Thread 212260874

Learning English as a second language is not impressive. You only learned it because everyone else speaks it, not because it truly interested you. If English is the only language other than your native language that you speak then you are actually monolingual.

>>212260874 (OP)
Most Koreans barely speak English, and they don’t need to.

I think only about 0.5 percent of people in South Korea speak English like native speakers. That's why I appreciate Japanese Anons

>>212260996
I have no particular feeling about European language speakrs being good at English. However, I am surprised when adults from Japan or Korea are fluent in English. The two languages are set up bloody opposite to English, making it tough to think from one side, kinda like pulling on a rope the wrong way in a tug-of-war.

>>212261039
This person graduated from a top uni in Korea with a degree in English lit. Basically, this shows the realistic limits of fluency that a Korean adult can reach when studying English.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3qL9PQ5VL4

Most ESLs don't really speak english that well, even if they have lived in an anglo country for years. Honestly if some guy in rural India spoke english with a flawless american accent it would be pretty impressive

>>212261106
For what it's worth, I started learning english as an adult, only to find myself ensnared in a web of mental torment. my heart suffers with resentment at the fate of being born korean. each day, I drown in self loathing, consumed by the thought that if i had been born speaking french, german, or swedish, my suffering would hardly echo so painfully. why was i condemned to a life within the confines of such an isolated language as korean, enduring this relentless suffer?

Basically English learning has destroyed my whole life.

at least more impressive than only speaking English