As an English teacher, I find that most of my students understand English grammar well, but have a hard time with pronounciations and the many expressions that Americans use on a daily basis.
In your opinion, what is the hardest part of learning English?
For me, it's hard to learn grammar; because of I have to do praxis. But I do not know how to start to write short stories as a first step.
@Makarov - that is very true.
Fortunately, this website gives us the opportunity to find a language partner of the same level (with some searching of course) to share and learn.
As far as I'm concerned, the more difficult part about English is the speaking practice. With speaking I mean not only pronunctiation but also cadence. It's not easy to find people in your country to practice English with them (at least for free). Phrasal verbs, collocations and idoms may be difficult to learn, but there are lots of resourcess on the Internet to practise and you can watch Tv shows or documentaries with English subtitles to learn them.
@Nadya - I completely agree with you, but I think that goes for any language.
I went to the bank yesterday and I had to describe the action of "putting money in my account" as oppose to knowing the word for deposit! (It was quite funny!)
I think for me the hardest part to keep up the vocabulary and enrich it constantly. I am using English at work and I noticed that I am fluent only in vocabulary used in my day-to-day activities at work and at work there is no time and opportunity to discuss politics/culture/books/social problems and etc...
So my vocalulary is limited. I just recently registered here and this is my first experience with such type of communication and sometimes I have troubles expressing my thoughts and opinion.
I need to work on it.
