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Amy.come on
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 Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:01 am Post subject: will you be revoltive? |
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Hi, I am a Chinese girl .In China ,we recieve English education from junior high school,even elementary school.However ,mostly student can not speak English flunently ,or just chinglih including me!!.we do a good job on english exam.Sometimes ,it really make me down. I know it is time for me to change way in learning english. Therefor, if you are a English native speak,the person whom you are not kown at all come up to you to make friends with you .Will you be revoltive to him or her.That is what i am going to do .As there are some forein student in my university,i hope i can be study partner with them.Please tell me your feelings ,if you are a forien student in another country or English native speaker.It will be much appreciated.
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:21 am Post subject: Re: will you be revoltive? |
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| Amy.come on wrote: |
| Therefor, if you are a English native speak,the person whom you are not known at all come up to you to make friends with you .Will you be revolted by him or her.That is what i am going to do. |
It depends on the situation. If you walk up to some foreigner and say "Hi, do you speak English? Please be my friend because I want to practice English with you," it would be very rude. A better way is to try to be helpful, especially to tourists. Now is especially a great chance to practice your English as you help tourists coming to see the Olympics!
For example, when I was sightseeing in Tokyo, 2 college students came up to me at the entrance to a famous tourist attraction to offer to give me a guided tour for free. It was a chance for them to practice their English and it gave me a chance to learn more about the place than I could from exploring by myself. A win-win situation! And when I went to Nara (near Kyoto), the city tourism office had organized tours that offered the same thing: college students studying English giving free tours to visitors.
You can try the same thing. If someone offers to pay you, you should say "No thank you. It is my pleasure to show to beauty of my city to visitors." They will leave with a very positive experience of your home town.
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Amy.come on
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: thank you so much |
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What a great idea,in fact ,i wont be frank to come up to them .but i dont think i have enough courage to do that ,but i will try .i am afraid i will be too nervous too speak a word,I t ia true ,when i speak with my foreign teacher,i cant speak as flunently as uaual.i really appreciate what you told me.
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rice07
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:13 am Post subject: Re: will you be revoltive? |
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| Bob S. wrote: |
| Amy.come on wrote: |
| Therefor, if you are a English native speak,the person whom you are not known at all come up to you to make friends with you .Will you be revolted by him or her.That is what i am going to do. |
It depends on the situation. If you walk up to some foreigner and say "Hi, do you speak English? Please be my friend because I want to practice English with you," it would be very rude. A better way is to try to be helpful, especially to tourists. Now is especially a great chance to practice your English as you help tourists coming to see the Olympics!
For example, when I was sightseeing in Tokyo, 2 college students came up to me at the entrance to a famous tourist attraction to offer to give me a guided tour for free. It was a chance for them to practice their English and it gave me a chance to learn more about the place than I could from exploring by myself. A win-win situation! And when I went to Nara (near Kyoto), the city tourism office had organized tours that offered the same thing: college students studying English giving free tours to visitors.
You can try the same thing. If someone offers to pay you, you should say "No thank you. It is my pleasure to show to beauty of my city to visitors." They will leave with a very positive experience of your home town.
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Hi Bob S.
I couldn't agree with you more. That's the way it should be.
Hi Amy.come on
To master English, in my view, there's no crash course for it; it takes time. To the best of my knowledge, taking me for instance, the first time when I talked to a foreigner in English was embarrassed, because I couldn't remember what, at that moment, I was trying to say, was prepared in advance for the use in case of meeting English speaker, until the man was gone. Moreover, in fact, I've been trying my hardest over English learning. I'm often fond of saying- During my difficult time for English learning, it was frustrating, even when I'd been spending at least 4 hours a day consecutively learning English for one and a half years, that, to my shame, I wasn't able to comprehend what the BBC radio said yet while I was listening to it. Thing like that, you know, really makes me feel a bit low, but I realize the principle- Rome wasn't built in a day. Whereas, when my ability of English was not even as good as expected at coversing and listening , I was yet keeping my nose to the grindstone. Tipping point and right approaches were the key. It was one day in the wake of my persistent attempts to have a good command of English that I found I understood more of , though not fully, what the BBC radio said while listening to it. The enjoyment is beyond description, which you need to experience it at first hand. As a man sows, so shall he reap. Now I'm much better with my English, although there's still quite a long way for me to go. So always keep the motto ' hang in there ' in mind and bring your duties into effect, then success will open its door for you. 
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ChuckAD
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English is my second language and I live in a place where the opportunities to practice speaking skills do not come around all that often unless you live in one of the two or three big areas of the province.
Anyway, what helped me with fluency is seeking every opportunities to speak English without pushing too far. What I mean by that is that you should look forward to interaction and try not to focus on shyness or embarrassment: you have to start somewhere. Most of the time, people you will interact with will be very comprehensive about it.
Another thing that helped me with fluency is music... Music is basically my life, so I guess I like to sing. It helps with the rhythm of the English language, the pronunciation, etc... It's good practice, it's easy to do, and you'll enjoy it for sure since you'll be singing songs that you like. The only thing left to do then is being able to express your own thoughts. |
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