 I often tell English learners not to be afraid of making mistakes, that people will still understand them if they make a mistake, and to focus on communication more than perfection.
But what does this really mean? Does it mean that grammar is not important as long as you can communicate?  You’ve probably heard that you need to stop translating everything from your language into English before you say it.
You know that translating slows you down. It also leads to mistakes because word-for-word translations often don’t work. Maybe in English, we would use a different tense, a different preposition or a different word order, for example. But how do you stop translating everything? How do you break this habit? |
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