English as a second language

06/11/20 | Self

[HartleyMBaldwin]

There, there, don’t get upset. You don’t have to follow any of those boring old conventions if you don’t want to. I certainly don’t want to stifle a free spirit.

[Gay State Conservative]

Gee,I thought you were gonna ignore my posts.I hope I haven’t picked up a stalker.You’d be my first one in 16 years here on FR.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

You keep posting to me; does that make you a stalker? You have the same opportunity to ignore my posts, you know.

[Chickensoup]

True, my first language was Parisian French, and English then Italian.

Latin was easy. and I can usully decipher Spanish.

[stuckincali]

He was a very smart guy

[Jess Kitting]

Videos are also a good way to learn.

Here are some ESL videos that you might find helpful.

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[Jess Kitting]

Sorry, bad link. Here it is again:

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[stuckincali]

I took French in catholic school. No one to speak it with outside of school. Got a B for being on the football team.

We had a French exchange student for a 19 day summer program. She spoke 4 languages. Her father said, if you want to do business learn english.

[PUGACHEV]

The fact that English is, in fact, two separate languages, one written and the other spoken, makes it incredibly difficult to master.

[dfwgator]

The fact that English is, in fact, two separate languages, one written and the other spoken, makes it incredibly difficult to master.

Polish, says, “Hold my Piwo!”

[Rembrandt]

Try Duolingocom on his/her PC - it’s a very good way to work not just on a second language but pronunciation and syntax as well.

[alexander_busek]

My dilema: A good friend,brought up in Korea but who became a US citizen about 10 years ago,has what can be said to be,at best,a fair command of spoken English.

Even native-born Americans sometimes make grammatical, syntactical, and orthographical mistakes - your posting provides ample evidence of that!

(It's spelled "dilemma," by the way; and please leave a space after commas and periods.)

Answer: There is no "dilemma" here! Your friend should be able to learn enough English to "get along." End of story.

Regards,

[MikelTackNailer]

Thanks for the tip on Duolingo. I've been wanting a language learning program not aggressively seeking my limited income.

[MikelTackNailer]

I had learnt to write Pitman’s Shorthand in high school.

LOL - Oh Nana, your age is showing more than my Freudian slip. You attended back when education was the priority.

[Tennessee Nana]

I learnt Pitman’s Shorthand while JFK was still with us...