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-Also, your profile lists 2/5 Bars English - Well, what are you talking about ? How to update this thing ? Actually, I am not level A2, it is pretty insulting in regard to the time that I spent learning English. :) Plus, I have just seen that you are from USA, then you should not take things personally. I do like US people and hopefully, they are not always like the ones who refused to talk with him. This topic had three goals : train myself to write in English (first), talk about this fact which happened to me, see if some peoples was ever stuck in this situation.
0 votedJanuary 13, 20180- I would like to react about your speech in which you said that the problem was my French accent. As I already said, I don't have a French accent but my accent sounds a little bit more British because I have already learnt to pronunciate the words like British people do - Southern accent- I know It can be hard to trust in what I say but actually, that often happens. I remember about this guy who is from Kansas and told me that he won't help me to improve my speaking skills because He didn't like British Accent. Then, He told that he didn't want to practice with someone who tries to make his british accent perfect. This is the issue and it is not about French Accent. I am sure that If I had a French accent, they would help me because they could make my accent sound more US american.0 votedJanuary 12, 20180
They are quite stupid, I agree with it. I am glad to hear that the most important is the pronunciation because some people think that the accent is very important to being understandable. I don't think so. I mean, I prefer to say "Bett'o" rather than "Bedder" for instance. This is my pronunciation which makes me sound more british but I 'm okay with that and everyone should be aswell.
0 votedJanuary 9, 20180- Does the accent is more important than a good pronunciation?
Does the accent is more important than a good pronunciation?
English is the first language which is taught in the whole word. Because of that, there are so many different accents that we cannot know all of them. When I speak with an US guy on the phone, he usually notice me that my pronunciation is near from the British accent. He makes me work on the pronunciation to loose the accent and get one he has.
The real question about me is to know if the most important is to choose an accent or if it is to have a good pronunciation of the words. Yes, I know that some words don't sound the same in British English than US English.
I met a plenty of US people who said that the British accent sounded old and then I have to learn the US Accent.
Sometimes, some US guys refuse to talk to me because I want to speak in British English.
Sometimes, some British partners say that I should not learn the US pronunciation which sounds "incorrect".
That's pretty incredible.
What do you think about that?
(It's a real topic, not a joke. Sorry for doing mistakes)January 9, 2018193 - Dos the accent is more important than a good pronunciation ? Does the accent is more important than a good pronunciation? English is the first language which is taught in the whole word. Because of that, there are so many different accents that we cannot know all of them. When I speak with an US guy on the phone, he usually notice me that my pronunciation is near from the British accent. He makes me work on the pronunciation to loose the accent and get one he has. The real question about me is to know if the most important is to choose an accent or if it is to have a good pronunciation of the words. Yes, I know that some words don't sound the same in British English than US English. I met a plenty of US people who said that the British accent sounded old and then I have to learn the US Accent. Sometimes, some US guys refuse to talk to me because I want to speak in British English. Sometimes, some British partners say that I should not learn the US pronunciation which sounds "incorrect". That's pretty incredible. What do you think about that? (It's a real topic, not a joke. Sorry for doing mistakes)January 9, 201820
- "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"- Poem Hi ! This is a summary of this poem : "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" is a poem, posthumously published, written by John Keats who is considered as one of the most important romantics poets of the second generation due to the volume of his poetry. He was born in 1795 and he died in 1821 from the consumption. His death inspired Shelley, another romantic poet, who wrote Adonais in the honour of Keats. Known by poems such "Ode to a Grecian Urn", published when he was alive, he explores the beauty and the joy aspects in a mysterious and elevating sense. In this poem, Keats mentions the romantic mediaevalism and recurrent themes as love, magic and supernatural. The story talks about a man , called "Knight-At-Arms" who is walking around and meets a supernatural being. This meeting looks like very mysterious and takes place when the winter is coming. "The faery's child", who has long white hair and “faded cheeks”, falls in love with the “Knight”. For long days, they walk around together. She gives him some supernatural food, “honey wild” and “manna dew”, and takes him to her house. Then, the "Knight" falls sleep and starts to dream about ghosts. When he wakes up, he realizes that he is on the other side, condemned to walk around in this cold place. Indeed, because of the supernatural being, the Knight is dead. What do you think about this text?December 15, 201700
Good question.
In my opinion, many facts can explain it. Personally, I prefer to talking with a girl because it is more comfortable. Mens are generally rudes and talk sports every time...I don't like sports. Once someone asked me to go on skype. I answered that I was shy because I'm not comfortable to speaking in English clearly. He said that I don't need to be shy with him because he is a man. It is totally sexist. For these types of examples, I prefer to talking with girls.
(Sorry if I made grammar mistakes. I'm learning English)
0 votedAugust 18, 20170- I would like to find english partners on Italki.
Hi everyone,
As you guess, I want to exchange with native english partners. I have learned English since I was 11 years old. Because I 'm a French native, I can help you to write and understand French perfectly. I'm not looking for partners to speaking on Skype (Maybe later). I'm not comfortable to speak English loudly. I mean I took up to improve my english speaking skills since the beginning of this week. Therefore, I am scared of speaking English with someone and that no one cannot understand what we are meaning. That's the reason I want to improve the foreign language skills by posting and typing on Italki more than speaking loudly on Skype.
I hope you will be interested to improve your French and to know each other, our culture etc :)
(I'm sure my post isn't correct, I'm sorry about that :) )
I'm waiting for you :)
August 14, 201740 - Salut Patrick, En effet, tu as raison. Le Français standard voudrait que tu écrives " Quelle sorte de voiture a-t'elle ? " Toutefois, il est plus commun que nous utilisions la tournure suivante "Elle a quelle sorte de voiture? " You can use both but in general, in French speaking we use the second sentence. I hope I could help you.0 votedAugust 13, 20171
