Situational exercises:

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What would you do if you left your wallet on a London train? Would you know whom to phone and what to say? What if you simply need directions because you have got lost or cannot find a particular place? What about a forthcoming job interview? Do you know what kind of questions to expect or how to answer them in a convincing and inviting way? Can you stay calm, courteous, and confident in these situations? If even one of your answers should be a no, you could risk the downfall of a laboriously planned event, which could have been easily prevented by simply getting ready for the potential outcomes.

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In this module, we shall be practising verbal exercises and staging the scenarios as if in real life – the background of a particular (or requested) situation is going to be described on a sheet, followed by instructions – what to be caution of, what phrases to use, or some useful tips that could boost your creativity and resourcefulness –, whereafter you and I are going to be having the dialogue and play it out from the beginning until all the possibilities are exhausted. If needful, the situation is going to be replayed with a completely different turn of an event. Thereafter, we shall be discussing your performance – what was exemplary but what you should be more careful of next time –. All in all, this module gives your verbal skills the opportunity to develop/shine out.

Duration: 1-2 exercises per lesson

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Fluency – think in English!

 

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When it comes to written communication, we have plenty of time to pour out off the top of our heads what we want to say upon the parchment or computer screen. Be that as it may,verbal communication puts an entirely new complexion on the matter seeing that we have very limited time to express our thoughts. Whereas, for a native speaker, this infinitesimal amount of time is usually more than sufficient;for an English-learner, handling such a pressing dead-line might easily result in a toe-curling disaster.

Have no worries, however, forI have also composed specific exercises that are intended to increase the formulation of your thoughts’ pace. In addition to the similar ‘vocabularyhack’ technique (found right under the ‘word-hoard’ section), this method will not only loosen up your tongue-tiednessand thus to embolden you to speak up when something is stuck on the tip of your tongue, but also to empower you toquickly – and at the same time, neatly – phrase your ideation. I assure you that after an intensive fluency-improving training, the English products of your mind, so to speak, shall be of brilliant quality!

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Are you confused as to which words or phrases are deemed appropriate in specific situations? Do you know how to use formal, educated, and informal words? Do you know how to sound rhetoric or humorous when need be? How about offensive and vulgar words? Are you aware what words might cause a multitude of scandal? In this module, we are going to be differentiating amongst all of the above, typifying them and thinking up techniques as to how to maximalise the desired effects in your speech.

The commonest dilemma one tries to resolve in this department is the difference between formal and informal English, therefore I give this the highest amount of emphasis. Over the centuries, the English courtesy has gone through massive transformations, for example the former thouing (or ‘thouing and theeing’ in its longer form) is no longer used in our everyday life; instead specific phrasal alterations are required. E.g. whilst ‘Hi, mate, how goes it?’ would sound unseemly to your boss (unless your aim is to be dismissed), ‘Good morning, sir, how, may I ask, are you today?’ should sound venerative enough. Generally speaking, Latinate words are also favoured in elevated use against the simple and often one-syllabled Germanic words, e.g. start – commence, end – terminate, shot – endeavour, etc. Sometimes, we can shorten long words, which comes with an inevitable informality, e.g. television, photograph, and vegetarian have a fairly formal intonation whereas TV/telly, photo, and veggie only occur in informal contexts. Be that as it may, shortened words are occasionally used in different regions of the world, e.g. ‘veterinarian’ is the full form used by the Americans whilst its shortened form ‘vet’ is preferred by the British. Confused enough yet?

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In this module, there are further divisions as well, namely humorous, old-fashioned, slang, dialectal, poetic/literary, and rare words/phrases.

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Interview preparations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Is your chiefest drift to settle down in an industry wherein you are able to cultivate the seeds of English that you have plenteously sown? Are you anenthusiast ambitioning to build up a prosperous career?English is now the staff of job-seeking, without which international organisations will close their gates before you.

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I have readied a good deal of people for interviews,and almost all of them were hired after the assessment day. Why the surprising succession rate? Because I myself have attended dozens of interviews, whereupon I know exactly what to expect. I can foretell you the commonest questions, to which I can point out the most engrossing answers. Interviews could be daunting at first but at the end of the day, they are all about one sole thing: to tell the employers what they want you to tell them. It is quite easy, really.

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A few fundamental tips:

 

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Are you essaying to refer in your sentence to an unfamiliar word? Well, the thing is that you do not have to say particularly the aforementioned word but use a vague term instead, e.g. ‘the thing you mentioned’, ‘what we were just talking about’ or simply ‘whatsit’ or ‘thingy/thingummy’, etc.

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In a resemblant manner, whenever you say ‘kind of’ or ‘sort of’ before a noun or even by itself, you depict that you are not certain of how else you can express yourself. E.g. ‘A kind of stupid remark’

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Do words fail you when do not remember the name of a common animal or suchlike? In English, thanks to its multiple linguistic sources, there are usually a plethora of words at your disposal to limn the same idea. E.g. a cat, kitty, kitten, puss, pussycat, mouser, tabby, tomcat, feline, Mr/Mrs miaow, etc. are all more or less synonymous with one another.

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If the right word still refuses to spring to mind, you still have the option of resourcefully describing it. E.g. ‘You know, that low and vibratory sound a cat emits when being happy or satisfied.’ And then if the definition is self-explanatory, we are given a helping hand and told that this is called ‘purring’.

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Although there are dozens of other ways, whatever be the case, I shall do my utmost best to guide you through this complex issue with my uniquely masterminded tasks.

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Have a look around my website and if thereafter you have any questions, do feel free to

 

I hope to see you soon! Check back later for new updates to my website. There is much more to come!

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