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NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN OPENSTACK COMMUNITY: A TRUE STORY Masayuki Igawa Dong Ma Samuel de Medeiros Queiroz @masayukig @wintermadong @_samueldmq OpenStack Summit 2017 Boston - Wed, 10th May This work is licensed under a Creative

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NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN OPENSTACK COMMUNITY: A TRUE STORY

Masayuki Igawa @masayukig Dong Ma @wintermadong Samuel de Medeiros Queiroz @_samueldmq

OpenStack Summit 2017 Boston - Wed, 10th May

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License except logos

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Hello! / こんにちは! / 你好! / Olá!

Masayuki Igawa

○ Japanese, SUSE, OpenStack Core Reviewer

Dong Ma

○ Chinese, HPE, OpenStack ATC

Samuel de Medeiros Queiroz

○ Brazilian, SUSE, OpenStack Core Reviewer

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Japanese Culture

  • NOT to say "Yes / No" clearly

○ 善処します (“Zensho-shimasu”)

  • Tend to be perfect -> Be afraid of failures -> Do nothing
  • Katakana: “ネットワーク” = “Network” (English)

○ Kanji(漢字), Hiragana(ひらがな), Katakana(カタカナ) ○ Network(ネットワーク), File(ファイル), Comment(コメント), etc.. ○ Japanese-made English: Paso-con(パソコン), Air-con(エアコン), Auto-bi(オートバイ) ■ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasei-eigo

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Chinese Culture

  • Confucian culture
  • Chinese pronunciation is not understood by others
  • Not follow well with the English grammar
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Brazilian Culture

  • Conversations driven in similar way
  • Short/direct responses may sound rude
  • Some phonemes do not exist in Portuguese, e.g “th” vs “f”
  • Regular schools do a poor job teaching English
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Language

Reading

  • Easiest but important
  • IRC conversation goes fast
  • Long emails, conclusion is unclear

Writing

  • Grammar
  • Writing long and beautiful sentences is

difficult

  • Speed in IRC/chat

Listening

  • Variety of accents
  • Speed
  • Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Noisy environments

Speaking

  • Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Pronunciation
  • Speed & Fluency
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Tips

Non-Native Speakers

  • Be friendly
  • Find a mentor
  • Share your opinion
  • Ask questions
  • Brush up English skills

Native Speakers

  • Be patient
  • Speak slowly, please
  • Use simple words and sentences
  • Encourage communication
  • Do not make fun
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Image by : opensource.com

Thanks! - More information

https://opensource.com/article/17/1/non-native-speakers-take-open-source-communities https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/tips-non-native-english-speakers-working-open-source-projects/ https://docs.openstack.org/contributor-guide/non-native-english-speakers.html