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WANG CHUN Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

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00I am not sure whether the two sentence makes sense in term of grammar and semantics. 02br
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00The most effective method of learning is to integrate reading,talking,doing and listening to somehing into a combination of learning. 02br
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00Going sightseeing in the United States gives me a opportunity of immersing myself in the English speaking environment and knowing the real American culture. 0-
  

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" 02br 02br 00b) Going for sightseeing in the United States will give me the opportunity of immersing myself in an English-speaking environment and getting to know( getting acquainted with) real(actual) American culture. 02br 02br 02br 00Perhaps, others here may correct them better. 0-

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  • " 02br 02br 00b) Going for sightseeing in the United States will give me the opportunity of immersing myself in an English-speaking environment and getting to know( getting acquainted with) real(actual) American culture.
  • 02br 02br 02br 00Perhaps, others here may correct them better.
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0 a) "The most effective method FOR learning (a language) is to integrate listening, reading, speaking and practicing into a form of study combination." 02br
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00b) Going for sightseeing in the United States will give me the opportunity of immersing myself in an English-speaking environment and getting to know( getting acquainted with) real(actual) American culture. 02
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0 The four skills are listening, reading, speaking and writing, so if you do not insist on practicing (doing), I would suggest writing instead. 02br
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0 Hello D. 02br
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00'method of' seems more idiomatic than 'method for' in this context. 02br
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0 How about: 02br
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001. In learning a language, the most effective method involves the integration of listening, talking, reading, and writing. 02br
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002. Traveling throughout the United States provides opportunities to immerse myself in the environment and culture of English-speaking Americans. 02br
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0 b) Going for sightseeing 02br
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00In British English we say "going sightseeing". The addition of "for" just sounds wrong to me. The only time we would use "for" is in: "going for a sightseeing tour". 02br
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00However, it may be correct in Am.Eng. 02br
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00For example, the Americans say (e.g.) "I went to visit with my aunt", w
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0 Eimai Anglos, 02br
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00Which would you deem to be the right answer to the following question? 02br
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00Q. What are you going to America for? 02br
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00i) I am going to America sightseeing/shopping/studying/working/etc. 02br
00ii) I am going to America FOR sightseeing/shopping/study/work/etc. 
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0 Interesting, I would probably say ii). 02br
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00However, you've altered the sentence structure. I would never say "Going for sightseeing in the United States". So I guess it's dependent on the context and sentence structure. The difference lies in the choice of verb: to go for or to go to. 0-
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00iii) I'm going to America to do some shopping/sightseeing 02br
00iv) I'm going to America to study/work 02br
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Method OF Learning is totally right, because here it's a noun.
You could also use FOR, but I don't see any reasons to change that.
But if your intention is using "learning" as a verb, like "I use this method to learn english",
You SHOULD change that for TO. You can use FOR if you change the phrase to:
"I use this method for english learning" be
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I would use ACTUAL instead of REAL (...american culture...)
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