Many Japanese can read English, but few can speak. And I was not an exception.
When I was in a bus yesterday, a person from another country asked me whether the bus went through train station or not in English!
At that time I read a literature about selective mutism written in English. So, he might have thought that I could understand English.
But as I mentioned earlier, I could read English, but could not speak. So, I was a little puzzled.
In the end, I said to him a word, "No." I meant to say that the bus did not go though train station. He said to me "Thank you" with smile, and got off the bus.
