I think that this is a fascinating question. With globalization there has been a lot of talk about the future of languages. I'm not necessarily sure why English is becoming the business language or the most commonly spoken. The English language has about 250,000 active words in our vocabulary, but non-native speakers can get by with only knowing a couple thousand of them. I believe that English is one of the easier languages to be understood in as the language, yet the hard part about the language is all of the slang that comes along with it. We use so many different words and our grammar is rarely consistent when talking on a conversational basis. 

new experience

Well, this is my first post here. I came to this site looking for a place where I can improve my skills in English and I hope to learn from all of you and make friends from other places around the world.

Congratulations on the first post. Keep up the good work.

MY FIRST ENGLISH POST

Hello everyone!
My name is Lucero. I'm from Mexico and this is my first english post. I saying this because at first I wanted to use Italki to learn Japanese because I really like the language and I thought Italki could help me a lot.
I learned some English some time ago. I realized that my English was pretty bad so I decided to practice more and increase my English skills and Italki is the best site for this.

So, nice to meet you :)

Overall good job! I just cleaned up the language a bit!

Flower of life

At the first burst of light
I see its beauty grow expand (choose either grow or expand because they mean the same thing. Expand is more elegant of language.) in front of my eyes 

I smell their exquisite aroma and unmistakable
feeling of nature.
I feel it in my fingers when I touch it gently
almost with fear and bowed (I'm a bit confused by bowed. Do you mean felt?)
his unforgettable smoothness.

And (as the hours pass) the passing of the hours
I realize in front of my wondering eyes as I look

every minute becomes every second,
more diaphanous, more voluptuous and inviting
And her perfume is like burning lava
that quickly slips through my veins.

I love that you are doing poetry! Overall, good job! 

Hi people

Hi people how are you? Long time no write! I hope that I can write more on this website. I feel sad for things like my grandmother. She is sick and I don't know if she will survive or not. Another thing is that I don't have a job at this moment. I have like been looking for jobs but nothing. I don't know what to do. I feel really sad because my age and I haven't found a good job since I left the university. Well I am writing this message because this is how I feel at this moment. I hope to be very focused with my studies with English.
I used to think that learning English or another language beside Spanish would be a good idea in my town, but the thing is that getting a good job depends on who you are, what friends do you have, if you have connections and stuff like that. I believe that system doesn't help me, because it depends on my influences not what I know. Well, I don't know what to say, bye for the moment, take care people.
Thanks for reading this message,

Overall great job! 

English Test.

I have to give a presentation about an academic event in my middle school. I think it could be something like this:

A couple years ago, when I was in middle school. I had to take a subject and it was about 'how to make a dress.' I didn't like that subject, but it was obligatory. So I took the class.

On the last day, the final test was to 'make a dress'. So I went to a cloth shop called 'Parisina' and there I bought a lot of coloured cloth and some needles. Then I went home. 

After the shopping day I started. First I measured and cut the cloth. After that I sewed the cloth. It took a lot of time, but finally my teacher gave me a nine. It sounds easy, but it wasn't.

Good job!