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‘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

Make Boring Activities Sound Interesting

4 September 2014 by Marc

Nobody’s life is amazing all the time. We all need to wait at the post office, do laundry and iron clothes. This post is to help you make your boring activities sound interesting.

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Posted in: Speaking Tagged: boring, fillers, interesting, repetition, strategies, vocabulary

Ask People to Repeat Themselves

20 March 2014 by Marc

Last week I showed you how to interrupt politely in a conversation. Now I am going to show you how to ask people to repeat themselves. A lot of students feel embarrassed by this but it is important for conversations between natives, natives and non-natives and also conversations between non-natives only speaking English. People often … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Situation, Speaking Tagged: conversation, repeat, repetition, strategy

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