[Wise Blue]

Originally Posted by FighterVn

I want to practice English, especially Speaking. Anyone knows where in HCM that i can have a group of people (i dont care if they are Vietnamese, but they must speak English :P) to talk to.

http://vietbao.vn/The-gioi-tre/O-Nha.../45114662/275/
It's free,almost free

[CiCi]

Originally Posted by Wise Blue

http://vietbao.vn/The-gioi-tre/O-Nha.../45114662/275/
It's free,almost free

Since "Thứ hai, 12 Tháng bảy 2004, 22:27 GMT+7 "

[Wise Blue]

Originally Posted by CiCi

Since "Thứ hai, 12 Tháng bảy 2004, 22:27 GMT+7 "

What's wrong with that,you can't write the news for one thing forever

[Atomos]

Originally Posted by minha1hr

Can anyone tell me when to pronunce the suffix -ed as /t/ and /d/ and are there any differences between american enlish, british english and australia english?

/t/: k, sh, x, th, ch, p(f), gh, x, s
/d/ b, g, n, l, (d)z, v, m, r, vowel sounds (ei, ai, oi...)
/id/ t, d

[tranthanhtuanvn]

Originally Posted by Atomos

/t/: k, sh, x, th, ch, p(f), gh, x, s
/d/ b, g, n, l, (d)z, v, m, r, vowel sounds (ei, ai, oi...)
/id/ t, d

remember all of those made me bored, i remember nothing, instead, i'll speak by using my routine

[bacpp]

Somebody help me with "the", please. I can't understand where to use and where not.

[jish@n]

Originally Posted by bacpp

Somebody help me with "the", please. I can't understand where to use and where not.

THE: the definite article
- used to refer to a person, place, or thing that is unique;
- or denoting one or more people or things already mentioned or assumed to be common knowledge;
- or used to make a generalized reference to something rather than identifying a particular instance.

[Atomos]

Originally Posted by tranthanhtuanvn

remember all of those made me bored, i remember nothing, instead, i'll speak by using my routine

I have to remember all of them since Phonetics is still an imporant part of high school exam. It's not that hard to memorize, though. You only need to memorize /t/ /id/ and the remainings are /d/ by default.

[jish@n]

Originally Posted by tranthanhtuanvn

remember all of those made me bored, i remember nothing, instead, i'll speak by using my routine

No need to remember all of those above. Just pronounce them in easier ways, and easier ways are normally the right ways
For example, k-ed: /kt/ can be pronounced easier than /kd/, eg. "worked": /wərkt/ is easier than /wərkd/.
Another example, "stopped": /stɑpt/ > /stɑpd/

[Ghosthammer]

Originally Posted by bacpp

Somebody help me with "the", please. I can't understand where to use and where not.

Originally Posted by jish@n

THE: the definite article
- used to refer to a person, place, or thing that is unique;
- or denoting one or more people or things already mentioned or assumed to be common knowledge;
- or used to make a generalized reference to something rather than identifying a particular instance.

underline is the common case.
speak/write as you think, no need to be very presice