Friday 15 June 2018

Issues with the English language


Hi all,

Some days seem harder than others.

Today I worked next to another two nurses and I didn´t understand a word they were saying. It was really frustrating. I felt I was back to square one.
One of the nurses is Scottish, she speaks in a really low tone and fast; and the other nurse is from Wales, she is young and she kept on using slang language of which I couldn´t catch anything. At the end of the day I decided to say yes to everything and smile.
I just hope I didn´t miss something important.....

Cheers,
Ana
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2 comments:

  1. Lenguajeconmaría15 June 2018 at 12:31

    Hi, Ana
    Sometimes I feel so clumsy with my listening skills! When you study a new language you usually practice listening to a careful vocalized pronunciation in a neat British English. Then, in real life, either they talk very fast, or very soft, or they use slang. It is really frustrating!
    Smiling is always a good solution.
    Regards,
    María

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  2. Cristina Valero19 May 2021 at 06:08

    I completely agree with my colleagues on the previous posts.
    Before coming here, I thought I had a quite good level of English. It has been enough a week with my elderly at the hospital to realize how wrong I was.
    Understanding the huge amount of acronyms specialists use here is difficult, but, understanding the wide variety of British accents spoken by the patients I attend, is a real challenge.
    It’s like talking to the children. The majority of them don’t pronounce clearly, they use argot from their homes or they speak so softly that I have problems even hearing. I had to ask for help in several occasions already.
    I hope that time will make things easier for me...

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