Do you speak English?

[Урусут™]

NO

[Passion]

Oh, this is great fun! 'tis a pity that there's no such topic for French as well, or is there? I'd love to dust off the cobwebs and get the vocabulary expanded from fourth year school level.

[Subbotina]

Hello, everybody! My name is Dasha!
I have been studying English for 15 years, from school (i either have the first certificate in english), but in university English was not good, and i nearly to forget it!
I want to communicate with you in this topic!
p.s. sorry for my mistakes....

[Subbotina]

Сообщение от Zheka

As I understand You"ve watched in English?
Unfortunately, I haven't watched any films in English. I think It's very useful.
I should try!

also very useful to read books in English!

[Москвичка]

Сообщение от Б-Е-Л-К-А

Hello! I like this idea! But i have many mistake when i write or speak. One day of week i speek only English with group of 4 girls.

I beg your pardon but I'd like to join your funny discussion)))
'mistake' has been corrected to 'mistakeS' earlier by one user but you'd better use 'I make many mistakes' instead of 'I have many mistakes' (IMHO the verb 'have' is less appropriate in this case)
then I'd say 'in a group of 4 girls' or just 'with 4 girls' thus omitting a word 'group', the latter sounds too Russian IMHO

[YourTeacher]

Сообщение от Машулик

every scene seemed to me clear in general.
Sorry for mistakes)

Сообщение от Yulka-Pulka

yes/
I watch original films.
Yesterday I watched "Sex and the City" film with subtittles. I understood not every word.
I can watch films, do grammar exercises, listen to dialogues (or better CONVERSATIONS), but it is difficult for me even to write a letter.
My brain thinks in Russian and I can't translate my complicated russian sentences into simple English/
My dream is to think in English.

Сообщение от Yulka-Pulka

for example, I have no idea how to complete these sentences...
....
Do you have any ideas?

Let me think.... I'll give my variants tonight. Maybe somebody else has any suggestions

[Yulka-Pulka]

Thank you very much.

[YourTeacher]

Сообщение от Zheka

Yes, I've seen this film. I cry every time when I watch it, It's so sad. (I think it sounds very russian... but I don't know how to say... more in English way...Am I right?)

I think you can say it without WHEN

Сообщение от Subbotina

Hello, everybody! My name is Dasha!
I have been studying English for 15 years, from school (i either have the first certificate in english), but at the university English was not good, and i nearly forgot it!
I want to communicate with you in this topic!
p.s. sorry for my mistakes....

Сообщение от Москвичка

I beg your pardon but I'd like to join your funny discussion)))
'mistake' has been corrected to 'mistakeS' earlier by one user but you'd better use 'I make many mistakes' instead of 'I have many mistakes' (IMHO the verb 'have' is less appropriate in this case)
then I'd say 'in a group of 4 girls' or just 'with 4 girls' thus omitting a word 'group', the latter sounds too Russian IMHO

Hello! Together we can make it better

[Москвичка]

Сообщение от Subbotina

Hello, everybody! My name is Dasha!
I have been studying English for 15 years, from school (i either have the first certificate in english), but in university English was not good, and i nearly to forget it!
I want to communicate with you in this topic!
p.s. sorry for my mistakes....

may be 'from school' is OK (sounds too Russian again) but it is much better to say 'since I left school'??? or since my school days....
as far as I know discussing the problem of English-speaking Russians in English one may come across such a term 'Runglish' .It is a so-called English dialect or some sort of English that is full of RUssian word order, very Russian mistakes, typical Russian translation and so on THat is why one should read a great deal of books or watch BBC a lot just to get used to normal English and stop thinking in Russian when speaking English......hope you got what I meant
For example when you want to say пожалуйста in reply to somebody's 'THank for your assistance" a Russian beginner may say 'please' though the only possible answer is 'you welcome'
A very good way to speak English is to read authentic, original magazines in ENglish - in Moscow there are some newstands in the city centre where ENglish magazines and joirnals (directly from London) are sold

[Москвичка]

Сообщение от YourTeacher

I think you can say it without WHEN



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