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Hi, my name's Matheson, and I'm a native English speaker from London with an RP (standard) accent. I'm looking for a language exchange partner. I hold a CELTA (Cambridge certificate in teaching English as a foreign language to adults), and I speak a dozen languages to various degrees. I'm hoping to improve my Arabic and Mandarin conversational skills.
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Nov 15, 2025
Matheson learned things very fast and is good at pronunciation. I enjoyed teaching him and look forward to meeting him next time.
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    I want to learn English because of my work.

     

     

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    February 28, 2013
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    Hello, everybody!


    My name is Chocolate,because I like eating chocolate.
    I want to learn English,because I think it is very useful.
    My native language is Chinese,and I grew up in Handan.

     

    CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!  YAY!  :-)

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    February 28, 2013
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    There's no circumflex accent (acento circunflexo) over 'Têxtile' in English.  :-)

    Also, don't use capital letters (letras maiúsculas) unless you're naming a specific company... So it should be: "a textile company"

     

    Everything else you wrote is perfect English!

     

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    February 28, 2013
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    'στερεοτυπικό' ή 'στερεότυπο' Πριν κάποιες μέρες, μίλαγα με μια φίλη μου στα ελληνικά (είναι ελληνίδα αυτή), και με διόρθωσε όταν χρησιμοποίησα τη φράση <<στερεοτυπικές αντιλήψεις>>. Επέμενε ότι έπρεπε να πω <<στερεότυπες αντιλήψεις>> σ'αυτά τα συμφραζόμενα. Δεν αμφιβάλλω το ότι 'στερεότυπες' είναι όντως μια σωστή χρήση της γλώσσας, αλλά υποψιάζουμε πως ισχύει και η μορφή του επιθέτου 'στερεοτυπικές'. Έχω συμβουλευτεί το λεξικό, και καταλαβαίνω ότι το ουσιαστικό (ουδέτερο) είναι 'το στερεότυπο', όμως, μου φαίνεται πως υπάρχουν δύο εναλλακτικά επίθετα - και 'στερεοτυπικό' και 'στερεότυπο'. Μήπως μπορεί κάνεις (θα πρέπει να πω 'κάποιος' ή 'κανείς' εδώ;) να μου το διευκρινίσει το θέμα αυτό; (Και επίσης, να διορθώσει ό, τι έχω γράψει εδώ;) Thanks so much.
    February 27, 2013
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    Welcome to my life :)

    Hello, my name is Wilfried. I'm a French boy who lives in the southwest of France. I'm twenty two years old and I would like to learn English.
    My hobbies are movies, books, comics; rock metal music and my girlfriend :)
    Goodbye ^^

     

    Nationalities and language names are always capitalised! (avec lettres majuscules)

     

    :-)

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    February 27, 2013
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    我家有五口人 - tone pronunciation? There are three 3rd tones in a row (yǒu wǔ kǒu) in 我家有五口人. I'm wondering if I'm saying it correctly? Please listen to my voice in the attached recording. I'd be very grateful for any feedback about the sandhi rules in this case. What I'm attempting to say is: 有 - half 3rd tone 五 - tone 2 has become tone 3 because it is in between two other tone-3 words. 口 - half 3rd tone
    February 27, 2013
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    Finding my Chinese name My first name is Matheson, and I'm trying to find a good Chinese name that sounds similar. 'Matheson' as a first name is very, very rare. 'Matheson' is quite a common last name in Scotland and England, however, so I went to Wikipedia to look for famous people with the last name 'Matheson' to see how it was written in Chinese. I was looking at the Chinese translation of the Wikipedia page about Sir James Matheson, and his name was written as 马地臣. Would that be good for me to use as a Chinese FIRST name? Does the character for ‘horse’ in a name sound powerful (in a good way?), or really stupid?! :-) In English, my name is pronounced as two syllables, NOT as three. I've attached a recording of me saying my name. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it's: /ˈmæθ.sən/ Given that there's no 'th' sound [θ] in Chinese, the closest equivalent would be [s] (I would like to avoid [t]). Also, [æ] sounds closer to 'e' than to 'a'. So, 'Messen' (which means 'measure' in German) sounds very similar to what I'd like my name to sound like in Chinese. You can hear the German word being pronounced here: http://www.forvo.com/word/messen/#de Which characters would capture the sound of 'Messen'? (Or is it perhaps a bad idea to try to copy the sound? Would it be wiser to create something completely original based on meaning?) Any suggestions? 谢谢
    February 27, 2013
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    LOL

     

    Indeed!  Nothing helps us learn like an egregious linguistic solecism!

    :-)

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    January 27, 2013
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    Resting Day

    I just stayed home today! I don`t want to go out to do anything.
    Because I don`t have any plans to meet up with friends.
    So I just watched an American drama and youtube..and I called with my mom.
    When I call my mom, I used to usually think about the fact that I have to study hard.
    But I am not sure whether I am doing my best or not.
    And I am worried about going back to Korea.
    I am living in another country which is not real life for me.
    But when I go back to Korea it is real life which should will be busy.
    Sigh....

    I will try to use new words in my notebook during while I studied in study at school everyday.
    So it couldn`t doesn't make sense..
    However if I can remember all the words, I will do!!
    I don`t have enough time to study in abroad~=_=

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    January 27, 2013
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    January 26, 2013
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