Are you willing to speak English with Non-Native Speaker?

english is my second language coz tagalog is my native tongue. for me i'm willing to talk with non english speakers. in this, i will not get nervous coz i know that they are not good in talking in english too lol yeah i will be patient to understand them & help them coz when i'm talking to native english speaker, they also help me out hehehe..

hello, i dont know if mine is relevant to you coz mine is the opposite but i would like to give my insights anyway. i live in china for 5 years and i remember the first time i arrived there i was afraid and skeptical about life out there. i dont know how to speak the language and i am working with people who dont speak english. if there are those who can speak english, it was very little and the conversation is almost impossible. i cried that first night coz i feel i made a huge mistake in life for moving there and frustrates the hell out of me. the next day, i woke up and just stare blankly and realize that the only way for me to survive is to for myself to learn the language in any ways possible. they are the majority and i am the alien so it is me who need to do the change and not them. every day i will bring my notes with me. bring something and ask them how to say it. i started with body language LOL and sign language as well. it is very tiring but i just see that it is something that i should see as fun or i wont succeed at all. then i learn little by little. i often find myself sitting with them while they are chatting and that helps me a lot to pick up little words that becomes phrase in the end. if i encountered some people in the street who can speak english i will ask for a simple word or phrase and i use that the next day at work and it was really fun. it is quite an adventure and i am happy that i did it even though it is very hard in the beginning. i guess, it is just a set of mind. i worked there for a year and after that i can go to places and bargain stuff and ride in a bus or taxi without a problem. i can make a simple conversation when i go to the park in the morning and to me it is an accomplishment. my husband was visiting china for almost 15 years (off and on) and he learned almost nothing hahaha. anyway, you will learn english no problem. you are in mylot and it is a very good start or move whatever you want to call it. just take time and over time you will get used to it. good luck and i wish you all the best. takecare

I will talk to non-native speakers. A lot of my friends and workers are not native speakers so I interact with them about once a day in person, plus on Mylot. I feel like they won't get any better if we natives (who know the language best obviously) don't help them improve.

I am a very patient woman. I am an English as Second Language Teacher here in China and I patiently wait and teach any level of students that I have. I am open as long as the person wants to learn. If we end up not understanding each other at the end, I ask him/her to draw. I believe that they all can if they want to and they must also learn to be open minded. There are some non-native speakers who surrender easily, like saying "its no use we can't understand each other". I came to a non-native English speaking country to share my knowledge about the language so I usually offer my help. I am an educator and I have to be anywhere if needed. Take care =)

I live in the Chicago area of IL so there are a ton of hispanic and polish people around here trying to practice their English. I don't mind at all talking with them, but if I'm in a hurry I do get slightly annoyed.

If a non native speaker wants to try and learn from me that is great. I have no problem trying to help them with correct english. I think that every situation in life can teach you and helping someone else to better or improve themselves is a great thing. I would hope that the favor would be returned and I could learn a bit of their native tounge. You never know when it could come in handy.

I belong to non-english speaking country and know exactly what you mean. I have a few English speaking friends. AMazingly, they are so kind and helpful that you hardly realise that they are native! They would not point out on face but they will help me lean better. They are really sweet! However, May be I am just lucky and there are people who are rude. Like my brother had a great difficulty when he first went to US. He is agood learner and picked up fast. Thanks.

I have no choice but to do this! English is my first language yet I am living and working in Egypt right now and before this it was India and South East Asia. In all cases I have had to be very patient in order to get my message across and to also understand others. What I do generally do with those I am close to is actually ask them if they wish for me to correct them if their English is not stated right. Some do ask me to do this and I consider myself relatively patient with this as well most of the time. I do have to admit though that sometimes I do get frustrated with it all and miss being able to joke and have deep and meaningful discussions. Especially the joke part. Most of the things I try to say to be funny go straight over people's heads!

Oh I speak to everyone in general. I'm more interested to find out about where they're from and such rather than be annoyed with their accent. Just yesterday I poke with a Korean student who wasn't so fluent in English at all. I enjoy learning a few words from them as well. It's myd ream to be master of languages. :P

I have no problem responding to posts from people in other countries. The problem I do have at times is understanding the point of the discussion and the words they have chosen to use. I guess I also don't know if they expect those of us who speak English as a primary language to correct them when they speak or write the wrong words or not? Many times I see posts here where the grammar is so bad, or the words are in the wrong order, or just the wrong words are used. And then I wonder if they expect us to correct this so they can learn or what?

Yes, I am willing to speak English to a non-native speaker as long as I get some language learning in return. I am not a native speaker but I am glad I got hooked into learning English since I was 10 years old. I can't imagine what my life would be otherwise. I don't think I would be able to have a lot of work opportunities to choose from in the first place. Good thing I've learned Spanish and these days I'm learning a bit of Chinese. I think the Chinese people have a very rich culture. It's always a challenge to have my Chinese friend explain to me something which she only knew in Chinese. It's a learning experience for both of us - she gets to practice her English and I get to learn Chinese from her. Although this doesn't mean I am patient the whole time.

hi i'm not an english native speaker but i think it's not hard to understand nativ speakers cause really english is a very easy language by the way i'm arabic native speaker and somtimes non -native arabic speaker also love to talke with me to know more about arabic language and i fell so happy to speake with any one about my language and culture

im from Chinese.My english is not very good.so i come to Mylot to practise my english level..i find most native speakers are very patient and warnhearted.i appreciate then

I'm not a native english-speaker, but I think I know enough to be considered one. I think, don't quote me on it. To some extent, I would be willing to speak to a non-native speaker and even lend them a hand. A perfect example would probably be my step family, they're not excellent English speakers, but I still understand them pretty well. It's sort of complex because more than two languages are being spoken in the house. However, they all try to speak English and that's what counts in my opinion. So to answer your question plainly, yes, I would be patient enough to understand non-native speakers and would even consider giving them a hand. I'd also talk to them on a regular basis (if we knew each other to some extent) to help them improve their English.

Dear friend, In our place in south of India we do see many non-natives and the communication mostly we do is in English and most of them even communication back too in English. We usually talk to all non-natives in English or Hindi. Otherwise we just have to show some gestures which is very very rare.

MOst of the time i will oblige by speaking to them in the same language, so that they will feel much more comfortable when they feel that i'm trying hard to understand their effort.. lol =D If not, if i see them having a hard time trying to express themselves, i will tell them to talk in the native language and i will be the one trying to understand then instead ^_^ hehe..

i am from the philippines and from the first day we go to school we are taught to speak english. english is our native language but almost everyone from our country can understand english and can speak english. i have travelled before for i am in a band and met a few people who english is their native tounges. but sometimes it is still hard to understand the way they speak even it is already english. the way they speak makes it more complicated, the slang or the twang that they call. english is not our first or native language but i am willing to teach someone who likes to understand and to speak english. people should not laugh at this kinds of people but we should be happy that they are willing to learn the language.

I think that I am willing but sometimes I become frustrated. It is a good way to work on my patience though.

English is an international language and most people want to learn English language. I do like to use English when I was talking to different people, yeah some people from different countries did not understand English, but could not offer my language too since they could not understand this. The better strategy I was using is the body language, doing body language while talking in English can be express what you mean to people did not understand your saying.

here in my country philippines, we used bilingual. english and our own language. we dont need to practice cause we really are using it. in school and even talking to friends or relatives. maybe, thats one reason why foreigners like turkeys, koreans and chinese are studying here in our country.