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 senad, my name is Quan. I come from VIET NAM. Have u ever known my country yet ?. i'm a student. i'd like to make friend with you and can u help me to improve my skill English. At the moment. it's very bad. and i alway lack confident to speak English with my friend. hope to see your answer soon. plz help me....my friend...
Dear Senad,
- At moment I´m a self-learner and it will be very interesting exchange some informations using English language. I think that we both could help us talking about culture and some subjects that can involve other members too. We both can start it talking about our countries. Could you explain something about Bosnia? Remember that we have to respect house rules.
I´m wating for your answer.
Regards
Dear Moderator,
- I´d like to know how to help a member who have asked us to help him to improve his English skills. Is it allowed member help another member ?. What kind of help could a member provide to another without break house rules?
Regards
hello, i want u to help me for improving my english, have u facebook account?
Dear Tavora,
You can help in any way that doesn't involve sharing personal information. So as long as all of your discussion happens in the comments here, that's great!
I hope that helps,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Thanks lot Mr. Adam. I´ll try to participate following your advise.
Hey gus,I'm from Palestinian territories. I love English, UK and studying abroad is my dream. Because I think that living English environment is the best to learn better English. I hope to improve my English skills. I need someone to talk with him to get more experienced and more fluent.
hi! everyone~ this is my first comment. I've looked around this site, and I think it's a great site which I can learn britsh english. acurally, I'm having hard time to understand britsh accent.(in my country, we usally learn american accent) and....I wonder if I can only leave comment, not posting a topic? hopfully, it better if there's greeting section or like that....
Hi every body
I'm teaching and learning English ! as you all know teaching is a sweet part of learning, so it's my great pleasure to have yor companionship as an English partner to share new tips in English. A friend who cares is a friend who shares.
Looking forward to hearing from you
Dear Tomtomy ,
- I ´ve got a friend who was born in Iran. He used to tell me about Iran, behaviour and ancient histories. One interesting thing is about Iran cooking. One time, his mom cooked a special dish called Abgusht followed by Tadig. It smelled delicious !!. Please, tell us more about how is be an English teacher in your country. How many Iranian people likes to study English?.
Best wishes
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