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- Un résumé de le deuxième chapitre de Harry Potter Je viens de lire le deuxième chapitre du premier livre de Harry Potter. Il traite d'un voyage au zoo par les Dursley, Harry, et l'ami de Dudley qui s'appelle Piers. Initialement, Harry n'était pas censé aller avec eux mais juste avant que commençait le voyage, Madame Figg leur a dit qu'elle ne pouvait pas lui faire attention tandis qu'ils y allaient. Alors, Harry est allé avec eux. Tandis qu'ils conduisaient au zoo, Harry leur a raconté d'un rêve qu'il avait eu la nuit avant. Dans le rêve, il avait vu une moto volante. Les lecteurs comprenons qu'il y avait une moto volante dans la nuit lorsque Hagrid avait apporté Harry chez Dursley. Cependant, Mr. Dursley était en colère que Harry avait raconté de ce rêve. Au zoo, Harry s'est amusé jusqu'à ce que le serpent se soit évadé. Mr. Dursley croyait que c'était Harry qui a causé s'évader le serpent. Parce qu'il l'avait fait, Mr. Dursley a causé être laissé Harry au placard pendant beaucoup de temps.July 25, 201620
- Harry potter Dans le lycée j'étudié le français pendant six ans. Quand je suis entré dans l'université il y a sept ans, j'ai commencé étudier l'espagnol et j'ai oublié tout le français que j'avait appris dans le lycée. Récemment j'ai découvert la musique de Stromae et ça m'a fait vouloir réapprendre le français. Pour le faire, je lis Harry Potter à L'école des Sorciers. C'est difficile, mais avec beaucoup de travaille, je peux le comprendre. Je pense que c'est plus facile comprendre un roman écrit dans une autre langue quand tu l'as déjà lu dans ta langue natif, et c'est pourquoi j'ai choisi Harry Potter.July 25, 201621
- There's always a debate in linguistic circles about the exact meaning of fluency and whether or not it's even useful in evaluating a language learner's progress. To some, fluency implies a high-level of knowledge and skill with a language, someone who knows a lot of the grammar and vocabulary and can apply that in a conversation or writing or whatever. To others, it has more to do with the actual delivery of the language; do you pause a lot? Is there a lot of hesitation or false starts and self correction? If so, that person might not be fluent in the eyes of some. Other still are less concerned with being "grammatically correct" in a language and instead focus more on whether or not the meaning was expressed and whether or not the listener understood what was being said; that is to say, whether or not the speaker can effectively communicate regardless of grammatical accuracy. I would think of it as a combination of these ideas and I personally am more concerned with communicating effectively (read: not necessarily "natively") and I like to have a nice flow to my speech without too much hesitation or correction, but I think that second point is less important than the effective communication. I hope this made sense I kind of rambled.0 votedJuly 24, 20160
About My English Studies
I've been studying English for 2 years now. I could hardly remember any proper English phrases during the first 3 months. It was really a pain in the ass. However, my English has been improving a lot since I started learning it. These days I often talk with some expats. They often say I'm an advanced learner of English, but I don't think so. My current English level isn't obviously very good, so I'd better get a lot more proper pronunciation and conversational skills. As you might already know, most Japanese people tend to pronounce English in a horrible way called "Engrish". I also used to do it. That's why I decided to focus on the difference between English and the fake one, and how I can reduce the wrong accent so that I can smoothly communicate with English speaking people such as native/fluent speakers. As a matter of fact, that's a good way for me. I always try to speak English with a clear and understandable accent as much as possible, even if it is the broken English.0 votedJuly 22, 20161Hi Dayna. I've been studying/teaching Spanish for the last 8 years and I STILL get that feeling sometimes. It's totally natural!
The best way is to obviously talk with someone in Spanish - native is preferable, obviously, but honestly with anyone who will speak. I've found (and my students have told me) that the longer you speak (continuously without a break) the easier it gets; so the first 15-20 minutes of a conversation may be really rough, but then it slowly gets easier and easier. There really is no substitute for just putting yourself out there and going for it. And there's no shame in asking someone to repeat something multiple times or to ask them to slow down.
I always use Spanish television/movies. One of my fave shows to watch is Masterchef España. You can find that and a lot of other shows at rtve.es. And watching movies that you're already familiar with in Spanish is also helpful.If you like to read, audiobooks in Spanish (preferably books you've already read and are comfortable with the plot so you can focus on the language instead of trying to get the story) would also be good practice in distinguishing native speaker voices. And, similarly, if you read the news frequently maybe try listening to something in English and then finding a related story in Spanish and listening to newscasts.
Like I said, I have a lot of experience working with native English speakers studying Spanish so feel free to shoot me a message. I also offer Spanish lessons here on italki if you're interested in that.
Good luck!EDIT: OH and the most important (and difficult) thing with speaking is to not try to understand every individual word that someone says when speaking. Try and understand the majority of words and use context to get the gist of what they're saying. If you get hung up on not understanding one word, you'll always be frustrated.
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