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Christiane Baldus
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Jul 3, 2016
Hallo Graham Obwohl wir den ganzen Juni nicht gesprochen haben, hast du dennoch fast nichts vergessen. Ich denke , dass es sehr gut für dein Deutsch war, dass du Wien besucht hast und so in einer Immersion Situation gewesen bist. Es war sehr interessant von deiner Reise dorthin und auch über deine Deutschprüfung zu hören. Ich habe dir Links www.dw.de geschickt und du kannst das für Freitag vorbereiten. bis dann Gruß Christiane
Christiane Baldus
German
Jun 26, 2016
Hallo Graham. Obwohl du längere Zeit keinen Deutschunterricht hattest, bist du doch nach Wien gereist und hattest dort viel Gelegenheit Deutsch zu sprechen. Man kann das merken, denn du hast gar nichts vergessen. Du hast wirklich prima über deine Reien nach Prag und Wien sowie die Erlebnisse dort sprechen können. Natürlich hoffe ich auch, dass du die deutsche Sprachprüfung sehr gut gemacht hast! Gruß Christiane
Bianca
German
May 29, 2016
Lieber Graham, du sprichst schon gut und die mündliche Prüfung fällt dir bestimmt leicht. Ich bin gespannt auf deinen Bericht über Berlin. :-) Liebe Grüße, Bianca
Christiane Baldus
German
Apr 22, 2016
Hallo Graham. Du hast heute prima über das Thema "Kinder in Restaurants?" gesprochen. Wir haben auch ein bisschen über deine Wohungssuche und den Film 'Zootopia' geredet. Am Dienstag werden dann mit einem neuen Sprechtema arbeiten und dann über den Hörteil der B1 Prüfung reden. bis dann C
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    My certificate of voluntary English teacher

    Well, Today was a day very good to me because I received my certificates of voluntary English teacher

    As I mentioned previously, I am a voluntary English teacher, and I decided to be a teacher because I felt that could be a great opportunity for me to learn more, because when I learn something I can help my students wanting to enter college. I learned everything by myself but I am not fluent and I have some defects, but I believe that I know enough to help them. I learned some things I would not be able to do, actually I knew some things but I learned more and I am happy for that. I have received very good results this year, and I owe my international friends, iTalki and those who are reading and making corrections to help me improve.

    there are some subject that I don´t know to talk about, I suck at: politics, cooking and among others that I don´t remember now, I will continue my studying by myself this vacation because next year I will continue to teach.


    I used yellow for spelling corrections, as well as using red to add words that I thought would make it sound more natural, or that were missing. The green highlight was my own slight confusion as to what you meant, so I wrote what I think you were trying to save. All in all, you've done very well if this is all your own time and effort. Very few mistakes, and they're small mistakes, but mistakes it's best to improve on to sound more natural. 

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    December 26, 2016
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    A joke

    Last night I used a taxi to take myself home. Suddenly the driver crashed with insane speed into the rear of another car. After that he turned to me and said: "Evaluate the trip as 5 stars, please"


    I'll rewrite this in a way that's more typical for a Brit to say it. 


    'Last night I got a taxi to take me home. Suddenly the driver crashed with insane speed into the back of the car in front. After that he turned round to me, and said: 'Rate the trip as 5 stars, please?'. 


    The rear isn't incorrect, but in British English it's usually just the back of the car, but in US english I think that's perfectly fine. We usually get a cab, or get a taxi, rather than use them. We of course are using them, but the common way of expressing that is 'getting a ride'. 


    Nothing is incorrect though, I've just tried to give you how it might be said similarly to how it is in the UK, and to an extent the US. 

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    December 26, 2016
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    'I've got problems with this!' - I have problems with this is the exact same thing, but it's just a different way of saying it. 'I have a headache listening to this loud music' and 'I've got a headache, with all this loud music playing' mean the same. 


    Got is just the past tense of gotten, so it's basically a way of saying you've received something, or possess something. 'I've got a PS4, I've got a boyfriend, I've got a coffee, do you want one though?' 


    Just a few examples that it's used in, but it's v regularly used. 

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    December 26, 2016
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    Summer has come

    It seems summer has finally started here in my region. We had a really hot Christmas yesterday, and it seems all that heat is not going away so soon. I live in Paraná state, located in the Southern region of Brazil. It is located at the subtropical zone of the planet, which means that we have the four seasons well defined. In the winter, we have a lot of cold here. It's common (for it to be) having below zero degrees Celsius in this season and it's possible for it to snow, although it seldom does. About fall and spring, I'd say both are pretty unstable. The nights and mornings are usually cold, meanwhile it's hot during the afternoons. The summer is pretty hot. The temperatures easily hits thirty-five degrees celsius, and it can be even hotter than that. I am not into such hot weather. Maybe my opinion could would be different if I lived in a coastal city , like Florianópolis or Rio de Janeiro, but since it's not part of my reality, I can say I'm looking forward for the fall season.


    I am not used to correcting work, so this is a clumsy way to do it, but your writing is very good. Some words need pluralised, others require the s to be removed. 

    Normally we would say, 'it's common for it to be below 10 c this time of year' or 'we can have summers that are just unbearably warm' but normally with numbers, I would hear people using 'be' rather than 'have'. 

    The 'does' correction is more of a style issue, as it's better to refer back to the previous piece of information, than to repeat the word. 


    This was well written though, and I'm sorry my feedback is done in a fashion that's clumsy.

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    December 26, 2016
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  • Answered
    It's a peculiar sentence, and the person above is correct. I would add that it can also be an outburst, as if the event that has happened, shouldn't have happened in the first place. 'I thought you should know what I did' 'I shouldn't need to know, as it shouldn't have happened in the first place!' That example might be more confusing that I had wanted it to be.
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    December 26, 2016
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    A confidant, is a person you can disclose private and secret feelings with, and know that they won't betray this trust. A person you can open up to, in a way that is very intimate. Confident as Chris meant to translate, is a feeling of assuredness. e.g. I can be confident, that my confidant won't betray my trust.
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    December 26, 2016
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    B1 Prüfung Ich werde bald eine Prüfung für Deutsch nehmen, und ich brauche Empfehlungen mir zu helfen. Welche Sprache habt ihr für eine Prüfung gelernt, und welche Methoden fanden Sie das Beste?
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    May 28, 2016
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    Things that make me and my friend happy

    I feel happy when I can travel. I love traveling but I only visit European countries. I was in Spain, Croatia, Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and Slovakia. I really love languages. I speak Spanish fluently and I am learning English and Japanese. I cook or tidy up my house to relax. I like going out with my dog. We walk every day. I like running and exercising. It makes me happy. My friend Peter likes mountains. He really loves climbing but i don't like see it because it is very dangerous. He also likes cycling. He likes traveling so we often travel together. Peter is happy when he's doing well at work.



    I have underlined and put things in italics that I've changed. There's nothing really wrong with what's being said, but there's ways you can make it appear more natural. As an example: I cook or tidy up my house to relax, and I really like going out with my dog. We walk every day. I like running and exercising because It makes me happy. The sentence has more flow because you're using and and because to connect both ideas. You've done great however. 

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    May 28, 2016
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    'I'd like the bowl of beed noodles please' would be correct. You don't want to use 'a' in this context, because the indefinite article 'a' doesn't apply to the plural. 'I'd like the small beef noodles please' is also correct. There's lots of ways you can say this, but if you're wanting to speak like a Brit you'd probably just say 'I'd like the small beef noodles please' if you're pointing to it on a menu.
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    May 28, 2016
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