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I think it's easier to read a foreign language than it is to speak it (assuming you know it at all).
by throwawayboise 5y ago
I think it's easier to read a foreign language than it is to speak it (assuming you know it at all).
- smeej 5y agoI found this to be true for languages that use the same alphabet, but found I could understand spoken languages with different alphabets much faster than I could read them, especially when the direction of reading was different.
- biztos 5y agoBeing able to stop, go back, and look stuff up is huge. Googling the common form of a phrase you want to use is huge. Assuming you have basic reading proficiency already. I’m learning Thai: literacy is not for beginners here. But I look forward to one day googling stuff like I do when reading Hungarian legal contracts.
- bjohnson225 5y agoThat’s definitely my experience. The ability to lookup anything you don’t understand and not needing to battle against strong accents and/or poor enunciation makes a big difference.