Does it need any reason for teatime? (English OT - the first chapter)

[Ranmaru]

Obviously nine out of ten English teachers are just incompetent. They claim to know which words are important for conversations and which are not and that's just plain bullshit. There is no "list of words you have to know" or vice versa.
Fortunately, my advanced course teacher was really great. He just talked to us, we read English books and watched English films, really great films like 2001: A Space Oddyssey, Dead Poet's Society or Pulp Fiction. He never gave us vocabularies, we just used dictionaries and fetched the words we needed. We wrote fictional stories in different styles of speech (eg. Business English, Old English, Modern English) and after a while we just wrote with our own styles. There was no problem writing slang language or bad words like "fuck" or "shit". We wrote short stories, novellas and so on and that was something that really helped us learning English. If I ever became an English teacher, that would be exactly the way I would teach. It was great.

[CT]

Gosh, I just thought about practising my French a little bit and posted some assumably weird stuff in our new French Talk Thread. Compared to writing English, it is actually really tough to get the same thing done in French. Especially because I stopped learning, reading and writing that shitty language more than four years ago. >_>

Nevertheless, I really appreciated this chance. I think I should speak more than two languages properly, so I should probably (re-)intensify my French and Latin practice. ^^

[Ranmaru]

Gosh, I just thought about practising my French a little bit and posted some assumably weird stuff in our new French Talk Thread. Compared to writing English, it is actually really tough to get the same thing done in French. Especially because I stopped learning, reading and writing that shitty language more than four years ago. >_>

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I don't understand a word in French even though I learned it for five years. I don't know why but I was never in the mood to do any study for that language and so I just forgot everything. A shame, if you ask me now since I'd like to be as good in French as I'm in English.

By the way, it's hard for me to write in the Japanese Thread, too. Regarding the fact that I'm learning Japanese for only about a year now, I can speak it quite well even though my word pool is of course extremely narrow. To write it, however, is another story and quite hard. A standard posting in that thread takes thrice the time I need for a German or an English post, if not even more. My best friend's the dictionary in order to check if the characters I used are the right ones … nonetheless I like writing posts in Japanese since that's really a good excercise.

[Virginie]

Gosh, I just thought about practising my French a little bit and posted some assumably weird stuff in our new French Talk Thread. Compared to writing English, it is actually really tough to get the same thing done in French. Especially because I stopped learning, reading and writing that shitty language more than four years ago. >_>

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Believe me, writing in French is even hard for me.
Since nearly every verb or adjective depends on the gender of the nouns in a phrase (and I always mix them up!) you will make far more mistakes in witten French than in spoken. Not to mention all the endings (declination anyone?) which are pronounced the same way o_O

But as my cousin in France had to learn German I noticed that German is even worse to learn We are just lucky that we didn't have to!

[Ralph]

I know some French guys who had to learn German ... - oh, that was hard! English is much easier to learn than most other languages as we hear, see (TV/movies) and read (internet) much English. Most foreign people can speak English pretty well, but those who have it as native language often can't speak more than 2 words in another language ... they often don't need that, though.

[Goddess]

@ Diomedes: And I still don't like Tolkien. I really appreciated to read Shakespeare, but Tolkien... well, you all know the story.

It was just a matter of time 'til some would open a French thread... shit. Although I understand most of the text when reading it, I don't understand a word when it is spoken. And additionally I just can't write a single French post. I really unlearned nearly all words and grammar as well. Sadly so.

I just hope nobody's going up to something. Although I'm moderator in this discussion forum, I really don't know all of the French swear-words.

Cheerio!

[Clean_Boy]

Yeah ... ähm ... it's my first post in this topic ... my english is terrible but ok ...
I'm a old men and i like football ... >_>

[Omega]

Such a waste of time, I finished my homework a few minutes ago and what should I say about it? It is just ridiculous and laughable! It was a "What can u see on teh pretty picture?" "What do you think the comic wants to show us?" exercise (about South Africa and the Apartheid...uhh BORING). Am I in a Kindergarden? And the best thing: my English teacher (Miss Bölköw, it sounds even like someone who cant speak english) is making a lot of spelling mistakes? Is that a bad joke?



as ever I would appreciate it if someone would point out my mistakes in this post ^^ (not spelling mistakes xD)

[Ranmaru]

as ever I would appreciate it if someone would point out my mistakes in this post ^^ (not spelling mistakes xD)

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As you wish …

It is just ridiculous and laughable!

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"Ridiculous" and "laughable" are synonyms, so there's no need to mention both in one sentence. If you did it for a specific reason (eg. to point out the fact), just ignore my correction.

Am I in a Kindergarden?

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Kindergarten is an uncountable noun, so it's "am I in kindergarten"; without the article.

And the best thing: my English teacher (Miss Bölköw, it sounds even like someone who cant speak english) is making a lot of spelling mistakes?

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You should say "makes a lot of …" because the progressive form indicates that she is doing it right now. Well, it could be that she is making mistakes right now, but since you're writing about a general habit, you should use the present simple tense. The question mark is also weird.

That's what I found so far but it's no problem at all. One would mark these mistakes in an exam but everyone understands what you're saying, so stay frosty.

[Omega]

You should say "makes a lot of …" because the progressive form indicates that she is doing it right now. Well, it could be that she is making mistakes right now, but since you're writing about a general habit, you should use the present simple tense. The question mark is also weird.

That's what I found so far but it's no problem at all. One would mark these mistakes in an exam but everyone understands what you're saying, so stay frosty.

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Ahh shit I was thinking about it "Should I write makes a lot or is making a lot" but now it makes sense and the question mark wasnt my intention ^^.

thx

feel free to point out my mistakes at anytime

[Goddess]

feel free to point out my mistakes at anytime

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Muahahaha.... } I will.

Guess what?! Today I got a boost in pay. I knew it... one day I will get a Lambourghini Diablo.

[Ranmaru]

Guess what?! Today I got a boost in pay. I knew it... one day I will get a Lambourghini Diablo.

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Same here. But for obvious reasons I will first buy a Porsche 911 in green. That's a nice way to go … from VW Polo to VW Golf (my current ride, so I'm halfway there!) to Posche 911 to Lamborghini Diablo.

[Goddess]

Same here. But for obvious reasons I will first buy a Porsche 911 in green. That's a nice way to go … from VW Polo to VW Golf (my current ride, so I'm halfway there!) to Posche 911 to Lamborghini Diablo.

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In that case it will be: from Mazda 3 (current ride) to Audi Sportcabrio (or something familiar), follwed by Lamborghini Diablo... yellow of course. I just love those doors. :creepy: