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Greetings from teacher Dee. I am welcoming everyone on board. I am teacher Dee and I am an ESL teacher, corporate trainer and I am based in Shanghai, China. I have been teaching English since 1998 and I have helped hundreds of students and adults learning English for different purposes. I have taught English as a second language to French speaking learners, Japanese speaking learners, Korean speaking learners, Chinese speaking learners and Russian speaking learners. It is my pleasure to help you improve your English skills. Email: f-writers (at) hotmail (dot) com. Wechat ID: DeeNTee
Presenting my newly published book for IELTS candidates. IELTS Speaking Test Guide.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dee64/messageThis episode focuses on a presentation of how to use the newly published book Foundation English Vocabulary Workbook by D. Nkwetato Tamonkia. You can get book online at this link https://www.google.com.hk/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Foundation+English+Vocabulary+Workbook+by+D.+Nkwetato+Tamonkia
Resuming podcasting after a break of several months to focus on the publishing of three books for English learning. The books are now available online on all major book platforms, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, etc. You can search for the books by the following Author name: D. Nkwetato Tamonkia or by book titles:
Thank you all for your patience, your loyalty to my lessons and your support. If you buy copies of the books, please do leave some good reviews and ratings. Don't forget to share the links with people who need the books.
For any questions you can always reach me by email at
f-writers@hotmail.com
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dee64/messageResurfacing after a long period away working on a book publishing project.
Introducing new features for upcoming podcast episodes - interviews with people in different settings.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dee64/messageIELTS - Task 2 Writing marking criteria:
How do examiners score task 2 essays:
1. Task Achievement (TA) score / 9
2. Coherence and Cohesion (CC) score / 9
3. Lexical Resource (LR) score / 9
4. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA) score / 9
They add the four scores and divide by 4 to obtain your final score in writing.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dee64/messagePaying attention to time when taking English tests.
Preparing for English tests: Using a stopwatch to time each task to make sure it can be done on time in the actual test.
Case study: IELTS. Speaking: Answering questions in 30seconds, 2minutes and 1minute.
Writing: Finishing two writing tasks in 60minutes. Task one in 20minutes and Task two in 40minutes.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dee64/messageAnswering questions from listeners about English language learning goals.
How can learners set goals to improve their English?
Teacher Dee recommends the four boxes approach.
First make four boxes representing the four major language skills: Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking.
Then under each of the skills, focus on specific learning activities that help you improve that skill.
For example:
Under reading, set a goal to read a short passage of just about 100 words every day, then extend the goal to reading articles, short stories and lastly novels.
Under listening, set a goal to listen to a short dialogue every day and then tell someone what the dialogue is about. Then extend the goal to longer conversations, then a speech, then lastly English news broadcasts.
Under writing, start by writing simple sentences, then compound and complex sentences, then paragraphs and lastly, essays. Always get someone to check and correct them for you.
Under speaking, start by talking with people you feel comfortable around like friends and family members before you try speaking formally in more public settings.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dee64/messageVocabulary Series: Human Rights and various subcategories of Human Rights such as:
=> Women's Rights
=> Children's Rights
=> Workers' Rights
=> Handicapped Persons' Rights
=> Animals' Rights
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dee64/messageFirst episode of the year 2023. Introducing a new series: Vocabulary: Replacing words that have general meanings with words with more specific meanings for better comprehension.
Here is the link to download the files containing 40 seafood words and pictures.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dee64/messageSeries on IELTS Speaking continues. Theme: Sports. Focus: Footbal.
VOCABULARY FOCUS:
1. An assist 2. Crossbar 3. Free kick 4. Goalkeeper / Goalie 5. Header 6. Kickoff 7. Linesman 8. Referee 9 Attackers. 10 Midfielders. 11. Defenders. 12. Wingers. 13. Sweeper. 14. Penalty. 15. To be booked. 16. Yellow Card. 17. Red Card. 18. A draw / A tie. 19. Footwear. 20. An upset.
Sample Speaking Test:
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