Hi Pablo and all, I absolutely agree with you on the conclusion you drew about your daughter's ongoing success in speaking English!!!
After you pointed out this bad or even fatal mistake many people make, I myself recalled this frustrating fact while communicating with my students: They always try to find the exact words which are identical to their mother tongue,then they got anxious,thus their flow of thoughts or our conversations got stuck!;( The golden rule of mastering a language is nothing but expressing yourself with the simple words you have known so far! It has worked for me since I started to learn English at the age of 13... There are still so many words I don't know,but it doesn't bother me at all! John or any other Chinese will easily agree with me that it's true even there are over 30,000 Chinese characters in the dictionary,how many do we actually need to communicate every day with other Chinese? There are so many Chinese characters a lot of Chinese/Taiwanese don't even know or remember how to write them ourselves!Don't you agree with me,John? I admire one member among us who's also a moderator at another group for his large English vocabulary! Quite often,I have to look up the words he uses in the dictionary because I hadn't known before.They are acquired only if you read a lot...;) One more thing,being a perfectionist like you,Pablo also hinders your English acquisition! Learn to loosen up like your easy-going daughter,Pablo!LOL Cheers, Pln On Jun 2, 3:11 am, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pln and friends! > > > > I started to call Pablo,but I talked with his adorable daughter first! > > > Wow,her English is better than Pablo's!!!LOL > > My daughter enjoyed the talk a lot! She was seated on the floor, over > a shoe while talking to Pln! I gave her a small cushion after some > minutes of course ;) > > Pln considers the English of my daughter is good enough for her > condition (EFL), and I agree, because I think she doesn't make things > more difficult than they really are. I mean, she uses the words she > already know, she doesn't look for unknown words in the dictionary as > I do. That's the problem, when we focus on trying to use the exact > words... > > And imagine.... I tried to say to Pln that she is the only > granddaughter in my family, and I said 'nephew... no!!... > niece...no!!" I realized I haven't practiced those words!! > > But the important thing is to keep trying... > > Well, please perhaps you want to read this: > > http://speaking24.com/tips.php > > "First of all try to speak as fluent as possible..." Then the grammar > stuff...! > > "They always try to use exact translation of the word they want to > use, but it causes that they often get stuck." !! > > "Try to say what you have on mind in other words - practising it is a > real key to fluent English conversation!" > > "Of course the best way of practice are English conversations with > other people." > > "The more you practice, the more fluent your English speaking is :) > > Good luck!" > > You just get a person who you can talk to! Or practice with a friend > who is also learning English, close to you... Organize a club... > Teach English to your relatives... What Else?... Or as Diana says, in > the worst case scenario, talk to your dog, or your cat.. ;) > > Thank you, > > Pablo > > > > > > > Thank you for being so kind... :) My daughter and I really enjoyed the > > live chat! :) I'll post later. > > > Thank you, > > > Pablo > > > > I hope you'll be available on June 6th,this Saturday!Let me make up to > > > you then...;) > > > > Nice week ahead of you,Pablo and all of us wherever you are! > > > Pln > > > > On May 31, 10:41 pm, Eduardo Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > write up my skype id: eduardo_brasil1 > > > > > Right now I´m trying to configure out my audio, it´s almost 18:00 pm > > > > here in > > > > Brazil, > > > > I had strong impression that I wont join in this chat today. By the way > > > > nice > > > > chat for all. > > > > > Wishes > > > > > Ed. > > > > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 13:03, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > My skype id: pchamorro-skype > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > Pablo > > > > > > On 31 mayo, 04:06, pln471 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Good morning,Pablo and everyone! > > > > > > > I'll keep my Skype open tonight at 22:00 CET...just hope my access > > > > > > to > > > > > > the Internet won't be failed during the weekend as it is often > > > > > > congested...:( > > > > > > > My Skype name is the same as my google ID:pln471 > > > > > > > Looking forward to chatting to you soon! > > > > > > > Beautiful Sunday! > > > > > > Pln > > > > > > > On May 31, 12:04 am, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > For those in Brazil,it shall be 17:30,and for Pablo,it's 15:30. > > > > > > > > Hi Pln and everybody! > > > > > > > > I think I'll be available before since 15:00 to 17:00 hours. > > > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > Pablo > > > > > > > > > I'd like to suggest another day and time for members in Middle > > > > > > > > East > > > > > > > > and Asia to be Wednesday,June 3rd at 13:00 CET. > > > > > > > > > Will it be a suitable day and time for Elham and other members > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > Iran,India,China or Vietnam?! > > > > > > > > That's 15:30 Tehran time,16:30 Indian time,and 19:00 Beijing > > > > > > > > time.For > > > > > > > > members in Vietnam,please google the time converter because I > > > > > > > > haven't > > > > > > > > got the chance to talk to any of you yet.;) > > > > > > > > > As far as I remember,our last group talk was exactly 1 year > > > > > > > > ago!!! > > > > > > > > > Anyone interested in joining the group talk,please don't > > > > > > > > hesitate to > > > > > > > > reply to this thread!;) > > > > > > > > > I personally don't think it's necessary to create a Skype > > > > > > > > room.I'll > > > > > > > > invite those who would like to take part to my conference room > > > > > instead > > > > > > > > on Skype then... > > > > > > > > > Awaiting your response! > > > > > > > > Pln- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". 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