Blog 6: English Language Challenges
Last blog, here we come! Although it may seem super hard to believe, I think I have improved my English quite a bit from last year. I notice my progress because I use translators less and less to understand, and because I can read whole paragraphs of papers without getting frustrated because I don't understand some words. In reading and writing I'm on the right track, but I need to reinforce listening and speaking even more, I'm progressing slowly, but I'm making progress. Sometimes the slow progress frustrates me because it is all in English (books, papers, articles, lectures, etc.) and I feel that I am the one who is lagging behind, so I have to hurry and that is where I put pressure on myself. Not to mention the nerves I get when I want to speak in English, sometimes I want to say words that I know how to pronounce, but being nervous I end up stuttering and saying something that is not understood. Lately, I've been helping myself by listening to English podcasts