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Re: I Want To Be Fluent English Speaker How Please?

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:58:38 GMT

Hello to all,

I believe that to learn English depends of the interest of individual and depending of the English knowledge you wanted to learn. like for instance, if you want to speak English all you have to do is to listen very carefully to some tools such as CD, DVD, tapes etc. either audio or video, any kinds of topics as long as educational and knowledgeable and while you are listening just follow and speak what they are talking this is a training of the tongue or tongue twisting trying to develop proper accent, pronunciation, intonation etc, if any words you donât understand have your dictionary besides you and open it. next step just prepare any topics as guidelines [ prepare the main topics, sub topics and conclusion] prolong, elongate and expound the topics you wanted to discuss make it in English version at first you might have the difficulty to speak but try and try until your English would connect and connect at this point your trying to bridge the gap. What is needed in English is that at least you have many words to know {synonym and antonyms} is what i mean.

The basic training of English is that you have to speak English by any topics. I understand that for a person who lived {not speaking country have the difficulty to speak English} on my behalf, English education must start first on basic like for instance if you need English conversation find a person who could talk with you English, or else speak and talk English with yourself even if someone listening at you and say something you are a fool forget it. What is needed is you learn something and speak English. if you have the difficulty to write English just read books literatures etc at this point you can get many ideas and your vocabulary broadens, watch the period, punctuation, commas, etc, if you are not a good English listener try to listen English teachings, news whatever that could improve your English, the four pillars of English are: reading. Speaking, writing and listening, if you have this all then you can speak English although not fluent as what others did but at least you can communicate via reading, writing, listening and speak. Fluent English would follow donât give up keep trying until success.

I am a Filipino not an English speaker, writer, etc but in terms of communication i could communicate. For to me to learn English depends on individual. If we have the basic then we have to improve, have the desire, act on it, and apply no need a tutor individual interest is vital here. Donât be shy to speak English if the English is crooked and someone laughs at you accept it consider yourself that you are not an English person, perhaps the person who laughs at you donât know how to speak English and even to communicate with. Thereâs a saying goes: a noisy person have little knowledge than a silent one. in this world what is important is communication regardless of races, nationality and religion. a crooked English is better than nothing, a crooked or a carabao English has the opportunity to become fluent rather than nothing. but if you have nothing at all nobody blames except yourself, your making your own fate and destiny donât blame your parents and the government its your own decision for what you are now, your right decision now will be your future someday but if you donât plan or decision today do you think you have something to expect in the future. To speak English needs perseverance, long patience and determination to reach the goal this is fundamental requirements. people who cannot speak English has less opportunity to go abroad particularly in the open country, and thatâs the reason why I wanted to learn English even basic for this is my only tool to go to other countries if opportunities permit.

From Philippines,

Rene

Re: Could someone HELP me and CHECK my letter of motivation, please

Lil' Ruby Rose — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:49:42 GMT

Looks good to me - just a couple more suggestions:

and working environment. But I hope to improve - delete 'But'.

ZZZ provides the opportunity to achieve the goals I expect from a stay abroad - more natural to say something like 'ZZZ will allow me to fulfill my goals in studying abroad'. You will need a comma after this clause too.

become an engineer studying at ZZZZ - needs a comma after engineer

ZZZZ will deliver insight - a more natural vocabulary choice might be 'provide' or 'give me'

Good luck!

Re: i want to improve my english

Grammar Geek — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:35:15 GMT

Hello Ali,

Here are some tips to be be taken seriously in English:

Sentences start with capital letters
The word "I" is a capital letter, and the word "you" is not "u." (And the phrase "want to" is not "wanna.")
Sentences end with a period/full stop and a new one begins. You don't string them all togethers with commas in between.

My suggestion to you is to try to read online newspapers and magazines to grow your vocabulary.

Re: Teaching English to a Deaf Individual

Ghost Writer — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:33:30 GMT

American sign language may not use commas and punctuation, but can't she read?
I assume if she has a High IQ, then she knows how to read.

English skills are poor due to environmental issues? What environmental issues?
Give her grammar books. Have her read books. Have her analyze how grammar is implemented in those books.

A good way to learn how to write is by reading. Another good way to learn how to write is reading books on writing.

My suggestion is to get her reading philosophy books. I like these books because of their ivory tower pretentiousness: they implement grammar, vocabulary, and painting thoughts with words.

Re: Persuasive Essay Thesis Statement

Mister Micawber — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:20:33 GMT

Hi Crazy-- I finally got here. I have added some comments in brackets after underlined 'problems':

Do Sports and Drugs Mix?

Since the dawn of time [a ridiculous exaggeration; delete it] it seems that you canât [do not use contractions in essays: change to cannot] think of sports without some sort of drug scandal creeping into the thought as well. Itâs [contraction: it is] not just baseball that is tainted with scandal; it is every sport from football to gymnastics.

When you think of sports, what comes to mind? The different sporting events, the many unique players that make up their sport or the drug scandals spread throughout. Maybe itâs a little bit of each. [the first is not a complete sentence; the second is an afterthought: combine them into a single complete sentence: 'What probably comes to mind is....'] To level the playing field for those players that chose not to use performance-enhancing drugs, why donât the big wigs [slang: change to officials] drug test everyone before their game or events that they are in? Itâs [It is. I won't make this note for further contractions below] bad enough that sports players have more perks than the normal civilian [wrong word; civilian is the opposite of soldier; use e.g. person], if my brother, who played baseball in high school, would have used [wrong verb form: use had used] steroids to help his game he would have been kicked off the team. So [essentially conversational and meaningless; delete] why isnât the same true for professional sports players? Maybe the owners of the teams donât want to lose their star players, so they cover it up somewhat, but why not drug test each and every one of the players so that there arenât any favorites? That way, when someone comes up positive they can be reprimanded in the proper, professional manner.

OK, I'm going to stop here, Crazy, and leave you with some general comments to take into consideration for your essay revision.

First, I think your essay so far is quite good. Your flow of language is natural, easy to follow, straightforward and to the point-- and these are key features of a good essay. You have an admirable ease of expression.

A big potential problem (and I say potential because it much depends on who is grading your essay) is that it is overall too informal in register: you are writing naturally, and much as you would speak. If your teacher requires a more formal approach to essay composition (and most do), then your use of contractions (isn't, don't), slang and casual English (bigwigs, kicked off, perks), and conversational structures (What comes to mind? The events, the players.... That way,...) are going to lose you points. In your revision, put your head to saying what you want to say in a more formal manner and with a more formal vocabulary. It is easy to go overboard on this (and most essayists in fact do, making their writing turgid and convoluted in the process), but trying to be bit more businesslike in language should improve your essay. For the rest below, I shall just embolden some areas to think about:

Not only do the players that use performance-enhancing drugs get an unfair advantage they also put themselves at risk for many different things from sterility, infertility, liver damage to even death. Are the risks worth all that? Some players may think so.

There are many different types of performance-enhancing drugs that players can use to help them in their sport. One type is Anabolic Steroids. This type of drug increases muscle strength by encouraging new muscle growth. They also allow the person using them to train harder and longer for any given period. Yet this drug has damaging side effects, liver damage, sterility in men and infertility in women, and it can lead to death.

Another type of performance enhancer is (hGH) Human Growth Hormone, while this natural and important for human growth, especially in children and teenagers, excessive hGH levels increase muscle mass. Some of the side effects of this drug include overgrowth of hands, feet, and face, enlarged internal organs, and heart problems.

If theses drugs were safe for use by athletes or anyone for that matter, then why can they lead to the playersâ early death? Because they over stimulate the natural growth of the body and itâs muscles and organs.

Sammy Sosa admitted to using performance-enhancers while playing baseball and stated â Steroids are very lethal and very bad for you.â Many fans of sports feel cheated having learned that some of their favorite athletes have admitted to using performance-enhancers to increase their âgame.â Dr. Dean Edell said âMost drugs, steroids, or supplements don't live up to their billing and even if they did, the side effects can be dangerous to your health.â If doctors will tell you that these drugs are not safe for consumption then why do people take them and use them on a regular basis? To make them feel good about themselves. To give them a better advantage over the âregularâ players. To make them stand out above everyone else in their game or sport. These seem like the logical answers.

One classmate of mine in high school used steroids for 3 [write out small numbers: three] years while playing football and was the quarter back of our team. Everyone thought he was going to make it to the NFL but during our senior year of high school he was drug tested before the homecoming game and was found to be positive. When confronted with this information only then did he admit that he had been using steroids on a regular basis for 3 years. He was immediately kicked off the team and stripped of the chance to play football in college. He was labeled a druggie and a fake by everyone in town. No one wanted to be associated with him from that point on. Fellow classmates wouldnât talk to him and so he and his family moved but not before he gave a speech to everyone in our school. He stated âI know what I did was wrong and I know the risks that I was taking when I chose to take steroids but I wanted to be the best player I could be and I thought this was the way to be that âStarâ player, it made me that star player for awhile. I am sorry that I hurt our school and my fellow players and I only wish that I could go back and undo the damage I have caused.â

So far so good. Study the use of the comma- there are a number of grammar websites. Do not abuse quotation marks.

Good luck!
MM

Re: vocabulary: punky?

Ikia — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:59:41 GMT

To the person speaking, punky clothing would be a compliment. I think puky is what he intends here. By the way, his grammar is puky.

If this paragraph were written in the USA, the comma would fall inside the quotes.

Another thought, Hela: a uniform worn by someone carrying a briefcase is highly unlilkely to be described as punky.

Ikia

Comma before the adverb?

Sextus — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:36:37 GMT

"He points out that the Pyrrhonists act in accordance with the observance of everyday life adoxastos, a term that in the Pyrrhonean vocabulary means to restrict oneself to what appears without making any assertion about the real nature of things."

The word "adoxastos" is an adverb (something like "undogmatically"). Should I put a comma before it?

Thanks,

Sextus

Re: grammar

Danyoo — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:02:01 GMT

Spring wrote:

Could you please check if my sentences are grammatically correct and if I used appropriate vocabulary?

Your letter woke up numerous memories of the two of us working together. For many hours after reading your letter, a myriad of happy, fun times danced in front of my eyes. Being in this imaginary cinema, helped me forget my present plight.

Thank you very much!

Hope

Hope, actually your letter sounds very good! Two minor things:
1. Replace 'woke up' with 'brought back.'
2. Delete the comma at '...cinema, helped...'

Re: Are the colons, semi colons & commas correct in these sentences?

davkett — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:07:03 GMT

Here's my opinion on these five:

1. I don't want to go to the dance; however, my mother is making me go.

2. The playwright handles her material quite well; I must admit, however, that her play is too short to be a full performance.

3. If you are planning to spend your vacation at home, let me know; if your plans are not set, do you want to go to the beach with me?

4. There are many advantages to studying classical Latin; for example, the Latin vocabulary will help you with your English vocabulary.

5. The following students are not eligible for dress-down day: Anna Mason, Laura Simm and Evelyn Moore.

Re: Are the colons, semi colons & commas correct in these sentences?

IreneBS — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:15:39 GMT

1. I don't want to go to the dance, however; my mother is making me go.

2. The playwright handles her material quite well I must admit, however; that her play is too short to be full performance.

3. If you are planning to spend your vacation at home let me know; if your plans are not set, do you want to go to the beach with me?

4. There are many advantages to studying classical Latin, for example; the Latin vocabulary will help you with your English vocabulary.

5. The following students are not eligible for dress down day; Anna Mason, Laura Simm, and Evelyn Moore.