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Hi there... Here is Elaine. I am from Brazil and I live in Sao Paulo city. I'm 40 years old and I am a teacher. I graduate in Pedagogy and I'd like to be the master in English Language. I have a long way to run... but I've already started my journey... I hope to find help here for improve my knowledge and of course learning together about many subjects. I am here on Italki because I believe that here I can improve my English skills. I wanna become fluent in English language as soon as possible. I love to learn and learning another language after got old is a little bit hard. Not is impossible, but we have a lot of things to worry and less time to focus only on studying. But I never give up and everywhere to me are an opportunity to learn something. I come up to here in this wall because I'd be glad to have a great conversation with someone who has the same purpose as me. So... that's all for now. If you wanna learning Portuguese let me know in my box message
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    How to improve your English I love studying English and a couple of months I figured out that are possible to improve pronunciation and speaking more naturally. I learned who everyone has an accent, but everyone can learn to speak more naturally when learning the correct pronounce - in a word, in the sentences, learning about the rhythm of English... and so on. But how can we do it? - You can improve when you listen at least one hour the real English conversation or similar by day; - You can study Imitation technique; I use Emma's lesson and TED Talks; - You can study connect speech (blended, flap, linking, transformation, rhythm, etc.); - You can improve your English speech when you learning about the IPA and how the tool can help you in your pronunciation skill. (Is not good keeping mistake in pronounce of words, it's better to check out); - You can find someone to practice every day and try speaking without fear; - Don't worry about the tone of your voice. Don't worry about if you make mistakes. They can help you in your learning. Because if you don't make a mistake, it means that you don't try. And if you never try, you'll never achieve your goals. - Read articles, magazines, books, some newspaper in English is very important to achieve more vocabulary, more comprehension, and so on. - Writing something and read aloud. - Trying to speak tongue twister and train your muscles of your voice, it's critical. - Writing what you understand about something in a note and read in another day. This practice can show you how you improved day by day and it is important to motivate yourself; - Speaking by yourself on the mirror, asking something to you and answer yourself; - Enjoy your studies; find something you love to know and something that makes better for your life; - Learning another language can't be like in the school when you are learning subjects in a mechanic way; because it's annoying. Watching something can be fun and useful for you; - To improve your English skill you cannot be lazy. Learning English is not easy, but not impossible. Every single day you need practice, people called it "immersion", and then you need a complete immersion in it. - Taking notes and write each word you try to say and you don't know how to say and looking for it; - You can use an app to check out your pronunciation. I use google translate in my phone; - Everywhere you can learn something in English; there's no better way or better place, all places can be useful if you focus on learning.
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    How do I study English? I study English by myself for a few years. At first, it was a little harder not to know where to start. Nowadays I have defined some routines to train the four skills to learn a new language. My greatest difficulty is still spontaneous speech. Even knowing the vocabulary and part of the grammar, still hangs blank in my mind when it comes to speaking. My daily routine to study is: I read articles on CNN, Italki or English study groups. I watch documentaries and English classes on youtube every day on different subjects. Sometimes I spend my time with some other language partners and I also talk with my daughter part of the day in English. And even though it's a little bit weird I speak by myself all the time. In another hand, I like to train my pronunciation with music and read in a louder voice, but I also use voice command to check if I am pronouncing the right word or phrase. Now I decided to write in this notebook because I like so much with someone help me in my mistakes. I'll try write as much as possible because I want to improve my English because I want to take the exam in the IELTS soon. Here is Laynne from Brazil... And if you need some help in Portuguese, let me know...
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    Hi, Lorena... I'm Laynne from Brazil. Portuguese is my mother and I l'm learning English and Spanish. I love to read... I'm a big fan from Jane Austen's books. I'made interested in make part of your exchange group. 


    Congrats for your baby... that's is a great step of our life! 


    Peace and cheers

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