Introduction

Hi everyone,

My name is Carlos, I am from the Dominican Republic and I would like to improve my English skills. I have been studying english for a long time, but inbetween pauses and starting over so I have not had a period of continuous classes. I am a Telecommunications Engineer and I work supporting the technological platform of a bank in my country.

I am a friendly, outgoing, respectful person and I am always willing to meet new people. I am a native Spanish speaker so I can help anyone who might need it. I am planning to visit Canada soon to learn more about its culture, language and to explore that beautiful country.

I have visited the USA two times, but I have always been in Latin environments where everybody speaks Spanish and I am not forced to speak in English and improve my skills.

I hope the italki community can help me to reach this goal: to become a fluent English speaker.

¡Muy bueno Carlos! Estoy aprendiendo español este año, y, si tu quieres, podemos practicar ingles/español para Skype. Mi Skype es: susannahhainley. Bienvenido a italki :)

Brazil-Colombia- A great match

It`s not a surprise that Brazil's team has arrived at this phase in the world cup because it's in its home country and Brazil has a long history with soccer. But I think Brazil hasn`t participated well because it has barely won some of its games. For example when it played against Croatia it won because of a referee`s mistake. Cameroon is a relative easy team so Brazil didn`t have a lot of trouble winning. But when Brazil played Mexico and Chile it tied with them. Well, it won against Chile but in penalties. Anyway we`re expecting to see what`s going to happen with Colombia. It is in this phase for the first time and it has demostrated that is a serious adversary. I think that Brazil should demonstrate why it has been called one of the best teams in the world.

Ohh... and another amazing thing that could happen is if Colombia won, it would be terrible for Brazil because it would lose the cup at home again.

A new Maracanazo!!!. :D Well... something similiar.

What do you think??

Donostia, his its name and his its traditions.

I live in Donostia-San Sebastian, near the sea. All the Every mornings, I weak wake up and I can see the beautiful city in that I live in. Donostia-San Sebastian is a small and beautiful city in which you can find a lot of things to do. Donostia- San Sebastian has three beaches and a small harbour placed found in the oldest part of the city.

The name of the city is formed by two words, the first of them which is “Donostia,” is the name of the city in the Euskera language. Euskera is the language that people talk speak in Basque Country. It a very difficult language to learn because is not an indoeuropean language. His Its origins aren't related to another language known in Europe. In the history of the language a lot of writers and historians have had a lot of difficulties for discovering his its real origins.

The second part of the name is related to the patron saint of the city, San Sebastian. All day on the 20th of January In his honour, all 20th of January the people of the city go out and play the “tamborrada” with a drum in his honor. The Tamborrada is a typical group of songs that people know, sing and play.

This popular festivity lasts only one day, twenty four hours of music, food, dancings and tamborrada. The People of all ages play these songs, even the children. When I remember ["think about" es mejor aqui] this day in my mind I can find that I have a lot of good memories!

If you have never have been this day in Donostia on this day, I suggest you come here and participate of in our happiness, our music and our delicious meals!!

See you soon ;-)

Muy beuno Ainara. ¡Tu ciudad me parece muy hermosa y divertida!

please, can you please correct the this composition?

Preferred stocks.

In Spain, people bought this a product being having been told that it was a kind of savings account which gave with a high interest rate and that they would be able to recover the money whenever they needed to.

In 2011, due to mistrust in the banking sector, plus the crisis, plus and the fact that the regular fixed-term deposits were giving becoming much more profitability profitable, a lot of people wanted to remove the their money from of the 'preferentes' and switch it over to the a long-term deposit account instead. However, they couldn't.

Then, they started complaining to the banks that they had been fooled and swindled by them because they didn't explain to them that they couldn't recover the money.

The banks didn't tell them that this product was perpetual, so there was no expiration date, and if they wanted to get their money back, they needed to wait until somebody bought their preferred stock. So, if there was no buyer, they couldn't get the money back.

Now these people are fighting in law courts claiming their money back to get their money back in court, proving that they hadn't been explained properly gotten proper explanations for what they were signing when buying the product.

<em>Just needed a little rewording, looks good!</em>