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Comment on Is there a word for when someone is not capable of, or doesn't try to understand verbal communication in a language, they are fluent in similar to functionally illiterate but for speech?

ada@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

It’s not really a thing is it?

I mean, language learners often have a disparity in their ability to read vs their ability to understand spoken language, but that’s mostly because of things like accents, speed of speech etc, all of which improve with practice/exposure…

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CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I think it’s something that happens which I’ve experienced but I have a hard time describing it since I don’t know a word for it.

However I am not talking about people that are new to or learning a language. I mean like if a lawyer is explaning a contract to you. Or if a teacher is giving giving a lecture and either you are bored out of your mind a drift off or you are so unable to understand some of the finer details that it just goes way over your head. This might also happen when you are mad and having a disagreement.

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- ada@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That’s ADHD/Autism
  
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  - 0ndead@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Not everything is autism
    
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  - CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I think it’s a symptom, but why wouldn’t there be a word for it
    
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    ccunning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Inattentive?
    
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- HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I see that as more not understanding the field’s jargon rather than not understanding the greater language.
  
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Yeah, in interpreting (at least the program we were in) they broke down language into production (speaking/writing/signing) and comprehension (listening/watching). You generally need to have good comprehension before you can have good production. Without both, you’re not fluent.

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