(non native speaker) What is your English language level compare to the first time you come to the US?
396094
I came to this country at the age of 23, my only words in English were, THANK YOU and GOOD MORNING, I went to English as a Second language classes for four months and paid very closed attention to my surroundings, I also watched The Golden Girls every day (ha ha), it sounds very silly but nine years later my English is as good as it could be,(Spanish accent included)\n\nIt is wrong to say that emigrants are seeking for Americans to learn Spanish, we are really aware that this isn't our country, but since we came here pursuing a dream, we want to have the rights that paying taxes and contributing entitled us of.
45735
Practice, practice, practice!\n\nEnglish is my second language. I have been speaking fluent English for 7 years now. I am originally from Puerto Rico and it wasn't until I moved to the U.S. and found myself lost because I couldn't communicate that I was forced to learn the language. The more you practice and listen to others speak only in English, the more you will retain and learn it. \nI am now completely fluent and most people wouldn't even guess that English is my second language. ;)
1079822
Do you speak English?
649717
Listen Johnny Foreigner, get your info right and learn how to write English before you ask a question!!
211249
Twice.  First time was a mid-year test at school and we all concealed post-it notes in the folds of our school kilts\n\nSecond time was in my Spanish A-Level exam.  We were allowed to take dictionaries in so I wrote the grammar tables in the back of it.
508276
sorry i no speak american!!!! im english
572694
You are wise in your history.  YES! English did become the official language of the U.S. of A. by a one vote margin.
575733
Leveled for what? Your grammar is imprecise and so we cannot tell if you need a test of spoken fluency, vocabulary, grammar, or all three. Also, is it for beginning English speakers, or do you need a test that a beginning pre-service teacher can use relatively easily?\n\nDo keep in mind that any free test on the internet for this sort of thing will have questionable validity and reliability.
787004
i'd help them and assist them on the grammar and suggest ways they can improve on their english. just as long as they say a few simple words, i can usually understand what they are saying. sometimes, when i'm in central london i have tourists, who don't speak perfect english, come up to me and asking me to take a photo of them and i oblige. as for people, such as those who come to settle down in britain from other countries, who don't speak it well, i do commend them for trying, and yes i appreciate people who make the effort, whilst not patronising or being nasty to people of other cultures. it goes to show they are willing to learn and are prepared to learn a language, just so they can become better and all-round communicators and learners. i know that for some english is difficult- but it's never impossible. with practice and persistent learning, anyone and everyone can speak and pronounce english extremely well
942840
That depends on what tense you're using.\n\nAnd what language you're speaking.
98175
Depends on what country you were in and what country you are a citizen of.
1049059
Well this is my favorite question to answer! \nI lived in Germany for a year after studying German for 2 years.  Let me tell you when I stepped off the plane it felt like I had studied for about 10 minutes.  After about 3 months I had no problem holding a conversation with someone.  Everyone learns languages differently.  I know people who learned a language fluently in only 3 months, well others take longer.  But 10 years??  Maybe if you never go and live in a German speaking country.  I don't know if it's just the German language, but I have always found that it is easier to write than to speak.  Mind you, I'm also studying Spanish, and after only one year I find it's much easier to speak and learn than German.
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Speaking as an Englishman....\n\nAmericans visiting England CAN be stereotyped as noisy, brash and demanding. \nThat is not at all my experience of visiting Americans, who are generally courteous, considerate, and polite - unless of course they're here on a Preaching Mission. \n\nBecause of the media, most people in England believe that the US is all like New York or San Francisco. \n\nThis is about as accurate as imagining that all Englishmen wear a bowler hat. \nBowler hats are extinct outside of the ancient heart of the City of London, where they are increasingly rare. \n\nBecause so much English humour is based on irony, American humour often seems too obvious. (American soaps are predictable and formulaic.) \n\nIt can sometimes seem to an English person therefore that Americans are lacking in real humour.\nMisunderstandings are likely, where Americans think the English are bawdy or coarse, whilst the English think the Americans are being prissy. \nThis is a real cultural difference. \n\nOn the other hand, just about everyone in England loves The Simpsons, and most of the young want to go to New York. \n\nHowever, if your president is typical, it is evident that few Americans know much about the rest of the world. \n\nIf you think I'm wrong, try this: \nA while ago, I tried to name as many of the States as I could, and got 38. \nIf you're American, how many English counties can you name? \n\nBut maybe I should declare myself, and admit that although I've lived in Britain all my life, my grandfather was born in 1888 in a log cabin in Tawas, Michigan, built by his father. \n\nAnd maybe that's just typical of the way our histories are inextricably linked. \nAmericans and British are intrigued by one another. \nLong may that continue!
987908
Uh....\nI think you need to worry more about when you can get back in.   Something in those two questions is sadly lacking.....how about english?
1086978
My parents immigrated to the United States from India in 1991. I was four years old. I grew up in the U.S., but my culture still plays a huge role in my life. We still carry on all the traditional customs as they do in India.\nI learned the language very quickly because I was so young when we moved here. I did all my schooling in the US, so my English is very good.\nOne piece of advice I would give to a newly arrived immigrant is to try and find some people from their country. This will lessen the culture shock and will make them feel more at home. Also, these people will be able to help them out, as they have probably been in a similar situation.
732115
Oh, no. Since I came to this country I realized that. Even some Anglos asked me, the foreigner how to say something in their language. After that it is difficult to surprise me
639445
nothing! and god bless them!  when my ancestors came over they had to learn the English language to survive in this country.  the same should be true of the many Spanish immigrants we have today.  English is the official language of the USA and either choose to learn it or choose to go someplace else.