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Re: ask for information

"demand" is a strong word. I don't think anyone, native or foreign, will get very far with demands. Consider also that most learners are much more comfortable reading than listening to a foreign language, so I'm not sure how realistic this situation is, featuring as it does a...

Re: would classical novels help better than modern novels?

It all depends what you're interested in. Why not browse the offerings in your local book store or library?Do you want fiction? If so, adventure? mystery? romance?Non-fiction? If so, politics? history? science?I don't think the specific books make any difference. The same grammatical...

conversation: mistakes

Dear teachers, Would you please help me correct this sentence? He has an appropriate knowledge and way of thinking that helps him have a sensible conversation. These are my views: vocabulary: a) is "appropriate" wrong here and should be replaced by "sufficiant" ? b) is...

Re: IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY WITH 5 WORDS A DAY

It appears easy. Learn five words a day and you'll have a wide vocabulary. But you must not forget that you'll forget a lot of words you've learned earlier. So it's not so easy as you think.

IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY WITH 5 WORDS A DAY

Vocabulary is easy! How many days in a year are there? 365, normally (on Earth).If you learn only 5 new words a day, you will learn 5 x 365 = 1,825 new words in a year. ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE WORDS. That is a lot of new words. And we are not counting all the other words you...

Re: please correct my sentences

Your grammar is okay, but your use of "vocabulary" isn't quite right. 3000 words isn't 80% of the (entire) vocabulary -- that would imply that there are only 3750 words in total. However, this core of 3000 words are 80% of the words used in normal conversation. (We won't...

Re: I Want To Be Fluent English Speaker How Please?

Hello to all, I believe that to learn English depends of the interest of individual and depending of the English knowledge you wanted to learn. like for instance, if you want to speak English all you have to do is to listen very carefully to some tools such as CD, DVD, tapes etc. either audio...

Do you recommend conversation courses?

Hi I don't have a problem in English at all (I did vey well in TOEFL), my problem is actually is SPEAKING in English. My vocabulary is quite good but sometimes when speaking I feel that words just run out of my mind.. and as a graduate student this is really embarrassing for me. I lack the...

How to remember all the vocabulary and use them well?

I certainly have trouble to remember things. Were I to encounter too much of the vocabulary, chances are that I'll forget them shortly after, about one or two days, or maximum, one week. I cannot even use them in conversation since all the complex vocabulary vanish when I have recouse to them,...

How can a non-native English speaker improves his accent

Hi friends greetings to you all Is it really important that a non-native English speaker should speak almost(99%) like that of a Native English speaker.I mean the ACCENT.Or is it OK if a non-native was good in pronounciation,fluency,vocabulary and grammar.Which is really...