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My first notebook entry
Hello everybody,
I am a Chinese and I am learning English now. I just moved to the Netherlands two months ago as my husband works here. I really want to improve my English, especially oral English because I am so hesitantte to speak out. I am also very willing to teach you Chinese and introduce Chinese culture to you. I like reading and travelling and I am curious about different cultures. So our conversation could be related to many different aspects. If you are interested in communicating with me, please feel free to contact me!
Best regards,
Meng
Hi Meng, your written English is excellent. You've only made a few little mistakes. In the UK we say: I am British, I am Scottish, I am English, I am Chinese and so on.
Also in the sentence beginning: I just moved to.... We use the definite article 'the' before some countries' names, e.g. I just moved to the UK, I just moved to the USA, I just moved to the People's Rebulic of China,but we also say: I just moved to Holland, I just moved to Britain, I just moved to China, I just moved to America. I'm not sure of the grammar rule behind these differences, perhaps 'the' is used with the more official or formal name of a country.
With the sentence beginning: 'I really want to improve my English...'. You should use the adjective, 'hesitant' instead of the verb 'hesitate'.
These are very minor mistakes. If your spoken English is as good as your written English then you will have no problem improving very quickly.
Good luck.
Bye for now.
Neil.
My first notebook entry
Hello everybody,
I am a Chinese and I am learning English now. I just moved to Netherlands two months ago as my husband works here. I really want to improve my English, especially the oral English aspect because I am so hesitate to shy to speak it out. I am also very willing can to teach you Chinese and introduce about Chinese culture to you. I like reading, and travelling and I am curious about different cultures. We will have many things to talk about. So our conversation could be related to many different aspects. If you are interested, in communicating with me, please feel free to contact me!
Best regards,
Meng
Very good. You must have a very good teacher. As you can see there are still some rough parts that you need to learn that cannot be learnt in a classroom.
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