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Bookmark or Share- Focus on or focus in? - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeShe focusses on/in developing the four language skills. Which preposition is the correct one to use? Do was focus on something, or focus in something?
- What am I? (If I can only speak and understand a language but can't ...Fluent in [language] and [language] Proficient in [language] reading and writing; Conversant in [language] [number] years of high school and college [language] education; Certificate in conversational [language] Examples. Here are a few examples of how you could list your language levels: Bilingual - English and Spanish
- synonyms - Word for unused in a while? - English Language Learners ...This is just like a piece of metal that has been lying around your backyard unused for a long time. And what happens to metal when it's under constant exposure to the atmosphere? It gets covered with rust. The same thing can happen to your language skills if you haven't been practicing them for a while—they might get rusty. Examples:
- prepositions - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeEven actual Anglophone scientists aren't renowned for their language skills. I suggest you stick with difference/s between your subjects. And forget trying to assign some different nuance to difference/s among - just avoid it. –
- formality - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeFor example, a school teacher might talk about a student who has "poor English language skills"; she might want her students to "speak English well". (Notice that "well" is an adverb, which modifies "speak".) The student might just care about whether he has "good English" or "bad English".
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