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| Rycerz Newbie Poland Joined 5544 days ago 33 posts - 33 votes Studies: Ukrainian, Polish* Studies: English | Message 1 of 4 18 February 2015 at 10:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi everyone,
I'm Polish and I still trying to became native in English. I've been thinking recently about some course of English abroud. My bigges problem in English is active kowlege of lenguage like speaking and writing. I tink that two weeks with intensive course of English for example in Irlead could help me a lot. How do you think is it a good idea? Do you know any good schools for foreiginers in UK or Irleand? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4233 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes  Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 2 of 4 19 February 2015 at 8:34am | IP Logged | ||
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Depending on your level of English if you are an absolutely beginner you'd have to stay a lot longer to get
good results. Based on what you are writing, your sentences are grammatically correct except that you tend to misspell a few words like: abroud -> abord bigges -> biggest lenguage -> language tink -> think Irlead -> Ireland My personal experience is that I went through a summer exchange program in Taiwan with a group of mostly English speakers. The ones who are already at the advanced level had the most to gain. The ones at the lower levels tended to stick together with at least 1 who are fluent enough in Chinese. Someone who knew practically no Chinese would rely on the one who did to do all the shopping, taxi rides and ordering at local restaurants. The last 2 weeks of the summer people without friends and relatives in Taiwan were assigned to stay with a local family for improving their Chinese. A 3-month program in Taiwan is just too short to learn enough words & phrases to be able to communicate effectively In order to improve, you have to make the extra effort to spend less time with people who speak your native language (Polish) and associate with those who speak your target language (Chinese). When you go out you definitely has to walk into shops and restaurants yourself to ask if the item is on sale or food items that are recommended. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pesahson Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5517 days ago 448 posts - 840 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 3 of 4 20 February 2015 at 10:16am | IP Logged | ||
I think it was supposed to be "abroad". And "I want to become" not "became". I don't think a two week language course will do a lot of difference. It's hard to judge from such a small sample, but if you speak the way you write, you should be ok in the speaking department. Two weeks won't get you to a native level. And it won't eradicate the spelling mistakes which you made. Native input on a regular basis, with lots of reading especially! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4322 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 4 of 4 20 February 2015 at 12:51pm | IP Logged | ||
And a built in spell checker! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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