How is your english?

I speak english! - i can speak english
@jalbeos (1175)
Philippines
May 1, 2007 11:51pm CST
I am a Filipino and English is not my primary language. I really love to learn to speak that language in the right accent and correct pronunciation. I don't the way my instructor speak English. It kinda boring. I won't say I am better than him, thats not my point. I have studied speaking English fluently and I can notice some mistakes. Well, what about you? If you are going to rate your English, how many percent?
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karthik26_89
@karthik26_89 (376)
• India
2 May 07
I do talk some good english.I would rate myself 75%.I can just tell you some ways to improve English. 1)Read the dictionary. By doing so,You will learn any word's pronunciation,other words related to it,and many more. 2)Talk to your friends in english.Whether you are correct or wrong don't care about it.There are always people around you to correct. 3)Read the English Daily newspapers,English magazines and also English story books. 4)Watch English news channels like BBC,CNBC and others. These are few ways.There are more ways you can develop your english.Good luck.
jalbeos
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
2 May 07
Cool, this might be your best response! :O. You are pretty right. Dictionaries, talking to friends in English, read and watch English news are the great things for improving English. Thank you so much!
karthik26_89
@karthik26_89 (376)
• India
2 May 07
Oh thank you very much for selecting my response as the best response.I hope so my information will be useful to you.
jalbeos
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
2 May 07
I have those three in list too, I don't that #4. I think all those #4 are the best.
izzieizzie
@izzieizzie (194)
• Philippines
2 May 07
hi jalbeos! well, my english good i think! i can speak and understand english, but ofcourse there are some words that i dont know yet.. english is not my first language!
izzieizzie
@izzieizzie (194)
• Philippines
2 May 07
mine is filipino! whats urs then? :D
jalbeos
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
2 May 07
Filipino of course, but I keep on practicing to have a better English, I can speak well, :P So you are a Filipino?
jalbeos
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
2 May 07
What is you first language then? Yeah the same to me too, there are some words that I don't know yet, whenever I encounter a new word, I visit foreignword.com. I'm to translate it to my first(primary) language.
bindishah
@bindishah (2062)
• India
2 May 07
My english is pretty good..Ive been speaking it and learning it since Im born even though it is not my national language. If I had to rate my english i would probably rate it at 80% coz theres so much to the english language that no one can rate it at a 100%.
jalbeos
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
2 May 07
It is a great advantage for English people... it is called a birth language. Good rate! There are some english words that I really don't know the meaning, especially when reading books, magazines, newspapers etc. 75% for me, I think. I am very careful about grammar, correct pronunciation and the accent sometimes, although I am not perfect and can never be but "practice makes perfect" is really true. Thanks for you response.
uiwwitch
@uiwwitch (892)
• United States
2 May 07
Basing from your post, I'd say that you have a very good command of the English language. That's a very good start. You said that you want to learn the correct pronunciation and accent. As a fellow Filipino who's here in the US, I can tell you that accent and pronunciation can also be different depending on which part of the US you are. At the same time, we Filipinos use learned English and I have found that we sometimes use word that aren't used very much here in the US. Don't beat yourself up if your accent is not "American". What's more important is being fluent as diction and sentence construction is concerned.
uiwwitch
@uiwwitch (892)
• United States
2 May 07
I'd say my written English can be above 95% but my spoken English is still off just because I still stop sometimes to think of the terms I want to use because I use terms at times that are not familiar to the people I'm conversing with.
jalbeos
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
2 May 07
Great! I have thought about the accent too. Even here in Philippines, you know, a lot different accents. You're right. Good rate to you written English.
juntoboy
@juntoboy (612)
• Indonesia
2 May 07
i am only 60 percent. because i am an indonesian. in my country, english not primary language too. but i beleve, if we learn english every day we can speak englesh like american
jalbeos
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
2 May 07
We really can! I don't much about Indonesian language. How is it written? Interesting!
jalbeos
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
2 May 07
I mean, I really don't KNOW much about Indonesian Language.
Sweettatas01
@Sweettatas01 (443)
• United States
2 May 07
Well I don't think I apply to this question but my 1st language is English... but my grammar is horrible. =P
jalbeos
@jalbeos (1175)
• Philippines
2 May 07
I have thought about that too... I have a friend who is purely American. Even that's her first language, she still studied the grammar. I wondered why at first but from then on, she told me that some American do not speak English grammatically. Thanks for your response.