Before I learned English, everything I learnt from Chinese books, and I thought oh this is what they say.
"I follow English football and I know Sunderland have incredible fans, " added the forward, who has scored 22 goals in 44 games for Ghana.
So the bad grades were one reason I quit English, but there was an-other reason, a bigger reason: I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something else I should be doing, something I hadn't tried or considered, something new and better.
But when I read the English books, I found, oh it is different.
At a time like this, though, I wish I tutored English instead of French.
"I talk Spanish at home, except with my brothers, with them I speak English, " says Adriana, a teenager at Bell High School in East Los Angeles, California.
Frankly, I barely passed English in grade school, because I hated grammar.
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Although I had been educated in English since I was little, I still found it difficult in the beginning to adjust to a whole new environment.
If I transmit these events in English, I would change the language because the audience is different, the mentality is different and the environment is completely different.
My heart would skip a beat when they approached me and I wondered if they even spoke the same version of English I did.
I'm not white inside, I'm not really fluent in English, I have black kids.
"I don't like writing essays for English therefore I won't like writing for the Writer's Club" was a very similar attitude to "I don't like "Glee" therefore I won't like anything to do with Chris Colfer".
Because I wanted to keep my feet on English soil, I had decided to use no buses or underground transportation during my visit.
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They are not published in English although the Journal could if they wished and I send them both English and Chinese versions.
Since I was 10 years old, I have loved English and dreamed of becoming a teacher.
Many young Chinese I met adopted English names and prided themselves on being westernized.
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And I practiced my English every morning, no matter if it snows or rains.
At UC Berkeley, in the late '90s, I majored in English with a concentration on gender and sexuality.
"I've signed the papers to say am I now an English player and not a foreigner in the team, " explained Fourie.
By the time I was sporting my nylon (get-too-close-to-the-sun-and-it-will-sizzle-up) cap and gown, I realized that English Literature was absolutely the wrong choice for me.
Many foreign tourists stay in that hotel so every morning from five o' clock, I would read English in front of the hotel and a lot of foreign visitors from USA, from Europe, they came.
Second I show my English skill...
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My parents are immigrants from Mexico and when I began school they did not speak English and neither did I.
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Out of all the exams, the two that I especially wanted to do well in were Drama and English Literature and I received As in both!
Although I always managed to find an English equivalent for each French word I translated, the whole thing seemed to crumble under its own weight when I attempted to reunite its constituent parts.
"I'm delighted to be coming back to where (English football) I've played virtually all my career and coming into a team that has shown great flair and technically good football, " he said.
Since I arrived in Old Blighty with my English wife last week, I've heard how the pound is struggling, real-estate values are plunging, austerity measures are widely disliked, the government is seen as harsh and ineffective, and unemployment is on the rise.
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