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Re: English Teachers wanted in Mianyang,Sichuan, China

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:55:06 GMT

Hello
If you are still looking for English teachers in Mianyang I would like to speak with you. I have made several trips to China in the past year. I have some teaching experience but no degree. I taught a "Toast Master International" style course for a number of years. I am comfortable in any class room forem. I have never met so many people so wanting to learn from the outside. One gets used to being approached at the markets or on the bus with people using Chinglish and wanting to converse and learn more. When in Nanning last spring I was invitied to a place I know only as English corner. There were 2 or 3 people from Canada and America.
They were surrounded by locals there just wanting to learn English. I soon had attracted a number of students and teachers there. It was hard to get away and then only with the promise of returning the next day. A teachers dream is to have willing and excited pupils.

Jeff Greaser

Re: Has anyone tried out AJ.Hoge"s course-EFFORTLESS ENGLISH.If so,How was it?

theddcode — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:22:07 GMT

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Re: How to learn English?

theddcode — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:08:54 GMT

Hi- may I suggest starting off online first - We have a new program called The DD Code Quickcode and it teaches you totally online from your internet explorer web browser and almost is like having the teacher right there in the classroom behind you teaching you as you read.

It converts the text into phonetic english so it teaches you how to speak every word sound and syllable.The best part is because it uses a web toolbar it will convert your favourite web pages text into the phonetic code and tell you how to speak each and every one of the words you are reading as you go to different web pages it continues to help you as you go.

The dd code uses a colour and numbers system to teach you how to correctly pronounce the word correctly so you still can see how the word is spelt not linke the phonetic alphabet which changes the word to akmost abnother language
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Re: Teaching a 5 year old?

Anonymous — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:46:57 GMT

HI!

I have a problem with my 5 year old in learning numbers and alphabet. Maybe this site will help.

Literacy Center Education Network - Play & Learn English

Re: Learn English or go to jail - creative sentences

Tanit — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:02:28 GMT

Hi Barbara,

Thanks for answering!

From your answer, I understand people in the USA may be sentenced to do some sort of work which will benefit part of the community they live or work in, right?
Does that include also manual jobs? I remember that, here in my city, a guy was found guilty of spoiling a great number of buildings with his graffiti. Since he wanted to declare his love to a girl, he had covered all the walls from her house to her school with his graffiti. Besides being heavily fined, he was also ordered to re-paint those walls again (which took him quite a long time ... the number of the buildings was pretty large!).

But ... there's a difference with the case of the three people in the article, right? They were sentenced to do something which will benefit themselves, rather than the community (however, also the community will gain something, although indirectly). That was - to me - astonishing. I was wondering if this depends only on the judge, or also on the legal system ...

Re: What makes English so difficult to learn?

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:34:01 GMT

Hello, another English teacher here. I have been teaching English in China for about 2 and a half years now and also speak fluent French, decent Spanish and am learning Chinese (not as hard as you may think once you get the hang of those tones, easy grammar). Now I'll start off by saying that English seems to be an incredibly easy language to communicate with (and by this I mean to give the general idea of what you're trying to say). However, if you want to learn English like a native speaker then it's a completely different story. The pronunciation CAN be difficult to learn depending on your native language and also the age you attempt to learn it at. Training your tongue and mouth to move the same way a native speaker does can be difficult to do, especially if you're like many of my students who got their start at an older age or didn't have good teachers. I've also noticed that my younger students are able to mimic my speech much easier than the older ones speaking, both of whom are studying at the same level. I started learning French when I was 4 years old (Quebec French, I'm Canadian) and because of the quality of my teachers and my young age I was able to become quite good with my pronunciation. With my Chinese because I'm learning from scratch from native speakers my pronunciation is also decent (notice I said decent, not great, although when speaking Chinese I'm always understood). Native language has a lot to do with it too as the sounds you use in one language may be very different for another. I've taught in both the north and south of China and find that the people all have the same problems. Chinese people have problems with s (they often pronounce it as a sh sound) and with closing their mouth for the letter m ("sometimes" is a nightmare for them and they often say it like "suntine"). L and R can also be troublesome. One can't forget sentence stress as well as well as linking words together to make it go smoothly.

The vocabulary can also be a pain. Someone here mentioned 150,000 words in the English language but the number is actually much higher. The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition) contains over 600,000 definitions. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged contains 475,000 main headwords and it is believed the language grows by 25,000 words a year. Don't believe me, check Wikipedia. There's also the difference in spelling and vocabulary between the different forms of English. British English and American English use different words and the words that are the same can be spelled differently. American English and Canadian English essentially share the same vocabulary to a large degree but the spelling of Canadian English in many ways is closer to British English. British English is pretty much the English form most Asian and European countries will learn but American pop culture will also have an influence, not to mention the American economy and it's impact. This can all be very confusing. To the person saying they are tired of using "well" as in "well, then..." there are many substitutes you could use.

The grammar is also a nuisance. It's not the hardest of things but certainly isn't the easiest. Sure French has a gender attached to all of it's nouns (which I hated when learning it), but English still has more exceptions to it's rules that need to me memorized. So many even native speakers have trouble with it. A language like Chinese that may seem hard to speak actually has very simple grammar. For example if you wanted to ask someone where they are you would say "ni zai na li" or simply "ni zai nar" (you where?). To ask a question in Chinese you merely ad "ma" to the end of a statement. "Ta hui shuo zhongwen" is "he/she speaks Chinese whereas "ta hui shuo zhongwen ma" is "does he/she speak Chinese?". Also in Chinese as there are no forms of he or she.

It's impossible to say which language is easy and which is hard when compared to each other because there are so many things that need to be taken into consideration. Let's just say that English has it's easy parts and it's ridiculously difficult parts as well. Speaking at a native speaker level can be done and I know people who have done this, but it takes a lot of hard work, good instruction, and a good learning atmosphere. I hope all that made sense, I stumbled onto this site a 2 in the morning and am quite tired.

Re: Why this way?

Believer — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:56:59 GMT

Thank you, Avangi.

So I think what you seem to alluding to me is that native speakers like you (I am sure you are one of them) seem to divide a noun into categories based on practical usage -- the usage that serves a practical purpose in an environment where English is spoken naturally -- although some people would make up a different number of categories than yours and not necessarily into categories that are set up or created to help a learner learn English in a systematic way.

My guess is that the distinguishing terms like a countable noun, an uncountable noun, a mass noun, and others are set up/created for the purpose of serving the needs of English learners in a non-English speaking environment.

Thank you for your explanation and your elaboration on those categories. I would say your effort is one of the finest responses I have gotten for a long time and matches in quality to that of those few, more firmly established teachers of these forums.

Re: How can i learn english well

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Re: Is it a possible that Chinese could take the place of English?

monfrancom — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:16:35 GMT

Well, all things are possible... some would have us believe! If the Chinese had the same collonialist attitude and kill all those who won't be assimilated, as what brought about the spread of English, who knows?

I've searched some to find the file sent to me some time ago, but to no avail. One of the statistics given in that slide show indicated that considering their population numbers, there were as many "brilliant / intellectually - gifted" citizens in China as the whole of the American population! Some three hundred milion that is (300 000 000). To be clear, the population of the USA is 300 000 000 only a portion of whom are brilliant. China has some 300 000 000 of its estimated 1.3 billion people that are deemed very very smart, to the point of being classified as brilliant!

Soooooooo! Conclusion: it is by far more likely that Chinese will never become as universally spoken as English as the Chinese will more readily learn English. Much to their advantage. (I mean, you don't have to be brilliant to learn English, and the English of this world tend to be hardened unilinguals).

In my search for that aforementioned unfound file, I did find this video ( you can also find it at You Tube ) Very enlightning! It adresses this issue within the first two minutes. It is, for me anyway, mind boggling... and it is outdated (stats given end in 2006). Although it is customary to make predictions based on trends and present knowledge, I put forward that very few are so illuminated that they can include all contingencies when anticipating the future - even the more brilliant ones!

I do know that here in Canada, Mandarin, and others of the spoken languages in China, are a much more common option in school : universities, and high schools as well. I also read/saw/heard in the news of business people chosing to learn one of the main languages spoken in China so as to facilitate their entry into their market/s.

Re: PhD Cover Letter ! Need help to correct it

Kathrin — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:21:41 GMT

Hello all,

First of all, i would like to thank everyone who have good posts on this forum. It helps me a lot when I learn English.
I am now writting a PhD. Cover Letter. I would highly appreciate any help to improve it.
Please help! I am not good at writting .

Thank you in advance.
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Dear Sir or Madam,

On recommendation of Prof. Dr. ***, University of ***, I am writing to you in order to apply for ~~the PhDt~~the PhD-program you are offering. ~~Student position at ***. I have enclosed a completed resume for your review.~~

My name is Quan Nguyen, a fresh graduate from University of *** [Please don't introduce yourselve in a formal letter, it is very unprofessional. Besides, your resume is enclosed.] In March 2007, I ~~hold~~ got the Master degree in Communication and Media Engineering. During my last academic year, I had a chance to do an my internship and master thesis in the *** company. There I gained profound ~~developed not only my~~ knowledges in web development ~~but also real~~ as well as working experiences in an international environment. My thesis is related to the issues in Business Intelligent and Web 2.0. I obtained skills in J2EE programming and advanced web technologies for Enterprise Applications including Jboss, Portal/Portlet, Ajax, Web services,etc.. ~~It was a great experience for me, which~~ has focused my interests on the topic of Web 2.0 technologies.

After my graduation, I worked as a PHP developer for ***, an IT and business consulting company. I gained further experiences in web programming, project management and team-working.

As well as my good understanding of academic principles, I am a very motivated, hardworking and effective individual. Throughout my career, I obtained a good communication and organizational skills. It makes me confident that I will be suitable for your research team.

For my future career, I see this PhD program as the way to broaden my knowledges in designing and implementing Enterprise Distributed Applications, as well as how to ~~apply~~ ~~these applications~~ use them in business, ~~which~~ in the case that SAP is now the best solution. ~~This~~ Your program ~~proposes~~ covers areas of research that match my interests, such as Business Process Management and Semantic Web Technologies. ~~I have no doubt in mind that I have enough knowledges, skills and competence to pursue the PhD program in your research center.~~

I would appreciate the opportunity to meet with you to discuss how I may be suitable for this position. I am now on vacation in Vietnam, but can be reached at any time via email or telephone at number +***.[Your contact data should be in the resume and every person in the business wourld know how to reach an other person. If your contact data are not on the resume, you should put it there and don't write about it. Again, it looks very unprofessional, sorry, if I am too hard by trying to help]

Thank you very much for your time an ~~your~~ consideration. My resume is enclosed. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Quan Nguyen