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sadworm

原帖由 yen1988 于 12-10-2007 03:24 PM 发表


haha...but I will rather write than speak in eng.Unfortunately, the fact is when you go out to work,what you need is good eng to communicate with others and we seldom need to write. Thus, you ...

I work as a admin, it is really need to have a good writing and speaking skill to communicate with other. Especially in the meeting or issue a memo. Yes, I also rather write then speak. But, I really need to improve my listening and speaking. It is important for me in my future work.

恨

Well... do not be ashame of what you speak! do not be ashame of manglish as well
When i was studying in a language center, I have a Japanese classmate who bought a book with the title "Manglish". She was damn excited to learn it and discuss it with my English teacher whos originally from England. In fact, an English actually feels comfortable to our Manglish. He said Manglish always make a sentense sounds much more expressive.

In speaking, don't scare that you say the wrong thing as even if an english man would make mistake! They would use wrong tenses, words from time to time also.
Can't think of the word that you want to say? Marry-go-round it and explain in another way with similar meaning... that's no big deal. If your friend can understand you, you're doing fine!

darksider

You are learning english,you are afforded to make mistakes.

Learn to accept the errors you have made.

Never be shy and diffident IF YOU want to improve your speaking skill.

Do more reading will enhance your proficiency of english.

rioj

If you are a student, this is the best time for you to lay a solid foundation in the language. You learn from mistakes, that's how you improve. One can be a proficient writer of the language, yet feel tongue-tied when it's time to speak. I hope you realize speaking, let alone effective speaking, is a different skill-set all together.

I will share with you my learning experience. I used to read aloud (yes real loud, make sure you do it in solitude if you don't want unwanted stares from people ) any articles of interest. It has the beneficial effect of improving your pronunciation and diction (where to stress in a word of more than one syallable). Read some short stories or passages with the dictionary by your side so that you can look up those unfamiliar words quickly. If you're online, open up online webster dictionary (it's the only free online dictionary that I'm aware of).
Get together several English-speaking friends and start practising your speech. Let them know that you want to practise your English and ask them to correct you on the spot if you made any mistakes. You might feel self-conscious, but let me get this straight to you, one does not achieve anything by being shy. Feeling embarassed is part and parcel of the learning experience, but make sure you get over it quick.

That's all I have to share now...

海带公爵

wow~ so cool
can type English here
well, i hope to improve my English
so i hope you guys can correct my speech if i have made any mistakes
i often chat in MSN,
i think this is the only way i can "speak" in English with my friends

well,hopes that we can be friends and learn from each others
by the way,i'm  a secondary student

yen1988

Thank you all for the advices. ya...I think I should be more cheeky in order to speak in eng. It may not be easy but I will try.

darksider

Frankly,"You all" is another blunder in British English.
You is used in both singular and plural(second person).
If you are going to sit for any international english exams,you are allowed to use BrE/NaMe.However,you can only use one throughout the paper.(meaning if you use british english,all the words must be BrE,same goes to NaMe.)

See here for more information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%27all

yen1988

[quote]原帖由 海带公爵 于 13-10-2007 08:54 AM 发表

can type in English here
well, i hope to improve my English
so i hope you guys can correct my sentences if i have made any mistake
i often chat in MSN,
i think this is the only way i can "speak" in English with my friends

well,I hope that we can be friends and learn from each other


hello I hope that you will not mind that I point out your mistakes.Just to learn.You can correct my mistakes too...

yen1988

原帖由 darksider 于 13-10-2007 11:52 AM 发表
Frankly,"You all" is another blunder in British English.
You is used in both singular and plural(second person).
If you are going to sit for any international english exams,you are allowed to u ...

I see.So,what is the correct word to say 你们？

darksider

原帖由 yen1988 于 13-10-2007 11:59 AM 发表


I see.So,what is the correct word to say 你们？

If you are speaking in front of many people,just use the pronoun You.
Because you can be used in plural/singular form.

yen1988

原帖由 darksider 于 13-10-2007 04:14 PM 发表


If you are speaking in front of many people,just use the pronoun You.
Because you can be used in plural/singular form.

ok.thank you....

晨天

原帖由 darksider 于 13-10-2007 11:52 AM 发表
Frankly,"You all" is another blunder in British English.
You is used in both singular and plural(second person).
If you are going to sit for any international english exams,you are allowed to u ...

New thing i learns today
It is we should use "you" instead of "you all"

Haizzz
My exam getting nearer and nearer (can write like this or not?)
My writing skill still dont have any improvement
Every time I wanna cry when read my english essay thats return by teacher
I cant deny my writing skill is very bad
Grammatical mistake still occurs although i think twice before write
Sometimes, I really dont know when should I put 's' and when shoudnt(anyone can help me?)
Till now, i never wrote a perfect paragraph without mistake.
I just write what in my mind
My vocabulary is totally 0. I do not know how to change sentence or word
Hopefully I can polish my paragraph by more writing at here

Once again, please correct my mistake if I did

寂寞的边界

Exam is getting nearer
不懂对不对。。。

海带公爵

okay
thanks for telling
can i know how old are you?are you a student?

darksider

My exam getting nearer and nearer
-My exam is getting nearer(good english-My exam is imminent.)
*Present continuous- (is/am/are+ present participle)
Function-It shows action happenning at the moment of speaking.
Present participle-verb+ing

Every time I wanna cry when read my english essay thats return by teacher
-Thats is wrong.
-that's,apostrophe shows missing ha/i(that is/that has)
-that returned by my teacher is true.
(past simple)-it shows action happened and stopped.

Too many blunders in your reply...

You should first master your grammar first...it is a pity to us malaysian students,we hardly have  good english teachers in school.

I will teach you tenses later,im very tired now,gonna sleep.




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I am looking forward to receive your mail- WRONG
I am looking forward to receiving your letter.-CORRECT

WHY?See some logic here.
                     Noun
I look forward to the party.
I look forward to meeting you.

Both are nouns.Why meeting is noun?
Have you ever heard gerund?
Gerund is verbal noun.(verb+ing)
~Gerund is different with present participle.

           Noun
Pls stop the music.
Pls stop playin games.

I see the man.
I see him muttering there.


Read more articles,books,novels will enhance your vocabularies.
Do more exercises will do too.

Writing is a skill.
If i were you,i will not just start writing when i have chosen my title.

There are 3 steps to be done in writing.
1)Collection of points.
2)Rearrangement/Organization of points.
3)Start writing.

~~~~i hope my information is useful to you.if my help is further required,i shall be glad to oblige you.

[ 本帖最后由 darksider 于 14-10-2007 12:40 AM 编辑 ]

寂寞的边界

原帖由 darksider 于 13-10-2007 11:33 PM 发表
I am looking forward to receive your mail- WRONG
I am looking forward to receiving your letter.-CORRECT

I still don't understand from the sentence above.
It sounds weird to have "ing" after the word "to".
From the sentence above,  can I write it as "I am looking forward from your reply"?

[ 本帖最后由 寂寞的边界 于 14-10-2007 12:16 AM 编辑 ]

darksider

moon You dont get the formula i used?
Normally people think that after to must add a base form.(infinitive-to+base form)
But in this case,it is totally different.

See the logic here.

I look forward to the final.
The final is a noun,isn't it?

Therefore,I look forward to receiving from you.
receiving is a gerund.(Check the meaning of gerund.)

I look forward from your reply is wrong.
Why?
Look forward must be followed by a preposition "To".

So are you with me?(Do you understand?)

[ 本帖最后由 darksider 于 14-10-2007 12:05 PM 编辑 ]

yen1988

原帖由 海带公爵 于 14-10-2007 12:26 AM 发表
okay
thanks for telling
can i know how old are you?are you a student?

You are welcome.ya....I am a student,20 years old.

iLLuSiOn

hi, im a newbie here~~
and wish to join you guys conversation.

any constructive critique on my poor english are welcome


let me introduce myself
19/f/kl

iLLuSiOn

hi guys~
i have a question here

do you guys usually says "im 19 years old, or im 19-year-old"
any different between that 2 sentences?
and which is actually correct ?