[Chuck Norris]

Originally Posted by ntienthinh

Jumped to the last page without read previous pages cause I can't understand what you're talk about =))

some people never spend even a fraction of their freetime here proofreading

[darkmatter]

I believe that the best way to learn a foreign language is to truly think in that language. When you have to translate what you want to say in your head, you waste your time and risk making silly mistakes.

For example, when you see a hot woman, say it "out loud" in your head: sh*t,
I want to f* that milf

[Priestess Of The Moon]

Originally Posted by darkmatter

I believe that the best way to learn a foreign language is to truly think in that language. When you have to translate what you want to say in your head, you waste your time and risk making silly mistakes.

For example, when you see a hot woman, say it "out loud" in your head: sh*t,
I want to f* that milf

nodoubt that will be shjt on your face

[oni2911]

I believe that the best way to learn a foreign language is to truly think in that language. When you have to translate what you want to say in your head, you waste your time and risk making silly mistakes.

For example, when you see a hot woman, say it "out loud" in your head: sh*t,
I want to f* that milf

My Eng might not be that good but I think u have made a mistake.

I have never seen "is" goes with "to verb" !??

Anyway i agree with u that is better thinking straight away. However, it is quite difficult from the very beginning.

[Alfie Elkin]

Originally Posted by oni2911

My Eng might not be that good but I think u have made a mistake.

I have never seen "is" goes with "to verb" !??

Anyway i agree with u that is better thinking straight away. However, it is quite difficult from the very beginning.

Then you saw it.

[darkmatter]

Originally Posted by oni2911

My Eng might not be that good but I think u have made a mistake.

I have never seen "is" goes with "to verb" !??

Anyway i agree with u that is better thinking straight away. However, it is quite difficult from the very beginning.

Erm, I got to the point where I rarely check the grammar book anymore, perhaps you can look into that and tell me if I'm wrong or not.

But don't sweat making mistakes though, we, Vietnamese, usually don't speak English very well because we are too afraid of making mistakes (and thus losing face).

Do we speak perfect Vietnamese when we talk to each other? No, that would be weird. Do Americans, Brits or Aussies speak perfect English in their daily conversation? The answer is still no.

So why do we have to care about making mistakes? As long as you get your idea across, it's fine.

PS: Okie, I used a kinda naughty example in my first post, but the main idea is that you have to think in the language you are learning. It can be difficult at first, but not impossible, you can start doing that within the first few months by using simple sentences and basic grammars. I'm doing the same with Japanese, and so far it has worked well for me ^_^

[darkmatter]

Originally Posted by Priestess Of The Moon

nodoubt that will be shjt on your face

so a hot girl and a mind reader? Wow

[nht_max]

Originally Posted by oni2911

My Eng might not be that good but I think u have made a mistake.

I have never seen "is" goes with "to verb" !??

Anyway i agree with u that is better thinking straight away. However, it is quite difficult from the very beginning.

Actually, that's you only (and perhaps a few others too). If you'd seen enough, you'd see that it's perfectly right. darkmatter used it properly there.

Btw, I can think of another case here: If you are to win the competition, you need to dig deeper on that. How's this?

The two cases are different in meanings. So, my experience is that we'll always need to be flexible and context-dependent if we are to judge (again)

[Jay]

Originally Posted by darkmatter

I believe that the best way to learn a foreign language is to truly think in that language. When you have to translate what you want to say in your head, you waste your time and risk making silly mistakes.

For example, when you see a hot woman, say it "out loud" in your head: sh*t,
I want to f* that milf

it doesn't mean youre actually thinking in English, it only means that your mind is full with sheat.

[Jay]

Originally Posted by oni2911

My Eng might not be that good but I think u have made a mistake.

I have never seen "is" goes with "to verb" !??

Anyway i agree with u that is better thinking straight away. However, it is quite difficult from the very beginning.

never say never. should forget whatever they teach you in the school and get to the real life.