Do you want to improve your english ?

[VigVag]

Hello

I'm a french guy who want to progress in english
If you want to talk about anything, we can try to speak together.


I can speak in present:
-I'm learning at home some rules of english grammar.
-He walks everyday.

I can speak in past:
-we were talking about our childhood last day.
-we ate together every monday

And futur too:
-I will go to take a break

But, I don't know how to use the present perfect, what is the difference with the past continous. and the present perfect progressive ?

[Breakout]

Hi,

Allow me to correct your English a little bit, not that mine is perfect, far from it.
I am here to improve my skills like you.
It would be better if you said "who would like to" instead of "who want"

I don't know the answer to your question because my English sucks ! Sorry I have never been good with grammar and tenses

[chub16]

Hi guys, that is one good topic.

I have tried a long time ago to work by myself on my english skills. But what you should do VigVag, you would rather speak or write with people on top of studying by yourself.

Try this

Spoiler:

]https://www.anglaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-anglais-2/exercice-anglais-113808.php[/spoiler

[Breakout]

One of the hardest thing for me is to improve my oral expression. Whenever I try to talk in English I get stuck on words and I think in french instead of thinking in English which is bad.
In order to talk fluently I must spend a lot of time with native speakers for my brain to adjust.

It's much easier to write in english and I usualy never have any problem watching a movie without subtitles when the accent is not too pronounced.

One good way to improve is to watch/read a lot of content in English and look for the words or expressions I don't understand.

[VigVag]

Today, I have worked with my new teacher to improve my skills in english. (present perfect :p)

My teacher advice me to do what you have wrote @Breakout plus make a book and write every single word which I don't recognize
So, I will start watching True Detective in VO with subtitles in english to exercise me.
Every week, with my teacher, we are going to check up my knowledge about the vocabulary who I didn't know last week.


I'm going to begin to improve my knowledge about verb + preposition:
https://www.anglaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-anglais-2/exercice-anglais-13879.php

[Breakout]

You seem very dedicated to make some progress VigVag ! Good to know that your teacher told you the same.
I found it to be very difficult and tedious to search and write everything I didn't understand (with a real dictionary as there was no internet before) but in the end it's VERY rewarding and well worth the effort !
Soon you will have access to a lot more information and culture which otherwise you wouldn't know. It's like expending your brain !

[VigVag]

In a perfect world, I would like to know 5 languages
French, English, Chinese, Arabic and Spanish
It's my personnal goal

[Breakout]

Why do you include French ? Don't you know it already ?

If I could I would like to know chinese first then japanese and arabic.
Also it would great to know how to read some of the old languages like hebrew, aramaic and sumerian to study the exact meaning and stories of the ancient texts.

[VigVag]

Sure, I know it haha.
1/5

I have some international project. Like exemple, in Africa I woulk like to build school, but also to make a better sewage system.
And for that, I need to speak more than French.
But at first time, as soon as I can speak English fluently, I will participate in Service Volontaire International (https://www.servicevolontaire.org/)
Make more money(with stock exchange), to learn English with a teacher, and also to participate in SVI.

that's why I wake up every day.


Japanese is very funny to listen.
Their culture, like China, are very old.
Lot of thing to learn about them.

Are you an archeologue ? Or something like that lol
It's very rare to meet someone who want to learn old languages.
I didn't know "sumerian" until now (the word, the signification).

[VigVag]

It's very hard for me to make a conversation.
I'm someone who rarely speak with people.
But it's very funny for me, because I'm forcing myself to make a conversation.
It's a beautiful exercise.

[Breakout]

I checked the website for the service volontaire. It's good to see that there are people like you who are ready to help and participate where it is needed.

I'm sure you will learn a lot of things and meet with some interesting people coming from different countries.
It will be very good for praticing your english as well.

I wish you all the best with your projects !

I tried to learn japanese a few years ago but couldn't find the time and necessary motivation. Learning all the katakanas and hiraganas was interesting but too much of a challenge for me. Not mentioning all the kanjis ....

Ah ah no I am not an archeologist, I currently work in a library. It's just that
I always found it interesting to know about the ancient civilizations, I think that human history is more ancient than what most scholars would like us to know today.

Don't worry VigVag I am bit like you, I am not very comfortable when I have to express myself and communicate with others.
The forum is a good way to improve myself even if I find it difficult sometimes to tell what I think (or not!).

[VigVag]

two years ago, I also tried to learn by myself the japanese.
At university, I was boring(<-is that it ? "Je m'ennuyais"), so I started to learn Japanese.
I filled so many paper. Back to kindergarten.
It was a bad idea, I do not have the motivation to do it by myself lol
That why I'm learning english with a teacher.
it's better, funnier.

Oh yeah, I just readed your presentation.
"I think that human history is more ancient than what most scholars would like us to know today"
millions of years is not enough for you ?

The adaptation of human over the years is fascinating.

[Breakout]

You can say :
I was bored
or
It was boring

You are right to have a teacher it can make all the difference.
I like to learn by myself at my own pace whenever I feel like but there are things that only a professional can teach you.

Regarding human history I am talking more about it in terms of civilizations.
For example it appears that the Egyptian pyramids were built much earlier, there are very interesting theories saying that the erosion on the flanks of the Sphinx was due to water and not wind which could be evidence for its earlier construction.
It's just a small example and there are a ton more things that may suggest that human civilization is older than we tend to think.
Look at this other example :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe
These structures with some carvings were built around 10 000 years BC.

I would say the adaptation of life is fascinating, humans are very recent in the history of earth.
"If the Earth formed at midnight and the present moment is the next midnight, 24 hours later, modern humans have been around since 11:59:59pm—1 second. And if human history itself spans 24 hours from one midnight to the next, 14 minutes represents the time since Christ"
https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/08/putting-time-in-perspective.html

[wxc789]

Hi guys,

I found a magazine especially dedicated to learn English. It offers news in English with different levels of difficulty. For the lowest level there are the definitions (in English) of the most complicated terms.

This is "Vocable".

Enjoy

[Marco88]

Spoiler:

"I always found it interesting to know about the ancient civilizations, I think that human history is more ancient than what most scholars would like us to know today."

Scholars...

Spoiler:

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I'm kidding.
Make your way.
Be carefull to mainstream way of mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xueta

Keep going and good luck !

[VigVag]

I'm trying to learn the phrasals verbs. Haha, this is a nice joke lol
Many thing to learn.
Lot of vocabulary specific to united states(diff England)

@Breakout
Göbekli Tepe is a very beautiful place
In Turkey there are so many incredible places to visit.
I like this country for that.

Thank you for the link.

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[VigVag]

@wxc789
I will try to read their magazine lol

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[Francis1]

Good night