what are the practical steps to speak english fluently

 

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مکالمه روزمره انگلیسی برای مبتدیان

 

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Useful Meeting Phrases عبارات و اصطلاحات مفید انگلیسی در جلسات تجاری

 

Interrupting

May I have a word?
If I may, I think...
Excuse me for interrupting.
May I come in here?

Giving Opinions

I (really) feel that...
In my opinion...
The way I see things...
If you ask me,... I tend to think that...

Asking for Opinions

Do you (really) think that...
(name of participant) can we get your input?
How do you feel about...?

Commenting on Other Opinions

I never thought about it that way before.
Good point!
I get your point.
I see what you mean.

Agreeing with Other Opinions

Exactly!
That's (exactly) the way I feel.
I have to agree with (name of participant).

Disagreeing with Other Opinions

Up to a point I agree with you, but...
(I'm afraid) I can't agree

Advising and Suggesting

We should...
Why don't you....
How/What about...
I suggest/recommend that...

Clarifying

Have I made that clear?
Do you see what I'm getting at?
Let me put this another way...
I'd just like to repeat that...

Requesting Information

I'd like you to...
Would you mind... I wonder if you could...

Asking for Repetition

I didn't catch that. Could you repeat that, please?
I missed that. Could you say it again, please?
Could you run that by me one more time?

Asking for Clarification

I'm afraid I don't quite understand what your are getting at.
Could you explain to me how that is going to work?
I don't see what you mean. Could we have some more details, please?

Asking for Verification

Do you mean that...?
Is it true that...?

Asking for Spelling

Would you mind spelling that for me, please?

Asking for Contributions for Other Participants

What do you think about this proposal?
Would you like to add anything, (name of participant)?
Has anyone else got anything to contribute?
Are there any more comments?

Correcting Information

Sorry, that's not quite right.
I'm afraid you don't understand what I'm saying.
That's not quite what I had in mind.
That's not what I meant.

Keeping the Meeting on Time

Well, that seems to be all the time we have today.
Please be brief.
I'm afraid we've run out of time.
I'm afraid that's outside the scope of this meeting.
Let's get back on track, why don't we?
That's not really why we're here today.
Why don't we return to the main focus of today's meeting.
We'll have to leave that to another time.
We're beginning to lose sight of the main point.
Keep to the point, please.
I think we'd better leave that for another meeting.
Are we ready to make a decision?

Explore useful phrases and proper language use in these business English articles:

Introduction and Example Meeting Dialogue

Phrase Reference Sheet for Participating in a Meeting

Phrase Reference Sheet for Running a Meeting

Formal or Informal? Appropriate Language in Business Situations

Topics for discussion in English

 

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چگونه با یک انگلیسی زبان صحبت کنیم

 

If you are lucky enough to meet people who speak your target language regularly, be it on a trip or because you live in a multi-ethnic city, then you can probably have them help you to learn much more about your language. The basis is in the right attitude, and the exercise is very pleasurable. I've used it over and over in 4 languages and in many countries and it works really well, and is rewarding at the same time. Here's my advice:

When you meet people who are native speakers of your target language, at home or abroad :

1. Speak to people and smile and be open minded about having them correct your pronunciation or grammar. Show that you are genuinely happy that they correct you.

2. Master perfectly ( I mean nuances and prononunciation) the few phrases that make most of small talk : greetings, presentation of self, how and why you learn their language, where you come from, etc.... Click here for a list of the minimum phrases you should master perfectly.

3. Talk to people gently, looking them in the eyes and listening to what they say. If they are a bit rude or expeditive, you have maybe a chance to make them helpful for the rest of your days. Here's how : Once I was in a little bakery shop in Rome and I asked for the exact name of a pastry I didn't know to the waitress. She answered me very drily and looked after another customer. I kept smiling, and said gently to another waitress : "Oh, I see it's monday morning, it's a difficult hour for everybody, sorry if I was rude" (I wasn't). The next day when I came, the "rude" waitress talked half an hour with me and offered me a bagful of warm cookies for free...

4. If someone answers you in english or in another language when you spoke in your target language in the first place, DON'T go on in the target language as if nothing happened. The other person is making efforts to be helpful by talking to you in english, or just want to show off its skills (very common in some countries like Germany). So if you want him to help you with your target language, you have to acknowledge the fact that he speaks english, congratulate him for his english and then explain that you came here to practice this beautiful language that is your target language.

5. When you hear a word you don't understand, wait for the speaker to finish his phrase and then raise your hand with a smile and say Excuse me Sir but I did not understand the word XXX ? What does it mean ? Would you write it down for me ? , preferably in your target language, and give hime a blankflash card. Of course a beginner cannot do that because people would not have enough time to teach him everything. But still they will almost always be willing to help for a few words.

Topics for discussion in English

 

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موضوعاتی برای تقویت گفت و گوی انگلیسی

 

ESL speaking activities for TESL TESOL & TEFL classrooms

These speaking activities include ESL role-plays (roleplays), Find someone who... speaking activities, information gap activities, examination rubrics for ESL oral tests, and discussion questions. Most of these are ESL speaking activities that I've created, used, and liked.

Role-plays - ESL speaking activities

Intercultural communication conflict resolution - a roleplay for introducing and practicing the 4 cross cultural conflict resolution steps.

Personal questions - students practice conflict resolution when one asks questions that are considered personal in the other's culture.

Eating in Korea - an American is surprised to find that in Korea people share one bowl of soup.

First date - A Canadian man and a Korean woman face some cultural differences about who should pay for he first date.

Neighbors at odds - this roleplay helps students practice complaining, making requests, making excuses, and denying requests.

Unbelievable story - This activity helps students practice narrative tenses, story telling, and expressing disbelief.

Taxi court - This works well with Culture Watch unit 3 and practices past simple, past continuous, making complaints, and defending oneself. It can be used outside the context of the book and is best suited for college students and older.

Restaurant interview - This speaking activity works well with New Interchange 2 unit 10 and helps students practice present perfect, interviewing, and being interviewed.

Land mine press conference (opens a new window) - This one practices asking questions, and helps to raise awareness about land mines.

Find someone who... ESL speaking activities

likes and dislikes - practices question formation, talking about likes and dislikes, enjoy +ing, like +infinitive, and like +noun.

vacations like you! - This activity can be used with New Interchange 2 unit 5 and practices question forms (Have you ever...? Do you like...?). This is a warmer for a communicative internet activity in which students plan vacations in pairs.

is like Indiana Jones - grammar wise, this works well with New Interchange 2 unit 4 but I use this one when showing clips from Raiders of the Lost Ark. This Find someone who... practices present perfect and follow up questions.

is continuously progressing! - This one was designed to go with New Interchange 2 unit 12 and practices question forms with the progressive (continuous) forms of the past perfect, past, and present.

is interested or interesting - This activity can work with New Interchange 2 unit 13 to practice relative clauses, -ing and -ed adjectives, and follow up questions.

thinks about Korea. - This activty works especially well with Korean students doing New Interchange 3 unit 15. It practices question forms, expressing opinions, and passive modals.

manages time well - This practices question formation but is also important in that it gets students talking about time management.

converses with you - I use this activity to supplement Conversation Strategies unit 1 and practice question forms, rejoinders, and follow up questions.

Information gaps - ESL speaking activities

Raiders of the Lost Ark info - I use this one when using my Raiders of the Lost Ark lesson plans which replace New Interchange 2 unit 11. This information gap practices passive and active voice (mostly past simple passive, 1 past simple active, 1 past perfect, 2 present simple questions).

Tigers - This activity is a warmer for the retelling of a Korean folk story (can be changed to any type of folk story), which practices the narrative tenses.

TESOL evaluation for speaking activities

Oral exam rubric - I used to use this rubric when giving oral tests to college freshmen. Grammar, vocabulary, fluency, listening & discourse, voice & pronunciation are covered.

ESL oral test guide - This helped students understand how they would be graded during oral exams.

Group discussion topic speaking activities

مکالمات مبتدی و روزمره برای همه

Communication

Eating

Emotions

Fashion

Friendship

Health

Housing

Life

Memory

Money

Romance

Shopping

Time

Traffic

Traveling

Vacation

Weather

Work

             

                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the Kitchen

In the Bathroom

In the Bedroom

In the Living Room

In the Garage

In the Yard

In the Office

At School

At the Store

At the Barbershop

Your Body

 

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1. How are you doing?

2. Did you have a good weekend?

3. Can you give me a ride?

4. I would like to make a reservation.

5. Can you tell me how to get to the downtown area?

6. Do you know where I should get off?

7. How long can I have these books checked out?

8. Can you tell me how long it takes to mail something to China?

9. Hi! This is John. Can I speak to Miss Wang?

10. I'd rather have another cup of tea.

تقويت قدرت صحبت كردن انگليسي با مطالب متنوع

 

 

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