When you hear people speaking your target language.
Does it happen to you too, in a public place, hearing people speaking your target language and trying to understand their conversation?
Do you also spend all your energy and brain power to tune in to that conversation and to try to silence the other ones? And have you ever tried to have a short talk with them?
As for me, ALWAYS! You can see me losing interest in my friend's conversation, and slowly leaning my right ear (the more powerful of the two!) towards those people. Quite hilarious! But I've never tried to chat with them. No idea what my possible intro words would be. Maybe these?
"Good morning, accidentally I heard that you are English, and it so happens that I am studying your language. May I bother you for at least the next 30 minutes, trying to practice my target language? Would you?" 😂
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When you hear people speaking your target language.
Does it ever happen to you that you are in a public place and on hearing people speak your target language, and you try to understand their conversation?
Do you also spend all your energy and brain power trying to tune in to that conversation and trying to silence the other ones? And, have you ever tried to have a short conversation with them?
As for me, yes ALWAYS! You can see me losing interest in my friend's conversation, and slowly leaning my right ear (the more powerful of the two!) towards those people. Quite hilarious! But I've never tried to chat with them. I've no idea what my possible intro words would be. Maybe these?
"Good morning, accidentally I heard that you are English, and it so happens that I am studying your language. May I could bother you for at least the next 30 minutes, I want to practice my target language? Would you mind?" 😂
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I do that all the time as well! I try to understand it but I won't risk having an Aneurysm lol. When I hear Japanese, my hearing tunnels a bit, probably because I lost my vision and my hearing is sensitive these days.
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