#but talking to your userbase that way wasnt one

[vicholas]

how did you learn english? did u learn in school or teach urself? i have been trying to learn spanish on my own for like 3 yrs now but even tho my vocab and basic convo is ok its really hard for me to form sentences and shit and i feel like a stupid american lmfao 😭😭😭

I began learning at school when I was 12...I'm 22 now, that was 10 years ago, damn. But it wasnt until I was 13 or 14 that I began to REALLY learn English because that's when I joined Deviantart and since most the userbase spoke English, I tried my best to try to speak English to people in there, and ever since then I've been frequenting sites in English. I consider that to be what truly made me learn English, more than school. Getting the hang of it from interacting with people online made me try to watch and read media in English, and that has also helped me learn.

That said, since this is how I've been learning and I speak exclusively Spanish IRL, I can write and read in English well, but my pronunciation is pretty bad. I think what I hate the most about English is its orthography system, it's really horrible to learn it since there's no coherency with each letter and sound, so it's really unhelpful if you want to learn.

I think English is easy to learn, not because the language by itself is easy (again, fuck English orthography, seriously), but because its status as the current dominant language in the world makes resources very available. Finding books and movies in English is pretty easy practically anywhere in the world.

So don't feel bad, you're not stupid at all! I've been learning English for 10 years, that's not short time, this is a long process. I actually think it's really hard to learn a language exclusively through classes. I've tried to learn other languages aside of English but it's harder because resources are less accesible than harder than with English.

I recommend you to keep trying and not feel bad about struggling, it's okay and normal. Try to use what you know already and read books in Spanish or get a hand of just about anything you can get, and try to find some way to talk to someone, irl or online, it's really the best way to practice. A piece of advice I've heard if you have no one to talk to in the language you wanna learn, is to keep a diary in the language you wanna learn. It requires motivation but it's a creative way to get more used to think in your target language.

I hope this helps!