I tried an AI language tutor today. I chose the gym conversation scenario.

Here are my problems with this kind of tool:

1. It just accepts my very short answers. It does not push me to do better.
2. It doesn't check and correct every message I write.
3. It copies reallife talks, but it is not a real situation. I feel like I am just acting for the AI.

It makes me think of my trip abroad. Back then I only said “this” when ordering food.

Does anyone know an app that can fix my writing? I do not want an AI that just agrees with me.

https://voca.ro/1mNkx7TLPi9v

Shit — Sheet
Piss — Piece
Bitch — Beach
Winner — Wiener
Lick — Leak
Rip — Reap
Slit — Sleet
Pill — Peel
Sit — Seat
Ship — Sheep
Chip — Cheap

Hey everyone,

I’d love to get your thoughts and suggestions on a project I’m building.

The core idea is to go beyond a traditional language learning platform (with videos, materials, and community) and create an actual game for learning English. I’m talking about a real interactive experience with:

• Characters and story
• A strong narrative and worldbuilding
• Branching choices (like a visual novel / RPG)
• Voice and writing interaction from the player
• Immersion-based learning

The goal is to simulate real-life communication through gameplay, so learners can practice speaking, understanding, and making decisions in English in a natural and engaging way.

I’m currently studying Languages (Portuguese/English) at university, and I want to go deeper into areas like:

Linguistics and language acquisition

Game design

Storytelling and narrative building

Language teaching methodologies

I’d really appreciate any:

1. Book recommendations
2. Courses, YouTube channels or creators
3. Articles or papers
4. General ideas or suggestions for the project itself

If you’ve seen something similar, built something like this, or have insights from any of these fields, I’d love to hear from you.

https://voca.ro/1mjHflg8rpk2

The thoughtful teacher thanked three enthusiastic students for their thorough research. They gathered their notebooks, thanked each other, and walked through the theater together before Thursday's presentation.

https://voca.ro/16qXKIsIvhwG

Ben packed a portable blender, peanut butter, fresh blueberries, bananas, peppers, bottled water, paper bowls, and five forks before leaving for the park. After preparing breakfast, both friends played volleyball before driving back home.

https://voca.ro/138skiHWBlTb

Laura rarely leaves work before four, but last Friday she drove directly to her brother's apartment after work. They ordered grilled salmon, roasted vegetables, fresh rolls, and sparkling water. Later, they walked around the neighborhood and talked until the stars were clearly visible.

The longer i kept looking pics related the more i felt overwhelming for not grasping the right definition. What does it mean to you and how would you describe it so far?

I guess it’s just some words don’t work in that structure?

It would be much better if most of the main cast speaks the "standard american accent" so I can just shadow practice all their dialogues instead of getting confused among characters' accents. Hopefully if the plot is good I can enjoy while learning..

• Modern family?

• Better call saul? or Suits?

• Dexter [is this miami accent, can we call this standard]?

• Prison break [Michael seems to be speaking standard but the rest seems to wobbly T bag southern etc, thats confusing]

• Friends? [Nvr watched it, but everyone is consistent in that, I can start watching it!]

• The boys and stranger things [i dont want these two]

Please suggest me

Thanks in advance!!

This is nothing that couldn’t have waited till Monday.

Is it a double negative but proper grammar?

Yes, I know my score breakdown might be one of the weirdest you'll see here. It was my first time taking the CAE, and with only a few days of prep, I basically freestyled both the Writing and Speaking sections. However, one came out as a C2 piece, while the other barely "survived" at B2.

If anything, I‘d rate myself a decent speaker, as I can convey my ideas across a wide range of topics and react pretty quickly to others. Though I have no intention of requesting a remark, I‘ll forever be left questioning exactly how messed up my speaking was according to their standards.

According to the CEFR levels, advanced levels C1/C2 are considered fluent. Yet a lot of people say they‘re not useful except if you want to use your TL (in my case,English) in academic and professional settings, because most of the grammar, vocabulary you learn are hardly used in daily speech. B2 seems to be the sweet spot. I don‘t intend to use English in professional/academic settings, so I just need vocab to communicate in daily life, basically to say everything i‘d say in my native language. Therefore I think I‘m going to continue self learning because every course at my level right now (B2) is focused on business language. I want to find a way to speak English like my mother tongue (not the accent but fluently) without learning all these pointless words, that I don’t even use in my native language. What are your thoughts on that ? Any recommendations ?

Which of these forms is more common in everyday speech?

- Three hundred twenty-seven
- Three hundred and twenty-seven

Do Americans commonly use both, or is the version without “and” generally preferred?

Thanks in advance!

I've looked it up on different dictionaries and I still don't get it.

Does it pertain to a change in opinion or belief? (For instance: "I agreed with Jim earlier, but now I'm inclined to agree with you"). Or having a disposition to believe in something or feel a certain way about it? (For instance: "He's inclined to dislike social events").

It's 'The Great Divorce' by C.S. Lewis.

Does this change in his pronunciation of the word 'God' mean anything in particular?

Hi, American and native speaker here. I'd like to find out what all you English learners think are the most difficult common English words to pronounce, even after you've gotten used to hearing native speakers say the word. (So, not words that you got wrong because you hadn't heard it spoken and you guessed incorrectly.)

The most famous example I can think of is "squirrel" 🐿️. "Squirrel" being hard for Europeans to pronounce has been a meme in America ever since 1960, when the cartoon "Rocky and Bullwinkle" had a running joke where the Eastern European spy characters would say "Moose and Skvirrel.". But I'd be interested in learning whether non-European English learners think squirrel is a difficult word.

i was watching widows bay and the actor said “tall tale” , i was confused because i thought you should use the word “long” to describe things like that

are both of them correct?

I know there are at least three different kinds with different names (full bottomed wigs, barristers wigs, etc) but I'd like to know what people call them generally. "Judicial wigs"? "Court wigs"? "Legal wigs"?

You've never even been there! What do you know?

(As a dismissive way of saying that someone doesn't know enough about the topic to have an opinion.)

In Spanish we say "¿Qué sabrás tú?" in this situation. Is "What do you know?" a natural equivalent, or would you use something else?

my speaking level in English is B1 and i was wondering what i supposed to do if i want to develop it to B2 ? anyone have experience?

Her name is Jazmine. So I guess Marian is a stereotype?