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Hi, I'm Rachel! I'm a native English speaker and British student looking for somebody to help me learn Spanish in a language exchange. I can read and understand a lot of the language but I just haven't had the opportunity to practise speaking it yet. I want to travel both Spain and South America, and love the cultures of both. You don't have to be a native speaker- even if you're learning it, it would be good to have somebody to practise it with, maybe as a common language if you don't speak English. I would also be interested in learning some French, Catalan, Italian (I have basic knowledge of these three), Russian, Dutch, Polish, Norwegian and Japanese. (complete beginner). I love the cultures and histories of the countries where these languages are spoken, as well as the languages themselves, and would love to meet some people from different areas of the world.
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    Mientras Mientras, he encontrado buenos videos para idiomas en YouTube. Son les llama 'Easy Languages'. Estoy sorprendido sobre el español entiendo, aunque son rápidos, y francés, no he estudiado ese en cinco años.
    December 19, 2014
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    La influenza Yo fue a ir a tratar de establecer sesiones de español y ingles pero estoy infermo este fin de semana. ¡A tiempo para Navidad, también!
    December 19, 2014
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    December 15, 2014
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    Can you correct my homework

    The sonnet CXVI is one of 154 Shakespeare' s sonnets. It was probably written between 1593 and 1599. It is made of 3 quatrains and a couple and the rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
    This sonnet gives a definition of Petrarchian and Platonic love. True love is described as something unmovable, like a fixed mark or a leading star.
    I like very much this sonnet because it gives an idea of love which I share. I agree with the poet when he says "love is not love which alters when it alteration finds".

     

    This is fine! :) Very good English! The only other thing I would advise you to change would be the way the words are arranged, from 'I like very much' to 'I very much like'. It sounds better to an English speaker. The first one just seems unnatural and is not correct grammar. Hope this helped!

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    December 14, 2014
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    The difference between absorbing and creating while learning a language. As I have recently discovered with my Spanish, taking the language in is the easy part. I can listen to Spanish songs, read the lyrics, and understand what they are saying. I can understand the basics of an overheard conversation and read Wikipedia articles and short stories with no problem. However, it is so much harder- and I think this is true for many people with many different languages- to actually internalise it. I find it hard to write and speak in Spanish because I don't think in Spanish? Why not? Well, I don't need to. My family and friends all speak to me in English. I am surrounded by English films, radio, etc. So this is why I've joined this site. I realise that little will happen for my learning Spanish unless I actually start practising and using it with people. So that's what I aim to do.
    December 14, 2014
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    Speak english

    hello! my name is Carmen, I'm from Spain.
    I study Business and to speak speaking English is so important for my future. In Spain we study this language since we have are eight years old but in my case, the nivel is very loud. (not quite sure what 'nivel' means or what you're trying to say there)
    For me, the best of speak thing about speaking different languages is that I can comunicate with pepople of all the world. I like people and I think that to know other cultures is amazing! I haven't had the opportunity to live in other country but when I 'll finish my career the next year I want to go at other places.

     

    Hi! You've made a few mistakes here but you're understandable! :)

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    December 14, 2014
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    Parenting

    Due to learning English, I started to communicate with people of different ages from other countries. I noticed that most of the people of my age study at the University, work and travel a lot, engage in sports, and sometimes go to disco clubs, cinema and other entertainment places. My lifestyle differs very much from theirs.

    I got married in 21 and my daughter was born when I was 23. By that time, I graduated the University and had 2 years professional experience. After 5 years my son was born. I am happy to be a mother and to have two kids. I enjoy taking care of them, teaching them and playing different games. My husband and I are trying to raise smart, hardworking, honest and kind kids. We usually go for a walk in a (the?) warm season, roller skate or go sledding. When the weather is bad, we play computer and table games or make craftworks at home.
    I think, that twenties is the best period for pregnancy biologically because women usually don't have too many chronic health problems. It is also easier for parents and kids to understand each other, to become good friends and enjoy many activities together.

    On the other side hand, it is a great responsibility to be a parent. 24/7 we must think about the health, education, safety of our kids. Sometimes I don't have a chance to go out for weeks. I can't sleep during the nights when they feel bad. Work, kids and home cares take all my time. I stopped even think about disco and fitness clubs, sports, beauty salons and so on. It is hard to change something in our life, for instance to move to another city or country. My husband and I want to travel to Spain, Singapore, Canada and Australia, but we can travel there at least in five years, when the kids grow up a little bit. At the same time, we don't know if we will have enough money for travelling or it will be better to spend this sum on the kids education, for example.

    I hope we have properly planned our life, will be able to provide worthy future for our kids and will find the way to satisfy our own needs too.

    Anyway, to be a mother is the most important role of a woman and the greatest happiness.

     

    Hello! You have very good English written skills! You only made a few small mistakes! :)

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    December 14, 2014
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    ¡Hola todos! ¡Hola! Mi nombre es Rachel y soy ingles. Esta es mi primera nota. Mi español es no muy buen y estoy no muy confidente. Voy a la bienvenida a corecciones aqui.
    December 14, 2014
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    The Blue Cross.

    -When Valentin was having breakfast he noticed that the sugar was in the salt-cellars (salt-shakers? Sorry if this is right- it could be an American or Australian term- but I've personally never heard it) and the salt in the sugar-basin, and when he asked the waiter why did he did that, the other replied he didn't, that it did was a priest. To Valentin it seemed suspicious so he decided to follow the priests.

    -When Father Brown knocked over the apple cart he did it as another track for the three policeman so that they would go on following the tracks. ('tracks' seems like a strange word choice here: 'trail' might be better?)

    -The fact that Father Brown had broken the window allows to Valentin to continue with the chase.

    -In the sweetshop the lady at the counter tells Flambeau that one of the priests has misplaced a parcel and he later returned claiming it, and asking that it be sent on to an address if found. The shopkeeper says to Valentin that the two priests were headed for Hampstead Heath, and with this information Valentin is capable to continue with the pursuit. (he is 'able to continue' or 'capable of continuing')

    -In the park Valentin can closely follow the two priests. Hidden behind the trees he is capable to hear the conversation between them and find out the truth about them.

    -The three of them have an objective, for get to achieve it they act in a clever way; Flambeau pretending to be a priest for to steal the parcel, Valentin following the tracks to catch Flambeau, and Father Brown acting as if he didn't know who really was Flambeau really was and what he wanted while he was letting tracks (leaving trails?) that allows Valentin to follow them. They use astuteness and intelligence with the goal of achieving their purpose.

    -Father Flambeau is the character I feel I know best because I believe that what he does in the story, pretend be ignorant of the truth, is something that everyone does at least one time in their life; maybe not with the same objective, it's possible that we hide the truth from others to not hurt them, but all of us do it. Father Brown is also one of the characters I like the most. I prefer his character because he doesn't boast about his skills, is patient, and use the acquired knowledge. For example, he use his experience as a priest when he states a reason why he knew Flambeau was not a priest: "You attacked reason. It's bad theology."

    -The kind of narrator is a third person who is not involved with the story and is not a character within the story. In this case, the narrator has a subjective narration describing Valentin's thoughts. The narrator's knowledge is limited to that character, it means that the narrator can't describe things unknown to the principal character. The narrator is given detective Valentin's point of view.

     

    Hi! Well done with this! :) Your English is good and understandable! A few of the sentences seemed odd to me, particularly at the start, but as I said, I think some of it might just be because I'm not familiar with the subject!

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    December 14, 2014
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    Fear of talking with strangers.

    I remember when I decided to chat with voice (I don't think you really need 'in voice' here, unless 'voice is some kind of app I just haven't heard of!) in English for the first time.
    I am not good at speaking even in my native language,
    so it was an additional hurdle to the lack of vocabulary
    and poorly knowledge of grammar. But I put myself there
    and started a chat with complete strangers.
    I knew that there was no other way to speak a language
    fluently, but to practice speaking.
    Talking with strangers didn't come in handy when I spoke for the
    first time. They asked me questions that I wasn't able to
    answer for the lack of vocabulary. But it gave me a sight about
    the most common topics talked there, so I knew which words I
    should learn quickly to manage the conversation. I don't know
    why I am so uneasy while talking with strangers. No one ever died
    doing this. So, I try to keep in mind this thought and I hope one day
    I overcome my fear of talking with strangers at all.

     

    Hi! Your English here is excellent, just a couple of tiny phrases that seemed a little odd to me, but other than that you're perfectly understandable! I would tell you not to be so shy and just dive in, but I'm also pretty terrible at speaking with people, even in English! Just don't give up, you're obviously getting there! :)

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    December 14, 2014
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