Put myself in someone else's shoes This story is about my experience. Please correct or refine it~ Thank you in advance. I was in San Diego, the US, for 8 months from Oct. 2013 to May 2014. Even thou

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Put myself in someone else's shoes This story is about my experience. Please correct or refine it~ Thank you in advance. I was in San Diego, the US, for 8 months from Oct. 2013 to May 2014. Even though I’d had several overseas trip experiences, it was my first time to stay abroad for such a long time. At first I took homestay in SD. Unfortunately I was an extreme beginner at speaking and listening in English, so I had lots of troubles to communicate with my host mom. I actually thought that my host mom didn’t understand me, and I thought even though I asked her to speak a bit more slowly, she ignored it. But after I met an American studying Korean, I realized that maybe my request to the host mom could be an excessive demand. Because I had a talk with the American, and considering her Korean ability, I spoke really slowly in Korean. But she said, “Korean really speak fast.” At that moment, my ex-host mom came across my mind. I blamed her for not considering my English skill, but it was totally my fault. The fundamental reason of the problem was my lack of English skill. Maybe she spoke very slowly for me, and maybe I even couldn’t understand it. I got a message from this experience that I can understand other people well when I put myself in someone else’s shoes.

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Put myself in someone else's shoes

This story is about my experience.
Please correct or refine it~
Thank you in advance.

I was in San Diego, the US, (try to avoid choppiness--you could also say: "I was in the U.S. in San Diego...") for 8 months from Oct. 2013 to May 2014. Even though I’d had several overseas trip experiences, it was my first time to stay abroad for such a long time.
At first I took homestay in SD. A more natural way to word this: "At first, I stayed with a host family."

Unfortunately, I was an extreme beginner at speaking and listening in English, so I had lots of troubles to communicate communicating with my host mom. I actually thought that my host mom didn’t understand me, and I thought even though I asked her to speak a bit more slowly, she ignored it. But after I met an American studying Korean, I realized that maybe my request to the host mom could be an excessive demand. Because I had a talk with the American, and considering her Korean ability, I spoke really slowly in Korean. But she said, “Korean really speak fast.”

At that moment, my ex-host mom came across my mind. I had (before this event, right?) blamed her for not considering my English skill, but it was totally my fault. The fundamental reason of the problem was my lack of English skills. Maybe she spoke very slowly for me, and maybe I even still couldn’t understand it. I got a message understood/realized/came to the realization from this experience that I can understand other people well when I put myself in someone else’s shoes.

Put myself in someone else's shoes

This story is about my experience.
Please correct or refine it~
Thank you in advance.

I was in San Diego, the US, for 8 months from Oct. 2013 to May 2014. Even though I’d had several overseas trip experiences, it was my first time to stay abroad for such a long time.
At first I stayed at home in SD.
Unfortunately I was an extreme beginner at speaking and listening in English, so I had lots of troubles to communicate with my host mom.
I actually thought that my host mom didn’t understand me, and I thought, even though I asked her to speak a bit more slowly, she ignored it.
But after I met an American studying Korean, I realized that maybe my request to the host mom could be an excessive demand.
Because I had a talk with the American, and considering her Korean ability, I spoke really slowly in Korean. But she said, “Koreans really speak fast.”
At that moment, my ex-host mom came across my mind.
I blamed her for not considering my English skill, but it was totally my fault.
The fundamental reason of the problem was my lack of English skills.
Maybe she spoke very slowly for me, and maybe I even couldn’t understand it.
I got a message (Understood) from this experience that I can understand other people well when I put myself in someone else’s shoes.

Put myself in someone else's shoes

This story is about my experience.
Please correct or refine it~
Thank you in advance.

I have been in San Diego, in the US, for 8 months, from Oct. 2013 to May 2014. Even though I’d had several overseas trip experiences, it was my first time to stay abroad for such a long time.
At first I took homestay in SD.
Unfortunately, I was an extreme beginner at speaking and listening in English, so I had lots of troubles to communicate with my host mom.
I actually think that my host mom didn’t understand me, and I thought even though I asked her to speak a bit more slowly, I think she ignored it.
But after I met an American studying student of Korean language, I realized that maybe my request to the host mom could've been excessive demand
Because When I had a talk with the American student, and considering her Korean ability, I spoke to her really slowly. But she still said, “Koreans speak really fast.”
At that moment, my ex-host mom came across my mind.
I blamed her for not considering my English skills, but it was totally my fault.
The fundamental reason of the problem was my lack of English skill.
Maybe she spoke very slowly for me, and maybe I even couldn’t understand it.
I got a message from this experience: that I can understand other people well better when if I put myself in someone else’s shoes. (you can also say "if I wear someone else's shoes) :)

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