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Comment by kraken on Sunday

Hey every one.

How to get involved into the activities and to practice my speaking.

Mod Comment by Nadira on October 30, 2010 at 3:29

Teacher Jeffrey,
Yes it would be ideal to have voice chat,so as to develop the confidence , speech of the individual.
Video tips are useful,yet practicing within, is more effective.
_Nadira

Comment by Teacher Jeffrey on August 3, 2010 at 15:00

I wonder if we can have video chat in this group or should i post some learning video tips, open for suggestions.

Comment by ismailhingoro on July 14, 2010 at 17:52

teacher when you comes here. I want to learn with you.

Comment by Teacher Jeffrey on July 2, 2010 at 7:55

Well, several of my students have great pronunciation but at the same time several still have difficulty with intonation.
Word stress and intonation within sentences is very important to correct English pronunciation. Recently, while creating a course on presentation skills in English, I came across a wonderful book. In it, there are "sound scripting" exercises which help learners become more expressive by taking sentence intonation skills to the next level. These examples uses a method of bolding key content words and CAPITALIZING the most important words chosen for the best emotional impact.

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Our school is the best in town. The teachers are friendly, and very knowledgeable about English. I've studied at the school for two years and my English is becoming very good. I hope you will visit our school and try an English class. Maybe we can become friends, too!
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Our school is the BEST in town. The teachers are friendly, and VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE about English. I've studied at the school for two years and my English is becoming VERY GOOD. I hope you will visit our school and try an English class. MAYBE we can become FRIENDS!

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In this day and age, facts, statistics and other numbers are used to prove EVERYTHING. Intuition, gut feelings and personal preferences are all OUT THE DOOR. Of course, there ARE some who are trying to battle this trend. Recently, Malcolm Gladwell wrote BLINK, a best-seller which explores the USEFULNESS of making SPLIT-SECOND DECISIONS based on INTUITION rather than careful consideration of all the facts and figures.

Comment by Ashwini krishnan on June 30, 2010 at 9:45

What way we can practice spoken english?