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How can I improve myself like native English speaker?

kingspachi

kingspachi

Canada

Hi,
I am kingspachi, I am from Hong Kong, and I’ve been in Canada from few years. Supposes that I am lucky because I can practice English almost everyday (the case is that I am shy, so sometimes I don’t talk too much.) I can talk to my teachers, and I listen program on radio everyday.
I found that it’s my bottleneck now. I can understand around 60 – 70% from the native speakers. But when they group together and chat, I can barly understand them and I don’t know how to intreput them.
Also, my speaking is poor too because I can only express myself in short sentences, and I don’t know how to describe words in beaufiful sentences.
How can I become a native English speaker?
p.s. I like to chat with you guys online by English. So add my email: kinginvan yahoo com

08:26 AM May 11 2006 |

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kangquy

Viet Nam

It would be nice to get your shareing. Hope to get your tips someday. I am not good at English so my job often stuck, hehhe. I always appreciated all of ieads guys.

12:26 PM Jul 18 2008 |

david_marceno

Brazil

Yes, living in an english speaker country is undoubtly the best way to improve your english skills. Writing is also a great exercise. Try it! Every night, before going to bed, take a piece of paper and write down every thing that happened that day, in english. Try to use some new words and keep a good dictionary by your side so you can look for new words. This will raise up your vocabulary and besides, it's very fun!

05:21 AM Jul 19 2008 |

milarpita

milarpita

Germany

I don know whether it's write or wrong but i recommend this site

easyenglish4u.googlepages.com

I got a lot of help from this site related to Spoken English.

Thangs

Milan

08:23 AM Jul 19 2008 |

milarpita

milarpita

Germany

I don know whether it's write or wrong but i recommend this site

easyenglish4u.googlepages.com

I got a lot of help from this site related to Spoken English.

Thangs

Milan

08:23 AM Jul 19 2008 |

milarpita

milarpita

Germany

I don know whether it's write or wrong but i recommend this site

easyenglish4u.googlepages.com

I got a lot of help from this site related to Spoken English.

Thangs

Milan

08:23 AM Jul 19 2008 |

david_marceno

Brazil

I think you meant "I don' know wheter it's RIGHT or wrong…" don't you?

WRITE means to take note about something, like write a letter or write a book. RIGHT means that something is correct.

I'd commited this mistake myself sometimes so I'm just helping you ok?

10:31 AM Jul 19 2008 |

tiffintime

tiffintime

Sri Lanka

You're right, david_marceno.

We also normally say "it's great fun!" instead of "it's very fun", though "it's very funny" is acceptable in certain contexts.

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/11717-its-very-fun-its-very-funny.html

Also, we say "an English speaking country", instead of "an English speaker country". 

http://the_english_dept.tripod.com/esc.html

08:09 AM Jul 21 2008 |

izinma

Algeria

i can say that i have the same problem but u are better than me at least you live in a place where you can listen to native speakers but i listen to them only through tv.i studied english in university for 4 years i finished my studies in 2006 and i sterted losing it because i do not use it too much not at all,iam very sad for this help me if you can to find a solution for both.

06:38 PM Jul 21 2008 |

Emma-cc

Australia

i think.you should do it

07:13 AM Mar 24 2011 |