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  • Kerin

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    August 21, 2020 at 9:18 am

    Couldn’t agree more @chiaramig . In fact, when I was little, if I used slang in the house my mum would tell me off and say that I sounded common! I agree, there is a time and place for it.

    You also make a good point regarding the insensitivity of native speakers towards non-native speakers – I hadn’t really considered that.

    I also agree with you about language acquisition – since I learned Italian in Italy, I picked up colloquial expressions fairly quickly, whereas I struggle with speaking the language correctly (because I didn’t study the foundations). For the majority of my students, as you point out, the reality is the opposite: first the learning takes place and second the acquisition of the informal register. Interesting stuff!