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I study languages for fun. Since graduating college, I have lost most of my chances to speak Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. I have also lost all of my Arabic, German, and Spanish. I worked at a university's English language center for 4 years, and also volunteered as an English conversation partner. I have experience correcting essays, grammar, and pronunciation. I hold a degree in Japanese, but that doesn't make me fluent! I am studying TESOL in order to teach English, and would love to talk to other aspiring language teachers. I minored in Education and Linguistics, so please ask me if you have any questions about English sounds or spellings. These are favorite topics for me. If you speak Japanese, Chinese, or Korean, and want help with your English pronunciation or fluency, we can help each other. Right now, I am only looking at these three languages. When my Korean and Chinese are stronger, I will start looking for new language partners.
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Korean with Min-J
Korean
Dec 10, 2020
Today, we learned new words about job titles and nationality. The grammar is 이에요/예요. 에이미 씨는 새로 배운 내용을 활용해서 자기 자신을 잘 표현할 수 있어요.
Korean with Min-J
Korean
Nov 26, 2020
Today, I was so nice to meet you :) You have a clear learning goal. See you at our next session!
Kara (BEd & BA Ling)
Japanese
Aug 8, 2015
日本語での自己PR文を一緒に書きました。Amyさんは、自分の長所を上手にPRできました。
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    How to remember a language you've forgotten? I studied Chinese for several years, but I have forgotten most of my vocabulary and grammar. How do you force yourself to review the basics when most of it looks so familiar, but you don't know all of the basics any more?
    July 4, 2015
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    Sometimes it feels like that, doesn't it? We just have to find things we like doing, or look forward to doing, and wait for the feeling to go away.
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    July 4, 2015
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    July 4, 2015
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    I met my friend.

    When I felt bored at home on Wednesday, my friend sent an e-mail to me. Her message was 'shall we meet and talk at a coffeehouse?'. I haven't seen her since last year so I wanted to talk with her and had a lot of news.
    I met her at a coffeehouse where we felt comfortable. We spent several hours there  and had a good time. I heard a lot of happy news from her. After I left there, I felt relaxed and I enjoyed cooking dinner more than usual.

     

    shallは少し堅苦しいの言葉です。普通に英語で、”want to"をよく使います。しかし、さよさんの文が正しいです。

    meet and talkはね、”catch up" 多分さよさんの意味と思います。”catch up"は合いてしゃべるの意味です。”meet" もよく使います。Meetは辞書意味は合うだけです。しかし、しゃべるときに、合うとしゃべるを意味します。

    その表現はお久しぶりのことを使えます。

     

    "Shall" is a bit formal in English, so you should be careful when you use it. In this situation, I think you would say want to.  "Shall" and "Won't" are both grammatically correct, but sound very official or formal, or maybe old fashioned? If your friend was being very stiff, then those words work.  

     

    When you want to say that you met and chatted with your friend after a long time apart, you can use "catch up."  The phrase can mean to "catch up" on what has happened in your lives since you last saw each other.  A long separation means you "have a lot of catching up to do."  But, after a week, you can still "catch up" with your friend.

     

    "Meet and talk" is grammatically correct, but again, grammatical and formal can make a sentence sound stiff.  "Meet up" has many meanings, one of which is meet and talk.  It can also be paired with other activities you do when meeting someone at a location. Coffee usually means chat, restaurant usually means dinner, and, a hotel usually means...well, I'm sure you can guess what the other meaning is for that!

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    January 26, 2015
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    Playing by bike

    Saturday, 3,17th,2012 ,Beijing
    I played with my friend on bicycles. That day, the weather in Beijing was very bad. We did not want to play at first . But We are so bored at home that we changed our mind at noon.We decided to go to the National Stadium by bike.
    but when we went there, we learned that we can not ride the bicycle in the square.What a pity! Then we rode back.On our way back,we visited the China Science Museum. But when we left the museum, it was raining.It 's lucky that the rain was not heavy.:).

     

    真的好!Please write more.

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    January 12, 2015
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    Amy's italki 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge Public Pledge Hello! http://youtu.be/i_RX4OqtWEI So this is my challenge video. I promise to take at least three hours of italki lessons a week, in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. Korean is my goal, since I have been studying for three years, and still can't say almost anything! Chinese is a secondary goal, because I have lost so much of it since I stopped studying at uni in 2013. I want to get my tones back! And be able to chat again on weibo and qq! Japanese I just graduated with, and it's my strongest language--but it's still weak, and vulnerable to being forgotten. So I want to commit to getting better and not weaker in Japanese, as well! Please visit my language blog to see what else I'm doing for this challenge: languagepond.wordpress.com And follow me on Twitter, where I will probably be the most active! @AiyaLianxi
    January 8, 2015
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    8月4日 我想会说中文可是我怕说什么。
    August 5, 2013
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    I think the end of college is always frightening.  Our student jobs disappear, there is no more homework or classes to worry about, and Adult Life officially starts.  Finding a job can be difficult due to the economy, and finding a job you love is even harder.

     

    I graduate next year, and I am also frightened of the future.

     

    I think you have the right attitude, taylorlhy.  Keep strong, stay positive, and you can do this!

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    May 12, 2013
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    Online Games

    Schools play a significant role in preventing students from becoming addicted to online games. We, therefore, wish to come up with some suggestions which should be taken to schools to tackle the actual state of students’ addiction these days.

     

    Firstly, the most effective measure is that schools should organize more outdoor activities for students to take part in. It is regarded as a useful way to help students explore their other interests. After participating in outdoor activities, students can discover a love of nature or discovery. From this, they may invest more free time in widening their knowledge or interests around the world, instead of playing online games.

     

    We propose another project as follows: Schools should organize comedy contests between classes every month. This contest is very useful because it requires school spirit and all classmates have to participate. Because the preparation time for the competition is very short (only one month), classes have to form a special plan which demands the members have to actively take part. This is a good environment for the students who are addicted to online games reduce their addiction situation. When they join to train with their classmates, they don't have as much free time to play games online. Since their free time has to be spent preparing for comedy contest. And they are only free when the competition finishes. However, this is a monthly competition. it means that when this contest finishes, another will takes place next month. This will repeat for a long period of time that allows students to get used to the new situation without time to game.

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    May 12, 2013
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