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Teacher Rona
Filipino (Tagalog)
Jan 29, 2021
He learns quickly and he tried his best to answer my questions. Maraming Salamat! :)
Yuko
Japanese
Dec 10, 2019
Thank you very much for taking a trial lesson with me. It was nice to talk to you. I talked about Japanese word order today: SVO in English; SOV in Japanese. I think that starting to learn new language is like opening a new world. Keep it up! Hope to see you soon.
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How to text to a girl
Are you the kind of guy who likes going to any social events to collect phone numbers from girls but do not meet them up with them again? If you had a good time, but then nothing happens you probably do not know how to text a girl.
To start with, how many days have passed since she gave you her phone number? Nowadays, a regular the average person receives many (several) messages on a daily basis. After getting her phone number, write text her in no more than 48 hours. We also meet new people and do lots of activities, then so it could (would) be a good idea to write your name in your first message. Once she replies to your message, you should start a conversation by calling back to something you talked about on the previous days. Do not get sad if her replies do not look as if she were excited to talk to you. Assuming that your goal is to have a date, the next message will be crucial. Here you have two options: First, if you have already known well each other pretty well, you could get right to the point. Do not be afraid of asking her to go out with you. However, if you are either a bit shy or conservative, you should go for continue chatting with her for some days until you know her better her and decide to ask her out. Although, if you aim for a date, I will would not go for that option because after some days of chatting she could can only see you as a friend or you will both probably stop sending messages to one another.
Some men feel great when getting a phone number from a girl, but it is only the first step. It does not guarantee you anything. Be careful of what kind of messages you send her.------------------------------------------------
*The words in parentheses are suggestions to replace the word before them. For example, "many messages" is still correct, but I think that "several messages" sounds more normal. Also, "Do not get sad if her replies do not look as if she were excited to talk to you." This sentence makes sense to me, but I would rephrase it as "Don't be disappointed if she doesn't sound excited to talk to you." Again, the original sentence makes sense but I think it sounds more natural if you rephrase it. I hope this helps!
0 votedOctober 2, 20162Job abroad
Hi there,
The idea of this text is to write a letter to a friend who lives abroad, in a country where I plan to study and get a part-time job. For this letter, I must give details of my study plans, explain why I want to get a part-time job, and suggest how my friend could help me find a job.
Please, fell feel free to suggest some changes to make the letter better.
Thank you in advance.
Hi John,
I hope this letter finds you well. As you already know, I’m intending to study abroad, and after doing some researching, I came to the conclusion that the country you live in is the best one for me. My plan is to get some experience abroad in my area field of working and also take the opportunity to practice my English.
So in order to get the most advantage out of the this plan, I think the best approach is to also get a part-time job in my area field together with while also taking some technical courses. Due to that, I wonder if there is any possibility you Would you be willing to recommend me in to the company you work for? Is it possible? You already know me very well and know my strengths and weaknesses. I’m pretty sure certain that I can would be very helpful.
I can’t wait to arrive get there and catch up with you.
Regards,
Danilo0 votedSeptember 27, 20161A spectacular table-tennis match!
I remember a battle I was having in 2014. It was in the semi-final. (In the quarter-final I had a match point against me, but my opponent placed his smashed the ball right into the net.) This day I was feeling very weak that day, but I forced myself to fight. I'm I was so passionate about table-tennis. (Sometimes I feel felt weak due to stomach problems)
In the semi-final I lost the two first two sets by 11-4 and respectively 11-5, respectively! I really had no chance at all! I was completely lost! All I did was doing was picking up the balls from him. He was hitting the ball very fast and powerfully. I had to react very quickly.
I remember I was thinking, "This must change. It can't go on like this all the whole time." And I was right. He began to miss his shots more frequently. Somehow I managed to win the third set with 11-9. I took the fourth set I was taken with 11-4. In the fifth, deciding set, we were going back and forth followed each other all the time. It was 9-9, and he his turn to serve. I won 11-9! (Later I won the final, too.)I changed the highlighted sentence to past tense because the rest of your story is in the past tense, not the present tense. It still feels a little out of place though. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "picking up the balls from him." It sounds like it was a fun match though!
0 votedSeptember 24, 20160Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation
Sometimes I like reading books in the sphere of business.
Yesterday I decided to combine learning English and books in my favorite area.
I heard a speech in English of by Dan Pink (from ted.com) about motivation with subtitles (of course I didn't understand his speech in English and read subtitles in Russian language).
His idea is very interesting and says tells us about a very important idea that we should change the principle of motivation of our staff members.
And also I also heard an idea that it will be more useful to hire people with fiery eyes not with a instead of big backgrounds because you can teach any person, but you can't motivate a person to do something if that he or she don't doesn't want to do.
I decided to read his book about motivation and in some time I'll white write about it.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I tried to tell your story in the way I would write about it below:
Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation
Sometimes I like reading books about business.
Yesterday, I decided to combine this interest with learning English.
I watched a TED Talk about motivation by Dan Pink. It was in English but I watched it with Russian subtitles.
I thought it was very interesting. He talked about how we should change the way we motivate our employees.
He also talked about how it will be more beneficial to hire people with passion instead of lots of experience because you can teach people how to do anything, but you can't motivate them to do something they don't want to do.
I decided to read his book about motivation which I'll write about later.
Were you able to solve "the candle problem?"
0 votedSeptember 23, 20160Learning English
I need to put my English knowledge into practice for improving it to improve it.
I think that speaking and writing to other people is the most difficult thing to do.
I'm afraid to make mistakes, to not find the correct word I would say, to say some uninteresting stuff, and to be honest, I don't have these types of conversations in my own life either. However, it's impossible for me to improve without making doing that.
It's better to know less few words and but to be able to use them properly instead of than knowing a lot of words without using them in the right way and use them incorrectly.
That's why I will try to write regularly on here. At least one note per day would be good.
I took my first English course on Italki this morning, and I'm going to have one or two per week.
I would like to find language partners for speaking on Skype regularly (don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you want to).
Thanks for reading.Nice notebook entry! Just like you said, the more you practice, the better you will get. And remember, everyone who has learned a new language has made mistakes.
0 votedSeptember 23, 20162- You use the word "always" correctly in each of the examples. Just make sure to spell it "always" instead of "alwais." In the third example, it looks like you forgot to include the word, "mistake." It should look like this: A: Look! You've made the same mistake again. B: Oh no, not again. I am always making the same mistake.0 votedSeptember 21, 20161
- I would use the phrase "be familiar to" with a person. For example, one might say, "I don't know much about knitting. It is not familiar to me." Although this example doesn't use "be," it is another way I would use the phrase "familiar to." "He looks familiar to me." I would use the phrase "be familiar with" with a subject or a place. For example, "Are you familiar with knitting?" or "He wasn't familiar with London."0 votedSeptember 19, 20161
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