Emerson40
An evening spent dancing
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French? (Given that you live in Canada)
I guess in my case practice and the hands on experience were much more useful than theoretical learning.
I struggled with foreign languages in school, despite the fact that I worked hard and my school and parents poured a lot in me. After I emmigrated however my verbal skills improved significantly after just one year, probably because I had to speak in english most of the time.
As to the written part:
I got by at work because I copied some templates with standard professional phrasing for the line of work that I was in. But I never got to practice my "layterm" writing skills, because I never posted on english social media or so on.
Things changed however after I joined the forum almost two years ago, because I've been posting regularly and reading regulatly what others wrote. So I guess I learned through omosis.
So in a nutshell, I think in my case being 'forced' to practice (conversing either orally or in written english with other english speakers) made a huge difference.
-- Because I tried several times over the years to improve my written english by studying books on gramnar and syntax, but I either didn't have the motivation to carry that through or those theoretical concepts didn't stick without a chance to apply them.
Balderdash!
Best to just stay in character, avoid these awkward, implausible explanations.
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