Hi Pablo Mr.D and all other members, First of all,thank you for remembering to wish me "Happy Mother's Day!",Pablo!
I was meaning to ask you about your 'lambago' problems,but I didn't remember the word for it!:( I understand your passion for jogging.It's about your self-challenge instead of a competition against other contestants,isn't it?;) I smiled,too when reading about your young woman doctor saying that wearing a mask can stand 92% of chance against swine flu!Doctors like scientists admire figures,or should I say can't live without them?;) I used to tutor 2 sons of a pediatrician(mother) and an obstetrician (father).When I heard them quoting some medical journals with such confidence made me laugh,too. I had the same fear and concern when SARS struck Taiwan,too in 2003...: ( We had to go everywhere with masks and our elder child in the pram with a rain cover during hot summer days! As long as you and your family,especially your daughter wear mask properly(and don't forget to change it when torn),and wash your hands as often as you can!(we used to use a lot of hand sanitizer(a tiny bottle of transparent liquid,quite handy when you can't wash hands with water right away)) I will reply to Mr.D's and your reply to him regarding my kids' exposure to 3 languages hopefully tomorrow! Good day to us all! Pln On May 10, 12:41 am, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mr. D. > > I think it's important to comment to all of you about my experience > with my daughter. > > When she was 4 or so, I decided it was about time she learned > English. Perhaps it had better been before but it couldn't be like > that. Well, I started to teach her the alphabet and her first words. > And I used to talk to her in English, e.g. "please, pass me my shoes", > "go to bed", "are you ready?" (for school), "hurry up!", etc. I had > to learn new words or expressions and I was practicing at the same > time. Now she is 12 and I consider she can hold a conversation. I > think she is high beginner and I keep talking to her or practicing > with her. > > I mean, it's really valuable if you have somebody who you can practice/ > talk to. I keep trying to get new partners, be native, or EFL learners > like me. I also have tried to have an English club at home, no luck > so far. > > About your suggestion, to tell the truth, I think it can turn out > difficult or not so pleasant if words don't come up, I think it's > easier to follow a text or dialog. From now on I'll try to focus > myself on using the words and the language. Here some ideas: > > - Read aloud a book/text/paragraph, repeat 'interesting' phrases > - Get texts oriented to fluency, and read them aloud > - Repeat phrases while listening to your mp3 player/tv news, etc, no > pauses, you just repeat what you are able to hear > > By the way, my mp3 player has a function to repeat 2 or more times, a > segment A-B. You press twice to decide the segment duration. My mp3 > player is cheap but has a smart function and can break sentences > relatively well. It's more useful when the audio is not so > understandable. > > Or simply, read any book or whatever you like, aloud. I think most of > us (EFL learners) keep listening to or have listened to a lot of audio > input, but the output has been very limited, perhaps in a proportion 9 > to 1 if not more? The same about writing, I think we read/write in a > proportion 9-1 if not more? > > Evereybody, ;) looking forward to knowing about your experiences, > opinions, ideas. And a happy mother's day! Especially to Pln, who > else? ;) > > Thank you, > > Pablo > > On 9 mayo, 09:02, "Mr. D" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hey Pablo, > > > Absolutely, the first thing I ask a student is "Do you want to speak > > English?" > > > They always answer yes. Then I say...speak English with an over the > > top > > enthusiasm to try and illicit a response and to break the ice a bit. > > > Here's a method I tell students to use, perhaps you guys can try it > > with > > yours. I ask them to try to these "simple" but not necessarily "easy" > > tasks. > > > 1. When they get up in the morning they should go to the mirror to > > brush > > their teeth and look at themselves and say OUT LOUD! " Today, I will > > speak English, maybe tomorrow I'll speak (native language) but for > > today > > I will speak English. > > > 2. I encourage them to say everything OUT LOUD that they are thinking > > as they prepare to > > go to school or work. No matter how simple or odd it may seem. Like, > > hmm... > > I think I will wear my blue shirt or brown shoes. Oh, it's almost > > 7:30am I > > better go have a shower, or where is my purse or notebook whatever. > > > 3. Next, when they are commuting or waiting somewhere in public they > > can use > > their cell phone to call imaginary people and have pseudo > > conversations. If they're > > not sure what to say, I encourage them to read from the newspaper into > > their phone > > or better yet their textbook. > > > Anyway, I'm a firm believer in speaking to learn to speak and I hope > > this helps > > somebody out. > > > ~Mr. D > > > On May 6, 7:13 pm, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi friends, > > > > This interesting article: > > > >http://www.helping-you-learn-english.com/how_to_learn_english.html > > > > Do you agree? > > > > Pablo- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". 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