How much has your English improved since you've been in EC?

by **Arale** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:09 pm

How much has your English improved since you've been in EC? Do you think it's better? I vote for the first. Just read my first posts and lastest posts, you will see! :wink:

_Arale_

by **Hardi** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:46 pm

Improved. In school I chosed second language as germans. English I have learned here... Before coming here, I understand only computerspecific words in english. Now I can communicate in english too.. a little.

btw. my english is better than germans.. and I chosed germans because somehow I thinked that it's easier to learn. Actually i don't liked englishteacher.

by **MissLT** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:18 pm

Nice poll, Ary. You stole my idea, by the way :lol:

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Just joking. What I mean to say is, "why didn't I think of it???? :cry:

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by **Arale** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:30 pm

Hardi wrote: Actually i don't liked englishteacher.

No, no, dear Hardi, please try to like them. Then, I bet you will love them hehe :mrgreen:

P.S: Because I'm also a teacher of English. :mrgreen:

LennyeTran wrote::wink: Nice poll, Ary. You stole my idea, by the way . Just joking. What I mean to say is, "why didn't I think of it???? "

Len, lol, maybe we had the same idea, but I was quicker than you. :mrgreen:

I also think it's a very nice topic! :mrgreen:

Thanks so much!

_Arale_

by **Hardi** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:41 pm

Then you are first english teacher who I like.

by **MissLT** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:38 am

Hardi wrote:Then you are first english teacher who I like.

Count me in, too :wink:

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by **MissLT** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:39 am

Arale wrote: Len, lol, maybe we had the same idea, but I was quicker than you. I also think it's a very nice topic! Thanks so much!

_Arale_

Not this time. I didn't even think about it this time. You were one step ahead of me thinking about it.

by **Arale** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:21 pm

Hardi wrote:Then you are first english teacher who I like.

Thanks Hardi. I'm happy to know that.

I also disliked English when I was at high school because my English at that time was too terrible (English wasn't an important subject at my school). Honestly, I hated the subject of English. As a result, I didn't like my English teachers too. I only liked math and literature.

So you might wonder why I chose English as my major? I really enjoyed the "Cartoon channel" on TV when I was young. Certainly all of those cartoon films were spoken in my mother tongue. But one time, perhaps there was some trouble so the film I liked wasn't translated into Vietnamese. And it was spoken in English. I understood nothing. I was very sad and furious too. I told myself that I had to study English so I could understand what the characters in my favourite cartoon communicated with each other.

I didn't know that the mistake in that cartoon film helped me like English. After a period of learning, I found it quite interesting. But the more I study, the more I feel I'm bad at it. :cry:

I couldn't dislike my English teachers then because I had to ask them many things.

I didn't know that it's very hard to be a teacher of English. I feel very sorry when I didn't understand my teachers. :cry:

Now I'm a teacher and I know teachers have to suffer much. :roll:

That's "the road" I have known English. Now I like English and want to continue studying it, though, as I said above, the more I study, the more I feel I'm bad at it. It's English that helps me be here today with you and many other friends in the forums. It's English that helps me understand more about other cultures. It's English that now makes me really happy.

_Arale_

by **Hardi** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:46 am

More you learn, less you know. Once one my friend wanted me to write a encryption script for him. I was never before done something like this. Also I searched some manuals and examples from internet. The more I readed the more paranoid I got. Well I finished that project and I don't have 1000 lock in my apartment front door but..

fortunately I have enough ego, to not worry about my good english.

I disliked school in generally. My dream was farming, I liked to read tractors handbooks, not school books, even if those handbooks was in russian I readed them. I don't understand russian very well, and I not liked to learn it in scool, but if I'm interresed about context in that book, then I don't need even dictionary always.

by **Lalee** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:32 am

Arale wrote:So you might wonder why I chose English as my major? I really enjoyed the "Cartoon channel" on TV when I was young. Certainly all of those cartoon films were spoken in my mother tongue. But one time, perhaps there was some trouble so the film I liked wasn't translated into Vietnamese. And it was spoken in English. I understood nothing. I was very sad and furious too. I told myself that I had to study English so I could understand what the characters in my favourite cartoon communicated with each other.
_Arale_

Arale, that was very interesting. I think most people didn't enjoy English much when they were at school.
The same happened to me but since I was fond of music in English, I had to learn it.
I just couldn't stand signing along with my favorite singer without understanding a thing. So we can say that music helped me get interested in English.

Regarding your poll, I think my English has improved here. Not a lot but at least it's something. :wink: