: Living in an English speaking country would be ideal, but you could get great benefits by watching lots of movies and series. Although not ideal, and less natural than ordinary people speaking

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Living in an English speaking country would be ideal, but you could get great benefits by watching lots of movies and series.
Although not ideal, and less natural than ordinary people speaking together, you will get a good sense of normal language use and vernacular.

my level of command of English language will always be below that of a native speaker.

It will be always different, though not necessarily lower. What you have to realize is that most native speakers have a bad grasp of grammar and style. So some turn of phrase will always come more natural to them. Reading their text will always seem more natural even if there are grammatical mistakes because the native English speaker reader is used to them. But many native speakers don’t know how to express themselves well or have horrendous styles.

However, as long as you do not commit blatant mistakes and weirdly odd turn of phrases you will be fine. The goal of a good novel is to transport you, if it is done well you should not really see the text. The brain translates it immediately into images, sensorial imput, and emotions.

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