Summary of the first section of Chapter 10 in “The Third Ear”.

If we want to learn a language well, it is very relevant to the individual’s mentality.

The positive mentality is that if you want to learn language well, the sound should be as close as possible to the native speaker. Just like Robert can communicate fluently with the locals in Hong Kong, he is almost like a Hong Kong person.

However, some people are not. Some people are unwilling to learn the language of the colonial country because of the superiority of colonialism.

In addition, there is a strange phenomenon that some people are used to speaking deliberately with the accent of the colonial ruler when speaking their mother tongue, which is obviously also influenced by the superiority of colonialism. This is not only incompatible, but also creates barriers to communication.