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How to avoid bad tension in workplace Pole in UK/Ireland [18]
right, all depends probably what skills you've got and workplace where u have to work ( funny innit :) ). Im sociologist with good grasp of anthropology and social science but ( there is always but ...) without proper english, ( :( ) so my knowledge is useless here.
I work in ordinady place with ordinary people ( what a shame :)?! )
Any clue why I am so disrespectfull for my workmates ( they dont know about my Degree of Master of Art but they see me on lunch time with a thick book, all the time )?
I know it may sound stupid but SOME people look at people that cannot speak perfect English as "thick/dumb." SOME people will walk all over these people, they'll giggle, they'll put the blame on you. It's only a minority of people and funnily enough sometimes the area that you are working in is a big factor. The Polish in Nottingham will not get anything like that. Whereas in Blackpool Polish people, always the men not the women, will receive tension.
It's a minority of people in certain cities/towns of Britain. Your English DOES improve IF you are around English speaking people. You pick up on it quick. I used to speak to one Polish guy in Nottingham. He said I spoke too fast and he couldn't understand. Eventually after a few months, he got the grip of it. He mingled in WITH the English.