How good is your English?

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English was the second language I learned at school and I always played games on the N64. Most of the N64 games where in English so I had to learn it to understand what I had to do. I now watch a LOT of anime and most of those series are subbed in English so my English got better and better. Reading is now easy, only speaking and writing is a bit more tricky. Speaking English is just a bit different than speaking in your first language. I hope it will get better so I can speak more convincing.

 

[watson_lp]

I'd say my english is enough to survive in the buisness jungle...
My pronouncing sucks tho..

Since I need to know 4 languages in total I can't concentrate on one to be perfect.

 

[shintu]

i think my english is a bit above the average. i'm learning english since i'm 6 and my english teacher told me that my skills are remarkable, but i'm not quite sure about that...

 

[webspider4]

zum lesen reichts noch für kleienre texte. ansonsten google übersetzer

 

[animemoc]

enough^^
my favorite word's are hot-dog, fries and

Doooo'h

just a joke

 

[shadowman44]

Also zuhöhren b.z.w lesen ist für mich schon fast kein Problem(bis auf hier und das paar Vokabeln) aber selbst sprechen oder schreben überforderd meine Gehirnzellen^^

 

[Øxidus]

i think that talking with a real person in english and reading of an internet page is a huge difference. because on the web, you dont have thoes factors active as u would have when ur standing infront of a person.

 

[the stardine]

"good but not good enough" fits perfectly for me.
i get along at work, i can watch english movies, read english books and communicate.
i`m always a little bit shy in the beginning but it get`s better while talking. pronunciation is quite good.

english is my favourite foreign language, i hated french at school!

 

[Ishiki]

Well, I've been living two years in England and I'm actually quite well with it.
Sure, there are oftentimes problems, but actually it is quite good ...

 

[congosoha]

my english is not so good, but i have a friend he speak only english, so i try it to speak english and when i dont know the word i try to explain it. And every week i go in the work to the enlish lesson when i have time, but most i havent the time. and my grammar is so bad i think.

 

[cwm_user2003]

I speak Engrish very goodly!

Seriously though, my English is pretty good... Too bad Engrish is so hard to understand!

 

[lone-tiger]

I understand English better than I speak it, that's cause I'm watching sitcoms (Friends, The Nanny) in English.

 

[Sabr3wolf]

I voted "English is like my native language", or C 2 on the CoE global scale.

 

[Azrael84]

bad, very bad....

seit jahren nicht gesprochen.... man verlernt so vieles....

dito mehr schlecht als recht

 

[Ryudo Kaze]

こんにちは everybody.
(Hello/Good day)

Well... I can't say much about my skills in English. Or I rather let others decide.
I think they're good enough, even if I have my problems at typing or writing English. That's because I don't have the chance to write English with my friends in my spare time. Not to mention that I only have a limited amount of time to spear. Well, and some of my friends just don't understand a single word in English, but that's another problem.

At last I can read, listen, understand and speak pretty okay. My English is good enough to speak with native and business speakers. Even if I miss some of the vocabulary and I have to explain what I mean pretty often.
Funny is, that I sometimes run in to translation problems. That is, if the term is some kind of technical game or story lingual – also known as technobabble (I hope I spelled that right) – or I miss the meaning of the word completely. Well... and if it's a kind of antique English.
So I had my problems with the original Lord of the Rings I read in the past. The last problems I encountered nowadays were some sentences in Valkyrie Profile – Covenant of the plume. That was some serious English.
Well... and sometimes I miss words in German. I know the meaning of them, but I totally forgot the German translation...

I got my knowledge from English moves, games, radio dramas, and school. Well... and from practising.
Funny enough, I encounter many people who are not able to speak English. I worked in a IT company two years ago and they had an IT specialist who couldn't speak English. I didn't notice until I had to deal with a phone call he got from an outsourcing company in the US. He asked me, if I could speak with his caller because he could not understand a single word. The only thing he said to her was: "Wait a moment, please."
I thought that fact was somewhat funny and refreshing. xD
As you can see... such things even happen today... sometimes.

But enough talk... for now. ^^

ではよろしく。
(Best regards.)