English Fluency Quotes

I haven't spoken English with native speakers in several months. I've been speaking Arabic.

I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away.

Until the age of five, my parents spoke to me in Chinese or a combination of Chinese and English, but they didn't force me to speak Mandarin. In retrospect, this was sad, because they believed that my chance of doing well in America hinged on my fluency in English. Later, as an adult, I wanted to learn Chinese.

What's always a challenge for me is that my Spanish is not the level of my English. Nor do I read in Spanish the way I read in English.

I want to learn English.

When I was in high school, I started learning English as my second foreign language, but my level of English at that time was very average.

Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English.

I don't feel I have an issue with listening or understanding English in any sort of way.

For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.

During the 1980s, when Japan's economy was roaring and people were writing books with titles like 'Japan is Number One,' most Japanese college students didn't make the effort to become fluent in English.

In those days it was very nice to have a President who clearly spoke the English language.

Fluency in English is something that I'm often not accused of.

The biggest issue for me has been the language because I speak so much German now. I've had to focus on my English and find more words to describe what I want to say and also soften my tone. It was quite stiff from 20 years of speaking German, so when I started speaking more English, oh my god, my tongue was like: 'Argh'!

It's hard for me to perform in English.

When I was 14, I came to school in London. I remember it was very cold, but also having to adjust and become fluent in English.

When the medium of the film is English, even the illiterates also should speak in proper English.

I think English is very important for tennis players. To be on the tour, it's much more easier if you speak English. So that's why I knew that I have to improve my English.

I need to study English more. I'll start by watching 'Sesame Street' every day.

Intended to serve as an introduction to both the linguistic and also the practical study of spoken English.

My first winter was also quite hard because you are not used to how cold it is. But I just tried to adapt as quickly as I could and I think I did well. I was speaking English after six months.

My English is closer to the literary English, and I'm not very familiar with jokes in English or with, you know, with small talk in English.

My English isn't that good, maybe just 40 per cent fine by normal standards.

I want to speak English perfectly. In fact, I want to speak English just like I fight, and, until that moment, I find it very hard to do an interview solely in English.

A lot of linguists in the market, especially interpreters of foreign languages, do not have a great command over the English language, especially if they are translating into English.

Prior to 'Snowpiercer,' I've done many other international project that forced me to be in an environment where I had to converse in English.