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Similar 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 time
by jaimebuelta 13y ago
Similar 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.