2007-06-02 23:42:04 · 33 answers · asked by kulla 3 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Turkey
i've been learning it from 6. class but i really learned it when i'm in prep. class in anatolian highschool. We had an crazy english teacher who hasn't married yet at the age 45,Ms. Kurcan :-) everybody hated her,but i really liked her,she lived in London for years and she loved her job and also i understand that i'm keen on learning languages so i got an advanced level of english with no special courses!
2007-06-03 09:26:34 · answer #1 · answered by Hurricane 5 · 5⤊ 5⤋
actually it was a long process. you see, since I wasn't born in an English speaking country, I had English lessons at school, but I felt they weren't enough. So I started to search for English grammar books by myself and exercise. It was a difficult task at first because nobody guided me, but, after I managed to learn the basics (especially the tenses, which are the most difficult and the noun categories), I started to become aware of the fact that my vocabulary needed improvement as well. So I started to translate simple sentence, both ways, from English into my native language and the other way around. It almost gave me headaches at first, but after a while, I realized how much it helped me. So, my advice is to learn the grammar structures in the beginning, exercise them a lot and then start translating, no matter how difficult it may seem. Also, books (easy novels, travel guides, etc.) in English will help you a lot. Good luck!
2007-06-03 06:18:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
My native language is Croatian.
English has been a mandatory subject since the 1st grade of primary school, and I also started parallel private lessons at the same time. All in all, I'd been learning it for 16 years through regular classes/lessons; afterwards it's been a continuous, daily learning process for me (through reading, speaking, writing, giving English lessons to schoolkids, etc...)
Once I read my first "real" (unsimplified) book in English (in the 5th grade - with a generous help of a dictionary) my grasp on word and idiom usage and sentence construction grew rapidly. Combined with watching TV programmes in English, extensive reading is a great way to improve foreign language knowledge. Once I started writing fiction in English, it was another major step in understanding the language. Spending time in the Cyberspace has been a tremendous help, too, especially with the slang and all the little details of everyday language that can't be found in books.
2007-06-03 08:47:27 · answer #3 · answered by ClearSky 2 · 5⤊ 4⤋
Born to English-speaking parents and lived in an English-speaking country for 23 years.
2007-06-03 07:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by YabanciKiz 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
School, business life and lots of practice.
2007-06-04 08:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by Ipek K 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Learned it in school, and watched english tv, and read english books, trying to use it as much as possible.
2007-06-02 23:51:24 · answer #6 · answered by Morelen - inactive 7 · 2⤊ 6⤋
Well, my first encounter with the English language was through movies and the British soldiers in Cyprus. Then comes the radio; all those romantic songs of the 50s and 60s. I never got less than 95/100 at school. Finally I got a scholarship and lived in the US for one year as an exchange student in Wisconsin.
After that, I studied Eng. literature at Ankara University (DTCF). In October 1976 I became an Eng. lang. teacher in Cyprus. I am still learning.
2007-06-03 00:48:40 · answer #7 · answered by anlarm 5 · 6⤊ 8⤋
Hi Ayse,
I am still learning English. Not finished, yet ...
First starting the Yıldız University, and app. 4 years English Course and Bath Bell Scholl in England ...
So I am still studying ...
Regards
2007-06-03 01:47:27 · answer #8 · answered by Tanju 7 · 3⤊ 7⤋
I was born in an english country
2007-06-02 23:44:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 7⤋
Same as Hanibal, Yükseliş College!!!
And still learning.
2007-06-03 08:24:48 · answer #10 · answered by HOTTürk 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋