How I got a certificate to show I spoke Russian without doing the test.

Living in Russia

The Russian Test

When you attend a business meeting, you might want: 
•	to make a suggestion
•	to ask if people agree with your suggestion
•	to make alternative suggestions
•	to brainstorm ideas
•	to agree and politely disagree with other people’s ideas
•	to know how to politely interrupt someone, to correct something they have said, (if you think they are wrong)
•	to know how to ask for clarification (if you don’t understand what someone has said)
•	to offer your advice
•	to report back to the meeting (on what you have done since the last meeting) 

This podcast contains some very simple, useful phrases for each of these areas.  There are many more phrases, in my PDF course. Contact me through italki if you want more details.  

Podcast transcript :  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zDAVXRHTG2lU8TlRv_Ti1qAvAH3f3KYa&usp=drive_fs 


English for Business

Attending a business meeting

In this episode we learn:
Thee three personal pronouns in Swahili:
A). First person pronoun
B). Second person pronoun
C). Third person pronoun
     Each personal pronoun has a singular and a plural form.

Lets Learn Swahili

Personal pronouns(Viwakilishi- Nafsi)

Here are some questions you can ask yourself to check whether you got the meaning:

1. What was the purpose of Diane’s visit to San Francisco, California?
2. Can visitors do all anything they like at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area or something certain?
3. Where did Diane and her friends go on the second day of her visit?
4. How did Diane and her friends arrive to Alcatraz Island?
5. What was Diane’s favorite part about her trip to San Francisco?

See you for the daily listening practice tomorrow!

#dailyenglish #englishlisteningskill #teacheranatoly



The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Daily listening Practice Part 1 & Part 2 - San Francisco

Lucas goes to school every day of the week. He has many subjects to go to each school day: English, art, science, mathematics, gym, and history. His mother packs a big backpack full of books and lunch for Lucas.

His first class is English, and he likes that teacher very much. His English teacher says that he is a good pupil, which Lucas knows means that she thinks he is a good student.

His next class is art. He draws on paper with crayons and pencils and sometimes uses a ruler. Lucas likes art. It is his favorite class.

His third class is science. This class is very hard for Lucas to figure out, but he gets to work with his classmates a lot, which he likes to do. His friend, Kyle, works with Lucas in science class, and they have fun.

Then Lucas gets his break for lunch. He sits with Kyle while he eats. The principal, or the headmaster as some call him, likes to walk around and talk to students during lunch to check that they are all behaving.

The next class is mathematics, which most of the students just call math. Kyle has trouble getting a good grade in mathematics, but the teacher is very nice and helpful.

His fourth class is gym. It is just exercising.

History is his last class of the day. Lucas has a hard time staying awake. Many lessons are boring, and he is very tired after doing gym.

Which classes were your favorite? :)

Let's continue with reading & comprehension tomorrow.

Daily reading & comprehension. At school

Comentario sobre la película de Alexander Payne, "Los que se quedan" (conocida por su título original como "The Holdovers").

El kinetoscopio

Episodio 3: Los que se quedan

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word tooth. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.