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English discussion groups for foreigners.

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  • 14-11-2008 4:00pm
    #1
    yassine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi everybody

    I am a french that just came to Dublin and i want to meet other foreigners who want like me, to improve their english. So if anyone is interested please send a message or reply to this thread.

    Thanks.


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    dublinpd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭dublinpd


    yassine wrote: »
    Hi everybody

    I am a french that just came to Dublin and i want to meet other foreigners who want like me, to improve their english. So if anyone is interested please send a message or reply to this thread.

    Thanks.

    Good idea!!!
    I'm in....


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    FruitLover
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    Good idea, and there are probably already some groups in Dublin doing this (check gumtree etc). It's a good way to stay motivated when learning a language.

    A tip from someone with experience here though: make sure you have some native English speakers coming along as well, otherwise you end up with unnatural-sounding phrases perpetuating due to practice with other non-natives.

    A common example: "ride the bus". While there's technically nothing wrong with this phrase, you wouldn't hear a native English speaker using it. It tends to be foreigners who learned English with/from other non-native speakers, and between them, they don't notice anything amiss.


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