I found the English language fascinating <br />Without the knowledge, my confidence breaking, <br /> <br />Discovered a centre whose banners shout <br />Like the fishing lines catching trout, <br /> <br />Pronounce the Lingo, in just months three <br />Transformed soon into a humming English bee, <br /> <br />My sincere trust commenced the course <br />Books, Audio visuals provided the source, <br /> <br />My learning site was already so stuffed <br />The nerves and brain cannot be easily bluffed, <br /> <br />My mother tongue interfered, stubbornly every time <br />The irate teacher resented my innocent crime, <br /> <br />So many rules of stress and syllables do break <br />In every new word, a new sound they intake. <br /> <br />Tongue twisters, nasal sound format combine <br />The vowels, consonants, diphthongs ally behind. <br /> <br />My native phoneme perceived in every sound <br />Transfer me to Britain, it will still be seen around, <br /> <br />My brain cells fought a battle royal <br />As for freedom our countrymen had toiled, <br /> <br />No encroachment would ever be acceptable <br />Declaration signed, pledges made perceptible, <br /> <br />The broken pieces could not remain firm <br /> I stammered till the expiry of my term, <br /> <br />The road to intonation could not be tread <br />My teacher learned my mother-tongue instead. <br /> <br />The linguist, phoneticians looked insane <br />Became multilingual, an incredible bargain, <br /> <br />Why so much hullabaloo about a foreign tongue <br /> In the honor of my mother I can still praises sung.<br /><br />Abha Sharma<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-english-language-learner/
