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Hi! I'm Kaia, a linguistic & grammatical fanatic from South London. While I don't teach English, I'm happy to help with any proofreading or grammar questions you may have. Feel free to message me anytime :)
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AmiR
Kurdish
Apr 14, 2020
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Hibah Moustafa
Arabic
Apr 13, 2020
You are most welcome Kaia, your pronunciation is very good. it was very nice to meet you!
AmiR
Kurdish
Apr 12, 2020
I really enjoyed talking to kaia.A smart and simple girl.thank you
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    This is very good! 95% is absolutely amazing. My critiques and edits are just alternative phrasing, or possible 'perfections', but you write as fluently as I do!

    Learning a foreign language

    There is not just one method to learn a foreign language. I think there are as many ways as there are language learners.
    Every student ought to find his or her method.
    Finding the method that is most effective for you is the key to learning not only a foreign language (, ) but any subject for that matter.

    As far as I am concerned, I have noticed that MY personal method is to learn a grammar rule every day and to do a lot of exercises concerning that particular grammar rule.
    As for vocabulary, flashcards are often recommended but (no comma) in my case, they do not work (you could also say, 'I find they do not work for me'). I've <s>made up my mind</s> made it my goal to learn at least two new words each day. It might sound insufficient(, ) but after one week you will know fourteen new words and after two months your vocabulary will <s>be </s>have expanded considerably.

    Learning a language is a very slow process. That's why I do not believe in <s>those</s> people who claim that they have reached a high level in two or three months. In order to have a good vocabulary and to feel comfortable with grammar, writing, listening and speaking you have to study harder and longer (-) much longer than two months.
    <s>If</s> When you think about your mother tongue, sometimes you (could use 'you occasionally get surprised about..') get surprised about something you did not know(, )or something you have simply ignored for years. Language is perpetually surprising. (A perpetual surprise is fine! Just reads better :) )

    Besides grammar and writing, I find listening to podcasts extremely <s>efficacious</s> effective (I have never seen efficacious used!). <s>As </s> More often <s>as</s> than not, I listen to BBC podcasts about history and literature in which I have had a keen interest since I was a child.

    Last but not least, speaking is the most difficult language ability to achieve. Lately (could use 'recently'), I have been focusing on my spoken English a lot. Thanks to two English language partners, my spoken English is improving day by day.
    At first, you feel anxious, sometimes even scared at the idea of speaking another language with a native speaker. But when you chill out and you start speaking without thinking in your native language, you realise how beautiful it is to speak another language.
    I imagine my mind as a building with lots of windows. The window of my mother language is open but learning a foreign language gives you the opportunity to open another window to the world.
    The more languages you learn, the more open windows you'll have.

    This was inspiring to read! Thank you for sharing. :)
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    April 13, 2020
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    My Easter day

    Today, it is Easter. I have <em>had</em> a nice day. I wake up <s>not so early</s> quite late, and my sister <em>visited</em> me.
    She brought meat to <em>put on the</em> barbecue, and the star of the show: the chocolate.
    We <em>had</em> lunch (my sister, my mother and I) and afterwards, we remembered (you could use 'recalled') some things <em>that</em> <em>happened</em> to us in our life - <em>the good, and the bad, and how it shaped our lives.</em>
    We remembered my dad, as it has been about four years since his passing, and we miss him every day.

    It was good, 'to approximate our laces and takes us a great day to mark our lives'. - doesn't make sense.
    You could say, 'It was nice to look over/mill over what we've done in our lives.'
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    April 12, 2020
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    Sure

    English For Academic Purposes <s>and</s> ('in', or 'relating to') Social Context.
    This approach tries to investigate EAP in a wider social context. Early studies were mostly devoted to the investigation of academic discourse as a socially constructed phenomenon.
    As a result, many studies were conducted on how both students and teachers utilize various tools in order to cope with academic <em>conventions (..? congregations?)</em>.
    Conversely, another approach called 'Academic Literacies' employs a more critical perspective. <s>it's</s> Its main argument is based on EAP's sociocultural context and its imposition of unequal power relations.
    Academic literacy researchers take a stance that is, essentially, "transformative”<em>(Lillis and Scott 2007</em>), in that they acknowledge the legitimacy of the resources that students bring to the academy, and seek to develop alternative practices that would validate them (Lea and Street 2006) >>> you need "x" for a quote! :)<<<

    Their transformative approach is in stark contrast with the approach previously thought to be normative. The old approach tries to shape a homogenous environment in which all the academic members would use a single language (academic discourse). On the other hand, the transformative approach wants to alter the status quo by arguing for the expansion of options in students' writing.
    As I argued in previous sections, this idea is more tangible when we consider a wider social context - one where, right now, publications give more importance to English native speakers in accepting their research. A lot of researchers recall the idea of 'not being native' as a key factor in their rejection. This imposes an unequal power dynamic, and marginalizes the NNS from the academic world.

    I hope this helps!
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    April 12, 2020
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    Yes. You could also say, a/the "clothes manufacturer", as 'manufacturing' refers to being made in a factory. :)
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    April 12, 2020
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    They believe there is a need for greater diversity and choice in education. OR They believed there was a need for greater diversity and choice in education. :)
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    April 11, 2020
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    I'll happily help you with any english spelling or grammar checking you need :) I don't know much spanish though!
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    April 11, 2020
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    Sorani or Kurmanji? Every kurdish person I've asked speaks sorani, but when asked what is best to learn I find most places/people say to learn kurmanji. Why is this? What do you prefer, and why?
    April 11, 2020
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    Yes, both correct, but I would personally use - 1. Choose two words from today's list, and then write two sentences with your chosen words. 2. Choose two words from today's list and then reword them into two sentences. Hope this helps!
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    April 11, 2020
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    I earn it by myself. (it being the money) I earn myself is nonsensical, and I earn by myself sort of alludes to the same thing, but isn't quite right. However, if you use this in conversation, you could say 'I'm financially independant'.
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    April 11, 2020
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    Which type of class do you prefer, a crowded one or a class with a few students?
    In fact anyone have different ideas about it. I think lazy students wants to sleep on class and they want to find a good place for sleeping. So this people prefer a crowded class. But (a) studious student wants to learn carefully so they need a silent class and only with students who really wants to learn, So they prefer a few students in class. In my idea a crowded class which has inteligent<em>*sp</em> students more, it could be great for competitions. Also when an inteligent<em style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">*sp</em> student give new idea other students may in turn give better idea also they can help to each other for heighten stage of the science. Also lazy students (are) encourage(d) to study more.

    What type of class do you prefer? A crowded one, or a class with few students?
    Everyone has different ideas about it. Personally, I think lazy students want to sleep in class and they want to find a good place to sleep, so these people prefer a crowded class. However, studious students want to learn diligently, and so they need a silent class with students who really want to learn, thus they prefer few students to be in the classroom. In my opinion, a crowded class which has more intelligent students could be great for healthy competition. Also, students may give each other new ideas so they can help each other to heighten the class' wider knowledge. A positive environment like this could also encourage lazy students to study more.
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    April 11, 2020
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