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- Top 5 English public speaking tips
JUL18th2011 -
Public speaking in your native tongue can be demanding enough, but imagine the pressure to deliver a great speech or presentation in English. Let’s look at a few practical and helpful ways to improve the quality of your public speaking engagement. Write down your speech It doesn’t matter if you’re giving a short speech at [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement, English Speaking
- Growing Number Of Students Learn English Online Over Mobile Devices, TalktoCanada.com Reports
JUL16th2011 -
More students are taking lessons on the go using devices such as the iPad and BlackBerry Playbook. Mobile learning has taken to the streets. (OTTAWA, CANADA) – TalktoCanada, the company trusted by Ernst & Young, Novartis and Saudi Telecom for English language training has reported a surge in students using mobile devices to learn English [...]
- Posted in: English for Business, Skype and WebEx Learning
- Meeting People — Where? When? How?
JUL16th2011 -
Being a recent returning Canadian to the great ol’ city of Toronto — I’ve had to reintegrate myself into Canadian culture, norms and traditions – which I suppose aren’t that different from Uruguay, but are still significant enough that it is sometimes a struggle. One thing that I personally have been having issues with is meeting new [...]
- Posted in: Canadian Culture
- Top-10 ways to improve spoken English
JUL16th2011 -
Learning to master spoken English means acquiring certain confidence and natural flow. Over the course of 5 years, I’ve helped hundreds of students how to speak effortlessly, in a way that doesn’t require them to remember rules and words. These are my best tips: Learn by listening In fact, listening to a language is the [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement, English Speaking
- If you could travel somewhere — where would you go?
JUL8th2011 -
Recently I have been preparing quite a few of my star students for the IELTS exam — and a question that frequently comes up is “If you could travel somewhere — where would you go and why?” – Now every time I ask them this question — I also think about where I would go [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement, Learning English Online, Learning English with TalktoCanada.com, Skype and WebEx Learning
- Boyfriends and Girlfriends
JUN29th2011 -
So today in class I was telling a story to one of my students about my mini vacay in Miami with one of my girlfriends. The look on his face was priceless — and while I continued to go on with my story — his face got more and more confused… to the point that [...]
- Posted in: Canadian Culture, Teaching Online
- Rosemarie Hassan – Teacher of the Week
JUN28th2011 -
Tell me a bit about yourself. My name is Rosemarie Hassan. I live in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. I have a BA in Business, a Masters in Commerce and will hopefully finish my PhD in Philosophy of Economics in the next 6 months. I have a lot of hobbies, my favourite one would be writing, although watching [...]
- Posted in: Teaching Online
- Alrighty!
JUN12th2011 -
So the other day I was teaching one of my most dedicated and motivated students — and he stops and is like “What the heck did you just say?” and I was like “What? — Are you ready to start?” and he’s like nope… and although it happened maybe 15 second prior I had no [...]
- Posted in: Canadian Culture, English Improvement, English Speaking, Learning English Online
- What are the most entertaining ways to learn Spoken English?
JUN12th2011 -
Have you ever asked, “After so many years of studying, why is it still so difficult to speak English?” There is hope for all of us – Trust me, I know. My daughter is just 3 years old, and she is improving her English every day! Here are some non-conventional ways to learn spoken English: [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement, English Speaking
- Learning English Online
JUN8th2011 -
If you’re looking to learn English and are located in a part of the world where you don’t have access to English speaking people, you can always turn to the web. Not only is the internet packed with websites, chat rooms and social networks that encourage daily contact between individuals – there are a now [...]
- Posted in: Corporate English Training, English Improvement, English Speaking, English for Business, Learning English Online
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