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He only picked up bits and pieces. A Polish native speaker myself, I think it's entirely believable. Creating an impression of language fluency out of a very l
by V-2 13y ago
He only picked up bits and pieces. A Polish native speaker myself, I think it's entirely believable.
Creating an impression of language fluency out of a very limited set of words and phrases is a talent in its own right.
It certainly has an element of deception to it :) but he can still be legit in the sense that you mean.
Polish pronunciation is notoriously difficult, but once you can make yourself understood, pronunciation is of secondary importance. There's a lot of people with a near-native command of foreign language with accent as thick as mud.
- bgilroy26 13y agoI agree about the talent for creating the illusion of fluency. I think that's the real difference maker for Tim's guest blogger, he has a strong sense of what a language is in the abstract, a sense for how people use language in general, and practice at getting through the awkward time when you are frustrating to speak with. Those universal gifts are the most valuable ones of language learning, and they can come while learning your second language, but they come faster when you have dabbled in 4 or so.