Syrian Refugees Let me see your comments.

What does " get onto " mean ? As house prices have soared they've struggled to get onto the housing ladder and to find affordable housing, even for rent.

What Friends Are For ? Hi there. Only hard and real situations can let you know whether you have real friends or false ones. Month ago, I was driving me car, then I did not know what happened. Opened my eyes, founding myself in a hospital, realizing that I have being randomly shot. I was incapable of doing anything but relaxing.. how amazing is that one minute could sometime be enough to change your whole daily routine. I received many emails from my Skype and italki friends expressing their sympathy and saying sweet words which helped me to get over. Now pain has ended, you were a great shoulder I cried on , I would never forget your sweet words and emails, you are a real fortune. Thanks you.

How Do we – as a second language learners - overcome Cultural Barriers to Communication ?

Language - misunderstandings are common among people who speak the same language, so it's not surprising that people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds face communication barriers.
Although I have been studying English for four years, I still suffering from cultural barriers between my native language and the English one.
I read a lot, watch movies, I write and analyses, and I try even to think the way English native think, But still not enough.
A couple of weeks ago I had lost a friend due to these cultural barriers, I’m from the East, you know, and she is from the West, and we were chatting,,.
Then It happened that I wrote some words in Arabic, although she is not so bad in Arabic, she understood them in here English cultural mind, she got mad and lost it all.
So what do you think – as native English speaker- is the best way to overcome Cultural Barriers?

Storm in a Tea Cup What does " a Storm in a Tea Cup " refer to ?

What does '' Saved By The Bell '' mean ? I still - as a second language learner - suffering from language cultural gaps. What does '' Saved By The Bell '' mean ?

Is it possible to learn a second language without learning its culture?

in many European cultures a “good day” is a sunny day, while in many African cultures a “good day” is a rainy day. Different culturally shared values provide the context for interpreting the term for “good”.

 

 

Leaving Damascus I ‘m going out of Damascus Out of Sham. I forget my alphabet. My fingers tremble I am leaving our house the womb in which I was formed . . . I am leaving my first book I read. . . And the memory of the woman who taught me No more wandering in the narrow alleys of Damascus No more Shami pigeons to feed on my window And no more clean Shami cats come out.