A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.
A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:
The book is on the table.
The book is beneath the table.
The book is leaning against the table.
The book is beside the table.
She held the book over the table.
She read the book during class.

This just is the definition and some example , to know more about prepositions , you should a lots of exercises > Good luck !!!

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION

As you have known, pronunciation is very important in English. You can make a good impression on people who you talk to, or they are confused with what you said. It's up to how good your pronunciation is. There are some tips for you to improve your pronunciation. I hope that the tips are helpful for you.

How To Improve Your Pronunciation
Kenneth Beare
Pronouncing every word correctly leads to poor pronunciation! Good pronunciation comes from stressing the right words - this is because English is a time-stressed language.
Difficulty Level: Hard Time Required: Varies
Here's How:
1. Learn the following rules concerning pronunciation.
2. English is considered a stressed language while many other languages are considered syllabic.
3. In other languages, such as French or Italian, each syllable receives equal importance (there is stress, but each syllable has its own length).
4. English pronunciation focuses on specific stressed words while quickly gliding over the other, non-stressed, words.
5. Stressed words are considered content words: Nouns e.g. kitchen, Peter - (most) principle verbs e.g. visit, construct - Adjectives e.g. beautiful, interesting - Adverbs e.g. often, carefully
6. Non-stressed words are considered function words: Determiners e.g. the, a - Auxiliary verbs e.g. am, were - Prepositions e.g. before, of - Conjunctions e.g. but, and - Pronouns e.g. they, she
7. Read the following sentence aloud: The beautiful Mountain appeared transfixed in the distance.
8. Read the following sentence aloud: He can come on Sundays as long as he doesn't have to do any homework in the evening.
9. Notice that the first sentence actually takes about the same time to speak well!
10. Even though the second sentence is approximately 30% longer than the first, the sentences take the same time to speak. This is because there are 5 stressed words in each sentence.
11. Write down a few sentences, or take a few example sentences from a book or exercise.
12. First underline the stressed words, then read aloud focusing on stressing the underlined words and gliding over the non-stressed words.
13. Be surprised at how quickly your pronunciation improves! By focusing on stressed words, non-stressed words and syllables take on their more muted nature.
14. When listening to native speakers, focus on how those speakers stress certain words and begin to copy this.
Tips:
1. Remember that non-stressed words and syllables are often "swallowed" in English.
2. Always focus on pronouncing stressed words well, non-stressed words can be glided over.
3. Don't focus on pronouncing each word. Focus on the stressed words in each sentence

Animals' sounds!

This is very interesting. You may never think about it but once you read this entry, you will find it amazing.
Once, my English teacher ( he's from New York) talked about how animals' sounds are different in many countries. His talk was so interesting that I got feed off from it to write this entry.
Let's see:

The Bees' sound in English is buzz/bzzz, in Japanese is boon boon, in Turkish is vizzz, ...

The small birds' sound in English is cheep/chirp, in Danish is pip-pip, Dutch is tjiep, Greek is tsiou tsiou, ...


The Cat mewing sound in English is meow, in Japanese is nyan nyan/nyaa nyaa, in Swedish is mjan mjan, ...

The Chicken (hen) clucking's sound in English is cluck cluck, in Finnish is kot-kot, in French is cotcotcodet, in Greek is ko ko ko/ka ka ka, in Turkish is gut gut gdak, ...


The dogs' sound in English is woof woof/ruff ruff, in Danish is vov-vov, in French is ouah ouah, in Russian is hav-hav/gav-gav,...


The Ducks' sound in English is quack quack, in Danish is rap-rap, in French is coin coin, in Greek is pa-pa-pa, in Spanish is kryacua cua, in Hungarian is háp-háp,...


The frogs' sound in English is croak/ribbit (USA), in Danish is kvæk-kvæk, in German is quaak quaak, in Japanese is kero kero, in German is quaak quaak, in Swedish is ko ack ack ack, ...

The Goat bleating's sound in English is naa, in Dutch is mè mè, in French is bê bê, in Russian is me-e-e,...

The Pig grunting's sound in English is oink, in Dutch is knor knor, in French is groin groin, in Japanese is boo boo, in Russian is hrgu-hrgu,...

The parrot's sound in English is pretty Polly/Who's a pretty boy? (that's weird), in Dutch is lorre/Lora Lora, in French is coco, in Japanese is ohayo (=good morning), in Spanish is lorito lorito, in German is Lora Lora, ...

That's interesting, isn't it? Now, consider this situation. If an parrot traveled around the world, how could it know what sound it have to make in each country it comes? Does that parrot have to look at its passport and say : "Ah, I'm in French now so I have to say coco ".
Funny hah?

Written by Tata.
Source: http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html

FIRST ENTRY OF THE YOUNGEST MEMBER

My English is very bad so if I make any mistakes, please forgive me .
Tomorrow my family have to go to school , a new week will start with Mr VU and Miss Chau. Hope tat everything will be all right .

tips how to improve listening skill

Do you like listening? Are you good at listening?
For me, although I like litening English songs and watching U.S. films, I am not good at listening and listening tests are my nightmares. Sometimes I wonder how can I do my listening tests confidently or how can I watch U.S. movies without subtitle. So I've searched the internet and found some tips that I'd to share with you to improve our listening skill. I hope you enjoy them

By Anis Dwinarti
Most beginners get difficulty in listening practice. Some of them cannot catch the dialogue due to their lack of vocabularies, pronunciation and grammar. Here are some tips to improve your listening skill:


1. Select a book with the cassette, which is suitable for your level. It will help you practise the listening easily and you can anticipate the level of difficulty.

2. Listen to the cassette without reading the text/ dialogue once or twice. When you find difficulty in grasping the meaning, listen again while scrutinizing the text/ dialogue.

3. Pay attention carefully to the pronunciation and intonation. If you want to improve your pronunciation, listen and repeat the dialogue/ text by pausing each sentence.

4. After listening to the text/ dialogue, do the exercise and check your answer with the answer-key or with your teacher.

5. If you watch TV, select the English program/ film. Listen to the dialogue carefully without reading the translation (text).

6. Listen to English songs and learn the words. If you like singing, memorize the words and sing them.

7. Practise the above tips everyday although only half an hour. By practising the listening exercises many times, your listening will improve faster.