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Although native-English speakers are always nice enough to tell me that my English is "good enough" to be understood, there are times that I feel uneasy with my
by Aldo_MX 13y ago
Although native-English speakers are always nice enough to tell me that my English is "good enough" to be understood, there are times that I feel uneasy with myself, because I just lack the practice to be able to communicate fluently in English.
- arthurcolle 13y agoIf you ever want someone to speak English with, I'm Arthur Colle, and you can find me at facebook (dot) com (slash) arthurcolle :)
- icelancer 13y agoIt's not that it's "good enough." It's actively better than most of the people I communicate with. Don't sell yourself short :)
- jaimebuelta 13y agoSimilar feelings here. I am Spanish, and work in Ireland since 4 years ago, so I have to communicate in English. Even if people had told me quite a lot of times that my English is very good, that they've never have problems understanding me, I still can feel all the extra effort that I have to put into it, as well as being aware of most of the grammar or pronunciation mistakes I do. Of course, practice is everything. I am clearly way more relaxed now than I used to be. But I still have to take some seconds from time to time to phrase correctly. On the other hand, I do that as well on Spanish. Communicating is hard! I guess that some Dunning-Krueger effects works here. You are aware of your limitations, even if they are not that big, and that stings.
- reidrac 13y agoI have exactly the same problem, a little bit aggravated by the fact that I seem to be a little bit dyslexic and sometimes I type something but I read something completely different. People tend to be nice, so I just try to get the message through and don't think too much about it :)