How is the input of a different language understood, but the output of that language difficult?
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I’d like to add to the other comments. Speaking requires more resources- you have to say the words in the right way while also keeping in mind what you want to say, the grammatical structure of the sentence and so on. It’s very easy in your native language, because you’ve had a lot of time to basically train this until it becomes something automatic (you do it with ease and without trying hard). For a language you don’t know that well, this becomes much harder. You now have to pay *more* attention to your pronounciation and your grammar structure, all while keeping track of your idea.
Listening to someone else just doesn’t require this many resources. You’re able to focus on the idea and the words, without paying attention to the rest. You also have non-verbal ques that might help you (someone looking sad and saying something about work probably didn’t talk about being promoted for example).
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