#78 09 Avril 2020 10:45:24
I'm from quebec. Much of the country speak English, but we're in the French part. And where I live, well, we didn't have great English teachers either. More like, the type that don't want students to talk if it's not in English... Even when they don't understand or know how to say something. Not a good way to learn. So I was sure I would never understand. But I started listening tv shows on the internet, with french subtitles, and with time, I started to understand more and more.
Around three years ago, I decided to try reading in English, not an easy thing, because every time it's like if my brain just freeze and say "hey, you can't do it !" But I pushed myself to really try. I chose a fanfiction whose translation I was reading in French, and try to read the chapters that wasn't translate yet. Surprisingly, I did understand more than I thought. But yes, in the beginning I had a page open on a translation dictionary, for when I didn't understand a word. Which was happening a lot... At the beginning.
Now, I read fanfictions in English all the times, and books too ! And for the dictionary... Well, sometimes I still open it when I read a new word, but that really doesn't happen often. =)
All of that, for saying, it's normal to be scared to don't understand anything, or even to have trouble doing so at the beginning. But if you don't try, you would never know, or be able to do so. :ok: