My first text on Italki

Good morning, this is my first text on Italki and I hope assume not the last! ["<em>assume" is used when you try to make sense of what someone else has said</em>] 

First of all I'd like to introduce myself.  My name is Miguel and I'm Spanish.  This makes me a  (so I native Spanish speaker. I am 42 years old, I want to learn more English to be able to write a lot of texts in different ways like e-mails, essays, reports, etc.. As I haven't written for ages, I need to refresh myself. [<em>You could say - get back into studying English.  You can talk aboit a "refresher" course.  Not sure if using "refresh" as a verb sounds good but the meaning is clear enough</em>] 

I am new to Italki and step-by-step I hope to improve my English in all aspects: listening, writing and speaking. I am very interested in languages and I am very glad that I have discovered this website. I think it will be very useful for me.

To say a little about my studies, I have two degrees one in law and the other [bachelor's degree] in social law.  I have also taken two postgraduate courses in international relations. So I am very interested in improving my English and my Chinese (mandarin), I started a few months ago with Chinese and it is very interesting but I don't have enough knowledge to write in Chinese......still!!

On the other hand I can correct your Spanish texts of course!!!

To sum up I appreciate very much your corrections and I want to improve by making use of this interesting website.

Regards,


Miguel  [We have a few things in common.  My name is Michael.  I am 42.  I was a lawyer.  I am learning Spanish!  Good effort and keep up the good work.]

My first text in Italki

Good morning, this is my first post text in on Italki and I assume that it won't be not the last!

First of all I will introduce myself. My name is Miguel and I'm Spanish (so I native Spanish speaker), I am 42 years old and I want to learn more English to be able to write a lot of texts in different ways like such as e-mails, essays and reports etc... Because I dont haven't written write for ages and I am going to have need to refresh my skills myself.

I am new in on Italki and, step by step, I hope to improve my English in all aspects - listening, writing and speaking. I am very interested in languages and I am very glad to discover this website as I think it will be more useful for me.

About my studies. I have two degrees - one in law and other bachelor's degree in social law, plus two post graduate courses regarding international relations. so I am very interested in to improving my English and my Chinese (Mandarin) - I started learning Chinese a few months ago with chinese and it is more interesting, but I don't have enough knowledge to write in Chinese......still!!

On the other hand, I can correct your text in Spanish of course!!!

To sum up, I appreciate a lot your corrections a lot and I want to improve in on this interesting website.

Regards,


Miguel

Good!  Very good for your first entry! A few notes:

-In English, we go <em>on</em> <em>websites</em>. Italki is not a <em>web</em>, but a <em>website</em>.

-When you are going to do something in the future then you <em>must</em> add in the verb <em>will</em> - Tomorrow I <em>will</em> go to the shop

-<em>All languages are proper nouns</em> and therefore need a <em>capital letter</em>

-Use <em>such as </em>instead of <em>like</em>

-All <em>nationalities are proper nouns</em>, too

-Use a comma <em>before</em> "but"