2. You can choose your place and your budget :
English in Action: 2h / week for 10 months ($320)
http://www.esuus.org/English_In_Action.htm
Columbia University: 6h / week for 3 months ($300)
http://www.tc.edu/centers/communityenglish/
New York Language Center: 20 h / week for 1 month ($580)
http://www.nylanguagecenter.com
3. Choose your partner (and by the way future friend)
Face to face conversation (over a cup of coffee)
This type of language exchange is known as conversation exchange. You practice your second language by
meeting up with native speakers living nearby
Correspondence
You can improve your writing as well as reading skills by corresponding with a penpal. Simply exchange
messages with members who are looking for a correspondence exchange!
Text and voice chat
Practice your foreign language by chatting with a native speaker and using your chat software of choice:
Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, etc
Link : http://www.conversationexchange.com
4. Starbucks : good and very convenient
La Colombe Atelier : very good coffee
319 Church St (Tribeca)
270 Lafayette Street (Soho)
Jacques Torres : very good hot chocolate
75 9th Avenue (Chelsea)
http://www.mrchocolate.com/news/about/locations/
Maison Ladurée : macarons
864 Madison avenue entre 70th & 71st St.
http://www.laduree.fr/en/maisons/monde
Financier Pâtisserie : very good french pastries
many addresses in Manhattan
http://financierpastries.com/
Sarabeth’s : pastries and lunch
many addresses in Manhattan
http://www.sarabeth.com
5. Every Friday, 7-8 PM
book all your next fridays !
Facebook group join us now !
http://www.facebook.com/pages/English-Corner-NYC/293837740663671?ref=ts
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14. To break the ice = to do something friendly
Ex: To break the ice, let's invite our new neighbors to lunch.
My hands are tied = unable to do as I would like
Ex: I'd like to go shopping with you but my hands are tied for I have to stay at the office today," father said.
To be on pins and needles = to be very excited or anxious
Ex: The children are on pins and needles thinking about their trip to the zoo tomorrow. ( Very excited )
Mr Singh is on pins and needles wondering if the noise he heard is from his pet cobra which escaped.
(Very anxious )
To be as busy as a bee = to be very busy
Ex: Even though she’s 80 years old, my grandmother is still as busy as a bee .
To bite the dust
Ex: 1. Sl. to die. A shot rang out, and another cowboy bit the dust. The soldier was too young to bite the dust.
2. Sl. to break; to fail; to give out. My old car finally bit the dust.
To take it easy = to relax
Ex: She said I looked really tired, and told me to take it easy.
Through ConversationExchange.com you can have three types of language exchange:
1. Face to face conversation
This type of language exchange is known as conversation exchange. You practice your second language by meeting up with native speakers living nearby
2. Correspondence (pen-pal)
You can improve your writing as well as reading skills by corresponding with a penpal. Simply exchange messages with members who are looking for a correspondence exchange!
3. Text and voice chat
Practice your foreign language by chatting with a native speaker and using your chat software of choice: Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, etc
Through ConversationExchange.com you can have three types of language exchange:
1. Face to face conversation
This type of language exchange is known as conversation exchange. You practice your second language by meeting up with native speakers living nearby
2. Correspondence (pen-pal)
You can improve your writing as well as reading skills by corresponding with a penpal. Simply exchange messages with members who are looking for a correspondence exchange!
3. Text and voice chat
Practice your foreign language by chatting with a native speaker and using your chat software of choice: Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, etc
It means to do something friendly in order to overcome shyness or to ease tension in a social situation. "To break the ice, let's invite our new neighbors to lunch.“ When people's hands are tied they are unable to do as they would like. "I'd like to go shopping with you but my hands are tied for I have to stay at the office today," father said. When people are on pins and needles they are either very excited or very anxious. "The children are on pins and needles thinking about their trip to the zoo tomorrow." ( Very excited ) "Mr Singh is on pins and needles wondering if the noise he heard is from his pet cobra which escaped. ( Very anxious )
