I am a Chinese gril. I have worked for almost 4 years since I graduated.Now I am eager to improve my spoken English, so I attended an English training school. But it seems that all my efforts are in vain. I feel very frastrated! you kown,I don't have any friend who is a native speaker,and I don't need to use English during my daily work. Please give me some suggestions about English study. Thank you!
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use a program called Talk to desktop
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Hi,\nHebrew as a second language...interesting.  I am multi-lingual and have noticed things about learning new languages.\n\nYou have already been supplied answers like:\n\n1) study\n2) immersion!!\n3) CD's, books, teachers\n4) speak to survive!\n5) stoned?\n\nThese suggestions are rated here:\n\n5 is useless...it just makes you think you're learning something when you're just wasting time.\n\n1 & 3 have been know to work but not rapidly.\n\n2 & 4 both work and work rapidly.  \n\nNow how to get there.  The language you intend to learn is of no consequence;  that is these concepts work with any language.\n\nLearning through chat rooms will gain you nearly nothing.  \n\nBeing younger is a distinct advantage.  If you are between 5 and 8 you will probably learn faster than those of other ages. \n\nYou need to live daily with those that exclusively speak your intended (new) language.  Having a person that speaks your native language fluently around is as much a hinderance as it is a benefit.  Optimally you'll have limited access to this person but have constant access to those who are only familiar but not fluent in your native language.  This forces you to do some of the language thinking.  Thinking in the new language helps you learn.  If you think you can learn without speaking out loud you are missing a large portion of the language learning process as well.  You need to say things out loud to people who will be attempting to understand you.  If they do, then you have positive reenforcement that will reward your efforts...and negative reenforcement for confusing or unclear communication.  When you mangle a sentence in your new language (which you will) you may see the listener wince telling you that you made a mistake.  This immediate feedback is most valuable in your learning.  Acceptance of your sentence and understanding from the listener is both rewarding and immediate and helps you learn that much faster.\n\nAfter you find yourself thinking in your new language, you are on your way.  Speak out loud, practice saying things that you hear, these are the two things that children constantly do that adults find annoying but are necessary for rapid learning.\n\nOops...I didn't mean to write another book.\n\nGood luck in your Hebrew endeavor.  I hope you're not just entering this lightly (e.g. because this cute guy is taking Hebrew too xP ) but ready for a lifelong commitment to knowing and understanding a new language and culture.
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Hey Al, are you talking seriously? Where do you live? My question is because, if you live in the United States, there are thousands of academies, institutes, schools and the like, where you can study English either paying or free. But if you live outside the U.S. it's a different story. Where do you live now? (someone should translate this for you.)
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Someone needs to worry less about other people's grammatical skills and more on their own READING skills. You are in violation of the forum rules. This is not the place for your high and mighty soap box routine. Did you ever stop to think for a minute than some of the 'posters' may write or speak 'English' as a second language? You have no idea of the educational or economical backgrounds these people come from. Mine is just as limited as yours. My friend, it looks like you may need help with practicing/learning good manners. I can go on and on about about the flaws I observed in your 'question' but I won't. Consider yourself chastised. (I don't think posting this 'question' made you feel any better about your own short comings did it? What did you 'really' gain from it? Probably nothing. LOL)
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Some people are not very friendly but most should at least be fairly neutral. It's the communication problems that normally put people off rather than any acutal unfriendliness; it's hard to build up any kind of meaningful relationship or friendship with someone if you can't understand each other as a large part of it is based on communication and conversation. If you can get a dialogue going you're probably in with a good chance. Should the first people you try not want to know, just ignore them and move on.\n\nStill, your english skills seem quite good (far, far better than most british people's chinese proficency, that's for certain)...... heck by the look of the internet it's better than a lot of so-called native english "speakers" :-) so good luck.
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Retaining a learned language is hard when your skills are not put to practice. But you have many solutions available. Go to Japanese chat rooms. Do NOT be embarrassed by grammar mistakes etc. they will be more than happy to correct you as well as help you. People generally enjoy telling people how to say things correctly! \nAlso, watch Japanese television programming on your basic cable. If that is not on your cable package, see if you can upgrade to get that channel. Put the enthusiasm back into the language by making the effort. Also, you can join a club in your area like a culture club as well as attend classes at community college.\nWhen you talk out loud to yourself, and we all do, say it in Japanese.\nI wish you luck on this. Please keep the language, you worked hard to attain it!!
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The English language is very complex, and anybody who attempts to learn it is anything but lazy. Don't emphasize what you don't know yet.  Every English speaking person has idioms, words, and grammar that they have yet to master. It is the nature of the beast. This language has enough intricacies to keep you learning for a lifetime.
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First of all, make sure that she speaks english as much as possible.  You might want to look into hiring a tutor.  I would ask around at colleges, and find someone who is either studying education or english, as they might be willing to tutor for less than someone who is already a professional.  It might also be useful to have her read a lot of books (just try and pick ones that don't use too much slang or old english), since this can often help people recognize better how to put sentences together.\n\nYou also might want ot see if there are any English as a Second Language classes being offered where she lives.
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get yourself one of those learning cassete tapes or cds.\nalso, get a dictionary that translates whatever your language is into english, like the Chinese-English dictionary.\nLook up any english word in the dictionary and try using one word for everyday.\nget used to the language and watch English movies, first with subtitles then next without.\n\nhope i helped!\nsorry for the long answer!\ngood luck!\n:D
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Hi there, this is Rakesh and I'm from India. I have been training and teaching the English language for more than 13 years now. I'd be delighted to be of assistance. You could reach me at arakuvalley@gmail.com. Cheers!
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I have a few ideas that I think would be good possibilities for you.\n\nFor instance, many ESL students graduate with good reading and writing skills but their listening and speaking skills are not good enough for effective verbal communication with native English speakers.\n\nMy company has developed a unique line of English pronunciation software programs that can help ESL students fully develop their English listening and speaking skills.  \n\nMore and more schools are incorporating accent reduction classes as part of their offerings.  In fact the TOEFL has just changed to add a speaking section.  \n\nI would love to discuss this with you.  My company would also be happy to help you conduct a study that incorporated English pronunciation software.  You can contact me through the contact information on my website (www.AccentMaster.com).\n\nSteve Bo
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Good for you.\n\nCome to China and teach English.\n\nPeanutz it was a joke!
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You are studying English? Too funny. If you improve greatly, maybe you could teach it or work for a publisher of books or magazines. You might be able to get a job as an editor. But you need much more hard work and study before you are ready for any of that.
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Consider yourself blessed to be able to speak good proper English --- when my friends and i hire people, how they speak is right at the top of the list.\n\nDon't let your peers prevent you from living a better way of life.
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For a non-native speaker, your spelling and grammar are much better than most I have seen here :_)\n\nKeep it up. Maybe try to join a conversational English class. You will likely get more exposure to the slight nuances,slang, and day to day expressions that make up\nthe majority of daily speach. The thing to learn about english is, very few words are spelled like they sound, and there are three exceptions for every rule.\n\nI can't believe anyone can learn it.
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From your question and explanation, I can tell you that you have better english than half of the people who post questions on here. They make no sense, their grammar sucks and their spelling is horrible. If you want to improve your accent, well that only happens with practice. Speak as much as you can, and it will get better and better, but let me tell you that some foreigners keep their accents forever. Don't be discouraged though, accents are cute and can even be sexy :o)
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Start by taking English classes.  I am not being mean, just pointing out that it is difficult to understand you.  It will help if you can speak the language.