I personally didn't learn my English in the formal education system of Germany but on the internet.
I think that countries like Korea, China or Japan don't really provide students with much free time to learn English on their own or use MOOCs.
That's interesting. Would you say that your English ability is typical of what an intelligent German speaker could attain through the Internet?
For Koreans, learning English well enough to comfortably learn in it is extremely difficult short of living in an English speaking country for multiple years at a young age. I hear that the Japanese also have this problem.
I knew that it's easier for speakers of European languages to learn English than for East Asian languages, but your ability is way above what I thought would be feasible without spending insane amo...
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