Daily conversation in English I've had daily conversations in English for the last three days in a row because I want to become an advanced speaker of English. On the one hand, it gives me a good feel

Fräulein Smilla

Daily conversation in English I've had daily conversations in English for the last three days in a row because I want to become an advanced speaker of English. On the one hand, it gives me a good feeling because I know that I finally got around starting to make English a part of my everyday live. On the other hand, I cannot feel I have improven during that time which is frustrating me. Depending on my daily mood, I am either pessimistic or realistic about it and at times I rather see the negative things I can't stop thinking that I should be much more fluent and I compare my current English level with the level of my fellow students and I think that I will never be a proficient speaker. Particularly, when I take into account how proficient some of my language partners are at German, my native language, even though German is a much harder language and most of them have had fewer exposure to the language than I had to English. However, I know that I need to set aside these negative thoughts and that it doesn't help to compare oneself to other people.

Apr 12, 2015 2:02 AM

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Daily conversation in English

I've had daily conversations in English for the last three days in a row because I want to become an advanced speaker of English. On the one hand, it gives me a good feeling because I know that I finally got around to starting to make English a part of my everyday life. On the other hand, I cannot feel I have improved during that time, which is frustrating me. Depending on my daily mood, I am either pessimistic or realistic about it, and at times I rather see the negative things, I can't stop thinking that I should be much more fluent, and I compare my current English level with the level of my fellow students, and I think that I will never be a proficient speaker. Particularly, when I take into account how proficient some of my language partners are at German, my native language, even though German is a much harder language, and most of them have had fewer exposure to the language than I have had to English.

However, I know that I need to set aside these negative thoughts, and that it doesn't help to compare yourself to other people.

August 27, 2015

Wenn Sie mir mit Deutsch helfen könntest, würde ich Ihnen mit Englisch helfen! That sounds pretty cool, no?

May 7, 2015

Heya Jana, A tip is to make videos and/or audio recordings of yourself while talking in the target language, let's say you make one every 2/3 months where you just talk for 15 minutes about any subject at all. Not only is it good for initially rewatching it and catching mistakes, it's also a great resource for inspiration. When you look back on those videos half a year later, you will hear the difference and notice small errors in the recordings that you were previously unaware of, and feel much more confident in your current language level. It works on the same principle as taking progress pictures when going to the gym :)

April 20, 2015

Daily conversation in English

I've had daily conversations in English for the last three days in a row because I want to become an advanced speaker of English. On the one hand, it makes me feel good to know that I've finally gotten around to making English a part of my daily life. On the other hand, I cannot feel I have improved during that time, which is frustrating. Depending on my mood on a given day, I am either pessimistic or realistic about it and at times I can only see the negative. I can't stop thinking that I should be much more fluent and compare my current level of English with that of my fellow students and I think that I'll never be a proficient speaker. This happens particularly when I take into account how proficient some of my language partners are at German, my native language, even though that is a much harder language and most of them have had less exposure to the language than I've had to English.

However, I know that I need to set aside these negative thoughts and that it doesn't help to compare yourself to others.

April 18, 2015

Daily conversation in English

I've had daily conversations in English for the last three days in a row because I want to become an advanced speaker of English. On the one hand, it gives me a good feeling because I know that I have finally got around to starting to make English a part of my everyday life. On the other hand, I do not feel I have improved during that time which is frustrating me. Depending on my daily mood, I am either pessimistic or realistic about it and at times I rather see the negative things. I can't stop thinking that I should be much more fluent and I compare my current English level with the level of my fellow students and I think that I will never be a proficient speaker. Particularly, when I take into account how proficient some of my language partners are at German, my native language, even though German is a much harder language and most of them have had less exposure to the language than I have had to English.

However, I know that I need to set aside these negative thoughts and that it doesn't help to compare oneself to other people.

April 12, 2015

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