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Dictations In English: Tiny Recordings Make A Big Difference To Your Listening Skills Updated April 2021 When I talk about dictations, what comes to mind? I live in France where the word for dictations is ‘dictée’. For French people, a ‘dictée’...
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My Review Of The Language Habit Toolkit “Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life.” Gretchen Rubin The internet houses a bizillion habit quotes (just Google the expression “habit quotes” and you’ll see what I mean). I chose that one because:...
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How to Boost Your Listening Skills with Interactive Video Transcripts Updated March 2021. One of the most powerful tools for developing your listening skills could be hiding under your favourite videos: the interactive transcript. I’ve talked quite a lot recently...
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Updated February 2021 Want to improve your advanced English listening comprehension skills? Ever been to an online conference? Wondering what on earth the connection between them is? An online conference is basically a traditional conference, with talks and speakers...
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When I was learning to drive, I didn’t realise that I’d hit so many plateaus along the way. In other words, periods where, no matter what I did, I didn’t improve. I would master something, and things seemed to be going great, for it all to stop and for me to get very...
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So I should add a subheading here. I have no problem with slow talking YouTube teachers. When you teach a language for a living, your job is to make it accessible. And that means talking in a more slow and clear way. When I trained to teach English, I had to learn to...
