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Hi my name is Amelia. I am a native speaker of English and I have a diverse background in the US. I grew up in Hawaii where my family is from and I've also lived on the East Coast and the West Coast and in the desert in Arizona. Right now I live in Los Angeles, California I am a retired school teacher and I have 3 grown children and 2 young grandchildren. I miss teaching so I'd like to teach English through italki. I studied German in high school and college and I want to learn and practice German again.
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Sandrah
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Jan 2, 2015
Mucho gusto Amelia! You already have a very solid base and a broad knowledge of vocabulary and conjugations; this will make practice and learning a lot easier and faster for you. :)
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    Mi Primera Leccion Mi padre ira de Pennsylvania y mi madre ira de Hawaii. He sido en medio para mi toda vida. Vivi en Oregon por muchos anos pero vivo en Los Angeles ahora. Hay muchos bosques en Oregon. Me gusta el agua y el verde. Los Angeles es emocionante y divertido. La cuidad es vivo. Trabajo en una tienda de comida saludable. Llevo trabajando ahi un mes. Me gusta.
    January 2, 2015
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    Formal reference letter

     

    To Whom It May Concern:

    Reference for Anna Montgomery
    It is a pleasure to write on behalf of Anna Montgomery whom have I known for several years now.I first met Anna in our freshman year at Cambridge University and since then we have been very close friends.We were roommates, so as we shared the an apartment until we both graduated two years ago.

    As I mentioned before, she Anna studied and finished at Cambridge University.She was an exceptional student with excellent grades and she was one of the top five students in our university (Just checking - do you mean to say 'class' here or is it the entire university?).Furthermore,she was popular among the our classmates and fully involved in many extra-curricular activities,such as university sport and art clubs.In addition to that,she has worked as a youth club leader providing her with experience in working so,actually ,she is very used to dealing with young people.


    After finishing college,she Anna immediately found a job as a school teacher of teaching English. According to the parents of some of the children that are attending her class she is absolutely adored by her students for her great sense of humor,imagination and ability to explain complicated things.These things qualities won her great popularity among her students. Apart from giving Anna experience in teaching,this job has contributed to her sense of commitment and determination to teach and work with young people.

    Along with her undeniable teaching skills,she Anna has a very outgoing,bubbly personality. Additionally, she is independent,('energetic' might be good here instead of 'independent') down-to-earth and focused.She has a down-to-earth character and she is very concentrated in what she does.Anna is very independent, I especially admire her patience and even-temperedness, which is so necessary in someone who works closely with children as she does. and doesn't lose her temper very easily.Moreover,she Anna is a very athletic (as I mentioned before she has been a part of a sport club ) and active person.She also knows very has a wealth of interesting games and activities at her disposal and knows what children like so they don't get bored during the remain engaged during their lessons.

    I could continue with descriptions of Ann's many other good qualities but instead I would simply like to say how strongly I recommend her as a teacher for your teaching school.

    Yours faithfully,
    Hanna Smith

     

    Anna sounds amazing! Obviously you are free to pick and choose among the suggestions I have made. I took the liberty of making deeper edits since this letter has a more formal purpose than most notebook entries. Well done!

    One further suggestion: If you know the name or title of the person you are addressing this letter to, it would be better to use that in the salutation instead of 'To Whom...'

    Please let me know if you have any other questions for me :)

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    September 18, 2014
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    Studying the human passion

    I was accepted in to Drama School a few months ago. Studying there is amazing, but it's really hard too. All the subjects are so interesting and my teachers are so passionate when they teach us. My teacher of History of the Theater teacher is so intelligent and passionate; I hope be like him when I'm old... I hope be just 1/10 of him when I have am his age. He's more than eighty years old but have has a better memory that all the students. Every class is a discovery of the humanity, because we study the way how to think of about all the eras of human history. I can see the evolution of the evolution of thought and how this changed the way to we see the world, how the people felt the feel about life. All It's all so emotional! And To study that this is a privilege, because not everyone can be witness of to this human passion that the theater been has preserved across through the years. I love my career <3

     

    Wonderful!

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    September 17, 2014
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    Lady Braknell´s thoughts. please! correct it soon! I need it!

    Lady Bracknell´s thoughts

    What? A fortune! about A hundred and thirty thousand pounds? In the funds bank! How can this be possible? It doesn´t matter. The point is that Miss Cardew has a huge amount of money. Certainly this wealth has to belong to our family. Besides, Algy wants to marry her and being since Mr. Worthing is her guardian, he can manage the money as he wishes. Our family could be safe just with this marriage. This marriage alone will make our family secure. 
    Cecily wants to marry Algy too, but I haven´t given her a good impression to Cecily with my first words, but she wants marry with Algy too. So she is waiting for my approval. All I have to do is aim direct the situation, encourage it and start again with the right words and not without appearing too obvious for about the money. I can manage this issue perfectly well. Although, I have spoken in a derogative way about her (Miss Cardew's ?) physical appearance looks I may speak in a kindly way about her attitudes and her big possibilities in the society. Right, I will do it! I will start again…

     

    Fun! Are you writing a story?

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    September 17, 2014
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    Trying to Watch "House of Cards"

    I need to improve my listening and conversation skills. I can read pretty good well, but I have so much difficulty when I have to talk to someone in English. I fell feel like I'm not choosing the right words and it semms seems like words are "mixed" when listening to a native English speaker.

    So I decided to watch the House of Cards series in English, with English subtitles on. I'm enjoying the show a lot the show, but there are many expressions I can't get and I think I'm missing some important points. I wonder if it would be better try to watch cartoons or action movies like Rambo, The Expendables etc., because they should may have simpler and more direct lines.

     

    You might be right. I've seen House of Cards and I think it has some complex dialog.

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    September 12, 2014
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    Talking about girls.

    I have been asked, about "What do I you look for in a woman?" but this has always been in Spanish.  so I will try to do it in English now.

    I have always said and will keep saying, that of course I'm drawn to a girl who cares for her body, and smells pleasant. But what really makes her attractive to me is the way of that she thinks. To me me it is more not really about how she looks. like, All people, mostly men, make the mistake of thinking that when the package is pretty, no one cares it doesn't matter what's inside. You know this It's not like that to for me.

    Although you don't may not believe me, and it doesn't matter which I don't care if you do or not, I prefer intelligence more than to beauty. I have learned and seen that, beauty changes or ends at some point but intelligence last forever...

    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

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    September 12, 2014
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    Could you paraphrase please?


    >>>However, unlike other companies who inadvertently end up putting their proverbial feet in their proverbial mouths embarrassing themselves, IKEA dealt with the problem the right way…by fixing it (changing the potentially offensive names) before they opened their store in Bangkok last year.<<<

     

     

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    September 10, 2014
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    I want some tips to learn English.

    I always study English for obligacion because of my obligations at school, so I started to hate it and don't didn't want to read all the things in English. But now I want to learn, and I don't know how I do to stop with that bad feeling. Can you help me?

     

    This is a tough question :) I think I understand your feeling, at least a little bit, because of my own struggles with learning Spanish. It makes my brain feel so tired sometimes.


    I do my best to notice that I am getting better. Things that were difficult for me a month ago are easier for me now. There are new things that are really hard to do and one day in the future those things will seem easy to me. 


    And I'm sure you do this too -- I look for things that are really interesting to me. It's amazing how much information there is on the internet for language learning. At first I searched in English and found some good Spanish learning websites. I have started searching in Spanish now and I am finding a whole new group of websites.


    I wish I could be more helpful. I'm guessing that other people on italki have some good suggestions for you too. 

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    September 10, 2014
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    Please correct my sentences.

    1 - While I was back from work yesterday, I found a notebook in the street. From it's look, I gussed that it's for a girl. It looks pink and alot flowers. I had opened it, and I had found alot of romantic lines. Sounds she is in love. I wish I can give it back to her. It's important memory for her love.

    While I was on my way home from work yesterday, I found a notebook in the street. From the look of it, I guessed that it belonged to a girl. It was pink and had lots of flowers on it. I opened it, and found line upon line of romantic writing. Sounds like she is in love. I wish I could give it back to her. It's an important memory of her love.

    2 - Although a lot of people think that I am a very harsh man, but actually most of people love me so much. They know that I have a big heart. 
     
    3 - I am planning to learn more than one language. I think I will need to have a lessons. It will help me to make a quick progress.

    4 - It was a tough day. I faced a lot of troubles today. I need to have a hot shower, close my eyes and swim drift in my dreams.

    5 - I have to acknowledge that I loved this country so much. Interesting culture and beautiful sencries scenery. I'm sure I will come here many times again.

    Please correct my entry, and help me to expand my language.
    I mean If there is any better way to express any meaning from these lines, I will be very thankful to let me know.
    ( Way like how native speakers could express these lines ).
    But please, I just want to ask anyone who wants to help to distinguish between the correction and the better suggestion, thanks.

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    September 10, 2014
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    Please correct my sentences.

    1 - While I was back from work yesterday, I found a notebook in the street. From it's look, I gussed that it's for a girl. It looks pink and alot flowers. I had opened it, and I had found alot of romantic lines. Sounds she is in love. I wish I can give it back to her. It's important memory for her love.

    2 - Although alot of people think that I am very harsh man, but actually most of people love me so much. They know that I have a big heart.

    3 - I am planning to learn more than one language. I think I will need to have a lesson. it will help me to make a quick progress.

    4 - It was a tough day. I faced alot of troubles today. I need to have a hot shower, close my eyes and swim in my dreams.

    5 - I have to acknowledge, I loved this country so much. Interesting culture and beautiful sencries. I am sure I will come here many times again.

    Please correct my entry, and help me to expand my language.
    I mean If there is any better way to express any meaning from these lines, I will be very thankful to let me know.
    ( Way like how native speakers could express these lines ).
    But please, I just want to ask anyone who wants to help to distinguish between the correction and the better suggestion, thanks.

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    September 10, 2014
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