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Generally verbal fluency in a language goes up quickly if you are able to read and write well in that language. I don’t think you’re making a very strong argum
by Gud 1y ago
Generally verbal fluency in a language goes up quickly if you are able to read and write well in that language.
I don’t think you’re making a very strong argument.
Full disclosure, I read a lot in English but almost never spoke it. 6 years ago I started working internationally and my spoken English has improved enormously.
I have observed the same with my colleagues. The man who recruited me, an older German, could barely make himself understood in English.
A couple of years later, he sounds American.
- hollerith 1y agoHe sounds American to you, but does he sound American to an American?
- Gud 1y agoHis English has gone from terrible to fantastic which was my point. He’s spent a lot of time in English speaking countries(years), including Australia and the US… very minor accent. I doubt many would be able to place him, unless they saw how he looked first.