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Does travel broaden the mind? 
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Does travel broaden the mind? - Real English conversation 41

This is dictation exercise 1 for the Blue Level. 

BL Dictation Exercise A

Rule 5

In this lesson, you will learn how to get what you want in English from a conversation between two people who are acquaintances. There's still a lot to know so be sure to check out the lesson notes on EnglishClass101.com: http://www.englishclass101.com/2011/01/17/survival-phrases-3-getting-what-you-want-using-english/

Survival Phrases Season 1 #3 - Getting What You Want Using English

This week I have some really good news for you. We’re talking about good news. What could be better than learning how to give good news in English and how to respond to good news? Here is the best part, it is super simple.

Giving Good News in English

When we give bad news, we already feel stressed and nervous and upset when we do it in our own native language, but when you have to do it in English, then it becomes not only upsetting, but also scary. How do you do it correctly and in a good appropriate way?

Strategies for Giving Bad News

This week we are focused on eight idioms inspired by the summer. We’re going to think about using different idioms in English so that you can understand them naturally in any conversation, or if you hear them on a TV show or radio program.

Idioms Inspired by Summer

Have you ever had a conversation in English, maybe on the telephone, when you’re making hotel reservations or talking to an international client in another country, or maybe you’re talking face-to-face with someone after a business meeting or a conference, and you don’t know how to end the conversation? 

The good news is, today is the last day where you will ever feel like that, because we’re going to focus on how you can end a conversation and say goodbye in many different situations, using common, everyday expressions that we use today in modern English.

17 Ways to Say Goodbye in English

A woman without her man is nothing. Without punctuation, this sentence is difficult to understand. What do you think the meaning of this sentence is? Using commas will improve your writing and make it easier to understand your meaning.

Improve Your Writing with These 5 Rules

In episode 23 of the IELTS VIP Podcast I will look at some really good research I looked at.

It looks at the question of whether academic success can be determined by habit or whether this is something you are born with.

Can you learn some habits and strategies that will help you outperform others in the IELTS test? This podcast will give you an answer to this question.

The research is drawn from a few different research articles which you can find here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285864991_Giftedness_Predicting_the_speed_of_expertise_acquisition_by_intellectual_ability_and_metacognitive_skillfulness_of_novices

https://www.jstor.org/stable/258875?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797616659930

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