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I'm looking for a language exchange partner. I grew up in the middle of the United States (Missouri) so my accent is a pretty neutral accent. I want to find people to Skype with as well as help with my writing. I'm still in the early stages of learning french, but I hope that by trying to converse with others I will discover where I need to focus future studies. Traduit avec Google Translate: Je suis à la recherche d'un partenaire d'échange linguistique. J'ai grandi au milieu des États-Unis (Missouri) donc mon accent est mis un accent assez neutre. Je veux trouver des gens pour Skype avec ainsi que pour aider avec mon écriture. Je suis encore dans les premiers stades de l'apprentissage français, mais j'espère qu'en essayant de dialoguer avec d'autres je vais découvrir où je dois me concentrer études futures.
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    Hard decision [audio included]

    Hi all, how are you doing?
    I can say my weekend was good, I spent some time just chillin at home because I was really needing to rest. However, It's not the reason why I wrote it. One thing in particular is getting me mad. I have to decide if I will take the TOEFL exam next month or in at the end of the year. Actually I don't feel I'm prepared for it, but a good score on TOEFL is a requirement in order to participate in this program. According to the schedule, they will open new enrollments in the middle of June. I am really confused and anxious. I hope to make the right decision.

    Please, give your feedback about my pronounciation!
    Thanks for listening! See ya

     

    Your first sentence is good, and nothing is wrong as far as I know, but would most likely be phrased more like this.

    "I would say my weekend was good, I spent some time relaxing at home because I really needed to rest"

     

    There is no rule for this but:

    "making" is used with most emotions. Making me happy/sad/angry/mad/depressed/upset.

    "getting" is used only with a few. Getting me depressed/upset/pissed off/

     

     

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    May 27, 2013
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    Yesterday

    Yesterday I shared my the day with a beautiful man, he is my father. During the afternoon we listened to a jazz concert, it was very good!! At night we went to the cineteca nacional, the movie was <em>The Ring</em>, it was a no sound silent film, the soundtrack was by calacas band jazz band.
    I love jazz and I love my daddy.



    The first and last words of movie titles should be capitalized: for example, Pride and Prejudice. Principal words, including those that follow hyphens in compound terms are also capitalized. Articles ("a," "an," and "the"). prepositions, and the infinitive "to" are not capitalized unless they begin the title or follow a colon: for example, Gone with the Wind; Born to Kill.

     

    When citing the title of a movie for a book, newspaper article, website, or other publication, put the title in italics. The Associated Press, however, prefers titles to be in quotation marks, since italics cannot be sent through traditional wire technologies. When writing the title by hand, underline the title.

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    May 27, 2013
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    feel free to add me as a friend on Skype. My name on Skype is michael.a.ziegler2

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    May 13, 2013
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    Learn English

    Ok.. it's time to study. I've an English quiz on Wednesday this week. So, If I want to get a good score, I must study hard now. Did you know that this site (italki.com) is very useful to me? Ya.. I can write everything in English, and everyone from around the world can corrects my writing. As a result, my English has significantly improved.

    Hmee.. I think not only me, but also everyone from around the world will says that this site is very useful to improve language skill for improving your language skills. By On this site, we can make friends with people from the other side of the world, sharing stories that happened on in our country, etc.

    It's very happy good, isn't it?

     

    Instead of "for improving your language skills" you can also use "to improve your/their langage skills"

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    May 13, 2013
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    Mother's Day! [audio]

    Hey, what's up guys...
    Nothing much...
    I had a productive weekend again, but it had an extra reason: Mother's Day!
    I took some an hour of calculus class on Saturday afternoon..and after that, when I arrived at home, my friend ask me to go to a party in a city next to mine. (More common phrasing: in a nearby city/ or the next town over) I said yes and we went there. I have to admit that I drunk drank more than enough (hahaha)...
    On Sunday, we did a lunch to my mom (we had lunch with my mom), It was very special...
    We had barbecue and a typical food called "Escondidinho".. It's really awesome and tasty!
    After I had lunch, then I slept a little and now I'm just chillin at my house...
    I guess my weekend was cool! that's it folks..
    Thanks for reading, and as usual, please correct my mistakes..

    P.S. Feel free to listen to me reading this text. =)

     

    Also while probably not proper English (We did lunch with mom) is also commonly spoken but is an informal way of phrasing that sentence.

     

    Your use of the slang word "chillin" is correct. Good Job! Please be aware it is an extremely informal word.

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    May 12, 2013
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    Quelqu'un est-il là-bas? I am beginning to think my chat doesn't work. That or people are ignoring me.
    May 11, 2013
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    "a beat" is a reporter slang for their territory. For example a reporter might be in charge of news from the White House for his news organization. In this case it may be that because he has a certain area covered not by many other reporters. So the longer he can keep the other reporter (Bell) from contacting the AP the greater the chance of him reporting the news first.
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    May 11, 2013
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    Since the article is about reporters, I think the AP is a commonly used abbreviation for the "Associated Press". Although I do not know what an "AP operator" is. Using context I would guess that it is someone to whom the reporter relays the information so it could be broadcast on the news.
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    May 11, 2013
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    They both have the same meaning. You can also remove the "to" before the "do" in both cases. "I recommend you not do this" and "I don't recommend you do this" In my opinion the second way of phrasing this would be more common, in the United States at least.
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    May 11, 2013
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  • Corrected

    The rain

    Hello, today it's Sunday and ......... i'm working. But I can wake up more later, at 8:00.
    In French Guiana, it's the rainy season and this morning, it's raining, it's raining a lot, more and more water. I don't know if I have say said this (mentioned) but it's raining.
    It's a bad day.

     

    Colons : are usually only used when making a list. For example.

    When I go to the grocery store I need to pick up: Milk, eggs, butter, bread, cheese.

     

     

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    April 29, 2013
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