In our first language, we use a lot of complex vocabulary expressions. How many idioms are in the english language? And everyone is learning those, but there're thousands of them to learn. Even between us, between an american speaker and somebody from the u. K,. we also have sometimes some confusions there. So if you use a cricket reference with me, or a idiom, i may have no idea what it means as well. Absolutely.
740. Are native English speakers bad communicators? (The Travel Adapter with Matt Halsdorff)
Talking to English teacher Matt Halsdorff about a project to train native English speakers how to communicate better with non-natives. We talk about the reasons why native speakers are often bad at communicating with non-natives, what they should do to fix this and the wider issues relating to this topic. Video version available.
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