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Have you ever pondered the art of mastering listening comprehension? Miss Smith, a seasoned educator, offers invaluable insights on this skill. She advocates for active listening, emphasizing the need to grasp not just the words, but their context, nuances, and the emotions they convey. Miss Smith encourages regular practice with diverse audio materials, from conversations to podcasts, as a means to expose oneself to various accents, speeds, and topics. With patience and persistence, Miss Smith believes that anyone can unlock the door to impeccable listening comprehension, ultimately enriching their language proficiency.

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A Must Skill To Have As An IELTS Speaking Performer! And For Corporate Employees. (read on, the gift is down the page)! 

This is my recording of preparing a student to succeed as an IELTS speaking taker.

Here are some transcribed ideas from the podcast:

1. Mindset is the key.

What you think about your success will dictate what you say, how you say it, it will influence your fluency, your grammar, your vocabulary!

It all starts off WITH YOU THINKING : "I AM A BRIGHT INDIVIDUAL'!

I am a bright individual,

I feel that I am a bright individual,

I possess the qualities of a bright individual.

I am the owner of being the bright individual.

2. How I prepared for the IELTS test and what I did to achieve 8.5 and then 9.0 in the speaking section?

3. You have the technical skill and the mindset skill.

4. Who are you competing with?

5. What were my other successes with this strategy in 2018 and in 2022?

6. The acceptance of ideas talked about and moving on to further preparation.

My student, I decided to share it with you because you cannot miss to go into IELTS or ANY ENDEVOIR  (job interview preparation, business English) without this CRUCIAL ELEMENT called the mindset!

Listen to it few times, let it germinate in you and if you want to take it further - grab the book called: The Magic Of Thinking Big By David Schwartz - you'll get business advices on how to succeed in the corporate world.

My students are presidents of companies, VPs of departments, business owners and they ALL share the same thing - what I talk about in the podcast.

Join some of my coaching classes to elevate your game as communicator!

Job Interview Preparation | CEO Interview Strategies From Diverse Business Sectors!

A Must Skill To Have As An IELTS Speaking Performer!

Episode 1 of The Travel Podcast deals with my TAIWAN trip! A unique location in East Asia, I hope you can learn a bit more about this place after listening to my podcast :)

The Travel Podcast

Taiwan! - Episode 2

日本の子供たちに人気の習い事ランキングを紹介しています。皆さんの国ではどんな習い事が人気ですか？

日本語でおしゃべり　podcast for Japanese learners

＃23 子供の習い事ランキングの話

In this episode we are going to learn how to 【Introduce families 】. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know alreay, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practise until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我家有五口人。
wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén 。
There are five people in my family.
爸爸、妈妈、哥哥、姐姐和我。
bà ba 、 mā ma 、 gē ge 、 jiě jie hé wǒ 。
Father, mother, elder brother, elder sister and I.
我爸爸今年60岁了，他以前是一名医生，在医院上班。
wǒ bà ba jīn nián liùshí suì le ， tā yǐ qián shì yì míng yī shēng ， zài yī yuàn shàng bān 。
My father is 60 years old. He used to be a doctor. He worked in a hospital.
我妈妈今年57岁了，她以前在银行上班。
wǒ mā ma jīn nián wǔshíqī suì le ， tā yǐ qián zài yín háng shàng bān 。
My mother is 57 years old and she used to work in a bank.
我哥哥在工厂上班，他是一名工人。
wǒ gē ge zài gōng chǎng shàng bān ， tā shì yì míng gōng rén 。
My brother works in a factory. He is a worker.
我姐姐不上班，她在家照顾女儿。
wǒ jiě jie bú shàng bān ， tā zài jiā zhào gù nǚ ér 。
My sister doesn't work. She stays at home to look after her daughter.
我是一名老师，我在网上教中文。
wǒ shì yì míng lǎo shī ， wǒ zài wǎng shàng jiāo zhōng wén 。
I am a teacher and I teach Chinese online.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

介绍家人 Introduce families （for beginner）

IELTS Preparation & Sample Answers. Part 3. Nature. 

1. What are the main environmental problems in your country?
2. Why should people be concerned about the environment?
3. How can people protect the environment?

How would you feel if you'll be asked these questions? What would your thoughts be? How will you organize them together?

Do you need help in IELTS speaking part 1,2, and 3?

Send me a message, let me know how I can be of value and of assistance ( check my students' reviews on my teachers' page).

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation & Sample Answers. Part 3. Nature. 

EL PRIMER PRESIDENTE DE MÉXICO.

	

Vicente Guerrero asume la presidencia de la República.

Abril 1 de 1829
Recibe el poder ejecutivo de manos de Guadalupe Victoria, primer Presidente de México. Lo ha nombrado el Congreso tras anular unas elecciones en las que había resultado vencedor Manuel Gómez Pedraza y perdedor Vicente Guerrero. Pero cuyo resultado había sido impugnado con el argumento de que las votaciones habían sido hechas en los estados donde predominaban los conservadores. De esta impugnación había surgido el levantamiento armado llamado el motín de la Acordada, y Gómez Pedraza había renunciado al cargo y salido del país.

Guerrero trata de encargar a personas aptas el despacho de los asuntos de estado e integra su gabinete con: José María Bocanegra, secretario de Relaciones Interiores y Exteriores; Francisco Moctezuma, de Guerra y Marina; José Manuel de Herrera, de Justicia y Negocios Eclesiásticos y –buscando contemporizar intereses- nombra a Lorenzo de Zavala, de Hacienda; él mismo en su Ensayo Histórico confesará que su absoluta inexperiencia en éste ámbito le “hizo engolfarse en los mismo desastrosos contratos que con grande ardor había reprobado en sus antecesores”. Con estos nombramientos la posición de las logias se divide aun más cuando Anastasio Bustamante es nombrado vicepresidente; él por su extracción, carácter y educación, no puede ser amigo de los insurgentes ni de Guerrero.

Aparentemente el ascenso al poder de Guerrero se debe al apoyo popular, sin embargo, muy pronto la sociedad estará inquieta pues personas sin mérito aspirarán a obtener puestos ventajosos; la “gente decente” despreciará su ascendencia mulata, sus malos modales y su falta de educación; el clero –que había reducido los dogmas a prácticas vanas y fanáticas- sólo tratará de mantener sus posiciones y el ejército, acostumbrado a pelear y a ver con desprecio al grupo en el poder al que ha combatido, no sabrá ahora qué postura adoptar.

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EL PRIMER PRESIDENTE DE MÉXICO.

Song Lyrics: I Don't Want to Play House by Tammy Wynette