1. Have you ever thought about retaining some aspects of your first language Generally speaking, no, because English is a separate language. Of course it's easy to make mistakes because of the influence of my native language, but as I said, I

Hi, In short: 1) Learn the basic grammar and learn how to build your sentences. Get a grammar book. 2) Learn the basic vocabulary to express yourself. 3) Try to avoid mistakes, that is, use the simple English you are comfortable with. 4) Use

hi folks, I'm a freshman student at teachers' college and want to improve my English as much as I can. here, i wrote something for you to read in order to check my writing, grammatical or spelling mistakes. I should be handing this to

I speak English, Swedish and Finnish. The last one is the most difficult for me without any doubt. But it depends on what makes the language in question difficult to different people. For me, Finnish is tough because of its vocabulary that doesn´t

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/than.html "When comparing one thing with another you may find that one is more appealing "than" another. "Than" is the word you want

Unfortunately students who take IELTS exhibit the same poor speech skills, and that already includes a speaking test (for which I'm an examiner). I gather that pronunciation is one of the criteria for marking and assessment...

instruction. >>I don't have any >> formal ESL training or ... as something they could reference while working on their pronunciation. Well, looking up EIL or Jennifer Jenkins on Google Scholar could set you in the right direction.

The productive skills (writing and speaking) in general lag behind the passive skills (reading and writing) in normal second language ... bit of French, but writing with the kind of ease you display in English in either language is beyond me. I

Enrico C wrote on 21 Nov 2004: If you can't hear the pronunciation, then you need better ears, not a teacher. I would like better ears. Funnily enough, I reckon most people need them. I noticed most English people trying to learn Italian, for

Enrico C wrote on 21 Nov 2004: Enrico C wrote on 21 Nov 2004: Should have been ... absurd, you know please limit your posts to alt.absurd.replies. What do you find so absurd in my reply? That you compare using a talking dictionary or the phonetic