Frustrations i'm having with english
Hello, people! This is my first time trying to write completely in english.
My learning process started when i was 6 or 7 years old, with some basic classes in a school for blinds. A couple of years later, when i got a computer at home, i used the internet to improve what i learned before.
Right now, i'm feeling a bit stuck. My listening skills are very good. I can understand most of the things i want, including movies and series, youtubers and etc. I can even use english to learn another languages (that's what i'm doing for chinese). However, i still feel insecure when i have to speak or write. It's so frustrating. I hope the Italki comunity can help me.
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Frustrations I'm having with English.
Hello, people! This is my first time trying to write completely in Eenglish.I began it when I was 6 or 7 years old, with some basic classes in a school for the blind. A couple of years later, when Ii got a computer at home, Ii used the internet to improve what Ii had learned before.
Right now, i'mI feeling a bit stuck. My listening is very good. I can understand most of the things Ii want, including movies and series, youtubers and etc. I can even use Eenglish to learn other languages (that's what i'm doing for Cchinese). However, i still feel insecure whenI i have to speak or write. It's so frustrating. I hope the Italki community can help me.
Very well written! Please take care to CapItalIse when needed.
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Hi Wellington, this is Sonya. Your sentence structure, grammar and use of verbs in this notebook was excellent. I found almost nothing that needed correcting. Here are a few little improvements you could have made:
"community" should be spelled with two m instead of one m
"a school for the blind" is how we say it in the United States. I am not sure how other English speaking countries say it.
Some things needed to be capitalized. The pronoun I always needs to be capitalized (and also the contractions I'm, I'll, I'd, I've). Foreign languages need to be capitalized: Chinese, English, Portuguese, Spanish.
OK, that's it very corrections. Very impressive job writing in English!
I have a suggestion that could help make sure that other people will write corrections in a way that you'll be able to read them with your Screen Reader. I suggest that you write a few sentences that ask people to write corrections a certain way and explain the reason. Then on each of the notebooks that you write, you can copy and paste that request. You could write something like, "A special request: Could you please write your corrections using only the normal font in black? I use a Screen Reader because of a vision impairment (or "because I am blind", however you prefer to say it). The Screen Reader is not able to communicate that something is written in different colors, bold, italics, underlined or with letters that have been crossed out."
Have a great day!
~ Sonya
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Hi Sonya. I'm totaly blind. I use a Screen Reader which helps me to work with computers and smartphones. So, the best method for you to correct me is to put the correct word/expression in parentheses, since the voices can't recognise colour changes, bold, ETC. Thanks in advance.
Hey Phelipe! I try to practice as much as i can, but i'm not making big eforts on writing/speaking. IN other words, i'm being lazy :D. Oh, the first time i read the Half Blood Prince, i don't like to remember. It has the most sad scene of all the books.
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Hey, Wellington
I've been studying english for about 4 years and i know exactly what you're talking about, italki has helped me a lot and one of the most important things I've learned is that 'practice makes perfect'
so keep trying dude ;) and i can't deal with dumbledore’s death either lmao
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Hello Wellington, welcome to iTalki. The English you have written today looks very good. I see only a few very small changes to make.
Before writing any corrections, can I ask you a question? When you say that you took classes at a school for blinds, does this mean you have a vision impairment? If so, are there ways for iTalki friends to write corrections so that they will be easier for you to read? For example, when I write corrections I sometimes cross out words, write things in bold (darker, thicker letters), change the color of the letters or the backgrounds, or write things in parentheses. Would any of these methods be difficult for you to read? Do you have any suggestions about what would be the best way to write corrections?
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