Last night, I had a beautiful dream Last night, I had a beautiful dream. First, I saw myself drowning in a river. The water flow carried me to a small cascade. The nearer to the cascade, I saw the cascade bigger. Eventually, it became a giant waterfall. I was so afraid. I tried to escape, but I could not. I felt down the waterfall. I was going to die. However, an anonymous rescuer saved me. Later, I saw me standing on a cliff under the waterfall. I looked at the waterfall. So beautiful! Millions and millions of water drops was falling down sparklingly to the lake below. I looked like millions of sapphires. And below, there was a lake that looked like thousands of topaz shimmering. I stood there on the cliff, was amazed at the beauty. Suddenly, there was a deep and beautiful voice that sounded like thunder in the sky: “wake up! You wanna be late for school, don’t you?”

My writing practice (please help me correct it) 1. Motivate yourself by inspirational quotes in the target language Print them, hang them on the wall or make a bookmark. 2. Join in an online forum which language used is your target language. 3. Subscribe to a handful of Facebook pages in your target language Health tips, celebrity’s official page, pet lover community, magazines, etc. 4. Read poems Poems bring the words not only into your brain but also to your heart. 5. Using Wikipedia in your target language Next time when you use Wikipedia, let’s try the Wikipedia in your target language. 6. Count all the words you know List them in alphabetical order. You can do it by using Microsoft Excel or similar program. I found it very exciting. It’s also a good time to revise all the worlds that you know. 7. How about listen to music in your target language when you are doing exercises? Whether doing gym exercises or walking or jogging, train both your muscles and your love for the language.

5 tips for language learning (please help me to correct this article) 1 Write fan email to your favorite singer or author, etc. who is a native at your target language. 2 Make friends and learn languages when becoming a couchsurfing host. Couchsurfing is a flat-world community where people invite strangers to stay at their house for free. If your house has an excess room, why not invite a native speaker to stay at your house for days or even months? You will have lots of chances to practice the language. 3 Invite a native speaker to eat out. Talking with a friend in a meal is good for both your friendship and your language skills. 4 Have a girlfriend/boyfriend in the target language 5 Listen to Tedtalk in the target language Tedtalk is the name of the series of speeches on business, technology, education, art, etc. All of them are interesting. They are available in almost any languages. The website is tedtalk.com.

A Short Dogs And Cat Story The house opposite my house has a dog. Although I don’t like dogs but I especially like that dog. His name is Gana. The name is weird. I don’t know where does that name come from. The dog is really big. He has dark gray hair like dogs in Alaska. Last week, the dog had a new companion, which was a female dog, which lived in the house next to his house (if look from my house, it is on the right side of the house opposite my house). I don’t like that female dog because she often bites the cats in the area, especially my cat. My cat is a poor cat. I think it is going to be bitten to dead. The female dog is five times as weighted as my cat. I am going to do something with that bad dog. Let’s see.

Something You Can Do When Learning a Language Ideas for learning a language. 1. Write diary in the target language. 2. Write your schedule in the target language. 3. Write fan email to your favorite singer/author/etc, whom is native at your target language. 4. Sing out-loud in the target language. 5. Invite a native speaker to eat out. 6. Have a girlfriend/boyfriend in the target language. 7. Listen to Tedtalk in the target language. Tedtalk is the name of the series of speeches on business, technology, education, art, etc. All of them are interesting. They are available in almost any languages. The website is tedtalk.com. 8. Translate a translated article and compare your translation with a good translation. (A book chapter, a newspaper article, a chapter of an ISO quality standard document, etc.) 9. Listen to music in the target language Great way to learn when you are relaxing, isn’t it? 10. Travel to country whose people speak the language you want to learn. 11. Stay for months in the country whose people speak the language you want to learn. Find a part-time job, hire a native language tutor, talk with people on the street, teach your native language in exchange for their language, etc. There are so many ways to improve your language skills. 12. Read your favorite novel in the target language Nowadays, popular novels are translated to many languages which may include your target language.

My journey in language learning (please help with correction) Two years ago, I read about Mr. Heinrich Schliemann, a scientist in nineteenth century. When he was 20 years old, he was in poverty and bad health. He decided to speak English fluently in six month. He knew that with English he had chances to get a better job and escape from his condition. It was this determination which leads him to using some aggressive techniques like memorizing long dialogue or shout out loud words. After six months of hard work, he achieved his goal. Surprisingly, he said everybody can do just like him. His story of struggle and triumph inspired me to set my own goal: eight months to speak English fluently. Although I did not succeed, maybe I did not try hard enough or English is so different from Vietnamese, I experienced one of the best time in my life, the time I spent on setting goal, finding best method, and working hard on that method to achieve my goal.