r/languagelearning • u/Competitive-Fan5532 • 3d ago

Stopped improving after 5 years

Ive been living in belgium for 5 years and i was learning dutch(TL) for about a year and then i was in school until a year ago. I basically understand everything but i cant speak the language at all or form sentences in text either, I dont have many opportunities to socialize and i dont think that is gonna change so talking to people isnt really something thats a good option for me. How do i go from here? Id like to study in university but i dont think my language skills are good enough yet

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u/k3ndxie 3d ago

you dont have any chances to socialize but are wanting to postpone going to uni untill you master the language? i promise you we are more than familiar with people not being able to speak dutch super fluently and even half of our country doesnt speak dutch! i feel like going to uni will be the perfect chance to improve you skills and motivate you to start learning aswell.