Introduction Welcome Video Day 1- Assignment 1 Are you ready? To be able to speak in a foreign language you must have the right mindset. You should bear in mind that your main objective is to communicate with the natives, to understand and make yourself understood. So, you should not feel deflated when you make […]
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Sat, 16 Sep 2017 13:16:38 +0000Geralde Vincent-BancroftSpeech shadowing started as an experimental technique used by linguists to measure the reaction time between hearing a word and pronouncing it. It was soon to be transferred to language learning were they studied the effects of speech perception ( the process by which the sounds of language are… […]
Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:22:16 +0000Géralde Vincent-BancroftYou have a scheduled presentation in English at work, it’s a month away, and you would like to polish your speaking skills. You would love to be more at ease with the language, improve your pronunciation and be sure that everybody understands you perfectly. What if I told you […]
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:37:41 +0000Géralde Vincent-BancroftEnglish has broken the cultural frontiers and is considered the lingua franca for business and leisure. Mastering it literally opens career opportunities and doors to a wider social life if you can hold thoughtful conversations. Hence the need to improving your English-speaking… English has broken the cultural frontiers and […]
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:34:13 +0000Géralde Vincent-BancroftWhen people evaluate someone’s capability in a foreign language, they pay attention to how well he or she speaks the language. So, we can say that the ability to speak a language is equal to proficiency. But is that all? To communicate effectively various skills are needed. Of course,… […]
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:07:07 +0000Géralde Vincent-BancroftIt is important to use the oral form of a language when learning it. Most language learners become structurally competent in their new language and easily manage the written aspects (reading and writing) but struggle with listening and most importantly speaking. And we know that the latter is… It […]
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:37:07 +0000Géralde Vincent-BancroftSpeaking in any language is considered the most important skill because it allows an effective communication. Language is necessary to understand others and communicate your thoughts and feelings. It is nonetheless different when learning a new tongue. Most of the time, even after years of… Speaking in any language […]
Sat, 16 Sep 2017 13:16:38 +0000Geralde Vincent-BancroftSpeech shadowing started as an experimental technique used by linguists to measure the reaction time between hearing a word and pronouncing it. It was soon to be transferred to language learning were they studied the effects of speech perception ( the process by which the sounds of language are… […]
Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:22:16 +0000Géralde Vincent-BancroftYou have a scheduled presentation in English at work, it’s a month away, and you would like to polish your speaking skills. You would love to be more at ease with the language, improve your pronunciation and be sure that everybody understands you perfectly. What if I told you […]