Do You speak English?

294 сообщения в этой теме

Vakulla, I really think you can never actually learn foreign language only with textbooks and reading. You just need speaking practice. I've lost 2 levels in last 5 years only because of lack of speaking practice.

I understand. well.. you always can skype someone if you know somebody who speaks engl.

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

Хотите убрать блок рекламы? Авторизуйтесь

Loading...

so how is the weather
I guess its OK more or less. One thing I can tell you is that weather in Belize is much better right now. Heck, even weather in Ukraine is better... Hah, story of my life - I'd rather be somewhere else...

may i ask what part in canada?
Lemme check. I'll report back once I find out wink;)
0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

so how is the weather
I guess its OK more or less. One thing I can tell you is that weather in Belize is much better right now.

huh. tell me about it.

Hah, story of my life - I'd rather be somewhere else...

where? ..so, what's the story? shy to ask )

may i ask what part in canada?
Lemme check. I'll report back once I find out wink;)

very interesting. ok. i'm waiting. ..are you a... pilot'ka?!

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

So, folks, whats the deal with language schools in Ulyanovsk these days? Is there any real interest in languages? Which schools/instructors are the best? Do you have foreign specialists working in the city? I guess Volga-Dnepr would be a number 1 portal to the "English speaking world", so they gotta have some need in languages there. Just curious..

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

Neah. guys are hot!

lmao first time I hear a note like that about guys from the land South from Texas :laugh:

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

I didn't mean them... ) But yeah. those cowboys - they are wife beaters. (dark humor)

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

unbelievable. why people are SO obsessed with facebook? why facebook anyway? just wondering.

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

Its easy to share whatever you want to share. And yeah, lots of ppl like to share their stuff - makes them feel important I guess. Lots like to share their success, their thoughts, pictures (hey I got a new car/new dress/new girlfriend/etc - check it out!). I'd say with all the $$ invested into FB, the interface is not as user friendly as it should be. Lots of ppl have trouble with privacy settings and various wall settings, etc. It is also easy to stay in touch with a larger number of people without actually contacting them. An illusion of personal communication (or maybe just a new form of it?). Thre are other web services like FB but the whole point is to be a part of a larger community - that makes FB popular. To some extent our Odnoklassniki is the same thing. Personally, I see this kind of stuff as tools. How you use these tools and for what purpose - is a completely personal approach.

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

hey I got a new car/new dress/new girlfriend/etc - check it out!

Aha. come rob me... funny. no, seriously. there are so much stupidity people do by sharing their own privacy (special agencies looove this) you know showing online kids' pictures (one of many reasons we r looking for missing children later.. etc), plus people talk about everything - even doing some stuff that you actually wouldn't be proud of - like recently i've read the story about one lady that was fired coz she was verbally assaulting her boss through her facebook page... & there are a lot like this.. so, this sort of things i meant.. but.. well. you live & learn but looks like people ignore other people's mistakes & think that there are no other world exists besides this little screen that is sitting on your knee or whatever. oops.. too much thinking ) ...but where is a privacy anyway?

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

Aha. come rob me
Well... keep in mind that FB and its original army of users come from USA and Canada. Its a slightly different mentality there when it comes to personal belongings. It is rather unusual to get "robbed" when you buy a new car or something like that (people do come to steal a nice new girlfriend though :laugh: ) Situation in the US can be quite different from place to place, from city to city. But in Canada for example people do not lock their doors most of the time. Even if the front door is locked, I bet the backdoor is almost always open. Coming from a typical Russian mentalitty where a bullet proof triple door for an average retired person is a norm, it is hard to rationalize thin glass doors with a single primitive lock in an average Canadian home. These people simply live their lives in a different reality.

she was verbally assaulting her boss through her facebook page
There are stupid people everywhere. I was harshly critisized for this simple truth in one of "political" topics on this forum. :laugh:

where is a privacy anyway?
I know people who chose not to have an FB or Odnoklassniki accounts. There you go - another example of extreme behavior by todays standards.

special agencies looove this
Most of the time FB pages are examined after the fact when it is sadly too late. They probably monitor the pages for certain key words and phrases, but I doubt they care about personal posts on FB.
0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

Situation in the US can be quite different from place to place, from city to city.

that's true. i just was going to say it... i see more communism in US than USSR had for 70 years! you can leave your car for whole night outside with opened windows & no one would care. & it's the same if you would go shopping - your car will be safe on parking lot. i lost my d.license once, so in couple days i got it by mail - somebody mailed it to me. that's cool. people actually do care. it's nice to feel that not all lose sense of humanity. but it also depends who you actually are.

But yeah.. i just hear & read so many stories about this all crap going on on FB.. i guess people just have a lot of free time. that's only i can say...) nonsense.

There are stupid people everywhere. I was harshly critisized for this simple truth in one of "political" topics on this forum.

funny. well, don't worry about it. sometimes

shit happens )

yeah. no doubt, it's everywhere. different mentality, culture, ....sometimes even laziness. people just DO need to think OUT of box. travel more, learn more, educate yourself & then the world wouldn't be so miserable )

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

educate yourself

Speaking of which... I decided to educate myself about this new book averybody is buzzing about - The 50 Shades of Grey. Not my usual read :laugh: but I like to be in the know when it comes to books everyone is talking about. I usually get away with just watching a movie (like with Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Game of Thrones and the Twilight saga) but this time i got my hands on electronic version which is just such a convenience for me to read on my tablet. I figured i can always stop if i gett bored too much from this genre :turned: Have you read this one yet?

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

Have you read this one yet?

Nea. No I haven't. in my area people crazy about "city of thieves"... i'm not really into all this drama & love novels.. it's nothing compare to real classical book which i use to read from my library. in modern days you barely find A good book. A really good book. ..well i kindA like Stig Larson's trilogy "girl with a dragon tattoo". was fun to read.

my tablet

cool toy. i recently bought one of the latest eReader. so exciting.

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

i'm not really into all this drama & love novels
The way I see it - its not that type of stuff - more of a modern reincarnation of "Story of O".

girl with a dragon tattoo"
That one I got away with a movie. Kinda liked it.

cool toy
Yeah. I never thought I'll be reading ebooks. Turned out to be very convenient and easier on eyes too. Initially I got the tablet for images and portable browsing (I can use the phone, but I still prefer a larger screen). I also like to use it for internet radio.

"city of thieves"...
I'll check it out one I'm bored with the shades of gray.
0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

girl with a dragon tattoo"
That one I got away with a movie. Kinda liked it.

I saw this movie too... original - swedish with engl subtitles. the hollywood version wasn't even exist. & those stupid subtitles bothered me SO much - you want to watch a movie, not reading subtitles ) can't compare this 2 movies=versions - I haven't watched hollywood version yet of dragon tattoo - but swedish was rough.

cool toy
Yeah. I never thought I'll be reading ebooks. Turned out to be very convenient and easier on eyes too. Initially I got the tablet for images and portable browsing (I can use the phone, but I still prefer a larger screen). I also like to use it for internet radio.

yeah, world of high-tech. can you believe it?! ...now I listen to any music through TV. turn you favorite station on, choose your favorite style of music & enjoy.

"city of thieves"...
I'll check it out one I'm bored with the shades of gray.

before that check out "the elementary particles" ("atomised") This novel is crazy but touched me deeply....

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

original - swedish with engl subtitles

Yes, that was the one. However, I found all three parts with professional Russian translation. So no subs to deal with =) I loved it (the movie) for being rough. I have not seen the holywood version yet. I have it but can't make myself to watch it. Some day...

"the elementary particles" ("
I think I saw this book in a store... Thx for advice - I'll check it out.
0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

original - swedish with engl subtitles

Yes, that was the one. However, I found all three parts with professional Russian translation. So no subs to deal with =) I loved it (the movie) for being rough. I have not seen the holywood version yet. I have it but can't make myself to watch it. Some day...

see. here is a dilemma. if I'm watching movies in engl I can't watch them with russian audio dubbing after. no matter how good translation is. sometimes it doesn't make any sense of the message of the movie. it's just lost... oh, BTW now I hang up with scientific series about brain anatomy & neurology. very interesting. even if you are not in medical fields this documentary with fun introductions, explanations & easy to process )

Thx for advice

no problemA.

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

here is a dilemma. if I'm watching movies in engl I can't watch them with russian audio dubbing after

No dilemma here :turned: If the movie is in English - I watch it in English (whenever possible). If it is in other language - I'll take Russian professional translation no prob. I think Russia is perhaps the only country where they do a good professional dubbing of movies in foreign languages. I'm not talking about amateur translations here. Yeah those can be anywhere from funny to plain dumb.

now I hang up with scientific series about brain anatomy & neurology
Which series are these?
0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

here is a dilemma. if I'm watching movies in engl I can't watch them with russian audio dubbing after

No dilemma here :turned: If the movie is in English - I watch it in English (whenever possible). If it is in other language - I'll take Russian professional translation no prob. I think Russia is perhaps the only country where they do a good professional dubbing of movies in foreign languages. I'm not talking about amateur translations here. Yeah those can be anywhere from funny to plain dumb.

oh yes. absolutely agree.

now I hang up with scientific series about brain anatomy & neurology
Which series are these?

it's called "brave neuro world" - TEDTalks. great stuff! check this out: http://www.ted.com/pages/about

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

Sounds good, thanks!

Going back to "learning English" topic - I have a real life example when a 2.5 year old kid started talking in English after watching English language cartoons. Not just some words, but rather full sentences! At the same time - no Russian words. At all. And that is in a fully Russian speaking family. Go figure...

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

...very cognitive process. he thinks in english. hallelujah )

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

See - thats the reason I'm a big fan of TV when it comes to learning the language. Once you are able to concentrate on the story line more than you concentrate on translation going in your head - you are half way there. Any kid in Russia could learn a couple of European languages easily using this simple method. Basic grammer later in school and there you go - you have a generation of young people well educated in terms of languages. A key point - need to start early in life.

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

It's easy for children to learn language anyway. they don't care about mistakes or grammar... they just do it. they just talk. and it's absolutely right. when we talk we learn and understand more. same thing: when I was 5 I spoke german like on my native language... then like usually it happening - if you don't use it - you loose it.

0

Поделиться сообщением


Ссылка на сообщение
Поделиться на других сайтах

Пожалуйста, войдите для комментирования

Вы сможете оставить комментарий после входа



Войти сейчас

  • Сейчас на странице   0 пользователей

    Нет пользователей, просматривающих эту страницу