I can't answer for the British, and I know you want an answer from somebody who speaks BE. But I can tell you that all three prepositions sound normal in AE.
They all mean roughly the same thing to me. Silver Senior Member Chongqing. Chinese,Cantonese,Sichuan dialect. I learned BE when I was in primary and middle school. I guess, probably, BE speakers would say "Do well in". I don't have very strong preferences. If you're having English lessons, "I'm doing well in English" is fine. If you are studying by yourself, I'd prefer "I'm doing well at English". Listen to the radio Don't always have a pen in hand. Sometimes it helps to just listen.
Choose programs that you would enjoy in your own language. Remember that much of what you hear on TV is slang. Call Automated Answering Machine recordings You can find these numbers at the front of telephone books in many English-speaking countries. Before you dial, make sure that you are calling the free numbers. Watch the movie without writing anything down. Use Internet listening resources Every day there are more and more places to listen to English online. Talk to yourself Talk about anything and everything.
Do it in the privacy of your own home. If you can't do this at first, try reading out loud until you feel comfortable hearing your own voice in English. Record your own voice This might feel very uncomfortable, but it will help you find your weak pronunciation points. Listen to yourself a few days later. Which sounds do you have difficulty hearing?
Understand the sounds that your language doesn't have For example, many languages don't have the "r" sound. These sounds require extra practice.
Recognize that teachers are trained to understand you When you get out into the real world, average people will have a more difficult time understanding you unless you practise speaking slowly and with proper pronunciation. Read something every day Children's books, simplified readers Penguin , newspapers, magazines, Internet sites, novels, and much much more Read what interests you.
Remember that you learn better when you are having fun. Read at the appropriate level You want to learn new vocabulary, but you also want to understand what you are reading. If you are looking up every word, the reading is too difficult.
Who is it about? What happened? Why did it happen? Where did it take place? When did it take place? This is very useful when you have no comprehension questions to answer. You can write or speak your answers. Always have an English-English dictionary nearby It is a bad habit to always rely on a translation dictionary or electronic dictionary. Think of your English-English dictionary as your life line. Use online dictionaries when you are using the Internet keyword online dictionary.
Keep this notebook separate from other work. Record vocabulary in alphabetical order an English address book works well because it has letters of the alphabet.
Record the part of speech sometimes there is more than one. Write a sample sentence for yourself don't use the one from the dictionary. Review your personal dictionary especially new entries every night before bed. Free-writing can be very useful. It can show you that writing is fun. Have fun with the language. Rewrite your local news in English This is another exercise that can be done on a daily basis. Remember that regular activities are the best ones. In call centre department I used to have more fun because I used to go out with my collegues, but now I didin't use to have evening outs.
This is because in call centre most of my collegues have the same age, unlike CRM department where the collegues have different ages. In call center I didn't use to know anything about the programme Microsoft Access or SAS, but now I use for the marketing campaign's implementing.
At the begining of CRM period, I used to consider these programme very dificult, especially I didn't use it in faculty, but now I am used to using them and its don't scare me anymore. I loved writing letters in the old days.
I used to write letters to my friends a day. And my friends used to writing in answer. But changes in technology like SMS or kakaotalk , many things are changing recently. As a changing technology, we are living comfortably, but the old days memory was disappeared. Yesterday I wrote a birthday letter to my friend. She was delighted by letter.
Because she received letters that is hand written I was happy. Hello BBC. I'm Tuong Nguyen and come from Saigon, Vietnam.
First I would like to say thanks because my name was been on BBC posting about the weather topic. My hometown is one of the western cities and it's less modern than other cities in vietnam. When i was a kid, i watched a lot of films about The Doctor, I used to dream to become a doctor that make me earn lot of money and get high position in my life but now I work as a financial analyst. After leaving my high school.
I passed an exam and went to saigon to study. My life has changed a lot since I moved here, especially this year. There are new and interest things that I haven't ever had before. At the beginning here, I didn't used to go anywhere by bus but now I really love it. In my spare time, I often go by bus to many places in saigon and nearly places. I like travelling and here it's easier to do than living my hometown.
I used to want to come back my hometown after finishing university program. But I still live here now. I worked as an auditor about 3 years. I met new people, faced new things and had nice colleagues. I used to love it so much. Six months ago, I realized that it wasn't my favourite job but I couldn't leave because my parents wanted me to still work this job.
I had a trouble to find something that interested me and satisfied my parents. Finally, I decided to leave it and take the next step by taking on my favourite things. There are still some doubts since i have made this decision. I will try my best to show my parent that it's right.
Listen here. Thank you all for your special work with us. Now I use to go by car, in Paris I used to go by bus and underground, because it was easier and more practical. Thank you very much for all this lesson, there very interesting and living, I hope I improve my English, I learn it every day.
I remember when we wanted to the cinema, for example, we used to tell the precise point where we were going to meet. This was, because we hadn't a mobile phone and if someone didn't know the place it was probably we didn't met us. Nowadays this problem doesn't exist anymore. We didn't use to go out without any worry, now there isn't this problem if you don't met with your friend or girlfriend the only thing you have to do is call her and ask where she is. Technology is the most important change in the last years for me.
I remember how I used to study when I was I used to go to the library and share everything with my classmate. We used to gather so as to make revisions for our exams. I only need my laptop and I can surf Internet and find other students from the other side of the world asking and answering questions as mines. Hundred of people upload tutorials about everything you need to learn. And teachers are very generous too because they put a lot of exercises so you can learn from your home.
When I was 18 years old, I got into the college. I need to live in the dormitory because the school is far away from my home town. This was the first time, I live without my parent. I thought this was a big change for me but I was very excited about it, too. Because this represented I have already grown up, I needed to lead a live by ourselves.
My mother used to prepare the food for us every day, but now I need to cook by myself. And my father used to do the housework for us, but now I also need to do by myself. And, furthermore, I got into an unfamiliar place, I had no friends there.
This made me feel alone in the beginning. But ,fortunately, I got used to this situation quickly. I can arrange the time well to do all the housework and study. I make a lot of friends. And now I love and enjoy this kind of life. I treasure it very much. I am retired since November , I used to work in a University like metrologist but now I decided work like consultant. Some things has changed since my retired four months ago, I didn't use to run frequently but now I can run every day, I like read books but in the past I didn't use to read with the same frequently that now.
And most important to me that as long as I can share with my family. Hello everybody I'm Juan Carlos Moreno from Colombia, in my first forty years old, I saw many changes about technology. I started my job as a reporter 20 years ago. At that time, everyone used to write articles with typist and nobody wanted to change. Finally, we found our job was easy with computer.
Nowadays, I'm a freelance journalist. Without computer and internet, my job is impossible. I love learning English with BBC because, even, learning by myself, it's fun.
I lived in Antananarivo when I was a child. I used to walk everywhere in my district with friends. We used to play hide and seek in every courtyard and houses we found. Now that I am in France, I take the car or the bus everyday.
I do not have time to visit family as often as I used to. When I had just moved to France, I used to send letters to relatives and friends. Now, I communicate with them through social media and, from time to time, by phone. I was born in Vietnam which is a developing country. So, we have been being behind other countries in the information technology. And I still remember in that is the fist time that my family had possessed the telephone.
At that time I was really happy and excited to hear the call by phone. But my country has been being one of countries of developing countries information technology world's fastest in recent years. So, we had 2 computers for my older brother and me, we had television, cell phones for all people. Technology plays an important part in life. All people can chat with each other through social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Viber… These are not only fast, exact but also free.
Technology helps us communicate with everyone in all over the world. Besides, we can be entertained with activities such as watching television, listening music, playing games…For those who are passionate about understanding and learning, technology is really very useful. Only with a smartphone, they can learn foreign languages; discover the culture of other countries that do not need to go to that country… Nowadays, the information technology is an indispensable part of life for everyone and for me, too.
I have a few friends overseas. Not only that but I also have more friends in other countries. Technology is really very useful, but if you abuse the technology, it will leave the unpredictable consequences. Please use technology effectively to improve the quality of your life. Hello , my name is Ania. I'm 20 years old now, but when I was younger I used to spend more time on the fresh air.
Since many young people gain computers or other technology devices they are too lazy to meet with their friends. They are far too lazy. They just prefer to talk with them on messengers. The other issue is our food. When I was younger I used to eat more healthy food, for instance apples whereas today I don't eat them at all. Here, in Poland, these kinds of fast food restaurants are more and more popular.
Society has more work so they don't spend much time near dinner table as they used to. When I was a child I grew up in a life full of scientific progress and I like all of them. In the past when I need something from anybody I used to phone him but now I can phone and see him live. I think that change in communication compare life to simply and full of technological development. I used to work at Ho Chi Minh within 7 years.
I was happy when I was as a executive document. I received many help from my dear colleagues. We used to work hard, eat luch, travel together.
This is greatest experience in my life. Now I move my hometown to find a new job. I never forget my company. I live in Holland. I used to study. After I finished my study. I used to work with different dental practices. After one year I began as entrepreneur. I used to work every day but now just a few days a week. In January I want stop working, and I want to go to another country because another climate is very important for me.
When I was a child I used to send letters to my friends for different reasons. Sometimes I wrote letters because I wanted to express to my friends how much I loved them, other times I sent letters for apologies. But the person who most used to receive my letters was my mother. A few days ago she shown me some letters, It was nice because there was a lot of inocence in those letters. Right now I dont send letters to anybody, maybe some e-mails, or messages through social media.
But one of the most incredible thing about tecnology is that I can speak with friends who live so far away from me and I dont need to wait for the postman. I used to have to take a bus to go out because my house was far away from the station, but now I moved and live near the station. So I can go to the nearest only 5 minutes on foot. Thanks to this move, though I used to take for 2 hours to go to my school, now I can go there only for an hour. My name is Peter, and I am from Hanoi, Vietnam.
There are a lot of changes to me when I moved to Hanoi city for studying. In the past, I lived in Yenbai, a province that is km from Hanoi. I used to go to school on foot because my school is 50 meters far from my house now I have to go to university by bus. In Yenbai, My mother used to cook meals for me but now I cook by myself. That is a big change for me. Hello everyone! It took a long time until a postcard went to point. When I was younger I used to be scared about changings, now I love prepare my luggage and leave my home town and discover the world.
I also used to work as a waitress, now my job is receptionist in hotels. Two years ago, I used to live in Brighton, but now I'm back to my home town, sometimes I really miss my life there. There, I used to speak english everyday, now i don't do that and I am losing it.
I like sports very much. I used to do more rock climbing compared now. Today I prefer mountain climbing. One day I discovered cross running and them mountain running.
Strength and fitness is very important to climb in mountain, so it was brilliant discover for me. I live in small town but I work in the big city. I spend o lot of time in by traveling, so I have short time to do exercises and it's difficult to me.
I used to jogging about km in the week, but now unfortunately I jogging only about 5 km on the week. I used to feel a lot of enthusiasm and I used to feel very strong and invincible. In the past I used to return home on my foot. I used to come back home running. Last year I had leg injury. Now I'm only ust to climb on the artificial wall. Things have changed a lot since I got the chance to work and travel in America.
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