Before you start..
Please take a closer look at some of the explainer videos we have prepared, especially for Days #01 through #03 of this mini-course. All the buttons and bells and whistles are explained with examples. Not watching them is not really an option. In other words, “Don’t be a mug! Watch the explainer vids!”
Today’s activity
1) will probably take the longest to complete; and
2) ranks as the MOST IMPORTANT of all of them.
Why?
Because you get to know the how and the why of the doing: the core key learning ingredients…
Day #01@ @PAQs + BYOD aka Practise Asking Questions & Build Your Own Dialogue
Not nearly enough people ask enough Questions.
From the BYOD aka Build your Own Dialogue Modules.
Topic: Where you Live.
Practice asking someone about:
where they’re living;
their hometown;
its population;
best time to visit.
Practise being Creative! Learn to be Silly!
This someone could be YOU so you can practise giving answers, too: excellent confidence building prep at elementary level for the spoken part of the IELTS exam!
Activity #01
Practice Asking Questions
Read the following sentences then say them out loud, speaking into your microphone. Verify how fluently you can express common English phrases.
Activity #02
Build Your Own Dialogue
INSTRUCTIONS For FIRST TIME VISITORS
Please make sure you have watched the introductory/how to/ explainer video
There are 3 easy but powerful things you can do and I suggest you do all 3.
1) Listen to the Qs & As then repeat Qs using the recording function. Download.
2) Listen to the Qs & As then repeat the As given using the recording function. Download.
3) Listen to the Qs & As then give your own answers. Record and Download.
Approx. duration: 10 Min
Day#02@ Do you prefer Fay’s book or Facebook?
Intensive Pronunciation Exercises.. Some of the most difficult mouth and lip exercises..
Does your tongue do what you tell it to do?
Or is it a rebel?
Here, we show you how to get your tongue to do what you tell it to do. Make sure it knows the difference between those final ‘s’s and final ‘z’s. The consequences of not knowing can be fatal.
Enjoy!
Day#03@INVID aka INTERACTIVE VIDEO
7 Questions
+ MAWW aka Mark All the Wrong Words
Activity #01 contains a short clip from the movie ‘Enter the Dragon’ starring Bruce Lee with a combination of question types.
Today’s mission is to establish once and for all the KEY ingredient for success in ANY venture. Including your ENGLISH!
In Part #01 watch the first part of the short video and repeat any key phrases, In the second part, check how much you understand and remember.
Activity #02 is a recycling exercise; another way to RECALL what you have learnt.
Activity#02@MAWW
aka Mark All the Wrong Words
Day#04@IPPA / MAQAAR / WTQ & LAWTs / RATTA
:> 4 x 150-Second Activities
4.1@IPPA#1
aka Intensive Power Pronunciation Activity
ie Practice Getting Stress Right in Questions
Also Memory Training. Listen and repeat WITHOUT looking at the text FIRST….You’ll need to listen very carefully.
4.2@MAQAAR#1
aka Matching Audio Questions and Audio Responses
Also a Memory Game: once you have a match, listen and repeat each Q and A
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日本語の説明
Memory Game. Find the matching cards.
4.3@LAWTS#1 aka Listen & Write aka Dictation then Speak
(Do a Shadowing Exercise if required)
Listen Carefully and Write the Sentences you Hear. then Speak
4.4@RAATA#01
aka Read And Then Talk Aloud (then Check)
Speaking slowly and with clear enunciation, say the words you can see.
oday’s session requires you to complete 4 activities.
On each one you should not spend longer than two or two and a half minutes. Yup, that’s a max of 150 seconds
Set the timer on your mobile phone. Don’t stress out if you can’t finish an exercise within the allotted time. Just jump straight onto the next exercise. You will have time in future sessions to catch up …
Intensive Power Pronunciation Activity
ie Practice Getting Stress Right in Questions
Also Memory Training. Listen and repeat WITHOUT looking at the text FIRST….You’ll need to listen very carefully.
Fluency ie Getting Stress Right in Questions & and Memory Training
Before you turn the card over try to:
1) RECALL the Question from the image; then
2) LISTEN & REPEAT the questions and
3) mentally WRITE OUT the sentence out in BIG BOLD letters. Only then
4) TURN the card over to confirm; if necessary,
5) REPEAT the first part if your answer was incorrect.
Day #05 SHAPRA aka SHADOWING Practice + #PAQ aka Practice Asking Questions + #RAR aka Read and Record
Topic: Posture>> Are you sitting comfortably?
An activity with one of the highest language learning R.O.T.I.s 
No! that’s not flat Indian bread we are talking about here. R.O.T.I. RETURN ON TIME INVESTMENT.
You can never do enough listening and repeating if you want to get a feel of the language.
シャドーイングの練習+#PAQ(別名:質問をする練習)+#RAR(別名:読んで録音する)
online english education
Activity #01 SHAPRA aka SHADOWING Practice aka Listen& Repeat
聴いて繰り返す練習
Instructions:
Press pause and play after each chunk. If you find yourself unable to repeat what you hear, progressively mke the chunks of a shorter duration. A link to the transcript is here
#PAQ + #RAR Combo aka Practice Asking Questions & Read and Repeat
Practice of one of the most common type of Yes/No (Closed) Questions beginning with “Do you…..”
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Day #006 :- @SHAMEM aka Shadowing & Memorization
Training (via quote from the Cree ie North American Cree Indians:
Today, we are going to look at two more ways you can reinforce your learning and REALLY learn new words (or, alternatively -if you don’t remember them so well- revisit ones you learnt before ).
Activity #1 is a LISTEN & REPEAT exercise: on variation of an often repeated prophecy. Exactly what its origins are is not the point.
In Activity #2 your task is to RAV:LAC raka Read And VOCALIZE: Loud And Clear.
Then go back and check Your pronunciation
Español y 日本語はこちら and English transcript
Activity #1
#LARAMI! aka LISTEN AND REPEAT AND MEMORIZE IT!!
#CREE INDIAN PROPHECY
Listen and repeat the warning/ prophecy several times. Get the feeling of the words. Click here for the transcript in English and a Japanese variant. ( 日本語版はこちら )
Day #07 EveryoneCan Draw Video DO NOTHING ie CHILL DAY
and / or REVISE and / or Catchup @ Everyone Can Draw aka 誰でも描ける
This is a day for catching up, if you somehow slipped behind. If you had any specific problems or have any suggestions general comments, let us know. We will be happy to hear from you @.
https://artyenglish.co.uk/contact-form/
Alternatively, if you are all good ie no problems, Watch a Video that is guaranteed to improve:
1) your ability to draw; and then
2) your memorization skills …and
3) think and feel the language… .
Day #08 fr. BYOD aka Build Your Own Dialogue & SOADS aka Shadowing of a Different Shade plus Memory Mix:>.
Click to listen to the original Questions and Answers. If you don’t understand them. Click on the text icon to see the English. If you still don’t understand, click on the GoogleTranslate icon to get the translations.
Repeat them ie speak, record your voice and repeat. Listen to original again and compare.
Is your vocal creation good enough?
If yes, move on. If not, go back and try again.
This activityis from the BYOD course. Instead of building a dialogue, however, REPEAT each question until you feel you have created YOUR ENGLISH VOICE.
RECORD and DOWNLOAD.
KEEP as your personal record.
Day #09@ ESOFA aka Entertaining Selection of Fluency Activities
Play with your mind indeed with a selection of activities guaranteed to entertain you in an annoying though informative way.
To complete these exercises in 10 minutes you won’t be able to dilly-dally, but the payoff is that they could well possibly stick with you for life…. forever and ever and ever…
Try now!
Reach for the sky…!NAY!…the STARS with these activities to ACTION! *Anytime* …. *Anywhere* …. *Anyhow* ….
Essentials to help you become a STELLAR English performer in any situation……..
#1@DRAGON-D#01 aka Drag and Drop + Memory Challenge with Text
Try to remember the sentences first without looking at the words below.
#2@GTQ aka GUESS THE QUESTION #1
Listen to and Read Answer then Imagine the Question
Using your Creative Imagination in the Recall Procedure
#3@RATSA#2 Read And Then Speak Aloud
Speaking slowly and with clear enunciation, say the words you can see.
Day #10:> ILASP@Intensive Listening & Speaking Practice
Does your English tick all the boxes?
Here, a couple of mind- expanding activities to test your English mind and grow your skillset.
Challenge your English Mind as you Throw Grammar Out the Window and rely 100% on your intuition
Some of these exerc will take you to a place the border between sanity and a mad place…The easiest up first: Dictation This is followed by a Read then Speak Activity. In your final activity you listen to the answer and guess the question
@LAWTS#02 aka Listen & Write aka Dictation then Speak (Do a Shadowing Exercise if required)
Listen Carefully and Write the Sentences you Hear.
@RATTA#02
aka Read (subvocalize) And Then Talk Aloud (then Check)
Speaking slowly and with clear enunciation, say the words you can see.
WTQ#01 WTQ
aka What’s the Question?
Questions, questions and more questions. YOu can NEVER ask enough QUESTIONS!!!
Day #11@VEFCAG akaVisualization Exercises For Creativity And Growth
Today we are revisting our first day’s exercise to check your powers of recall.
This is a RE-membering exercise.. ie memorizing once again to reinforce the memory
Practise energising the Power of Creative Visualization in the Memorization Procedure. The video in here and out there has to be put into YOUR HEAD… onto the SYNAPSES in YOUR MIND..
Can you recall the 4 Questions and 4 Answers from the Holo-MeMe (or Memory Image) below?
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Activate and Energize!
Your Creative Visualization Powers
Day #12@ DAMAQ4MAG aka Daily Affirmations, Mantras And Quotes for Motivation And Growth
Making powerful affirmations and then memorizing them enable you to trick yourself into improving your English. Saying to yourself “I can!” is sure better than saying “I can’t“. Let’s banish negativity!!
Fluency won’t emerge out of thin air, however. YOu still need to do the work.
Click on the links below to view the activities
AME aka A Memorization Exercise
Use the Memory Images in the video (or create your own) to memorize and remember the affirmation. Alternatively, use the first word, first syllable or first letter triggers.
ACTIVITY#2@RASAV aka Read And Speak And Verify
Day#13@ LEEVES aka Learning Extraordinary English Via Excellent Songs
1@ONLIS aka Only LISTEN
2@COMCHE aka Comprehension Check
3@WHQPRAK aka ‘Wh’ Question Practice
English Question Words
4@LTAV aka Listening To Another Version
Day #14@RAR aka Relax And Rest
DO NOTHING ie CHILL DAY and / or REVISE /REVIEW / REDO
and / or Catchup….. 考え方を変える
Yes, this is the final day and nothing too demanding here. exhausting to do.. How has it been for you! Excellent I hope.
Watch the video here and it might completely change the way you study and therefore change your life.
How drawing helps you think | Ralph Ammer.
SAGE ie Self Assessment Grid EvaluatorBlueBorder
Check out your SAGE aka Self-Assessment Grid Evaluator*. It’s in your account dashboard. Use it to monitor your progress in a kind of mini SWOT analysis. It’s not to be taken too seriously; just make a few brief notes on your strengths and weaknesses and what YOU think you need to do to improve.
You can do the evaluation either online in your account panel or download the PDF.
*A self-administered grid that judges the quality, importance, amount, or value of the exercises and activites you have completed: (QIAV) Particular focus is placed on these three:
Percentage Completed
Level of Understanding /Competency
Add Your comments. A mini SWOT: remind yourself of what you need to work on more.………..