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Answering Questions With Questions

27 January 2015 by Marc

One of the first things students are taught when they are learning writing skills is not to answer questions with further questions. In conversations, however, it does happen.

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Posted in: Speaking Tagged: b1, b2, c1, questions, rhetoricalquestions

For Here Or To Go?

19 December 2014 by Marc

A few of my students have part-time jobs in cafés and restaurants. This post is for them and anyone else who needs to use English in restaurants. ‘May’ or ‘can’? Generally, when you are taking orders for people, use ‘may’; it’s more formal and customers should be respected. ‘Can’ is more informal and it’s not … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Situation, Speaking Tagged: cafe, food, jobs, order, restaurant, work

The Pronoun Problem

12 December 2014 by Marc

When you talk to or about someone you can use their name first and then afterwards use a pronoun. The problem with this is that it you can, without bad intentions, insult people or sound ignorant.

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Posted in: Grammar, Output Tagged: gender, he, pronouns, she, they

Can You Put Ideas In A Sequence?

8 December 2014 by Marc

When you have to say something that needs to be in order you need to sequence your ideas. This can be done with the past, present and future. There are two main ways to do it: numbering your steps or without numbers.

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Posted in: Grammar, Output Tagged: adverbs, sequencing

Stun People By Exaggerating

25 November 2014 by Marc

When you speak sometimes you need to say exactly what you mean but at other times you need to make an impact. When you need to be dramatic, exaggerate.

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Posted in: Output, Speaking Tagged: emotion, exaggeration, pain, weather

Say Something

23 November 2014 by Marc

When you are talking and can’t find the words you need, you need something. I’m going to tell you how ‘something’ can help you when you can’t remember vocabulary.

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Posted in: Listening, Speaking, Vocabulary Tagged: a2, b1, b2, circumlocution

You Need To Talk, You Know!

18 November 2014 by Marc

In today’s post we’re going to look at the filler ‘you know’. You can use it at the start or the end of a sentence.

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Posted in: Speaking Tagged: a2, b1, discoursemarker, youknow

‘What?!’ Is Wrong

10 November 2014 by Marc

When you talk to someone and cannot understand what they say, you need to ask questions. There are right ways and wrong ways. ‘What?!’ is wrong. So are ‘Huh?’, ‘Eh?’, ‘Come again?’ and ‘One more time.’

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Posted in: Speaking Tagged: conversation, repetition, strategies

Easy Offers

27 October 2014 by Marc

When you’re talking to someone, there are times when you want to offer something, even if it’s just a little bit of help. In this post I’ll give you three different ways to make offers and examples that include ways to accept or decline them.

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Posted in: Speaking Tagged: a2, modals, modalverbs, offers, phrasalverbs

An Idea About Vocabulary Notes

26 September 2014 by Marc

Here is an idea about taking vocabulary notes. I am taking notes like this to study Japanese and I think it might be useful to some of you who read this blog.

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Posted in: Output, Vocabulary, Writing Tagged: bloomstaxonomy, learning, notes
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