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This is not always the case, for instance I've worked with a great guy from China, after almost a year I still have a hard time understanding him and often have
by Varcht 13y ago
This is not always the case, for instance I've worked with a great guy from China, after almost a year I still have a hard time understanding him and often have to ask him to repeat himself. It makes working collaborating difficult face to face.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoMy Argentinian TA once said "if I have an accent and you have an accent, we might have a problem." That said, all my coworkers are Chinese (many have never been to the states or outside of china) and I don't have a problem with anyone's accent (they can barely understand my Chinese though).
- meepmorp 13y ago> they can barely understand my Chinese though Out of curiosity, has anyone ever articulated why your Chinese is hard to understand? Is it tone or phonemes?
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoI do fine on the street, but my Chinese isn't technical enough to work at work, I just don't have the vocabulary (thankfully, English is supposed to be our working language anyways).