Re:Native speakers are hard to understand in a lingua franca...
by heurisko on Friday May 21, 2021 @02:36AM
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There isn't the same motivation if you already speak the lingua franca.
My experience learning a foreign language as a native English speaker, is that people in the target country are sometimes puzzled as to why you want to learn it.
They also then have a strong preference to practice English with you instead, which is understandable, if not frustrating.
My experience learning a foreign language as a native English speaker, is that people in the target country are sometimes puzzled as to why you want to learn it.
They also then have a strong preference to practice English with you instead, which is understandable, if not frustrating.