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Understanding IELTS Free Courses

21 May 2020 by Marc

Hannah from the Futurelearn contacted me recently to let me know about courses that the British Council have free IELTS preparation courses available. It says that there is a price on the page BUT it’s free if you only want access to the course for 5 weeks. You only pay if you want to see … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Links, Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing Tagged: course, free, ielts, links

Be Prepared For Meetings

17 November 2015 by Marc

Today’s post is a response to an email from a reader, Viettan, who is worried about their English when presenting in public. They are in charge. Agendas First, have a meeting agenda, which is a list of things to talk about. Try to keep to this.

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Posted in: Situation, Speaking Tagged: business, meetings

Led Zeppelin Are Really Heavy Rock n’ Roll

3 November 2015 by Marc

Something to practice /l/ and /r/ sounds.

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Posted in: Pronunciation, Video Tagged: /l/, /r/

Protected: Kawasaki Monday Class 1

3 November 2015 by Marc

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Posted in: Pronunciation, Video Tagged: /l/, /r/, in-law, row

Who Are You Talking To?

2 October 2015 by Marc

When you speak English, one of the things you must think about is relationships. Who are you talking to? How well do you know them? What is the situation? It is useful, especially in business situations, to be formal. In most native-English speaking cultures, business relationships start formal then become more informal as the relationship … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Speaking Tagged: business, casual, formal, informal, register

Links: Apps 4 EFL

28 July 2015 by Marc

I went to a conference about teaching English a couple of weeks ago and saw a presentation by Paul Raine, the owner of a great website Apps4EFL.com. It’s a free website for students and teachers.

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Posted in: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Vocabulary Tagged: computers, internet, resources

Sequence Options to Sound Natural

30 June 2015 by Marc

When you are giving a list of options for others to choose from or explaining options to people, try to sequence the options so you sound natural. An example of this could be transport options. You can get the train, the bus or walk to my house. This is OK but you can show that … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Speaking Tagged: options, sequence, sequencing

Highlight Speech

8 March 2015 by Marc

In today’s podcast I talk about how you can highlight your speech, in much the same way as you could by making written words bold, italicised or by highlighting text.

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Posted in: Podcast, Speaking Tagged: attention, discourse, intonation, markers, speaking

Audio Diaries Give You Speaking Practice

27 February 2015 by Marc

The other day I was teaching an upper-intermediate student who had difficulties presenting her ideas about a process. She said she finds writing much easier than speaking. “You should start an audio diary,” I suggested. “What do you mean?” she asked.

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Posted in: Speaking Tagged: diary, practice

How to Test Your Progress

3 February 2015 by Marc

There are so many different standardised tests available to test your English skills: the Cambridge certificates, TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS, BULATS and, here in Japan, the Eiken/STEP test. For a lot of people, these tests are pointless. If you need the certificate to get a job or a college place, go for it. If not, read … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing Tagged: reallife, test, tests
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