myszka@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 hours agoHow many of you are non-native English speakers?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up128file-text
arrow-up128message-squareHow many of you are non-native English speakers?myszka@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 hours agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
Everyone seems so good at English so I wondered how many people learned it to such proficiency and how many are just natives
minus-squarebufalo1973@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 hours agoI’m from Spain and English is my third language (currently trying to learn Portuguese) I’ve learn it with music (Judas Priest🤟), movies and series.
minus-square0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 minutes ago3rd here too and have been casually learning Turkish, Chinese and Spanish with friends.
minus-squaretoofpic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 hours agoFor some reason, learning through music is really hard for me. I have zero issues talking and listening to English speakers for years now, but I still have to actively listen if I want to get 100% of some song.
minus-squaremonovergent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoSame here, I tend to pay attention to the melody rather than any of the lyrics unless I actively try otherwise.
I’m from Spain and English is my third language (currently trying to learn Portuguese)
I’ve learn it with music (Judas Priest🤟), movies and series.
3rd here too and have been casually learning Turkish, Chinese and Spanish with friends.
For some reason, learning through music is really hard for me. I have zero issues talking and listening to English speakers for years now, but I still have to actively listen if I want to get 100% of some song.
Same here, I tend to pay attention to the melody rather than any of the lyrics unless I actively try otherwise.