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Message 1366940 - Posted: 11 May 2013, 23:53:46 UTC - in response to Message 1366937.  

With French it depends on who is listening.
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Message 1366949 - Posted: 12 May 2013, 0:17:34 UTC - in response to Message 1366939.  

Naw, my French flows off the tongue very easily.... :)

Aha! You admit to speaking in tongues? ;)
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Message 1366950 - Posted: 12 May 2013, 0:19:08 UTC - in response to Message 1366949.  

Yep with my favourite coming close to getting me a vacation!
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Message 1366983 - Posted: 12 May 2013, 4:01:10 UTC - in response to Message 1366950.  

Are your exams proper English English or American English?

Cheers.

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你的考试正确的英语或美式英语?

干杯。
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Message 1367017 - Posted: 12 May 2013, 6:12:01 UTC - in response to Message 1366983.  

The test is the British English~
Be able to endure loneliness, will be very close to success, wealth and career will be away from us, but thought eternal.
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Message 1367020 - Posted: 12 May 2013, 6:17:25 UTC - in response to Message 1366904.  

This is our English exam mode, what do you think?
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/c88a9db669dc5022aaea0073.html

That comes across as spam. It's all about earning money. Not much to do with the examination of English comprehension. I don't mean this is a bad thing, but stick around here in the cafe and you'll learn a lot in a short period of time from just talking to us.


In China, if you don't pass the English four levels of tests, not only the graduation is a problem, and looking for a job after graduation will be very difficult.
Be able to endure loneliness, will be very close to success, wealth and career will be away from us, but thought eternal.
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Message 1367691 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 2:29:51 UTC - in response to Message 1367020.  

This is our English exam mode, what do you think?
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/c88a9db669dc5022aaea0073.html

That comes across as spam. It's all about earning money. Not much to do with the examination of English comprehension. I don't mean this is a bad thing, but stick around here in the cafe and you'll learn a lot in a short period of time from just talking to us.


In China, if you don't pass the English four levels of tests, not only the graduation is a problem, and looking for a job after graduation will be very difficult.


Yes English is hard probably the hardest language to learn and it also depends what country as America spell some words different to us in Australia which is more closely to England .

I suppose that because English is made up of many different languages doesn't help .

As you guys learn English we are learning Cantonese in our schools you never know maybe in a few decades we will have to learn your language and have the same problem about getting a job as there are a lot more of you guys than us and your economy is becoming the largest one on the planet .....
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Message 1367700 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 3:17:16 UTC - in response to Message 1367691.  

This is our English exam mode, what do you think?
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/c88a9db669dc5022aaea0073.html

That comes across as spam. It's all about earning money. Not much to do with the examination of English comprehension. I don't mean this is a bad thing, but stick around here in the cafe and you'll learn a lot in a short period of time from just talking to us.


In China, if you don't pass the English four levels of tests, not only the graduation is a problem, and looking for a job after graduation will be very difficult.


Yes English is hard probably the hardest language to learn and it also depends what country as America spell some words different to us in Australia which is more closely to England .

I suppose that because English is made up of many different languages doesn't help .

As you guys learn English we are learning Cantonese in our schools you never know maybe in a few decades we will have to learn your language and have the same problem about getting a job as there are a lot more of you guys than us and your economy is becoming the largest one on the planet .....

Though I had heard once, that Russian is harder than English to learn, but that is only what I heard.
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Message 1367747 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 6:04:16 UTC

Vic I would check your system when I clicked on it, it worked took me to a Chinese site and shows the exam in English except the bits for Chinese people
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Message 1367754 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 6:11:45 UTC - in response to Message 1366782.  

You are on the right place here.
It took me a few years but with some practice you will be fine.


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Message 1367756 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 6:21:42 UTC

I had a Serb aunt who spoke nine languages. The more languages you know the easier to learn a new one. On my experience, German is more difficult, then English, French and Spanish in descending order.
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Message 1367764 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 7:19:22 UTC - in response to Message 1367747.  
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Vic I would check your system when I clicked on it, it worked took me to a Chinese site and shows the exam in English except the bits for Chinese people

I have no idea what you are talking about, I see no site like you describe, I clicked on My link to look at My computer, I didn't see anything unusual. My PC is fine, I just checked, found 10 pieces of spyware, their dealt with and there's nothing wrong either.
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Message 1367783 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 9:13:02 UTC - in response to Message 1367764.  

Vic I would check your system when I clicked on it, it worked took me to a Chinese site and shows the exam in English except the bits for Chinese people

I have no idea what you are talking about, I see no site like you describe, I clicked on My link to look at My computer, I didn't see anything unusual. My PC is fine, I just checked, found 10 pieces of spyware, their dealt with and there's nothing wrong either.


Yep that is what I meant check for spyware might have redirected you but sounds like you fixed it
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Message 1367788 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 9:28:03 UTC

If you really want to learn a language, you need to stay in the coutry for a few years.
English is mainly confusing because spelling very often isn't phonetical.
Besides that, I've always heard that German is amonst the most difficult languages to learn (of the european ones) - because our grammer has more exceptions than rules.

@tullio - if you speak Spanish, Italian or Portuguese the others of the set are no problem at all and French only takes a little effort.

And as with everything, practise makes perfect.
You need to have your errors corrected now and again of course to improve - can't improve if you don't know you're doing something wrong.
That's of course once you are past the stage of simply expanding your vocabulary. There reading a lot helps.
As to translation sites - they only get you so far. You're good if you use an onlione dictionary and pick the right word out of the possible dozen.

And good luck Zhao with your test.
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. (Mark Twain)
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Message 1367791 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 9:35:22 UTC - in response to Message 1366895.  

This is our English exam mode, what do you think?
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/c88a9db669dc5022aaea0073.html


when I click the link it takes me to a web site in China called Baidu something something (Chinese writing)and then under that is the English test in the most part English

Starts of

Part 1 writing (30 minutes)
Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to wright a small essay on this topic "Education-Orientd" Blah blah blah

I can't copy or paste anything as Chinese writing comes up witch I can't read and when I click on one of the things that came up I think it was asking me to log in so the link does work no spyware that I can see


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Message 1367793 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 9:38:00 UTC - in response to Message 1367792.  

I thought that French grammar was the most difficult to get ones brain around?



Backwood English you mean .....ops sorry to our French users
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Message 1367809 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 10:45:07 UTC - in response to Message 1367792.  

I thought that French grammar was the most difficult to get ones brain around?




You haven't tried that German grammar then...djeesh...;)
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Message 1367811 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 10:47:37 UTC

German grammar is like Latin grammar, it helps having studied Latin (I have).
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Message 1367832 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 12:34:47 UTC - in response to Message 1367816.  

I speak double dutch and fluent rubbish!



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Message 1367837 - Posted: 14 May 2013, 13:06:47 UTC

I don’t understand it; over here in the back woods
of Canada we have very small children speaking English.
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