Am i an ambitious one?i dont know?

[miss dream]

hello
i haven`t know that by joining in this forum,i`ll gain this simple interest
i haven`t ever expected that i`ll earn this size of utility whether abstract utility or concrete one
yet i feel that my language has gotten better((plz. support me by your value opinions about my language thro my writings)) as being me a newcomer to English language as a second language
:lol: :lol: as for those luckless persons who didn`t read any of my threads or posts:lol: :D :lol: :D (lol) plz check my profile to take a hint of my language then introduce your opinions
i`m ready to accept your opinions whether were positive or negative
note((:bawling: :bawling: dont shatter my morale with sharp critique:bawling: :bawling: i`m a feeling person

actually, i can`t deny the measure of benefit that i derived from this forum
and what i want from u now is to inform me with other english forums beyond them i can improve my language more and more
i need u, so guide me to honest path
don`t disappoint me or pass without response
beforehand,many thanks for all

sincerly,your ambitious friend, Miss dream

[Madhuri]

Dreamy, there is another thread "Is Litnet your only forum' where some members have written about other forums they have visited or are a member of (whether literature related or not).

I hope this will help :)

[Pensive]

Hmmm...

Your English needs some work. Work hard on tenses, and soon it will get better. :) And for improving your English, you just need to study Grammer rules carefully, novels do help a lot as well!

[SleepyWitch]

use simpler words (e.g. "use" rather than "utility", although I'm not sure about this because I'm not a native speaker myself---> help!)
Reading modern books and watching films can help you pick up every day vocabulary. Classics (I mean 17-19th century) books are cool, but they are full of stilted expressions people don't use any longer.

What's your first language?

[miss dream]

thank you alot
Madhuri. i`ll see that thread so i hope to make use of it
Pensive, thanks alot for your value advice and i`ll try to follow it
as for Sleepy, i admit that i sometimes use a difficult words in spite of that i know thier simpler equivalents but i dont use them(i dont know why)
generally, i thank you again and hope more comments and advice

[SleepyWitch]

as for Sleepy, i admit that i sometimes use a difficult words in spite of that i know thier simpler equivalents but i dont use them(i dont know why)

I did that a lot, too, when I first started learning English. I don't know about you, but in Germany it's due to the way English is taught here.

[Shannanigan]

I'm not a native speaker myself---> help!

Really? I never would have guessed.

Watch some English movies or listen to English radio, and try reading some books if you can :) I'm trying to learn Spanish and that seems to help the most.

[SleepyWitch]

are you serious, Shanna?
my mother tongue is German!

[Shalot]

Hmmm...

Your English needs some work. Work hard on tenses, and soon it will get better. :) And for improving your English, you just need to study Grammer rules carefully, novels do help a lot as well!

I agree that reading novels willl help you with it. English is my first and only language, but I can tell you that I learned a lot about writing through reading books when I was young. And most of the books I read at the time weren't sophisticated, scholarly classics -- they were just stories. Seeing those sentences on paper and reading them and comprehending them helped me with sentence structure and writing in general. I had a basic knowledge of parts of speech etc, but I couldn't identify an auxilary verb or a marooned preposition (or any other term that you might find in a grammar book) but I could write a sentence that was, for the most part, grammatically correct. So, I would choose some books that appeal to you (and they doesn't necessarily have to be great works of literature) and just read them.

People who can communicate in more than one language amaze me -- keep it up miss dream!

[Shalot]

Really? I never would have guessed.



I never would have guessed either. But I did see that you were from Germany (or maybe you're just living there --- I am not so sure now that I've typed it) so I kind of wondered about your background.

[SleepyWitch]

Seeing those sentences on paper and reading them and comprehending them helped me with sentence structure and writing in general. I had a basic knowledge of parts of speech etc, but I couldn't identify an auxilary verb or a marooned preposition (or any other term that you might find in a grammar book) but I could write a sentence that was, for the most part, grammatically correct.

yep, I agree that reading and getting as much input as possible is the best way to learn a foreign language. That's basically how you learn your mother tongue, so why should you spend hours poring over a grammar book to learn a foreign language? For foreign learners, some instruction and explanations are necessary but just because you know the grammar rules by rote doesn't mean you apply them correctly.
What matters is to develop an intuitive feel for how the foreign language works and reading and watching films can help you a lot there.


I'm German but lived and studied in England for a year. I'm studying English at univ, so I've got a slight advantage over those who study e.g. physics and don't do English at univ level :blush: