My experience learning English (Correct me, please)
I’ve been studying English for four years. But I must confess: I didn’t study like I should. I know to read and write basically, but I don’t feel me secure to maintain a conversation with a native “face to face”. So, when I signed in Italki, I decided that I will dedicate more and I will improve my English. I don’t have time enough to dedicate every day, but I’d like to enjoy each free moment to contact with natives and practice the language. I’m so shy. I think this is the bigger difficult that forbid me speaking better.
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My experience learning English (Correct me, please)
I've been studying English for four years. But I must confess: I didn't study . I know the basics (or fundamentals) of reading and writing, however, I feel insecure when having a conversation with a native face-to-face. When I began using iTalki, I decided that I would dedicate myself to improving my English. Though I do not have time to practice every day, I'd like to use each free moment I have to practice the language with natives. My main issue is that I'm very shy. I think this is the reason that's barring me from improving my speaking skills.
Hi, Tamires. I think your English is great. Here's a correction I wrote up for you. I think most of the areas you're stumbling on are verb usage and colloquial phrases. Keep up the good work!
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My experience learning English (Correct me, please)
I’ve been studying English for four years. But I must confess: I didn’t study like I should. I know to read and write, basically, but I don’t feel secure enough in my English to maintain a conversation with a native “face to face”. So, when I joined Italki, I decided that I would dedicate more [effort? time? energy?] to improving my English. I don’t have enough time to dedicate every day to practicing, but I’d enjoy using my free moments to contact natives and practice the language. I’m so shy. I think this is the biggest difficultly preventing me from speaking better.
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I understand and sympathize. It is really quite intimidating to speak with a native.
What really helped me in Germany with German (when I couldn't understand the native speakers) was having conversations with the students from the middle east and South America who didn't speak English but spoke German. That way, we had the same amount of words (more or less) and also couldn't cheat by going back to our native languages.
And I'd be more than happy to speak English with you sometime!
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