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Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

Milky wrote:Cool Breeze, is there any concrete evidence which shows that English was any more difficult to learn in the past than it is now?I don't think I can answer that question. There is only evidence that English grammar was more complicated in the past. What is easy for some may be...

Thank you to all those who have posted their suggestions to my little imagination game. Some have taken it very seriously thinking they would have to relearn English after the 'changes'. This was meant to be just a game, not for those wo take everything seriously, and of course in this game...

Patricklui wrote: Hello I am new to here. My mother tongue is Cantonese and I like to polish my English. It's known that English has two different versions : spoken and written. I have been learning English since I was a child and my written English is not too bad because this is what I have...

The big mistake many people make when learning English is to associate the written words with the spoken ones. They technically are two different worlds. Since you have a computer, I would suggest you install iTunes (it's free) and subscribe to several podcasts. You will be able to listen to...

Thank you very much for your replies all of you, they are really fascinating to read At my uni, our exchange students regularly do a presentation in what they mention (cultural)differences in Germany in contrast to their home countries and that's always very interesting. I always get things to...