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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results for 'tag:Speaking English' matching tag 'Speaking English'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aSpeaking+English</link><description>Search results for 'tag:Speaking English' matching tag 'Speaking English'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3607.32596)</generator><item><title>Introducing 'nana.k'.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IntroducingNanaK/lxkzc/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:23:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:990490</guid><dc:creator>nana.k</dc:creator><description>hi. my name is Nana. I am from Georgia (sakartvelo). I want to practice my speaking English. I love to know new people.</description></item><item><title>Re: Not only about... but..</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/NotOnlyAboutBut/lnjhq/post.htm#990431</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:990431</guid><dc:creator>mrpernickety</dc:creator><description>Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar but ALSO about understanding the culture in which it is spoken. 
 
  
 Maybe it&amp;#39;s a matter of taste, but barring the missing &amp;quot;also&amp;quot;, I find your phrase acceptable.  
 What is speaking English all about? It&amp;#39;s about using proper grammar and ...
 I&amp;#39;ve come across such use of &amp;quot;about&amp;quot; a great many times.
 For example, I found in http://www.americancorpus.org/ this example: 
 It&amp;#39;s not about having it. It  &amp;#39;s  about  using it</description></item><item><title>Re: Not only about... but..</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/NotOnlyAboutBut/lnjhq/post.htm#985338</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:29:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:985338</guid><dc:creator>gleb_chebrikoff</dc:creator><description>Greetings, LiveinJapan,   the following rephrasing is possible   Speaking English is a matter of not only using proper grammar, but also understanding the culture in which it is spoken. (correlative conjunction not only... but also should be in place)                                 or   Speaking English combines (using) proper grammar with understanding the culture in which it is spoken.   Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff</description></item><item><title>Not only about... but..</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/NotOnlyAboutBut/lnjhq/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:23:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:985336</guid><dc:creator>liveinjapan</dc:creator><description>Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar but about understanding the culture in which it is spoken.   Is my sentence correct? Thanks.</description></item><item><title>Introducing 'Himmelsstuermer'.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IntroducingHimmelsstuermer/lwxvc/post.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:39:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:962151</guid><dc:creator>himmelsstuermer</dc:creator><description>My name is tobias. I come from germany. I work as a developer consult for abap. I am at englishforum.com because I will improve my speaking english.</description></item><item><title>Introducing 'gakonkon8389'.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IntroducingGakonkon8389/lhxkq/post.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:39:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:957354</guid><dc:creator>gakonkon8389</dc:creator><description>Hello! My nickname is munny. I am very interested in making friends as well as speaking English. So my purpose here in this website is to look for someone who is also interested in making friends and speaking English like me. Wish to get your reply! Anyway, have a good day everyone!</description></item><item><title>Re: 7 Tips for speaking English Fluently :)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/7TipsSpeakingEnglishFluently/3/wbjxk/Post.htm#955799</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:31:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:955799</guid><dc:creator>shellyxiong</dc:creator><description>thanks very much.. Your tips really works for me.</description></item><item><title>CHP tickets</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChpTickets/lhrvj/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:35:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:953199</guid><dc:creator>pleasehelp</dc:creator><description>I told my mom she has gotten a ticket for not speaking English. OR   I told my mom she had gotten a ticket for not speaking English.    What&amp;#39;s the difference between the two sentences? I know one is present perfect and the other past perfect but don&amp;#39;t they essentially mean the same thing?</description></item><item><title>Re: WHAT DOES THIS PHRASE MEAN?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesThisPhraseMean/lhrrm/post.htm#953137</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:54:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:953137</guid><dc:creator>clive</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
 Please help me to explain this phrase &amp;quot;Business Administration allows me the ability to  get my toes wet  in all aspects of business&amp;quot;. 
 By the way, can we use this phrase in speaking english? 
  
 The phrase is  &amp;#39;get my feet wet&amp;#39;.  
 It means  &amp;#39;   get some initial experience&amp;#39;.   
 It&amp;#39;s a common expression. 
   
 Clive</description></item><item><title>Re: 7 Tips for speaking English Fluently :)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/7TipsSpeakingEnglishFluently/3/wbjxk/Post.htm#950203</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:06:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:950203</guid><dc:creator>vic_bubble</dc:creator><description>In summary, we who want to speak English fluently mustn&amp;#39;t read text book. Listen and answer. Don&amp;#39;t study a single word... Everthing has to start at hearing and dissecting from native English speakers. Is that right?</description></item><item><title>Re: 7 Tips for speaking English Fluently :)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/7TipsSpeakingEnglishFluently/2/wbjxk/Post.htm#946738</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:06:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:946738</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Thanks alot. These 7tips will be useful to speak english verywell.</description></item><item><title>Re: Confusing sentence</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ConfusingSentence/2/lvkkc/Post.htm#942311</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:36:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:942311</guid><dc:creator>pleasehelp</dc:creator><description>The reason I made that comment was already explained. I thought your English level was better than to ask the elementary questions on modals. That&amp;#39;s all, nothing derogatory.   Hey, it&amp;#39;s absolutely no problem at all...but the ironic thing is, I&amp;#39;ve been speaking English my whole life and this is the first time I&amp;#39;ve heard of modals...   Thanks for helping!</description></item><item><title>Re: General Exercise on Grammar</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralExerciseOnGrammar/lccml/post.htm#929376</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:24:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:929376</guid><dc:creator>avangi</dc:creator><description>I just underwent a test and I was trappe by the following questions:  Please let me know the correct answer to these. I herewith provide my attempt at these as well.   It is doubtful whether they are fluent in speaking English. BEGIN WITH: &amp;quot;Their..&amp;quot;   Their fluentness in spoken English is doubtful.  Their fluency in speaking . .      Fill in Prepositions:  Divya has no use of the book I present her.  for   After the accident, he lost use of his right leg.  correct by me   Though he is sick, he will pull up .  through   He was pulled back for his slovenliness.  out ?? (no idea)   The people became impatient to the burden of heavy taxation.  with    The underlined gaps have been filled by me which supposedly portrays the wrong ...</description></item><item><title>General Exercise on Grammar</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralExerciseOnGrammar/lccml/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:58:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:929350</guid><dc:creator>ritwik06</dc:creator><description>I just underwent a test and I was trappe by the following questions:  Please let me know the correct answer to these. I herewith provide my attempt at these as well.   It is doubtful whether they are fluent in speaking English. BEGIN WITH: &amp;quot;Their..&amp;quot;   Their fluentness in spoken English is doubtful.    Fill in Prepositions:  Divya has no use of the book I present her. After the accident, he lost use of his right leg. Though he is sick, he will pull up . He was pulled back for his slovenliness. The people became impatient to the burden of heavy taxation.   The underlined gaps have been filled by me which supposedly portrays the wrong use of tenses. Please correct my mistakes. Thanks Regards</description></item><item><title>Introducing 'Punkybrewster'.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IntroducingPunkybrewster/lbwxv/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:50:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:926198</guid><dc:creator>punkybrewster</dc:creator><description>Introducing myself for the first time officially here on Englishforums I think! Now that we've updated the introductions area I feel it's time to  My name is Ang, I'm 29 and I am German but I live in Malta. I've lived a total of 8 years in Malta, with a break inbetween where I moved to Berlin to study Micro Technology. I have been speaking English ever since I could talk, but I'm definitely not good enough to teach anybody because every time I would move back to Germany, I would forget all my English hehe! I'm here on Englishforums to help you with your technical issues you might encounter so feel free to contact me.</description></item><item><title>Re: Let's practice english speaking by Skype.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetsPracticeEnglishSpeakingSkype/czdlq/post.htm#913176</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:15:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:913176</guid><dc:creator>ilgam_1982</dc:creator><description>Hi Martin. I also like speaking English. By the way I was in Munich last year. My id is ( personal contact removed. Add it in your profile only)</description></item><item><title>English</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/English/kpwxc/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:34:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:911457</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>What is the importance of learning adn speaking English in the present world?</description></item><item><title>Re: English speaking Help</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishSpeakingHelp/knnxm/post.htm#903305</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:17:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:903305</guid><dc:creator>benny777</dc:creator><description>You should spend a lot of time listening to the radio, and watching t.v. in English. I think you should be more bold when it comes to college and work, if you&amp;#39;re too shy to speak to people, then you won&amp;#39;t be able to get enough practice in to speak to them in the first place. Try being more confident and outgoing, and if it makes you feel more comfortable, let people know that you have trouble speaking English. They will probably be willing to help you out, and I&amp;#39;m sure they will be understanding.</description></item><item><title>Re: I wish I had spoken English since childhood.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWishSpokenEnglishSinceChildhood/klxcp/post.htm#895875</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:16:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:895875</guid><dc:creator>grammar geek</dc:creator><description>Because, to some extent I am inclined to think the event of speaking English in the childhood doesn&amp;#39;t exist any longer and you regret about it. Anyway, I wouldn&amp;#39;t use it. 
  
 I might mistake. Please, teachers, correct me if I&amp;#39;m wrong. 
 
  
  
 Hi Fandorin, 
 It&amp;#39;s not the &amp;quot;event&amp;quot; of speaking English that doesn&amp;#39;t exit, but the possiblity of speaking since childhood that doesn&amp;#39;t exist. 
  
 For whatever reason - either not having the opportunity or ability, or choosing not to, the speaker did NOT speak English since childhood, and that is what the speaker wishes were different. 
  
 But you basic idea is right.</description></item><item><title>Re: I wish I had spoken English since childhood.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWishSpokenEnglishSinceChildhood/klxcp/post.htm#893453</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:50:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:893453</guid><dc:creator>fandorin</dc:creator><description>Because, to some extent I am inclined to think the event of speaking English in the childhood doesn&amp;#39;t exist any longer and you regret about it. Anyway, I wouldn&amp;#39;t use it.   I might mistake. Please, teachers, correct me if I&amp;#39;m wrong.</description></item><item><title>Re: I wish I had spoken English since childhood.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWishSpokenEnglishSinceChildhood/klxcp/post.htm#893398</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:893398</guid><dc:creator>moivile</dc:creator><description>Nope, it doesn&amp;#39;t. It&amp;#39;s OK.    Why do you think so? For example, an American told me that the following sentence was awkward but grammatically corect:  I wish I had been speaking English since childhood.</description></item><item><title>I wish I had been speaking English from childhood.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWishSpeakingEnglishChildhood/klkrk/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:59:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:892153</guid><dc:creator>moivile</dc:creator><description>I wish I had been speaking English from childhood.  1. Is this sentence grammatically correct?  2. It can be rephrased like this?  I wish I had been speaking English from childhood. = If only I had been speaking English from childhood. = It is a pity I have not been speaking English from childhood.</description></item><item><title>Want to practice speaking English</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WantPracticeSpeakingEnglish/kwmjq/post.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:59:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:878151</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>I want to find an english speaker to help me practising English speaking can i find someone have time for me to discuss about many topics</description></item><item><title>Re: English speaking  sub skills</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishSpeakingSubSkills/kwwpw/post.htm#877103</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:43:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:877103</guid><dc:creator>dokterjokkebrok</dc:creator><description>what are the acctivities to develop all the sub skills of speaking english     Could you explain your question further please?</description></item><item><title>Re: Learn English online</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/LearnEnglishOnline/hjzxp/post.htm#873715</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:15:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:873715</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>hello, 
 how are you.....i love to speaking english .............i wish to speak very fast and correct speaking.plz could u tell me the good sites or others ur sites.....if u tell me i&amp;#39;m very appreciate for u...i don&amp;#39;t know that i&amp;#39;m write to right or wrong grammatic sentences ........ i have a msn could u tell me ur&amp;#39;s msn ID......ok sir i&amp;#39;m waiting ur replay..... 
 take care! 
 bye.</description></item><item><title>Learn English</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/LearnEnglish/kbjvh/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:39:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:842799</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>IS speaking good English a bit of headache for you? But Huang Qing, 13, and Gu Lishi, 15, feel that studying it can be as much fun as singing and watching videos.  The sixth &amp;quot;21st Century Scholastic Cup&amp;quot; National High School English Speaking Competition was held in Beijing on December 7. Huang from  Diocesan Girl&amp;#39;s School     in Hong Kong and Gu from Shenzhen Foreign Language School Branch won first prize.   Judges    and listeners were impressed by their beautiful English. They also loved how much the students know and their good manners. How did they do so well? Huang and Gu told their language-learning secrets to Teens.  &amp;quot;Put yourself in a English environment,&amp;quot; said Huang Qing. &amp;quot;All my teachers speak...</description></item><item><title>How to speaking english??????</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSpeakingEnglish/kbgmd/post.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:41:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:842064</guid><dc:creator>fateh singh</dc:creator><description>hi guy&amp;#39;s ,        you tell me hoe to speak in english fastly?????????  -- fateh singh  --  (URL removed by mod)</description></item><item><title>Improve my english</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ImproveMyEnglish/krgwz/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:00:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:837085</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>hi,  my name is Shikha... i can write in english, but i cnt speak in english. i love to and i want to speak in english but i m scared of.. because of this am loosing my confidence. nowadays i keep quite because evrybody here speak in english but when i start speaking in english , i feel that i am not speaking correct. thats y i kept quite. I live in India. In this corporate world everybody speak in english and i m lacking in this.Please Sir/Mam help me in speaking english fluently which will increase my confidence level and will help me alot in getting success in my career.    thanks</description></item><item><title>Upgrade my fluency in pronounciation</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/UpgradeFluencyPronounciation/jpdrj/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:03:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:826260</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Hello,     i want to upgrade may fluency in speaking english especially in pronounciation. I already read in an english medium school (UK english) and a little bit knowledge in understanding english; however, i want to study in fluency as well in pronounciation of my english. Looking for a favourable response &amp;amp; guidence. Thank you!                                                                                              your&amp;#39;s</description></item><item><title>Re: How could we improve our speaking skills ?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCouldImproveSpeakingSkills/jzrc/post.htm#793922</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:06:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:793922</guid><dc:creator>yankee</dc:creator><description>Hi everybody!  Why don&amp;#39;t you all practice by making a short recording of yourself speaking English? Post your recording here in the forum, and then we can give you some feedback.   Sounds pretty good, doesn&amp;#39;t it? http://www.englishforums.com/fs/1245874075111.mp3.at.ashx</description></item><item><title>Re: Defining relative clause with participle and the 2nd person singular</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DefiningRelativeClauseParticiple-PersonSingular/jwzxk/post.htm#792762</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:03:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:792762</guid><dc:creator>alpheccastars</dc:creator><description>Alex: Here&amp;#39;s a bit more explaination on Mr. M&amp;#39;s valour   Your speaking German is cute.   Speaking is a gerund, and the subject (singular) in the sentence.  Your can be interpreted as either the subject of the gerund, or the possessive pronoun, modifying the noun.   Here is another example, but object, not subject:   He objected to my speaking English in the German class.</description></item><item><title>Re: HELLO</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Hello/wqhgj/post.htm#777814</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:26:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:777814</guid><dc:creator>twiggy gacy ramirez</dc:creator><description>Hello, I&amp;#39;m from Costa Rica, and I would like to be your friend, I&amp;#39;m Electronic Engineer, and I love speaking English.</description></item><item><title>Re: Are you looking for the perfect accent?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AreLookingPerfectAccent/jvjvc/post.htm#774258</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:59:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:774258</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
  
  
 Can you please make your question clearer? Did you mean to ask a question or were you just making a statement? 
 
 
  
  
 Hi. My question was about satisfaction or disatifaction with the accent one has when speaking English. Specific questions might be: 
  
 Are you looking to imitate a certain accent? Is that a native speaker accent? Do your teachers insist on getting you to speak in a certain way, after a certain model? If so, are you happy about that, etc?</description></item><item><title>Re: Try to save Vs Try Saving</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TryToSaveVsTrySaving/jdbvz/post.htm#772981</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:16:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:772981</guid><dc:creator>chiageraldine</dc:creator><description>Thanks for the help. This question was actually from one of the english tests i took for practice. I just got confused with the right answer provided. My answer was WAGES which I corrected to YOUR WAGES.   God bless everyone who posted their replies. Thank you!   By the way, how can i practice writing and speaking english well? Do you have any suggestions or books that i can buy so i always have handy information? I really want to learn to write and speak PERFECT english. If you may ask, I am a frustrated writer *blush*. I want to learn how to write in different styles, like creative, technical, editorial, etc etc etc but unfortunately, dont have the money to take courses. Sigh. I hope im not too old for that.   Anyway, thanks again....</description></item><item><title>Which building is it? or What building is it?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichBuildingBuilding/jcbmz/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:02:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:762013</guid><dc:creator>chenyincheng</dc:creator><description>I&amp;#39;ve always thought that I knew exactly what the distinction is between &amp;#39;what&amp;#39; and &amp;#39;which&amp;#39; until a couple of days ago when I came across a classroom situation which completely confused me. It was a conversation in an EFL textbook. Here is the part which confused me: 
  
 A asked B &amp;quot;Which building is it?&amp;quot; 
  
 B replied &amp;quot;It is a hospital.&amp;quot; 
  
 Can anyone tell me whether or not this is correct? Because if I was to ask about the same thing, I&amp;#39;d say &amp;#39;What building is it?&amp;#39; And I&amp;#39;d only use &amp;#39;Which building is it?&amp;#39; when I&amp;#39;m looking for a particular building, a department store for instance, and I&amp;#39;ve got so many buildings in front of me that I don&amp;#39;t know which one...</description></item><item><title>Re: How to speak english beautiful?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowSpeakEnglishBeautiful/cmjxq/post.htm#747034</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 14:17:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747034</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>I also have a problem of speaking english,especially in front of people.</description></item><item><title>Re: Who help me to teach me an english speaking skills..........&gt;?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhoTeachEnglishSpeakingSkills/wpmlj/post.htm#745562</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 15:14:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:745562</guid><dc:creator>alpheccastars</dc:creator><description>Hi Judith, welcome to the Forums.   We can help you with your grammar and writing in the forums.  If you do not write correctly, you will not speak correctly either. If you write dialogs, such as an interview with an interviewer, we can help you to perfect it. Although people will not see spelling errors in an oral interview, they may ask you to submit something in writing. Then you will need spelling skills, too.    You can practice &amp;quot;speaking&amp;quot; in the chat room, and you can invite people to join you. Sometimes the chat rooms only have learners, not native speakers.  Helllo...
  
 I&amp;#39;m here to  acquire   learn more knowledge (one does not learn knowledge!)  in  about to speak ing   English using   correct grammar because  ...</description></item><item><title>Re: Everyone wants to practice their English on me....?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryonePracticeEnglish/wkqlw/post.htm#722195</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 07:29:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:722195</guid><dc:creator>nona the brit</dc:creator><description>People who are learning English want to improve their skills by speaking English with me.</description></item><item><title>Re: "I spread the net and caught 3 fish at the same time."</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SpreadCaughtFishSame/wjcrj/post.htm#713141</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 13:10:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:713141</guid><dc:creator>mister micawber</dc:creator><description>.  1: &amp;quot;I cast  my net and caught 3 fish at the same time.&amp;quot;  2: &amp;quot;Sit on the back seat of the bike and I&amp;#39;ll  drive . &amp;quot; 3: &amp;quot; I don&amp;#39;t have a big vocabulary.  I might get stuck while speaking English.&amp;quot; 4:
&amp;quot;Can you pick up the baby? She&amp;#39;s crying. &amp;quot;  .</description></item><item><title>"I spread the net and caught 3 fish at the same time."</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SpreadCaughtFishSame/wjcrj/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 10:57:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:712972</guid><dc:creator>twilit02</dc:creator><description>My dear and respected teachers, 1: &amp;quot;I spread the net and caught 3 fish at the same time.&amp;quot; correct? 2: &amp;quot;Sit in the back seat of bike and I&amp;#39;ll drive the bike.&amp;quot; correct? 3: &amp;quot;My vocabulary is not large.I might get stuck while speaking English.&amp;quot; correct? 4: &amp;quot;Can you lift the baby up because she&amp;#39;s weeping?&amp;quot; OR &amp;quot;Can you babysit the baby because she&amp;#39;s weeping?&amp;quot; Which one should I use? Thanks in advance!</description></item><item><title>Re: How to speak fluency</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSpeakFluency/wgcjb/post.htm#698418</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:03:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698418</guid><dc:creator>goodman</dc:creator><description>Ramboo7, 
 For ESL learners, and I emphasize &amp;quot;ESL&amp;quot;, achieving the ability to speak English correctly and fluently is a great triumph which does not come easily. 
 To start with, one must master the grammar and be able to express thoughts and ideas logically in written form. The reason is, if an ESL learner has difficulty expressing his thoughts and ideas grammatically on paper, chances are, he won&amp;#39;t have the luxury to make corrections when he speaks. Speaking English fluently requires years of hard learning, practice and constant improvement. There are no quick tips or short cuts. But it&amp;#39;s possible.</description></item><item><title>Re: Help in understanding american accent</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpUnderstandingAmerican-Accent/wvkzj/post.htm#695379</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:48:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:695379</guid><dc:creator>dscene</dc:creator><description>Hi Sachin, I know what you mean about not understanding people at a high speed. It happens in every language, and can be frustrating. The best thing to do (as you probably already know) is to work on your listening skills (lots of practice) and also pronunciation skills. The better you are able to form and understand the sounds yourself, the easier you will find it to distinguish what others are saying. Another important point is to try to go into the conversation (the movie, the news broadcast, or whatever) with a sense of the context -- knowing basically what people are talking about. That way you don&amp;#39;t need to catch every word. Good luck. Dsense</description></item><item><title>Why English is so so hard??</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyEnglishIsSoSoHard/wvnzw/post.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:24:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:691670</guid><dc:creator>meriam</dc:creator><description>L et&amp;#39;s face it - English is a crazy language.  T here is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.  E nglish muffins weren&amp;#39;t invented in England.  W e take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.     A nd why is it that writers write but fingers don&amp;#39;t fing, grocers don&amp;#39;t groce and hammers don&amp;#39;t ham?     D oesn&amp;#39;t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?     I f teachers taught, why didn&amp;#39;t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats...</description></item><item><title>Re: Two dialects for me?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwoDialectsForMe/2/wdbpn/Post.htm#686638</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:39:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:686638</guid><dc:creator>kooyeen</dc:creator><description>After some time I began to wonder why it was so difficult for me to understand the commentator&amp;#39;s English. Then I realized that he wasn&amp;#39;t speaking English at all; he was speaking German!  Sometimes it happens the other way around: I wonder what language they are speaking, and then I realize it&amp;#39;s English, LOL. It can happen if you listen to some Scottish accents, or some other &amp;quot;unusual&amp;quot; accents (Nigerian, Jamaican, etc.). In the end it&amp;#39;s all a matter of what accents you are familiar with, and how familiar you are with the vocabulary that they use. Sometimes I notice I can understand more if I just focus on the topic and what they are talking about, instead of focusing on the syllables too. Sometimes focusing on...</description></item><item><title>Re: Two dialects for me?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwoDialectsForMe/2/wdbpn/Post.htm#686238</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:02:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:686238</guid><dc:creator>cool breeze</dc:creator><description>Hi Kooyeen 
 I&amp;#39;d like to tell you about what happened last night. I was watching a documentary on National Geographic Channel about an air disaster that happened in Los Angeles in 1986. It wasn&amp;#39;t until the program was almost over that I realized the speaker was a Brit. I was so immersed in the content that I paid no conscious attention to his accent. Of course the Americans who were interviewed had American accents. 
 It&amp;#39;s an American TV channel, I think. This made me think. How many times have I watched a program thinking I&amp;#39;m hearing American English even though I&amp;#39;m not. It may have happened before. A long time ago, I think it was in the late 80s, I was watching tennis on Eurosport. After some time I began to...</description></item><item><title>Re: Two dialects for me?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwoDialectsForMe/wdbpn/post.htm#683472</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:12:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:683472</guid><dc:creator>jossx</dc:creator><description>The best choice is to study received pronounciation because you&amp;#39;ll be understood wherever you go. In fact, BBC english is very posh and just lovely, yet they&amp;#39;re catchy. Several weeks ago, I was wondering what my english was like. I didn&amp;#39;t do so much practice on spoken english, so I decided to meet some contacts on yahoo and get started asap. The result? Horrible! The people couldn&amp;#39;t catch what I mean for a good time. I felt bad. My studying grammar came down hill when I realized so, however; I could confirm what many say around.  Practice does make perfect! :D and slowly with time I get to share some words over.  I discovered that I have a nice spanish accent, which I feel proud of it.The american said I didn&amp;#39;t lose...</description></item><item><title>How to improve in speaking?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToImproveInSpeaking/wcnwl/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:18:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681898</guid><dc:creator>xwaniex</dc:creator><description>hello, i&amp;#39;m waniey. i am very bad in speaking. i dont have confident because my grammar always wrong. can u give me some tips to improve in speaking english? and pls correct my grammar here. thank you.</description></item><item><title>Re: 'To' + 'ing'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToIng/2/cqpzq/Post.htm#681827</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:29:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681827</guid><dc:creator>goodman</dc:creator><description>Everything CJ has stated is correct.   “My approach toward  learning/ speaking  English is….. &amp;quot;       Not approach to learn / speak</description></item><item><title>Opening speech (Little DJ)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/OpeningSpeechLittleDj/wcljr/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:37:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681326</guid><dc:creator>vincent teo</dc:creator><description>If I want to be a little DJ, I would introduce a programme &amp;quot;English Day&amp;quot; to encourage all pupils to speak English. Can I start like this way: Good morning, everyone. I&amp;#39;m your little DJ, John. Today is English Day. We have to start speaking English every Tuesday. Let me introduce myself first. I&amp;#39;m John, from standard 6. Swimming and playing badminton are my favourite hobbies. During my free time, i would read more interesting books of adventure, scaries and investigating.  This is my partner, David. (David will introduce himeself) David, do you like singing songs? of course. Let&amp;#39;s us play some songs for our pupils. We got a few lovely songs. The first song is &amp;quot;Twinkle, twinkle, little stars&amp;quot;. The next song...</description></item><item><title>Re: 7 Tips for speaking English Fluently :)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/7TipsSpeakingEnglishFluently/wbjxk/post.htm#679424</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:58:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:679424</guid><dc:creator>ktsxanhbiec</dc:creator><description>thank you Jack ! I will share these tips with my friends who are learning English !</description></item></channel></rss>