Resources for English as a Second Language
English is a fascinating language, but its study can become an overwhelming task for an adult student. There are so many difference from Spanish, my mother tongue, that I must practice a lot to grasp the language. I want to write about some English particularities, and its origins and history, but now I'm in a middle of a moving, and I'm far from my English books. Web is a great source of English resources, and I'm compulsive link collector (you can view my delicious cloud at http://www.ajlopez.com/en). Thanks to Mariano Szklanny (a good guy), I have a new link to explore and share: I used to say "readen" instead of "read", influenced by "written" vs "write". Now, I can learn about irregular verbs:
Curiously, there are many kind of verbs:
There is a free dowload I'm amazed that some verbs has no future tense ("can" is an example). Verbs with incomplete conjugation are called defective verbs, more info at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_verb I want to improve my English, starting from my "Anglish", Angel's English. This blog is dedicated to practice, keep tuned, and feel free to send suggestions, corrections and comments. My collected links about English, at: http://del.icio.us/ajlopez/english Angel "Java" Lopez |