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miss rain
Hello, I'm from Indonesia and I teach English. My students are various, from very young children (in first grade of primary school) to university students to old ladies who plan to go on a holiday to english-speaking countries. I enjoy writing and travelling myself. My dream is to travel around the world one day and write a book about it. I would like to meet new friends from all over the world who would share stories about their life and countries. Who knows that I might visit you on my global trip? My email: . Looking forward to hear from every one =)
Personal Information Location: Bandung, Indonesia Interests Interests: writing, literature, travelling, film, sport Education/Work Occupation: English teacher
uykusuz,
4 yr 278 days ago
Hi, I have signed up this web site and I'M looking for people willing to practise English. It's very nice to find an English teacher. I can tell about my culture and country in return for practising English ![Smile [:)]](/emoticons/emotion-1.gif)
miss rain,
4 yr 278 days ago
hi there. sure i would love to help you. where are you from?
CSI-Freak,
4 yr 278 days ago
Hi there Uykuzuz.
I've added you msn to my buddy list, I hope it's alright.
I'm <msn removed by a mod. Please include your contact info in your profile only.>
Talk to you on msn?
uykusuz,
4 yr 277 days ago
I'm from Turkey. I'm a university student and I'm studying in Sociology. English is very important for me because all lessons i'm going to study throughout my education are in English and unless I improve my English, i will fail and maybe i will be dismissed university :( If you want, you can add my MSN address to your list.
CSI, we met in MSN. I hope we will have the opportunity of talking.
miss rain,
4 yr 277 days ago
when i was studying in london a few years ago, one of my good friends was from from turkey. she worked as au-pair while attending an english school. and she is a very lovely person. do universities in turkey use english as the first language? what's your native language?
uykusuz,
4 yr 277 days ago
My native language is Turkish. As for universities, in last decades some departments started to use foreign languages such as English, German, French as education language. Especially some universities such as Bosphorus University and Middle East Technical University give lessons only in English. However in my university only my department and some departments such as business administration, political science, economics and so on give education in English. I'm not sure it will be useful for us. We not use english but learn our lessons but i feel like i won't succeed both of them :(
miss rain,
4 yr 277 days ago
from the way you express yourself in your writing, your english seems ok for me. good, indeed. why do you feel like you'll fail? is the problem with your listening or speaking or writing?
uykusuz,
4 yr 277 days ago
I can say there is a problem about all of them. When I watch BBC or CNN or CNBC-E (Turkish channel which shows english tv series) I can't understand what men say. Speaking is a disaster for me. I wish I could speak like I write here. Also it's in effect for writing. I make up very simple sentences.
Due to these reasons im worried but i hope i will improve myself until the education year will start. I read english newspapers and novels, i signed up here and had the opportunity of using my english. If i get used to watching english channels much more, my problem will be solved
miss rain,
4 yr 277 days ago
sometimes it's also hard for me to understand each word said on BBC or CNN or movies. maybe it's the accent or simply because they talk about things i dont understand very well. if that happens, i just try to catch the main point. even when i watch dvd today, i tend to put on the subtitles ... a bad habit i cant seem to leave ![Wink [;)]](/emoticons/emotion-5.gif)
uykusuz,
4 yr 277 days ago
Yes, even you force yourself not to look at subtitles, you do it unawarenessly. This became a habit, you cant stop TRT Int (Turkish government channel) sometimes shows Turkish tv series with english or german subtitle. When I watch them, I notice that I'm looking at subtitles even I don't understand ))
miss rain,
4 yr 275 days ago
that's so true. well, so im not the only one doing that . somehow, listening seems to be much more difficult that reading. when i first went to london, i avoided telephone conversation because i was scared i wouldnt understand what people said on the other line and they wouldnt understand me as well. when i made appointment with doctor, i went twice. first to make the appointment with the nurse (actually could do this by phone but i was too scared) and the second time to see the doctor. what accent is most popular in turkey - amrican or british?
uykusuz,
4 yr 275 days ago
In all English courses, schools and such places, we use British accent, but people tend to use american accent much more. This is because people in Turkey regard the U.S.A as superior. British accent is the best as it is understandable easily.
miss rain,
4 yr 274 days ago
in indonesia it is american accent which is more popular. we import everything from america, movies, TV series, etc. thus i always find british accent harder to understand because im not used to that. i speak american accent myself. btw what field of sociology do you specialise in?
jmanggah,
4 yr 274 days ago
Sorry, for jumping into your messages... I am from Malaysia. Currently doing my 1st degree on Information Technology & Management.
As our friend here, I am also facing a big problem in English. Sometimes, I tend to use broken english or MANGLISH. The M'sian student called it Malaysian English - which is not recognise & never exist at the first place. The existence just because of our tendency to use mixed english (english + malaysian mother tounge), including myself.
Formely our academic language medium is english. We straightly follow the British Education System. However, in early-80, the system was revamped due to pressure from the nationalisme group. When Anwar Ibrahim become the Minister of Education in that period, the government policy stated that all teaching must be in Bahasa Melayu. So all teaching was in B.Melayu until recently revised on 2003 (luckily!!!). Today, all critical subject such as math & science are taught in english.
uykusuz,
4 yr 274 days ago
I haven't specialised in any field of sociology yet. I'm a freshman and i have a superficial idea about sociology. Actually in Turkey, as i said before, there is a tendency to American Culture but nowadays this tendency seems to decrease due to the USA's Iraq policy.
jmanggah, is English used in high schools and universities? If it's used in high schools, it's unfortunate, in my opinion. There was an education system like your country in Turkey. Some high schools called Anatolian High Schools used to give education in English but today it is abandoned. Only some private high schools such as Robert College and Notre Dame De Sion French High School give education in different languages.
jmanggah,
4 yr 274 days ago
Hi! uykusuz,
Currently English is used at universities level and some high schools as well (mainly the Christian Missionary School). The Malaysian revert to this English medium about 2 years ago. So the current generation of Malaysian students including myself, are not that brilliant in English. Those student who just entering their formal education at kindergarten & primary schools are more fortunate. As I said earlier, at least the critical subjects like science & math are taught in English.
I have a sad story to share with you: Formerly (before 1980) the graduates from Malaya University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is accredited by the British Medical Board. Their qualification is recognised oversea. Then, when teaching is done using Malaysia national language, the recognisition being revoked. The Malaysian doctors could not practise medicine beyond this country.
Our accent is followed the British English. We are Commonwealth Country. However, due to invasion of American products mainly through movies and the Microsoft Software, so both accents are acceptable now. This including writing, for example, color and colour, program & programme etc.
vellal,
4 yr 272 days ago
hai i am new here and interested in making good friends. bye,
miss rain,
4 yr 270 days ago
hi jmanggah. how are you? nice to hear from a friend from neighbouring countries
speaking about manglish, i went to a seminar a few years ago which discussed this manglish/singlish/spanglish thing and the participants decide that what we consider formal english shouldnt be limited only to british and american english. maybe just like mcdonald, english language should be adjusted specifically to the regions/countries where it is being used. what do you think?
for vellal, hi and welcome. can you tell us a bit about yourself?
jmanggah,
4 yr 270 days ago
Hi miss rain,
I do agree with you on that aspect. My worry is not so much on writing in english because there is convention on that matter, but the pronouncation. I worry that when I'm talking to non Manglish, they may not be able to understand me. How to avoid this potential problem?
Friends all over, if you have any suggestion or comment, please come forward.
Note:- I'm sorry for what happened to peoples at Nais recently. My moral support is with them and I wish that they can start a better life, then.
Regards.
DeeJay89,
4 yr 261 days ago
Hello ![Big Smile [:D]](/emoticons/emotion-2.gif)
That's very good that you are english teacher. i want to improve my english and i wish that you can help me doing it
i'll add you on my msn and wish to see you soon
thnx,
deejay
Anonymous,
4 yr 260 days ago
hi deejay. nice to meet you. i'd gladly help if i could. see you soon :-)
and jmanggah, i did share your anxiety. i told you already about my fear of using phone in london. yet later i realised that people there talk in so many different accents and dialects but miraculously they seemed to understand each other well. so my conclusion is they get used to listening to different accents and they do try to connect. when i do the same, i began to overcome my problem. i guess the key is willingness to learn and good intention :-)
miss rain,
4 yr 258 days ago
i just realised i didnt log in properly when i last wrote above
Jr Danny,
4 yr 256 days ago
Hi, I'm Danny from India, I just want few tips on vocabulary and precise writing, hope u will help me out.
Awaiting your reply.
Jr Danny,
4 yr 255 days ago
hi iam danny, here again, sorry to bother u again, i found few people in the ef want to learn english eagerly so i have referred u to lisaho, is that ok.
thanks.
miss rain,
4 yr 238 days ago
hello danny. how are you? nice to talk to you. i didnt check this site for sometime so excuse my late reply. of course i would be happy to help anyone. you can refer me to as many people as you like :-) so you are an EF student? that's the name of a language centre, isn't it?
TammyBaby,
4 yr 238 days ago
Hey, it's wondeful to have an English teacher here! I wanna improve my English listening skill. Could you give me some advice?!
Jr Danny,
4 yr 237 days ago
Hello, Miss Rain,
I am Danny, thanks for replying to my post, thank you, thanks alot, I was really thrilled to see ur reply.
You have mistaken for refering me as an EF student, EF stands for EnglishForum,
and, I am trying to improve my vocabulary, I have bought a book titled, Word Power Made Easy, by Norman Lewis.
I need ur suggestion, is this book good to improve vocabulary.
Ok that's it for now, eagerly awaiting ur reply,
catch u later,
bye bye, from Danny.
miss rain,
4 yr 235 days ago
my advice is: practice, practice, and practice. just like a fitness programme, you have to start light but often. so, for example, if you are a beginner, listen to english programmes (films, talk show, radio, news, etc) for ten minutes every day. if you dont understand a word, dont worry. you need time to adjust your ears to the different tones, accent, stresses, etc. of course it's better if you could have the transcript of what you hear. as your hearing "muscles" grow, you could then prolong your "exercise" time. hope that helps. good luck ^^
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