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 #2 (permalink) Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:06 am Hi! everyone I come from VietNam and I love English... |
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Hi,
I'm from Vietnam, too! Where are you in Vietnam, Uyen? |
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Tortoise
I'm here quite often ;-)
Joined: 05 Oct 2005
Posts: 105
Location: Vietnam
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:44 pm Hi! everyone I come from VietNam and I love English... |
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I live in Hoc mon HCM city,and u?
How long have u join here?And what do u feel it?
I ve just joined and nice to chat with u by english
im studying to take the Toiec
and u?tell me more,please!!! |
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 Angelos
I'm new here and I like it ;-)
Joined: 18 Mar 2006
Posts: 11
Location: Viet Nam
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Mar 21, 2006 13:00 pm TOEIC and writing style |
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Hi angelos, if you are interested in taking the TOEIC you should try and improve your spelling. For example, the word 'u' does not exist in business English (nor does it in general English) and the TOEIC is a business English exam. Also, try to make sure you write grammatically correct sentences. You should only use those structures you have already learned. A lot users want to improve their English and you are confusing them with your sloppy writing style.
Best regards
Fabrice |
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Toeic
I'm new here and I like it ;-)
Joined: 15 Oct 2005
Posts: 48
Location: France
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Mar 21, 2006 13:08 pm Hi! everyone I come from VietNam and I love English... |
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| I'm sorry.I forget.But thank you about that. |
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Angelos
I'm new here and I like it ;-)
Joined: 18 Mar 2006
Posts: 11
Location: Viet Nam
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Mar 21, 2006 14:07 pm TOEIC and utter lack of diplomacy |
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| toeic wrote: | Hi angelos, if you are interested in taking the TOEIC you should try and improve your spelling. For example, the word 'u' does not exist in business English (nor does it in general English) and the TOEIC is a business English exam. Also, try to make sure you write grammatically correct sentences. You should only use those structures you have already learned. A lot users want to improve their English and you are confusing them with your sloppy writing style.
Best regards
Fabrice |
There is nothing better to encourage poor striving students, is there, Fabrice? Or maybe it's one of those tactics to prepare them for the aggressive world of business. There certainly are lots of wolves out there!!
Telling students to use only structures they have already learned amounts to telling them not to learn, since that's precisely what learning is about: speaking and writing while learning, not after (which would be impossible, anyway).
I know I'm not being very diplomatic myself, but I couldn't find a better way to speak my mind. I guess Angelos' thanking you for calling his writing style sloppy topped it all off. |
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Conchita
Language Coach
Joined: 26 Dec 2005
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Location: Madrid, Spain
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Mar 21, 2006 14:42 pm English language style |
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Hi Conchita, if you encourage your students to use structures they don't know they will get used to using those incorrect sentences. They will develop the habit of speaking they way they want. Native speakers might understand those people and might tolerate those mistakes. After all, the person is trying to speak English as a second language, aren't they? So if angelo gets used to writing 'u' instead of 'you' and 'r' instead of 'are', other learners will pick up this habit too and we'll soon end up communicating in sms mode. The trouble is that it will be very hard if not impossible to switch over to business communication mode or simply standard English mode.
How did you learn the word 'you'? You saw it somewhere writting in book or in many books and you heard people say it often. If learners on this forum see the words 'u' and 'r' on a regular basis they will think that this the way they should learn. After all this is what this forum is all about: learning English. |
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Toeic
I'm new here and I like it ;-)
Joined: 15 Oct 2005
Posts: 48
Location: France
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Mar 22, 2006 23:59 pm Hi! everyone I come from VietNam and I love English... |
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Yes,I see.I studied english 7 years ago.But I can't study well as a student with 4 years.I think that is the way of a person.Who can tell me why it is?
You can see.I write a letter and there are many mistakes.I also think i don't write more.
and I have more time to do it.... |
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Angelos
I'm new here and I like it ;-)
Joined: 18 Mar 2006
Posts: 11
Location: Viet Nam
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