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submitted 4 months ago by adrrdgz@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

well first of all. i seem to have a lot of problems with coming up with sentences or forming sentences in general. for example when i'm talking to americans or whatever i usually don't really know what to say. but i fully understand them!! and when i'm about to say something. it's almost as if i didn't know any words.. like. i don't know any other english words other than the basic stuff. how can i improve?? please help me. thank you

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

Do you watch tv or movies in English? Hearing general dialogue like that may help with your conversation/responses.

[-] workerONE@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

People have suggested to me to watch in my first language and put subtitles in the language I'm learning. It works pretty good

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

It works pretty well*

:)

[-] adrrdgz@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

yes. thank you very much. youtube. everything is on english. i hear in english and write in english. hear in english. etc!! it's great!! i understand every word they say but i don't know why i can't do any of the things i mentioned doing on the post hmmmm

[-] Today@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

When we learn a language, we learn the grammar and the vocabulary and basic sentence structure. As babies we just learn from hearing it and get a feeling for what sounds right and what responses are normal.

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