First notebook entry: Introducing myself

I am currently not learning a language, I just want to improve my English, to raise my job chances (this is not gramatically incorrect and is often used informally in speech, but for writing or anything more formal, 'job prospects' would be more appropriate), and (conjunctions are a must in english) 'for communicating/to be able to communicate' ('for' is used to denote that the action is done with a specific purpose in mind, the purpose being that which 'for' modifies. Because the purpose is to communicate and not to be in a state where you are able to communicate, it sounds odd to say "for being able". 'for' always modifies a noun, the noun in this case being the act of communicating. 'to' however, in this context, is used to modify verbs. You could not say 'to being' but rather, as the other poster noted 'to be'. Because of semantic intricacies with this word, it is more accepted to say 'to be able' because it connotes that the purpose is to reach a state in which you are able to communicate.) with people from all over the world. Also, in my opinion (it is not necessary to the main meaning of the sentence and therefore is separated by commas), English is simply a fun language (unlike in german, if a clause is not directly related to another clause, they are written as two sentences). I come from Germany and learned English in school for 8 years. I  really like crafting; my newest hobby is sewing (both of these sentences are independent clauses and can stand alone, and therefore need a conjunction to connect them if using a comma. Generally they would just be written as two sentences, but if you want, you can use a semi-colon (;) to connect independent clauses). I like to watch movies and to meet friends, like most people do. For a couple years I have been watching (an alternative would be to say 'I have watched', but this enphasizes the indefinate past (as opposed to I watched, the definate past) while 'I have been watching' emphasizes the indefinate past and the present (watched being changed to watching causes this). In this case, you have watched english shows in the past and still watch english shows in the present, so to say 'I have been watching' is best) most movies and TV-Shows in english, (independant clauses are seperated with a comma. dependant clauses are often not) and it 'has really helped(indefinate past)/really helps(present)' me (I did not recognize that the verb help really doesn't directly act on the person who is being helped, but the thing that they are being helped with, untill I started studying german. In english the distinction is fuzzy, so you always want to include the indirect object (mir/me)) to understand common speech and several english accents. I hope that I meet tons of great people and have the opportunity to practise talking spontaneously in this community!

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

I am currently not learning a language, I just want to improve my English. I want to increase my future job prospects, and to be able to communicate with people from all over the world and in my opinion English is simply a fun language. I come from Germany and learned English in school for 8 years. I really like crafting, my newest hobby is sewing. I like to watch movies and to meet friends, like most people do. A couple years ago I started to watch most movies and TV shows in English and it really helped me to understand common speech and several English accents. I hope that I meet tons of great people and have the opportunity to practice speaking spontaneously in this community!