What was something you found difficult when you first started learning English and why?
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Being a native speaker, I'll say getting grammar text books to assistant you in your learning experience.
As an English native, it has always come naturally. However, I remember struggling with remembering how words are spelled. So, I would have to repeat the new word or phrase and it’s meaning, then, use it in my daily life for practice.
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- Eugene Kyei BaffourI completed school and I teach English.
Subject Verb Agreement.
Listening, because I can't understand the person who speaks fast.
As I started learning French first I found grammar and position of words in English sentences tough for me.Vut I did my best to learn it myself, focusing on details while reading and writing, listening. So, it pushed me to better understanding of how to build sentences and so on.Never give up, hard working makes its results
- DenisIn 6 months, I will help you begin to understand English by ear and express your opinion freely.
Frankly speaking, listetning is the most complicated part. It is not a suprising point due to the fact that 80% of people are visuals. Undoubtedly, most of learners tackle with 2 key problems - comprehension and speaking
Grammar is the best helping book for English
Hi. I did not find it difficult as I was exposed to English early on. However, I did find the words with silent letter tricky (e.g. knee, calf) but these words came later on, once the basics had been mastered.
Reading book will help you a lot
I had some spelling issues since I had learned through movies and songs . But I can tell you that reading ( even silly books ) helped me a lot with it .
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A good way to do this is to discuss weekend plans. What do you usually enjoy doing on the weekends? Any fun plans for this weekend? How was your weekend?
