iguanamon wrote:You're welcome! First, since you are trying for a formal C1 exam, there are no "advices" in English. If I advise you multiple times in one conversation, it is all just "advice". "Advice" is not plural in English (common error for Romance speakers learning English). You can also say "Thank you for
advising me." Don't worry about not being satisfied about your language abilities. I'm still not satisfied with mine and probably never will be. Not being satisfied is part of language-learning
.
Some further advice,
definitely drop "wanna" from your writing! The examiners will not like its use in formal writing. Concentrate on improving your English grammar. You can do this in many ways- by reading regularly, reading widely (even topics that you wouldn't ordinarily choose, an example would be a
random wikipedia article of more than a couple of paragraphs in length- just keep clicking "random article" until a sufficiently lengthy one appears); do formal grammar study; use a monolingual dictionary with example sentences or a good bilingual dictionary that also has example sentences.
Linguee is a decent, free online bilingual dictionary with plenty of example sentences (the examples start to lose relevance the further down the list you go). If you are unsure about whether or not a usage you are thinking about is grammatically correct, try googling the phrase or
word in doubt.
You can also use an online spell-checker in many browsers. I use Firefox and it has many of my languages available for
checking spelling. Of course, you won't be able to use a spell-checker in the exam, but using one as you write online will help train your spelling. Get copies of some practice exams and study them. There's a difference in being C1 and passing a test for it. Practicing the exam will help.
You can let people know here that you are available for a free language exchange. A language exchange can be done via email and/or chat/audio/video. You can advise people of your Language Exchange (LE) availability in your signature block- which you can edit in your forum profile. A tutor with exam experience can really help, but will be expensive. There are probably several learners of Italian here who would welcome a chance to practice Italian with a native. Again, vocabulary is important but it is not so much the
amount of vocabulary you have that matters but how you
use the vocabulary you
have.
