Hola soy nueva

[pituka]

hola a todos! soy de Argentina y vivo en España desde hace 13 años.Estoy estudiando inglés y espero poder hacer el examen de first certificate de cambridge!. Me he registrado aquí porque me parece muy util para practicar. ofrezco mi ayuda a quien tenga dudas sobre español, y espero que tengan paciencia con mi ingles!!!!! saludos!
hello you all! I'm from Argentina and I've been living in Spain for 13 years now. I am studying English and I hope I can pass the fce test. I've registered in this forum because I think it's very useful to practise. I offer my help to everyone who has doubts with spanish and I hope you have patience with my english!

[Rusty]

Welcome to the forums!

[poli]

Originally Posted by pituka

hola a todos! soy de Argentina y vivo en España desde hace 13 años.Estoy estudiando inglés y espero poder hacer el examen de first certificate de cambridge!. Me he registrado aquí porque me parece muy util para practicar. ofrezco mi ayuda a quien tenga dudas sobre español, y espero que tengan paciencia con mi ingles!!!!! saludos!
hello you all! I'm from Argentina and I've been living in Spain for 13 years now. I am studying English and I hope I can pass the fce test. I've registered in this forum because I think it's very useful to practise. I offer my help to everyone who has (doubts with) questions about Spanish and I hope you have patience with my English!

Welcome!

[Villa]

Originally Posted by pituka

hola a todos! soy de Argentina y vivo en España desde hace 13 años.Estoy estudiando inglés y espero poder hacer el examen de first certificate de cambridge!. Me he registrado aquí porque me parece muy util para practicar. ofrezco mi ayuda a quien tenga dudas sobre español, y espero que tengan paciencia con mi ingles!!!!! saludos!
hello you all! I'm from Argentina and I've been living in Spain for 13 years now. I am studying English and I hope I can pass the fce test. I've registered in this forum because I think it's very useful to practise. I offer my help to everyone who has doubts with spanish and I hope you have patience with my english!

Hola pituka. Saludos de California. Bienvenida. Yo soy Villa.
Mucho gusto. Soy maestro de ingles. Hablo español y tambien italiano.
Te gusta España?

[pituka]

Hi! Yes Villa, I like Spain very much. I've made some good friends here and they 've always made me feel like i'm at home.
I'd like you to give me your opinion about this: I'm practising my English by watching tv series and movies, and by listening to podcasts, radio stations, etc. But the fact is that everything I hear is American English. Could this be bad for me to prepare my fce exam? or If I am able to understand the American English this won't be a problem to understand British English?
Thank you!!

[Villa]

Originally Posted by pituka

Hi! Yes Villa, I like Spain very much. I've made some good friends here and they 've always made me feel like i'm at home.
I'd like you to give me your opinion about this: I'm practising my English by watching tv series and movies, and by listening to podcasts, radio stations, etc. But the fact is that everything I hear is American English. Could this be bad for me to prepare my fce exam? or If I am able to understand the American English this won't be a problem to understand British English?
Thank you!!

Hello pituka. This is a very good and interesting question. Ironically even American English has it's varieties. Living in California, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and being in the Army with Americans from almost all 50 states has given me and interesting overview of different dialects or acccents. When I was a kid I use to watch British English movies and so when I went to England I was in tune to how they speak.

In general the difference between British English and Ameriecan English is basically the same idea as the difference from Spanish from Spain and the Spanish from Latin America. So if you speak English well you can adapt rapidly to any kind of English spoken around the world. It's more of the accent differences than anything else.

Check out some differences in vocabulary between British and American vocabulary:


British English/American English Vocabulary

[poli]

Originally Posted by pituka

Hi! Yes Villa, I like Spain very much. I've made some good friends here and they 've always made me feel like i'm at home.
I'd like you to give me your opinion about this: I'm practising my English by watching tv series and movies, and by listening to podcasts, radio stations, etc. But the fact is that everything I hear is American English. Could this be bad for me to prepare my fce exam? If I am able to understand the American English I worry that this may impede my understanding of British English.
Thank you!!

I have taken the liberty of making some small corrections of your English.

There is a correlation between standard American English and British English and standard Latin American Spanish and peninsular Spanish.
There are differences, but, when well spoken, they are really quite similar. Oxford English will sound more high tone, but If American English is your most convenient source, don't be afraid of using it.

[pituka]

¡Muchas gracias por la información tan extensa y detallada, y también por corregir mis errores, me ha sido muy útil!