I would enjoy having more opportunities to practice spoken English. But I would have to trust the other person to speak correctly, so they are not teaching me their mistakes. Non-English native speakers talking to each other has a risk to propagate “false friends”.
I am much better at writing English than at speaking. It helps that I can “cheat” by using Google Translate in the few difficult cases. But also because I have much more practice writing, and in conversation I sometimes realize I am actually not sure how the word is pronounced… or I just pronounce it my way, and the see the confused look on the other person’s face.
I would enjoy having more opportunities to practice spoken English. But I would have to trust the other person to speak correctly, so they are not teaching me their mistakes. Non-English native speakers talking to each other has a risk to propagate “false friends”.
I am much better at writing English than at speaking. It helps that I can “cheat” by using Google Translate in the few difficult cases. But also because I have much more practice writing, and in conversation I sometimes realize I am actually not sure how the word is pronounced… or I just pronounce it my way, and the see the confused look on the other person’s face.