Hi, For me, it has always been difficult to find partners to converse with. You can improve your writing and reading skills with books, but its difficult to find partners who speak flawless English, with the right accent.
In non English speaking countries, everyone is making mistakes in grammar, pronunciation, tenses etc. while speaking English and sometimes, even if you are using the right word or pronunciation, you get confused if you are correct or not. Another problem arises with accent. People living in Asia, Africa or Latin America speak English with their regional accent but learners must take pains to speak in US or UK accent which will be more useful for them in their career or education. regards briana On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ed, Pln, Briana and all, > > I think it's really hard to live in a country where no one around you > speaks English. In some extent is like to swim against the current. > You have to be very perseverant and enthusiastic person specially to > develop your speaking skills. Well, I think that's what I feel that > I've been through. Well, I enjoy it and it's worth. > > An anecdote: some ten or more years ago, I didn't have Internet > whatsoever, either TV Cable, nothing, perhaps only a computer. Well, I > had a short wave radio, at night time it was possible to listen an > ecuadorian radio station with some effort and luck, HCJB, The Voice of > the Andes (http://www.hcjb.org/). That was all I had to listen to. Now > we have hundreds of Internet radio stations, and perhaps less free > time, who would believe it? > > Thank you, > > Pablo > > On Feb 9, 1:56 pm, Eduardo Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is the biggest challenge you face, or experience, as an English > learner > > who doesn’t live in an English-speaking country? > > > > Share your experience with us. > > > > Take care > > > > Ed. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ESL Podcast". > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just > reply this message > For invite your friends, visit: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions
