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Teachers do not correct my mistakes and say it is normal practice
For the last two months I have been constantly trying to find a good English teacher or language course. All of them didn’t correct my mistakes during lessons and didn’t provide any feedback at the end of the lesson, thus I usually didn’t know what grammar topic has to be revised or what lexical mistakes should be corrected. Some of them just said that I am fine and they were able to understand me, that is why I should not bother. Moreover, they insisted that such corrections can disrupt the flow of the lesson and cultivate the fear of speaking. This argument sounds ridiculous to me, because I have a certain speaking experience with natives from the UK and USA (working professionals, PhD level) and I didn’t have any fear while communicating with them. I always notified every teacher about my experience and told them that I really want to rid off many basic mistakes. The answer always was “you don’t need it”, “you are fine”, “B1 level is enough” and so on. Some of them even told me that after some practice almost all mistakes will magically disappear. Honestly, I feel really gaslighted by this. Having several hundreds of speaking experience with natives and still making a lot of basic mistakes, I always feel perplexed, when I hear that everything I need is just more practice. Has anyone had a similar experience? And a question for English teacher, do you agree with this approach of not correcting your students and providing the feedback?
When someone asks, "Can I borrow your car?" and you do them a solid free of charge, do you loan or lend them the car? Or are they interchangeable?
The title:) I wouldn't want to confuse my student, I need to be sure. What's the important difference and which one is more used in daily conversations when discussing borrowed things? Also, can I just use "give" and "ask" when a thing is getting borrowed? If so, what would it sound like naturally? Thank you everyone in advance! Much appreciated!
Does the word "collidee" exist?
Kinda Employer - employee Collider - colidee huh?
Does anyone say “press the light on”or “press the light off” to mean “press the button to turn on/off the light”?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1jg3uhs/does_anyone_say_press_the_light_onor_press_the/
Geography 101!
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What do you call these?
I sometimes have to talk to foreigners at work and I stumble when I try to explain these to them. I get by just fine and can make myself be understood but I'd prefer if I had a script to follow. First image: would we call it a turn? Turn number? Your number??? Second: Cubicle?? It's where you go to see a representative (?) that will help you with your personal procedure (????) Third: USB??? Flashdrive???? For context, most foreigners I see are american seniors. And also I need proof of their address. So should I say "can you show me a home bill? Utility bil? Proof of address???"
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Rereading the passage multiple times has only made me more certain in correctness of my answer. Am I going crazy? [TOEFL Reading]
I mean, the second sentence states that obsidian was available in many other places in the region, meaning it couldn’t have been *the* deciding factor in giving Teotihuacan the edge, right? This is the only answer I’ve supposedly got wrong, which makes this situation all the more irksome.
Is “buckets of crazy” a common expression?
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"What next?" Why don't people use "is" here?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1i5cent/what_next_why_dont_people_use_is_here/
Shouldn't this be 'thought'?
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