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jama
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Sure ... you HAD to learn English at school. But some of you are out of school now. Why do you want to improve your English? There can be several reasons so tell me 
I for example consider to learn and work as a physician in some other countries.
Greets,
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| Verfasst am: 02. Jul 2004 18:43 Titel: |
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English is a very important language, I think it's the most important language! So It's useful for really MANY things
Greets,
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Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 03. Jul 2004 11:40 Titel: English |
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Glad I've found this board. 
For many years English has been my hobby , not a must.
Thomas, you're right , English is a very important language in todays world and business life. There's a lot do to hold on.
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| Verfasst am: 06. Jul 2004 01:33 Titel: |
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well, i'm mostly using my pitiful knowledge of the english language for songwriting and poems... and of course for school...
and to communicate with my cousin from america...
every language is some sort of 'getting-richer', 'cause you usually get to know the people as well as their culture, too...
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| Verfasst am: 06. Jul 2004 12:42 Titel: |
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Hi,
would you like to present us some songs of yours?
Greets,
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sommer87
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| Verfasst am: 07. Jul 2004 22:17 Titel: |
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hey,
I understood everything you've written 
I also think, that english is one of the most important languages for bussines and for communication too.
It's a great idea, this board and I think there will be a lot of users in here |
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Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 08. Jul 2004 07:10 Titel: Board |
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Hey Sommer87 ,
I agree with you.
Ulli  |
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| Verfasst am: 11. Jul 2004 17:46 Titel: |
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what a question , not all people here work as a mcdonalds worker etc.
education is one of the most important things in your life.imagine you are
business man and you have to go to england or to the usa to work there.Then you have to improve your english.Thats only one possible thing...
i hope my answer could help you... |
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| Verfasst am: 31. Jul 2004 13:46 Titel: Re: Why English? |
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| jama hat Folgendes geschrieben: | Sure ... you HAD to learn English at school. But some of you are out of school now. Why do you want to improve your English? There can be several reasons so tell me
I for example consider to learn and work as a physician in some other countries.
Greets,
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Good afternoon!
Having just finished a small contribution to the problem of understanding
difficult English texts I now happened to find that there is a discussion going on about the importance of English. Being biased, so to speak, I might hint to the variegated ways of the common use of this language:it is known all over the world, physicians use it to write down their discoveries,
and so on. Do I have to mention other realms where English is the main tongue? I guess I don't have to. Nevertheless- one should never be unmindful of the fact that every human being likes and loves just h i s ( h e r) language. But being far away from the narrowmindedness of nationalism one must stress that there are in this respect at least "equal rights". But to find a "common denominator" for to communicate internationally, English might be what we are looking for. But...If you don't agree just write!
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Lischen
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| Verfasst am: 31. Jul 2004 18:50 Titel: |
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I fully agree with you all.
I always liked the english language and in about 6th or 7th grade I decided on go to america or canada for a year to learn and improve my english skills.
Why I decided it in 6th or 7th grade? Probably because my sister returned from her exchange year and since it has always been the way that I wanted to do what my sister was doing, I sure wanted to do the same
Later I realised that it is not because my sister did it before me bute because it is important to learn and improved. If I had the time I would also go to france or spain for a year, just to learn the languages.
And since you need english skills in almost every occupation it's good to know it. |
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Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 31. Jul 2004 22:10 Titel: Correction |
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Hi Lischen,
may I correct your mistakes?
Please remember to captialize words such as English (nationalities),
America, France, Canada, Spain (countries).
I'm also a fan of languages and I also would be interested to learn Spanish. At school I took some French lessons (AG) but I quit because the grammar was very confusing  .
This link is a very good "place" to improve your English, just take a look 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml
Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 14. Aug 2004 18:49 Titel: |
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Hi Eeryone
Why i like to improve my Englishskill?
Well i think it´s the most important language in the world,
and on the Internet.
And i´m dreaming going out of Germany to some other country, maybe USA or something like that, so i need to talk English in my future and even now in my Job.
As an Electrician you need to know Basic English because some Hand books are english only and my older colleges could not read the introductions. |
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Lischen
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| Verfasst am: 14. Aug 2004 19:25 Titel: |
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Thanks Ulli It's one of my know problems but I do not think about it when I'm writing...I hope I will think of it in future..I'll do my best.
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And i´m dreaming going out of Germany to some other country, maybe USA or something like that, so i need to talk English in my future and even now in my Job. |
Better is "going away from Germany" going out sounds like "running out on sth." which basically means you're loseing something.
Generally it is "to the USA" since it is "the united states of America".
And you should write the I (= ich) with the capital letter. It's more common.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't english as an language be written in small letters?
| Dieter5858 hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | As an Electrician you need to know Basic English because some Hand books are english only and my older colleges could not read the introductions. |
Electrician is a job and not a name so it must have a small letter in the beginning.
As well as basic english.
And handbooks as well maybe instruction guide would be a better word.
The last one is a rather cute mistake
Colleges=Hochschulen
Colleagues=Kollegen |
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Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 21. Aug 2004 21:19 Titel: Hi Lischen |
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Thanks for your answer, I just came back from my holiday.
From now on I'll be back more often...
Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 03. Nov 2004 22:19 Titel: |
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in my humble opinion is English just a tool. Yes, a powerful one, but its only a possibility to acchieve something. I want to tell you a small story, which makes clear my point of view.
"A frient of mine went for a year to the USA to learn from native speakers. A very interesting thing, if you really want to improve your language skills, and the most imortant: your prononcuation. I did not have such a opportunity, so I stayed at home. A year passes by, he returns and what do I see? Yes his English is splendid, but he can not use it properly. He doesn't know what to say, though the ability is surely there "
What want I say with all this stuff above, don't get crazy about learning english. Do as much as necessary to cover your wisedom and not a jot more. |
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| Verfasst am: 05. Nov 2004 17:42 Titel: |
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there are some mistakes8o
but it's nice |
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| Verfasst am: 05. Nov 2004 18:34 Titel: |
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| ... hat Folgendes geschrieben: | there are some mistakes8o
but it's nice |
i know, just spelling |
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MI
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| Verfasst am: 23. Jan 2005 19:33 Titel: English |
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Why English?
That is easy: It is such a beautiful language.
The shortness of the words (there are no such words like "Verfassungsgerichtsgesetz" or "Kommunikationsschwierigkeiten") and the simplicity of the grammar (only one article, not too many exceptions) and its particular sound make it beautiful.
Every language is beautiful in one way or another. The sound of French or Italian maybe beautiful, but their grammar is certainly not. And the beauty of the German language lies in his flexibility and simplicity for native speakers, but the English language is the most beautiful of them all.
Yes, I have to admit, I did not find it a beautiful language when I started learning it, because I am very ambitious and I did not have the greatest grades, but after having been in England for four month my skills have improved and my good relationship with this language developped.
Bye
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Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 23. Jan 2005 20:19 Titel: Re: English |
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| MI hat Folgendes geschrieben: | Why English?
That is easy: It is such a beautiful language.
The shortness of the words (there are no such words like "Verfassungsgerichtsgesetz" or "Kommunikationsschwierigkeiten") and the simplicity of the grammar (only one article, not too many exceptions) and its particular sound make it beautiful.
Every language is beautiful in one way or another. The sound of French or Italian maybe beautiful, but their grammar is certainly not. And the beauty of the German language lies in his flexibility and simplicity for native speakers, but the English language is the most beautiful of them all.
Yes, I have to admit, I did not find it a beautiful language when I started learning it, because I am very ambitious and I did not have the greatest grades, but after having been in England for four month my skills have improved and my good relationship with this language developped.
Bye
MI |
developped ....better developed
LG Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 24. Jan 2005 18:12 Titel: |
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Why English? Because it's the easiest subject I ever had at school. It's even easier then German - I feel like that's getting harder with every that passes. Just my impression?
Anyway, I just like English. It's simple and it gives you a lot more possibilities to express yourself. For example, my mother tongue is German. But I'm write fanfiction (does anybody know a good site? Just wondering...) - just in English because I'm not able to express myself as clearly in German as I do in English.
Besides, my granny needs my help with the Christmas letter she receives from the US part of our family every year
PS: If anybody wants to nail me on the "the easiest thing" thing - I never care about speling on the Internet  |
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@Ulli
Just when I was speaking about mixing up the two languages...
English: to develop
French: developper
I hope you can forgive me .
@trin
In my opinion, German gives you as much possibilities to express yourself as English does - but you have to manage the difficult grammar. |
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Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 24. Jan 2005 18:36 Titel: develop |
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Hi MI,
What a question....I think nobody is perfect, right?
LG Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 24. Jan 2005 19:46 Titel: |
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that´s right. I´m also doing a lot of mistakes.... |
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Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 24. Jan 2005 21:10 Titel: English |
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....that's not true 
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| Verfasst am: 24. Jan 2005 22:03 Titel: |
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| MI hat Folgendes geschrieben: |
In my opinion, German gives you as much possibilities to express yourself as English does - but you have to manage the difficult grammar. |
May be true, but I feel kind of tightened when I write a German story. Don't know why... Maybe I should try writing French to compare that - but my French grammar is more or less non-existing ^^
@ Ulli: I know fanfiction.net - got some storys archivated there
fanfiction-portal - that's Stargate fanfiction, very simple to find, but unfortunately not what I'm looking for. I'm having my JAG period but it's difficult to find any German FF that doesn't let you give up every hope that youngsters will ever learn grammar & speling - believe it, I tried.. |
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Ulli
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| Verfasst am: 25. Jan 2005 08:52 Titel: |
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| Anonymous hat Folgendes geschrieben: | | MI hat Folgendes geschrieben: |
In my opinion, German gives you as much possibilities to express yourself as English does - but you have to manage the difficult grammar. |
May be true, but I feel kind of tightened when I write a German story. Don't know why... Maybe I should try writing French to compare that - but my French grammar is more or less non-existing ^^
@ Ulli: I know fanfiction.net - got some storys archivated there
fanfiction-portal - that's Stargate fanfiction, very simple to find, but unfortunately not what I'm looking for. I'm having my JAG period but it's difficult to find any German FF that doesn't let you give up every hope that youngsters will ever learn grammar & speling - believe it, I tried.. |
Hi  . I thought you might already know that site...who doesn't know google?
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