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Re: Spoken english lessons for Indians

Kellyc — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:38:55 GMT

Hi,

You can use reading materials, such as Newspapers, you can also watch English films, use Dictionaries etc, there are 100s of reading materials and resources to help you learn English.

But you will need to practice your conversational English. You will need someone who knows English to answer you and to help you, with any questions etc. Learning the English language is hard but with determination and plenty of practice you will get there in the end. I am a Native English Teacher and have been teaching students in Tunisia, when they first meet me they advise me that they have fluent English from all their resources and then after the first lesson they say oh there is so much more and nothing beats speaking real English everyday, but I always tell my students never to give up, never to think they are not picking it up, they are with practice and more practice.

Practice makes Perfect.

I am teaching English online at the moment so feel free to contact me for lessons or just general information.

Take care

Kelly

Re: I want to help someone learn English!

DIPAK TRIVEDI — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:25:37 GMT

Medusa171 wrote:
Hello, my name is Michelle, and I am a 17 year-old girl from the United States. I am a native English speaker, and have always wanted to help someone improve their English. I can help with most things, from grammar and spelling, to conversational English, to slang and expressions. I'm so glad to have finally found a web site where I can help people! Who wants to talk?

P.S. I also have some knowledge of French, and would LOVE to improve it!

Re: I want to help someone learn English!

Globalization1 — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:45:46 GMT

hi , my name is youness , and i'm a 22 year-old boy from morocco. i have always longged to speak english , so i'll be glad if u help me especially, in terms of conversational english. This is my email: englishforum@hotmail.com .

p.s. i speak french fluently, and would be glad to help you improve it !

Re: Which countries are the most successful E.Grammar users

Danyoo — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:50:55 GMT

Well actually this is a very good question.

It makes a tremendous amount of difference what your mother tongue is when it comes to your ability to pick up English, especially conversational English. For natives of the Far East region (Korea, Japan and probably China too), their language structures are so vastly different than English, it is a tremendous struggle to learn English as a second language. Whereas, some of the European countries speak languages with similar roots and grammar structure which make it much easier to learn English.

My parents immigrated to the U.S. when I was just 13 years of age from Korea so I had the advantage of being immersed in English language at a relatively early age -- but it was, and still is, a big strugle. Then when I was in high school (long long time ago mind you) I took two years of Spanish. And it was a cinch!!! Not that I aced it without studying...don't think I aced it at all...but my point is since I already was pretty fluent in English, learning Spanish was so much easier! I remember thinking "wow if I had to learn this language from Korean, what a mighty struggle it would be!!".

I am told the easiest language for a Korean to learn is Japanese and probably vice versa. And I know Spanish and Portugese is very similar.

Now as far as being grammatically correct....well that's another story. I have seen many a high school English teachers from Korea and China come to the U.S. and not be able to hold a casual conversation in a restaurant. Being able to read and write and score high in TOEFL is different than being able to converse.

Finally, I agree with previous posters....the key is to start early!!!! Kids have amazing ability to learn. Not only langauages, but sports, musical instruments, arts, etc. Well I tried my best...but now my kids are teenagers and...need I say more?!

Re: I want to help someone learn English!

Yuqingyi — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:55:55 GMT

Medusa171 wrote:
Hello, my name is Michelle, and I am a 17 year-old girl from the United States. I am a native English speaker, and have always wanted to help someone improve their English. I can help with most things, from grammar and spelling, to conversational English, to slang and expressions. I'm so glad to have finally found a web site where I can help people! Who wants to talk?

P.S. I also have some knowledge of French, and would LOVE to improve it!

Re: I want to help someone learn English!

just2you80 — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:50:50 GMT

Medusa171 wrote:
Hello, my name is Michelle, and I am a 17 year-old girl from the United States. I am a native English speaker, and have always wanted to help someone improve their English. I can help with most things, from grammar and spelling, to conversational English, to slang and expressions. I'm so glad to have finally found a web site where I can help people! Who wants to talk?

P.S. I also have some knowledge of French, and would LOVE to improve it!

Hello sister

I'm older than you and consider myself as your sister. i will be happy if you are willing to help me to improve my english by speaking.

my email is a9879aaa@yahoo.com

Advice on 'Conversational English Lessons'

Guest — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:05:55 GMT

I have TEFL Teaching Certificate but unfortunately, after working in a private language school in Athens, I quickly realised that I wasn't quite enjoying it as I hoped I would. I have another job now working for the Cambridge Examinations board (still in Athens). However, to earn some extra cash I would like to teach some private English lessons from my home. While I didn't really enjoy teaching, I put most of my bad experience down to lack of confidence. Now that I am advertising myself as a private English teacher, I have decided to offer my services 'practicing the language' (let's say). I would like to conduct lessons based on the theory that 'practice makes perfect' and help students to develop skills such as pronounciation, confidence in speaking and listening ability by practicing my lessons orally (conversationally) in order to prepare them for the exams. The way I see it is that it is one thing to learn English at a private school with Greek teachers (or at home for that matter) but it is a very different thing to practice what you learn with a native English speaker. I speak, read and write Greek but I can honestly say that text books and dictionaries aside the most effective way of learning in my experience is to be 'forced' to speak and listen and on a trial end error basis you become aware of both your strong and weak points enabling you to correct them almost instantly. The most beneficial thing I have learnt from being in certain situations where I had no choice but to communicate the best I could, is confidence, which I know is one of the biggest problems with people learning another language, especially young people. I have learnt first hand that practice does in fact make perfect and no amount of revising or reading can prepare you for exams as well as communicating with native speakers can. Therefore, I would really apreciate some advice before I proceed with this, from anyone who has had any experience with this teaching format or simply anyone with something to say!!!

Thanks

I want to help someone learn English!

Medusa171 — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:49:52 GMT

Hello, my name is Michelle, and I am a 17 year-old girl from the United States. I am a native English speaker, and have always wanted to help someone improve their English. I can help with most things, from grammar and spelling, to conversational English, to slang and expressions. :D I'm so glad to have finally found a web site where I can help people! Who wants to talk?

P.S. I also have some knowledge of French, and would LOVE to improve it!