Название: American English Отправлено: TessTS от 08 Февраль 2014, 17:24 Would you like to study American English? Have you been studying it already? If so, why do you prefer this version of English to others? Share your experiences of communicating with native American English speakers. What were they like: positive, negative, funny perhaps?
Название: Re: American English Отправлено: USAman от 15 Февраль 2014, 15:31 Живу я здесь. Существует ~190 диалектов Английского. Если Ваш учитель сможет объяснить разницу - тогда выбирайте.
Еще в России год слушал английский на плеере и видео 24/7, читал книжки и пересказывал содержание - помогло здорово. В США сразу пришлось говорить и слушать. Писать мало - формы в основном и недельные отчеты по работе. Бывал и в Лондон (Великобритания). Понимание - одинаковый уровень. Мой акцент - это навсегда. Говорите медленно, разделяя слова - и Вас поймут. В Лондоне хотел блеснуть перед местным насчет "Raining Cats and Dogs" (любимый пример моей преподавательницы центральный курсов Английского в Москве) - воцарилась пауза... Все русские меня поняли. Все англичане - нет. Англичанин спросил: "О чем это ты? Непонятно. Никогда не встречали". Lorry - Truck, Lift - Elevator - это все мелочи. Выучивается со второго раза. Нулевой этаж в Лондоне и Однокомнатная Квартира из двух комнат в США - это тоже легко. С шутками нужно быть осторожнее - забавные в США могут оказаться оскорбительными в Лондоне. Даже в Англии есть много диалектов: English language in England: Northern (In the northeast, local speech is akin to Scots)[2] Cheshire Cumbrian (Cumbria including Barrow-in-Furness) Geordie (Tyneside) Lancastrian (Lancashire) Mackem (Sunderland) Mancunian-Salfordian (Manchester & Salford) Northumbrian (rural Northumberland) Pitmatic (Durham and Northumberland) Scouse (Liverpool) Smoggie (spoken in Teesside) Yorkshire (also known as Broad Yorkshire) (spoken in Yorkshire) East Midlands West Midlands Black Country Brummie (Birmingham) Potteries (north Staffordshire) Telford (east Shropshire) East Anglian Norfolk Suffolk Southern Received Pronunciation (also known as Queen's English or BBC English) Cockney (working-class London and surrounding areas) Essex Estuary (Thames Estuary) Kentish (Kent) Multicultural London English (Inner London) Sussex West Country Anglo-Cornish Bristolian Scotland Scottish English Highland English Glaswegian Scots (sister language originating from Middle English) Doric (North East of Scotland) Shetlandic (Shetland Islands) Wales Welsh English Cardiff Gower Northern Ireland Mid Ulster English Belfast Derry Ulster Scots South Ulster Название: Re: American English Отправлено: TessTS от 15 Февраль 2014, 23:19 USAman, I thought it wouldn’t be a problem for someone living in the US to express his opinion in English, especially here in the Speak English section (smile). Why do you prefer Russian? Where in America do you live? How long have you lived there?
Название: Re: American English Отправлено: USAman от 26 Февраль 2014, 04:59 Thanks for your notes! English version:
I live here. There are 190 dialects of English. If you teacher can explain to you the difference then you can choose. Before I left Russia I had listen to English using audio and video players 24/7, I had read books and re-told what I remembered - it helped me a lot. I didn't write a lot - mainly I felt forms and wrote weekly reports about work. I has been in London (GB). My understanding was on the same level. I have my accent forever. Tell slowly, and people will understand you. To be continued. Thanks for corrections in advance. Название: Re: American English Отправлено: TessTS от 02 Март 2014, 16:48 Thank you USAman!
Corrections? ‘I has been in London’ and ‘Tell slowly’ certainly sound rather odd. Shouldn’t it be ‘I have been to London’ and ‘Speak slowly’? Also ‘I filled in forms’ instead of ‘I felt forms’ and ‘I had listened to English …’ Could be just slips of the tongue, of course. Название: Re: American English Отправлено: TessTS от 02 Март 2014, 16:55 В Лондоне хотел блеснуть перед местным насчет "Raining Cats and Dogs" (любимый пример моей преподавательницы центральный курсов Английского в Москве) - воцарилась пауза... Yes, I agree, it’s archaic and never used by native speakers nowadays. Speaking of idioms with ‘rain’ and American idioms in particular, here is a good one: ‘to take a rain check’. Anyone knows what it means? Название: Re: American English Отправлено: Boyar от 27 Март 2014, 15:46 TessTS, I think I could tell you what this idiom means ... not now, but next time for sure
Название: Re: American English Отправлено: TessTS от 28 Март 2014, 13:58 TessTS, I think I could tell you what this idiom means ... I am looking forward to it! ;)Название: Re: American English Отправлено: adwise43 от 28 Март 2014, 19:24 There it is in the ABBYY Lingvo x5 electronic dictionary.
Название: Re: American English Отправлено: Boyar от 29 Март 2014, 03:25 I am looking forward to it! ;) Not now, TessTS ... but next time for sure:) Название: Re: American English Отправлено: Boyar от 29 Март 2014, 03:39 ... x5 electronic ... Looks like something prescribed by a doctor 8O ... I think I'll follow your advice .. not right now though, but next time for sure(I'm not turning anything down ... just taking a rain check :br: ) Название: Re: American English Отправлено: элисс от 31 Март 2014, 23:53 Hi!I am a newcommer. Help me please to approve my poore language.
Название: Re: American English Отправлено: mid от 23 Апрель 2014, 15:32 ... Where in America do you live? How long have you lived there? Why not "... have you been living here"? I know they are not using this "complicated" tense in everyday English, and I am interested:*) why do they not? **) why does my tongue "wants" this long variant, meaning: "it (some process) started long ago, and it is continuing at this time"? Название: Re: American English Отправлено: TessTS от 24 Апрель 2014, 00:29 ... Where in America do you live? How long have you lived there? Why not "... have you been living here"? I know they are not using this "complicated" tense in everyday English, and I am interested:*) why do they not? Название: Re: American English Отправлено: mid от 24 Апрель 2014, 16:47 Thanks, TessTS.
Название: Re: American English Отправлено: TessTS от 24 Апрель 2014, 23:25 You are welcome. :)
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