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Tinaflurrs wrote:This is an assigned letter to my teacher for a portfolio assignment. What I am posting is only a portion of what I have written, just want your feedback for mechanical errors. Any great writer possesses the ability to obtain passion, creativity, and style that shapes a great...

Learn commonly used phrases thoroughly -- phrases of three to six words. Practice the pronunciation over and over until the whole phrase becomes automatic. Without constant repetition you can't ever become fluent. If the phrase is long or difficult, learn the end of the phrase first. ...

"Grammar and exercises are only requirements of the syllabus, not of learning a language. Did you learn the grammar of your mother-tongue when you were acquiring it? Most of you may still not know the grammar of your mother-tongue but you speak it effortlessly." If grammar means identifying...

I've corrected your paragraph for you. Verb tenses seem to be your biggest problem, also some of your vocabulary is incorrect (for example prison, cloths). Perhaps one of the most difficult things in life is when you grow up, seperate from your family, and live on your own. What a lot of people...

hate on is a relatively new and very informal expression in English. It means say hateful things about; direct hatred at. Note that hate is not used in the progressive tenses, but hate on is. In your place I would learn this passively, and I wouldn't waste time trying to incorporate it into...

I believe this question is best answered by someone who sees it from the former learner's point of view because natives don't have to go through the seemingly impossible phases that the ESL learners must go through. To put it in perspectives I would offer the following for your reference: ...

Well, I found that understanding the system of tenses really helped me. It's a bit cliché, but true. If you don't understand the various tenses you won't really understand much of the English language. But I guess you've already studied these, since it's really the first thing you should take a...

In this article, Mr. Gladwell thinks that being smart is to have in collateral or explicit learning. Before I state my position, I would like to define the word “smart”. Smart means “having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability” (Merriam-Webster). In this sense, I think that...

Hello ladies and gentlemen,I am completely new to this forum (as you may have already noticed), so please be understanding if I'm posting in the wrong category.But first, let me introduce myself. My real name is Jacek (my English friends simply call me Jack, although that's quite misleading) and...

foreign languages to comunicate we are able to communicate in English if we know 1000 words