OUR EXPERIENCE IN THE ORDER IT HAPPENED, HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!
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4. - SOMEONE WHO NEED ENGLISH FOR WORK? Estefani, 21, UDLA. - Whats your job? Official documents translator at SP languages services. - Why is English important for your job? Obviously because of the daily documents translations - Do you think that English is the universal language? Why? Yes, because its spoken by all the world, if you go to Asia for business its highly probable that they speak English. - What do you like about your job? Help people, especially students. - What other languages would you like to learn? French because its beautiful and important, and German because it sounds interesting. - Do you think that speaking more than one language is an important skill? Nowadays, yes, because its an extra skill that can open you lots of doors.
5. SOMEONE WHO ONLY SPEAKS A LITTLE ENGLISH (BUT WANTS TO
LEARN MORE) Mario, Venezuelan, 40. - Do you have pets? Yes, a dog named Blackie. - What do you do to live? He owns a caf. - Do you use public transportation? What do you think about it? Yes, he thinks that its good but he thinks it could be better. - Where did you learn English? Caracas (where he used to live) at school named Belites. - Do you want to improve you English? Why? Yes, to give a better service, especially to foreign people. - What do you think is the best way to learn English? Speaking and online, because it helps you to learn when you need it organizing you own schedule. We lost 2 handsome British guys, and they stared as frightened 2. - SOMEONE WHO HAS LEARNED ENLIGSH IN ECUADOR BUT SPEAKS WELL Oscar, 24, industrial design, Catholic University - How long have you been studying English? Since high school, then at university and finally on an English course. - Where/ in which institute did you study English? Cendia English Institute, near La Mariscal neighborhood. - Why did you begin to study English? In high school it was a subject, needed for the universitys curriculum grid. - Did you find easy/hard to learn English? Easy for him. - Do you think that English is useful in Ecuador/in life? Why? Not too much in Ecuador but, yes because of the foreign people, and in life because of products in his career that are labeled in English. We went to The Sheraton Hotel and we got kicked out of there because of the protocol 6. BONUS Maxim, 43, Russian, came to Ecuador for business, hes a lawyer, working for the ecologist firm that protects the Yasun ITT, He lived in Russia during 35 years of his life and then went to Germany, he speaks English, Russian, German and a little bit of Spanish, he thinks that every language has it difficulties but for him when you speak German and English learning Spanish is easier. He has a beautiful family, a wife and 2 little girls. A Russian man who doesnt speak English, and a handsome Asian (maybe Korean) who was late for a meeting 1. - SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE Almost running we found two American girls: Beca (20) and Kaley (21), Kaleys birthday was last week. Education and International relationships. - Where are you from? U.S., Wisconsin and Illinoi. They study in a university near to Chicago. - What brings you to Ecuador? Studying the semester in USFQ and an internship in a building near Republica del Salvador. - How many years have you lived in your home country until you moved out? All their life - Do you find easy teaching your mother tongue language to your friends? Conversation club, not too hard, similarities between languages example of confusing question. - Do you speak another languages? No, they would like to learn another language but for now just Spanish. - Do you find easy learning other languages? Yes, Spanish because of the similarities. We were losing faith when Victor remembered a friend of him who had lived abroad 3. - SOMEONE WHO HAS LIVED ABROAD IN AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY? Paula, 19 - Where did you live?
- How long have you lived abroad?
- How was your experience communicating in English/in general?