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Bro your English is good 😂, relax English is a forgiving language you don’t have to be perfect in the south we don’t speak English correctly but we understand each other, you’ll be fine. 👍🏿

I am working on a resource that I hope will help people who feel stuck around your level, especially with reading comprehension; i think it is a very common experience. I would be happy to provide you a copy for free in exchange for feedback of where you feel lost so I can add more supports. If you're interested, please DM me! Also, for what it's worth, I think your English in this post is very clear. I hope you find something that works for you!

As others have said your English writing is good. The issue is that English writing by those who are fluent isn't always "correct". It just takes time to adapt to that. While you should still keep trying to get better. Reading and talking in less formal ways will help you learn more, even if you don't understand it at first. Could you give me an example of a sentence you don't understand? And I can see what the issue may be?

I understand. It is *absolutely normal* to feel that way. My advice may sound odd, but, **stop focusing on it.** At least, say, for a month. Make no specific effort to learn English. Don't do "tasks" or "exercises". Make that decision - to not "study" for one month. Instead, look at English things *that you, personally, are interested in and enjoy.* If you tell me your interests, I can give specific advice. If you like astronomy, I'll recommend some videos and audio. Or physics, or history, or knitting. Whatever. If you like computer games, play some with lots of dialogue. If you like football, join a Reddit discussion about the FA Cup. Whatever piques **your** curiosity. What is your favourite English-language movie? Watch it, with English subtitles, and pause on *every one* of them. If there's anything that you don't understand, look it up. If you *still* can't understand, ask here. It'll take like 20 hours to watch a 1 hour movie, but it's worthwhile. Afterwards, watch the whole thing without pausing. Then turn the subtitles off, and watch again. Just two other things, for now: 1. Keep a diary, in English. Every day. Even if you only write one line - that's fine; "Today was boring. It rained. I ate chicken. I looked at Reddit." Make it part of your bedtime routine - lock the door, put on pyjamas, brush teeth, do diary, sleep. 2. Get a little notebook with a pen/pencil that you can carry in your pocket at all times. https://i.imgur.com/HfRk28S.jpeg Write down any new English words that you learn. Then, whenever you have 5 minutes spare - like, when you're waiting for a bus - look through it, and make up sentences in your head. What do you think?

"English as used by native speakers" is usually 'not correct grammar' but that which is understood in a local region. I come from Scotland, about 20% of my words are not in the local English of where I live in Lancashire, and they have many words that are not in my dialect. "School English" is an enforced common standard that is forgotten once one leaves school. The following phrases illustrate this: "Are you going to your home?" "gan hus?" "Gan hame?" "Going home?" These all mean the same. While very few write in a dialect form, 'correct English' is usually only for school exams.

Keep in mind when reading social media posts that English is a language spoken around the world with different dialects and slang. Wven places where English is not the native language may develop dialects when speaking English locally. In addition to that, when you learn English in a book or in school you're learning standard English. If you learn any language and then go somewhere that the language is spoken very casually you will feel lost. Eventually you will figure out new slang just by the context, but don't worry about it too much now.

Just a general reminder to all learners out there: It's a lot like building a house. When you start to build a house, you put up a wooden frame and within a week or two what had been a bare lot looks like the shape of a house! It seems like a whole lot happened at once! Then you add the exterior and interior walls, the roof, the floors and ceilings, and it looks like you're 80% done! But you're not. Suddenly, it takes a long time to see any progress happening, and you think "Wow! what happened? It was going along fine, but and now it takes forever!" That's the learning curve in a nutshell. Adamo, that's where you're at now. Your English is good! But the better you get, the slower it gets to learn more.

Hey! I’m also at a B2 level and aiming for C2. What are your main interests? If we have something in common, maybe we could help each other by chatting and practicing together!

Your English in this post is very good, what’s the problem?

Just out of interest, is C2 a particularly important milestone to live in London? I lived there for 6 years and worked alongside plenty of people whose English wasn’t that level.

English is a challenging language. I can see from this sub that the verb tenses are baffling, phrasal verbs are confusing, and the amount of slang is mind-boggling. Not to mention that it likely has the largest vocabulary of any language because it has vacuumed up words from almost every other language and added them. You already can communicate. Now it’s about soaking in more and getting more of a feel for it. You are getting lots of great advice here. Take care and please be patient with yourself!

Just from reading what you wrote, there are absolutely no errors that would suggest you yourself aren't a native. Don't be so hard on yourself!

don't sweat it, I have lived in the UK my whole life and people are generally very understanding with english learners, most of my friends have learned english as a second language haha. don't underestimate the power of learning once you're here, don't feel like you have to be perfect before you go, slang and stuff will come naturally through immersion. and remember, on reddit, etc, different ways of speaking (literally the whole english speaking world) are all blurred together, you'll pick that up in time. The main benefit to english being the 'world language' is that almost everyone is used to people who are learning it at different levels :)

Everything in time. Your English is fantastic BTW. I'm always impressed when I see learners use internet slang like "rn". I can barely figure out basic vocab in my target language, let alone slang/internet specific abbreviations 🫠

Your English seems very good from what you've written here. Just keep practicing and you can get more confident in your abilities.

Hey bud, i lived around London for 5 years as a foreigner. I've had coworkers that were British and I've had coworkers that were from all over the world. As long as you can use the basic words to express yourself you'll do great(can i water?). Most of the time my English friends would use words incorrectly or will have bad grammar so i got used to not being too focused on how i say or pronounce stuff as long as my point gets across.

Think about natives in your own language and how often they make mistakes. Now think about how often they make mistakes when they're teenagers posting recklessly on Reddit or scrambling to type texts with their low attention spans. Think about all the slang and shorthand your native speakers use. It's a wonder anyone understands anything with so much terrible input out there. You're doing just fine. Ask for clarification sometimes, maybe. Sure, maybe you'll feel embarrassed here or there when you don't know about how "badonkadonks is gyats now, fr, fr, no cap," but sometimes you might just find out there was a typo or that your English is actually better than that of whoever is confusing you.