is typical for 70% of people who have nothing to do with learning foreign languages - what can we say about polyglots? It is not for nothing that many linguist authors advise, before taking a test to determine the level of a language, to distract from the outside world for a day and fully delve into the language being studied.
- Inevitably, a change in the grammatical structure of speech, namely: an increase in the number of verbs and nouns compared to adverbs and adjectives. The presence of such a defect is most often associated by speakers (interlocutors) with language failure, in other words, for them it is a rather low level of the language.
- There is a maximum simplification of lexical speech. We try not to use long phrases, we select short words with the highest frequency. Often, when talking to a foreigner, we are anxious, trying to speak as clearly as possible in order to avoid being misunderstood, despite the fact that the effect may be the opposite. This manifests itself in incompleteness, omission of part of the word, change in the structure of the sentence (which is especially important, for example, in English). Moreover, sentences can be incomplete both logically and syntactically. Accordingly, working in this mode, it is impossible to reach a more advanced level of the language.
It turns out that in a conversation we use only 20 percent of the words we have learned - we take only what is in memory on the surface, not really straining ourselves. The inability to express oneself clearly creates ambiguity, and the interlocutor is forced to constantly ask again.
You should be especially serious about learning a foreign language if career advancement depends on it. In this case, you need to gather strength and correctly distribute your study schedule, not forgetting that you need to be distracted (relax) before classes, since it directly depends on whether the lessons will bear fruit. Today, almost every high-paying job requires knowledge of English. And if, when filling out a resume, you did not find a column with the name "Language levels" (of course, foreign), do not forget to indicate your language skills in the "Additional Information" section, which the HR manager should fairly evaluate.
