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Reading, Writing, Listening, and Talking Listening and speaking English is harder than reading and writing English for me. When I read something or write notes, I can take my time to consider with my dicctionary. Depends on the articles, I think reading newspapers is one of the good ways to study English. because it is written with correct and polite sentences. Though if it picks up the field of what I don't know well or the field of something difficult with lots of technical terms, I can't understand at all, neither written in Japanese. Yet when I listen to someone talking, for example in the movies, TV shows or interviews, I can scarcely catch them. Because people speak so fast and they don't talk with sentences like I read in the newspapers, neither I don't do that. Even though they talk slowly with short sentences and I can hear what they say, I can't understand them for the combinations of words, particularly verbs and prepositions. I supose that it can be thought in every language. So far, the daily conversation is the most difficult for me, isn't it? Nowadays I can read and listen, also we can talk through the internet, I will keep learning languages, even though it takes much time. (even though I can learn so slowly.) Please correct this note. I want you to tell me every small things that you think strange or unnaturally. Thank you.

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Reading, Writing, Listening, and Talking

Speaking and listening to English is harder for me than reading and writing English for me. When I read something or write notes, I can take my time and think it over to consider with my dicctionary. Depending on the article, I think reading newspapers is a good way/one of the best ways to study English, because they are written with correct and polite formal(?) sentences. Though if it's on a topic that I don't know much about or a difficult topic with lots of technical terms, I can't understand at all, not even in Japanese (?).

Yet when I listen to someone talking, for example in the movies, TV shows or interviews, I can scarcely catch what they're saying. Because people speak so fast and they don't talk in sentences like I read in the newspapers, neither I don't do that I can't understand them (?). Even if they talk slowly, using short sentences, and I can hear what they say, I can't understand them because of the word combinations they use, particularly verbs and prepositions. I suppose that it can be tough in any language.

So far, everyday conversation is the most difficult for me. isn't it? [This sounds like ね? or かな? in Japanese, but we don't use "isn't it?" after a personal statment like this in English. Since you're talking about your own experience, you can't ask the reader to support your statement. Maybe saying "I guess everyday conversation is..." instead would give you the tone you wanted to use.] Nowadays I can read and listen, as well as talk through the internet. I will keep learning languages, even though it takes a lot of time. (Since I can learn so slowly.)

Please correct this note. I want you to tell me every small things that you think is strange or unnaturally.
Thank you.

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Reading, Writing, Listening, and Talking

Listening and speaking English is harder than reading and writing English in my opinion. When I read something or write notes, I can take my time and consult my dictionary. Depending on the articles, I think reading newspapers is one of the best ways to study English. because it is written grammatically correct. (Though if it picks up the field of what I don't know well or the field of something difficult with lots of technical terms, I can't understand at all, neither written in Japanese.) I can't understand this part. 


When I listen to someone talking, for example in the movies, TV shows or interviews I can barely understand them. They speak very fast and they don't speak in a way that I'm used to. Although they talk slowly with short sentences and I can hear what they say, I can't understand them because of the combinations of words they use, particularly verbs and prepositions. I suppose it's tough in every language.

So far, daily conversation is the most difficult for me, isn't it? Nowadays I can read, listen and speak English online also. I will keep learning languages, even though it takes alot time. (even though I learn very slowly.)



Please correct this note. I want you to tell me everything that you think is strange or unnatural.
Thank you.

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Thanks, Ollie, I'm glad to know what you are trying to do. I love music, movies, and I watch the dramas from US almost every day with Japanese subtitles. When I watch interviews or something on youtube, of course they don't have subtitles, I can't understand so I guess what they say.
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Hi, Julie. Me, too, I'm still shy about it...
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Thank you, Eire_Craig, for your correction and comment. Learning French seems harder! It's pronunciation is very difficult. But every language is attractive.

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