I've been learning English for many years, but I feel there's still a long way to go for me to communicate freely with native people.

My son have been practising with foreigner from last year, and now he can carry simple conversation with foreign teacher. He's more dare to speak, although there's many mistakes in his speaking. But I think he is realy better than me.

During his practising progress, I discover the problem for him to speak is lack of vocabulary and grammar sense, and the problem for me to speak is too shy to speak and the logic thinking is still in Chinese sytle. Language barrier is really difficult to overcome.

Sometimes I think of joining his English class for practising, but I think if there is only one adult in his class, that will be embarrassed both for him and for me.

So I wonder if there is anybody has the same idea with me, that is to practise with our kidS?

[ 本帖最后由 渺渺眯眯 于 2010-5-19 20:16 编辑 ].

grade five, primary school.

thanks..

we pay too much emphasis on the exact use of grammar. When I want to say something, more often than not, I think about the sentence structure first, and I am afraid that I am saying something awful in grammar sense or using the wrong words.

But for my son, when he wants to say something, he is just to say something, more attention is paid to the meaning that he wants to express. That's good I think. Language is a communication tool, first of all, it should be used to express meaning, not the sentence structure.

[ 本帖最后由 渺渺眯眯 于 2010-5-20 08:36 编辑 ].

when talking with foreigners, sometimes I don't know how to express. I think it's largely due to the English learning lesson that we have had in the past. We are taught many things academically, but few for daily communication, so I feel at a loss most times.

Sometimes I think maybe it's a good chance for me to pracitise with my son from the basic speaking level..

plenty of books?
long way to go------.

Free speaking in Enlish is my dream and goal.
Now my son and his classmate are pratising English speaking with the new foreign teacher at my home..

I've sent message to you.
the cost is for each time that we need to pay to the foreigner, not for each kid..

maybe they will feel embarrassed if only one adult is in.

[ 本帖最后由 渺渺眯眯 于 2010-7-16 14:00 编辑 ].

the foreigner who are teaching my son is very busy now. I am not sure that he has more free time or not. According to the time table that he sent to me he has a very tight time schedule.
I'm sorry I'm cooking now. Maybe we could talk about it later..

It has been a historic cost just like the housing price..

Thanks..