Learning English
I devote some time every day to study and review English. I consider that all aspects are essential, I read some lines of a novel the evening before sleeping, I listen podcast the morning in my car as I go working, and I note vocabulary during the day.
The more difficult with learning english for me is conversation. I'm an introvert and I always strumble over my word during an exchange, it is like a big black hole. So, to avoid this difficulty, I prepare my topic before discussing. Four weeks ago, I have found a native conversation partner, we agreed on alternately sending messages every day with a question, so she answered me in French and inversely, and having a conversation once a week. Everything worked well during two weeks, but since, messages become rarer, and we didn't still discuss.
I'm frustrated because I'm motivated, and I think I must speak to make progress.
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Learning English
I devote some time each day to studying and learning English in various ways. I consider that all aspects of it are essential, and as a result, I often read some lines of a novel in it in the evening before sleeping, listen to podcast in the English language in the morning in my car as I go to work, as well as take notes of new vocabulary I encounter throughout the day. The more difficult thing with learning English for me is having a conversation. Being that I am an introvert, and not outwardly expressive naturally, I always stumble over my words during an exchange in real-time; my mind seemingly just goes blank and I cannot find the right word to say what I want to say. In order to avoid this difficulty, I usually try to prepare my topic before discussing it. Four weeks ago, I had found a native conversation partner, and we agreed on alternately sending messages that included a question to each other every day. As it was her target language, she answered me in French, while I responded in English, and in this manner, we had a conversation once a week. Everything worked well during the first two weeks, but since then, our messages have tapered off, and we still have not discussed the reasons for it. I am frustrated because I am motivated to learn, yet, I think I must speak more to make some progress.*
Hi, Sandrine. Good job! Whatever changes I have made were to allow your sentences to sound more natural to my native ears, to clarify your thoughts, and for ease of reading. Sincerest apologies if I have misinterpreted. I hope that this helps you. J.
*It certainly seems like you are a diligent student, and are taking all the right steps to learn the language. Until you find another partner, in addition to the podcast, you should be listening to old Beatles records. Their songs are simple enough (in terms of vocabulary), and they sing clearly enough (for you to train your ear, and to sing along with to train your mouth muscles), to be of good use to you.
As to your messages tapering off, it is both sad and disappointing, but that is life. As to being an introvert, that should not be a problem unless you allow it to be one. Your mind seemingly goes blank because it is searching for the correct word (or words), yet, you do not know enough of them (or, at least, enough to make coherent sentences easily…). As a result, my advice to not only learn more vocabulary, but also to learn more combinations of words (e.g., I know, I go, I do, I will, I think etc.) as this should help “trigger” sentence formation before you speak.
Finally, being motivated is 90% of the battle, so just keep doing what you are doing. I am certain you will see good results in the near future. Best of luck!
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Learning English
I devote some time every day to study and review English. I consider that all aspects of the language are essential: I read some lines of a novel the evening before sleeping, I listen to a podcast the morning in my car as I go to working, and I note English vocabulary during the day.
The most difficult aspect with learning English for me is conversation. I'm an introvert and I always strumble over my words during an conversational exchange: it is like a big black hole. So, to avoid this difficulty, I prepare my topic before discussing it. Four weeks ago, I have found a native conversation partner, we agreed on alternately sending messages every day with a question, so she answered me in French and I responded in English and we have a conversation once a week. Everything worked well for two weeks, but since then, the messages have become rarer, and we still didn't still converse.
I'm frustrated because I'm motivated, and I think I must speak English to make progress.
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I think, I listen podcast in the morning
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