I will teach you to become a confident English speaker without schools and rules
Once, a student told me she wanted to practise phone conversation.
I told her I only had one banana, but we could try.
ME: Ring. Ring. Hello, this is Bob.
STUDENT: Hello, Bob. This is Jana from Dekonta. Send me two copies of the report you…
Did you see the movie, The King’s Speech?
There’s a scene where a woman comes home and discovers Queen Elizabeth is hanging out in her kitchen.
And she doesn’t know how to say “hello” to her.
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The problem has been fixed.
And it’s not really a problem at all.
Prague. 2004.
iEnter Language School (No longer in business. And they still owe me money!)
I walked into my first group class.
This week in
Vitamin V…
We’re talking about what you should do in a conversation, and what you should not do.
Or as we say in English, the Dos and the Don’ts.
This week in
Vitamin V…
We’re talking about what you should do in a conversation.
And… what you should not do.
This week in Vitamin V…
We’re talking about what you should do in a conversation.
And… what you should not do.
So you need to improve your speaking…
How do you start?
Is it as simple as, Open your mouth and start talking?
Will this automatically make you a better speaker?
Sunday was a lovely spring day.
Not sunny. But warm. And not too hot.
A good day for a walk.
So I finished my coffee. I got dressed. I put on my hiking boots. And I left the house.
Yesterday I told you I don’t talk about grammar.
But I agree with author Scott Adams when he says grammar is important if you want to impress the 20% who could give you a better life.
However, one important point he didn’t make is that everyone has a different 20%.
For you, it’s either native speakers or non-native speakers.