Dos the accent is more important than a good pronunciation ? Does the accent is more important than a good pronunciation? English is the first language which is taught in the whole word. Because of that, there are so many different accents that we cannot know all of them. When I speak with an US guy on the phone, he usually notice me that my pronunciation is near from the British accent. He makes me work on the pronunciation to loose the accent and get one he has. The real question about me is to know if the most important is to choose an accent or if it is to have a good pronunciation of the words. Yes, I know that some words don't sound the same in British English than US English. I met a plenty of US people who said that the British accent sounded old and then I have to learn the US Accent. Sometimes, some US guys refuse to talk to me because I want to speak in British English. Sometimes, some British partners say that I should not learn the US pronunciation which sounds "incorrect". That's pretty incredible. What do you think about that? (It's a real topic, not a joke. Sorry for doing mistakes)

"La Belle Dame Sans Merci"- Poem Hi ! This is a summary of this poem : "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" is a poem, posthumously published, written by John Keats who is considered as one of the most important romantics poets of the second generation due to the volume of his poetry. He was born in 1795 and he died in 1821 from the consumption. His death inspired Shelley, another romantic poet, who wrote Adonais in the honour of Keats. Known by poems such "Ode to a Grecian Urn", published when he was alive, he explores the beauty and the joy aspects in a mysterious and elevating sense. In this poem, Keats mentions the romantic mediaevalism and recurrent themes as love, magic and supernatural. The story talks about a man , called "Knight-At-Arms" who is walking around and meets a supernatural being. This meeting looks like very mysterious and takes place when the winter is coming. "The faery's child", who has long white hair and “faded cheeks”, falls in love with the “Knight”. For long days, they walk around together. She gives him some supernatural food, “honey wild” and “manna dew”, and takes him to her house. Then, the "Knight" falls sleep and starts to dream about ghosts. When he wakes up, he realizes that he is on the other side, condemned to walk around in this cold place. Indeed, because of the supernatural being, the Knight is dead. What do you think about this text?

I would like to find english partners on Italki.

Hi everyone, 

As  you guess, I want to exchange with native english partners. I have learned English since I was 11 years old. Because I 'm a French native, I can help you to write and understand French perfectly.  I'm not looking for partners to speaking on Skype (Maybe later). I'm not comfortable to speak English loudly.  I mean I took up to improve my english speaking skills since the beginning of this week. Therefore, I am scared of speaking English with someone and that no one cannot understand what we are meaning. That's the reason I want to improve the foreign language skills by posting and typing on Italki more than speaking loudly on Skype.

I hope you will be  interested to improve your French and to know each other, our culture etc :)

(I'm sure my post isn't correct, I'm sorry about that :) )

I'm waiting for you :)  

If I'm talking to you about France, you 're thinking ..... ?

Listening comprehension (How to )

Hi everyone !

I've got a question for you and I need an answer came from your experience. 

I've just listened an american music and I realized with happiness I could understand every words and their meanings in reading them. But the problem is I can't understand anything when I listen the words. I mean I can identify these words in the song, I can understand their meaning If I'm concentrate myself to translate them. I don't know it it happened to you in your learning. Maybe someone has a clue or a key to help me to improve my listening comprehension, I mean the meaning of the words without reading or translate. It's important to get it. I'm going to repeat myself but I can understand the words, their meanings if I try to translate but when I'm listening a word, even If I identify it I don't understand what it means. I'm sure I'm not the only person this happened to .

Thank you to read me and let your comment. 

Why this one? Hi everyone ! I just want to share my own experience that is the origin of my passion for english language. It's a romantic story. I was fell in love with this language. I mean when I was a child I watched the show TV, Buffy the vampire slayer and I liked it. When I grew up, I was completely sure that I would to know how to speak like these actors. Now, I'm on road :) What is your story ? Why did you start to speak your learning language? We're reading you...(Don't be afraid and correct me if you notice something's wrong).

About the pronunciation ..

What about pronunciation ? 

I'm just wondering if I must speak with british accent or with american ... 

For example, let's see this sentence: 

 - The world can be a better place if we don't poison the water. 

In this phrase, we know that following words "can", "better", "water" don't sound same in each language. American peoples made the "t" to "d", english peoples will save the sound "t". 

How to pronounce that ? 

Should we get the british accent or american accent? 

How can I improve my english oral ?

Hi everyone ! 

I'm french student and I wonder what the possibilities / tips which exist to improve my english oral. Yeah I know, everyone gonna say to go in immersion but when you can 't go in immersion what are possibilities left ? I'm currently trying to speak english fluently with videos on YT but my french accent still the same.  Maybe I have to find some natives peoples to talk with them by skype or something else. What are your tips from your experience? Cheers.

A native french's looking for a learn

I'm a native french. I  started to learn english when I was 11 years old, now I have 25 years old. If  I think I evolved, it's not enough. I watch tv show in english, video on YOUTUBE (still english) but even if it help me, some conversation with native will be more efficient. Then, I 'm looking for some people  who want to learn french language (or not) and in exchange, help me to improve my english .  I was here on Italki in 2014, but the most important to know is I gave up.  I lost my strength to keep go one. I don't want to spend my whole life trying to speak english, I just want to be as a native. Plus, I'm still student, student in French Literature, So, it will be easier to me to help you to learn techniques and rules of grammar in french. I hope we gonna meet  soon. 

Best regards.