Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums

[jish]

It is not so easy for foreigners to learn English.
Because we don't use them in our lives.
The words and expressions are different from ours.
However, we have to study English.
Because it is global language.
We can't travel without knowing English.
So we have to study English.

[BakaGaijin]

Ah. I think that is a given idea. Ah.. that's why there are people like me who teach English to people who don't know or understand it...
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I'm Kevin Tillman.
Japanese Exchange and Teaching ALT

[lin12345]

The teachers often said that study hard ,then you will graps it!
it is said easily, but it is very diffcult to do .
Becaue we just stay in the place that is just need native language in day .And no people would talk with me in English . If I talk with people in English when I want, we must pay for the money to goto Nova ..
however English is very important to our ,we must study hard , do out best to grasp it .

[BakaGaijin]

Studying will not make you learn it. Using it and practicing with someone will help much more than just sitting there staring at your text book and papers.
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I'm Kevin Tillman.
Japanese Exchange and Teaching ALT

[wolfstone]

Unfortunately, there are a whole lot of people who don't have many opportunities to practice the oral skill out of the classroom. Many of us have been obliged to learn English, but nobody had explained us how we can speak it. After years wasting the time, we realize that the only way is to begin again and make for an English-speaking country.

Well, I hope this is solved soon.

[BakaGaijin]

I'm a teacher of the Spoken part of the language. I only use books and classroom education untill they have a basic grasp of english and then I take them out on field trips to places English speakers are(Hotels, Restraunts, Theaters, Airports, ect) and have them practice. I've even been known to take them to the homes of people I know(other native english speaks who speak the national language as well) to test them. I'm not sure how I would fair as a teacher of the written language, but I'm sure I would figure something out.
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I'm Kevin Tillman.
Japanese Exchange and Teaching ALT

[oinrocinu]

I suppose that it's more difficult to learn and teach English in a country with other mother tongue. When you are in class, everybody speaks English but, out of there, you have to find places like this one if you want to practise it.

[seamier]

i am trying my best to find the best effective way to grasp this language though i also lack of the practice environment. who can help me by giving me some advice on it.

[natty]

I have learnt English for 9 years.So, I should get well in English language but in real life I am bad at English.I can read,writ but I can't listen and speak English. Ithink it because of myself. I have never interested and tried to learning English.SO I don't pay attention in it. In my daily life, I don't use English so i'm not good speaking and listening skill. What should I do?

[Cayenne]

English is, honestly, a difficult language to learn. It's my native language, so I never had to learn it in school, but I know that it can be very hard to learn, because I know many people who have had to learn English as their second language. Learning basic communication skills is easy enough, but perfecting the grammer and all that stuff is rather difficult.

I too hate it when you are trying to learn a language but have nobody to speak it with. I study Spanish in school, but I have nobody to speak it with, so it's difficult for me to learn, memorize and improve.

I'd reccommend just finding another student at school you could practice speaking with, and also trying to listen to English TV and reading English books, websites and newspapers. It's not as good as learning it in a country where it is the official language, but it surley helps.

Good luck.
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