Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: How to learn English

Innanzitutto voglio fare un esperimento. Proverò a scrivere il post in 
inglese senza cercare parole o frasi di cui non sono sicuro. Vediamo 
cosa viene fuori.
I'd like to discuss the approach I'm following in order to learn 
English. Maybe you'll be able to give me some other hint.
Every morning I read a paragraph of the grammar at the url
http://www.ucalgary.ca/uofc/eduweb/grammar/
and I enrich my vocabulary by trying to solve three or four instances of 
the quizzes at the url
http://vocabulary.co.il/
Since there is nothing interesting on the TV, I watch dubbed anime (they 
are simpler to understand) and TV series. I think the actors of "Star 
Trek: DS9" have a very clear pronunciation. On the other hand "Buffy" 
gives me a very hard time. Maybe the dialogues are very simple, but I 
can't recognize the words pronounced by the actors.
My first problem is the "oral comprehension". I started to use Skype a 
week ago, but my contact list is a bit short and it's difficult to find 
anyone available for an english/italian chat. Anyway it was a great 
experience.
I found the following site very helpful and interesting:
http://www.sharedtalk.com/
It has a very pleasant and user-friendly interface and, above all, it's 
*completely* free. There is where I found my contacts. You can visit the 
chat and start meeting English people who want to learn Italian.
Obviously you can also send mail (through the web site) to the other 
members, but I've found out that you haven't great chances of receiving 
a reply. It's better to dive into the chat!
I'm already reading Italian sci-fiction/fantasy books, so I don't want 
to start reading also English ones. Don't forget you have to preserve 
and improve your Italian too!
That said, I recently began to play IF (interactive fiction), also known 
as TA (text adventures). If your English is very good, you can try 
"Anchorhead", a very complex and beautiful Lovercraft-inspired gothic 
horror adventure.
You can find it (and many others) at the url
http://baf.wurb.com/if/game/17
Kiuhnm

 horror adventure.
Maybe you're ready to start MUDding too :-)
If you liked reading Prattchet's book try this one:
http://discworld.atuin.net/lpc/
'bye

 
http://www.sharedtalk.com/
A few weeks ago I managed to get invited to Orkut, Google's meeting board, 
but it looked like everyone over there was from Brazil.
:-/
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
--
"Come e' morto Capitan Uncino? Facendosi il bidet con la mano sbagliata."
My still-in-construction website: 
www.pentolaio.tk
 

 without the host's having to add them to it.
              ^^^
... to the conversation.
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http://discworld.atuin.net/lpc/
Thanks, that's very interesting.
Kiuhnm

 without the host's having to add them to it.
What do you mean by "Skype Cast"?
Kiuhnm

 My friend learnt English by watching A-Team :)
Maybe I should've said "A friend of mine...". Do you agree?
Kiuhnm

 What do you mean by "Skype Cast"?
http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2006/05/early_preview_of_skypecasts.html
http://www.skype.com/help/guides/skypecasts.html
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 Maybe I should've said "A friend of mine...". Do you agree?
I guess you have more than just one friend... in that case I agree with you!
:-))
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