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Hi! I'm Karen. I recently visited Korea earlier this year and would like to return some day - perhaps to teach English. I have a teaching background and would be happy to help out with your English. I would also like to learn Korean if you would like to help, but I'll be more help if you send your question by message as I don't peruse this site too often. I do answer emails, and respond to italki messages as these also come as email. Look forward to talking to you.
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    June 10, 2011
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    My name is Sun Hee (Sunny) from South Korea.
    I am currently studying with students from different backgrounds at a university in Australia. I have found that I have more difficulities in learning/studying English than other Koreans and nationalities.
    I have tried very hard to improve my English, but it still remains as broken English. I have some Australian friends, but it is hard for me to ask them to correct my English. Sometimes I have to do presentation in front of people as well as write papers in English. At the moment my teachers are not happy with my English, which makes me so depressed.
    That's why I joined italki to get some help from other people.

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    June 10, 2011
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    October 13, 2010
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    July 20, 2010
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    July 20, 2010
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    Karen - Andrews wife's notebook entry: Jul 20, 2010 I am curious about the structure of the Korean sentence as it appears to be quite different from English. I will start by giving an English example......In English, the sentence always starts with a subject (the main noun that has something happen to it), and has at least one verb. For example: "The ball rolled." The is a little simplistic but the sentence can be made more interesting by adding adjectives before the noun, and adjective phrases and clauses after it. You can also add adverbs either before or after the verb, and adverb phrases and clauses as well. For example: "The small, red ball from Andy's toy box, rolled gently down the embankment." My questions are, "How would the sentence arranged in Korean?" and "Is there rules governing the order of word types etc." If you can help me, please answer in English as my Korean is still only basic.
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    "Maybe my caused him stress . He leaved me . "

    Firstly, I have joined the two sentences because the second is connected to or reliant upon the first.

    My apologies. Unfortunately I have made a mistake in the corrections above. The tenses of both parts of the sentence should agree. The differences are subtle.

    "Maybe if I cause him stress, he will leave me." or "Maybe if I caused him stress, he would leave me."

    The first sentence is all future tense. In the second sentence, although it is something still to happen, it is as if you are looking back on an event that has already finished, and stating the resulting consequence of that event - just as you have tried to do in your sentence.

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    July 20, 2010
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    Lc2n's notebook entry: Jul 20, 2010

    Although I am just a young girl, I think I love a boy named Wei Kay.
    On March 12th I met him at the subway. Because of the school uniform, I knew he was my senior.  Then we became friends after a schoolmate’s introduction.  At that time, one of my girl friends was in love with him. She knew that we were friends, so she asked me to help her pursue him.  As time passed/went by, Kay and I contacted each other more and more.
    On April 22nd, we fell in love, and I really had a good time at that time. Kay is very handsome and gentle. Many girls in our school love him because of his appearance and character, so I am always afraid that he might/will leave me alone.  I am only a common girl. There are many good girls here. Maybe if I cause him stress, he would leave me.
    I really love him very much. Maybe I should pay more attention to my study, but I can't forget him .

    Again, don't forget to capitalise the first letter of every sentence and the word "I". 
    Full stops and commas must be placed directly after the word and not after a space.

    Be careful of verb tenses. "As time goes by" is something that is happening now or in the future. However, in the context of the sentence, it should be a past event and therefore, should be written either as, "As time went by" or "As time passed". The passed tense of the verb "leave" is "left", not "leaved". However, in the sentence you are afraid that it will happen in the future, so should be future tense not passed. That is, "will leave" or "might leave".

    "I can't forget him" infers that the relationship is over. In the context of the sentence however, it perhaps should be written, "I can't stop thinking about him".

    Hope this helps. :)

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    July 20, 2010
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    If you are studying for IELTS or the US equivalent, there are some practice sites available on the web. Also there are many books at reasonable cost. I recently purchased one from eBay (Cambridge Vocabulary for IELTS) to help a friend of mine. It was about AUD$40 including postage from England. The only other help has been suggested and that is to have someone with whom you can have regular conversations. There is a web page called "language swap" where, like italki, people wanting to learn another language can advertise, then meet to swap language skills for free. Hope this all helps.
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    July 19, 2010
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    My name is Lin Chuanchun .
    I was born in the city of nanjing ,jiangsu province .
    I am a high school student .

    I want to study english because English is an international language,
    and because I need to take an English exam every term .
    At the same time, I want to make new friends.
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    July 18, 2010
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