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Hi, my name is Ciaran! I'm born and raised in England and i'm currently working part time as a chef in my home city of Leicester! I recently spent 6 weeks in Japan on holiday, travelling the country, meeting lots of new people and learning the culture. I had the time of my life and have come back with many memories, and now I plan on working there in the near future! I learnt a very small amount of Japanese as I traveled but I would like to become fluent (or as close as possible). I am hoping to find teachers and language partners to help me learn not just the technical aspects of Japanese, but also the everyday language that is more commonly spoken by native speakers!
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Hero-mi
Japanese
Dec 24, 2015
It was so nice to catch up ! I know it is hard to keep on studying a language you don't use in your daily life. But don't give up! :) I keep it in my mind that you told me you are going to do a lot more practice from now!!! I hope you will have a nice Christmas vacation, too! またね! ありがとうございました
Hero-mi
Japanese
Nov 12, 2015
I am impressed with your challenge sprite ! :) You are making longer sentences, keep it up!
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    Don`t forget about mother

    Sometimes I notice we don`t spend much time with our mothers. I guess we should do away with that because mothers are the best person in this life. We should always keep in touch with her and try to be side by side with her. Now and again somebody calls his mother out of pity . But when I`m free I do never miss to do that because she thinks of me around the clock. However tired I am, I always ask her about health and spirit. When I don`t do that everything goes pear shaped. So don`t forget about her and wish health and happiness today!


    Good effort!

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    May 30, 2016
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    What do you think about it? - Building the confidence

    Although there is a lot of English running in my head, until now I haven't been able to use it in a conversational way. What i mean is.. I've been learning grammar rules, vocabulary that after a few months I sometimes completely forget. Because of learning a foreign language where everybody speaks Spanish, it's not a piece of cake! on the other hand moving forward to the next step in the learning ladder is still so hard too. Then, to achieve the next level I must stop doing the same things.

    Now it's time to do English!
    Now I know that feeling fears, getting nervous, or forgetting everything during a chat is part of my learning process. Know, I'm looking at the whole picture!.

    No more worries, fears, negative beliefs, mistakes while I'm talking...
    No more only focus on the pieces of the language......
    I'm ready to master my fears!


    Good effort, my corrections make it sound much more natural. Even though some of your grammar might not be wrong, its not always how English speakers actually speak. Keep it up!

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    May 30, 2016
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    5/28/2016

    “Fire!” I waved my sword and signaled the beginning of the fierce fight. Our cannon lit up and cannon balls snapped the plank of the other ship like matchsticks. We tried to draw our ship closer to the ship (this is grammatically correct but not a very natural way to write, I would change it to something like "the enemy"), intending to board it and seize the booty on the ship.
    The exchange of powerful cannon balls shook both ships. The smell of the choking acrid sulfur filled the air; the yelling and groaning of the combatants were clearly heard; the intense (not sure what word you were going for but "exchange" would work) was gripping.
    The darkness descended and relentless radiant light balls illuminated in the moonless sky. Suddenly a tremendous explosion was heard, and a blast of heat was felt. I shield myself from a shower of burning timbers. Through the curtain of the thick smoke I saw that our opponent was ripped apart ferociously, exploded and they disappeared almost immediately from sight, along with its treasure-laden cargo and its 600 crews.


    Overall very good, I would suggest using less adjectives, but it's good that you have them in your vocabulary! Another tip, be careful what tense you write in, and make sure it's consistent throughout. You used past and present tense interchangably! Good effort, keep it up! 

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    May 28, 2016
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    Learning English

    English is now the compulsory language taught in every school in Vietnam.
    Although I like learning Japanese so much , I still have to study English and regard it as a subject I have to pass if I want to pass the most important examination - University entrance exam.
    I've had a difficult process in learning English. The biggest difficulty is I can't remember all the grammar structures so I can't do the exercises "Rewrite the sentences" ( I think my brain does not have enough wrinkles (?) ) . And I don't know how to learn by heart the words my teacher taught me, this leads to difficulty when I do the Reading exercises ( there are many new words that I don't know in this part ). So do you have any idea of learning by heart all the new words? (A better way to phrase this would be "learning new words by heart") Please tell me, i would very grateful. My last ( I only now tell these difficulties , I think it would be more but as I say : my brain is does not have many wrinkles so my memory is not really good ) difficulty is that I can't speak fluently and pronounce right all the words passing by the words proporly; I 'd like to have a British accent but I think it would very hard for me to learn, could somebody tell me the way to have a British accent, or just tell me how to have rhythm and itonation intonation when speaking English.
    Thank you for reading and correct for me ( if you have time ) !


    I think the best way to learn new words by heart is to use spaced repition systems (SRS). They can really help you remember words for the long term. You didn't make many mistakes and your grammar already good! Keep it up!

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    May 28, 2016
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    How do you say practice in Japanese? google says れんしゅ but I want to check that first. thanks!
    November 5, 2015
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    Practice using verbs and ます! わたしはきょうのあさおちゃをのみました。 わたしはきょうほんをよみました。 わはきのうしんじゅくに(で?)いきました、きょうはしぶやにいきます。 わたしはきょうのよるらめんをたべりました。 ー よむ よみます もみました よみません よみませんでした
    November 5, 2015
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    ちょっといい? こんにちは!げんきですか?きのはつめたかった、えぎりす、イギリスでしずかです。わたしのにほんごはわるい!ごめねさい!
    October 31, 2015
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    I believe Gyoza is originally chinese? I would say a good Cornish Pasty is hard to beat in England :)
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    October 18, 2015
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    In, to say "on the sky" doesn't make sense unless in a very abstract description of something. :)
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    October 18, 2015
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    You can use "phenomenal", you could also use "fantastic" or "brilliant". :)
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    October 18, 2015
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