Solanka Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Forced immersion by immigration.Many Dr. Seuss books were read. :B Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babydolleyes Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 their are many people from other countries that speak english..but i dont understand how did they learn it...did they learn it in school or did have to get privet tutors..or dose every one know english...and is it just me that thinks that only English(British) and Americans(USA) speak english... Some people learn it (pretty) well from tv shows, music and movies (and even books). Many foreigners read popular books like the HP novels in English and if you become a huge fan then you might join a forum etc.. and a lot of it is in English although of course novels are translated. English is also usually the second language that is taught in primary school, and it's viewed as an important language because otherwise people won't function as well internationally. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauder7 Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I started learning English in kindergarden when I was about 4. It was a very natural process, and I never had to actually study. In primary school I took half of the day in English (about 3 hours) and half in Spanish. From 1st grade till about 4th grade I had a weekly spelling and vocabulary test (10 words per week). Then when I was in 2nd grade I started reading Harry Potter. Afterwards I've read a ton of books in English. In junior high I started analyzing novels (not in the depth of the IB course, though) and writing essays. I had a great teacher in 9th grade who taught us how to write good essays with sophisticated vocabulary. I also learned a lot by watching TV Now I am taking English A2 I also speak German (it isn't as good as my English) because I lived a year in Germany. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astride Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 I started learning English when I was about 9 in school, I believe I had like 3 English classes a week, and now I've been mistaken for being an native speaker multiple times, so I guess I've had great teachers or something haha Also, the summer of 2011 I went to America for an exchange program, and during my time there my pronounciation improved a lottt. In Sweden (and many other countries) we have tons of american TV-shows, movies, magazines etc... English is simply everywhere, so it's hard not to pick up new words and stuff, haha Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leire Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 I personally studied english for 6 years in an academy, including some summer courses, and got my CPE at the age of 15. So... when I started IB I had already learnt what I needed for the exams and degree. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 I started learning English when I was about 9 in school, I believe I had like 3 English classes a week, and now I've been mistaken for being an native speaker multiple times, so I guess I've had great teachers or something haha Also, the summer of 2011 I went to America for an exchange program, and during my time there my pronounciation improved a lottt. In Sweden (and many other countries) we have tons of american TV-shows, movies, magazines etc... English is simply everywhere, so it's hard not to pick up new words and stuff, haha Provided you didn't accidentally pick up an american accent! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyrgen Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 It came from playing video games when I was a kid... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayDreamer Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Well, when I was 3 (and 4) I was in Australia for a year. After that, I was able to speak English fluently (but I believe with an amazing accent.). I forgot everything, until I started learning it in school, where I opened and aired all of my mental cupboards storing my English knowledge, so I always was that tiny bit better than my class mates for the first years.And later on? Books. I only read them in their original language, if I can. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistahazn Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 I learned Cantonese and English at the same time when I grew up, so I learned it naturally. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea Avalos Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I learned English at a very young age, basically watching movies and TV shows in american channels. Since then, I was always eager to listen and watch movies in English. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkHyldmo Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Mostly by playing Zelda with my older brother and of course english movies, like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
funny10sport Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Born and Raised. I guess i was surrounded by English since growing up so I learned it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphy Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Hm. I think the breakthrough in my "English learning" came with a first book that I read wholly in English. I was.. 13?14? Since then learning is not actually learning, it's just... practicing. Well, excluding horrible WAs, of course. But the first years of studies (10 years old) were awful! I remember the frustration at how I couldn't remember the difference between "thick" and "thin", it was all the same for me. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYou Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Practice makes everything you wanna achieve perfect! That's the only tip, trust me.Keep going and never give up! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fяαи Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Well, my mom said I watched a lot of cartoons, read a lot, my dad spoke English, I went to an English-speaking school - been through those my whole school years and that's how I got to knowing English fluently. I am trilingual meaning I can speak three languages fluently but I speak English more than any of the other two which is Swahili and Kutchi (an Indian language). Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melika1349 Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 does anyone know anything about the reflective statement we have to do in grade 9 Ib? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HayashiEsme Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) Well my parents are fluent, though I spoke in Hokkien (Chinese Dialect) and then Mandarin for a long time before getting any English. TV and Games definitely helped while I was at a Chinese school, afterwards I went to an International School, ended up with an accent (well to be fair I've always had quite a bit of it because of the people my parents hung out with, also they took me wherever they flew), now my Chinese is rubbish, and I take English Literature as a Higher Level subject, ahaha! Edited November 16, 2012 by HayashiEsme Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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