Did my lot helped improved your english?

Philippines
August 30, 2009 11:40am CST
For me it did. Coming from a country were English is just a secondary language, my lot helped improve my English proficiency. I became quite aware of my spelling. Improved on my vocabulary. Learned so much in grammar. This is a good site to practice your english, because it is conversational and many of your friends are pure breed native speakers, they can help give you some practical understanding of english. at the same time you are earning. Native speakers can benefit on their writing skills.
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@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
yes i mylot helped me with my english and how to put my feelings and views in words and in a manner that members will understand even they can not see my facial expression. mylot has improved mt typing as well, and also mylot improved searching on the net ability as well. it also helped me understand the internet, understand the paypal and the ebay things hahaha that for me is really wonderful
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
Hahaha. You should learn paypal$$$$ From your numbers, how much are you earning here? hehehe Kidding aside I have the same experience too. It has developed my typing skills. Yes roni indeed you can put emotions to your words (as it can be seen from your discussions and responses). Which is very important and essential. it is really quite different from chatting.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
1 Sep 09
i am a member for three years now and i am enjoying payouts almost every month except if i am really busy. if i am busy for a month then i will make sure i get 20 dollars for the next month so it will look like i did not miss a month. when i transfer my earnings at my eon card paypal gets 5 dollars so i just buy something from ebay on that way i enjoy my earning to the fullest. have you reached payout already?
• Philippines
1 Sep 09
I haven't had any payouts yet. May i ask what is the average posting per day to at least get a payout of $10? though this is a very out of topic question. I hope you don't mind.
@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
30 Aug 09
Of course it does. Here in myLot you're discussing with people, most of them are native English speakers. For me, an Indonesian, which in my daily life using Indonesian to talk with other people, discussing in English is really helping. Just like you, I felt that my vocabulary is improved and the most important thing, I learned lots of new things too when I was discussing with others.
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
Yes I guess for many asians it has been a struggle for non-native speakers to switch to english when you are so accustomed with your language. But the good thing, sites like this helped many of us a lot, it helped express ourselves better in english more on a daily basis. Happy mylotting klaudine
@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
31 Aug 09
Indeed... In my surroundings there are not many people actually talk in English. In some circumstances, of course, like in classes or in some formal occasions which would include foreigners, we would probably need English. But not in general and such places like mylot and other English-based forums are really helpful
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
amen to that klaudine. It is really a good thing to hear from my fellow asians that we would always like to express ourselves internationally. hahaha
@dodo19 (47082)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
30 Aug 09
Mylot has helped me improve my english. I've not only improved my english, but I've also learned quite a few things, just to say the least.
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
Like paypal and things like that? hehehe I'm just curious, you are a native English-speaker, right? I'm really amazed that you can also say you are improving in your English. happy mylotting dodo.
• Philippines
2 Sep 09
Okey. I got it now. I just didn't understand then that a native speaker can still improve, I guess i understand it now. Thank you for clarifying dodo
@dodo19 (47082)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
2 Sep 09
I've been speaking English and French since I was able to talk, but I don't pretend to speak extremely well in either languages, which is why I say that I feel that mylot is helping me improve my English.
• United States
30 Aug 09
i'm so happy to hear that. i'm trying to learn how to speak a second language but here spanish is the secondary language and its so hard for me to learn so now i'm trying to learn french for three years and maybe i can join a french website and that can help me to learn how to speak french better. once again i'm proud of you! keep doing what your doing because your english is so well spoken i would think its your native language well happy mylotting my friend...
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
Thank you very much justbeingtiffany Wow, i too would love to learn those languages. Actually here in my country many of our words are spanish since we have been colonized by spain for 300 years. That means my native language has been a adulterated with spanish; in which case it helped us understand a lot of spanish words. We use to have spanish subjects in college, but they faced that out. Just like every other language to be learned, practice and the use of it in conversations is the most effective method of learning. Thank you justbeingtiffany.
@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
31 Aug 09
Trying to find a French forum to help your French language is a really good idea. I think that is the best way to learn language yourself, when you think you don't need to go to a course to learn a language. Like my partner, she joined a Chinese forum just to learn more about Chinese language. Not easy, of course, but learning from natives is always the best way to master a language, according to me. Good luck, justbeingtiffany.
• China
31 Aug 09
Yes,mylot has improved my English undoubtedly.It practices one's reading and writing skills to be active here on mylot.And these two comunicational skills are very important in learning English especially for people who are not native English speakers.Recently I am preparing for the new TOEFL iBT and I find that participating in discussions here is a very effective way to improve my ability to use English. Besides communicating with people who are native speakers makes me know more about English culture which can not be learnt just by doing exercises on paper.We all know that if we want to learn a language well,you cannot just stay on the language itself,but to step on and get to know more about its culture.
• Philippines
10 Mar 10
hmmm I just finished my IELTS. anyway I hope you had passed your TOEFL-IBT what I have known it is quite difficult. It is really good to practice our English.
@underdogy (700)
• Thailand
31 Aug 09
I think there are many mylotters who are learning English here. We post discussions, commenting on an existing discussions and a lot more. We need to find ways to answer a particular discussion so opening the dictionary which i only do very often, now I'm kinda doing it every time If I don't understand some words. Apart from that, the way native English speakers write or construct their words helped us that there are many ways of twisting the words. It is indeed a great help for everyone.
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
yes it is, I also am using built-in dictionaries on my computer (i guess same as what you are using), it is a very great tool for us. I agree, we can learn so much from native english-speaker, and near native english-speaker. Thank you for the response underdogy.
• Thailand
1 Sep 09
You are very much welcome. Sometimes i use the built in dictionary but i still open the traditional one we have, like the fact of browsing the pages hehe. I think we can also learn English from the non native English speaker because they know how they've learned it firsthand. They might give us important techniques on how they learned the easiest way possible. It good to share ideas and make English in mylot easy.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
31 Aug 09
I think it has helped a lot. For people, whose first language is not English, it is natural tendency to try out writing well so that others can join and understand. it has also helped me a lot.
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
That's nice subha seeing your numbers has (i guess) gained you more experience and development in writing. Thank you for the reply.
@robert19ph (4577)
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
hello JAYMAR777, I agree with you. We can learn a lot here while earning at the same time. We can improve our knowledge and abilities in English. Besides of that, we can meet a lot of friends too all over the globe. It's indeed so helpful and fun as well.
• Philippines
10 Mar 10
I agree. Practice makes perfect. I guess looking at your numbers, I guess you are way better no than when you had started. Thanks to mylot.
@iamsolucky (1241)
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
Hi there and smile. I know mylot site helped me a lot in different ways. First of all, it help me deal with my stress. It was a stress reliever because i always share my feelings and opinions here. It really made me discuss everything. Second, by participating in discussion i gained more knowledge from different fields. It was so good. Third, because english is the language that is use here, i became more aware of the words that i use. I make sure that sentences are clear and people can understand it. This way it makes me learn about english more. Fourth, i gained here. It was so nice to think that working hard in discussions can give me reward and thats is the earning that i get from this site. happy mylotting and smile always!
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
Hi, It is pretty obvious that mylot helped you. I agree with all that you said especially on this one,"being aware of the words that i use". That my friend is something that also helped me develop my english. You lucky indeed
• India
31 Aug 09
Dear friend, Very nice topic to be start with. Yes ofcourse my english is improved a lot. One of my friend who is also a memmber of mylot has also improved quite a lot in english as we have to start discussion on our own and while commenting also it practices our english. When we are conversing with all international people u come to know different style of writing also. It helps a lot.
• Philippines
10 Mar 10
It has been awhile I haven't hooked up with mylot. Nice to know that it helps. You really could learn different styles from different responders, since they come from different english-speaking nations. Nice responds bhargavoza
• India
31 Aug 09
Hi, First i would like to than full to mylot site founded people, becuase in every step founder is very important and then next credit goes to user. so through this my lot site i improve my self how we interact with another unknown person like in any state people we share our views to them and they also interacting with us and some times using this site people given typical language and some people using simple language, so what ever it may be i used those experinced people and i am giving some answer and i am taking lot of information from those people and it is very useful to me. Really i would like to thanfull to the my lot people. and now i am improving my english alot, before using this site i have a little bit fever to give mails to my superiors and any one, but now i am the better to write any lettersa and any discussions.
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
Wow, That is so good you have indeed learned and develop not only your english skills but also your confidence. People may not know how difficult it is to speak in other languages. To have confidence to write and speak in english is not that easy, as matter of fact it can be tiresome, Right? Keep mylotting my friend and keep learning. Thank you for the reply.
@vandana7 (98853)
• India
31 Aug 09
Yeah. I got a hint from one AndrewFreyne, he wrote "in" retiement, whereas I had written "after" retirement. Obviously, I was wrong. It could not have been "at" retirement. He was too polite to point it out, and well, I dont know whether he realized that I'd made that howler, but whatever. I did learn from him. Thanks to him. And DCLehnsherr, she made me realize the difference between simple thought and inspired creativity. I appreciate such honesty - but mentioned with such politeness that it didnt feel bad at all. I make plenty of typos, and kind of miss the thought sequence, none of mylotters have ever objected to them. I wish they would! At least, if I was making a mistake, I would know. :( And thanks for this topic. I hope my friends do read it and realize that I appreciate their subtle way of correcting me. :-)
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
"none of mylotters have ever objected to them". That is one of the beauties of mylot, people are so understanding with our errors. i know a lot of people here are itching to correct grammars and spellings, but overlooks them in the understanding that the person may not be a native speaker. the focus of mylotters is more on the opinion rather than the language. which is very good. Thanks vandana
@hoho159 (55)
• China
31 Aug 09
yes ,I agree with you .I joined in only 9 days.but Playing on mylot become a habits everyday.Acctally,my english is not well.but, the type fo mylot make me enjoy. I feel happy when I see mylotters' posts.
• Philippines
10 Mar 10
Wow hoho continue to post and respond to mylot it will help you even more. It will help you be even more confident to express youself better with english.
• India
31 Aug 09
well i have just joined today... i think it`ll improve my english too :)
• Philippines
10 Mar 10
Continue to do mylot my friend. It does help our english. Let's face it, It's the language where we many people could understand (aside from the language of love and music).
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
30 Aug 09
Mylot has given me enough confidence in applying what I learned from school. When one is confident it automatically helped to write better and at the same breath learning from the native speakers the beautiful English words. Getting good responses is my yardstick to see how far am understood and from time to time pick new vocabularies from the native speakers to be injected to our discussions. Learning new words daily here add up to our bank of words. We will one day master this language and can be as good if not better than the native speakers. I noticed that some of the native speakers used many slang words in their posts which not only is improper but confuse many members whose command of this language is still weak.
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
Hmmm that is something interesting, I guess we just all need each other (native speakers and non-native speakers). We all could learn from each other. I agree with you on this, "When one is confident it automatically helped to write better". It would be a second nature for the most part. Nice to hear from you zandi.
@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
21 Sep 09
Hello, Well Mylot didn't really improve my English, it more improved my typing speed, and now I can type a good 75-80 words per minute. I can sometimes even reach 90 words per minute, but that is only on rare occasions. Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!
@yoyokiwi (31)
• China
31 Aug 09
I'm a new user of myLot,so I'm not sure whether it will help.In my country,English is not first language,and not a secondary language either,so I feel it a little hard for me to think and type in English.Sometimes I have to look up through a dictionary.I don't know whether my spellings are right,or whether I made any grammar mistakes.Can you give me some advice to improve my English?I feel that I've learned nothing since I graduated from high school.I just keep on sleeping on what I've accquired.Without progress in English for a long time.I really want to make friends with native speakers.
@ypyanyan (956)
• China
31 Aug 09
I quite agree with your view. I have joined mylot for two months .I feel that I know words well and my vocabulary is improved.Sencondly ,I can type words quickly.Besides I know many country 's culture. It is rich for me . Thanks, mylot.
• Philippines
1 Sep 09
That's good my friend. We can really learn a lot from my lot.
30 Aug 09
I think it is a great thing that it has improved peoples English skills! English is my first language, but for those who don't speak it as a first language it is good that it has helped!
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
These are some struggles of non-native speakers acesand8s, switching from your language to a second language (like English) is not that easy at times. Grammatically English and most of Asian language do not have the same grammatical construction (like subject-verb-predicate). and many of us has to learn two to three languages. Like me a filipino, we have like 66 different languages in the whole country and each one don't understand each other, so we have to have our own national language (which all of us needs to learn). From where i came from we have our own vernacular. And the place of my dad have their own (in which i also need to learn). In many Asian countries same predicament goes. Mylot really helped us express better in English,you guys have helped us in many ways. You (native speakers) have a great responsibility because many are looking at your English not just colloquial but that which is proper. Thank you acesand8s
• Malaysia
30 Aug 09
U know what, u were right. English is my second language too. Although i'm not so good in english, at least i can improve through reading and typing in mylot.
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
absolutely true. You will be better as you continue to express your thoughts through english. Hope to hear from you again avanscn07