• lobut@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    I think anybody who’s bilingual or attempting to learn another language or done some duolingo classes can relate to a degree.

    Reading/writing, speaking, and listening can feel like different skills.

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      7 hours ago

      There’s also, at least for Spanish but probably for other languages too, a significant difference between the academic version and the colloquial version.

      I assume it’s sort of like if you, as an English speaker, only spoke as if you were composing a college essay.