Welcome to English Atmosphere

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THE IMPORTANCE OF

ENGLISH

““English is now a global languageEnglish is now a global language

that belongs to all those whothat belongs to all those who

speak it.”speak it.”

Nigel Newton, publisher Nigel Newton, publisher



FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH

IN SPEAKING

• English has official or special status in at least 75countries, with a total population of over two billion.

• English is spoken as the first language by around !" to7! #illion, and as the second language by around !5to 7" #illion people in the world.

• $ %uarter of the world&s population, '.! billion to '.5billion, speak English to so#e level of co#petence. (y!"5" this will have grown to 5").

• *") of internet users co##unicate in English.



FOCUS OF DISCUSSION

• Attitudes

• Pronunciation

• Vocabulary Power

• Tips On Better Spoken English

• Conversation Gabits



ATTITUDES

N e e d T o

W a n t T o

C a n D o

W i l l D o



WANT TO and WILL DO

+peaking English fluently is a very easy task,

if and only if , you put your #ind to it.

$ctually, it has a lot to do with psychology. fyou keep the notion in your #ind that you will

not be able to know how to learn to speak

English fluently, you #ight face proble#s.



SPEAKING

Fluency is a matter of habit.Fluency is a matter of habit.

You need to build that habit.You need to build that habit.



PRONUNCIATION

n truth, there can be no ob-ective

standard for correct pronunciation other

than the usage of thoughtful and, inparticular, educated speakers of English.

$#ong such speakers one hears #uch

variation in pronunciation.



POINT TO REMEMBER

luency in English is accuracywith good pronunciation

/ not speed.



VOCABULARY

• 0hoose about ten new words per day to practise.

• practise vocabulary a nu#ber of ti#es until you areword/perfect.

• incorporate the# into conversations with as #anypeople as possible 1at least si2 ti#es each word orconstruction, but #ore if possible3.

• 4ake physical gestures or #ove#ent to connect to the#eaning of the new word or phrase. epeat the action.

/ teaching the body and #ind to understand the word.



FIVE TIPS TO SPEAK

ENGLISH BETTER• !earn phrases"sentences# not individual

words

• $o not study graar rules

• !earn with ears # not with eyes

• %se# listen to# and answer any stories

• %se point&o'&view ini stories to learnEnglish graar(



TIP NO 1

• !earn phrases or sentences# not individual words

6hrase a group of words

write down the whole phrase8sentence fro# realEnglish broadcasts or story books.

review or study the whole phrase.

(enefits/ easier to re#e#ber the chosen word because it has

story and #eaning.

/ learn how to use the word in sentence without having toapply the gra##ar rules.



TIP NO 2

• !earn English without studying the graar

need to answer i##ediately 9 no ti#e to think

about gra##ar rules.practise saying a sentence naturally.

(enefit/ to avoid thinking about the gra##ar rules when

creating sentences.



TIP NO 3

• !earn with ears # not with eyes

practice speaking out loud what is heard.

learn deeply by repeating what you learn.

(enefit

/ $ble to speak faster and better gra##ar.



TIP NO 4

• %se# listen to# and answer any stories

use real English #aterials preferably in audio, notte2tbooks.

use #aterials that you en-oy 9 listening is *") of thelearning.

(enefits

/ help to speak %uickly and auto#atically./ teach to understand and respond %uickly in English.

/ learn to think in English and to speak spontaneouslythrough constantly answering %uestions.



TIP NO 5

• %se point&o'&view ini stories to learn

English graar

change the ti#e 9 present, past, future, etc.

understand the #eaning.

(enefit

/ $ble to distinguish the different tenses using the

sa#e story.



CONVERSATION GAMBITS

:a#bit a word or phrase which helps to

e2press what we are trying to say. t #akes

your English sound #ore natural and confident.

easier to talk to you and not be #isunderstood.



EPRESSING FEELINGS

AND OPINIONS

%se'ul e)pressions*

•6ersonally, think 8 feel 8 believe ;• n #y opinion ;

• n #y esti#ation ;• t see#s to #e that ;

• $s we see it ;• n our view ;• <is point of view is that ;• =hy don&t we ;



MAKING SUGGESTIONS

Suggested opening gabits*

• +ay , suggest -• .hy don/t you-

• .hy not -• 0ow about -• Perhaps you could -• 0ave you thought about -

• , have an idea(• !et/s -• 1ou could always -• ,' , were you# , would -



MANAGING A DISCUSSION

Suggested linking gabits*

• To start with-

• And another thing -

• .hat/s ore -

• 2ust a sall point -

• Perhaps , should ention -

•Oh# , alost 'orgot -• And besides# -

• Also# -

• And another thing# -



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