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I am a native English speaker from the United States with 5 years of teaching experience. I started out studying biology and spent three years teaching adults and kids of all ages about animals. I specialized in companion animals, birds of prey, and the native wildlife of the Greater Chicagoland area. I have experience teaching in a wide variety of settings such as online, classrooms, private lessons, and even in the middle of a forest! After 3 years, my passion for the French language brought me to France to study, where I also first began teaching English. After finishing my bachelor’s degree, I went to China where I completed a 140 hour certification in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). Armed with my certificate, I moved back to France to teach at a high school and technical college. Wanting to continue my exploration of the world, I moved to Santiago, Chile, where I currently teach English and spend my free time snowboarding in the Andes. I possess an advanced conversational level of French and have recently begun learning Spanish. As a language learner, I have developed many tips and tricks along the way to improve and hasten the language learning process. I believe there are many different ways to learn how to read and write in a foreign language, but only one way to learn how to really speak a foreign language; by speaking it! Because of this, I try to challenge my students to speak more and gain confidence and knowledge in English.
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    a room reservation change

    Hello,
    I have a question regarding my room booking in your hotel. We have reserved a room for two people for two days in May, but it looks like that only I will be arriving without my wife. Therefore, I would like to change my reservation to a single room. Could you please send the information on how the price will change and if the change is even possible? I apologise for any inconvenience.
    Best regards,
    XYZ

     

    Very well written!

     

    Hope this helps!

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    August 24, 2015
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    An anecdote (please, help me with this text)

    Last year I met with an English girl because I wanted to practice my English. One day she asked me about going to the cinema and I accepted. On our way to the cinema, we went by the door of a hairdresser salon. She told me that at the beginning of her stay in Spain she thought that a hairdressing salon in Spain was a place where films were screened because the word “peluquería” in Spanish has the same root that the word “película." I challenged her to go into a hairdressing salon and ask about the films that were being screened there, but she didn’t do it. It is a silly story, but it makes me laugh and I think that it likes me because that girl is as innocent and kind as this story.

     

    "that it likes me"  I don't quite understand what you were trying to say here.

     

    You could just say "... it makes me laugh and I think that she is as innocent and kind as this story." 

     

    Thanks for sharing! I love hearing about the little confusions that occur when learning a new language. 

    Hope this helps! 

     

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    ABOUT MY LIFE

    WELL, I'M FROM VENEZUELA AND I WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH. I NEED to SPEAK WITH FLUENCY SO I NEED TO PRACTICE. I STUDY GEOLOGY, and MY FAMILY IS SO GOOD*. I HAVE TWO BROTHERs AND TWO SISTERs. At UNVERSITY I HAVE an EXCELLENT TEACHER BUT THEy told ME YOU NEED to SPEAK ENGLISH perfectly BECAUSE YOUR CAREER will be BETTER if you are WORKING IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. YOU NEED to PREPARE MORE, and take more COURSES ABOUT PETROLEUM. I LOVE to TRAVEL AND MY BIG DREAM IS to SPEAK ENGLISH PERFECTLY.

    I THINK I NEED MORE VOCABULARY, PRACTICE on SKYPE OR I DON'T KNOW.
    MY EMAIL IS GAHR1996@GMAIL,COM
    IF YOU WANT to TELL ME.
    THANK YOU.

     

    Very well written and that is awesome that you are working so earnestly on your English. Please remember that if you have a conjugated verb in the sentence, the verb that follows must be an infinitive. For example: 

    If you want TO tell me (want is conjugated and, therefore, must be followed by 'to tell' instead of tell)

     

    Also, you stumbled on a tricky grammar point; 'to tell' vs 'to say'

    They told me

    They said to me

    Here is an article that can help you more with this common mistake: 

    https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/cw-say-tell.htm

     

    *My family is so good. This sentence sounds a bit awkward to me. I would say something like:

    My family is so good to me

    My family is great

    I love my family

    My family is very important to me

    etc

     

    Finally, as was mentioned by Leigh Mumford, Caps makes the reader think you are yelling. Try to only use it for emphasis or, if you are in fact yelling! 

     

    Hope this helps! 

     

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    June 21, 2015
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    I'm looking for somebody

    My name is Lucas, I am nineteen years old and I am looking for somebody to teach me how to speak/ write English. 
    I am from Brazil (write brasil here ), I speak portuguese and my skype is luucaas.123

     

    I recommend practicing your use of the verb 'to be' 

     

    Hope this helps! 

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    June 21, 2015
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    Drunk

    I was drunk last night, so I'm not comfortable today.

     

    You could also say, "...so I'm uncomfortable today." 

     

    Also, and you may know this, but that feeling is called being hungover. 

     

    I was drunk last night, so I am hungover today.

     

    Hope this helps!

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    June 21, 2015
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    I would say, "How is the weather?" and "Here, it is cold and sunny."

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    June 19, 2015
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    English is capital !

    I discovered English 15 years ago, I started to learn English efficiently 4 years ago, I started to speak and understand things 2 years ago. My level rose from A1 (4 years ago) to B2. What's my secret?
    I worked 4 importants points (reading, speaking, listening and vocabulary) every week. Thanks to 1 book Assimil and teachers on Italki :)
    I succeeded.
    Now it's time to live, my world tour is almost ready to start ...

    See you soon

     

     

    Great work and an inspiring story! Remember not to put spaces before punctuation when writing in English. 

     

    Hope this helps! 

     

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    May 22, 2015
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