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French: I studied French in university and have quite a bit of exposure to the culture, food and language. I have a keen interest in improving my spoken french and getting a general level of fluency that excludes specific or special vocabulary sets. However, I'm open to learning any and everything French. To be clear, my french skills are intermediate to advanced with passive skills likes hearing and reading being stronger than active skills like speaking and writing. Spanish: I also studied spanish in college but didn't give it much of my time or focus. Highest level of study was basic spanish literature classes and intermediate grammar study. Despite that, I would classify myself as a beginner, especially in speaking and writing. My passive spanish is better because of the similarities to french which allow me to make connections quickly but it at the same time can confuse me. Don't expect to carry on a conversation of any length or importance with me. My japanese is at a complete beginner level. I know how to say hello, how are you, my name is, where is the __? and can count to 10. Beyond that, I am familiar with a couple phrases here and there but nothing significant. What you can expect: French - I'm able to carry on a conversation with some difficulty. I frequently am searching for words and may trip up on the right prepositions, conjugations or specific vocabulary. Sometimes things I say will sound like translations from english instead of conversational french - this is what I'm trying to improve the most. I can however understand very well unless a lot of slang or idiomatic phrases are used. Spanish - My speaking is definitely beginner. I am only comfortable with the simplest of sentences and my vocabulary is very limited. I can understand a lot if the interlocutor speaks clearly and somewhat slowly. Japanese - I would need to be talked to like a child.

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Helene Cormier

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Feb 13, 2014

Merci, Jacob, de m'avoir dit exactement ce que tu attendais du cours! Je suis contente de pouvoir t'aider! :)

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the power of advertising

Write about the following topic :
Today, the high sales af popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising and not the real needs of the society in which they are sold.
To what extent do you agree or disagree ?

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It is known that the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising and that advertising plays a significant role in human life. The number of people who given place importance to on this subject has risen up (has risen/has gone up) in recent years. I definitely agree with the idea. There are several reasons why I feel this way. The previous two sentences make sense but I suggest you combine them: "I agree with this idea for several reasons."
First of all, there are exaggerated. advertisements exaggerate. What, I mean is, they show better than a goods. (I would suggest that you eliminate the previous sentence because it is redundant). For example, they in the advertisements say claim that weight loss pills weakends (I assume you meant to say something like "weight loss pills will help people lose weight in just one month"). everyone in one month. If there are a celebrity figure in this advertisement, goods prefer to most of people (I'm not exactly sure what you want to say here but I assume: "Celebrity endorsement of products/goods lends credibility to said product and that most people prefer products that someone they like (read: celebrity) endorses). Moreover, weak people as well as fat people take in order to look fit.
Another thing is Additonally/Furthermore, advertisements can reach a lot people, thus/thereby increasing the amount of sales (you could just say "thereby increasing sales"). For example, a chocolate advertisement that introduced new remark the attention all children. (I'm not sure what you are trying to say here).
One of the Another most important reasons is a the "wannabe factor". İn other words, they (who is they? people who idolize the tv stars, yes?) want to resemble aspire to be like/emulate TV stars and therefore they try to imitate them. also imitate what these TV stars lifestyles and purchases. If a producer wants high sales, he needs a good advertising. For example, I will buy a dress because I have seen it in advertisements.
In a word, Evidentally, I can confidently say that, the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising and but not necessarily the real needs of the society in which they are sold. (I took a little liberty in this last sentence. The tone of what you wrote was a bit too strong. I attempted to make it more reasonable).
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February 12, 2014
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i wrote some sentences,please point out my mistakes

Food has been eaten up,go out and buy something.

All the food is gone/There's no more food, go buy something.
since you said that ,put you words into practice

well, since you brought it up, why don't you go shopping?
it will take us at least two hours to take a bus to get there

It'll take us at least two hours [if we take the bus/to get there by bus]

we failed,but at least we tried

We failed, but at least we tried
speak louder ,let everybody hear you

Speak louder so everyone can hear you (what you wrote is also correct)
how much time did you spend on that article

(what you wrote is correct)
you seem to be sad,tell us what has happened so that we could help you

you [seem to be/look] sad, tell us what (has) happened so that we can help (you)
my brother is coming to beijing,he will get most out of time that he`ll stay here

My brother is coming to Beijing, (i'm not sure what you are trying to say)
you are the people i`m looking for

(what you said can be correct, but it depends) You are the people for whom I'm looking
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February 12, 2014
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Feb.12

There was a dream last night. My good friend and I was sitting at a table in front of a market. There were three mid age women sitting next us too. What I could remember was we were really enjoy the time. Then I went to peel two bamboo shoots. I looked around and found my friend was holding by a man I used to knew. I asked my friend " do you know him?' She said yes, we had a few times going out . I said ok. Then the man gone , she helpped me to peel the bamboo shoots. In the end, the bamboo shoots did not appeal the main body. They were like flower leaves, snow white. Then I woke up.

I had a dream last night. My good friend and I were sitting at a table in front of a market. There were three middle-aged women sitting next to us, too. I remember that we were really enjoying ourselves. Then, I went to peel two bamboo shoots. I looked around and found my friend was holding onto (not sure what you meant here... either holding onto or standing by, I suppose) a man I used to know. I asked my friend, "Do you know him?". She replied, "Yes, we went out a few times." I said, "Okay." Then the man was gone (or, "disappeared") and my friend helped me peel the bamboo shoots. In the end, the bamboo shoots didn't look like the rest. Instead, they were like flower leaves – snow white. Then I woke up.
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February 12, 2014
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what can we learn from majoring in accounting?

recently,accounting has becoming an increasingly popular course in chinese mainland.actually, i am an undergraduate who is majoring the subject referred above in a even university.after 4 months learning about it,i find it is ,indeed,a boring but useful subject at the same time.

Recently, accounting has become an increasingly popular course in mainland china. Actually, I am an accounting undergrad/undergraduate student. After 4 months studying it I find it is, indeed, a boring but useful subject.
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February 12, 2014
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English lesson at • on • in

Meet me in at three o'clock in front of the library.

My interview will be held on Friday morning. ('on' is correct but it isn't necessary when speaking)

We're flying to Italy in July.

Craig was supposed to be here at noon, but he's late again.

My birthday is in June. When's yours?

In the fall, the forest is breathtaking!

At In North America, Christmas is celebrated on December 25th.

Will you be working on Saturday? ('on' is correct but not necessary when speaking)

The concert starts at 7 pm. Don't be late!
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February 12, 2014
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Learn English

I am new here. My favorite subject is English. Though I learn English very hard I'm trying very hard to learn English, I can 't speak it well. I want to improve my English. What should i do? Do foreigners consider ('consider' is fine in this instance but it may sound more natural to say "think about") the grammar when they are talking?
thank you!

To answer your question: "Do foreigners think about grammar when they are talking?". Very infrequently, I would say. Most of the time, I'm thinking of ways to better organize my words or stronger/more appropriate diction.
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February 12, 2014
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Quels est vos films préférés? S'il vous plaît, corrigez et répondez. Au fil des ans, j'avais regarder beaucoup des films français: Les Misérables, Manon et le source, La veuve de St. Pierre, Amélie, Les Choristes, La Moustache, etc. Ces films sont faciles à trouver. De plus, ma prof et mes amis, ils ont me recommandé à les regarder. Mais, par comparaison, les b-ds sont un peu cachés ou pas trop faciles à trouver. Aussi, je suis certain qu'il y a des films pas très connus. A ce moment, la seule b-d français que je connais, c'est <<Wakfu>>. Donc, je vous demande à me suggérer quelques films; Quels est vos films français préférés?
February 12, 2014
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les prénups - c'est pas pour moi Je n'ai pas d'une petite amie, mais, des fois, quand je suis pensif, je considère les accords prénuptial. Il y a des mois, j'ai pensé que ce n'était pas une si mal idée. Les taux de divorce sont surprenant ou effrayant. Il me semblait que même si on est très prudent et fait des plans sagement, on peut être marié à un cocu. Ce n'est pas à dire que les femmes sont les tricheuses ou les hommes des bêtes. Au contraire, je veux dire que les peuples, en général, ne sont pas suffisant sérieux pour le mariage. À mon avis, c'est le plus belle chose dans la vie sauf les enfants et Il est certain que rien ne peut comparé aux connections émotionnels et la confiance entre le mari et la femme. Récemment, j'ai décidé que un accord prénuptial, ce n'est pas pour moi. Heureusement, J'ai de la confiance que je peux choisir une femme tout fiable et loyale qui m'aime pour mon coeur, mes passions et qui pardonne mes défauts. C'est intéressant. Les ans se passent l'un après l'autre et peu à peu on réalise les choses mauvaise ou stupides dont on a avalé (ça veut dire les ruses ou mensonges qui sont perpétué par la société ou soi-même). Je comprends à nouveau qu'il y a beaucoup de choses à comprendre et réapprendre.
February 10, 2014
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Before I get to the specific corrections, let me address a general error. When using punctuation like the period (.) and comma (,), the punctuation is placed at the end of the word separating two clauses. Example: Hello, how are you. Study the sentence above. Note the position of the punctuation. The comma directly follows the greeting "Hello" and the space comes after the comma. Punctuation comes before the space. Once again, I tried to preserve the sense of your composition but I was uncertain what you were trying to say in some of the sentences. I did my best. Today in Chongqing, it is a sunny day. I am eating my breakfast. It's a bread which is called "毛毛虫". Don't you think it's a lovely name? Spring festival day, which is the biggest festival in china is coming. We will have many methods of celebrating this special day. Children are the biggest fans of spring festival because they will get some money from their parents or somebody else. In chinese they are called "压岁钱". As for adults, they take 7 days of vacation. In addition, the chinese love spring festival and I do too, of course. For spring festival, my parents promised to buy me an iPhone5s. It's amazing. After I finish my composition, I will go shopping on taobao for fun. I wish you all of you a happy day.
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January 25, 2014
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I'll try not to alter too much of the sense of your paragraph. Here are my corrections in bold with a few notes.

Good morning, everybody! make sure to separate your greeting with a comma (,) followed by who you are addressing. In this case, "everybody".

Now, it's 6:23 AM. There's no need to use o'clock in this case. In normal conversation, one would only say "o'clock" if it was 6:00 (Six o'clock). If it was 6:23, you would say "It is six twenty-three."

I am going to tell you two things. Going is typed "gonna" if you choose to use slang.

The first thing is that I decided to write at least one composition in italk to improve my english. The second thing is about my dream. In the dream, I dreamt about boy who I liked in my primary school - He is handsome. Unfortunately, when we graduated from primary school, we fell out of touch. He left a deep impression on me. For a long time, I missed him. Recently, I keep dreaming about him. In my dream, he still looks like he did in primary school. It seems like he never changed. Though, one time, I looked at the photo taken for the primary classmate party and I noticed that he changed dramatically. He is no longer handsome. He is fat which frustrates me. However, I can't help dreaming of him. In the dream I like him, but when I wake up I can't describe my feelings. Yesterday, I dreamt of him once again. I don't know why. I want to share this story with all of you. I want somebody to listen.






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January 25, 2014
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