Helpful links for those interested in enhancing their English Skills

[vwrw]

There are many translation programs on the internet.   Here is one that really offers something you won’t find elsewhere.   This translation program provides the ability to translate text but will also turn text to speech so that the proper pronunciation can be learned as well as the meaning of the words.   Also it has keyboards of the different languages and a spell checker.   This is great benefit for a Russian woman interested in learning English but also for men interested in learning Russian.   You can not only see the Russian words but hear how they are properly pronounced    Here is the site:

http://translation2.paralink.com/

[vwrw]

Site 2   Learning English

On this site you can see the text and expressions followed by a professional speaker pronouncing all the words from the text in clear and easy to follow English.  They also have explanations why you are using the exact phrases for this subject.   This is a really good site and here is the link.

http://www.talkenglish.com/page.aspx?pg=LessonIndex.aspx

[vwrw]

Site 3 Popular Idioms of the English Language

Idioms can be one of the most confusing parts of learning a language.   On this site one can learn the meaning of idioms along with an explanation and examples of usage.  You can see the text and listen how to pronounce each of the words.

http://english1010.com/lesson_index.htm

[vwrw]

Site 4

Voice of America – Learning English with the News.

Here you will find two levels of English, advanced and intermediate.   The news is both in written text and spoken so you can follow the written words and listen to the proper pronunciation.   Here your woman can learn more about America, its history and people, the events in the news, the education system, and much more.

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm

If anyone has other helpful sites please feel free to post them.

[Turboguy]

Now that VWRW has shown you great ways to help your wife learn English, here are some sentences that show why it is so hard for your woman.

The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
I must polish the Polish furnature.
If he could get the lead out he could lead.
The soldier decided to desert the dessert in the desert.
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance for the invalid was invalid.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
The were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into the sewer line.
To help with the planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
My jaw got number after a number of injections.
I shed a tear when I saw a tear in the painting.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

[SANDRO43]

Good job, VWRW, I've put your links on a new page in the RWDpedia,  Learn English (for FSU people), http://www.russianwomendiscussion.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Learn_English_%28for_FSU_people%29) .

Other contributors are invited to post there, too.

[SANDRO43]

There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

Which, in a galley, could be amplified to: "There was a row among the row of oarsmen about how to row."

[Jet]

Which, in a galley, could be amplified to: "There was a row among the row of oarsmen about how to row."

What do you expect when the floor of the boat is covered in roe? 

[Ooooops]

Just turn on your TV set to Jerry Springer Show and your wife will be know all necessary American pronunciations and slang she needs....   

[Turboguy]

Here is one more site that is terrific.   There are so many good parts it is hard to describe but there are parts for learning grammar, structure, vocabulary, and much more.   You can not only exercise but it will check if you are correct and show you the proper answer and explain the reasons for it.   It is a very great site.   Here is the link.

http://www.rong-chang.com/