Mistakes happen!

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Making mistakes while talking in a foreign language? Don’t worry this happens to all of us! In this multilingual video, people share their stories about embarrassing encounters involving a foreign language. Being convinced you use the right word when it is clearly wrong like calling your girlfriend’s mother a horse, telling people how disgusting everything is or ordering “snails” of cheese are just few examples of what can happen to you in a foreign language.

When learning a new language, errors are unavoidable. Don’t be afraid of saying something wrong as making mistakes can be better than not speaking the language at all. Praise yourself for the use of every correct word and phrase instead. Concentrate on your success! This is what matters after all: getting your message across, although you made a mistake.

Written by Anne Becker, study visitor at TermCoord