hoang ha linh (Linh varusa)

Some friends and cousins were asking me for some experience in learning English, especially speaking and listening, here are some....TIPs. (Yes, you must be very good friends, i dont normally share my ...tips) hehe



Try some of these websites:
1. duncaninchina
This man have been making long and good English lessons for few years. I think he has in total around 3 episodes. I found many are interesting and funny. But i also found some are long and abit boring;) British English.
He recently making ask episode which mean you can email him question, and he will answer it (i saw many questions from Vietnam already)

2. elllo
This web has tons of audio to download for free. Created by an American English teacher, he interviewed people from all over the world (in Japan), recorded the conversation (which are normally fun) and store them here. you can browse by level, topic or country...
This site helped me lot, not only about knowing more people, culture, country, topic... but also keep me a good company. I downloaded afew each time, put it on my music player, listen to it when i go for a walk or run.

3. speaking24
Simply sign up with your email, choose a level, they will send you a new word every day with sample sentences. There is one exam every week, which also sent to your email. Tip: dont open the email once you ready to learn the word (that will remind you of new word you should learn)

4. radioaustralia
I recommend this page because Australia's time is earlier than ours, so you mind get new headline before many people . Also, Australian accent is slightly diffirent from British accent. Practice listenning helps you know the diffirence.
You could turn on the radio while you cleaning the house, cooking, planting... for example. To get familier with the English language.

5. TED
TED is my favourit web. They have many great talks.
The videos are in HD, subtitle is available (optional)

Changing method, so you wont get bored
when listening to the radio makes you sleepy, try watching a movie, listen to some music or read a book. Everyone need a change sometime, right?
For book, personally, (as i am a women)i love reading romantic novels. Jane Green is an author i would recommend, she writes about life of women, very easy to understand and very interesting too. I have few ebooks of Jane, if you like i would send you, just leave your email
Learning new words for example, some people share the tip of writing new words on note stick, stick it at many place in your house until you remember all of them, i tried that, it worked, but then after few times, i changed the method

Speak out
Dont worry if you do not have a friend to speak too. Find that friend in the mirror
Try recording your voice if you can. Listening to your own voice, you might not notice anything, but keep recording for a month for instance, you will see the diffirent from the 1st record and the 30th.
There always many English clubs and many people who also looking for a friend to practise English with, find them.

And last, but not least, good luck with your English.
'learning every thing takes time and effort, you only can get from it what you put in' said MisterDuncan

For some reasons (love bloging, want to share something, want friends to know more about me, and basically to practice English) i decided to public this blog to all my friends after few years writing it.

Ok, when i was 21 i opened this blog to combine my big discovery of opera and as a fresh start for studing English (seriously). I have been writing it as if it is my own diary, so you might probably find some posts are very personal.


I reviewed all the blog, edited as well as deleted some posts which i think are quite priviate or crazy :-) and now, happy to invite people to read.

one qoute i like "i love people who opens like book, every one can read" and that is also the person i am trying to be.

Thank you,
have a nice moment and be well.

i am so happy, i think i'm in love ...with everything!!!

"i am a good person" a girl said to her mom.

It doesn't satisfy nor make the mother feel happy

The mother wants all the "good things" happen to the girl, then told the girl what she should do to have it...

the girl told her mother:

That's not what i want, i have my way achiving things.

They had an argument. The mother named many 'crazy' decisions that her daughter had made, pointed her 'not so good' financial situation and ended up saying 'you are as hard headed as your father'

The mother was very upset, she told her daughter that she was worry about her and always will be as long as she keep my unpredictable, always changing personnality.

The girl wanted to say:

"mom-i love you, and i will always do. I am a good person and always will be. please, dont expect anything from me, please dont tell me what i should do."

but she didn't

every mom have their rights to worry about their daughters, my mom is not an exception. The only exception is me. I think many things in a different way from hers, i do things different too.


oh, mom....

i don't remember when was the last time i stay up late doing something on the internet. Those were the days in university, sitting next to an open window, listening to some music, keeping my mind concentrate on something...
recently i'm going to bed quite early, around 9pm.
Today i went to bed early, but then i cant sleep...all of a sudden some memories came back to the nights when i spent the half or the whole night doing something. i think i should start a project maybe a notebook of all important days are written down.
i'm going to do it on google document to avoid lossing things which i usually do.

Last sunday, i wrote down a note on my remembering days doccument - very sad one: the day my uncle had died...