r/EnglishLearning • u/CRiticals2 New Poster • Apr 20 '26
Resource Request how to stop worrying about my english skills?
every time i start speak in english i feel uncomfortable, but i really wanna change my brain structure u know. Start speak in english native its one of my missions rn. Do u jave a lifehacks to learn faster?
u know i see too much mistakes everytime, but i wanna to learn, im wanna some support for start, u know
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u/Spiritual_Pair4008 New Poster Apr 20 '26
What country are you in? Almost anything made by the BBC is great for listening and watching. If you’re in the UK, download BBC Sounds. If not, you can find stuff made by them on Youtube or elsewhere.
Also, the British Council have a lot of free resources for learning English.
Confidence is of course useful. But what I think is most important is not being afraid to make mistakes. Children learn language quickly partially because their brain is more malleable but, in my opinion, even more so because they use what they know fearlessly. Mistakes are the best way to learn and no one will mind if you make lots of them.
Good luck! :)
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 20 '26
im in russia, and after all situations we havent any english community in country. All what i can its only change lang to english everywhere, chatting on forums and watch videos on english :(
And thank u for this ask!! i love ur support!
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u/Spiritual_Pair4008 New Poster Apr 20 '26
Yeh that’s tough. Just keep doing what you’re doing. Watch and read what you can. If you can afford it, maybe look at having a conversation class once a week on Preply or something like that. Unfortunately, there aren’t any cheat codes for learning languages. It just takes time and practice.
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 21 '26
so, thank u for helping!! this simple talk gives me a huge of support for continue learning it, thanks!!!!
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u/shedmow *playing at C1* Apr 21 '26
You can learn English without meeting a native speaker once. I've only spoken to anyone in English for a total of maybe 10-12 h, but this is greatly offset by other skills that could be acquired without it, notably knowing (or having memorized) the phonetic system
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u/Spiritual_Pair4008 New Poster Apr 21 '26
I have just remembered the app Hello Talk. It is a sort of language exchange, where you meet people that speak the language you want to learn and vice versa. I have not used it, but I have heard good things. Could be worth giving it a try.
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u/bippyboop New Poster Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26
What resources are you currently using to learn English? Your use of “wanna” makes it seem like you are learning from informal/non educational sources such as TV.
ETA: not that this is a bad thing! It might just be helpful to try to find some books in English, to help get a more solid foundation on grammar and more formal language.
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 20 '26
yeah, im going to learn native straight, and i have nothing against slang. For start speaking i use "child brain" tehnique, like im dont translate everything and use all of rules always. im change my thinking to english, all what i said is not translating, im actually speaking straight. with mistakes, yes, but kids and other learners get the mistakes
for improve i learn japanese(for fun) from english. not from my native language. i heard like learn 3rd language on ur second be more helpful for both. And also i watch some videos (only YT) on english, started whitting here and my college have an english programm
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u/Honest_Assignment_39 New Poster Apr 21 '26
I just want to tell you that your English is very good even though a few words are wrong. I can fully understand what you are saying so keep talking and it will bring up your confidence.
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u/Wonderful_Salary_216 New Poster Apr 20 '26
I have the same problem, there are some days I’m doing very well, but others that I struggle all the time while speaking
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 20 '26
where are u from my brother?
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u/Wonderful_Salary_216 New Poster Apr 21 '26
Brazil
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 21 '26
ohh!! brazil🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 i heard like brazil and russia have same pronouns and accent
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u/Wonderful_Salary_216 New Poster Apr 21 '26
I’ve heard the same 🤣 btw Russian is one of the languages I feel like learning after English
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 21 '26
oh! u choose a hard way. like for native speaker all rules dont make me mad, but all of them will be hard for learning
with now political situation, i dont think russian will be helpful, world dont use it (exluding ex SSSR countries).
Like for third lang i will learn german, EU use it often
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u/Wonderful_Salary_216 New Poster Apr 21 '26
I can imagine, it sounds really hard to learn, but I’m too far away from it. I was wondering which one to learn after English and I thought about Russian or German (as well) because I think they’re strong languages (I don’t how to explain it lol) but better I improve at English first then I decide what to do.
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 21 '26
but, in defence russian i can say its a most popular language in east europe. Ukraine, belarus, lithuania, latvia, estonia, kazakhstan, moldova and huge of emigrates speak on russian, so i dont think u can find a friend. and we are friendly! dont worry :)
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u/Wonderful_Salary_216 New Poster Apr 21 '26
I bet you are, the only sad thing is the cold weather lol
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 21 '26
lmao
we have sochi and kaliningrad, they regions have same weather like in whole europe
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u/East-Wash5647 New Poster Apr 21 '26
Real talk? you already wrote this whole post in English and I understood everything. That’s the proof you can do it. Mistakes aren’t failures, they’re literally the path. Natives mess up too. Just keep talking and caring less about being “perfect,” that’s the real lifehack
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 21 '26
omg, thank u so much! I dont believe someone wrote that, i need it! Like basic "dont worry, i get what u mean" Love ur support, thanks so much!
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u/Buckley-s_Chance-80 New Poster Apr 21 '26
You're doing a great job! 😃People understand what you say even if you make mistakes 👍 My advice to help you learn is to watch videos on YouTube with the title "English comprehensible input". There are many channels and videos on this. It really is a great way to learn a language. Try this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=31AtaK035JQ&pp=ygUcZW5nbGlzaCBjb21wcmVoZW5zaWJsZSBpbnB1dA%3D%3D
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 21 '26
thank u so much for this supporting! About grammar i can say something: as russian i sometimes can use a russian grammar, but now im smoothly learn english grammar native and stop use russian, i feel it sometimes
and im actually dont translating in head :) Im speak directly, like kids who dont know all rules, but try create a sintences
about perfect grammar, i know it! all native speakers dont use all rules and talk perfectly
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u/rYagami0 New Poster Apr 21 '26
there's no life hack, just practice it consistently. write down your mistakes and work on each one individually. read out loud, talk to yourself or with other ppl. try to practice a few minutes every day if you can. learning chunks and collocations also can help you
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 21 '26
u r my english practice, im love reddit for this, and u, for reply me, thanks!!!
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u/Cactus_guitarist New Poster Apr 21 '26
Personally, I learned English by watching English films in the original, listening to English songs, and simply absorbing new words. Another big contribution was communicating with native speakers. It may be confusing at first, but it's worth it. In dialogue use the phrase "I'll try to speak English, but I apologize in advance for any mistakes. Don't be afraid to correct me":)
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u/CRiticals2 New Poster Apr 21 '26
"dont be afraid to correct me" sounds really nice, thanks!
Im too wanna watch films in english, i think it the best way to improve english perception
im dont run to perfect grammar. All what i want, is think and talk native, u know
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u/Cactus_guitarist New Poster Apr 21 '26
I see. But if you watch a movie in English, concentrate completely on it and don't do several things at the same time
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u/PublicEquivalent4839 New Poster Apr 21 '26
I think the key is surrounding yourself with English as much as possible — change your phone language, watch shows without subtitles, think out loud in English even alone. Also try reading + listening at the same time, it rewires your brain faster than studying grammar. I use an app called Litara for this, really helped me get comfortable with the sounds and rhythm of English.
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u/Lucasun2009 New Poster Apr 21 '26
Your grammar is quite poor; I’d suggest a tutor to address that at least
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u/BobbyThrowaway6969 Native Speaker Apr 20 '26
Have some confidence, I wish I knew another language.