Reading books for learning English I want to retype my previous note taking into account native speaker's corrections. I just can't leave it as it is now. Lately I don't like reading English student books. Maybe I'm wrong but recently I feel like learning natural and real language from books, movies and maybe even people. I just want to use English on a daily basis, not just doing exercises from a book. Sadly, my English still isn't improving. That's why I want to read a lot, constantly, every day. The issue for me is choosing a book. I've tried to read "The Lord of the Flies" since my school's English teacher told me it's easy and pleasant to read. I understand the storyline but I don't get some details and there's tons of vocabulary which I don't know. I can't concentrate on reading while I have to check every second sentence in a dictionary, it irritates me. My English is definitely too poor for this book. As well as for many other books I'd like to read. Nevertheless, I'll try Nabokov's 'Real Life of Sebastian Knight'. I've read it in Russian twice so I hope it's going to be easier to comprehend.

Books for learning English Lately I don't like English student's books. Maybe I'm not right but now I feel like learning natural, real language from real fiction books, movies and probably people. I just want to use English on a daily basis and don't only do exercises from a book. Sadly, my English still isn't improving. That's why I want to read a l o t. Constantly, every day. The issue for me is a choice of books. I've tried to read "The Lord of the Flies" since my school's English teacher told me it's easy and pleasant to read. Apparently, not for me. I understand the storyline but I don't get some details and there's tons of vocabulary which I don't know. I can't concentrate on reading while I have to check every second sentence in a dictionary, it irritates me. My English is definetly too poor for this book. As well as for many other books I'd like to read. Nevertheless, I'll try Nabokov's 'Real Life of Sebastian Knight'. I've read it in Russian twice so I hope it's going to be easier to comprehend.

Help with grammar Is this sentence correct? "One of my composition's paintings looks like I've been being on heavy drugs while I've been painting it." (below is a painting by Bryan Lewis Saunders)

Die erste Note Das ist meine Aufgabe für die Schule. Das Thema von die Stunde ist "Nationalitäten". Jose Delgado ist in Spanien geboren, aber er arbeitet und wohnt in China. Jose ist fünfunddreißig Jahre alt. Er ist ein Bildhauer von Beruf. Er ist geschiden, aber drei Kinder er hat. Seine ex-Frau ist Franzosin und wohnt in Frankreich. Seine Hobbys sind Segeln und Tauchen, ebenfalls er spielt Tennis gern. Ieva Kalniņa ist in Lettland geboren, aber sie wohnt und studiert in Dänemark. Sie studiert Bioligie, weil sie ein Wissenschaftler werden will. In ihr Freizeit sie fotografiert oft und läuft gern. Ieva ist nicht verheiratet und hat keine Kinder, aber einen Freund sie hat.

"We learn from failure, not from success" We all are just humans and we all are constantly making mistakes. Especially when doing something which we aren't used to and have to learn by our own mistakes. When I think of it I get anxious. Because it seems like nobody messes up but me. Apparently, it isn't true and everyone feels like this sometimes, don't they?

Mājas Man sāk likties, ka es tik ļoti ienīstu šo vietu, ka jau nevaru īsti strādāt šeit. Es negribu gleznot šajā mazajā istabiņā - smakt aiz terpentīna smakas un mocīties ar galvassāpēm. Ienīstu šo molbertu, kuru nevar pacelt uz vajadzīgo man limeni. Nekad nevaru apskatīties darbu pa gabalu, nekad nav vietas, kur nolikt krāsas un paleti tā, lai es nenosmerētos, tiklīdz pakustēšos. Gribētu jau izmest šo milzīgo dīvānu, lai būtu kaut nedaudz vairāk brīvas telpas! Par daudz mēbeles - man pietiektu arī daudz mazāk. Parasti ārpus mājām esmu cits cilvēks un, pie tam, darbspējīgāks un centīgāks.