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Do Poles have a problem understanding American English? [76]
I second Wlodzimierz In this discourse. Indeed, many foreigners, Poles among them, are so convinced about their language skills that they don't even try to develop any critical approach.
Of course some people are like that, in every nation.
But I agree with bluesfan that most Poles don't boast about their "great English" at all. Even on this forum there were foreigners writing how irritating it was when Polish girls constantly apologised for their bad English.
One is entitled to criticize one's approach and ability to speak English even if they don't know that one's native language properly.
Again, of course, but criticizing is one thing, and
obsessing is a completely different matter and that's what Wlodzimierz is doing - he's obsessing (he's writing about it in every language thread - I'm not joking).
Also, what gets on my nerves is that he accuses others of what he's doing himself.
And what I found simply appalling is the fact that Wlodzimierz was giving wrong answers to people asking Polish language questions on this forum!
My English is much better than his Polish and yet I wouldn't dare to answer English language questions. Wlodzmierz didn't even bother to check the spelling in some online dictionary - that's just mind-blowing for me.
To put it short - he posed as an expert, who knows what he's doing, while he wasn't an expert at all and was "merrily butchering" the Polish language, as he puts it. He isn't even a teacher of Polish.
I don't believe in acquiring language skills only through watching and listening to films.
Well, that's great, Ziemowit, that's called "life". Not everybody can be born an English native speaker, we know that... o_O
Of course, but the question is how you do that. You can do it in a nice way, or you look down on the locals and let them know how lousy their English skills are. If you go for the second option, don't be surprised if you'll get the proper response.
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My point is that, at fault at times as my Polish is, is it really any better or worse than the average European-born sinecure professor of English, who makes mistakes no end,
Wlodzimierz, at what age have you started studying Polish on regular basis?
yet is rarely called on these errors owing to a double standard?
What on Earth are you talking about? What "double standard"?
Poland and other countries are loathe to hire educated native-English speakers at all but perhaps the college level because it's simply too expensive.
I call this cutting corners in the wrong places:-)
Then give us money, genius, and we'll be hiring native speakers with great teaching skills right and left at every freaking university and village school :)
What on Earth are you talking about?
You think that French is taught at Polish schools by French native speakers educated at Sorbone? lol
Also, explain to me if you will the logistics of employing native speakers as English teachers in Polish schools.
Indeed lol
Spot on, Magda.
There it is again: the difference between theory and reality... ;)
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