1. Women's Protection Agency, Elderly Protection Agency 2. English accountancy terms 3. All 3 are OK

Starting in Italki

It's my first day in ITalki and I'm very excited to improve my writing and speaking English skills, I don't use all the features of the app yet, but I wanna learn and use all of them!!

First English Conversation

Hi guys, today was my first time really having a conversation in English! I am very happy and I think that is the best way to learn. I want to keep going and see my English skills growing all the time.

Invisibilia Podcast 01

Three months ago I discovered this amazing podcast show, it is called "Invisibilia", which is Latin for invisible things. It is produced by NPR and it is really interesting, because they talk about things that are related to everyone, such as the source of your thoughts and how important fear is for us (those two are the first two episodes). The last one that I listened to was about how our routine and group of friends determine the commute (not sure what this word means?) of our lives, we are so isolated in our own groups, with people who share the same opinions and thoughts, that we don't hear other views. And in that episode in particular, that guy, Max, did a bubble-hopping, which was search of all kinds of new events, different from what he was used to. This podcast show is awesome and I recommend it to everybody, so I think I will write so much about it from now on, because besides helping my listening skill it will be helpful to my writing, as well.

Learning Spanish

I started to learn Spanish last Monday, so I've only been studying for five days. I am studying on my own, but it is not so difficult because my mother tongue (Portuguese) is similar to Spanish. Due to this similarity I am able to understand some things when I read, but I can't write a text in Spanish yet, I still have to increase my vocabulary. As it is not happening I will continue to write in English so that I can improve in it too (I am not fluent yet, so I have to practice).

If you correct me, thank you very much in advance. :)

My first English reading

Last week, I finished my first book in English. It was "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" by Agatha Christie.
Before I started to read, I was thinking I would have so much difficulty, but actually it was a good read and it was very pleasant.
I came across some words that I've never seen before, but it was not a major problem, because I could understand the main idea with the help of the context. However, to get more vocabulary, I highlighted all the words that weren't familiar to me and after the reading, I searched for their meaning.
I intend to continue with English readings so that I can get more and more vocabulary; besides that, it is a nice way to spend your free time, you are doing something you like and studying at the same time.

Thank you for your correction in advance! :)

in my left ear

Both are ok there. Normally the present perfect is for an action that happened in the past, but its effects are relevant now. e.g. I am not hungry because I have eaten. The continuous one is for an action that started in the past that is continuing now, e.g. I have been waiting for the bus for an hour.