What am I? Who is she? A fictitious tale. The city moved busily around me with only the whoosh of air and smells and sounds telling me stories. Shadows and light have never been a big part of my life. They left me long ago. My fingers felt the ridges on my stick, worn from many years of use and many miles of footpaths and wielding a small and light callous on the inside of my thumb. The callous was not as hard as those on my other hand which had developed from years of playing my favourite instrument. She sat there watching me; ready to move whenever I moved, ready to lead me to where I would go. I knew it was dark and that it would rain; I could smell it in the night and feel it in the air. I knew that people were eating; the different aromas drifting through me. I knew that there was traffic and people all around; I could hear the horns and the chatter. I knew that the wind was subsiding before the storm. She looked at me knowing that we would soon walk the few blocks to our home. What am I? What is she? Where do I live? What is my stick used for? What is my favourite instrument? Is this story true?

Learning English can be fun I would like to share a link to a blog on the subject of the English Language. It's called "Knowing and Understanding the English Language ~ Funny How English Language Works!" It looks like fun. http://englishlanguage101.wordpress.com/

有人能在未经培训的情况下成为一个好老师么？ 我本人真的非常喜欢这个网站。 我最喜欢做的是纠正他人的错误。但是，我并不是一位合格的有资质的老师。我只是喜欢语言而已。我也知道有用有效的教学是要遵循一定的技巧和原则。我希望通过这个网站能够学到不少关于这方面的知识。我在想其实我已经无意识的运用了一些技巧和原则，但是我自己并不知道这些，因为我从来没有参加过教师职业培训。所以我有个疑问，那就是：一个人能够在未经培训的情况下成为一位优秀的老师么？ 我欢迎对此问题感兴趣的朋友说出你们的想法，我尤其感谢一切建设性的批评意见。我也欢迎大家浏览我在此网站对其他英语学习者的错误做出的更正，烦请告诉我这些是否有效。我很乐意能够和大家分享知识，如果大家也乐于分享的话，我想我将会做得更好。 中文部分由中国朋友翻译，欢迎大家用英语留言切磋交流。感谢。

有人能在未经培训的情况下成为一个好老师么？

我本人真的非常喜欢这个网站。

 

我最喜欢做的是纠正他人的错误。但是，我并不是一位合格的有资质的老师。我只是喜欢语言而已。我也知道有用有效的教学是要遵循一定的技巧和原则。我希望通过这个网站能够学到不少关于这方面的知识。我在想其实我已经无意识的运用了一些技巧和原则，但是我自己并不知道这些，因为我从来没有参加过教师职业培训。所以我有个疑问，那就是：一个人能够在未经培训的情况下成为一位优秀的老师么？

 

我欢迎对此问题感兴趣的朋友说出你们的想法，我尤其感谢一切建设性的批评意见。我也欢迎大家浏览我在此网站对其他英语学习者的错误做出的更正，烦请告诉我这些是否有效。我很乐意能够和大家分享知识，如果大家也乐于分享的话，我想我将会做得更好。

 

中文部分由中国朋友翻译，欢迎大家用英语留言切磋交流。感谢。

Can someone be a good teacher without being trained to teach? How to correct correctly? I like this site… actually – I love it. One of the activities I enjoy the most is making corrections. It allows me to do one of the most favourite things I have done in my life; play with the English language. It seems this has been with me since a very early age, although it has also gone through long periods of latency as my life changed and turned in different directions and into different circumstances. When I was in school many years ago I remember a guy coming up to me with a scribbled love letter that he wanted to give to a girl he admired. He thought it was written very badly so he showed it to me seeking an opinion. I re-wrote it for him – something that seemed very natural for me – and he walked away feeling amazed and very happy. I’m not sure how things went with him and the girl but I do remember the experience vividly; I can even now still see his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes as a distant image in my mind. So it’s no surprise to me that many years later I have become so absorbed in doing a similar thing here at italki. However, I am not a qualified teacher: I’m just someone who loves language. I also understand that to teach effectively there are certain techniques and principles which I should follow, and I’m hoping that I will learn some of these while I am here. I also wonder though if in some way I am already applying some of the techniques and principles in an unconscious way, but I can’t really know this because I’ve never been trained to teach. And so I am lead back to my original title and question. Can someone be a good teacher without being trained to teach? I welcome anyone, teachers and student alike, who are interested in this question to offer their thoughts ideas, and in particular I would greatly appreciate any constructive criticism. You are also welcome to browse any of the corrections I have made and tell me if you think they are effective or not. I want to be able to share knowledge, and I will do this better when people share their knowledge with me.

Can someone be a good teacher without being trained to teach? How to correct? I like this site… actually – I love it. What I enjoy the most is making corrections. However, I'm not a qualified teacher, just someone who loves language. I also understand that to teach effectively there a certain techniques and principles which I should follow, and I’m hoping that I will learn these while I am here. I also wonder though if in some way I am already applying some of the techniques and principles in an unconscious way, but I can’t really know this because I’ve never been trained to teach. And so I ask the question; can someone be a good teacher without being trained to teach? I welcome anyone interested in this question to offer their thoughts ideas, and in particular I would greatly appreciate any constructive criticism. You are also welcome to browse any of the corrections I have made and tell me if you think they are effective or not.I want to be able to share knowledge, and I will do this better when people share their knowledge with me.

Can someone be a good teacher without being trained to teach?

 

How to correct correctly?

 

I like this site… actually – I love it.

 

One of the activities I enjoy the most is making corrections. It allows me to do one of the most favourite things I have done in my life; play with the English language. It seems this has been with me since a very early age, although it has also gone through long periods of latency as my life changed and turned in different directions and into different circumstances. When I was in school many years ago I remember a guy coming up to me with a scribbled love letter that he wanted to give to a girl he admired. He thought it was written very badly so he showed it to me seeking an opinion. I re-wrote it for him – something that seemed very natural for me – and he walked away feeling amazed and very happy. I’m not sure how things went with him and the girl but I do remember the experience vividly; I can even now still see his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes as a distant image in my mind.

 

So it’s no surprise to me that many years later I have become so absorbed in doing a similar thing here at italki.

 

However, I am not a qualified teacher: I’m just someone who loves language. I also understand that to teach effectively there are certain techniques and principles which I should follow, and I’m hoping that I will learn some of these while I am here. I also wonder though if in some way I am already applying some of the techniques and principles in an unconscious way, but I can’t really know this because I’ve never been trained to teach. And so I am lead back to my original title and question.

 

Can someone be a good teacher without being trained to teach?

 

I welcome anyone, teachers and student alike, who are interested in this question to offer their thoughts ideas, and in particular I would greatly appreciate any constructive criticism. You are also welcome to browse any of the corrections I have made and tell me if you think they are effective or not. I want to be able to share knowledge, and I will do this better when people share their knowledge with me.

Wish or Hope? Please feel welcome to provide feedback or constructive criticism.

The word “hope” is used to express a desire in a circumstance that is possible.

It can be used in a past tense:

I hope my cat did not eat my mouse – did it? Maybe it did, because a cat eating a mouse is possible.

It can be used in present tense:

I hope my cat is not eating my mouse – is it? Maybe it did, because a cat eating a mouse is possible.

It can be used in future tense:

I hope my cat will not eat my mouse – will it? Maybe it did, because a cat eating a mouse is possible.

 

The important word to remember is “possible”. It is “possible” for a cat to eat a mouse.

 

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The word “wish” is a little more complicated, and can sometimes be replaced with the word “hope” following unusual tense use and changes in sentence structure.

 

It can be used to express a desire in a circumstance that is impossible. (when there is no hope)

I wish I could fly like a bird.

I wish I had four arms.

I wish the sun never went down.

It can be used to express regret from past circumstances that are impossible to change. (when there is no hope)

I wish I had not lied to my mother.

I wish my dog had not run away.

I wish the car accident never happened.

 

It can be used to express a desire for something to be different in our lives. (when there is some hope)

I wish I had more friends – I hope I will have more friends.
Having more friends is possible. You can wish and hope for that.

I wish my brother was not messy – I hope my brother will be less messy.
A brother being less messy is possible. You can wish and hope for that.

I wish I could play the guitar – I hope I will play the guitar one day.
It is possible to learn the guitar. You can wish and hope for that.

 

It can be used to express a desire for something to happen in the lives of others. (when there is some hope)

I wish everyone peace – I hope everyone will have peace.

I wish you safe travels – I hope your travels will be safe.

I wish you a happy new year – I hope you have a happy new year.

 

It can be used as a direct, formal replacement for the word “want”, and sometimes “hope”. All these circumstances are possible and hence the variations with the use of the word “hope”

I want/wish/hope to understand English better.

I want/wish/hope to learn Hànzì, but Pīnyīn is slowing my progress.

I want/wish this article to have no mistakes and make clear sense to anyone who reads it.

I hope this article will have no mistakes and make clear sense to anyone who reads it.

 

You may notice tense confusion in some of the examples shown. I would like to explain this to you but it might lead to further confusion. However, if you practice these and then begin creating your own, it is possible that any confusion you have will clear up naturally - that's how it happened in my life. I hope it will for you too, and I wish you the best. : )

 

For further examples and clarification on tense use visit the site liked below. This is where the notes were taken for the text provided above.

 

http://englishhelponline.me/2010/03/03/the-difference-between-words-wish-and-hope/

Chinese characters – a beginner’s perspective. There are many things that can lead a person to discovery, but the road there always begins in the same place; the unknown. If the distance between these places was a thousand kilometres, then I have moved only the diameter of one Jiao on my path to discover Chinese culture and the ancient traditions that have influenced it. I have learned that there are riches in traditional Chinese language that have been passed down through millennia in the form of logogrammatic characters, and that these characters fall into several sub-categories of which the most commonly used is the phono-semantic compound. A couple of days ago I was introduced to another of these sub-catergories; the pictogram, and last night I began my discovery of compound ideograms, both of I which I will briefly explore with you now. The first characters I will use to explain my early understandings are as follows; 宀, meaning rock 女, meaning female 子, meaning child and these are the second; 安, meaning safe 家, meaning home 好, meaning good I understand that interpretations vary on the history and development of these characters, but if I look at their meaning and observe them carefully through my visual senses, I begin to recognise something, and I feel like another tiny door has opened on my path to discovery. Can you see what I see?