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What methods/approaches are the best ones in acquiring English?
There are so many educational events,CS upcoming meetings,where one must speak English well to be understood comprehensively.
2days before I've participated in this webinar:
A trip down the memory lane of English language teaching.
https://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/_a917587435/p8uphzoqspd/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
then I've participated in 2 day UzTEA Annual Conference...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/UzTEA/115368175165530
my friend Gulniza opened her page too:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/382090228538802/
but these pages do not support Uzbek NNESs in learning...
feel that must master my English but HOW?
Halima
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George, at the thread:
Where and When to meet up?!
http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2164&post=13849939
I've seen/read, that some CS would like to visit Uzbekistan.
Wonder: if someone has heard how are we here speaking English?! What are features of our English variety?
Halima
Translation services.
The name to me is ...
http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2013/01/translation-services?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/translation
liked the comment of sanmartinian:
Remember the old Cold War joke about translation machines?
.
"The flesh is weak, but the spirit is strong"
.
was translated by the machine to
.
“the meat is rotten but the vodka is OK!
Halima
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@LARRY11215
you've written:
@"By the way, about 20 years ago I had very interesting Jewish neighbors who had come to the US from Tashkent. I loved their food"!!
at the thread:Condiments and Character.
http://bit.ly/VtG9pg
we've discussed the issue of adding those Condiments, which make every national cuisine so specific...
wonder if you've felt those Condiments in the speaking style of your Jewish neighbors from Uzbekistan ?!
@J Carl,you've lived close to Central Asia, and, of course, have tasted our unique dishes, but what is your opinion as a linguist?!
@Darrell,being my guest, of course,today can differ our dishes from others...
@Karen S,
@"Is Uzbekness very similar to Turkish proper"? Linguistically yes, culturally only very partially..
I assume that today's English Varieties are English plus those Condiments we are adding while using this International means of communication.
Halima
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@J Carl,
grood from Sydney, Australia,posted at:
Where and When to meet up?!
http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2164&post=13849939
@"hmmm Halima - yes indeed you do appear to be at the centre of the world" ... !
@"yes indeed you do appear to be at the centre of the world ... "!
Hi @J Carl and @grood,
INDEED!
At the thread:
Isn't it about time we arrange another 50+ international meeting?!
http://bit.ly/TySfM0
I've read posts of:
BETSYTAYLOR from Saint Petersburg, United States
Galina Naydenova from Saint Petersburg, Russia
Where can these CS meet? Of course, in Uzbekistan,where my beloved Ferghana is built like the Old Saint Petersburg of 1876!
Halima
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J Carl,
I've just confirmed/and was glad to do this! that we are Really living in the centre of the Globe..
Moreover, we are staying in the very middle of Today's Balanced linguistic policy! We are speaking our Mother Tongue= Uzbek, our Regional Lingua Franca= Russian, and an International Lingua Franca= English...
hi J Carl,
Just hear the song so popular not only in Norway (hope in all Scandinavian countries and in the whole Europe too?!)...
"In the town of Samarkand".
Melody: Thorstein Bergman - Danish text: Poet
Original title: Whether you nå'nsin come fram till Samarkand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3_IyAy86fQ&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLF639C21F6127AB3E
@"The song is not about Samarkand. It is a love song. Maybe the writer had a girlfriend from Samarkand. Maybe Samarkand is the symbol of an ideal place, like SHANGRI LA where dreamers want to go, because this place of the globe is SAFE!?
This is how some CS feel about Samarkand. It is a place they dream about. One day they will go there"...
Halima
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Namaste, Raju,
@"It is so true though - travel to the various "English speaking" countries, and you soon discover that the same basic language is spoken so differently in all those places"...
Hmmm...what/which countries' basic language?!
was really surprised to read this Johnson's assumption:
Language families.Do you speak a Scandinavian language?
About Johnson.In this blog, named after the dictionary-maker Samuel Johnson, our correspondents write about the effects that the use (and sometimes abuse) of language have on politics, society and culture around the world.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/12/language-families?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/doyouspeakascandinavianlang
Halima
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@grood,
@"so if you say 'shrimp on a barbie' to an older Australian (youngies won't know or care) the response is likely to be 'aargh - that's Amerikano, you bastard' or some such, depending how many beers they've had" ...
Hahaha,
but this Open Question is not to/for a laughter...
Did the nurse who took care of Kate Middleton and fell for the hoax call just killed herself because of this?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?
qid=20121207083004AAqTEGU
Resolved Question? but with the death!
What do you think of the news story today that the nurse in London _?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121207094712AA1znaV
Halima
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and here is EULISH???!!!
https://www.facebook.com/DafWebKon/posts/484465874939716
living so Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrr,nevertheless we must speak
English varities...
http://www.scoop.it/t/ict-lingua-franca-soft-skills-developing
Halima
On December 7-th, the Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) printed its last edition.
http://econ.st/W2qTQz
Long Live #EULISH !Am happy that Uzbekistan has Advantages in #Multilingualism #Deutsch at many #SM #ICT sites.
Halima
Was really surprised to read this... and you?!
Daily chart.The sun never sets.
Mar 19th 2012, 14:49 by The Economist online.
How Facebook connections mirror old empires.
http://econ.st/Z2xhgh
More then the article itself, the comments are valuable..
Halima
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Darrell,
@"Can you cut and paste the comment you like? or dislike"...
of course, all comments related to Russia.
Halima
Hi Halima!
Although not a native speaker of English but I have studied English as a mother tongue and am qualified to teach English as a foreign language. Would love to come to your part of the world one day and teach English to your ladies group.
Keep up the good work!
Hugs,
Meera.
Namaste Ashwani and Meera Nayar,
simply find this and ask someone there to head to my house..
http://www.iccrindia.net/tashkent.html
Halima
Thanks Halima for the link to the Lal Bahadur Centre for Cultural relations.Have you attended any of the music and dance concerts there? It is interesting to know that besides Hindi they also hold English classes. You seem to be very well known at the ICCRI.
Hope we meet soon perhaps in India.....or Tashkent???
all events there are called functions and they are celebrated so widely and noisy, that even sitting at home I hear all those dances,only joga hours are silent...
Halima
Hello Halima --
First, I agree with another writer that your English is easy to understand ... it is certainly better than my few words of Russian, or Uzbek.
I did not read the complete thread, so please excuse any duplication of information.
A college student friend in China asked me about improving her English, and I suggested the following. I hope some of it is helpful. It is a rough list, not organized, and there might be some duplication.
Best wishes for increasing your comfort with speaking English.
If you want to communicate further, my address is
mehl at cyvest dot com
Regards,
Stephen
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Look at
www.coursera.org for courses in English literature and composition.
http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
Structure of English Words - iTunes – Will Leben, Stanford
http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/structure-of-english-words/id384234032
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http://www.freeuniv.com/lect/engpage.html
Read some articles here to get the feel of good writing
The New York Review of Books
The Atlantic check out archives site map
The New York Times
The Boston Globe
The Washington Post
The Economist
Online sources of writing advice:
Elements of Style early version by Strunk
Grammar and Style Notes by Prof. Jack Lynch
Purdue Resources for Writers OWL (online writing center). Click on index of handouts
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Articles on Critical Thinking
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Many universities (MIT, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, etc.) offer their courseware online at no cost.
http://academicearth.org/ (or, coursera)
I was surprised, however, to find only one course on Writing ...
Bachelor of Arts in English
It requires some sort of registration, which I did, and will let you know what the course looks like.
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Top 10 Universities With Free Courses Online
http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/1_Top_10_Universities_With_Free_Courses_Online.php
Harvard, Yale, and a few other well-known US universities were not on the list, but there are many other famous ones here.
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This is another source for free courses
http://education-portal.com/articles/Universities_with_the_Best_Free_Online_Courses.html
My alma mater, Stanford, is included in this list. Their courses are presented in iTunes.
http://itunes.stanford.edu/
You have to first download iTunes version 10
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Carnegie Mellon University was one of the first schools to offer some of their courses free of charge.
http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses
Problem: I could find no English writing courses here.
Dear Stephen,
first of all I wish You to be Healthy,Wealthy and Successful in the 2013 Year!
Hi Stephen,
thank you for so many sources for improving English!
at our thread called:"SPAGHETTI! with meatballs" you can read about my thoughts of being friends, who really help to improve!
@Cadence,
Am happy to greet you in the new year with Uzbek Salom..
At our thread” worrying about surfers these days” Glenn and Kris Hill have confessed:
@Yes, the CS technology has taken a turn for the worse. It is a sad development, indeed. But it cannot erase the wonderful connections we have already made and (hopefully) will continue to keep”.
I've shared with Amanda my opinions/concern about being only Hosting...and wanted to read about her being more and more picky!
@"The people who surf and never host are really clueless about the amount of effort that goes into being a host. I! used to feel guilty turning people down - but now I've become more and more picky. Maybe the people who only take and never give back will eventually get the message when their couch requests get turned down"?
then I've noticed that Christine43 is a Russian lover!
She is a member of some Russian groups:
Russia,Moscow,St. Petersburg,Moscow - Walk&Enjoy
And then:
My son with his son were in Christine43 area, they will visit MIT.
I cannot find CS from there, who would show them around.
And Christine43've PMed me,sent her # telephone...
Darrel and Marilyn advised us:
"weather would be a unserious/not smart reason for choosing a Uni. What is your grandchild studying? Main interest?
The competition will be ferocious".
@Marilyn,
@"MIT is one of our most prestigious. There is possibly no higher. The weather would be better at Stanford"...
of course, Stanford could be much preferred because of warm weather in Palo Alto"...
They both are right, we discussed many similarities between California and Russia at this thread:
If you could live in a foreign country, which country you would like to live in?
hi Cadence,
How do you like this continuation of the CS Spaghetti relations?!
Btw I try to inform our Uzbek Colleagues and Learners about all news in this area:
http://www.scoop.it/t/higher-education-issues
where this thread is included too
Halima
The best way to teach/learn English is hosting and surfing and exchange toughts, opinions, laughs, culture, personal issues (for those who feel the need to), even recipes etc etc etc :-)
It's as simple as that!
Pol didn't speak a word of English before we joined CS, and now he would survive anywhere on the globe (even without me and my talkative way of travelling ;-) )
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Find this article very promising to improving/mastering English:
Islam and science
The road to renewal
@TheEconomist predicts:
After centuries of stagnation science is making a comeback in the Islamic world.
http://econ.st/14dRdN8
Halima
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