When learning a language we often compare ourselves to native speakers. That can make us feel inadequate during most of our journey. Instead, compare yourself to your own self from last week!
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I don't compare myself to native speakers, I aspire to be like them, imitate them, pretend to be them, knowing that I am not and won't be.
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I don’t compare myself to other people especially native speakers. I try to compete with Foley myself because that’s all I have to compete with in the first place. As long as I am achieving the goals that I set for myself language wise that’s all that matters.
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I've often found it encouraging to rewatch a video or show that I liked in one of my target languages at least a few months after I first watched it, after getting many hours of other input in the language. This way I see how much better I can understand the language than before.
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This is SO TRUE!👍👍 TO COMPARE ourself WITH OTHERS always end up by minimizing drastically any challenge we've just achieved. But comparing our OWN PROGRESS (like when learning a language) is GREAT and allows us to CELEBRATE OUR OWN ACHIEVEMENT instead of looking down on us 🏆😉
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