.... or just speaking English. The reach of English is now at the point where, in my experience, most people in Europe will just switch to it even if you open t

.... or just speaking English. The reach of English is now at the point where, in my experience, most people in Europe will just switch to it even if you open the conversation with them in their own language! It's actually kind of deflating ("what was wrong with my grammar or pronounciation that immediately gave away that I'm English?") and it makes building foreign language competence through direct interaction that much harder. Of course from the other person's perspective they see an opportunity to practice their English, so they are identically motivated