Hallo from a novice

Hi all,
I can't type Chinese on my desktop. Sorry to torture you with my poor writing.

Please let me introduce myself first, I am a 35-year-old women, with 2 kids, one husband (^_^). I got my Ph.D years ago in engineering field. Yes, I am not kidding your, a Ph.D. with VERY poor English. The only place where I am comfortable with English is technical paper/report writing, probably because it is limited to formulaic sentences and technical terminologies.  

My previous job only needed me to 'talk' with the computer, and report my work to the boss. Thanks god, they understand me well! My current job, however, requires me  to frequently talk in front of many people, which scares and embarrasses me a lot. Instead of getting intimidated, I prefer to arm myself to fight with the current situation, because I really like my job and enjoy this challenge. 

With the urge to improve my English I find this forum. I've gone over many useful posts from 精华区 , and realized there were many activities held in this forum before. I also know there are many people here who are persistent in learning and practicing English. I really admire you, and wish I could become one of them in the future.  
If you have any good source/tip/material in improving English, please share with me.

Amy25
 

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• 令人遗憾的是这论坛其实应该分成两个，一个是讨论怎样学英语的，另一个是高手讨论英语文学的，现在后者主导这论坛 -abookl- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 10:16:05

• 俩小孩多大了，和他们一起从头学英语吧，他们读的童书自己也都背个滚瓜烂熟的 -abookl- ♀ (108 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 10:17:52

• 用苏斯博士的这套书(Beginner Books)开始 -abookl- ♀ (275 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 10:44:44

• thanks. I've read some of them with my kids. Unfortunally, they -Amy25- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 11:26:23

• - -Marauders- ♀ (6 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 11:01:56

• so sad -Amy25- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 11:22:56

• 帮不了实际忙咱们英语差的可以同病相怜互相安慰以下 -abookl- ♀ (131 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 11:47:13

• - -Marauders- ♀ (6 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 11:52:18

• 不见得，她可能除了英语什么都比她老板强，她英语要好了她老板就完了 -abookl- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 13:34:31

• dont need to be so negative，连习主席都懂得鼓吹正能量 -pacu2015- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 17:50:28

• I am sure your English will improve quickly with this new job be -rancho2008- ♀ (43 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 14:04:31

• 也不是那么容易，今年的１／４快过去了，大家的英语和去年底比有进步么？ -abookl- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 14:43:11

• be confident with yourself. i know its easy to say so but hard t -pacu2015- ♂ (379 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 18:37:33

• be confident with yourself -pacu2015- ♂ (445 bytes) () 03/11/2015 postreply 18:44:16

• Hi, Amy, welcome to MYSJ. -婉蕠- ♀ (669 bytes) () 03/16/2015 postreply 14:46:24