Hi! Again... I'm here, again... with the same level, and the same motivation to learn English until I come across GRAMMAR.
My biggest fear, my old enemy that I cannot win.
And somebody told me once: Hey, It's fine, you only have to do some inmersion and you're gonna be a NATURAL. Well......... he lied to me.
Yes, inmersion make it all easier but, at some point you're gonna need grammar and now I'm at that point.
Next year, in college, I'll need a good level in English and I'm frightened.
I'm not saying I have a bad level, I'm so happy with how my English comprension has improved in the last years, but when we start some grammar exercices I simply freeze and everything starts to sound like Mandarin (language that I don't understand if someone had doubts).
I'm writing this to vent but also looking for some type of guide or consolation so please, help me
You write quite well. I've made some corrections, mostly in spelling and punctuation. What aspect of grammar is the most difficult for you? Conjugation of verbs, using articles, prepositions? Identify your "weak" areas, and I'm more than happy to point you to some good resources. Don't be frightened. You have this under control.
Your English is fine. Totally understood and isn't that what language is all about: communicating.
@SEQ77 Thank you very much. I think my "problem" is that I never understood any of the grammar rules. I always speak and write for what sounds better to me. Today I wached a video about present simple and present continuous and I finally understood something!! I'm going to keep going like this and I hope I would improve. Thank you very much for the corrections and for everything!
@Bennatan thank you very much, you're right, that's always the goal, to communicate. Thank you!
It’s true, you can learn a lot through immersion. But punctuation, spelling, and capitalization are things you can only see, not hear. And if some of the sounds of English confuse you, you might want to take extra time to study the slight differences between words like “fool” and “full.” In conversation, these differences can go by too quickly for you to detect or analyze.