English Lessons For Today

I go to English conversation school every Monday.

Because I have 3 students in my class, and the 2 excluding me are always absent, I can get Sean all to myself.

Today I met a new classmate at English conversation school.

She is a doctor and just returned back to studying abroad in Switzerland.

All my classmate are intelligent students, and one is a dentist and the other is a worker for the dentist. AM I correct?

Therefore, their English isn't good and all of them can't understand Sean's English.

He speaks with an American accent and he speaks fast.

When I met a new classmate I expected that she spoke English fluently.

However, after I listened to her, I was very disappointed with her.

Her English's level was also lower than mine and she couldn't understand Sean's English either.

After class, I though about studying abroad.

In her case, she was studying abroad for four weeks.

Could she improve her speaking skills for four weeks?

Since I don't know about her English before studying abroad, I guess that she wasted her time there.

Although Japanese people tend to think that studying abroad is the best way to improve their speaking abilities, I don't think so.

Because I have some friends who had an experience to live abroad for a long time, but they can't speak English at all.

One of my friends who knows how to paint, had lived in New York for eight years, but she can't speak English at all.

I think anyone can master another language no matter where we live.

The most important thing is how we make a effort to master the language.

In addition, if you can have an opportunity to study abroad, you should study their culture, history, and religions more.

I think that languages are based on them, and they have a close relationships are.

Although I have two other classmates are three including me, they are always absent from school and I have my English teacher, Sean, all to myself.

Today I met a new classmate there. (fine - 'there' refers to conversation school.)

She is a doctor and just returned back from her studying abroad in Switzerland. (If she is now in Japan, she returned back from Switzerland.)

All my classmate are intelligent students. One is a dentist and the the other is a worker in IT.

Therefore, their English isn't good and they all can't follow Sean's English well. (more British English, I think.)

He speaks with a very fast American accent.

When I met my new classmate, who is a doctor, I expected that she would be able to speak English fluently.

However, after I listened to her English, I was disappointed at that.

Her English's level was also lower than mine and she couldn't follow Sean's English either.

After class, I though of studying abroad. ('thought of' is OK, but I also prefer 'thought about'.)

In her case she studied abroad for just four weeks. (Where 'just' is placed is important. If you say 'just studied', you are saying that she did nothing else abroad but study. If you say 'studied abroad for just four weeks', you are emphasising that you think that 'four weeks' is not very long.)

Couldn't she have improved her speaking skills for four weeks? (How I have worded this is called a 'rhetorical question'. This is how I would have written it.)

Since I have no knowledge of the level of her English before studying abroad, I guess that she wasted (her) time there. (using 'her' is optional so I have bracketed it.)

Although Japanese people tend to think that studying abroad is the best way to improve their speaking abilities, I don't agree.

Because I have some friends who have experienced to living abroad for a long time and they can't speak English at all. ('and' or 'but' are OK, but to me using 'and' emphasises their not being able to speak English although they are in an English-speaking country.)

One of my friends who knows how to paint had lived in New York for eight years but she can't speak English at all. (If she stll is there 'has lived in NY' is better. If she no longer lives there, just 'lived in NY' is better. If we use 'had lived in NY' it usually leads onto another statement, such as 'had lived in NY for eight years before she was able to communicate with native speakers'.)

I think anyone can master another language no matter where they live. (Some people may argue with the use of 'they', instead of 'he' or 'she' or 'he/she'. To me, it is fine. I tend to use 'they' because we do not have a gender-free pronoun to replace 'he' or 'she'.)

The most important thing is the effort that we put into mastering the language.

This is because I think that languages are based on these and they have a close relationship with each other.