(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2oankhy) Actually to get yourself moving in terms of speaking in English, I’m not ultimately concerned if you are using English to ‘react’ or ‘respond’, the most important thing is that you are making an effort. But what this post is more about is that you understand how you are moving the conversation…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2GoX4as) This comes back to the running theme I like to push which is that English is only the vehicle in which you are communicating, it is what you are communicating that is the key. Communicating isn’t just saying the words, it sits in front of a ‘reason’ for speaking. So take a…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2DbhCV7) A few days ago I was at a family gathering. There were a large number of children under the age of 10 there as well as parents and friends of family etc, and there was one very interesting phenomenon that stuck out to me. Firstly of course the children were being children…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2qerhoN) Like any kind of blockage, If you can clear the first few parts of the opening the rest will be an avalanche of clearage. This tells us that the first part of any problem is always the hardest to overcome. Comparing this to the speaking of English in any situation says the…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2jjWC70) When a person finishes their English course we know for sure they aren’t really finished. To be finished is literally a death signal, the best way to keep yourself open to new English is to keep your mind open and learn to change with the times. Even in myself as a native…
I found this very interesting TEDTALK which though primarily is something more about the sound of the speakers voice not directly related to English, I think there is a lot here that can be transposed into the classroom. Particularly good for students who have a problem with mumbling, incoherence, garbled messages and confidence. Julian Treasure…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2fbS5hI) Spending 90% of your day wondering if you are speaking in grammatically correct English is the biggest killer of communication out there. Understanding that you are not perfect when you start out or are even half way or 90% the way through your language learning process is the key to moving forward…
