Bah - exams! Tomorrow I'll sit my first exam of this term. Its content is Basic Linguistics and although I'm interested in the function of language, I'm a little bit afraid. Normally I'm not a nervous student, but this term I have been so lazy! It's akward. Even now, on my last day before the exam, I'm rather sitting at my laptop than go to my desk and learn something more about Phonetics and Pragmatics and all the other stuff my teacher wants me to know :D So tomorrow I'm going to the library early and try to learn without any distraction! By writing this I realise how many problems I have with the future tenses. In spoken English people always use "I will..." or "I'm going to ..." but due to my Grammar class last term I KNOW that there are a lot more ways to express an activity in the future. So here we are again at the point concerning my laziness. :D It's been so long since I really wrote a longer text in English, even though I am studying English. Haha! So, now I have to overwhelm my inner swine-dog (That's an expression badly translated from German by me :) ) and try to study a bit more for today! Kisses, Vivian

Hello again! Nearly a half year has passed since my last visit on italki.com. I regret this neglection of this very wonderful and amazing community a lot! I met such a number of adorable people from all over the world, but due to my laziness (bah..) and the beginning of studying at university I neglected italki in the last months. So, I'm here again :) My first two terms at university went quite well. Studying is a lot more fun than going to school, but it's a load of work. Oh, by the way: I'm studying German and English Literature and language at my hometown university and I really enjoy it! Unfortunalety my written and spoken English is not as well as I want it to be, so I joined italki to improve it. All the other stuff I'm studying in English like Linguistics are no problems (oh yes, it's quite interesting!), but in the next term I have to enroll in a class which is called "Professional Speaking" - If I do not improve my English I will do a lousy job, that's for sure :) So I'd like to come in touch with this lovely community again - I hope you let me :D

How do I describe a graph? e.g. a poll.

How do I structure an essay? I have to pass an test, which estimates my use o English.In this test have to write two essays, but I don't know exactly how to do this. Thank you for helping :)

What do I ought to say to be polite on greetings? May I say: "Good morning/evening"? If I don't know the person I talk with, I can't say only "Hello"?, right? :)