Goal Setting for Better Spoken English 5 (Final)

November 25, 2008

Long-term, Intermediate Short-term Goals; the ‘Divide and Conquer’ Principle; and the ‘To-do-list’… Long-term Goals Long-term goals are your dreams. The reason you are studying today has to be linked to some dream about how you want to spend your life. It is usually a career goal – something that will last much of your adult [...]

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Idioms in Spoken English

November 18, 2008

People often use idioms in spoken English.  If you can learn to understand their meaning and learn how to use them, it can really boost your spoken English skills. What’s an idiom? First of all, you may be wondering…what’s an idiom? Well, an idiom is a phrase (group of words) where the exact meaning is [...]

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Goal Setting for Better Spoken English 4

November 17, 2008

Plan Your Time, Help Others, and Enjoy the Journey: Plan Your Time We all have 24 hours in a day, and we can all choose how we spend that time.  Do you know what you do with your time?  If you don’t have some plan for your time then many times it gets wasted on [...]

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Pronunciation: ‘Storytime’ 1

November 16, 2008

‘BUTTERFLY’ A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, [...]

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Goal Setting for Better Spoken English 3

November 15, 2008

Failure, Change, and Linking Your Goals: Expect Failure If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. That which is truly challenging (difficult) and inspirational (stimulating; exciting) is rarely easy. Don’t give up just because you don’t find success immediately, or because the path seems to be too difficult. If your [...]

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Pronunciation: Stress “Numbers”

November 14, 2008

Stress “Numbers” To make the following numbers clear to the listener, you must put the stress on the correct syllable: (Syllable: Unit of pronunciation uttered without interruption, forming the whole or part of a word and usually having one vowel sound often with consonant(s) before or after.) Listen and Repeat: Greg will say each number [...]

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Better Spoken English Club: “Tie in!”

November 9, 2008

“‘Tie in’ and join the Better Spoken English Club!” We’ve found that so many students of spoken English have difficulty in finding a partner to speak to using their English skills; so we’ve started a ‘Club’. It’s pretty easy to join.  All you need is a piece of yellow ribbon 30cms long, folded in half, [...]

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Goal Setting for Better Spoken English

October 31, 2008

“If you don’t plan to succeed, then you’re planning to fail!” We’re absolutely sure that you’d like to be successful in your studies; but we ask this question, “Do you have a plan?” Goal Setting can be your pathway to success, and it is an important skill to be learnt; especially for students. Please read [...]

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Goal Setting for Better Spoken English 2

October 30, 2008

Here are some examples of how you can help motivate (stimulate the interest of a person in an activity) yourself in your study, and keep yourself ‘on track’ (heading in the right direction) for achieving the results you want. Challenge Yourself (make demands on yourself) Keep your goals high enough to ‘inspire’ (excite) you, and [...]

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Tools for Better Spoken English: ‘Dictionary’

October 22, 2008

The ‘Advanced Learner English Dictionary’ (the very best you can buy) A dictionary is an essential item for the study of language.  This might seem to you to be an obvious statement, but it is surprising how many learners of spoken English omit (leave out) the use of this most valuable tool. Notice that we [...]

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