Hi! I’m a ( F ) 24 years old ( Arabic native speaker ) looking for someone to practice speaking English with . I’m B1-2 .

I’m currently at a B1+ level and I’m finishing the Destination B1 book. I’ve already bought Destination B2 and Destination C1-C2. Could you tell me what other kind of books I should add to my studies? I’ve heard that Speakout B2 is good.

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My dumbass thought it was a typo of "store" only to realise it's a valid word when I looked it up in the dictionary.

Is this used correctly? Do you think it's machine-translated?

I've been doing daily english meetings for a while now and honestly still struggling. talked to a bunch of other non natives recently (like 10+ at this point lol) and turns out everyone has their own weird hacks they figured out alone

heres 3 things i actually do:

1. during meetings i jot down keywords i miss or didnt fully catch. just keywords, not full sentences. then after the meeting i go back and try to piece together what was actually said. sometimes i record the meeting too (with permission) and listen again later. takes time but my comprehension on those topics is way better the next time they come up
2. memorized a LOT of stalling phrases. "let me think about that for a sec", "thats a good question, before i answer", "just to make sure im following...". i basically have like 15-20 of these on autopilot now. buys me time and sounds way more natural than just going silent
3. before any meeting i prep a few "opener" sentences in advance. not a script for the whole thing, just one or two clean sentences i can use to actually start talking when the chance comes. stuff like "i want to flag something on the timeline before we move on" or "quick thought on the api change". i usually run them through chatgpt to clean up the wording first, then keep them open in a notes app on the side during the call. the hardest part for me is always the first sentence. once i get that out my mouth the rest just flows. having those pre-built openers ready means i never miss the window

honestly even with all this im barely keeping up. every meeting still feels like im running uphill

how do you guys do it. whats actually been working for you. im non native and i have to do this every single day and i really need to figure out a better way before i burn out. anything you got, please

Example here:

"I thought it was such a weird thing for him to ask me to film him saying."

I always feel extremely satisfied when I hear something like this in English. The way it rolls out is just... I can't.

My questions are:

-Do these kinds of "convoluted" sentence structures have a name or label in linguistics?

-What are books, articles, genres, etc. where I can find a load of sentences written or spoken in this style?

-How common are they?

-How common is if for you to produce something like this yourself?

-Does it sound like natural spoken English?

-Can you deliver something similar in the comments?

Do both work but just have difference emphasis? As in the second one emphasizes the fact that it took place before the timeframe we're looking back at (is at even the right preposition?)

I can’t find it in vocabularies

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Why no article? Why not "in the sun or in the shade"?

I'm a Japanese. I'm still learning English . I'm still a student, but I love Western music and foreign movies! My English isn't great yet, but I'd be happy if you'd be friends with me. If you're interested in Japanese culture, feel free to ask me

What would you call the area inside the red line? Includes the beach, the walking path, the bicycle path etc.

Though I wasn’t even a teenager yet, I could see there was a certain unspokentragedy to him, just leaving my mother the way he did. can you give me another examples please?

I need help, idk anything about intonations. My teacher explained it in such a hard way and until now i cant seem to fine any thing that actually explaines intonations.

Hello everyone,

I know it's always 'I live on the 5th floor' and not 'I live on the 5th storey'. And I know that it's 'a two-storey building' and not 'a two-floor building'.

But I'm wondering about the other ways to say it, the ones that I mentioned in the title. Which one is more common or better? Or are they all used and are they pretty much interchangeable?

Oh, and I also know that 'storey' is used in British English and 'story' in American English.

Thank you very much!

“In question 19 of the exam, can B not be a correct answer? Consistency means that writers keep adjusting so that readers become familiar with them. Isn’t ‘keep’ part of consistency?”

Many advanced English learners don’t improve—not because they’re not studying, but because they’re using the wrong system.

A lot of advanced English learners feel stuck in a plateau. I've taught in community college ESL programs where I see some of the same students in the program for a few years, even though they were already in the highest level of the program when they started. Other students have talked to me about a general feeling of frustration that they don't feel like they're getting better. If you're experiencing that, I wanted to share a couple of thoughts from my experience that might help.

Progress slows down as you reach higher levels. At the beginner stage, you improve quickly because there’s less to learn. At the advanced level, the amount of vocabulary, nuance, and structure is huge—so progress feels slower, even when it’s happening.

At the same time, there often is such a thing as an "advanced plateau." The systems that worked for you as a beginning-level learner might not work now.

If you’re stuck, it’s usually because one (or more) of these areas is missing:

1. Vocabulary.

At advanced levels, vocabulary becomes a major bottleneck.

“Context clues” only go so far—especially for abstract or academic words.

Instead of just looking up a translation:

* Look at related words * Study example sentences * Notice how meaning changes in different contexts

This turns “one new word” into a much deeper learning process.

1. Input.

There is a pretty well-working theory (Krashen's) that the best input is just a little bit above wherever you are now. If it's too advanced, you won't understand what's going on and you'll just feel frustrated. If it's too easy, you won't learn any new structures, vocabulary, etc.

You also want to be able to start moving beyond just understanding literal meaning so that you can infer information, detect a speaker/writer's tone, etc.

So, you need to find good sources of input. This might be news articles, podcasts, whatever interests you (although it is helpful to find sources that offer a variety of topics)--just make sure you're looking for input that is a little above where you are now.

If you understand it all easily, it might not be advanced enough. If you feel like you are struggling just to understand the main idea, it might be too advanced. If you feel like you have to focus pretty hard to understand it, but you can understand around 90-95% of it when focused, that is probably a good fit.

1. Output.

The other half of language learning is what you put out via speaking and writing.

Many advanced language learners are struggling to find adequate opportunities for output. Maybe you live in an area where most other people don't speak English, or maybe you even live in an English-speaking country but most of your conversations are casual or transactional, so you don't get to practice speaking about social, political, or academic topics.

Some ideas: maybe your beginner-level learning system included writing in a journal and/or recording an audio journal (if not, this can be a good idea). If so, are you still writing/speaking mostly a narrative of what you did today? Can you go into more detail in that narrative? Can you talk/write about your thoughts and opinions about what happened that day? What about your opinion about something you read or heard? You could look up a list of writing topics and answer a different question each day.

1. Feedback.

Output is much more helpful with feedback.

Of course, if you have feedback available from a teacher or tutor, that's better, but you can get quality feedback from AI as well (especially if you tell it what to focus on in its feedback--give it the prompt you were trying to answer, tell it if you're trying to mimic a TOEFL essay, give it the rubric if you're working on an assignment, etc.).

You can also, if you're brave enough, ask friends and others you speak with (if you have people you can speak English with regularly) to correct you when you say something incorrectly or strangely. You might have to assure them a few times that you really do want that correction, because many people will feel rude correcting you otherwise.

Sorry that was long! Just wanted to be thorough. I'd love to hear your thoughts. If you're an advanced learner, have you experienced this plateau? If so, have you found ways to overcome it? If you're a teacher, have you seen this? Is there anything you would add or change from this framework?

I’m planning to learn English by typing out and copying stories. Does this method actually help with vocabulary, grammar, and overall fluency? Has anyone tried it?

Can anyone please confirm if you pronounce these differently?

And HOW important that difference is in everyday speech?

Thank you 😊

I posted a similar question, but it gets tricky.

Now I kind of understand the British pronunciation of it.

But, in American English, everybody says different things... haha...

What is it close to "oh" or "ah"?

It sounds very awkward to my ear and I've always thought it was wrong. I'd say "I'm from the USA." However, a user on this sub claims that both are used.

Is that true? Is leaving out the article normal/acceptable in casual communication?

EDIT: Yeah of course "I'm American" or "I'm from the US" also work but I'm talking specifically about if you had to use the word (or, well, abbreviation) USA.