The last time I revisited it was last year and now, I just noticed that I can't log in anymore, t. The site had been dysfunctioned.

To be honest, I don't really care that much because I was more focusing more on journaling in my native language, and I had a bit of Dunning-Kruger effect in me as well.

Until a year ago, I felt like I can understand everything being said on YouTube (which is the main thing I use to immerse myself in the language), and most of the things written on Reddit.

Knowing that I have been trying to bridge the gap between me and a native by reading more stories and novels as I sort of reaching the diminishing returns of my listening skills (or this is just another layer of Dunning - Kruger effect).,

I braced myself for the pain I would have to go through knowing it would be hard, but my first novel went pretty smoothly, i. It was "They both die at the end" by Adam Silvera.

The novel was fairly recent and the vocab used was closely related to this era, I was surprised by how fast I could get through 400 pages in just a day.

My confidence was boost,ed by a lot.

At that time I also got informed about a site that rate the difficulties of books in a scoring systems called "Lexile" (shorten as "xL", the higher the number x is, the harder the book). I checked and saw that one was about 900L.

On a whim, I hopped on to a e-commerce site and buought a bunch of novels, t. There were "Sapiens" (unrated), "The secret garden", "To kill a Mocking Bird"; t. The scientific one like Sapiens might be a challenge, but the rest has way much lower Lexile score - what could possibly go wrong?

It turns out the easiest book is the non-fiction one and the rest is brutal to get through, "The secret garden" uses a lot of weird Indian accent or something, t. The characters also use a lot of old pronouns like "thy", "thee" or combinations like "th'art", etc.

Don't worry haha. As a native speaker of English, first, I'm not much of a reader. Second, books that use words like "thy", "thee" give me headache. So, I think you're doing fine!

I haven't even finish "To kill a Mocking bird" yet, the vocabulary use is really dense, i. In fact, it is denser than "The secret garden" by a multitude in my opinion.

And don't let me get started on "Lolita" - Nabokov, t. That was indeed a novel with beautiful use of language, but having read through it in my native language, I still find it deserve a soft spot for one of the harder books in English.

That's how I ended up here, h. Hopefully this is not too cumbersome for corrections.

Lang8 was something similar to this site, it let me post stuff, and get corrected for all the mistakes I made,. I was quite happy using thate site at the time.

After a while, due to manya variety of circumstances, I just sort of forgot about it.

The last time I revisited it was last year and I just noticed I caouldn't log in anymore,: the site had becomen dysfunctional.

To be honest, I don't really care that much because I was more focusing more on journaling in my native language, and I had a bit of Dunning-Kruger effect in me as well.

Up until a year ago, I felt like I canould understand everything being said on YouTube (which is the main thing I use to immerse myself in the language), and most of the things written on Reddit.

Last year, I decided to go on a quest of conquering the Japanese language due to the love that, my love of which had been snowballing for 3 years prior.

I just realized that being aware of what one's doesn't know is also a skill, a skill that I myself have forgotten.

Knowing that I have been trying to bridge the gap between me and a native by reading more stories and novels as I sort of reaching threceive diminishing returns ofrom my listening skills (or maybe this is just another layer ofform of the Dunning - Kruger effect).

I braced myself for the pain I would have to go through knowing. I knew it would be hard, but my first novel went pretty smoothly, it was, "They bBoth dDie at the eEnd", by Adam Silvera, went pretty smoothly.

My confidence was boost,ed by a lot.

At that time I also got informed about a site that rate the difficulties of books in a scoring systems called "Lexile" (shorten as "xL", the higher the number x is, the harder the book). I checked and saw that one was about 900L.

On a whim, I hopped on to an e-commerce site and buought a bunch of novels, there wereincluding "Sapiens" (unrated), "The sSecret gGarden", and "To kKill a Mocking Bbird"; t. The scientific ones like Sapiens might be a challenge, but the rest has wayve a much lower Lexile score - what could possibly go wrong?

It turns out the easiest book is the non-fiction one and the rest isare brutal to get through, "The sSecret gGarden" uses a lots of weird Indian accents or something, and the characters also use a lot of old pronouns like "thy", "thee" or combinations like "th'art", etc.

I haven't even finished "To kKill a Mocking bird" yet, the vocabulary use is really dense, i. In fact, it is far denser than "The sSecret gGarden" by a multitude in my opinion.

And don't let me get started on "Lolita" -, by Nabokov, t. That was indeed a novel with a beautiful use of language, but having read through it in my native language, I still find it deserve a soft spot formerits a spot as one of the harder books in English.

That being said, I gothave had my hands full with Japanese lately, so I couldan't read novels in English as much as I used to.

I still want to work on my second language -, English, so I thought to myself: , "Maybe practiceing writing once again iswould be a good idea, it doeswouldn't interfere with my Japanese immersion, and I have had the urge to express myself more in English lately as well."

Lang8 was something similar to this site, it would let me post stuff, get and correct med for all the mistakes I made,. I was quite happy using that site at the time.

The last time I revisited it was last year and I just noticed I caouldn't log in anymore, t. The site had been dysfunctioshutdown.

It might not seem related to my English, let alone my English writing skills, but as I got further into the Japanese language, I become more aware of my lack of my English skills.

I feel the same way about learning Chinese. I realize that I find problems with my Chinese when studying a third language.

Lang8 was something similar to this site,; it let me post stuff, and get corrected for all the mistakes I made,my mistakes corrected. I was quite happy using that site at the time.

The last time I revisited it was last year and I just noticed that I can't log in anymore, as the site had been dysfunctionis now down permanently.

Until a year ago, I felt like I canould understand everything being said on YouTube (which is the main thing I use to immerse myself in the language), and most of the things written on Reddit.

It might not seem related to my English, let alone my English writing skills, but as I go further into the Japanese language, I become more aware of my lack of mying English skills.

I just realized that being aware of what one's doesn't know is also a skill, a skill that I myselfone which I, too, have forgotten.

I would either simply say "I have forgotten" or "I, too, have forgotten" here. I understand that you're trying to emphasize that you *in particular* have forgotten this, but there isn't a super natural way to put that in English (at least in this context).

I started to see more new words popping up in Reddit, words that a native speaker would 100% know but where I have no clue what thosey are: buoyancy, dyslexia, amalgamation, etc.

Knowing that, I have been trying to bridge the gap between me and a native by reading more stories and novels, especially as I am sort of reaching the diminishing returns ofwith my listening skills (or maybe this is just another layer of the Dunning - Kruger effect).

I braced myself for the pain I would have to go through, knowing that it would be hard, but my first novel went pretty smoothly, i. It was "They bBoth dDie at the eEnd" by Adam Silvera.

The novel was fairly recent and the vocab used was closely related to this era,it used everyday vocabulary, so I was surprised by how fast I could get through 400 pages - in just a day.

Instead of "era" I would use another word. It sounds kind of old-fashioned.

My confidence was boosted, by a lot.

At that time I also got informed about a site that rates the difficulties of books in a scoring systems called "Lexile" (shorten as "xL", the higher the number x is, the harder the book). I checked and saw that one was about 900L.

On a whim, I hopped on to a e-commerce site and buought a bunch of novels, there weresuch as "Sapiens" (unrated), "The sSecret gGarden"," and "To kKill a Mocking Bbird"; t." The scientific one like Sapiens might be a challenge, but the rest hasve way much lower Lexile scores - what could possibly go wrong?

It turns out the easiest book is the non-fiction one and the rest isare brutal to get through, "The sSecret gGarden" uses a lot of weird Indian accent or something, the characters also use a lot of old pronouns like "thy", "thee" or combinations like "th'art", etc.

I haven't even finished "To kKill a Mocking bird" yet, as the vocabulary used is really dense, in fact, it is denser than "The sSecret gGarden" by a multitude in my opinion.

And don't let me get started on "Lolita" - Nabokov, that wait is indeed a novel with beautiful use of languagewriting, but having read through it in my native language, I still find it deserves a soft spot forpot as one of the harder books in English.

That being said, I gothave my hands full with Japanese lately, so I couldan't read novels in English as much as I used to.

I still want to work on my second language - English, so I thought to myself: Maybe practiceing writing once again is a good idea,; it doesn't interfere with my Japanese immersion and I have the urge to express myself more in English lately as well.