I want to talk about my life in (the) UK. I went to study in the UK a few years ago. The most exciting experience is that I went to a host family for my Christmas holiday in December. I went there alone … on a train. It took me about one or two hours to get there, to York, and then I stayed there for one week. This was the first time that I spent time with a UK family, which I learned a lot from them. They treat (treated) me like a family member, they took me out to eat, to play and to see all the different interesting culture of their region. On Christmas Day, they even bought me some presents to celebrate the Christmas (celebrate Christmas).
When I went back to Oxford, which was the place that I stayed for that year, I had the chance to teach in a Chinese school every Sunday. The kids are (were) about 14 years old and I taught them Chinese. They were very cute but they all speak (spoke) in English. I spent lots of time to encourage (encouraging) them to speak in Cantonese.
During my study (studies) in the UK, I lived with (a) few other students from different countries. They are very nice and we used to cook on our own, just like a big family. Every day we will go to … every day we went to supermarkets to buy food and drinks and desserts. We cooked every day. I was not a good cook – normally I just put everything into (the) oven. And I've tried (I tried) to bake a cake before but failed and they all laughed at me. And every time when I bake(d) a cake, they never taste(d) it. We share(d) a flat together – we share(d) kitchen, bathrooms but we do (did) have our own sink and bedroom. The life (Life) in the UK is quite relaxing besides study because you can explore more and do different activities at school or even some other extracurricular activities.
After I come (came) back (to) Hong Kong, I still keep in touch with all my friends in the UK, from different countries like Italy, Malaysia, Japan, UK and other countries. Sometimes we even send email(s) to each other, sometimes they may come to Hong Kong to visit and we will meet each other again.
I really enjoy (enjoyed) the time in the UK. I hope you will also have the chance to explore more in other different countries in the future.
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Hello,
The country next to our names is where we live, not where we are from.
I live in Poland now, although last year I was living in Korea. Many English teachers live in different countries around the world.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi dear friends,
Im from Vietnam..I love English and i wanna make friends all the world ..Nice to talk with all you guys
Dear Members,
- Some students have been requesting help about English improvement but they don´t answer e-mails wich other classmates send us. I don´t understand. Would be it shame? Would be lack of time to access the Britsh Council to verify theirs emails? I think that is a great opportunity to improve ours skill but I realize that people don´t do it with frequency. Could anybody try to explain that problem?
Regards
Tavora,don't mention it!
I study English from school years, now I study it at university, but I understand that I don't still know many things. One of good methods is to watch films in English, without subtitles. I am agree with you that at studying of any language we do every day a step forward. For beginners it is possible to advise - reading. Especially aloud. Because only when we hear our voice saying those or other words in a foreign language we can remember them. Now besides English I learn the Korean language. It is very difficult))))
All beginning to study English I want to wish patience and not to stop before difficulties!
Tavora, how long have you already studied English language? And whence has heard about this site?
You know I`m not expert, but i praise your knowledge of English language)))
Best wishes,Feruza :-))))
Hi,Tavora!
I think the main reason is that many people are modest.
Do you divide my point of view?:)
Hi Feruza,
- At first I´d like to thank your attention. Yes, !! I agreed with you. People are very shy but it´s necessary to win some obstacle in our way of life. To reach our goals it´s necessary to be confident and believe in ourself. Don´t think that is easy to me study a bit of English every day. I know I need to improve my English skills and I know how much I do lot of mistakes but one of the way to develop us is lose the shame. Another point of view is to practice a lot and do many kinds of exercices like to watch TV, Read articles and so on. It´s not a easy task to forget our fears.
Let me know more about your opinions. Keep in touch!
Regards
How many people, wishing to improve the English! Let's create community on Facebook all users of our britishcouncil site! Or it already is, and I don't know?))))
Hi Feruza,
Yes, there's already a LearnEnglish facebook page https://www.facebook.com/LearnEnglish.BritishCouncil with more than 21,000 people interacting on it.
Please come and join us there and join in the convesation.
Best,
Ann
Good evening,Ann!
Thanks a lot!
With great pleasure i will be a member of Facebook "British Council" community.
Best wishes,
Feruza
Solar greetings from me!!)))I`m Feruza,a new member of this wonderful website!))I won't be original! I dream to visit London! I aspire to improve my English as well as you! Let's communicate! :)))))
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