more about me... I am not a certified teacher of English, only a native speaker. In my education, I was taught to categorize ability to speak as: Polite, Conversational (good) and Fluent (really good!). I have worked in the International community and have learned many languages (but only as a 'Polite' speaker). There is a difference between British English and American English. British being 'proper' and American being more 'lazy'. I have learned that dialect or 'geographical accent' has little to do with learning to speak a language and should not be a focus. In learning a language one's attention should be on learning vocabulary, writing words and proper sentences (formulating) learning the same and conditioning yourself to formulate in your mind and then speak the phrase properly (this is the most difficult it seems!) The language I am learning is German, but I speak French, Old Irish and Spanish. I am willing to help anyone write and speak the English language.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself Hallo! Ich lerne, Deutsch zu sprechen. Ich habe viele Freunde in Deutschland, so dass ich es Reisen oft...