Mayumi

Tara Benwell May 1, 2010 4:38

Great goal! I hope you'll join us in welcoming our 20 000th member any moment now! Thanks for being such a great member of this club.

Cheers,
Tara
Expector Smith April 30, 2010 10:42

'I like your dialogue.'
'Happy to hear that.'
'Can you restate your question about '-ing' verbs?'
'OK! So you see it's so important to ask a question properly and correctly.'
'Yeah! You can't emphasize it too much.'
'Did I write the name of the grammar book right?'
'Yes, I recommend "Practical English Usage" by Michael Swan.'
'I'll try to get and read it.'
'You're doing the right thing, mayumi.'
'Thanks Expector!'
'You're welcome.'
Ghazal April 30, 2010 9:17

I always enjoy reading your blog posts mayumi
Thank you for your nice graphic comment my dear freind
Expector Smith April 28, 2010 11:52

Great! You got it, mayumi!

More tips about how to ask a question properly and correctly

--Read the 'Questions' part in a grammar book. Try to learn all the basic rules.
--Try to do more such exercises.
--If you can ask a question, a conversation can occur.
--Please know it could be harder to ask a question than to answer it in a conversation.
--With more practice, you'll feel more confident when you need to have a conversation.

More 'question' examples:

Do you/they love the flower?
Does she/she love it?
Are you/they teachers?
Is she/he a teacher?
Have you/they been to Canada?
Has she/he seen the picture?
Had she/he/you/they read the article?
Can/ could you tell me something about it?
May/might I ask you a question?

Hope it helps!
Wom April 28, 2010 10:14
Expector Smith April 28, 2010 0:22

Tips on writing a dialogue

'Great! mayumi.'
'Thanks for your encouragement. I'll write many more here. '
'Good. I want to see more from you.'
'Have you got any more tips for us to write a dialogue?'
'Good question. First, you should make sure what you want to talk about.'
'Hmm.'
'You need a topic. You can imagine a situation where a conversation could occur. '
'I see. '
'You could start one with a question. And then try to answer the question.'
'A question?'
'Yeah. I've noticed learners often fail to ask a question properly and correctly.'
'So we should learn how to ask a question.'
'Yes. That's the key.'
'If we want to talk about 'weather', then we should ask a question about it.'
'Right! You got it!'
'What was the weather like this morning there?'
'It was sunny, but now it's raining - sunshine in the rain.'
...
Expector Smith April 27, 2010 0:38

'Good for you, manyumi!'
'Thanks Expector!'
'Yeah, you got it! You should use the sound dic as often as possible.'
'I agree it's a good idea.'
'As for the accent, either accent (American/English) is OK.'
'But I think AmE is more popular around the world.'
'Hmm, seams so. But many think a man with English accent is cool and sexy.'
'Oh, really?'
'Actually, what really matters is you can speak it and understand what others say.'
'Hmm!'
'What's important is you can communicate with English language, no matter what your accent may be or how good your English is.'
'I see your point. Thank you very much.'
'You're welcome. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions about learning English.'
Expector Smith April 26, 2010 14:09

'Good dialogue, mayumi.'
'Thanks.'
'It isn't easy to correctly pronounce some words like "taught"'
'Any tips on pronunciation?'
'When you learn a word, you should learn how to pronounce it correctly.'
'Sometimes even though I know the phonetic symbols, I can't pronounce it.'
'A sound dictionary can be helpful.'
'Actually, I don't think pronouncing a word correctly is so important.'
'You mean "Dumb English"? I know you want to say you can understand an article even if you can't pronounce most of the words right.'
'Yes. So why bother to learn the pronunciation?'
' If you don't know how to pronounce a word, you'll have difficulty speaking it or understanding it when someone else speaks the word.'
'Oh, really?'
'I think you should try to learn the 'sound' of words and avoid Dumb English.'
'Anyway, thanks a lot.'
'Good luck!'
James Shin April 16, 2010 14:00

Hi, my friend!

Thanks for leaving your comment on my wall.

It's such a nice phraise 'It's simple, when your family understands you as a friend and your friends support as your family'.

It should be a simple relationship in principle as to be daily implemented for our lives this day , between me & family or me & friends, but we have been so many times confronting our lives with more unwanted complexities even in a good family and good friends, unfortunately as we can't ignore realities. Absorbed in the actual, however, we shouldn't loose the sight of the ideal.
Ghazal April 15, 2010 14:47

Thank you dear mayumee! but be sure that I,m not as beautiful as you.
Take care,
Ghazal