Sometimes I wonder if I should strive for more and expand my English. While I do know there are quite a few areas I can improve in, I reached a point with English where I feel comfortable and stopped getting better.
Back in school, I had the feeling I would never be able to speak English, but fast-forward 15 years later and I'm using English in academics and daily life. I wrote my thesis in English and had no issues communicating with others while living abroad. But from one point on, English was no longer a language I was learning, but just a language I was using daily without any effort. And with this change, I stopped trying to improve.
On one hand, I'm comfortable with my level and don't see a need to get any better. On the other hand, I know there are areas like punctuation that I could improve on. I guess I'm lazy after all and just resting on my laurels. As long as I get my message across, I'm satisfied.
Hi @elisa, I feel exactly the same. Before starting to write in the languages I am less advanced in, I wanted to make a couple of posts in English and I was positively surprized by the excellent quality of the feedback. Ich sehe, du lernst auch Koreanisch, also 화이팅!
Your English is great! I have to look pretty hard to find anything that sounds off. I often notice that advanced speakers in English tend to sound a little fancier than native speakers. Would you like to sound more native or are you happy with sounding a bit academic with your language?
Your English is really good! I noticed that you are even at the point of speaking in informal ways with no regard to grammatical correctness which quite frankly, is what native speakers do.
In my opinion, unless you intend to continue your academic career in English or get into professional writing, improving your English would be unnecessary. Of course, if it's something you enjoy then, by all means, keep going!
Whatever you decide, I wish you good luck! :)