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Alicja Efejska

Alicja Efejska Lektor, PEN

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Patrycja P.:
My contribution to this thread will be rather small as I agree with all the above. English studies are perfect for non-natives learning a language in their own countries. Having more than 30 hrs of English/a week and being surrounded by English texts, sounds, etc. make you "exist in" the language especially if some of your teachers are natives. And this "second existence" is the only way to "cross the line" - the line which Sylwia mentions. The first sign you are near crossing "the line" is when you start dreaming in English and suddenly catch yourself thinking in English while making plans or just trying to figure out how to cook dinner :)
..or when you start forgetting Polish words..;)
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Keith Byrne

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I don't know if this is worth anything, but I'd rate all the regular posters on the English language forums as fluent. I think the connection between this and what everyone else is saying is clear. So clear, in fact, that this post has been a waste of my time. And yours, for reading it. I apologize for making you use your eyes for this.
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Grzegorz P.

Grzegorz P. .

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Keith Byrne:
I don't know if this is worth anything, but I'd rate all the regular posters on the English language forums as fluent. I think the connection between this and what everyone else is saying is clear. So clear, in fact, that this post has been a waste of my time. And yours, for reading it. I apologize for making you use your eyes for this.


Can I sue you for wasting my eyes on reading your post? :D:D:D
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Grzegorz P.:
Keith Byrne:
I don't know if this is worth anything, but I'd rate all the regular posters on the English language forums as fluent. I think the connection between this and what everyone else is saying is clear. So clear, in fact, that this post has been a waste of my time. And yours, for reading it. I apologize for making you use your eyes for this.


Can I sue you for wasting my eyes on reading your post? :D:D:D

You can try. I'll only plead insanity, anyway, and you KNOW it'll stick ;-)
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Grzegorz P.

Grzegorz P. .

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Keith Byrne:
Grzegorz P.:
Can I sue you for wasting my eyes on reading your post? :D:D:D

You can try. I'll only plead insanity, anyway, and you KNOW it'll stick ;-)

Damn. You got me here. And I was hoping for easy bucks...

:D
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Grzegorz P.:
Damn. You got me here. And I was hoping for easy bucks...

:D
They have Euros in Eire and PLN in PL, but maybe Keith could pay you in goats if bucks are out of question... Just a thought.
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Jarek Adamowski:
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Damn. You got me here. And I was hoping for easy bucks...

:D
They have Euros in Eire and PLN in PL, but maybe Keith could pay you in goats if bucks are out of question... Just a thought.

Nah, I ain't interested in goats. But I could use a few pints of guiness ;)
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Keith Byrne

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Grzegorz P.:
Jarek Adamowski:
Grzegorz P.:
Damn. You got me here. And I was hoping for easy bucks...

:D
They have Euros in Eire and PLN in PL, but maybe Keith could pay you in goats if bucks are out of question... Just a thought.

Nah, I ain't interested in goats. But I could use a few pints of guiness ;)


You and me both, mate!

If and when, they're on me!
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Agnieszka S.

Agnieszka S. *

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How difficult do you find communicating with native speakers?
Well, now when I'm used to English more than a few months back, I'm having less and less difficulty in uderstanding. But I still don't have many opportunities to talk to native-speakers, since I live in Holland, and I work for Dutch company (so no native speakers here)... But now English is my only language in which I can communicate, so I just have to understand ;)

What causes you the biggest problem?
Grammar, and pronounciation. I know I make mistakes, but I just don't want to think too much of grammar... My pronounciation is getting better, I hope (I was told once, by some guy from NY, that my English sounds good, so there is still hope for me ;P).

If you are fluent, how did you become so?
I hope I can call myself fluent. And how did I become so? I was reading a lot, and I still do (I started with "Hobbit" and "Harry Potter"). I was also reading a lot of Dungeons & Dragons Manuals ;) Watching a lot of cartoons first, and normal movies later also helped (and now I can only watch TV in English), I'm still listening to a lot of music (and trying to catch song's meaning).
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Keith Byrne:
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Jarek Adamowski:
Grzegorz P.:
Damn. You got me here. And I was hoping for easy bucks...

:D
They have Euros in Eire and PLN in PL, but maybe Keith could pay you in goats if bucks are out of question... Just a thought.

Nah, I ain't interested in goats. But I could use a few pints of guiness ;)


You and me both, mate!

If and when, they're on me!

You want to woo me? Wine and dine me?
I'm not that easy ;D
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Keith Byrne

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Grzegorz P.:
I'm not that easy ;D


That's not what it says on the toilet doors in Spearmint Rhino!
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Keith Byrne:
Grzegorz P.:
I'm not that easy ;D


That's not what it says on the toilet doors in Spearmint Rhino!

You're old enough to not believe in everything you read. Toilets lie!
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