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I'm a native English speaker living in Nashville, TN. I work in public schools and need to be able to talk to Spanish-speaking parents of the kids I work with. I took Spanish in high school and college but I'm very rusty and need someone to practice with. I'd love to trade your Spanish skill for my English skill! =)
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Jaime Romero
Spanish
Aug 15, 2015
De nada, Taylor!, me dio mucho gusto trabajar contigo, hasta la próxima!
Victor
Spanish
Jun 30, 2015
Un placer. Yo también, voy a hacer ese pan de plátano.
Victor
Spanish
Jun 30, 2015
Un placer
lidia
Spanish
Jun 24, 2015
Great progress, Taylor!!! Bravísima! It's such a pleasure to work with you!!! ¡¡Gracias!!!
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    Different opinions about different topics

    1) The best place to live is in a big city.

    Personally I think that is true. It´s more interesting and you have <s>all things </s>everything <s>near</s>close to you, but It depends on each person, because living in a big city has many problems too. for example, the pollution, the noise, and the people in general are more stressful. <s>So </s>in my opinion, it depends on what you prefer.


    2) Cycling is the most practical way to get around big cities.

    General speaking I agree with that without doubt. If everybody used bikes to move in big cities, those cities would be more<s> </s><s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">fluent</s><s>,</s>(not sure what word you want here, but you can't use fluent like this.. maybe "less congested"?) there will be less pollution and the people will be happier than they are now. In my opinion the people should be conscious about that, and the governments too.


    3) You only get good service in expensive restaurants.

    I disagree with that. there are many cheap restaurants <s>which they</s>that have <s>a</s> very good service.<s>, as you know </s>here in Canary Islands the best restaurants are called guachinche.<s> and </s>They are the cheapest and in general they have better service than expensive restaurants.

    4) It´s irritating when people in shops or restaurants say " have a nice day"¡

    I disagree with that, because <s>say</s> that expression means the person has an education and is polite. In my opinion I like those kinds of people who are polite with everybody.


    Nice job! Keep working and be careful about making adjectives plural (you do this in spanish but not in english) and on spelling cognates :) Canary Islands sound lovely!!
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    March 18, 2020
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    March 18, 2020
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    My purpose

    I'm Julian, i'm Colombian and currently living in Colombia but what i have always wanted is to live in another country, to travel and adquiere acquire new knowledge, knowledge from studying, from knowingmeeting new people and learning their cultures, and their approach ofto life. So, to do sothis, i want to study a master in another country like Germany, England, Switzerland, and obviously i need to enhance my English so i can achieve a brandlevel 6-7 in IELTS. I think my weakness lies in my writing (that's why i'm doing this), and in my speaking. So a friend of mine recommended me this appthis app to me, which i find extremely useful., i'm a native Spanish speaker, so if i can help you with your learning process, just let me know.


    Nice job! Remember to capitalize "I" when writing formally.

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    January 18, 2018
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    Opciones de viajar Hola a todos! Me gustaría tu ayuda en dos cosas. Primero, si podrías corregir mi nota, me lo gustaría mucho. Segundo, necesito ayuda de elegir que hacer para mis vacaciones de primavera. 1) Guatemala: Yo he viajado a Guatemala dos veces, y me encanto'. Iría a Antigua a estudiar en una escuela de español y me quedaría con una familia muy hermosa. Me quede con esta familia la ultima vez que viaje' a Guatemala y a ellos me gustan mucho. Y Antigua es uno de mis favoritas lugares del mundo. 2) Barcelona: Nunca he estado en Barcelona. Quiero que ir para atender un concierto de mi banda favorita que este tocando en Barcelona durante mis vacaciones, y por supuesto explorar Catalonia. Los negativos de este opción son que estaría mucho mas caro, y solo podría quedarme en Barcelona para 4 días. Y no solo estaría mas caro, sino también tendría que volar a través del océano Atlántico sola! 3) Nada: Esta opción esta muy muy aburrida. Pero, podría usar el dinero que ahorre' para pagar mis prestamos de estudiante. Si, aburrido, pero quizás la opción mas mejor y la mas adulta?
    January 18, 2018
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    In the US, you can say "I have a headache" OR you could say "I have had headaches every day for a month!" or "I get headaches every day" Yes, you only have one head, but "headache" can be plural if you are talking about having one multiple times.
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    January 22, 2017
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    Soda Stereo Cirque du Soleil

    The countdown has already started. The world-famous Canadian entertainment company will soon release "Séptimo día - No descansaré", a show entirely inspired by the music and history of the successful Argentinian band Soda Stereo.

    The company has already made other musical shows, based on music by The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and Michael Jackson.

    This show will be the first to have on having part of the audience standing on the field, between the acrobats, like in a rock concert.

    The tour´s kick off will happen on March, 9th (no comma needed, should be "March 9th") at Luna Park in Buenos Aires.

    **Twenty trucks will move all the equipment, lights, and clothes during this tour.

    Some of the scheduled cities are Córdoba, Lima, Santiago de Chile, Bogotá, Mexico DF, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Miami and Las Vegas.

    35 artists will perform on stage, plus 42 on backstage. The team includes people from Russia, Canada, France, Japan, Mexico and Argentina.**

    The soundtrack is being developed based on the band´s original tracks, that covers a period from 1984 to 1997.
    It will include previously unpublished material, and new versions of their most classic songs.

    One of the acts was created in collaboration with Soda Stereo fans.
    More than one hundred and fifty thousand users participated through Facebook Live sessions, and the result will be presented together with "Primavera cero".

    Official teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHtjHe2leWw

    P.S. If you don´t know Soda Stereo, it´s a great opportunity for you to meet a great musical surprise! Check them out, you won´t be get disappointed at all! Some of their most successful albums: "Canción animal", "Signos", "Comfort y música para volar (MTV unplugged)", and my favorite "Dynamo".

    Thanks for reading! :D

    This was great. You obviously have a very advanced level of English - awesome job! The changes I would suggest to you are ones I might also be suggesting to any native English speaker. The area I marked with ** is grammatically correct and I saw no problems with it at all, but if you are writing at the college level or for a newspaper article (which you appear to be doing) you may want to look at the "flow" of these three sections. They seem to be just listing facts, where you could do a bit more to make the ideas flow logically from one sentences to another. Again, this is VERY advanced English and you are writing at or above the skill level of most adult native speakers, so congrats! :) 


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    December 22, 2016
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    Yay! I am not going to be alone in the dark

    It has been for about 3 weeks since some areas in my house were in the dark, in the night time. It has started to with a light bulb behind the front door, followed by one in the hallway and then in the living room, that were not working. Actually, there were some that went out have been something happened before that.

    One of my housemates told me that a light bulb in his bedroom exploded. Oh! really? I asked him and walked follow with him to see it. It has had broken into very small pieces. Also in the kitchen, I have had to change a light bulb almost every months. How come? I did not think it was a normal problem and I told the landlord every time.

    Once all light bulbs in those areas were not working, I told the landlord in the day after, but nothing happened until the last Saturday. I texted to him and said 'could you please fix the electricity problems before Christmas? Almost all of my housemates went are back home now. I did do not want to be alone in the dark when they were are all not here'. 1

    Today, in the morning, he texted me telling me that an electrician is going to call me either today or tomorrow. And yes, the electrician called me today in the afternoon. Excellent! it was happened very quickly, and I have never thought it would happen. Thanks god! I have been afraid that this house would become much darker. What would I do if the light in the kitchen was not working in for Christmas time? There would not be anybody to help me for  with that. I could not stay alone in the dark, with the slugs T^T. I am really sure that they will get into this house again and again as usual.

    So, I am a bit glad happier, now that some of things surrounding me are going well. It might not be perfect but it is better than nothing happen. At least, I could can see more clearly when that the creatures got into my house, even though I have never wanted to see them anyway. So scared.

    1 I changed these verb tenses so they were all present tense, as though that is what you were texting your landlord at THAT MOMENT. You could also change it so the entire thing is in past tense and it would also work "I told my landlord THAT my housemates all went home..." as long as it isn't in a quote. If that makes sense. If not, let me know

    This is a great notebook! Your language sounds very natural and casual. :) Most of your problems seem to be with using prepositions (in, on, with, etc.) or with "a/an" vs. "the". Also, maybe you should move! Your landlord seems awful!! :)


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    December 20, 2016
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    Give up smoking

    Why do should smokers should quit smoking?

    Doctors recommend smokers should quit smoking because smoking increases heart disorder disease and lung disease. besides your fatigue goes up.Also, it causes fatigue.

    No matter how long you smoke, it´s time give up smoking. The longer you hold a cigarette, the worse for your health, so remember this: when you want to smoke, think about your health. Don’t take that packet of cigarettes out of your pocket, and if you take it out, throw it away.



    Nice job!

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    December 20, 2016
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    Porque viajar es cambiar (Primero, necesito ayuda con el titulo... puedo decir esa frase: viajar es cambiar? En ingles, hay una frase "To travel is to change", pero no sé si es igual en español) Hay una frase que dice, cuando una persona viaje, nunca volvió la persona igual. Volvió una persona muy diferente. En 2016, viajé dos veces a Guatemala. La primera con mis amigos, y la segunda vez fui sola. Nunca habría pensado que estos dos viajes cambiarían mi vida, pero pienso que si - mi vida ha cambiado. Durante mi viaje sola, estudié español en una escuela en Antigua. Antes de mi viaje, estuve nerviosa para viajar a otro país sin mis amigos o mi esposo. Me pregunté muchas cosas... me lo gustaría? me haría sola? tendría miedo? Y aprendí que viajar sola me encanta. Me encanta caminar calles nuevas, tomar el sol abajo de un gran volcán, y ver cosas que no supe existan. Amo respirar el aire de una lugar nueva, y hacer amigos de otras países. Guatemala a mi me encanta. Esta mañana, un amiga de Facebook preguntó a sus amigas: Que amas tanto, que te iluminas cuando lo hablas sobre eso? Y para mi, esa cosa es Guatemala y mis viajes allí. Estoy empezando pensar que deba compartir más tiempo allí y en otras países centroamericanos. Ahorita, estoy en mis vacaciones de navidad, y planeo pasar esto descanso figurando cuando puedo volver, y cuanto tiempo puedo quedarme sin mi trabajo se pone enoja! (Muchísimas gracias para leer mi Notebook!! :)
    December 20, 2016
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    Haha! I love this question. Yes, they mean the same thing (this thing you did was VERY easy) but I would say that "taking candy from a baby" is by far the most common. "Shooting fish in a barrel" and "falling off a log" are things my grandpa would say (so you'd sound like an old person :D)
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    September 26, 2016
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