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Learning English - new website

ipicthat — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:04:41 GMT

Hi There

Just wanted to let people know of a FREE TO USE website which may help people learning the English Language.

The website is www.ipicthat.com, it is the world's first online talking picture dictionary.

The site basically comprises of a âdictionaryâ of approximately 5,500 words in an A-Z format and uses photographs to help identify each word. Every word has a written and spoken breakdown, highlighting any unusual soundings. In addition there are 'Letter Sounds', 'Rules', 'Categories', 'Scenarios' and a 'Help' section.

Every part of the website is completely talking. You just need to register (which is FREE) and away you go - hope it helps . Please feel free to pass on to your friends.

Thanks

Please, help me with my studies...

seroMack — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:29:31 GMT

Â I'm moving to the second level of my English philology studies at the University. The following Saturday I'm sitting an entrance exam, a kind of interview. I'd like to ask you for a nice favor, namely...

Could any of You prepare for me a small talk, a speech on how I "love" descriptive grammar and how I am into it? I know it's not so difficult but I care about some realistic (native) approach which here, in my country, is rather difficult to achieve anyway. The field of my studies I'd love to take up is morphology/syntax.Â

I'd be very grateful for any concerning response.

Thank YouÂ

Re: stars in the sky or on the sky?

Grammar Geek — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:50:41 GMT

Just so that I'm clear, are you advising the folks who come here to learn English that they should say "Oh, the stars up through the sky sure look lovely tonight." or perhaps "Now that the rain has cleared, we can see the stars through the sky"? That's what you're suggesting that those speaking English as a second language should use so that they sound natural when convesing with other natives?

I am writing not to prolong an argument but to make sure the people who have come to trust us to give them good advice know that I am 100% oppposed to that use, and that I suggest that they say "the stars up in the sky."

And truly, I will not participate in this thread any longer.

Re: I WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH WITH SKYPE

Lesli84 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:11:24 GMT

Hi,

I would like to chat with native English speakers via Skype. If you accept speaking English , then could you please let me have your skype name ?

Thanks in advance

Lesli

Re: help me to learn english i help you to learn french

Bee_comma_bumble — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:21:37 GMT

I'm from Australia, speaking English.

I'm still in High School, so if there are any questions you have that I can't answer, I could probably ask a teacher.

I'm currently learning French in school, so if you could help out, that would be great!

I'd be glad to help if you wanted me to,

Bee

Re: I WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH WITH SKYPE

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:16:55 GMT

Hola Sandra,
I'd be willing to help you improve your English (I'm born and raised in New York) if you can help me improve my Spanish. We could switch languages or something like that? The same goes for anyone else who is willing to speak Spanish [slowly haha] with me in exchange for speaking English. my skype name is: eyeballTickler41 . I'm 19 and go to college in NY.

Pat

Re: How can i learn english well

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:46:30 GMT

im 1st year student in srilanka institute of infomation tecnology.i want to speaking english very very fluence.

thank you.

Re: I looking for serious teacher

Titithi — Tue, 29 May 2007 16:20:54 GMT

Hi Rose!
Why don't you learn English in our forum like me. It's very interesting! It seems there is a very serious teacher among some of other nice teachers who help us to write, to speak English fluently. I think it's not necessary to ask a teacher twice a week to give us some tasks because if you have free time, you'll search some convenient pages to ask or answer about some subjects that you 've known. For my experience,I have learned a lot of grammar but It's only for some multiple choice test and after that I forget all thing.I make a lot of mistakes when I speak, the mistakes of the influence of my first language and my native language.I should type and think about what I 'll speak because I 've just learned to use computer.It's more difficult than speaking. However, I realize that I've made a lot of progress about typing and speaking silently. In this answer, I practise my speaking English, in others I'll practise my writing. I hope one day, I'll use Webcam to practice my speaking. I'm not lucky to learn with native English teachers,so I think It's a chance in a million to have the help of teachers all over the world on line because we live in an era of computers.I don't think a serious teacher could help you speak english fluently but It depends on your determination of practising English.

Re: I want to help someone learn English!

Bokshilah — Sat, 12 May 2007 07:10:31 GMT

Hi everybody, im bokshilah! I also wanted to improve my english most especially the conversation ones. We can help each other in here by just talking. I hope michelle would guide us better or even other forumers who is good in speaking english.

Re: "Chat" phrases you hate

TammyBaby — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:27:02 GMT

Francesca wrote:
Of course Elfsleepy: www.thechatpage.com no cams, just people who want to meet friends from all over the world and learn English

I myself didn't find it a good one, Francesca! Last time I visisted there, there was a girl flirting a guy, and she kept talking all the time like "Hey, where r u? Do you hate me?", etc. Noone could chat there! It's hard to find a good chatroom! Native speakers are not interested in learning English, of course. They wanna talk, not teach. Unless they are very kind, they won't help you anything with your poor language. If you cannot understand them, they simply say bye (if they are polite) or stop chatting without saying anything (if they are not).

But if you simply go to a chatroom to learn English with people have the same purpose. They are (all) non-native speakers. Their English, even good, is not really natural. And you find that you don't want learn their English, anyway. Non-native speakers wanna seek native ones to practise English but sometimes, native speakers find that non-native ones seem to take advantages from them. And of course, they stop chatting! I've got several emails with resume/motivation letters attached from many non-speaking English countries, they ask me to correct them (even I'm not a native speaker!). Of course I don't have time to do that, unless they are from people I already had some chats with and I consider as friends. I can help if they ask me when chatting with me, but not a couple of long letters to check, even spelling mistakes. I get sick of them! I want to make friends, have some chit-chat, cultural exchanges... but NOT teaching English! My English is not that good!

So if you wanna talk with native speakers, try to improve your English by yourself first, so at least you can understand them in most of situations. They are willing to tell you what some slangs mean but not most of the time. I myself don't like the question "What does it mean?" all the time when I just use very simple English. When we go to a chatroom, just simply we want to have some gossips, to have fun. That's it! None wanna be an English teacher, neither do I. Teaching is some thing quite stressful, not that fun to do in free time. Anyway, best of luck for your English study! ^^

Cheers,
-Tammy