Am I possible to be like a native English speaker?
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As title said. Am I possible to be like a native speaker? Will the age matter?
I am 17 right now, came to the US last year as a college student. I have been learning English since 11, but 15 is the \*actual\* first age of learning English, I feel.
I was like A1 or A2 till 14 years old. I didn't even know the word, "equipment" and "maintain."
But I bumped up to B2 when I was 15 years old by studying English for a year intensively (writing is still pretty bad tho, other skills are improved certainly. Especially, listening. It skyrocketed to C1 level from A2.)
But now, I am struggling with English. I can't memorize new vocab anymore. My speaking and listening were improved in the US, but words......! My English ability will stop in front of C1 level. I hadn't learnt English from a baby or other young age. I was a teen when I start everything.
Many people told me it is the common phenomenon in learning. But I couldn't believe it. I stopped learning new words for a while. (I resumed recently tho.)
Does anyone has a similar experience and became like a native speaker? (I won't care about accent, but about grammar, vocab, and something like that.)
I might need to have some kind of mindset for learning. I am impatient...kinda bad personality for language learning, haha....