Lyzko: Then again, Catsoldier, the English of the respective (Polish) interlocutor will probably be so rudimentary at best, that the learner's Polish would be more comprehensible. I found this so with German when I was just a grad student in Austria. While I already knew German basically, once people found out I'm American, many also tried to switch to English, usually with comic resultslol
I suppose it depends where you are in Poland and what age group you are trying to speak with. Personally I never found someone trying to speak to me in English and failing in Poland. Admittedly I was in touristy areas where the people I was meeting probably had English as a part of their job.
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