Have you ever  felt like your essay  is missing something? 
You just finished and polished it  but when you read it, you feel like it sounds ok but   sth is missing?! 

Yes, That's the structure  you ought to follow which you didn't in  your essay. 

Listen to this episode and  understand the 4 key points. 

James Unlocks IELTS

Your Task 2 Essay is missing something!?

El uso o tratamiento del “usted” como una de las primeras formas de contacto cultural y que es la forma en que nos podemos dirigir a una persona desconocida, ya sea para pedir información sobre una dirección, solicitar algún servicio o para presentarnos a una persona que queremos conocer. 

Hablando Español

DEL USTED

        上星期，白雪在网上看到了一套漂亮的公寓，有一房一厅，还有一个厨房、洗手间和一个大阳台。价格也不贵，她能接受。

        从照片上看，卧室和客厅看起来又大又干净，客厅有沙发、电视，卧室的床也看起来很舒服。

        阳台的外面可以看到一个小公园，如果住在这里，还可以每天去公园散散步。

       最重要的是，这个公寓离地铁很近，走路5分钟就到了，她只要坐一个地铁站就可以到公司，或者，她可以走路半个小时到公司。

        她高兴极了，约我周末的时候一起去看看这套公寓。


一套公寓 yī tào gōng yù  an apartment
厨房 chú fáng  kitchen
阳台 yáng tái  balcony
价格 jià gé  price
接受 jiē shòu to accept
卧室wò shì bedroom
重要 zhòng yào important


Last week, Báixuě saw a beautiful apartment online, with one room and one living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a large balcony. The price is not expensive, she can accept it. The bedroom and living room look big and clean in images. The living room has a sofa and TV. The bed in the bedroom also looks very comfy. You can see a small park not far outside the balcony. You can go to the park for a walk every day if living here.
The most important thing is that this apartment is very close to the subway, and it is only 5 minutes' walk away. Only one subway station to the company, or, she can walk half an hour to the company. She was so happy that she asked for my company to visit this apartment in person at the weekend.

HSK4 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

02. 一套漂亮的公寓！Yī tào piàoliang de gōngyù! A pretty apartment!

En este episodio descubrirás otros significados que tienen verbos muy comunes en español pero que probablemente no conocías.

Spanish Shortcut

EP 20. VERBOS CON DIFERENTES SIGNIFICADOS

Esse podcast é destinado a falar sobre a cultura do Brasil e sobre a diversidade linguística que existe aqui no país. 

Tudo é cultura

Apresentação do podcast

In a job interview you can expect to be asked a number of questions.

Here are some

Naicker Studios 

Job Interview Questions

Try these tips during awkward silences or when you don't know what else to talk about.

1.   Don't reject your own ideas thinking that they are not worth sharing. When you filter most of your stories and experiences you have fewer topics to talk about. 
 
2.   Don't list your points, instead elaborate on each point using examples or personal experiences. This also gives the opportunity to the listener to add to the topic or share their own experiences making it a two-way conversation.
 
3.   Speak at the right pace. If you speak too fast, you end the conversation very quickly. It’s usually because the listener doesn’t understand you and therefore can’t keep the conversation going.  
 
4.   Learn to ask smart questions to keep the conversation going. Ask open-ended questions such as, “what do you think about …?” with follow-up questions “why do you think …?”. This helps you build up on the information that you received.
 
5.   Practise thinking critically so you always have something to say. When you practice critical thinking and ask yourself counter-questions, you are able to spontaneously think of ideas and form arguments using your background knowledge. You can easily connect the dots and be eloquent while talking to people.
 
6.   Learn a few speech frameworks such as Past - Present - Future, Problem – Solution - Benefit, or other storytelling formats such as ‘the mountain’. When you have a structure, you don’t lose your chain of thoughts and you don’t run into dead ends. Your listeners are also able to understand you better and remember what you said.
 
7.   If you are using a second language to communicate such as English, then simplify your complex thoughts in your native language first and then translate them to English. Lots of times when translation is tough, we give up and change the topic. But this practice helps you make the translation process easy. 
 
If you want to learn more, please book a session with me. 


Sensei Ann

Tips for not running out of things to say

Nick discusses the advantages and disadvantages of zoos. This could be an IELTS Writing Part 2 or Speaking Part 3 question. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Do you think zoos are important?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14eVx1o60KOF70bbmg72_lLVwYIfAJhxt/view?usp=drivesdk