The FUTURE of Learning
Discussions and thoughts
Tag: communication cues
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When things get COMPLICATED we have to take a LEAP OF FAITH
(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2v1n9v7) We all know the saying ‘its complicated’, but somehow it doesn’t seem to stop us either willingly getting into these situations, and/or being forced to try to sort out how to get out of them. Whichever you are in, you must at some point have taken a leap of faith to get…
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FUTURE PREDICTION: There won’t be a single thing that won’t be COMMUNICATED through ENGLISH
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2eW87iP) This may we already be the case, not sure, but for the future it is a certainty. No matter how many Chinese or Indians are born – Mandarin or Hindi will never be able to reach the kind of global communication presence as English. It’s just everywhere. I’ve recently returned from a…
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The purpose of ESL communication is HUMAN DELIGHT
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2eW7FkD) If you have ever wondered why it is that we humans want to even speak or write or listen or read, the ultimate goal is that in one way or another we want to be delighted. The shy person in the class who know the grammar well but never speaks, or the…
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Finish your SENTENCE– It’s the only way to know if anyone is LISTENING
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2l8OIwp) A language is about communication. If you can’t communicate in that language, then you don’t know the language. The level to which you are successful in saying what you believe or want, is the level to which you can say you are competent in that language. The key to knowing where you…
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Do you want to be REMARKABLE learner or an INVISIBLE learner?
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2h4wNoI) If you want to grow your language you will need to be remarkable, if you aren’t remarkable unfortunately you will be invisible. I’m not talking here about loudness or pushiness, I’m talking about making mistakes and being remembered for it in a positive way. Some of you who are of a certain…
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Going to a PARTY and meeting new people – key questions to ask if you are an ESL person
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1Ngkx9O) This post is purely to help those people who need those quick question and answers to practice before they go off to their important situations: Today it is about going to a restaurant. Look at these questions and practice them and also consider some answers: Your questions: Hello, what’s your job? Where…
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FLUENT ENGLISH – what you must and mustn’t do to get fluent
1. Forget about Grammar Learning grammar of course is very important to improve your English, but when you are trying to practice speaking, it can be the biggest problem. The question you really need to ask is – why do we need to speak? We need to speak to communicate something. Try at all times…
The FUTURE of Learning 