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English Studying

01/22/2013 3:56 AM

i am a chinese girl. my spoken english is not good. i want to improve my english, somebody can make friends with me and help me improving my english? besides, i can teach you chinese. we can improve together. thanks.
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01/22/2013 4:09 AM

English is an odd language, in that is can be misused and abused, and the meaning still comes through. Most native English speakers make allowances when someone who is not a native English speaker tries to use it, as happens with many other languages when an English speaker tries them. Some ideas:

  • Are English radio programmes available locally, perhaps, such as the BBC World Service? The pace of the speech is slower and the style of the speech clearer on the World Service than that in normal use, which gives the listener whose native tongue is not English a better chance at understanding it.
  • What internet-based English speech services are available locally? Here, most of the home broadcasting stations offer audio- and video-streams over the internet, enabling people to stay in touch with things at home while overseas.

The best thing to do is keep trying.

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01/22/2013 4:55 AM

is it

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01/22/2013 5:01 AM

Why the red face? A perfect example of language abuse yes? :-)))
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01/22/2013 5:06 AM

Quite. The language was slightly wrong and the meaning came through despite the error, which is a useful illustration and perhaps a confidence-builder for the original poster. Even native English speakers get it wrong sometimes.

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01/22/2013 4:33 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Corner

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01/22/2013 7:22 AM

Hello Mandy

It sounds great!

I can teach you English and you can teach me Chinese. You can send me your questions and I will respond to you.

Thank You.

Enjoy your day.

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01/22/2013 7:28 PM

ok, good, thank you. we can communicate through msn or QQ, which one do you have?
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02/04/2013 12:23 AM

There are lot of institutes available online if you want to learn spoken english then you should try those institutes...& tell me firstly where are you from???
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02/04/2013 12:54 AM

Hi,

I am from China.
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