Learn English through the British (Native speakers) - For Free

How would it be if an English speaking person teaches you English and that too free?

It's not a dream, and it's within your access and with bountiful resources.

Please visit the links below:

1. 6 minutes grammar: I know how boring grammar could be, but not anymore when you listen to it as a story and have practical learning methods:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-1/session-2/activity-4

You have a voice narration by a Native speaker

You have the transcript

you have the option to download the complete lesson course content and what more? you only need to invest your time to learn.

2. Learn through BBC's youtube channel: There are 100s of episodes with real time conversations.

You can follow the script from the comments below the video:

3. Learn English through free speech:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english

In this 6 minutes English you have more vocabularies covered and its a lively conversation that will help you develop your vocabulary and give you the confidence to implement it during a conversation or speech.

so get going!

I'll post a walk through video on all these for better learning experience, hence subscribe to this blog and add your comments to serve you better.

I've shared the link to access my drive content on VnA (Voice and Accent). Please provide your feedback to develop the contents.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-C0FAAmUa8d87jJIeXQgIlzIC2Ah2ogh

PTE Academic - Train The Trainers workshop Registration Form - Chennai - 5/6/Dec'19

PTE Academic - Train The Trainers workshop Registration Form - Chennai - Dec'19

Click the link below to register:

https://forms.gle/uhpMxF2oYeQzpw899

Dear All,

It has been Pearson's continuous endeavor to ensure an ongoing learning environment is created in all our businesses and that our partners are always given the necessary education and training to grow their businesses. As we firmly believe that a learning environment fosters continuous growth, we are organizing a one-day Workshop. Please find below the details

PTE Accepted countries: 100% in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland, 98% of UK universities, 86% of Canadian universities, 71% of US STEM programs, and Germany. PTE acceptance is growing day by day.

For Immigration purposes, PTE is accepted in Australia and New Zealand.

Start and enhance your PTE skills with this training opportunity from Pearson.

Training Dates:

5th Dec - Chennai - Beginners and intermediate
6th Dec - Chennai - Advanced (experienced trainers only)

Time: 9:00 AM- 6:00 PM
Reporting Time: 8.45 AM

Venue: Exact hotel address will be sent through invitation 10 days in advance. No Registration/entry fee.

You are requested to register your trainer/s who wish to participate in the workshop on or before Nov 25th, 2019. Registrations are on a first-come-first-served basis. Individual Invitation will be sent for participation.
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Note: This Training is not for the counselors, managers or the admin/operations people. The workshop is purely aimed at English trainers who train students for PTE/IELTS/TOEFL or any other relevant English test.

Participants will get a participation certificate based on full-day attendance only.

Training Schedule - Basic:

> Overview of PTE
> Test Format with all 20 Item types - Detailing
> Tips & Strategies
> PTE - Scoring Pattern
> Registration Process by PTE Rep
> MePro - Digital English - Product Presentation

Training schedule - Advanced:

> How to score 79+
> Sample Exercises on each item type
> In-depth doubt clearing session
> Tips to score 90

Note: trainers who have completed 50+ students' training are only eligible for advanced training.


Best Regards,
PTE Academic Team
Pearson India

For more Details,

Visit our website: https://pearsonpte.com/
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Contact: Saravanakumar - Sr. Manager - PTE - TN & KL
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Word of the day - idées fixes - மனதில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தும் ஒரு யோசனை

plural idées fixes\(ˌ)ē-ˌdā-ˈfēks\

: an idea that dominates one's mind especially for a prolonged period : An obsession, especially one that keeps intruding irrelevantly into other matters

மனதில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தும் ஒரு யோசனை அல்லது ஆசை; ஒரு ஆவேசம்.

Origin
French, literally, fixed idea.
First known use: 1836

Did you know?
The term idée fixe is a 19th-century French coinage. French writer Honoré de Balzac used it in his 1830 novella Gobseck to describe an obsessive idea. By 1836, Balzac's more generalized use of the term had carried over into English, where idée fixe was embraced as a clinical and literary term for a persistent preoccupation or delusional idea that dominates a person's mind. Although it is still used in both psychology and music, nowadays idée fixe is also applied to milder and more pedestrian obsessions.

Usage: Upon interrogation it was observed that all of them had common idée fixe.

No wonder he is successful, his goal was his idée fixe.

It's very uncommon for one to have multiple idée fixes.

We should be careful with people who transfer their idée fixes into us.

Learning English through songs - K'naan Waivin' Flag

Wavin' Flag

K'naan

when I get older
I will be stronger
they'll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
when i get older
I will be stronger
they'll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
ahhho ahhho ahhho
born to a throne
stronger than Rome
but violent prone
poor people zone
but it’s my home
all I have known
where I got grown
streets we would roam
out of the darkness
i came the farthest
among the hardest survive
learn from these streets
it can be bleak
accept no defeat
surrender retreat
(so we struggling)
fighting to eat
(and we wondering)
when we will be free
so we patiently wait
for that faithful day
its not far away
but for now we say
when i get older
i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
ahhho ahhho ahhho
so many wars
settling scores
bringing us promises
leaving us poor
i heard them say
love is the way
love is the answer
that's what they say
but look how they treat us
make us believers
we fight their battles
then they deceive us
try to control us
they couldn't hold us
cause we just move forward
like buffalo soldiers
(but we struggling)
fighting to eat
(and we wondering)
when we will be free
so we patiently wait
for that faithfully day
its not far away
but for now we say
when i get older
i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
when i get older
i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
ahhhooo ahhhoooo ahhhooo
and everybody will be singing it
and you and i will be singing it
and we all will be singing it
wo wah wo ah wo ah
when i get older
i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
when I get older
I will be stronger
they'll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
and then it goes back
a oh a oh a oh
when i get older
when i get older
i will be stronger
just like a wavin flag
just like a wavin flag
just like a wavin flag
flag flag
just like a wavin flag

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Bruno Mars / Philip Lawrence / Keinan Warsame / Andrew Lawrence Bloch / Edmond Dunne / Andrew Bloch / Phillip Lawrence

Wavin' Flag lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

Word of the day - Volatile - எளிதில் ஆவியாகிற - 12-04-2019

Develop your vocabulary by learning a new word everyday

Word of the day - April 12th 2019

Volatile - vol-a-tile

Tamil : எளிதில் ஆவியாகிற

Definition of volatile

 (Entry 1 of 2)

1a: characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change

(e.g. The shares or stock exchange is a volatile market )

b: unable to hold the attention fixed because of an inherent lightness or fickleness of disposition

(e.g. The behavior of today's children are highly volatile)

Today's children exhibit a volatile temper.

2a: tending to erupt into violence : EXPLOSIVE

b: easily aroused

c: LIGHTHEARTED, LIVELY

3: 

a substance that is readily vaporizable at relatively low temperature(e.g. Petrol is a volatile liquid.) other volatile substances are camphor, dry ice, etc.

4: difficult to capture or hold permanently : EVANESCENT, TRANSITORY

(e.g. My memory is highly volatile)

5: flying or having the power to fly

Word of the day - Despot - கொடுங்கோலன், கொடுங்கோல் அரசன் - 11-04-2019

Develop your vocabulary by learning a new word everyday

Word of the day - April 11th 2019

Despot - des-putt

Tamil : கொடுங்கோலன், கொடுங்கோல் அரசன்

despot

noun

des·​pot | \ ˈdes-pət  , -ˌpät\

Definition of despot

1a: a ruler with absolute power and authoritytyrannical despots

b: one exercising power tyrannically : a person exercising absolute power in a brutal or oppressive way

2a: a Byzantine emperor or prince

bChristianity : a bishop or patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church

c: an Italian hereditary prince or military leader during the Renaissance

Noun:

1. Historians regards the British rule as despot.
2. After centuries of despotism, the country is now democratic.

Adjective :
The British ruled a despotic government/regime in India and other colonies.

Adverb :
After a military coup, the dictator ruled the country despotically.






Courtesy: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/despot