@layi, man, u dey craze!!!

@Layi...it could be a typographical error...Why not allow the guy to explain himself before crucifying him?

Note: Writing english is different from speaking english

layi:


Its Speak not spean............doesnt not dosn't

layi, why not  forget about the girl and marry an english professor instead?. . . . I don't think any girl will like being scolded and corrected every 2 seconds even though a nice girl will act like she's cool w/ it.

the best solution to make her learn is to pay tuition for her to an ESL class.

you're funny. just don't analyze my post for typographical errors

I think i understand why layi needs an english professor. He sounds real polished for a 'nigerian guy' (don't mean dat in a bad way..). I talked to him.

So i am guessing the girl he's talking abt realy does "Ta-ibon".. throw bullets.

@HotAngel
Thanks for the call. You got a lovely voice. R u sure u can't still speak Yoruba wit that your accent?...so natural the americans would grin wit envy.

@Wesley
Nor be so o. I just want to 'betterlize' her english. I might consider her when d time is right. Hopefully she might still be available.
Emphasis on consider because i'm not searching yet.

@prettyH
How am i behaving o ? I also meant my reply to be a comic relief not yabbis. The thread was becoming too serious.

Its Speak not spean............doesnt not dosn't

Layi to spean is to for a Naija guy to speak like all the akata/oyinbos.

Layi you can organize coaching class for this lady if she's interested.
But taking her out of the country may not solve the problem she's having at present.
And I don't think you have the resources for now to sponsor her being a student yourself.

Point Noted. She's not averse to improving her english but she don't want no private tutor like she's got a big problem.

@GP.
I've got the resources bro. I can get her to the states if its absolutely necessary. I'm an hussler but not a strugling one. Not every student is cashless. We have bizmen-students. As a matter of fact. I've been out there several times so its no big deal. Dont box peeps to a corner egbon. Whiteshark knows me better.

Layi if u say then take her out now

layi:

I can get her to the states if its absolutely necessary.

I have to explore other options first cos it really expensive o.

me thinks layi had better ask himself what exactly he wants from this girl.. in life, some things can be improved on, and others, we thank God for the fact that we can't improve on them..

remember the prayer,

Dear Lord,

Please grant me the ability to change what I can not accept...
                          the serenity to accept what I can not change...
                         
                           And the wisdom, to know the difference..

Who knows.. Maybe by the time these changes are done, you may like her no more..

Or she may "out grow" you..  

Learn to accept a flower for its beauty.. with all it's imprefections and flaws...

Or better get a damn good artist.. ! ! !  

@Layi sorry I never called you hussler or whatever.
Since you've got the resources, then get her out.
Don't talk of the expensiveness.

Ok Sir.

Seun, Lock this thread now o. I think I'm okay. Meeen, E don dey pass my power.

Take the lady to Pastor Chris Okotie's church at oregun or better still to Pastor T.B. Joshua's synagogue, its amazing the great change that took place in the latter for he it was in Yoruba that he started but look at him now as for the former, he needs no introduction as a wonder even unto the english speaking peoples of england.

lol

Layi, I dont think there is any big deal in transforming your angel. Just do exactly what omogenik has adviced, it was as if she read my mind.

Good luck

Thanx Ken, Omogenny's post is golden
I also lmao here

remember, if a person knows he/she shoots, he wouldnt do it.its only because he doesnt know that he does it.............we notice when people shoot when talking meanwhile they just go on because they don't know they just shot.

nferyn , prettyH, , omogenny's and other posts made an important point. I'll make sure she hangs around those who speak better English. She's willing. i already talked wit her. I was touched because she almost went into tears. She wished she was better. I'll do my best for her.
Thanks y'all

Good boy

She's willing. i already talked wit her. I was touched because she almost went into tears because she wished she was better. I'll do my best for her.

@Layi, Its good to have a friend like you. This world would be a better place if we all thought about improving the lives of other people. I haven't met anyone who wasn't embarrassed to know that he/she spoke not too good english. I hope this girl realizes the friend she has in you......

To all those who trivialized the importance of language mastery, the importance of a good grasp of language cannot be underestimated: it helps academically, People with better language skills are often respected more because they appear to be better educated. It is also important to be able to communicate what you want or need. Language does this, if you know how to use it.

layi:

I was touched because she almost went into tears because she wished she was better. I'll do my best for her.
Thanks y'all

awwwwwwwww . . are you sure you're not in Love?

Layi i asked before...now i ask again, r u sure u and this girls are only friends or..................

i know right?

Girls sha!!

Please lets not confuse the aim of this thread.

Its "what can i do to help her improve?" not "should i marry an uneducated wife?". Someone can start another thread for that abeg . Hanhan. .psssssssssssst

Aburo..

The first thing you can do to improve her is to talk to her.. this you have done..

To follow it up, you need to approach professionals to determine the best way to impart this knowledge to her.. for different people, and in different circumstances, different approaches to learning are required... Not every approach is suitable for every circumstance..
This is why in some instances, for example, some benefit from french teachers, some from places like Aliance France, and some from going to the French Village in Badagry... You claim to be someone of means, so this shouldn't be a problem...
Another factor is that not everyone does well in exam environments.. Or maybe the level you're approaching it from may be too high to have relevance to her needs...

After determining the proper method of instruction, and commencing in suitable programs of instruction, the next step should be IMMERSION... She has to be seeped into an environment where the language is spoken impeccably so that she'll see the need to really acquire a good command of it.. I remember as a child when my parents took me to Cotonou.. where french is obviously the "First Language".. I immediately felt handicapped even though I was currently studying the language in school at the time..  It would also serve as an encouragement or further inducement to learn things properly...

Doesn't have to be places like the US or the UK, where if I must be frank, they don't really speak that good english.. (if you feel it's a lie, just read the posts by people who claim to live in the places full time.. you'd really see that even their command of english language isn't as grand as it's supposed to be.. ).. You may consider places like Ghana, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe.. anywhere, where she's bound to encounter the kind of correct, polished english that you desire her to speak.. Practice makes perfect.. it's no good her learning from all the best possible sources, and at the end of the day, having no where to practice.. What does she do for a living?.. Her immediate environment has to change to achieve far reaching changes in her life.. It's no use someone learning the most polished english, and then having to do alata in the market...

Now, the above is not to scare you, but to make you understand the enormousness of the project you are about to enter into.. But the desire to change has to come from her.. Not you.. 


ps.. as an after thot, the simplest way to initiate all these processes, is to buy her interesting novels written in good english.. if she's an avid reader.. the themes may be anyone which stimulates her.. Fantasy, Romance, Theology or Religion, Political, whatever gets her juices flowing and makes her want more.. with time, she'll tranlate this to speech.. and hopefully written english as well..

Thanks.

you have said all,shes a wife material.well you can make her be just the way you want her to be.first of all make her see why its very important for her to know how to speak english.then you can enroll her in an adult school.and be patience with her,correct her whenever she says the wrong thing,take her out,teach her how to socialise,its very important for her to meet people outside her own class so she can learn from them.continue buying her books you know can help improve her english.wish you good luck.

C'mon everyone! What is english? A spoken language. Yoruba is just as spoken as english. To make her not to speak Nija junk (broken english) excommunicate her from those who speak Nija junk english. Otherwise let her go and someone who will take her for what she is will be glad to meet the other excellent qualities of her. Hey! Stop whinning!

HI I wanna learn English anybody who can help me out in learning English ..? Huh

what a mess is that attachment?

That guy said he want to learn English, propably he did not know the meaning of what's been discussed. LOL LOL

Administrator should have remove that attachment a long time ago.