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Hi, I'm an English teacher and a digital entrepreneur. At the moment I live in Thailand. I am learning Russian. I used to live in Moscow and I started to learn Russian there. I did not learn very much! But now I am learning Russian again and I plan to return to Russia later this year. I want to be able to talk socially with Russian people about interests, history and politics. I want to be able to understand Russian TV. So on Italki I hope to partner with Russian native speakers so I can improve my Russian and so I can help people with their English. Find more about me at my website http://ieltscharlie.com
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    "ain't" is bad English. Don't use it! It's slang for "[I] am not" "[They/We/You/He/She/It] are not" 

    It appears in songs because songs often sacrifice good grammar in order to fit in words.

    "ain't no" is terrible grammar. The correct grammar is: "isn't / aren't any."

    There is a famous song "Ain't no mountain high enough." It should be "There aren't any mountains high enough" but this requires 2 extra syllables, so it wouldn't fit into the song.

    "Ain't no stressing" should be "There isn't any stressing", but this sounds very strange because it's impersonal, so it would be "You shouldn't stress."

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    April 9, 2017
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    Making Friends

    Hello! Nice to see you! I am a student. I hope I can meet some friends who can speak English because my English is poor. If you want to learn Chinese I can help you. I want to speak English well. I hope you can help me. I'd be very happy to make friends with you.
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    April 9, 2017
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    Learning past tense

    Last Wednesday we was were learning about the past tense, particulary particularly regular verbs and their rules. The grammar was easy but I was complicated with confused by pronunciation. Im I'm Argentina Argentinian, and here, the official language is Spanish. The Spanish phonetic phonetics is very different than from/to English phonetic phonetics. I pronunce pronounce all the letters and each letter, vocals vowels and consonants, have their own sound, noticiable noticeably. So, it is interesting and funny fun too. When we try to speak, we sound weird, for example: the word "worked" , the native speaker (English) pronounce it /wɜːkt/ , they don't pronunce the consonant "R" and the termination "ED" (that indicate indicates the past tense) sound is sounded /t/, in this case. But it depend depends of on the root of a verb, if they finish with a voice voiced or unvoice unvoiced sound...

    I've put my corrections in green. I hope this helps!

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    April 9, 2017
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    What app / software do you use in your online lessons?

    I've always used Skype when teaching my lessons. I use it for the video and screen sharing tools. But what do you (students and teachers) use? Google Hangouts? Zoom?

     

    What gives you the most stable connection?

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  • Commented

    The Croatian Coast is absolutely stunning. I visited Dubrovnik. Beautiful place, full of history. You can also take a day trip from there to Mostar in Bosnia which is an interesting place.

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    January 14, 2015
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    I'm looking for the same kind of thing. Я думал что может быть Российские фильмы хорошая идеа. There are lots of authentic dialogues in these films, но где to find the best ones, ideally with Russian subtitles.
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    December 29, 2014
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    "Then" and "next" in russian What's the difference between потом, тогда, то, затем, после? Is тогда "then" as in "in that case"? Would be helpful if you give some examples of usage. Thanks!
    December 29, 2014
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    Don't worry about explanations. You don't need an explanation of how the internal combustion engine works in order to drive a car, and it's the same with language. Don't study it, use it. You'll make mistakes, yes, but if you can get good feedback from a teacher then you'll get better.

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    November 17, 2014
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    It's a good idea to do an IELTS preparation course, or buy a good self-study coursebook (IELTS Express is good). A lot of the questions in the test require some quite specific skills. I know of an Englishman, a native speaker, who took the IELTS test so he could go to Australia and he only managed to get a band 6.0.

     

    It's also important to develop your vocabulary because IELTS examiners look for advanced vocabulary: if you're describing a line graph, for example, and say things like 'the number fell quickly' you'll get a lower score than if you write 'the number plummeted'. It's the same for speaking: using advanced vocabulary is crucial in the speaking and writing exams.

     

    Good luck!

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    November 16, 2014
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    Russian Movies - good strategies and good films

    I want to improve my conversational Russian by watching Russian movies. I think this will give me very useful exposure to the Russian colloquial language as well as Russian culture. But two questions.

     

    First, what strategies do people use when watching movies to learn Russian. Do you just watch the movie, maybe with the help of subtitles, or do you do any language analysis? I try to write down some useful phrases from the movies I'm watching (which needs Russian subtitles).

     

    Secondly, what Russian language movies do you recommend, preferably with Russian subtitles.

     

    To get the ball rolling, I'd recommend the movie 'Lilya 4-Ever' about a 16 year old girl abandoned by her mum who is forced to turn to prostitution. Sad film, but on YouTube is has transcriptions of both the Russian and English subtitles, which makes it a great resource. Does anyone know of anything else like this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3vkirgG9kk

     

    спасибо!

     

    February 3, 2014
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