Thread 212506869

>trying to learn another language
>best way to learn another language is to talk to native speakers
>can't even talk to people in english because my social anxiety is so bad

>>212506869 (OP)
filtering yourself out of normie spaces

I study three languages and I don't speak to anyone in them but I can read literature in two of them and am working on my third
What matters is comprehensible input
Don't believe the people that say the only way to learn a language is to speak a lot

>>212506869 (OP)
>best way to learn another language is to talk to native speakers
this is only true after you've actually gotten to a certain point. I hate when people use this as an excuse. Similar to when people say

>I tried learning Dutch/German/Swedish/Norwegian/Danish/etc. but they just start talking English every time!!!

nigga, people learn Latin and other dead languages. Speaking to natives is hardly a requirement

>>212506944
>I tried learning Dutch/German/Swedish/Norwegian/Danish/etc. but they just start talking English every time!!!
it is really annoying when you're trying to learn tho

>>212506869 (OP)
I don't care about learning to speak because I just want to consume media but if I wanted to I would just talk to an imagined foreigner in my head.

>>212507296
Based and true

>>212507261
why? like i said you don't need to speak to native speakers at all until youre already very far along in your studies. You can become basically fluent just from reading alone, not to mention watching movies, podcasts, chatgpt, etc.

when you've exhausted all your options of the above, you are almost fluent and people would not mind speaking to you at all. On the other hand, it's super annoying to talk to someone who barely put any effort into learning your language

It's such a cop out excuse to put the responsibility on us to be your language coach

>>212506869 (OP)
Consume alcohol. It will remove your social anxiety.
>.t knower