My first entry: warming up on this italki thing
Well, after a few days on this website, finally I can write my first entry. Why am I here? Basically, because I want to improve my English spoken skills. I mean, really improve.
You learned English at school, you got good marks and now you think you know English. That's what you think. And one day you decide to go to an English speaking country.
And when you are there, you have to check if you have got the right fligh. Because you don't understand almost anything. I think it is pretty easy to achieve a "survival" level, that allows you to deal with everyday life situations. The most difficult is to achieve that desired advanced level, which allows you to be among native English speakers without seeming to be in a tennis match (quiet and just turning your head from right to left, trying to follow them).
So many things... Let's relax and take it easy :)
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My First Entry: Warming up on Italki
Well, after a few days on this website, finally I can write my first entry. Why am I here? Basically, because I want to improve my English-speaking spoken skills (spoken English skills). I mean really improve. real improvement here.
You learned English at school, you got get good marks and now you think, you know English. That's what you think And until one day you decide to go to an English-speaking country.
When/As soon as you are get there, first you have to check if you have got the right flight or not. Because you don't understand almost anything. I think it is pretty easy to achieve a "survival" level of speaking English that allows you to deal with everyday life situations. The most difficult thing is to achieve the desired advanced speaking level, which allows you to be among native English speakers without seeming to be like a person in a tennis match, who remains quiet and just turns his or her your head from right to left trying to follow them in an attempt to imitate others.
There are so many things to be done. Let's just relax and take it the things easy.
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Haha :) I agree so much! I consider myself a fluent English speaker. I've lived and worked speaking only English for half a year, even having dreams in English. And STILL when I'm with my friends from the UK, I sometimes find it IMPOSSIBLE to understand what is going on - I guess especially when it comes to English slang and weird idioms, it's hard to be fluent :) For that I love the urbandictionary.com
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So true... and Spanish accent is usually so recognizable!
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"seeming to be in a tennis match" hahaha or sounding like a potatoe because people can't understand your accent.
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My first entry: warming up on this italki thing
Well, after a few days on this website, I can finally write my first entry. Why am I here? Basically, because I want to improve my English spoken skills. I mean, really improve.
You learned English at school, you got good marks and now you think you know English. That's what you think. And one day you decide to go to an English speaking country.
And when you are there, you have to check if you have got the right flight. Because you don't understand almost anything. I think it is pretty easy to achieve a "survival" level, that allows you to deal with everyday life situations. The most difficult thing is to achieve that desired advanced level, which allows you to be among native English speakers without seeming to be in a tennis match (quiet and just turning your head from right to left, trying to follow them).
So many things... Let's relax and take it easy :)
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