I'm Getting

 
Nessa lição 4 veremos algumas frases usando o “getting” juntamente com a tradução para mostrar as diferentes possibilidades do uso de “getting” nas conversações do dia a dia, pois as primeiras lições desse curso focam o “speaking”.

The Importance of Speaking Practice

There are 4 key skills when you learn a language: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Which one of these is the "Odd-One-Out"? Which one of these is different from the other three? The answer is speaking. The other three you can do alone, on your own, without anyone else. You can listen to the radio alone. You can read a book alone. You can write a letter alone. But you can't really speak alone! Speaking to yourself can be "dangerous" because men in white coats may come and take you away!!! LOL!

That is why you should make every effort possible to find somebody to speak with. Where can you find people who can speak English with you? And how can you practice speaking when you are alone?

At School or English Course

If you go to a language school, or a private English class, you should use the opportunity to speak to your teachers and other students all the time.

Conversation Clubs

Many cities around the world have conversation clubs where people can exchange one language for another. Find out if there is one near you.

With Fluent Friends

The ideal would be to have a native friend, this is not always possible in person, but today because of the Internet is much easier to find someone to talk via Skype for example. So do not waste your opportunities to speak in English with someone, it makes all the difference.

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By Yvonne Ray

 

And how can you practice speaking when you are alone?

Language is All Around You

Everywhere you go you find language. Shop names, movie titles, song names, advertisements and all over the Internet. How can this help you? When you walk down the street, practice reading those words you see in English. Say them to yourself. It's not exactly a conversation, but it will help you to "think" in English and it makes your brain get used to the language.

Songs and Video

Listen to the words of an English-language song that you like. Then repeat them to yourself and try to sing with the music. Repeat the words as many times as possible until they become automatic. Soon you'll be singing the whole song. Or listen to one of your favorite actors on video and repeat one or two sentences that you like. Do it until it becomes automatic. It's good practice for your memory and for the mouth muscles that you need for English.

Above all, don't be afraid to speak. You must try to speak, even if you make mistakes. You cannot learn without mistakes. There is a saying:  “The person who never made a mistake never made anything.”

So think of your mistakes as something positive and useful.

Good luck!

By Yvonne Ray

Wasn't Worth It?

Todos os dias temos lutar contra nossa autossabotagem em várias áreas da vida. Refletindo a esse respeito lembrei-me das dificuldades relacionadas ao progresso diário rumo a fluência num novo idioma. Temos que travar uma batalha contra nossa falta de vontade, e muitas vezes até nos questionamos se real VALERÁ A PENA.

Essa foto que encontrei na Internet ilustra muito bem isso que estou dizendo. Então, todas as vezes que essa dúvida lhe vier a mente, quanto ao valor de seu esforço para desenvolver seu inglês, lembre-se dessa foto, pois ao chegar lá terá certeza que valeu a pena. Mas, apenas saberá se subir degrau após degrau sem desistir. Toda escada parece difícil de ser escalada, porém não é impossível.

So What Are you Good At?

In, at or on?

A videoaula abaixo tem alguns exemplos do uso dessas preposições com “I am”, em frases comuns no dia a dia. Existem vários contextos nos quais essas preposições também podem ser usadas, mas não focaremos nessas outras possibilidades. Deixaremos isso para outra videoaula.

Abaixo da videoaula, tem um exercício de fixação e se desejar, após respondê-lo,  poderá pedir o áudio da lição em mp3. Lembre-se, frases prontas juntamente com o áudio são excelentes para que suas habilidades linguísticas, ouvir, falar, ler e escrever sejam desenvolvidas correta e gramaticalmente.

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