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Hello, my name is Alex, and I signed up for italki to try out the experience of being a language tutor and to have opportunities to practice my Spanish before my study abroad trip to South America next fall. I am currently enrolled in an ESL/TESOL course for gaining certification as a teacher of English to non-native English learners. I hope to get a job teaching English overseas in the Spring of 2014 after return from my study abroad Spanish language immersion experience and graduate from college. So, I guess that being a language teacher or language exchange partner would be fun for now!
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    Introducción: un poco sobre mí Hola, esta es mi entrada escrito primero en español y quiero que me presente a ustedes. Me nombre es Alex y me apellido es Maasdam. Soy de los Estados Unidos, y vivo en Pella, Iowa. Ahora mismo tengo veintiuno años, pero en tres meses voy a tener veintidos años cuando celebrar mi cumpleaños el 1 de julio. Soy un estudiante de la Universidad de la Libertad, y me voy a graduar a finales de este año con un título en psicología. También en el otoño voy a viajar a América del Sur para estudiar español en un programa Curso Intensivo de Lengua para terminar mi carrera universitaria. !Estoy muy emocionado de aprender más español y conocer nuevas culturas! También me gusta la música y toco varios instrumentos musicales. Me encanta todos los tipos de guitarras, pero mis instrumentos favoritos son saxofones. Estoy muy competentes en la realización de jazz y de la música rock y la improvisación o solos en los saxofones, y trabajo como animador musical durante los veranos y las vacaciones de invierno. He grabado tres álbumes hasta el momento, y mi último disco fue un álbum de Navidad con canciones festivas para las fiestas. Espero aprender más música latina cuando estoy de viaje en el extranjero, y tal vez voy a poder compartir mi música con otras personas también durante mis viajes. Así que fue un poco de información sobre mí. Gracias por leer! saludos, ~ Alex
    April 4, 2013
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    The True Universal Language: Music I decided to create a short notebook entry in English to see how this works on the italki website (so please do not correct or comment on my English grammar as English is my native language and this is not meant to be an academic quality writing entry). Anyway, I have had a lifelong love for music, and I thought it might be a good icebreaker topic to start writing about. In my experiences traveling the world and interacting with other cultures, music has stood out as a "language" that is universally understood and appreciated. Everywhere you go, people are expressing themselves through music both creating unique songs or beats and appreciating good music that others share. Music expresses deeper emotions and thoughts that words and spoken language sometimes fails to fully depict. Music is the medium of the soul, and it has great power for connecting people and touching people's hearts and minds. Every great culture and time period has created it's own language of music, and experiencing different styles of world music speaks volumes about the people who create them. Personally, music has been a great avenue for me to make new friends, share new ideas, and celebrate the fullness of life by sharing the joys, sorrows, trials, and victories in soulfully sung sonnets through my saxophones when I perform. So to conclude this brief reflection on music, I want to ask you to think about what music means in your life and how you can listen and learn from the universal language that is greater than words yet tangible enough to be understood on some level by all who hear it. Next time that words fail or translations elude you, try turning to music to express the words of your heart! ~Alex P.S. Here is a link to one of my smooth jazz sax recordings, a very popular tune that most people around the world should recognize entitled "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" http://www.myspace.com/alexmaasdam/music/songs/over-the-rainbow-41821201 (the recording is like 5 or 6 years old now, but it is still decent quality for being laid down when I was still in high school)
    April 1, 2013
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    Algunas de las formas más comunes de hacer esta pregunta son: "when is class over?" "when is class done?" "when is class out" "when is class finished?" Si desea que la traducción literal sería: "At what time does class end?" pero la mayoría de altavoces ingleses no pregunta de esta manera a menos que estén siendo formal.
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    The word "shall" is an old English word, and you would normally only use it if you want to be very proper (such as for fancy social situations). The word shall used to be used to either: 1. Ask a question (shall I ____?) 2. State an action that will occur in the future (I shall ____). I highly recommend using the words "will" or "should" instead of the word "shall". Sometimes the phrase "would you like" is also substituted for shall the word "shall" in modern conversation. For example, you could say, "Should I get you something to eat?" or "Would you like me to get you something to eat?" or "Will you get me something to eat?" instead of using shall in those sentences. When using the word "shall" to state an action instead of asking a question, everyone uses the words "will" or "am going to" instead of shall. Such as, "I will run" or "I am going to run" (similar to the verb tense "ir + a" in Spanish.
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