Time managing skills and the forum?

[Torsten]

This time we decide to introduce the forum to our newsletter readers. Within a few hours after sending out the newsletter, more than 200 people registered on the forum some of whom have already started posting messages. Others preferred to followed the ongoing discussions to get familiar with the system. At any rate, we are very glad that so many of you have joined our online community and we look forward to meeting you on the forum.

Many thanks,
Torsten
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[Ernest]

I do have a thousand things to do every day as you do and they keep walking into the classroom with brilliant minds to learn something they never knew how to learn before. As you and I am a language trainer not teacher we train them to learn things faster and better than the methods they where trying. I appreciate the website for the information for at times it has given me a new insight to my seekers of knowledge. As a part time writer for learning I have learned a lot from this website, and I appreciate it immensely. As for managing my time well they say if I can have a nickel for every hour wasted throughout my life I would be a millionaire today. It seems that we waste more when we do not have direction in life. Many of my students are like this and they have wasted more than time but their live's running after a rainbow's pot of gold.

Ernest

[Elizabeth O.]

I am surprised about the letter you sent me because I know I must practice English everyday but my country has not the opportunities to do it. I have noticed that in many others countries people are learning two or three more languages to improve their communications around the world and to have friends from everywhere, but we, our children and teenagers are taking English class just in private Schools, if you go or visit a public school you can realize that a Math or a Science Teacher is in charge of the English subject and government knows that there are a lot of English Teachers who have not gotten their official job yet. How can be that? I know we have to improve our own knowledge about this matter but when you are trying to explain something to your students they do not understand anything about it. (In High School for example) they not even know the colors in English, where can I start? how? and where? I try to do my best.

[Kurniawansya]

Dear Torsten Daerr,

Yes,you are right 'lack of time' is the best description of what problem I currently face.

I'm an aircraft engineer who work in an international airliner at which English is the main way to communicate with crews or all colleagues around the world.
It becomes a necessity to be able to understand orally or written.

As you know we work in shift where we have no fixed time to come to regular English class furthermore the Company where I work may call me to the office if we have big problem and requires more people.

Thanks to English on line which provide me a kind of alternate in learning English in very flexible in term of accessing time.Hope this will encourage me to learn English better for my own benefit of course.

Best regards,
Kurniawansyah

[M. Thamrin]

Dear Mr Torsten Daerr,

firstly I 'd like to thank for your email asking about me managing the time, particularly my time for English activity (learning). I am an officer of Government owned company that running on airport business in Indonesia. My office is in Jakarta. As people in general that have to work in the morning, so do I that at 0630 must be seated in the office till 17;00 Pm.

I am usually busy with my clients providing them a lot of information they need, especially regarding to aviation activities. so I meet many different people either from my own country or foreigners. those are the reason that I need to sharpen my English skill to support my daily activities.

Frankly speaking, I am very poor with slang, and particular idiom used by mother tongue language. So in one occasion I have to ask to repeat the utterance.
it seems strange to me when I find a word, or phrase that I don't understand. I think I need to study more and more English.

Dear sir, It 's very helpful to me if you are able to spend any time me sending me email regarding to English lesson in order I can study more. I am one of a person used to stuck behind the computer and so frequent ready with my email. it is no matter
either in the office or in my house. I think study must not be done in the school only but we can do where we have time.

Ghanks for your curiosity.
M. Thamrin

[lazyliza.]

Dear Torsten Daerr: Thank you for your letters.
Sometimes it's the only chance to get good English grammar, idioms, instructions and more while reading these texts. Very helpful letters!

Thank you very much.

My new teaching idea is: "Comedy Club" TV programme! - Russian teenagers(boys) like it! I want to use this interest to have funny and useful 10-15 minutes in a lesson for just a one boy in a time.

That's why I read your ESL letters - I am looking for the key.

2. "MANAGING YOUR TIME" - I store good addresses on my personal site: veralex.mylivepage.ru

And in a hard minute of a lesson I use them to forward the lesson.

Best regards,
lazyliza
Russia, Moscow.

[Baoher]

Dear Sir and Madam,

I am Baoher and I am a student, now I study English at a GEI (Gold English Institute) center in Vientiane, Laos. I am 20 years old, I enjoy studying English very much in english-test.net, because i want to improve my English, another I think my English is still poor. now i want you to tell me about log in it is difficult for me.

Best,
Baoher

[Soran]

Sorry for delay in response.

Thanks for your guidance and constructive comments.

As a matter of fact, I am MA student of English language teaching at Tabriz University, Iran.

I am working on my thesis entitled "Age differences in feedback and pairwork".

I was wondering if f you could help me by sending some articles in this regard or introduce some sites or perhaps guys working on these subjects.
by the way, I will appreciate some multiple-choice items (questions) on the use of "Tenses".

Yours sincerely,
Soran

[Tran Thuy Linh]

Dear Mr. Torsten Daerr,
I come from Viet Nam.

Thank you for your writing to me. I like speaking English so I tried my best to learn it. I also want to find job in a foreign company that has professional staff. I know my English will be improve if I have the chance. Now I work for Daklak Tourist Company - position: Sales & Marketing Manager. I'm going to change for the new company. I intend to work for a Swiss - BelHotel (a hotel that is managed by foreigners).
I wonder if you can help me to write a letter for application & a resume ( sample ). position: Sales Manager.

I would like to receive new letters ( as yours). I find it easy to understand. so far, I have a lot of difficulties in writing English, how can I improve it?

In your new letter, please tell me some special skills & education that are suitable for the position.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.
With Best regards,
Tran Thuy Linh

[Mujahid Ali]

Respected Mr: Torsten Daer,
I am very much thankful to you for your letter. Well Sir, I am a High School Teacher in Pakistan and English has been my favourite subject since the day I started teaching. In my local language many kinds of English grammar books available in the market. But I am not satisfied with them. I want to learn and teach English in the proper way so your kind help is required, please guide me how can i improve my language. I have got much zeal to learn, please help me any way you can.

[Rahmad Hidayat.]

Dear Torsten Daerr

Thank you very much for the advice. I think it is useful for me.
Actually I am a learner of English and a teacher of English. I realize that my English is poor so I must improve my English skill though I am an English Department Graduate. That's why join this newsletter.

First, I want to improve my TOEFL score and IELTS score. Therefore, through this forum I hope I will get many information about the various types of both test. Would you help me to send me the exercises of test please!

Second, I want to improve my writing in English because it is my duty in teaching English. In short, I have to write in English as good as I can.

Best Regard,
Rahmad Hidayat.

[Anaz]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your good approach on this course. I seriously read your writing; very clear, enthusiastic, sound methodology, good psychological approach and all in all it is working for a new learner.I really appreciate for your help. On the basis of your news letter, it is entirely different from our current poor study centres. My intention is studying the language in full-fledge that is beauty of English, its jargon, root of grammar approach (my language Malayalam is many times confront to English grammar), its critical idioms, fictional-translation and also spoken style. I think you understand the learner. It is hopeful, your possibilities is much more in our region Kerala.

Even now I have no sure that this letter either correct or wrong! These suspect still exist in more people, so they go back to speak and write. I will register recent days as you prescribe. I would like write much more, but lack of language efficiency obstructs me.

Weak language wants lot of time for expression, it don't get satisfaction anybody.

Best Regards

Anaz

[Fybs]

Hi Daerr!

You make me laugh really! hahahaha... you know what? everything that you written to your message are all my questions and you've answer already, that's why, any way I really appreciate your message. I love to learn and develop my skills in English.
I'm going to sign in to your site.

Fybs

[Demir]

Dear Torsten..... first of all, I do really thank you for your permanent mails... I'm so happy to be one of the english-test.net members... I've just read your mail..and you are right.. I get up at 6, and leave for work at 7.. it is very early..... and yes I got no time to spend with English, but i always check your mails..and I'm an English language fan.... You do help me much.. thanks a lot. Anyway, now I work as an interpreter for a public organization, and i do need English to Turkish translation sources or programs.. But it is very expensive in my country. So, can you please provide me such tools or programs? or have you got any idea about where to find these sources free of charge.. Pls at least direct me to some internet addresses where I can find them...... Thank you so much for your help..... give my regards to Alan and keep me on your site and online.....good bye

[Viett]

I'm VietNamese and my English is not very good. My level maybe at lower-intermediate.So I want to improve my Einglish. One English learning method is go to ESL forums, studying online at websites such as ESLpod.com, macmillan.com... I'm a freshman now, studying in foreign trade university, and I understand the importance of learning English. How we suffer our shame when we can't speak English with a person who comes from another country.. I thank you for paying attention to me.

Today, when I open my inbox, I saw your advice and I'm moved and fired about that. If your website has anything new, please send me an email. In fact, I'm sometimes very lazy and it make me feel bored. I also hope we are good partner in teaching and learning English.
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