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| John Smith Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6044 days ago 396 posts - 542 votes  Speaks: English*, Czech*, Spanish Studies: German | Message 25 of 50 15 December 2009 at 8:15am | IP Logged | |||||
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Not at all. It's not my native language so I am allowed to make mistakes.
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| Lindsay19 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5823 days ago 183 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC1 Studies: Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic | Message 26 of 50 15 December 2009 at 8:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I was petrified of speaking German this past summer while I was in Berlin. With my first host family, they could speak to me in German and I'd understand everything, but alot of the time I replied in English, since they could speak it well.** Only when I was forced to speak German with my second host family because they didn't understand me in English (they said I talked pretty fast), did I notice that it wasn't really that bad :-) Despite that, I'm still pretty shy when I come across native speakers :(
** It didn't help when the host father always laughed when he heard me try to say the word "Brötchen" Edited by Lindsay19 on 15 December 2009 at 8:14pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5611 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 27 of 50 15 December 2009 at 8:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
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As for me, I'm more of a "listener" even in my native language, so.. I try not to be too hard on myself, in a group situation I do my best to speak as much as possible, but it's never been something I've done much in any language, at least with strangers!
But of course I do love speaking to my friends! So what I try to do is make friends whom are patient, and perhaps learning my language too, so then we can both make mistakes and it will help me gain confidence! I'm ok with the fact that I will never be a public speaker! I do encourage people to try to speak if you can, but it can be best to start out in a new language with someone patient, who will tell you when you make mistakes, and make an effort to help you :) Edited by Quabazaa on 15 December 2009 at 8:36pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| tpark Tetraglot Pro Member Canada Joined 7048 days ago 118 posts - 127 votes Speaks: English*, German, Dutch, French Personal Language Map | Message 28 of 50 16 December 2009 at 5:41am | IP Logged | |||||
Ahh - if you are a good listener you will be everyone's hero! Being able to listen well will win you many friends. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| sanjab_mahi Diglot Newbie Australia Joined 5715 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: French, German Studies: Persian | Message 29 of 50 17 December 2009 at 12:48am | IP Logged | |||||
well aren't you just perfect! i *wish* i were so confident... i speak quite good french when i'm tipsy... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6441 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 30 of 50 17 December 2009 at 2:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
Work on your confidence while sober. Barring that, please refrain from criticizing people just because they happen to be different from you. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| leniko Diglot Newbie Greece Joined 5455 days ago 12 posts - 15 votes Speaks: Greek*, EnglishB2 Studies: German, Japanese | Message 31 of 50 21 December 2009 at 1:05am | IP Logged | |||||
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Although I feel very confident about my receptive skills (reading and listening) and writing, sometimes I feel a little bit uncomfortable when speaking to my teachers at university in English (although it is in Greece, it is tradition and almost a rule for students and teachers - even the non native speakers of English - in the Faculty of English studies in Athens to give lectures, take notes, make questions,give responses and generally speak in English). I do not have any problem when talking to my colleagues and friends in more informal register, but some teachers at school may get rather annoyed if one of us uses inappropriate language or chooses to speak in Greek and I need to be extra careful in such cases. Plus I'm more like an introverted person, which makes things rather complicated.
Nevertheless,I feel less shy about speaking than in the first year of my studies, when I got my first language shock (LOL), and I'm very grateful for having been given so many chances there. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Muz9 Diglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5526 days ago 84 posts - 112 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Somali | Message 32 of 50 21 December 2009 at 2:22am | IP Logged | |||||
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I wonder what you guys think of my English? Do I have an accent? I uploaded a small audio clip on youtube (talking about some random text I found online), tell me what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYOvmeyzMUI 1 person has voted this message useful |
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