People of AKP where English is only your 2nd or 3rd language

  • How hard is it for you to speak, read or write?


    For me it is quit easy to understand people who speak the language, although there are 2-3 words I don't know. But it's easy if the context of a sentense is giving it right away. If its not that easy, I sometimes go and try to figure out what the word means or ask if anyone can translate it for me in case I am unable to figure out how to write it. I mean you often don't come to the answer you're looking for if you have no idea how to spell the word.


    In writing it's ok, I got a lot better over the years, but there are still small mistakes. I think it's normal if you didn't grew up with the language like a native speaker to make mistakes.


    Speaking is 50-50 for me. Some people who are worse in English told me that I do great, however if I need it in situations (like foreign customers who don't speak my native language) it is a bit harder to use it, because there isn't much where I would say I have a lot practice when it comes to talk to people. I guess it's normal if you arn't surrounded by native speakers that you will catch up slowly to speaking the language. And it makes it also a bit difficult to find out where you can't properly pronounce a word or two, since many people either don't tell you or they say you would do great, even if the word dosn't sounds 100% right.


    What about you? How difficult do you think is the English language for you?

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  • I'm quite fluent in English, even if I am Romanian. But I've studied it in school from second grade all the way to the college.
    But moving to London is what improved it a lot. Speaking it every day, now I think in English and speak it.

    Before I had to translate in my head from Romanian to English. Now I just switch between them easily.

  • Well... as someone who learned it as a third language, I think I'm good at it.

    Some few users here have actually been surprised by the fact that I'm not a native speaker.


    I don't think I have many difficulties with it except there are times when I try to translate a word or sentence from my native language or Danish to English and then I look it up in the dictionary and the word feels wrong...

    Whenever I write, I feel like I spell things correctly most of the times and use the right grammar. Or at least on computer, but that is mostly because my computer can correct spelling and grammar mistakes.


    I don't think I have a difficult problem speaking it. I feel like I struggle more with Danish for some reason...


    When reading, I most of the times don't have any problems.

  • Listening and reading is always easier than speaking and sometimes writing.


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  • Easy to understand text

    Little bit harder to understand what people speak sometimes, especially if they speak really fast

    hard to write without spelling mistakes

    I never speak English in real life so it is hard to pronounce words

  • Chinese is my first language but I've been in Australia way longer than I have so my english is naturally better than my chinese


    that said having seen oversea's students studying english - it's difficult since there's so many exceptions and weird rules and stuff


    like why is the K silent in knight and knife????

  • Chinese is my first language but I've been in Australia way longer than I have so my eng


    like why is the K silent in knight and knife????

    Reminds me of German where the C in CK words is silent too like Glück (luck), Glocke (bell), Rock (skirt), Bock (male sheep/goat) ,... but also in some English words the C in CK words is silent too

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  • I did my primary education in England and for the later part of my schooling, all the subjects in school were taught in English. It is the only language I know, which I never put effort into. I think you could say I'm fluent but I still have the vocabulary level of a primary schooler.

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  • I feel like it's pretty decent. I can make myself clear without having to search up how to say things.

    Even if I make mistakes, I wouldn't know or often don't care to search it up, so akp native speakers would be the better judge for that. I watch a lot of content with english subtitles, because dutch subs often don't work, so that helps.

  • Reminds me of German where the C in CK words is silent too like Glück (luck), Glocke (bell), Rock (skirt), Bock (male sheep/goat) ,... but also in some English words the C in CK words is silent too

    it's just exception after exception which makes learning english (at least from a Chinese) perspective that much harder

  • I don't find it hard to understand, read, speak or write

    In my country we start learning English in elementary school, and I consumed a lot of media (movies, video-games, TV-shows) in English from a young age as well. It's even the main language speak it at my current work-place. It's not perfect, but I am confident in my ability to use and communicate in English.


    It's to the point where I will sometimes know words/how to describe something in English first, before my first language. And I switch between the languages easily.

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