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🇬🇧 English Speaking Coach
🇯🇵 25+ years in Japan
✨ Boost your English Speaking Skills! Hello! I'm a British English teacher in Japan.

I specialize in English fluency and pronunciation, which I like to teach through real-world news and events.

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

26/07/2024

✨ Hi everyone! Let's do some English speaking repetition drills with the phrase, "I've got a bit of... I better...", which means "I've got a little... I should..." Shadowing English is a fantastic way to improve your listening, speaking, and overall English fluency.

🌟 SENTENCE PATTERN: "I've got a bit of a headache. I better go to the doctor's."

🎓 You will practice:
✅Repeating - train your mouth muscles with fast repetition.
✅Responding - practice answering questions quickly.
✅Substituting - change words or phrases in the sentence pattern.
✅Shadowing - copy the stress and intonation I use to sound natural!

📄 FREE PDF: Download and print the course notes!
https://nicksenglish.com/courses/speaking_skills/speaking_gym_04_ive_got_a_bit_of

💬 After watching the video, please leave a comment. Your feedback is important! 🙏

📖 Background: These fluency drills are inspired by the audio-lingual method of teaching languages. It focuses on speaking and listening, especially repetition, to help you remember and use sentences automatically. The audio-lingual method was popular in the 1950s and used to quickly teach large groups of US servicemen how to speak foreign languages as they were sent to countries around the world.

📌 Tips:
🆗 Shadow my voice at all times.
🆗 Note down any useful words or phrases.
🆗 Practice copying my intonation, stress and rhythm when you speak.

🧑 My name's Nick Ramsay and I'm originally from the south-east of England. I'm a TESOL-certified English teacher with over 25 years of teaching experience in Japan. I'm particularly interested in teaching English fluency in a fun way. Nice to meet you!

⏩ Nick's English Blog - subscribe for study tips, motivation, cultural insights, and to learn more about me. 😊
https://nicksenglish.com/blog/subscribe/

👉 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nicksenglishgroup

18/07/2024

✨ Practise introducing and answering questions about yourself, and have fun using thinking-time phrases so that you don't have to say "umm" and "err" when you are speaking English! 😅

🕒 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Shadow 1: Nick's Introduction
03:00 Practice 1: Your Introduction
04:34 Practice 2: Active Listening
06:17 Shadow 2: Questions
08:46 Practice 3: Conversation
11:00 Imagination Example
11:50 Thinking Time Phrases
14:37 Challenge: Round 1
18:05 Challenge: Round 2
20:52 Challenge: Round 3
23:35 Challenge: Round 4
26:30 Challenge: Round 5
29:54 Wrap-up

LEVEL UP YOUR ENGLISH:
✅ Fluency - Use active listening phrases to show interest.
✅ Fillers - Practise using thinking time phrases when you are thinking .
✅ Common English - Introducing yourself is an essential skill!
✅ Instant English - Use this English to introduce yourself today!

🗝️ KEY POINT: I hope that you will build confidence in speaking English by using the thinking time phrases when speaking! 😎

📄 FREE PDF: Download and print the course notes!
https://nicksenglish.com/courses/speaking_skills/self_introductions

⏩ Nick's English Blog - subscribe for study tips, motivation, cultural insights, and to learn more about me. 😊
https://nicksenglish.com/blog/subscribe/

👉 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nicksenglishgroup

12/07/2024

✨ In Lesson 03 of this "Active Grammar" series, we'll practise the present perfect tense (have done).

✅ Using the steps below, you can improve your English by memorising common daily English conversations so that you can speak English automatically. To do that, it's important to train your brain to SPEAK and THINK at the same time! 💪

🕒 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:44 Repeat
02:22 Shadow
03:20 Practise
05:06 Substitute
07:37 Produce
10:40 Challenge

🌟 USEFUL ENGLISH:
💬 "Have I seen your phone?"
💬 "In the kitchen?"
💬 "Let me see..."
💬 "Let me think..."
💬 "That's a good question!"

📄 FREE PDF: Download and print the course notes!
https://nicksenglish.com/courses/speaking_skills/active_grammar_03_have_you_seen_my_phone

⏩ Nick's English Blog - subscribe for study tips, motivation, cultural insights, and to learn more about me. 😊
https://nicksenglish.com/blog/subscribe/

👉 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nicksenglishgroup

06/07/2024

✨ Hi everyone! Let's do some English speaking repetition drills with the phrase, "I can't help...", which means "I can't stop...". Shadowing English is a fantastic way to improve your listening, speaking, and overall English fluency.

🌟 SENTENCE PATTERN: "I can't help thinking about tomorrow's game."

🎓 You will practice:
✅Repeating - train your mouth muscles with fast repetition.
✅Responding - practice answering questions quickly.
✅Substituting - change words or phrases in the sentence pattern.
✅Shadowing - copy the stress and intonation I use to sound natural!

📄 FREE PDF: Download and print the course notes!
https://nicksenglish.com/courses/speaking_skills/speaking_gym_03_i_cant_help

💬 After watching the video, please leave a comment. Your feedback is important! 🙏

📖 Background: These fluency drills are inspired by the audio-lingual method of teaching languages. It focuses on speaking and listening, especially repetition, to help you remember and use sentences automatically. The audio-lingual method was popular in the 1950s and used to quickly teach large groups of US servicemen how to speak foreign languages as they were sent to countries around the world.

💭 My favorite memory of teaching fluency skills was when I was sent to Japan Steel in Tokyo to teach a group of 100 new employees. We did two full days of speaking drills in a hall with no chairs! It was a lot of fun!

📌 Tips:
🆗 Shadow my voice at all times.
🆗 Note down any useful words or phrases.
🆗 Practice copying my intonation, stress and rhythm when you speak.

🧑 My name's Nick Ramsay and I'm originally from the south-east of England. I'm a TESOL-certified English teacher with over 25 years of teaching experience in Japan. I'm particularly interested in teaching English fluency in a fun way. Nice to meet you!

⏩ Nick's English Blog - subscribe for study tips, motivation, cultural insights, and to learn more about me. 😊
https://nicksenglish.com/blog/subscribe/

👉 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nicksenglishgroup

28/06/2024

Don't Be Shy, Just Ask! | English Speaking Lesson

22/06/2024

✨ In Lesson 02 of this "Active Grammar" series, we'll practise the past continuous tense (was/were + ___ing).

✅ Using the steps below, you can improve your English by memorising common daily English conversations so that you can speak English automatically. To do that, it's important to train your brain to SPEAK and THINK at the same time! 💪

🕒 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:49 Repeat
02:24 Shadow
03:29 Practise
05:15 Substitute
07:33 Produce
10:47 Challenge

🌟 USEFUL ENGLISH:
💬 "What was I doing?"
💬 "Let me see..."
💬 "Let me think..."
💬 "That's a good question!"

📄 FREE PDF: Download and print the course notes!
https://nicksenglish.com/courses/speaking_skills/active_grammar_02_what_were_you_doing

31/05/2024

✨ Hi everyone! Let's do some English speaking repetition drills with the phrase, "It's not that I... it's just that...". Shadowing English is a fantastic way to improve your listening, speaking, and overall English fluency.

🌟 SENTENCE PATTERN: "It's not that I don't like cats, it's just that I'm allergic."

🎓 You will practice:
✅Repeating - train your mouth muscles with fast repetition.
✅Responding - practice answering questions quickly.
✅Substituting - change words or phrases in the sentence pattern.
✅Shadowing - copy the stress and intonation I use to sound natural!

📄 FREE PDF: Download and print the course notes!
https://nicksenglish.com/courses/speaking_skills/speaking_gym_02_its_not_that_i

💬 After watching the video, please leave a comment. Your feedback is important! 🙏

📖 Background: These fluency drills are inspired by the audio-lingual method of teaching languages. It focuses on speaking and listening, especially repetition, to help you remember and use sentences automatically. The audio-lingual method was popular in the 1950s and used to quickly teach large groups of US servicemen how to speak foreign languages as they were sent to countries around the world.

💭 My favorite memory of teaching fluency skills was when I was sent to Japan Steel in Tokyo to teach a group of 100 new employees. We did two full days of speaking drills in a hall with no chairs! It was a lot of fun!

📌 Tips:
🆗 Shadow my voice at all times.
🆗 Note down any useful words or phrases.
🆗Practice copying my intonation, stress and rhythm when you speak.

❤️ If you enjoyed this lesson, please subscribe! 🔔

🧑 My name's Nick Ramsay and I'm originally from the south-east of England. I'm a TESOL-certified English teacher with over 25 years of teaching experience in Japan. I'm particularly interested in teaching English fluency in a fun way. Nice to meet you!

⏩ Nick's English Blog - subscribe for study tips, motivation, cultural insights, and to learn more about me. 😊
https://nicksenglish.com/blog/subscribe/

👨‍🎓 Private Lessons - practise with me on Zoom in one-to-one lessons!
https://nicksenglish.com/services

👉 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nicksenglishgroup

25/05/2024

✨ Welcome to Nick's speaking gym! Let's do some English speaking repetition drills with the phrase, "All you need to do is...". Shadowing English is a fantastic way to improve your listening, speaking, and overall English fluency.

🌟 SENTENCE PATTERN: "All you need to do is press the button."

🎓 You will practice:
✅Repeating - train your mouth muscles with fast repetition.
✅Responding - practice answering questions quickly.
✅Substituting - change words or phrases in the sentence pattern.
✅Shadowing - copy the stress and intonation I use to sound natural!

📄 FREE PDF: Download and print the course notes!
https://nicksenglish.com/courses/speaking_skills/speaking_gym_01_all_you_need_to_do

💬 After watching the video, please leave a comment. Your feedback is important! 🙏

📖 Background: These fluency drills are inspired by the audio-lingual method of teaching languages. It focuses on speaking and listening, especially repetition, to help you remember and use sentences automatically. The audio-lingual method was popular in the 1950s and used to quickly teach large groups of US servicemen how to speak foreign languages as they were sent to countries around the world.

💭 My favorite memory of teaching fluency skills was when I was sent to Japan Steel in Tokyo to teach a group of 100 new employees. We did two full days of speaking drills in a hall with no chairs! It was a lot of fun!

📌 Tips:
🆗 Shadow my voice at all times.
🆗 Note down any useful words or phrases.
🆗Practice copying my intonation, stress and rhythm when you speak.

❤️ If you enjoyed this lesson, please subscribe on YouTube! 🔔

🧑 My name's Nick Ramsay and I'm originally from the south-east of England. I'm a TESOL-certified English teacher with over 25 years of teaching experience in Japan. I'm particularly interested in teaching English fluency in a fun way. Nice to meet you!

⏩ Nick's English Blog - subscribe for study tips, motivation, cultural insights, and to learn more about me. 😊
https://nicksenglish.com/blog/subscribe/

👨‍🎓 Private Lessons - practise with me on Zoom in one-to-one lessons!
https://nicksenglish.com/services

👉 Find me on social media: https://linktr.ee/nicksenglish

24/03/2024

✨ In Lesson 01 of this "Active Grammar" series, we'll practise the present continuous tense (be + ___ing) and a time question.

✅ Using the steps below, you can improve your English by memorising common daily English conversations so that you can speak English automatically. To do that, it's important to train your brain to SPEAK and THINK at the same time! 💪

🕒 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Repeat
02:02 Shadow
03:00 Practise
04:28 Substitute
06:34 Produce
10:31 Challenge

🌟 USEFUL ENGLISH:
💬 "What am I doing?"
💬 "Let me see..."
💬 "Let me think..."
💬 "That's a good question!"

📄 FREE PDF: Download and print the course notes!
https://nicksenglish.com/courses/speaking_skills/active_grammar_01_what_are_you_doing

17/03/2024

✨ When you forget a word while speaking English, please don't stop talking! Instead, use these "workarounds" to help you explain the word:

✅ 1. It's the opposite of ...
✅ 2. It looks like ...
✅ 3. It's similar to ...
✅ 4. It's another word for ...
✅ 5. You do this ...
✅ 6. You use it ...
✅ 7. It's used for ...
✅ 8. For example, ...
✅ 9. It's made of ...
✅ 10. It's part of ...
✅ 11. It's a kind of ...
✅ 12. It's a type of ...
✅ 13. It's a place where ...
✅ 14. It's a person who ...

🌟 USEFUL ENGLISH:
💬 "I don't know how you say it, but ... "
💬 "I can't remember what you call it, but ... "

🗝️ KEY POINT: Try to THINK and SPEAK at the same time! 👍

📄 FREE PDF: Download and print the course notes!
https://nicksenglish.com/courses/speaking_skills/workarounds

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