Sarah DJENGOU
French
Dec 2, 2021
Alaways a pleasure to have a conversation with Rebecca !
I look forward to have another interesting conversation !
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Hi, I'm Rebecca. I'm looking for language partners and tutors who speak French. I'm a native English speaker with degrees in English and Engineering, so I can help you with your (American English) pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary on a wide range of topics. I speak French at an intermediate level.
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Sarah DJENGOU
French
May 13, 2021
Super nice to Rebecca again. She is still lovely and the time flies with her !
Sarah DJENGOU
French
Mar 5, 2021
Always a pleasure to have a conversation with Rebecca ! She is super !
Sarah DJENGOU
French
Jan 22, 2021
A touch of softness with Rebecca ! We had a lot of fun talking about weird stories of podcast ! Haha
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- Correction texte en anglaisHi, nice to meet you ! How are you ?My name is M and I’m ..old. How old are you?I come from T..., a little town closer to ….. in …... (....).It’s in the North East of ……. There are a lot vineyards around the town.I have been learning English for X monthsNow, I would like to improve my pronunciation and my spoken English!I am single.I do not have any <s>sons </s>children [1]. What about you?I am an accountant, and I work for a company named [2]……….. What do you do for a living?<ol><li>Unless you have daughters, it’s better to say children here. </li><li>“named” is fine, but you could also say “called.” It’s a little more casual / natural. </li></ol>0 votedMarch 4, 20200
- Human chameleonsPeople are very strange.They can talk with you [1] about <s>differents</s> different subjects, but when they're talking about money, they <s>are changing</s> change the way they see you or <s>they</s> talk with you. Their <s>charactere</s> character [2] is <s>in relation with</s> dependent on [3] the subject. <s>Careful on</s> Be careful what <s>we are talking</s> you talk about. [4][1] you could say "they can talk about..." or "they can talk with you about..." but if you use "with" then you need an object of the preposition (you.)[2] you might mean something more like "attitude" or "demeanor" instead of "character."[3] other options: you could say "Their character changes depending on the subject" or "changes with the subject."[4] You can give a warning, "Be careful what you talk about," but I'm not sure if that's what you meant here or not.In any case, great work, and you're right... money is often a touchy subject. :)0 votedFebruary 29, 20200
- Why do you think people attend college or university?<s>Saying</s> It's a fact that people attend college or university <s>is a truth </s>[1]. Indeed, In <s>the</s> recent years, the number of students in higher education has increased to a <s>certain</s> point that it is now considered normal for a teenager to be a student. <s>It</s> This wasn’t always the case, and the truth is that before the second world war, most <s>of</s> people <s>wouldn’t</s> didn't [2] attend college or university. Indeed, [3] it’s very likely to meet an older couple <s>of grandparents </s>that didn’t go <s>to class</s> [4]. At their time, <s>one</s> many people would <s>go to class</s> attend school until the age of 14 and then work. <s>The</s> Higher education<s>’s</s> students were rare and often had an upper-class background. <s>Therefore,</s> This assertion leads us to a <s>significative</s> significant question: why people <s>would</s> attend college or university.<s>In light of nowadays,</s> These days, [5] the main <s>answer would be</s> factor is that students are now required to at least attend <s>at least</s> college and university. In many <s>states</s> countries such as France or the United-States, studying is now compulsory until the age of 16. Apart from that, there’s also an undeniable <s>spurt</s> growth in the number of university<s>’s</s> students. Ranging from hard sciences to <s>plastic</s> art, universities now <s>provides</s> provide a wide <s>offer</s> range of classes and welcome <s>each year</s> an increasing number of students each year. First, it seems that going to college and university is now institutionalized as a classic life path. Indeed, the <s>first</s> best way to get a job <s>is </s>now is to have degree. Whereas before one could leverage <s>his</s> one's former experiences and skills to <s>seduce</s> impress [6] an employer, there is now a protocol that must be enforced and it is especially true in the so-called “highly-skilled” jobs. Law firms <s>would</s> require a lawyer to have a law degree, preferably from a well-know university, and then will ask <s>him</s> a candidate to attend an interview. Meanwhile, <s>the</s> a baker might <s>as well </s>demand a bakery certificate but <s>he will </s>be more likely to hire someone that proven <s>as</s> themselves trustworthy and skilled, <s>even though he learnt bakery following in dad’s footstep.</s> [7]But <s>the</s> a job <s>reason</s> cannot be the only <s>one why</s> reason people would attend college or university. There must be <s>an</s> a higher one, <s>a</s> one that deals with the appetite <s>of human being of</s> for learning. Indeed, if jobs were the only reason <s>why one would</s> to go to class, there would be more dropouts than ever. The fact is that even the most annoying and the least earnest students receive something from education. They’re learning and it gives them a <s>fore</s>taste of how the world used to be, how it is now, and how it will be.Hi! Can someone help me to correct my English dissertation please, Thanks!![1] You could also rephrase to something more like: In recent years, saying that people attend college is a simple truth. You'd need to reword the second sentence if you use the same phrase, though.[2] you could say "wouldn't have attended" or "didn't attend" but not "wouldn't attend."[3] stylistic suggestion to not use "Indeed" again so close to another instance.[4] it's awkward to talk about meeting grandparents... you could say "the grandparents of many current students" or something like that. Also, you want to be more specific than "class" or leave it out.[5] you can say "nowadays," OR "in light of [something]" but not both. Nowadays is very colloquial and pretty old-fashioned, so I'd suggest "These days" as a compromise.[6] "seduce" has a sexual connotation and can have an implication of manipulation or deceit, so be careful with it.[7] this is a difficult / awkward construction. if you really want to add this, you could rephrase to something using apprentice or through a family business or something.0 votedFebruary 29, 20201
- Great job! FYI, the American band "Deep Blue Something" had a pop song called Breakfast at Tiffany's in the '90s, so if you're into the book and the movie, maybe you should check out the song for fun too. :)"Moon River"A few weeks ago, I decided to read books in English. The first I chose, actually, was a novel written by Truman Capote called "Breakfast at Tiffany's" in a bilingual version.I <s>had a lot of pleasure</s> really enjoyed reading this book. The characters are very <s>interessant </s>interesting. I find the story is, in a way, funny but [1] also deep and mysterious.The style is so modern for something <s>which had been</s> [2] written in the '60s.This story <s>had been</s> [2] was adapted to a film <s>performed by</s> [3] starring Audrey Hepburn, who plays the main character.I like [4] <s>so much</s> the famous song <s>of</s> from this film "Moon River", a simple melody, a sweet voice <s>hold</s> held up by a few guitar chords. This song is so beautiful, smooth<s>y</s>, and poetic<s>al</s>... "Moon River, and me"... You should listen to it![1] I think you really want to use "but" here to emphasize that you not *only* found it funny *but* also deep and mysterious. It emphasizes the contrast.[2] you could say "that was written" or just "written," but a native speaker wouldn't really use "which had been written" here. The same applies to "had been" in the next sentence. You could use that tense when you're also talking about something that happened *after* the event you're describing. (Ex: I had been working all day when he got there.)[3] you can say "performed by" but only after a role. The film was starring Hepburn; the role was played by Hepburn.[4] we say "I like (something) so much" but if you're not putting the something in the middle of the phrase, you need to say it another way... I really like... I love... or if you want to be less formal, you could say "I'm so into" or something like that.0 votedFebruary 29, 20201
- In the first example, you need “that” but it could go in two locations. 1. ...the headphones you forgot at home but that are... or 2. ... the headphones that you forgot at home but are... You can tell “that” is required here because if you take out “you forgot at home but” you can’t say “the headphones are” without changing other parts of the sentence. So you need “that” in one of those locations. The second “that” is optional and correct with or without in your second example. (The first “that” in the second example is required, which you seem to know since you didn’t ask about that one.)0 votedFebruary 23, 20201
- 267 - Respect your body's needsI do like running, but sometimes I forget the importance of rest. When your knees start to ache, <s>then</s> you've already exceeded your limit. I mean, you don't have to wait <s>for such a signal</s> to feel pain to realize that you need to stop and rest. I know it's hard to accept that your body needs to rest, especially when your legs seem ready for a run. But there's a reason that I used the word "seem". Sometimes it's almost impossible <s>to be able</s> to recognize signals from our own bodies, and when we start noticing, it's too late. If your knees hurt, <s>then</s> you should stop, rest and wait until you feel 100% before going back to your running routine. I'm writing this notebook entry to try to convince myself that this really is the right approach, because if it were up to me, I would never rest, and that's not good.Notes: In the first sentence, you need the conjunction "but" instead of "and" because the ideas are contrasting. I would remove the word "then" in the second sentence (and one later) because it sounds more natural, and although it's not wrong, per se, it's unnecessary. I contracted "there is" because it fits with the tone of the rest of the paragraph. "Bodies" has to be plural in the phrase "signals from our bodies," and it emphasizes the idea that i's a personal problem a little more if you say "our *own* bodies" so I added the word "own." The phrase "when we start doing it" may be grammatically correct, but it's a little awkward, so I changed it to "noticing." I also changed "must" to "should" because it's more in line with your tone here. There's a way to correctly use the word "only" in your sentence, but it's a little convoluted to get the right structure, so what I think you really want to say is "wait until" and you also need to say "before" or add some other word before "going." The difference between "is really" and "really is" is subtle, but I think most people would say "really is" in this context. For the ending, it's a little awkward to say that it's wrong... I think you mean that it's a problem or not good or not healthy or something like that. There are a lot of different options there, and it just depends on what you really mean or how emphatic you want to be. Great job using "were" in that sentence, by the way... I think that's a difficult one to get right! Overall, this is a great paragraph and conveys your meaning really well with a casual tone.0 votedFebruary 22, 20201
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