Listening is the most common communicative skill you use daily.
Your ears are continuously detecting sound and sending the information to the brain for processing.
We listen twice as much as we speak, four times more than we read, and five times more than we write!
Are you listening to English every day? No? You should!
Daily English Dose
Just like taking your daily vitamin, get your daily English dose, too.
Research suggests that listening to English daily - even if you do not understand every word - helps your learn the language faster.
Do you have an MP3 or MP4 player?
Instead of listening to the latest popular song (unless in English, ha!), listen to an English podcast, the news in English, English music, or watch a famous movie clip on YouTube.
The important idea is to commit to X minutes of listening to English a day. As you have more time, increase the minutes to challenge yourself.
Listening to English may be the most important way to quickly improve your skills.
Give it a try and let me know if it works for you!
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Top Secret for Better #English?
Do you know the real secret to using better English?
Improve your English vocabulary!
Whether you speak, write, listen to, or read English, you need to know the words.
If you have a limited vocabulary, you will have limited success learning English.
A big vocabulary cuts across all of the 4 skill areas of the language.
How to Improve English Vocabulary
Ok, so you now agree that a better English vocabulary helps you to have more success learning English.
Follow these tips to improve your English vocabulary.
1. Read! Are you a businessperson? Read financial magazines like Forbes or Businessweek.
Beyond reading magazines or newspapers in your profession, read general interest magazines like National Geographic or The Atlantic. You will learn new words outside your profession.
2. Create an English vocabulary notebook. Write down each new word you find. If it is a noun, find the verb, adjective, or adverb form of the word. You increase your vocabulary that way 4-fold!
Learn the pronunciation of your new word. Is it part of an expression?
What is the synonym or antonym of the word?
Do you see how one word can increase your vocabulary by 5 or 6-fold?
3. Study vocabulary directly. Though the point is somewhat controversial among teachers, it is important to study vocabulary lists.
Try the SAT list of vocabulary.
Create flashcards at Quizlet and practice, practice, practice!
Write the word in a sentence and practice with an English speaker.
Conclusion
You are judged by the words you use, even in your own language.
The same happens in English.
Learn which word you use in conversation and which word is better used in writing. There is a difference!
Most of all, make improving your English vocabulary an important part of your learning and start speaking, writing, listening to, and reading English better today!
*** Improve your English today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com - for classes. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Improve your English vocabulary!
Whether you speak, write, listen to, or read English, you need to know the words.
If you have a limited vocabulary, you will have limited success learning English.
A big vocabulary cuts across all of the 4 skill areas of the language.
How to Improve English Vocabulary
Ok, so you now agree that a better English vocabulary helps you to have more success learning English.
Follow these tips to improve your English vocabulary.
1. Read! Are you a businessperson? Read financial magazines like Forbes or Businessweek.
Beyond reading magazines or newspapers in your profession, read general interest magazines like National Geographic or The Atlantic. You will learn new words outside your profession.
2. Create an English vocabulary notebook. Write down each new word you find. If it is a noun, find the verb, adjective, or adverb form of the word. You increase your vocabulary that way 4-fold!
Learn the pronunciation of your new word. Is it part of an expression?
What is the synonym or antonym of the word?
Do you see how one word can increase your vocabulary by 5 or 6-fold?
3. Study vocabulary directly. Though the point is somewhat controversial among teachers, it is important to study vocabulary lists.
Try the SAT list of vocabulary.
Create flashcards at Quizlet and practice, practice, practice!
Write the word in a sentence and practice with an English speaker.
Conclusion
You are judged by the words you use, even in your own language.
The same happens in English.
Learn which word you use in conversation and which word is better used in writing. There is a difference!
Most of all, make improving your English vocabulary an important part of your learning and start speaking, writing, listening to, and reading English better today!
*** Improve your English today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com - for classes. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Are you ready for the #IELTS in #Medellín?
Are you ready for the IELTS test on July 28 in Medellín?
Most students need extra help with the IELTS speaking section.
Unlike the TOEFL, you speak with a live person in a three-part "interview."
First, you are asked "warm up" questions about your family, school, or work (3 to 4 minutes).
Second, you are asked to describe a person, place, or thing by choosing a topic on a card (1 to 2 minutes + 1 minute to prepare).
Third, you have a conversation with the IETLS assesor and another test taker.
All the time, the IELTS assessor is grading your grammar, coherence of speech and thoughts, as well as how you answer the task at hand.
Remember, you always want to respond directly to the question asked or the assessor may think your English comprehension is not sufficient.
Let Professor Winn help you with your IELTS preparation today!
*** Improve your English today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com - for classes. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Most students need extra help with the IELTS speaking section.
Unlike the TOEFL, you speak with a live person in a three-part "interview."
First, you are asked "warm up" questions about your family, school, or work (3 to 4 minutes).
Second, you are asked to describe a person, place, or thing by choosing a topic on a card (1 to 2 minutes + 1 minute to prepare).
Third, you have a conversation with the IETLS assesor and another test taker.
All the time, the IELTS assessor is grading your grammar, coherence of speech and thoughts, as well as how you answer the task at hand.
Remember, you always want to respond directly to the question asked or the assessor may think your English comprehension is not sufficient.
Let Professor Winn help you with your IELTS preparation today!
*** Improve your English today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com - for classes. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Are you ready for the #TOEFL in #Medellín?
The next TOEFL exam in Medellín is July 28.
Are you ready?
If you are already registered for the exam, do you have the vocabulary and grammar skills to get the best score?
Do you know about the "hidden skills" you need to do well on the TOEFL? You will not get the best score unless you do.
Time is running out!
Let Professor Winn help you get the TOEFL score you need!
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Are you ready?
If you are already registered for the exam, do you have the vocabulary and grammar skills to get the best score?
Do you know about the "hidden skills" you need to do well on the TOEFL? You will not get the best score unless you do.
Time is running out!
Let Professor Winn help you get the TOEFL score you need!
*** Improve your English today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com - for classes. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Look, see, and watch?
'Look', 'see' and 'watch' is difficult for some students of English because they are related to actions done with our eyes.
Study the differences between the three verbs below.
Look - to look at something for a reason, with an intention.
Ex1: Look at that circus clown.
Ex2: Look at these fotos of London I took last month.
See -to ‘see’ something that comes into our sight that we weren’t looking for.
Ex1: Did you see that car crash? – It just happened in front of the store.
Ex1: I saw Madge at the grocery store today.
Watch - to look at something carefully, usually at something which is moving.
Ex1: Remember in English, we "watch TV." While the TV doesn’t move, but you watch the moving images carefully.
Ex2: Watch where you are going! You almost hit that firetruck ahead of us!
When you need to choose between look, see, and watch, think about the situation you are in and the action occurring.
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Study the differences between the three verbs below.
Look - to look at something for a reason, with an intention.
Ex1: Look at that circus clown.
Ex2: Look at these fotos of London I took last month.
See -to ‘see’ something that comes into our sight that we weren’t looking for.
Ex1: Did you see that car crash? – It just happened in front of the store.
Ex1: I saw Madge at the grocery store today.
Watch - to look at something carefully, usually at something which is moving.
Ex1: Remember in English, we "watch TV." While the TV doesn’t move, but you watch the moving images carefully.
Ex2: Watch where you are going! You almost hit that firetruck ahead of us!
When you need to choose between look, see, and watch, think about the situation you are in and the action occurring.
*** Improve your English today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 314-669-2384 or professorwinn@gmail.com - for classes. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
4 Steps to English Fluency
You arleady need to be fluent in English for school or work.
What can you do to get on the path to dominating English?
Follow these 4 Steps to English Fluency
1. Have the right attitude.
It is all in your mind, as they say.
Attitude is everything.
Tell yourself you can learn and improve your English. Keep an open mind.
2. Make English a daily habit.
Spend a certain amount of time on English every day in addition to your classes.
Even if it is only 5 minutes, spend those 5 minutes every day (and hopefully at the same hour and same place) listening to, reading, writing, or speaking English.
Then gradually increase this time by 3 minutes. Watch how your fluency increases!
3. Make English part of your life.
Yes, this is closely related to #2 above.
Fluency in a language depends a great deal on familiarity.
Make English not only a habit, but a familiar part of your life.
Do you follow sports? Then read a newspaper or magazine or listen to audio or watch videos about your team in English.
Perhaps you are a movie buff. Read about your Hollywood star's latest work. Read movie reviews in English.
You see the point! The more natural English is part of your life, the more fluent you will become.
4. Have fun!
Learning any language should be fun. If not you are going to have a very difficult time dominating it.
You are on the road to increasing your English fluency. Enjoy the trip!
Combine all four of these steps and start improving your English today!
*** Improve your English today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com - for classes. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
What can you do to get on the path to dominating English?
Follow these 4 Steps to English Fluency
1. Have the right attitude.
It is all in your mind, as they say.
Attitude is everything.
Tell yourself you can learn and improve your English. Keep an open mind.
2. Make English a daily habit.
Spend a certain amount of time on English every day in addition to your classes.
Even if it is only 5 minutes, spend those 5 minutes every day (and hopefully at the same hour and same place) listening to, reading, writing, or speaking English.
Then gradually increase this time by 3 minutes. Watch how your fluency increases!
3. Make English part of your life.
Yes, this is closely related to #2 above.
Fluency in a language depends a great deal on familiarity.
Make English not only a habit, but a familiar part of your life.
Do you follow sports? Then read a newspaper or magazine or listen to audio or watch videos about your team in English.
Perhaps you are a movie buff. Read about your Hollywood star's latest work. Read movie reviews in English.
You see the point! The more natural English is part of your life, the more fluent you will become.
4. Have fun!
Learning any language should be fun. If not you are going to have a very difficult time dominating it.
You are on the road to increasing your English fluency. Enjoy the trip!
Combine all four of these steps and start improving your English today!
*** Improve your English today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com - for classes. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Maná spices up Rock in Rio with Latin music
Spanish to English Translation - Medellín
Maná spices up Rock in Rio with Latin music
(link to original article in Spanish)
The Mexican rock group brings a varied and irresistible air of music
A warm wind blew on a cold night in Arganda when Maná jumped onto stage around 12 midnight to spice up Rock in Rio with Latin music.
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Maná spices up Rock in Rio with Latin music
(link to original article in Spanish)
The Mexican rock group brings a varied and irresistible air of music
A warm wind blew on a cold night in Arganda when Maná jumped onto stage around 12 midnight to spice up Rock in Rio with Latin music.
*** Get your Spanish to English translations today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
3 Tips for Lifelong English Fluency
Fluency in English - dominating the four skill areas (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) should be your ultimate language goal.
It is not a short-term goal, but a lifelong project.
Are you going to invest the time and energy into learning English to just stop one day? I hope not!
Follow these 3 Tips for Lifelong English Fluency
1. Don't equate fluency with perfection.
If you can communicate in English and understand what is said in response with minimal mistakes, you have achieved English fluency.
Even native speakers are not perfect speakers of English. We are all human and have our limits.
Aim for less errors to improve both your accuracy and fluency in the language. Forget being perfect. Nobody is!
2. Measure your progress and celebrate your victories!
Do you remember when you first started studying English?
Look where you are today! Can you measure your progress through the years? Was there a particular goal you achieved?
Did you ace the TOEFL or IELTS?
As in other personal projects, it is particuarly important to mark your improvement in English. Don't forget to celebrate your goals once achieved!
3. Asses your progress and make adjustments.
Closely related to #2, you need to analyze your improvements and make any necessary adjustments.
Are you behind schedule? Do you want to be better able to use phrasal verbs? Do you need a better grasp of business idioms at the office?
Focus on the area where you need the most improvement. Listen to podcasts. Take classes with a native American English professor. Practice writing.
The most important message is to ACT. Don't standstill.
For lifelong fluency in a language, you must continue to learn and grow.
Challenge your abilities and you will become fluent faster than you expected.
*** Improve your English today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com - for classes. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
It is not a short-term goal, but a lifelong project.
Are you going to invest the time and energy into learning English to just stop one day? I hope not!
Follow these 3 Tips for Lifelong English Fluency
1. Don't equate fluency with perfection.
If you can communicate in English and understand what is said in response with minimal mistakes, you have achieved English fluency.
Even native speakers are not perfect speakers of English. We are all human and have our limits.
Aim for less errors to improve both your accuracy and fluency in the language. Forget being perfect. Nobody is!
2. Measure your progress and celebrate your victories!
Do you remember when you first started studying English?
Look where you are today! Can you measure your progress through the years? Was there a particular goal you achieved?
Did you ace the TOEFL or IELTS?
As in other personal projects, it is particuarly important to mark your improvement in English. Don't forget to celebrate your goals once achieved!
3. Asses your progress and make adjustments.
Closely related to #2, you need to analyze your improvements and make any necessary adjustments.
Are you behind schedule? Do you want to be better able to use phrasal verbs? Do you need a better grasp of business idioms at the office?
Focus on the area where you need the most improvement. Listen to podcasts. Take classes with a native American English professor. Practice writing.
The most important message is to ACT. Don't standstill.
For lifelong fluency in a language, you must continue to learn and grow.
Challenge your abilities and you will become fluent faster than you expected.
*** Improve your English today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com - for classes. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Colombians return from Spain without money, some broken dreams
Spanish to English Translation in Medellín
Colombians return from Spain without money, some broken dreams
(link to original article in Spanish)
The Euro crisis has forced them to return home.
After thirteen years spent in Spain, Andrea Sanchez and John Moreno pack their suitcases. The time to return to Yumbo (Valle) arrived years much earlier than expected, but in a way different than they imagined.
Though they found work and a new life in Madrid, where their children were born, they were unable to save money.
John lost his construction job because of the housing crisis.
If this were not enough, Andrea returned from vacation last September to learn her Portuguese-owned cleaning company had just disapeared.
*** Get your Spanish to English translation today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Colombians return from Spain without money, some broken dreams
(link to original article in Spanish)
The Euro crisis has forced them to return home.
After thirteen years spent in Spain, Andrea Sanchez and John Moreno pack their suitcases. The time to return to Yumbo (Valle) arrived years much earlier than expected, but in a way different than they imagined.
Though they found work and a new life in Madrid, where their children were born, they were unable to save money.
John lost his construction job because of the housing crisis.
If this were not enough, Andrea returned from vacation last September to learn her Portuguese-owned cleaning company had just disapeared.
*** Get your Spanish to English translation today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Colombia assumes presidency of the UN Security Council
Spanish to English Translation - Medellin
Colombia assumes presidency of the UN Security Council
(link to original article in Spanish)
In an announcement made from Ibagué, in Tolima, President Juan Manuel Santos said Colombia assumes the presidency of the UN Security Council this Sunday.
“It’s a great honor but also a great responsibility that organization bestows upon us,” the president said.
Santos had in mind the complicated situation in Syria. “Yesteday (Saturday) a contact group met with other countries in Geneva Switzerland, and agreed upon a course of action which will be reported to the Security Council," he said.
*** Get your Spanish to English translation today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Colombia assumes presidency of the UN Security Council
(link to original article in Spanish)
In an announcement made from Ibagué, in Tolima, President Juan Manuel Santos said Colombia assumes the presidency of the UN Security Council this Sunday.
“It’s a great honor but also a great responsibility that organization bestows upon us,” the president said.
Santos had in mind the complicated situation in Syria. “Yesteday (Saturday) a contact group met with other countries in Geneva Switzerland, and agreed upon a course of action which will be reported to the Security Council," he said.
*** Get your Spanish to English translation today! Contact Professor Winn now -> Call 317-445-9275 or professorwinn@gmail.com. Connect with him on Twitter, Google+, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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