How do you know english,asian people? - Jay-Chou.net

pinkypat_6 · 11-09-2003, 04:30 PM

Asian people in this forum use there english very well. :) so tell me how could you use it well , do you study at an international school, gone overboard or what, or you just use what you learned in every day english class at school. I'm thai but i went to live in canada so i could use english pretty ok . How bout you guys?

une_topaze · 11-09-2003, 05:12 PM

err..in school??? spent 12 yrs of my life learning the proper english grammar and all. in malaysia, english is taught as a secound language in school. my family speaks english at home and i read a lot of novels, that's how i learn my english.

pity though that in the end, when i have my own handphone and email accounts, i started to type lyke dis becoz im not in skool nemore. i'm not saying that my english is good but at least when i talk in english, other people understand what i'm saying.

pinkypat, your english is good. do you speak with a canadian accent too?

pinkypat_6 · 11-09-2003, 07:02 PM

Yes, i think i speak with canadian accent,thats what others say. nowaday i hardly speak english, no one to talk to. I use my english on this forum, makes me improve alittle and preventing me to forget my english.

**kahel** · 11-09-2003, 09:52 PM

In the Philippines, English is considered as a second language.Our school curriculum includes English as early as Kindergarten. Imagine how long we have been exposed to the English language.Ü Most Filipinos are blingual or multilingual (including dialects).

I used to have this extensive english vocabulary but since I'm trying to learn a new language as of the moment, I think it's getting creakier everyday. *sighs*

I need more practice.

viruskangta · 11-10-2003, 02:33 AM

well..i was born in canada lah, and i still live in canada now, so that's why i write(well?) in english..cant say my grammar's rite sometimes though..lol

wackycashew · 11-10-2003, 02:52 AM

well, i was born in hong kong and learned some english while i was there in elementary school. then my family immigrated to canada when i was 9. since i've basically grown up in canada and i came at a young enough age, my english is pretty good and i don't speak with a chinese accent. i got mistaken for a CBC by some of my chinese friends when i first met them.

anyway, i'm glad that i have a good mastery of english and still able to understand chinese even after being here for so long. i like to have a good balance of things. heehee...

sUm^MeR · 11-10-2003, 04:21 AM

Well, I still consider my English sucked big time. But well, that's why I'm in this forum. This forum doesn't only give me all the bits about Jay, but I can also learn some slangs and cool terms.

Anyway, I took English private lesson eversince I was 10 years old. I was so obessesed with US, Hollywood, and their actors, so I started to learn English so that I could read the Teen Beat Mags, and such.

I was very blessed to get an opportunity to spend my University years in US. It was the best experience of all. Living there for 4 years had made my English improved a lot; especially the listening part since listening to people converse in English was like my daily bread there.

And after I come back home to INdonesia, I still tried to make a full use of my English by watching unsubtitled TV Shows, and tried my best not to read the subtitle given in the silver screen movies. I talked a lot with my Sporean friends, and make use of this forum as a way to polish my English.

However, it is still imperfect. I still make a lot of mistakes in choosing the right vocabs. But I believe that you learn from mistakes. And practice makes perfect. So... practice, practice and practice. ^^

**lil~jo** · 11-10-2003, 04:21 AM

Well, I'm asian but born in NZ.
So thats probably why my English is fluent.
Though I wish it could be better.
My parents are from Malaysia, and their English is great, such a great command of Englsih.
Mum said that the european government marked they're papers and gave them a curriculm to study from, so thats why many of the Malaysian's english is so good!

cmy_185 · 11-10-2003, 05:04 AM

English is our second language in Malaysia. but sadly my english is better than my first language cos i use english more than malay, even when speaking with malay friends.

my english is ok. i used to read a lot of novels and books when i was young ( 13 and 14 ) and learned lots of words and vocab. but once i entered higher secondary school. i had no time to read them anymore.just text books. so my english did not improve since then..
i speak canto at home.hehe.i think more in chinese than english.. i'm more obssesed with improving my chinese and learning new languages now though. etc. japanese and korean. a lot of malaysians are bilingual /multilingual too.

pinkypat_6 · 11-10-2003, 05:36 AM

So..lot's of people have been in canada like me aye,cool! you can really know lots of great vocabs on this forum. Keep on practicing people.
Hey, malaysian peeps mostly speak english, right?
So that when i go to malysia, i could comunicate with more easily...great great!