Practice with constructing of sentences Hi everyone. Today I will use new words, which I learnt before. Practice is needed for memorization. ..Wait a minute. I have just wrote "Memorization". It's US variant. But UK variant is "Memorisation". Am I right? 1. Obviously, the fidelity of a decision sometimes just may looks like as is. In the life our decisions can be right for us, but they can be wrong for other. So, hesitations are good, because they let us to think carefully. 2. He intervened to a noisy conversation of a few people, because passengers began to complain about noise. He urged all to be restrained. But he was screwed by all. He was embarrassed, but he handled with his anger. 3. Well, a circuit didn't work. He encountered an unknown detail in the circuit and he unsuccessfully tried to understand for what it's intended. He felt himself as a dummy. His professional knowledge was rusty. 4. He was a convinced conservator. He was satisfied by his situation and he liked to grumble. He liked a classic style of clothes and he hated harsh changes. But when he met his future wife, he changed a lot. He turned into a curious, high-flying and gentle man. 5. Rare features of a stone usually gave him power. He fancied his future success. Leap through the time gave him an opportunity. But he didn't know about side effects of this leap.

Would you like to participate in Russian/English funny debates by Skype?

Today I thought a lot about ideas of interactions between people, who improves Russian or English.

A few years ago I went to the local American Club, where we had weekly meetings. Usually, we chose one topic and discussed about it, or we played some theatrical scenes. Sometimes we organised English debates and judges estimated our speaking, our confidence, our arguments.

So, I will explain my idea. By the way, this idea doesn't relate for only Russian and English native speakers. It can be Spanish/French debates or Chinese/English debates. 

 

1. It can be one skype group, where we will divide on a small groups (i.e. 4 members: 2 Russian & 2 English) every week. For convience, I think, we should write our timezone.

2. Every group will prepare one or two topics every week. They should to advice each other for avoiding inappropriate themes (I sure that we must avoid political and other themes, which can hurt our feelings).

I think, it would be better, if we will create funny topics. For example: "Bitter beer is better than sweet juicy" or "Smoking bears are better than flying crocodiles". Can you convince me that smoking bears are better? Tell me, please, your arguments.

3. Small group will coordinate date and time for their meeting. Everyone will prepare his/her speech (by writing down) or plan of speech.

4. When skype debate will begins, everyone will have only 10-12 minutes to explain his position about topic and tell his arguments.

Judges should write their notes when debator speaks. After debate judges will say something (i.e. "You did these mistakes in your speech", "Your speech was great! Now I am believing in existing of flying crocodiles, but you made a lot of grammar mistakes") and will write overall rating (i.e. 5 of 10). 

 

For example, English native speakers will debate Russian, Russian native speakers will debate English. 

I think, it will take 1 or 2 hours every week.

 

So, what do you think?

 

P.s.: Sorry for my English :)

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Day 1. I lstened podcasts all day Hi everyone. I named this entry as Day 1, because I decided to write public diary about my daily improving English. I know that I have mistakes in my speech, in my written sentences. So it would be great if everyone can see my daily progress. Today I listened "Bob & Rob Show". Whoa! I like this show, because they speak about interesting differences between US English and UK English, they have a good sense of humour. They invite their colleagues to radio show and talk about their work experience. What new words I got from listening pod casts? In the USA people usually say "eraser", but in UK people say "rubber". So, if you will say "rubber" in conversation with American, you would be in an awkward situation. Cause "rubber" has another meaning in the USA. "Bathrobe" and "dressing gown" have the same meaning. Can you say what word is used in the UK, and other is used in the USA? "Aisle" and "Gangway". I once heard the first word and I always thought that is synonym of "island". But this word has another meaning. It's like a corridor. Am I right? When British people say about someone " He is so dodgy", people in the USA usually say "He is so risky. He is so shifty". So, this show is very funny and interesting for me. By the way, I read that saying of "realised/realized" is depend of the country where you are. Or it's depend of the company where you work. Another word, which I learnt, is rusty. This word was saying my tutor. So, my knowledge of English got a litte rusty. That's it. I believe that I will start to write better, to speak more fluently next week. I am actively studying 3-7 hours a day now. I will be thankful to you for correcting my cheesy entry. Thanks!

Good listening and reading, but not so good speaking and writing Hello! I want to improve my knowledge of English. My current level is Intermediate. A few years ago I practiced my speaking by discussions with foreign volunteers. It was a great time. Every week we chosen one main topic for discussion. We actively discussed at the meeting, then we shown some funny performances for all others. We organised Halloween's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Year parties and so on. I think that nostalgic feeling has filled me. I don't like it. But some events in my life are causes this feeling very often. So, check my entry, please! I need some interaction to prevent this feeling. I hope that I will get Upper-Intermediate level next month. And I will start to talk more fluently.