As a learner of English, how did you improve your listening and speaking skills? If you attended a language school or hired a teacher, did any of their techniques work for you?

FRIENDSHIP DAY: Well, yesterday we celebrated the love and friendship day in my country. But in my case, I should say just a friendly celebration. I shared some chinese food or "chifa" with my family, it was thanks to my father who wanted to eat it. ("Chifa" as we call it, it is a term that refers to the fusion of chinese food and Peruvian cuisine, so it is not 100% chinese. The origin of the term «chifa» comes from the mix of the cantonese terms «chi» and «fan» (饎飯), which means «eat» and «rice».) It was lovely time with all of them, although I love to eat clean and personally I'm not into eating too much carbohydrates. ( a type of rice, noodles and sauces might contain a great deal of it.) I forgot to mention that the dish we ate contained rice,noodles,vegetables, pork, chicken, high-sodium sauces, etc and you can order it with the name: "Combinado" or "Aeropuerto" . Maybe, those are fun terms or words. Finally, I ended my day by going to church and spending some little time with my female friends. We have a group among the whole youth group (which are so many people) and the leaders gave me a unique present. It truly made me happy, obviously. :) The only sad part is that I'm still sick so... I really hope I can get well soon!!

Questions: Does it makes sense?? Is there a way to change or make "never worked for her" sound formal? I'm confused about this last one. Thank you!!:) ------------------------------------------------ (This is the middle part of my short paragraph) Every human tells lies sometimes (Why do you think this is true?) It is not typical of the writer herself to lie. She reveals that feelings such as guilt and fear are evoked when she feels tempted to do so, not to mention high blood pressure and increased heart rate. In addition, in her childhood, flawless lies never worked for her, it seemed impossible to people not to detect whether she tried to hide anything.

just praticing writing ! Every human tell lies sometimes Saying that every human is lying from time to time is not realistic, as humans have different personalities and cultures. It might depend on each person’s integrity. This quality is defined as being honest and having strong moral uprightness. It is not the typical habit of the writer herself, therefore, in her opinion, avid liars might agree with the title. As her personal experience, when she feels tempted to do so, guiltiness feeling is in the cards for her. In conclusion, the world of lies is not a place for everyone. Most humans might make excuses to cover up the truth but there are many others who despise it with a passion. Questions : - Which is the difference between "in the cards" or "at the cards" ? - Should I use "cover up" or " hide" ?

Hello, I wanted to ask the following : 1)Can we use "had better" in this sentence to express moral obligation and advice ? You had better take two aspirins every 8 hours. or is it better if i use "SHOULD" ? 2)Is "SHALL" used to give "advices " ?? 3) Is this sentence correct? "I'm angry at my sister. She always arrives late. (can we use "at" ? )

*warning negative post * I feel so awful and dumb. I am learning phonetics , pronunciation and memorizing some grammar rules in the English language , a linguistic is my teacher. We only have two classes left and I don't know if I will get the top grade or not. I feel like I have a poor memory to memorize all of that ,not only grammar rules but the phonetic alphabet and each vowel and consonant pronunciation ( it makes my head spin ,btw, I originally have being taught some British pronunciation in college.. now we are having full American pronunciation I suppose . my current pronunciation is a mix of both ,I don't know what to do ) I feel like a failure T.T I'm normally resilient but I just wanted to vent out here. Anyway I will be doing my best. But I can't help how I am feeling now ,

Is there anyone who is learning spanish?? :) Which are the things/subjects you most struggle with ??

When I was a child and I was living in our old big house ,me and my older sister often used to play with our neighbors in the streets , we could go cycling or playing games like hide and seek or "the round" in which people are grabbing hands and then moving around in circles while singing something silly "let's play the round while the wolf is not there lalala, what are you doing wolf ?? " (A song like this lol ) and there is a voluntary who plays as the wolf 🐺. We had a special month called and known as "carnival" season in February . A watery event . These celebrations got banned by the government due to the disrespectful practices from some people who would throw water filled balloons to people in streets ,(who weren't willing to play or go along with the event ) But when it wasn't banned, I remember once I had a funny day with my neighbours ,playing with Barbie dolls , imagining that they are in the pool or beach and then they could use the hose and throw water at us ( me and my older sister). We also threw them water filled balloons hahaha Those were lovely times until they moved :(