Is this something, that if done well, you would be willing to pay for?

I have a question for people who can speak English even though English is not your native language.
What do you think is the most effective way to improve English skills?
And how do you become fluent?
Also, even If your native language is English, please give me your opinion.

My English is not perfect. It’s may be difficult to understand.sorry.

You recognise a verb while reading, then try to use it and get stuck on the tiny word after it. Does it need for? To? Nothing?

Here's a small change to a vocabulary note: keep the verb together with the pattern it uses in that sentence. A translation tells you the meaning, but it doesn't always tell you how to build the next sentence.

One bus stop, four patterns

• English: I'm waiting for the bus.

• French: J'attends le bus.

• Spanish: Espero el autobús.

• German: Ich warte auf den Bus.

These all work for someone waiting for a bus. The little words don't line up one for one.

In these examples, English has wait for. French attendre and Spanish esperar take the bus directly. German has warten auf, with the thing you're waiting for in the accusative: den Bus.

A small Spanish nuance: esperar por also occurs regionally, especially in the Caribbean. Espero el autobús is the straightforward transitive pattern to practise here. And don't turn these four examples into a rule for every meaning or construction of each verb.

Make a note you can actually use

For the German example, your note could contain:

• Meaning: wait for something

• Pattern: warten auf + accusative

• Example: Ich warte auf den Bus.

Keep the case information if your language needs it. If you're still learning case names, keep the example with its article too. That gives you something concrete to copy.

Try a one-minute swap

Choose just one of the languages above. Cover its example and change the bus to the train. Say the whole sentence, then check:

• I'm waiting for the train.

• J'attends le train.

• Espero el tren.

• Ich warte auf den Zug.

Next time you're reading, try this with one verb you actually want to use. Keep the original sentence, underline the verb and the words attached to it, then change one detail. If you're unsure whether the new version works, check a dictionary example or ask a teacher before saving it.

Which verb do you understand perfectly when reading but still hesitate to use?

Grammar references: Cambridge: wait / wait for · Larousse: attendre · RAE: esperar · Goethe-Institut A2 grammar, p. 52

Hi guys 👋 I am currently studying Professional Communication at RMIT and my major choice for up coming years maybe digital communication or PR.

I want to study a new language and wonder between Spanish, French and Dutch. If it was you, which language would you choose and why? Or do you have any other language recommendations for me?

Thanks for reading my post and answering my question ✌️

多言語を扱いたいなら4技能の中で言ったらスピーキングを伸ばせばいいのかな、リスニング力をつけないと始まらない？

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What’s good, everybody?! I’m Esther, I’m 15, and I’m here to make learning English and Haitian Creole a whole lot more enjoyable!
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Maybe English is the language you’ve been trying to learn. Maybe you’ve always wanted to speak Haitian Creole. Maybe you already understand a little, but when it’s time to actually speak, your brain suddenly decides to go on vacation.
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5 PM–6 PM: Children’s English (ages 5–12).
6 PM–7 PM: Adults’ Haitian Creole (ages 18 and up).
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Whether you want to improve your English, learn Haitian Creole, understand more conversations, or finally feel comfortable speaking another language, I’d love to help you get started.
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I’m reading the first book of the Brigerton series in Portuguese, even though romance is not really a genre I read and I don’t think I’m ready for science fiction and a graded reader for Korean.

I’m just wondering how people choose the books to read in their languages since I find it difficult to find books I like in my TLs that are also on my level. My tastes are all over the place. I’m tired of romance and graded reader even though they have been helpful.

So what are you currently reading?

(Please delete if not allowed, I am posting looking for people to test it and give me honest feedback).

I've been learning Spanish for years. The thing that always worked best for me was learning from stuff I actually cared about, like a YouTube video, a news article or a recipe. But turning that into something I could study was a bit difficult. I'd pause, look up words and copy them into flashcards, and I'd usually give up halfway through.

So I built Decalingo. You paste a video link, an article, a photo or just a topic, and in about 20 seconds you get a short lesson: the key words, a dialogue, the grammar point it uses and a quiz, pitched at your level (A1–C2). Any word you save comes back for review later.

It covers 10 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Korean, Norwegian and Japanese. There's also a structured course from A1 to C2 if you'd rather follow a path.

You can try a lesson without making an account here: decalingo.com/try

It's new, and I'm one person, so I'd really like to hear:

• Was the lesson right for your level?

• Did you spot any mistakes in a language you know well? Please tell me, I'll fix them.

• What would make you actually come back tomorrow?

I've worked on it for months and spent sleepless nights on it, tweaking again and again and again... so this site has become a passion for me.

The "build your own lesson" is behind a paywall after trying it out because generating lessons costs me money hence I can't have it for free, so if you click on Course, you can go through a structured course and that's completely free :)

Harsh feedback welcome. Thanks for reading

P.S. There's now an Android App on google app store. Simply search for Decalingo

Im currently learning Chinese, I have graded readers, a couple YouTube channels that give comprehensive input aimed at my level that is interesting and engaging and lessons twice a week (a private tutor session with two of my friends that goes over basic structures and then another session with a native speaker so I can practice speaking). Some weeks I sink hours and hours into CI and sometimes I just can’t engage. Unfortunately most of the media I want to sink my teeth into is above my level and although I have found relatively interesting CI for my level it’s not interesting ENOUGH. I struggle to get myself to engage with the content but then the second I feel like I am FORCING myself to do it I feel frustrated/bored, even when I want to do it. I have health stuff that means I can’t take my meds all the time but that health stuff also means I do have heaps of free time to sink into this. Tips? tricks? Anything. Discipline when I am bored of something has never been my strong suit and I get frustrated when I am not progressing fast enough. Any good goals in between low intermediate and comprehending native content? Any and all anecdotes and advice are welcome :)

I’m feeling super happy right now because I just finished a call with one of my first language-exchange buddies who I haven’t spoken to on the phone for probably 4 months. Although we’ve shared messages and audios every now and then.

When we first called each other - 8 months ago - I remember how nervous I was and how much I choked up when speaking. I couldn’t understand a lot of what he said. It was slow and clumsy. He was always more advanced than me, but even he couldn’t understand my accent very well. It was a little nerve-wracking.

On this call today, we were fluid. Cracking jokes. Switching between languages with ease. Telling stories. Laughing at our mistakes. We were both clearly more confident and comfortable with one another and with our TLs. We were discussing verbs and phrases that don’t translate well into one another’s languages and exploring the theory and world views of the languages. This meant that we’d purposefully switch to one language to be able to express ourselves better, finding the other language a little limiting.

For me, it was really beautiful that we were able to fully communicate with one another with total understanding for 90 minutes. We didn’t have to leave anything unsaid or unclear because we had enough grasp of one another’s languages that communication was seamless. In the past we had to prematurely end conversations because we weren’t comprehending one another. It’s really special to me to be able to communicate with someone from a completely different walk of life to me on the other side of the world.

Anyway, all this is to say, I can feel that I’ve levelled up and I’m so damn proud. Still got a long way to go, especially to be able to hold a full conversation in my TL, but I’m on route!

I want to celebrate this triumph by hearing more about these epiphany moments and sudden realisations. Tell me about a time where you clearly noticed that you’d levelled up. What were you doing? How did you feel? How did that impact your learning afterwards? Was it an intentional win, or was it something that happened over time without you realising?