Hi everyone, my name is Liz and one of my students suggested that I join to help out. I am a native British English speaker and DELTA qualified English Teacher.
I actually retired from teaching, but during the recent lockdowns I started watching a lot of YouTube teaching videos, some good, some bad, but most led learners to paid courses. Thatās fine if you can afford it, but driven by a strong ethos of helping others, I am slowly building a free pronunciation course to help those that canāt afford it.
So watch this space, but in the meantime, I thought Iāll see if I can be of help here. So if you have any pronunciation questions or indeed other English questions just ask and Iāll try and help
Hi Liz, welcome to our forum and thank you for joining our community. Itās great to have another native speaker on board, English is such a diverse language that it takes a lifetime to learn Where in Great Britain do you live?
Very interesting, I did an ESL teacher course at International House in Hastings a few years ago and I really liked the climate, the people and the coast By the way, I started watching your videos, really great stuff!
@Torsten Small world! I studied at International House as well. Sadly long gone. Can you remember who your tutors were? Tim, Eli or Alan by any chance?
ā¦and thank you for the kind words about my English YT channel
I definitely remember Tim, but I have no memory of Eli and Alan, time fliesā¦ We also had another teacher who had lived in Turkey and she taught us from the beginning how to teach any language in lang1. I even remember most of the Turkish phrases she taught usā¦
Tim has become a very good friend of mine and also still lives here in Hastings.
I canāt remember a teacher whoād lived in Turkey, but next time I see Tim, Iāll ask him.
Where do you live?
Yes, absolutely. The eastern part of Germany is changing fast, especially Leipzig is constantly developing in the right direction with people from all over the world coming together and creating something new.
P.S. If you want help with pronunciation of the phonemes, then I have a series of videos that will help you. Just ask and Iāll let you have the links or just visit my channel
Hi Tam
I reckon I get asked this question every week on my YT channel and the answer differs depending on your skill set and circumstances.
Can you tell me where you live as I donāt want to assume it is Vietnam. Also what languages are you proficient in and if you work, what is your job. Feel free to PM this info as I appreciate it is sensitive.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. I can also communicate in Vietnamese and Japanese. Iāve lived in Japan for four years and now live in Ho Chi Minh City, where Iād like to improve my English skills in preparation for a potential work opportunity.
Hi
Can you explain this sentence for me plz
Which is incorrect? Young children may benefit more from ābumpingā their heads 'and 'putting various objects in their mouths than they āwill fromā āstartingā at eye-catching cartoons.
That is not an incorrect statement apart from one spelling mistake āstartingā should be staring. The author is making a comparison, suggesting that young children will learn far more from normal young child behaviour (i.e. bumping heads and putting objects in their mouths) than they would from staring at cartoons.
Itās great that you have two languages, Vietnamese and Japanese, as this will make finding a native English speaker quite easy. An idea that I know has worked for other students, is to find a native English speaker who wants to learn Vietnamese and Japanese and agree to teach each other on a reciprocal basis.
OK in principle, but where do I find such a person? Well, I have 3 ideas for you:-
Facebook groups - find groups of English speakers learning Vietnamese and Japanese. Join and say you want to practise with a native English speaker in exchange for help with Vietnamese or Japanese.
YouTube channels - find channels teaching Vietnamese and Japanese to English speakers and in the comments say you want to practise with a native English speaker in exchange for help with Vietnamese or Japanese. Post across as many channels as you can to improve your chances of finding someone.
The last idea and one I have seen used successfully, but is more admin work, is to create a WhatsApp group for English natives wanting to learn Vietnamese or Japanese and organise a weekly live teaching session on Google Meet or similar. You advertise the group using the two methods above. This is more work though, so maybe try the first two first.
Hope that is useful and if you want a quick assessment of your pronunciation, just send me a short audio clip. You can contact me via my YT channel āEnglish with Lizā.
Where in Great Britain do you live?
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