Mark
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Speak English Fluently
A new English student wrote to me on chat yesterday. The conversation we had was worthy of sharing with others. So, here it is, unedited…. STUDENT: Is this Mark? The English teacher from U.F.E. and S.F.E? (NOTE: Those are my courses, “Understand Fluent English” and “Speak Fluent English.”) ME: Yes, it is. How can I…
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Improve Your Spoken English
This article will be a guide on how to improve your spoken English. I’m going to assume you are a serious student of English, and therefore have bought at least one language course. But owning an English course isn’t enough to improve your spoken English. You need to use the course the right way, to…
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5 Things a Good English Training Course Should Have
I recently got an email from a student in Japan asking, “Can you tell me some of the things a good English training course should have? I really want to speak English well.” It’s a very important question, so I’d like to expand on my answer here in this article. A good English training course…
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Why Learn Real English?
My students always ask me, “Why should I learn real English?” And here’s what I always tell them: Pretend you’re a tourist in Manhattan. As you stare at the billboards in Times Square, a young man approaches you, “Hey, mister…Whachya gonna getchyer friends fer the holiday?” Did you understand his question? Any native speaker of…
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Learning English Online Mistakes
In this article I’ll be sharing with you the two biggest mistakes students make when learning English online. I’m writing this article from experience. I made both of these mistakes myself. I think most people do. But when I began to research how adults learn language, I started to see the mistakes I had been…