By Translation, Learning English

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...

My advice would be to avoid getting into disputes such as this on forums. Learning English is not a competition between the learners. You'll just get dragged into a fairly pointless argument, exchanging insults, and wasting your time. To comment on the passages you posted. 1. I certainly don't...

Dear members, I am a Dutch scholar in my exam year of grammar school. Upcoming Friday I need to have sent in all my application papers for university. I saw the excellent help offered by all of you to correct motivation letters and give advise. I just finished my motivation letter and I would...

Pucca wrote:Hello!Thanks, I think I am starting to understand, but, what would be translation of "Ya he entendido"? I know, I don't have to think in Spanish while learning English but seems that there isn't a way to translate it, is it?Thanks in advance!"Ya he entendido". What does this sentence...

Hello!Thanks, I think I am starting to understand, but, what would be translation of "Ya he entendido"? I know, I don't have to think in Spanish while learning English but seems that there isn't a way to translate it, is it?Thanks in advance!

Hi KooyeenIf you wanted to sound like a German who is learning English and still making mistakes, you could say:"MrPedantic is from Venice, or?" That would be an overly direct translation of German, and not typical English..I'm sure you already know that direct translations often don't work or...

Englishuser wrote: Hi MrPedantic, You wrote: Besides which, many of the books native speakers read when learning English are translations Yes, but we need to keep in mind that people might be learning other languages than English as well. For instance, Anon might be a student of French. If...

Dear Hena, First of all, thank you very much for taking time to deal with my post. Yes, most of the time you need to be surrounded by native speakers in order to acquire a new language. This tends to be the case when people move to another country at a young age. Some people also acquire a...

Anonymous wrote: I'm Anon2. This thread is finally moving into interesting territory for the teaching/learning of English. What Anon1 seems to be implying is that NO categories can be assumed to be cross-linguistically valid. For instance, this comment: "Whereas when you claim that Thai...

It just take time. I am a non-native speaker of English. I started learning English seven years ago; during first few years I was unable to understand English directly. I needed to translate it in my native language. Then I started to understand many things without translation as I got familiar...