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Old 10-Apr-2007, 16:39
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When there is a stuff in media , for example news,one can listen to it as in BBC or CNN or read it in newspapers (or even memorizing it). I wonder which of these ways is more effective to focus on in improving ones fluency ?!
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Why not do both? The more language you expose yourself to the better.
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Old 13-Apr-2007, 18:57
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You can speak like English people and when any person listen you'r English language ( he or she) can't telling that you arabic .. by :
bbc in website and songs and talking with English people
you just need to listen more and more like me
But the problem with me : I'm so slowly in learning English
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ı have the same problem.
while ı m listenin' the songs of metallica or wathin' movies, ı cant understand most of the tips.
I see that there is nothing abnormal when ı find the words from internet, though.
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Your emphasis is fluency.
So I think speaking practise is the most importance.
In China,there is a famous training,called "crazy English",it encourages people to repeat one sentence loudly and crazily until you can repeat fluently and clearly. it does work!
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Old 26-Apr-2007, 14:08
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ı have the same problem.
while ı m listenin' the songs of metallica or wathin' movies, ı cant understand most of the tips.
I see that there is nothing abnormal when ı find the words from internet, though.

How you can understand with metallic .. of course the metallica music is great and amazing but ... they are eating words like a foods
so of course you can't understand
you have to listen to bbc it's better to be a well


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are you shouting? we dont need those big letters to understand what you want to say. peace!
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are you shouting? we dont need those big letters to understand what you want to say. peace!

No i'm not .. it's just my manner
if you don't like my manner you can save you'r talk for you'r self

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What Ingliscarabao means is that the use of very big letters, or writing in capital letters, is called 'shouting' in English. To be honest, it is better to write in normal font sizes as it is easier on the eye.
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What Ingliscarabao means is that the use of very big letters, or writing in capital letters, is called 'shouting' in English. To be honest, it is better to write in normal font sizes as it is easier on the eye.

exactly my point sir Tdol.
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