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French girl wants to speek englisch

Maggy — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:58:48 GMT

Hello,

I'm french, and I would like to meet persons who speak english in order to ameliorate my conversational english...if you have time to make conversations and to exchange ideas, it will be cool !!

I'm 26 and I live in North/East of country. I would like to speak of all talking point, as knowledge, politics, personal ambition ...

Dont' hesitate to get in touch with me, I just search for nice contact!

Thank you & i hope to meet you very soon!

Bye

Maggy

Re: Native-speaker intuition.

Englishuser — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:31:36 GMT

Hi Tam Sadek,

You wrote:

Most students 'know' that conversational English differs from what they generally learn in the classroom, which is why many students ask specifically for 'conversation' courses.

Does it? I think you can make yourself understood and understand others perfectly well if you speak English as it is described in ESL grammar books. Most people who ask for conversation courses do so because they want to gain fluency in spoken English.

Englishuser

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 !

hello guys ^^

Problematicme — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:21:42 GMT

hi im problematicme .. tats my alias hehe ~

My real name is Zara and i'm from Singapore ~ i have a problem with my conversational english because im used to speak singlish, or in another term local english .... kinda polluted unpure english ...

hmmm ... im still having some problems with my grammer when speaking the language ... mostly im having a problem with TENSES !!! such as positive past tense , negative past tense , continuous past tense ... etc etc ... T_T

i have a feeling tat the reason my tongue began to numb out when trying to speak english is because im not confident about my grammer and ended up stuttering ...

help ..

sincerely problematicme

Re: Advice on 'Conversational English Lessons'

Novalee — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:29:23 GMT

Hi Guest!
I'm also a teacher in a private school and I see your point when you talk about the lack of confidence in students. From what I have seen, this seems to be their main problem when practising speaking skills.
What I usually do is pair work and competitions. Teenagers seem motivated when they can be winners... or losers I use different tools and approaches to achieve this: videos, discussions, definitions games, students' dictations, picture descriptions, etc. It depends on their age and the English they know. It is useful to encourage and praise them when they speak the foreign language. It makes them confident to speak more next time.
I agree with your point "practice makes perfect", but the bad side is when their other teachers encourage them "not to speak English if you don't know how". I tell them the opposite: "Try, try, try and practise speaking as much as you can". I think it's the only way to improve.
To sum up, I think it's a great idea to offer these Conversational English Lessons, and that many students would need them. Good luck!
These are my ideas but I'm eager to hear what the rest of (more experinced or not) teachers have to say about this.