I need a little help...

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xisax
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I need a little help...

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Hi there..

first of all I´d like to introduce myself. My name is Isabelle and I´m from Germany. I´m 25 years old and I really need to improve my English.
I´m going to get my Abitur (don´t know what´s that in English :D ) at a night school. So English is my 4th subject and I need to talk a lot! My biggest problem is not the grammar but the vocabulary. Has anyone an idea how I can improve this?! I already read a lot of books in English, but it doesn´t seem to get better....

I NEED HELP! Please!?! :angel:

:bye:




andy55
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Re: I need a little help...

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I do not know if there is a special word for our German word "Abitur"
I wanna say: A-levels, final examination, Higher School Certificate, Graduation, school leaving examinations.
But I am sure we even find a better expression

With regard to your notation: I would say evening classes.
But maybe I get it wrong?

A personal question: What are you going to study?

Delfino
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Re: I need a little help...

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Benutzt die Suche hier im Forum und ihr werdet mehrere nützliche Formulierungen bzgl. Abitur und Schulabschluß finden.

I'm attending (adult) evening classes to earn an "Abitur" certificate (German high-school leaving certificate).
xisax hat geschrieben:Hi everybody,

first of all I'd like to introduce myself.
My name is Isabelle and I'm from Germany.
I'm 25 years old and I really need to improve my English.
I'm going to do my A-Levels by attending (adult) evening classes.
English is my 4th subject and I need to talk a lot!
My biggest problem is not the English grammar but rather remembering the vocabulary.
Does anyone has an idea how I can improve my skills in this area?
I already read a lot of books in English, but I don't seem to get better...

I NEED HELP!
Please! :angel:

:bye:
try to meet people and to speak English more often
- ask people to correct you (try to insist on it politely)
- don't worry to much about making mistakes
- but remember the corrections of your tandem partner

Suche: englischer Stammtisch [your city]
http://www.google.de/search?q=englischer+stammtisch

Suche: English conversation groups Germany
http://www.google.de/search?q=English+c ... ps+Germany

Du kannst auch bei den lokalen Hochschulen (ASTA, Fachschaften, Sprachenzentrum ...) nach Kontakten mit englischen Muttersprachlern fragen.
Bedenke, das die ausländischen Studenten häufig auch nach Möglichkeiten suchen ihr Deutsch zu verbessern.

andy55 hat geschrieben:I do not know if there is a special word for our German word "Abitur"
I'd say:

school leaving examinations = Abschlußprüfungen
final examination = Abschlußprüfung

A-levels ~ Abitur
high-school graduation ~ Abitur
graduation = Abschluß...

high-school leaving certificate => das Dokument


But I am sure we can find a better expression.

In regard to your sentence: I would use evening classes.
But maybe I got it wrong?

A personal question: What are you going to study?
@Andy
Please be more careful to use words with proper capitalisation and not to use slang (wanna)
especially when you are trying to provide advice to someone.
...is supplied without liability.
IELTS 7 Good user: operational command, occasional inaccuracies

andy55
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Re: I need a little help...

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Sorry, but I did not know that the word "wanna" is a slang expression.
And with regard to my English knowledge. As they saying goes: "Rome wasn't built in a day either"

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