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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4073 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes  Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 25 of 33 08 March 2014 at 5:47pm | IP Logged | ||
Seems good! Have fun with languages, dont think of improving English as a chore, or as something you HAVE to do. It can be fun. Since you enjoy languages, I thought I'd just point you in this direction. View improving English and French as relaxing activities :) Edited by Gemuse on 08 March 2014 at 7:22pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4900 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 26 of 33 09 March 2014 at 4:44pm | IP Logged | ||
Gemuse, I think you are mostly correct, but remember what you said about how learning German improved your English:
Linguaholic, you can take or leave my advice, but I think this might help. Use Duolingo for your language study, and study whatever you want. French, German, Spanish, do whatever is fun. First of all, you will be improving your English through the lessons, and you will satisfy your wanderlust. You won't get to a high level in any of them right now, but that's okay. Make your current goal to have fun with languages, rather than to master any of them. I think this will be less stressful for you. And if any of those languages really grab you, then start using your other textbooks. Again, using an English-based textbook to learn another language will improve your English. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4073 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 27 of 33 09 March 2014 at 5:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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^^ I agree.
My posts have been biased by my language learning temperament. Learning a new language is not fun for me. The language learning process is just something I feel I have to endure to get the end result. I was wrongly ascribing the same temperament to Linguaholic. My bad. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| linguaholic_ch Triglot Groupie IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5039 days ago 69 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English, Hindi, Bengali Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, French | Message 28 of 33 10 March 2014 at 2:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Jeffers. Reading coursebooks like Assimil and Hugo may not help me much with my English. I prefer to use the following to do so:
Use Norman Lewis' Word Power Made Easy for vocabulary.It is a great book to do so and it includes pronunciation and etymology.It is very friendly for the learner. Complete my reading list from Goodreads.Victorian literature is beneficial for me. I will opt for a creative writing course soon. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4073 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 29 of 33 10 March 2014 at 7:30am | IP Logged | ||
Improving vocab is always good, but its only a small part of improving English. You already have a decent vocab, it is not what is holding you back. Iverson's advice in the other thread is of relevance here. One thing I am trying to do is to pay more attention to when I write in forums, and to treat each post as a formal piece of writing which needs to be reviewed. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| linguaholic_ch Triglot Groupie IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5039 days ago 69 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English, Hindi, Bengali Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, French | Message 30 of 33 10 March 2014 at 7:33am | IP Logged | ||
You are so very true. If it is possible, can you post the link thread with Iversen's advice on the other forum? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4073 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 31 of 33 10 March 2014 at 7:52am | IP Logged | ||
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It is two threads down titled "Advanced English: How to progress?" in this forum.
You have responded in it, so you have read Iverson's post :) Edited by Gemuse on 10 March 2014 at 8:16am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| linguaholic_ch Triglot Groupie IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5039 days ago 69 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English, Hindi, Bengali Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, French | Message 32 of 33 10 March 2014 at 8:33am | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, that was Iverson's ? I thought it was yours. Anyways, thanks for helping so much. :)
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