>>90322872>making one's language skill sound better than it actually isYeah, your average normie WILL judge you by your accent first but that bias goes away really quickly and we're back to the basics of fluency: idioms, speaking style, grammar and being in the know of the culture.
>>90322891>stymies herself a bit thoughI wouldn't be surprised. Japan these days ranks somewhere where fucking Afghanistan is in English proficiency. Most of them have it at the level of an average Western weeb.
Koreans IME are way better at understanding English. They just hate it because it's a stupid unnecessary exam subject, and because of all the rat race vibe they're too afraid of speaking it because well why's it so bad if you scored so high at the exam shame on you bitch etc.
