A few words about me and my language learning
My name is Nicole and I'm 17. My parents are from Poland but I was born and raised in France in the Paris region, where I still live today. Thus, French is my native language, but I am also fluent in English.
I am learning English for seven years now, and I believe it is of a paramount importance to be able to speak it nowadays as it opens a lot of doors, both professionally and culturally, as we can connect with people from all around the globe thanks to it. Besides, I would like to work abroad in the future, like in Canada or in the United States. But I also really appreciate the English language itself, and more particularly the British accent, even if I struggle every time to understand it! I am taking English additional courses in my high-school that I find very interesting as they deal more with English-speaking countries culture, history but also current events than just learning the language, which enables me to enhance my knowledge on some topics and expand my vocabulary at the same time.
Furthermore, I am also learning Spanish in school for five years, as well as Polish, that I used to learn in a Polish school when I was younger, but that I unfortunately lost a bit due to a lack of practice. Finally, I started learning Russian on my own: it is a language I find really beautiful and pretty akin to Polish so it is not that difficult for me to learn.
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A few words about me and my language learning
My name is Nicole and I'm 17. My parents are from Poland but I was born and raised in France in the Paris region, where I still live today. Thus, French is my native language, but I am also fluent in English.I have been learning English for seven years now, and I believe it is of a paramount importance to be able to speak it nowadays as it opens a lot of doors, both professionally and culturally, as we can connect with people from all around the globe thanks to it. Besides, I would like to work abroad in the future, perhaps in Canada or in the United States. But I also really appreciate the English language itself, and more particularly the British accent, even if I struggle every time to understand it! I am taking English additional ENglish courses in my high-school that I find very interesting as they deal more with the culture, history but also current events of English-speaking countries than just learning the language. These classes enable/help me to enhance my knowledge of some topics and expand my vocabulary at the same time.
Furthermore, I have been learning Spanish in school for five years, as well as Polish. I used to go to a Polish language school when I was younger, but that I unfortunately lost a bit (of Polish) due to a lack of practice. Finally, I have started learning Russian on my own: it is a language I find really beautiful and pretty akin( similar ) to Polish so it is not that difficult for me to learn.
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J'apprend anglais - I am learning English
Depuis cinq ans, j'apprend anglais. I have been learning English for five years.
You need to use the present perfect continuous because it is something that started in the past and is still happening (so, perfect because of the bridge from the past to the present, and continuous because it is an ongoing action)
Instead of 'I struggle every time to understand it! " use:
I constantly struggle to understand it
I struggle to understand it every time I hear it
Every time I hear it, I struggle to understand it
it's a constant struggle for me to understand it.
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Your entire entry is almost perfect and can be read very naturally and easily by any English speaker. I can only find a few things which I would change.
"I have been learning English for seven years now, and I believe it is of a paramount importance..."
Saying "I am learning English for seven years now" sounds a little strange to my English ear. The term "I am" is talking about the immediate present, but the rest of the sentence pushes us into the past. This is a bit of a clash in the time frame of the sentence.
Saying "OF A paramount importance" is a little bit redundant. The term "of a" implies that we are speaking about one item OF A group. But "paramount importance" isn't a group of items because there is only one thing which can be "paramount". I hope that makes sense, I'm not sure how to explain it clearly. Anyway, the term is always written as follows... "of paramount importance".
I am taking additional English additional courses in my high-school, which that I find very interesting, as they deal more with the culture, history and current events of English-speaking countries. culture, history but also current events It is more than just learning the language. This enables me to enhance my knowledge on some topics and expand my vocabulary at the same time.
I rewrote this section a little bit so that it flows more smoothly and so that it is more understandable. I can't say that your version was wrong, but perhaps it was a little confusing.
Just two small corrections. I can't explain the rules of grammar here but I feel my version sounds better to my English ear.
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As Karl said, your English is almost perfect! I have most of the same suggestions with Karl, and I have one more suggestion for this sentence:
"I am taking English additional courses in my high-school that I find very interesting as they deal more with English-speaking countries' (1) cultures (2), histories and (3) current events than just learning the language."
(1) possessive forms of plural nouns with "s" at the end should have the apostrophy after the letter "s"
(2) since each country has its own history and culture, collectively they will have many cultures and histories (hence the plural)
(3) "but also" is often used with a "not only" before it. Since there wasn't, a simple "and" is good enough.
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