Self Preparation to Get Involved in The Global Society

Hi all mates wherever you are,

We are now approaching the global world life. Our life isn't within our country only. No more distance among states. We will have to communicate each others in the global society. Therefore we need to have a language that together we can understand. So all of us especially people from non English Language country need to be able to speak English. Without it, its hard to help our self in the contact, we'll be isolated by our own problems.
It's important to have a self preparation, in term of English language capability. We have to push our self to the farthest point that we could reach because this effort is for our own need not others'.
Hopefully after having a good preparation, there won't be obstacles in front of us that can slow down or even stop our move in the real life.

That's all for now, and be well prepared.

Regards,

Keep practicing your English if ...

1. You really don't want to lose it.
2. You really don't want to start it over.
3. You really want to maintain it.
4. You really want to be better in it.

So, yes those are the ways folks,

Help your self by helping your family

Yupe, since English is my L2, I should keep it maintained well. On the other side I have my beloved children who are studying English at their school. I've realized since long time ago that actually by helping them with their homework from the school and with their practice, I also help my self in maintaining my L2. So why don't people who have English as L2, take the opportunity to teach or help their children at home as one of the way to develop their own language. And of course our children will thank us very much even they don't usually say so.
Good luck...

Minimizing the using L1 in L2 class

Hi people,

All L2 learners want to study optimally inside and outside class in order to boost their achievement in mastering the language. But on the other side, some of them are too easy to give up when they face a problem in transmitting their ideas in L2 and directly use L1 to complete the mission instead of using the target language.
As a matter of fact, this action will halt the process of understanding the L2 because the learners put their mindset back to their mother language.
It's really necessary to keep working on using L2 in delivering the ideas, and learners still can try to explain their points by paraphrasing or expressing the same idea with different sentences.
Only by doing this way, learners can help them self to be able to reach their point, which is mastering the target language.

All the best,

Happy Eid-ul Fitr

Hello everybody,

This time, for Muslim people who celebrate Eid Mubarak, I'd like to say " Happy Eid-ul Fitr "

All the best to all

Dewi & Dono : Present perfect VS past simple

Dewi :

Dono, I'm a bit confused about my sentences below:

1. I wrote a letter.

2. I have written a letter.

What is difference between these two sentences?

I know that 1) is in simple past tense and 2) is persent perfect.

But, both as I think suggest that work has completed in past. What is the difference between present perfect and past simple, Dono?

Dono

Well, there is more than one difference between the simple past and the present perfect. The simplest difference is the grammatical difference that the simple past can be used with expressions which signify a definite, particular time in the past.

I wrote a letter yesterday.
I wrote a letter at 7 o'clock.
I wrote a letter last Monday.
I wrote a letter several weeks ago.

The present perfect cannot be used with such expressions. (After all, it IS a "present" tense!)

I have written a letter yesterday. (X)
I have written a letter at 7 o'clock. (X)
I have written a letter last Monday. (X)
I have written a letter several weeks ago. (X)

Being a "present" tense, the present perfect can be used with "now":

I have now written a letter.

Perhaps this simple explanation can help you Dewi.

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