BackpackersEnglish

The secret to great language coaching is not sharing everything you know about English but finding out exactly what your students need to know & teaching that.

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New review, “This book is so much more than a book for #backpackers! It’s the definitive guide, fantastic, clearly structured and something that any trainer of language needs.” Stephen Collings
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#judyspeople #educationreform

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Victor would like someone to cook and clean for him in exchange for a lifetime of denigration. It's the truth in it that makes it funny. 'Quick study' is an #expression.
#judysfun #culture #languagecoaching #English #ESL #educationreform #ThompsonLanguageCenter

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Context is everything. Spelling is nothing, #grammar is nothing too. The human brain is a fantastic unscrambler. Let's stop intimidating our students with unimportant stuff. https://t.co/fP3YUDDGsB
#educationreform #RebelTeacherNetwork #English #fluency #languagecoaching #ESL

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#WhatMakesItFunny #fluency #humor #backpackersenglish
#Judysfun

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#HappyEaster

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#Homonym #whatmakesitfunny #culture #English #fluency #HappyEaster
#judysfun

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Say Happy Easter.
You said, "Happee Yeaster"
It's #Linking. Regardless of crazy spelling all internal words in #English begin with consonant sounds. #Truth
Top 4 most important things learners need, their #ESL teacher doesn't know.
#judysfun #patterns #educationreform #fluency

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#English borrows qualities from ordinary objects and applies them in different contexts to convey ideas. It's the pattern for expressions. blue moon, shake a leg, won by a nose...
And collective nouns. The group is named by a telling quality of the creature.
#judysfun #fluency

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#RealEducation:.
Yukon High School held Reality Check! Freshman students assigned an annual income travel to housing, clothing, insurance, and child care to make virtual payments from their budget. The booths are hosted by local volunteers.
#judyspeople #educationreform

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#Whatmakesitfunny #fluency #culture #homonyms #ThompsonLanguageCenter #realEnglish
#judysfun

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My Mom used to say, "Believing is half the battle." Don't let institutions tell you what to believe.
#judyspeople #educationreform #backpackersenglish #languagecoaching

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In the spirit of revisiting and adjusting some Dr. Seuss' to be more appropriate for the time.
#judysfun #ThompsonLanguageCenter #languagecoaching #English #humor #fluency

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Confirmation bias is working against us but we can break the hold of the way-we-have-always-done-it in #education. Think, come on, try, we can do it.
#judyspeople #ThompsonLanguageCenter #languagecoaching #ESL #English #LearnEnglish #WizTango

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In 1935, "Much needed to be done to stamp out the newly recognized disease". In my mother's lifetime, how was left-handed new? or a disease? Our grandchildren will shake their heads in disbelief at the tripe we are peddling as #education today.
#judysfun #educationreform

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Cool

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#humor #lateralthinking #fluency #backpackersenglish
#judysfun

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Highly successful Scandinavian Study Circles enroll students in #Reading #Writing #Listening and #Speaking they contribute prepared answers in conversation.
Webinar Mar 25. 8:30 am EST https://t.co/g57WUpsFEw
#judyscourse #effectivecommunicator #facilitatedlearning #ESL #English

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Homonym fun
#judysfun

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Patterns of #English that native English speakers are unaware of and rarely teach. We teach what we were taught to teach, not what what we do.
#judysreview #educationreform #languagecoaching #ESL #EFL #ELL #fluency #backpackersenglish

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Comments from the Effective Communicator course.
"I learned several things that I will remember for years to come."
"The zoom sessions were superb"
Register for the free webinar March 25. 8:30 am EST https://t.co/g57WUpsFEw You will be glad
#judyspeople #ESL #languagecoaching