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Why Vietnamese students can’t speak English well
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It’s no secret that Vietnamese students struggle with English. Like many other Asian countries, Vietnamese people begin their English education very early at school, yet they find themselves helpless when it comes to speaking English. Words do not come out. Many Vietnamese students do have the words, they either heard them or read them…
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Job Interviewing: must-do’s
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Little do people know how important it is to work on your interviewing skills to find the sort of work you like. Having come to Australia at the age of 21 with no language skills or much experience in anything, I couldn’t rely much on my resume, but instead I really had to work…
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Quality English Education in Australia? Think again.
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You would think when an industry is heavily regulated, quality is upheld. Alas, that is not quite true in the ELICOS and VET education sectors in Australia. For those who don’t know the jargon, ELICOS is English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students and VET is Vocational Education and Training. ASQA (The Australian Skills…
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English Still Sucks? 6 Fat Facts To Check!
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It’s Not The Quantity, It’s The Quality! It’s not how many hours you sit in the classroom, it’s rather how much focus, attention and energy you show in the classroom. In Australia it’s typical for an English learner to study 20 hours per week, that’s 5 hours per day. The thing is it’s not…
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Australia’s Racist Multicultural societies
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Racist yet multicultural! This sounds quite contradictory, doesn’t it? Well, there’s no such thing as a racist multicultural society, it’s rather a multicultural policy that is ironically leading to racist behavior. How is Australia multicultural? Australia is home to people of all races, colors and languages. That’s a fact. The country welcomes everyone in,…
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Phrasal Verbs-A Key To Native-Like English
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Phrasal Verbs: Take your English To A Whole New Level! It’s true. It’s amazing how few are those who know it though. Unfortunately, English learners seem to think of them as slang, so they avoid them. Since they think of them as slang, they do not make them a priority. They’d rather stick to…what…
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English Like A Native With Trump
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm0lWSd4n5Q&feature=youtu.be Learn English from the world’s most successful businessmen like Donald Trump. Practice speaking English like a native by listening to and watching Donald Trump in one of his campaign speeches as he was criticizing one of his opponents, Carly Fiorina. Trump uses very simple vocabulary but the way he speaks makes him sound…
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The Japanese board of education: Immoral or stupid
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I don’t know what it is anymore, seriously, I thought I did but I’m confused now. It’s amazing when you see a bunch of “educators” refusing to take a long, hard look at their lamentable situation and do something about it. At some point, you think they are just plain stupid, but then you…
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A New Voice, A New Life
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That’s not always true, but 80% of the times it kind of is, a new voice is a new life. The idea here is not for you to go to your nearest hospital and start shopping for a new throat with new vocal chords, we’re talking about speaking another language, a second or third…
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Why I use sarcasm when I correct pronunciation!
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Because I’m EVIL! What else could it possibly be? Why would anyone make fun of someone’s pronunciation or accent if it’s not simply for the….fun of it? Look, I’m not going to sit there and lie to you, it IS fun. Am I doing it for fun though? No. Am I doing it because…
