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Where is the angel? =[
Is it really that hard to correct my English? I know if someone cares enough, it is manageable. The reason I can say that, is because I know it from my experience. I have worked with advanced learners of my native language, and it is actually easier to correct them because their mistakes are not difficult to miss. (You could say "not difficult to catch" or "difficult to miss" but saying "not difficult to miss" is an implied double negative, meaning you would miss their mistakes.) Or maybe I am just a bit of a perfectionist like I was told. I feel like no one is compassionate enough to help me, no matter how much I say it means to me. I feel really discouraged and frustrated.
I know I omit articles when I should use them, and sometimes I use them when I don't need them. I know I say things that are awkward sounding when I can phrase them better. From the moment that I let the wrong sentence leave my mouth ( What I mean by this is - from the moment I say something, I am just wondering if some expressions in my native language makes sense in English), I know that it sounded wrong.
I wish I were lucky enough to find someone to interrupt me and correct me. I am willing to work with teachers and tutors. The teachers I have worked with are great, but they don't seem to understand how desperate and serious I am about English. One teacher was offended when I said I understand everything she says and what she prepared for me?! Even though I asked her to stop me and correct me either when I say things <-either grammartically incorrect, or unnaturally phrased, I didn't get any feedbacks on my speaking. The other teacher told me I can't sound like a native speaker when I had an issue with pronouncing one little word. I was told that I sound similiar enough, but it wasn't satisfying for me at all. Is there anyone who's up to the task? That Someone who will be an angel sent from the heaven. I don't think I am asking for too much. All I want really is the corrections, and a little guidance to tweaking sentences so they can sound more natural. =[
I think you are doing really well.
One thing to bear in mind as you are learning, there are turns of phrase that will sound right to one group of english speakers but not another. The corrections Charlescuy made for instance with "the angel" sounds completely clunky and unnatrual to me, and yet we are both native English speakers. Another example is that in the south of america they might say "I did it on accident" but everywhere else in north america and Canada you would say "I did it by accident" instead. The difference between "on" or "by" grammatically is negligible, but each will sound 'wrong' to English speakers who aren't familiar with the other turn of phrase.
If you like, I would be happy to help you with some corrections, or even working on pernunciation. :)
Where is the angel? [I hate emoticons.]
Is it really that hard to correct my English? I know if someone cares enough, it is manageable. The reason I can say that is because I know it from my experience. I have worked with advanced learners of my native language, and it is actually easier to correct them because their mistakes are not difficult to miss. Or maybe I am just a bit of a perfectionist like I was told. I feel like no one is compassionate enough to help me no matter how much I say it means to me. I feel really discouraged and frustrated.
I know I omit articles when I should use them and I use them when I don't need them. I know I say things that are awkward-sounding when I can phrase them better. From the moment that I let the wrong sentence leave my mouth, I know that it sounds wrong. (What I mean by this is that from the moment I say something, I wonder if some expressions from my native language makes sense in English.)
I wish I were lucky enough to find someone to interrupt me and correct me. I am willing to work with teachers and tutors. The teachers I have worked with are great, but they don't seem to understand how desperate and serious I am about English. One teacher was offended when I said I understand everything she said and what she prepared for me! Even though I asked her to stop me and correct me when I say things that are either grammartically incorrect or that sound unnatural, I didn't get any feedback on my speaking. The other teacher told me I won't sound like a native speaker if I have an issue with pronouncing one little word. I was told that I sounded very similiar to a native speaker, but it wasn't satisfying for me at all. Is there anyone who's up to the task? That will be an angel sent from the heaven. I don't think I am asking for too much. [..asking too much... or ...asking a lot.Usually not ... asking for too much... I don't know why.] All I want really is that someone corrects my essays, and gives me a little guidance in tweaking my sentences so they can sound more natural. =[ [And I still hate emoticons.]
Jeez Louise you complain a lot. NO ONE speaks "perfect" English. Henry Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State, had a huge vocabulary, but he always had a very thick German accent.
Most language teachers will not correct every error you make, and that has actually been shown to NOT be the best way to facilitate learning of spoken language. My best advice is to keep looking for new teachers, and when you find one who challenges you in the way you want, stick with it.
Being from Korea, unless you heard a lot of English before age 5, you will probably never completely eliminate your foreign accent, but you will certainly get a lot better.
Last thing - are you really allergic to chocolate? If that is the case, you have my pity, and I will help you with your miserable life. I could imagine a world without Korea, bit a life without chocolate sounds horrible to me.
Where is the angel? =[
Is it really that hard to correct my English? I know if someone cares enough, it is manageable. The reason I can say that is because I know it from my experience. I have worked with advanced learners of my native language, and it is actually easier to correct them because their mistakes are not difficult to miss. Or maybe I am just a bit of a perfectionist like I was told (to be). I feel like no one is compassionate enough to help me no matter how much I say it means to me. I feel really discouraged and frustrated.
I know I omit articles when I should use them and I use them when I don't need them. I know I say things that are awkward sounding when I can phrase them better. From the moment that I let the wrong sentence leave my mouth ( What I mean by this is - from the moment I say something, I am just wondering if some expressions in my native language makes sense in English), I know that it sounded wrong.
I wish I were lucky enough to find someone to interrupt me and correct me. I am willing to work with teachers and tutors. The teachers I have worked with are great, but they don't seem to understand how desperate and serious I am about English. One teacher was offended when I said I understand everything she says and what she prepared for me?! Even though I asked her to stop me and correct me when I say things either grammartically incorrect or unnatural, I didn't get any feedback s on my speaking. The other teacher told me I can't sound like a native speaker when I had an issue with pronouncing one little word. I was told that I sound similiar enough, but it wasn't satisfying for me at all. Is there anyone who's up to the task? That Who will be an the angel sent from the heaven. I don't think I am asking for too much. All I really want really is the correction, and a little guidance to tweaking sentences so they can sound more natural. =[
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