Different Ways To Improve English

Hi Nuria,

How are you? What about your backache? I hope that you get better.

Firstly, thanks so much to encourage us to improve our English, writing in the blogger, watching films, reading books…

This is the second time that I write in my blogger because I have had some problems with my computer. Finally, I have bought a laptop and I have contract for internet (for me, it’s not easy to write in the blogger in the work or in a cibernet café). So, I’m going to write something else during these two last weeks.

But, during this time, I have been working with the workbook, watching the CNN channel and films in English.

Also, last year I looked for someone on Internet to speak in English and, fortunately I met Teresa, an American girl of Texas. She has been living in Barcelona for two years, more or less, and has been working as a teacher of English in different companies.

We try to meet when we have free time, normally, Friday afternoon. She teaches me English and I teach her Spanish. I think that this is a good experience too. It allows you to discover another people with a culture and experiences different than yours.

In February, I have changed my job. I work in a multinational Danish company where the official language is English; therefore, all is in English: documentation, mailings, trainings, meetings…

At the beginning, it was a bit hard for me since I had never worked in a multinational company before and I wasn’t used to working in English.

Nowadays, I understand better but listening conferences call and doing the corresponding minutes and phoning to request information is for me the hardest because of the different accents of each country.

I should have lived some years in an English-speaking country. From my point of view, I think that it’s the only way to have a perfect English. I regret it so much…

Maybe one day I request to my company to move to the branch in England. This is one of the advantages of working in a multinational company, you can move around the world…

I have workmates who speak four our five languages fluently, it’s incredible. I admire this knowledge. If there is something that I have envy is knowledge and intelligence.

A sentence that we have seen in class and I agree, ‘Knowledge is power’.

Regarding the party, I hope to be able to go. It could be very nice. If I go, I’m thinking about bringing a salad cake. I’ll see...

Have a nice weekend.

(P.S. I have send it to your personal mail too, in case my blog doesn’t work. Please, could you check if it works? My nickname is ‘Poolux’. Thanks in advance.)