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My goal is to be able to communicate in Spanish with my boyfriend and his family. I feel like I know a lot of words in Spanish and I can usually understand through context what people are saying or asking me about, but I can only respond back in English. Whenever I try to attempt to speak Spanish, I immediately freeze up. Most of my friends who speak Spanish, including my boyfriend, are from Mexico, so being able to learn their slang or colloquialisms would be a plus.
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    How surprising!

    Today is the first day i use italki, and I just found it 10 minites ago. I`m so excited to find it so useful that I cannot express my feeling with my poor words. I have learned English for more than ten years, but my English is only enough to deal with my exam.
    Most of time I speak to myself to practice my spoken English because there`s no freinds want to practice English after class. And as a result I think I can speak good but in fact I have a strange tone and wenn I talk to others in English I`ll get nervous and cannot hear clearly or talk fluently. I hope I can change this half year.


    "I'm using" instead of "I use"

    "minutes", just a spelling error

    You can say something like "I'm so excited to find so many helpful things on this site" or "I'm so excited how useful it is"

    "I have been learning English" or more appropriate would be "I have been studying English"

    "is only good enough" or "I only know enough English to deal with my exams."

    "There aren't any friends who want to practice" Because you are talking about friends (plural) you need to use 'are' instead of 'is'

    "well" instead of "good"

    You could say "I have an accent"

    "when" not "wenn" spelling error

    "I get nervous and I can't speak fluently" Not sure what you mean by can't hear clearly, maybe that you can't understand English clearly?

    "half year" makes sense but it isn't really something you would say. Maybe try "I hope I can improve during the next 6 months" or "I hope that will change this year"


    You only had a few mistakes, but I could pretty much understand everything! Good luck and keep practicing.


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    August 18, 2016
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    Creative Prompt for practice: My Cousins | Apuntes Creativa para practicar: Mis Primos Tengo muchos primos alrededor el mismo edad de yo. Crecimos juntos y básicamente ellos son como mis hermanos. El pasado fin de semana, nos alojamos en una casa de playa juntos. Fue el primer vez que todos pasamos el rato juntos sin nuestros padres. Nuestro familia extendida es tan grande y siempre tenemos fiestas con la todo familia. Mi prima mas jóven tiene 18 años y el resto de nosotros tenemos 20 o más años asi que finalmente fuimos capaces de tomar una vacación sin supervisión porque todos nuestros padres son un poco conservador. Tambien, la mayor parte de nosotros trabajamos la toda semana, por eso es dificil para organizar 2 o 3 días juntos. Fue muy bueno nos podemos pasar tiempo hablamos y vamos a la playa. Ojála que podemos buscar más tiempo para pasar el rato en el futuro cercano. I have a lot of cousins around the same age as me. We grew up together and they are basically my brothers and sisters. Last weekend, we stayed in a beach house together. It was the first time that all of us hung out together without our parents. Our extended family is so big and we always have parties with the whole family. My youngest cousin is 18 years old and the rest of us are 20 or more, so finally we were able to take a vacation without supervision because all of our parents are pretty conservative. Also, most of us work all week, so it´s hard to organize 2 or 3 days together. It was really nice to be able to hang out and talk and go to the beach. I hope we can find more time to hang out soon.
    August 16, 2016
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    Topic exam 14

    This is a part of a letter you recieve from an English friend.
    "We might have a school trip to your country next year What do you think is the best time of year to visit? What are the most interesting things for teenagers to do in your area?"

    Answer:
    Dear Joe,
    Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you. I can´t believe you are going to visit my country!
    In my opinion, summer it’s the best time to visit Spain because you can enjoy in their incredible beaches at the south or practice different sports like swimming, surfing or boating. Besides, there are many festivals and parties around my area where the teenagers can have fun in their holidays That’s a good plan, don`t believe it?. If you prefer a cultural trip, don´t forget to visit the Prado museum at the capital, Madrid or the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.
    I hope that my point of view will help you in your choise. Write soon
    All the best,
    José Carlos


    use "is" instead of "it's". "It's" means "it is".

    you could say "in the southern area" or "in the south" or even leave it out altogether

    this word makes sense here, but I think if someone is on vacation you would say you can "play" different sports, not "practice" That's too much work haha

    You could say "Also" or "Besides that" or "In addition to that" or  start the sentence like "There are also many festivals..."

    "on vacation" would be more appropriate

    "don't you think?" or to sound more natural, you could just say "That sounds like a good plan, doesn't it?" or "That sounds like a good plan, right?"

    "choice" not "choise"


    Hope the colors aren't too confusing! Good job, I can understand everything, there are just minor errors. Good luck!

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    August 16, 2016
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    Why do we have ice cream?

    Why do we have ice cream?
    If there is anything that we like to have during summer (no need to capitalize the "S"), it's an ice cream. That mix of water, milk and sugar has a long history.* It couldn't be otherwise,  the first ice-cream was invented in China 4,000 years ago. * It was considered a delicacy, it was made from a kind of rice paste, spices, and milk mixed with snow.
    Later, the fruit ice cream appeared, and then in the XIII century, the ice cream truck could be found in the streets. But China wasn't the only place that used snow to prepare these refreshing cocktails: Throughout The Middle East you could try ice mixed with fruit sweetened with honey or sugar. We even found a reference about ice cream in the book of Proverbs: 'Like cold snow during harvest time is a faithful messenger for those ones who send him, he refreshes the spirit of his master'
    Throughout The Middle East, the 'Sharbat', was drunk a cold drink made by fruit and flower petals, was popularized by Mongolian Emperors


    *You could just say "The first ice cream was invented in China, 4000 years ago."

    **It's "ice cream" not "ice-cream"

    Nice job!


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    August 16, 2016
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    Creative Prompt for practice: My Family | Pronta Creativa para practicar: Mi Familia Vivo con mis padres y mi hermano mayor en California. Tenemos 3 perritos que correr sobre de la casa. Son perros adentros. Mi hermano y yo tocamos musica juntas y a veces escribimos canciones. El y yo somos los solos de mi familia que tocar musica, incluyendo todos mis primos y tios. Yo toco el piano y mi hermano toco la guitarra. Somos ambos cantar. Mi madre es de Mexico y mi padre es de las filipinas. Hemos visitado Cancun varios veces y Ensenada tambien. Algunas personas me dicen que me parece a mi madre, algunas me dicen mi padre, pero creo que soy una mezcla perfecta de ambos. Una vez la mes, salimos comer juntos o ver una pelicula. Mis padres trabajan durante el dia y mi hermano y yo trabajamos a casa. I live with my parents and my older brother in California. We have 3 little dogs that run around the house. They are indoor dogs. My brother and I play music together and sometimes write songs. He and I are the only ones in the family that play music, including all of my uncles, aunts, and cousins. I play piano and my brother plays guitar. We both sing. My mom is from Mexico and my dad is from the Philippines. We have visited Cancun several times and Ensenada also. Some people tell me that I look like my mom, some people say my dad, but I think I'm a perfect mix of both. Once a month, we would go out to eat together or to watch a movie. My parents work during the day and my brother and I work from home.
    August 15, 2016
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    August 9, 2016
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    Creative Prompt for practice: Short Biography | Pronta Creativa para practicar: Biografia corta (?) Voy a tratar escribir algo cada dia para practicar escribiendo en español. Es obvio que mi escritura es muy mal, pero tengo que empezar alguna parte. Tengo la costumbre de usando un diccionario en linea para interpreter todo para mi, entonces yo lo puedo copiar y pegar. Necesito ayudo para hacer mis propios oraciones para comprender la estructura de la idioma. Voy a escribir esto en ingles en caso de que no entiende. Tambien yo quiero evitar hablar en spanglish, hah. Un poco acerca de mi, yo soy una artista y una musica. Yo trabajo de casa en proyectos de comisiones como ilustraciones de libro para colorear y haciendo sitios web. Los fines de semanas, yo toco musica con mi grupo. Yo canto y toco el piano o los teclados. Tocamos en varios restaurantes y por eventos como fiestas y bodas. Me gusta escribir canciones en mi tiempo libre tambien. I'm going to try to write something every day to practice writing in Spanish. It's obvious that my writing is very bad, but I have to start somewhere. I have the habit of using an online dictionary to translate everything for me, then I can just copy and paste it. I need help making my own sentences to understand the structure of the language! I'm going to write in English (at the end) just in case you don't understand what I'm trying to say in Spanish... I would also like to avoid speaking Spanglish! A little bit about me, I am an artist and a musician. I work from home on commissioned projects like coloring book illustrations and websites. On the weekends, I play music with my band. I sing and play piano or keyboard. We play in different restaurants, bars, and events like parties or weddings. I also like to write songs in my free time.
    August 9, 2016
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