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Difficulties because English is not my mother tongue?
2015-12-11 14:01:07 Post No. 16555507
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Difficulties because English is not my mother tongue?
Anonymous
2015-12-11 14:01:07
Post No. 16555507
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First of all, I'm of Chinese origin, and I lived in Shanghai for the first twenty years of my life. Then I had an opportunity to study in France. I majored in English literature and minored in French. I liked foreign languages and I enjoyed my studies very much (during my university years, I also took Spanish classes, and speak it well enough). Now I'm twenty-five and I've just pocketed my master degree (with honours) in English studies.
At the beginning of this year, my university counsellor suggested that I should continue to do the doctoral degree, and basically I've been given a place in their École Doctorale. But I wanted to start working, so I didn't pursue it, and started to send job applications, mainly for a teaching post, but also for translating and writing position. I've got job interviews, but until now I've been turned down like a hundred times. Some interviewers were blunt enough to say that my English (and my French) are simply not good enough, even bad.
I'm quite astonished because at university, my lecturers never told me that my English was bad. And how could I graduate with honours if I don't speak English well? I know that I have a slight accent, but people never asked me to repeat myself. My French is at least C1 (I took the test last year). My boyfriend is French, as well as my friends, and we speak French among each other.
To be honest, how bad is my English, judging from this post?
Thank you