The easy way
I never studied English in school (my mother thought that French was more sophisticated for a young girl).
I never wrote my articles in English (although I was a journalist, I wrote only for local daily newspapers).
I studied from time to time by myself , except for one English summer course in Ireland (I followed my son, at the time 13 years old).
All my life I dreamed of speaking, understanding, writing and reading English.
Here I am.
Now, in my sixties, I'm trying again, more seriously, to learn English. The big gamble has started one month ago, when I decided to take a long trip to the Usa and Canada.
I said to myself: you understand quite well written English, and you are able to speak about food, accomodations.... Yes, I said to myself, but you can't have a shred of conversation with anybody.
Since then, I started to watch movies, listen and watch talks on Ted.com, take some classes on Skype, read books in English and look for the last miraculous method to learn English.
Well, I can say that my English is improving day by day but I have a nightmare: the grammar and especially the "terrifying" negative interrogative form! When i see in one of my favorite tv series (Miss Fisher)'s Murder Mistieries) a subtitle like this: "Anyone home?" I feel full of hope: that's it? Therefore, I ask myself (and you): is it possible even to speak English the easy way?
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The easy way
I never studied English in school, as my mother thought that French was more sophisticated for a young girl.Although I was a journalist, I never wrote my articles in English as I wrote only for local daily newspapers.
I studied from time to time by myself , except for one English summer course in Ireland. I followed my son, who was at the time 13 years old.
All my life I have dreamt of speaking, understanding, writing and reading English.
Here I am.
Now, in my sixties, I'm trying again, more seriously, to learn English. The big gamble has started one month ago, when I decided to take a long trip to the Usa and Canada.
I said to myself, you understand written English quite well, and you are able to speak about food and accomodations.... Yes, I said to myself, but you can't have a shred of conversation with anybody.
Since then, I started to watch movies, listen to and watch talks on Ted.com, take some classes on Skype, read books in English and look for the last miraculous method to learn English.
Well, I can say that my English is improving day by day but I have a nightmare: the grammar and especially the "terrifying" negative interrogative form! When I see in one of my favorite TV series, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, a subtitle like this: "Anyone home?" I feel full of hope. That's it? Therefore, I ask myself (and you): is it possible even to speak English the easy way?
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There is hardly anything at all wrong with this.... I've corrected just a few things :) There may be one or two things I would have said differently but your grammar is not incorrect.
The easy way
I never studied English in school (my mother thought that French was more sophisticated for a young girl).I never wrote my articles in English (although I was a journalist, I wrote only for local daily newspapers).
I studied from time to time by myself , except for one English summer course in Ireland (I followed my son, at the time 13 years old).
All my life I dreamed of speaking, understanding, writing and reading English.
Here I am.
Now, in my sixties, I'm trying again, more seriously, to learn English. The big gamble has started one month ago, when I decided to take a long trip to the USAsa and Canada.
I said to myself: you understand quite well written English, and you are able to speak about food, accomodations etc.... Yes, I said to myself, but you can't have a shred of conversation with anybody.
Since then, I started to watch movies, listen and watch talks on Ted.com, take some classes on Skype, read books in English and look for the last miraculous method to learn English.
Well, I can say that my English is improving day by day but I have a nightmare: the grammar and especially the "terrifying" negative interrogative form! When i see in one of my favorite tv series (Miss Fisher)'s Murder Mistieries Mysteries) a subtitle like this: "Anyone home?" I feel full of hope: that's it? Therefore, I ask myself (and you): is it possible even to speak English the easy way?
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