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  Tanya June 7, 2009 8:46

  Dear Yobana! I will try if you describe your problems in detailes. What vocabulary do you mean: everyday, academic or any other? What bothers your fluency? Do you mean spoken or written language or both? And so on. OK?
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  Tanya June 7, 2009 8:40

  Dear Getahun! We all would like to know about different countries, espesially about such ancient countries as yours. Please, take part in the new discussion. It will be great to know more about your culture and traditions.
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  Getahun June 7, 2009 7:59

  It is a great idea to discuss about different cultures.As an Ethiopian we have diverse cultures,especially with regard two location:the northern,the southern,the eastern & the western all have got their own distinctive cultural heritages.If you would like to know in detail,I would be really happy to discuss ...
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  Yobana bolivar June 7, 2009 1:53

  hi. i would like to improve my vocabulary and fluency. could you help me?
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  Tanya June 6, 2009 18:58

  Hi, Astrid! You are welcome! What kind of letter do you mean: personal or business?
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  Astrid June 6, 2009 18:31

  Hi Tania,
  I find this group very interesting and i'm glad to belong it.
  I wish to learn , write and speak english fluently even if it is not easy. I watch movie in english language, i study the grammar and i read several engliah book but I have not the result that I want.
  Could you please help me, then Is there a way to write perfect formal letter?
  Hoping in your help!
  Thank you
  bye
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  Tanya June 6, 2009 8:50

  Dear Seyyed! It is nice to have one more teacher here. I like the idea you propose to discuss but you should start the discussion for everyone to see it upon entering this page. I'll be glad if you do it.
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  Tanya June 6, 2009 8:46

  Dear Rahul! I am glad to help you if I can. Please, ask me questions on the appropriate discusions.
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  rahul June 5, 2009 16:29

  hai tanya please help me to learn english
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  Tanya June 5, 2009 10:29

  Hi,Seyyed! Welcome to my group. I don't really know what you mean by "the new metods". I will tell you what I think about it.
  
  As to listening. I think the best way to improve your listening skills is to listen to the podcasts and fictions which come together with the scripts. The technique should be the following:
  
  1. First, listen to it as many times as you need to understand what it is about.
  2. Read the script and translate all new words (it is better to write them out together with the translations and transcriptions; it this case you will remember them better)
  3. Listen again paying special attention to the new words.
  4. Do it until you hear each word clearly.
  
  As to speaking. Of course, to improve this skill you should have as much spoken practice as you can. But you should speak to those who can correct you. Best of all is to do it with native speakers or those who speak fluent English. When I teach my students I use the following steps:
  
  1. They answer my questions.
  2. They read English texts and retell them
  3. They learn the vocabulary for some special topic and then we try to speak about that.
  4. They read English fictions and retell them (first, adapted and then original ones)
  5. They write compositions.
  6. I ask them to do oral two-way translation.
  7. I propose them any free topic I choose and they have to express their minds in that connection.
  8. They translate different articles from newspapers and magazines in a written form.
  
  Of course, whatever my students do, I check it out and correct them. And at the same time they study grammar.
  
  As a result, most of my students can speak fluent English in a year if they were even beginners. The only one requirement is for them not to be lazy and to do everything I say.
  
  I am not sure I have answered to your question. If I haven't, just ask me more, OK?