I agree, Anupama does not want to improve her diction and pronunciation or atleast doesn’t put in any effort to improve. If someone correced my pronunciation once or twice I tend to make a conscious effort to pronounce it correctly the next time I use the word. The first time I saw the word jalapeño, I said it with J sound, as one usually tends to follow the written letter. But once someone corrected me and they werent rude about it, I started using the H sound. When Anupamaa’s children and Ravanraj have been correcting her to the point of being insulting, why wouldn’t she make a conscious effort to say it right.
Leave that in the past, saying her family was made up of uncouth people without basic manners or even a helpful nature. But now when Anuj corrects her, she gives him gyaan ‘yeh angreji sudharne ka tame hai kya, aapko samajh aa gaya na’. Lady, he did not correct you because he did not understand, he corrected you so that you learn the right pronunciation. If she doesn’t want to learn when Anuj respectfully corrects her and takes care that him correcting her does not hurt her, she has no right to play victim that her children disrespect and demean her as she is not fluent in English or she does not have a degree.
Not completing graduation was part of her family situation and lack of support in the past. She can start her education now, anytime if she wants it as her husband, daughter and current family will support her. Why does Anupamaa wait until someone else suggests, explains or forces her to do something. I would have liked it better if she has said to Anuj, I found this course at xyz place for xyz subject and I am enrolling or I want to enroll, the batch starts on xyz date. But she is doing this course as Anuj found it for her, it has no effort or input from her end. Anuj has always tried to find a solution to her problems and he did it once more. She may complete the cource and get the certificate, but her diction and pronunciation will depend solely on her effort and need to get the words right.
Yes it’s difficult to overcome years of wrongly learnt pronunciation. Also for people from back home, English is not the first language, we have our own vernacular and regional languages. To learn English or any other language, that is not your first language and to be fluent in it one needs to put an effort and practice. Listen to people if they correct you, to understand the pronunciation of words in daily use and if you want to learn it quicker or need more help, join a language class or hire a tutor. One needs to Identify the problem and find a solution based on one’s own requirement and the time one has to invest in improving oneself and not play the victim all the time. Anupamaa has been shown to google stuff up, Google gives pronunciation of words as well, if she didn’t have time to join an English speaking class using Google wouldn’t take time.
Edited by TheSunShine - 2 years ago
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