I still Can’t Speak English

I Still Can’t Speak English
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What We Think Happens
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The idea behind EOT is to make the practice conversation enjoyable and personally memorable to try 
to improve recall of the language when it is needed again at another time. The practice session can be 
repeated with numerous different practice partners and not become stale or boring because everyone 
naturally responds slightly differently.
The repetition of the patterns of successful communication and the negotiation of meaning leading to 
shared understanding in natural conversation produces a very intense but manageable and personalised 
social learning experience. This is similar to how we learned our first language but is faster because we 
have already learned one language fluently, have adult brain power and a few tools (grammar rules and 
technology) to turbo-charge the process.
I often get calls on Skype from English learners who wish to practise their English with me. I normally 
don’t take unscheduled calls of this nature but from time to time, to create a ‘control’ to the case studies 
and to illustrate what happens when someone doesn’t prepare properly before they try to speak, I have 
taken the calls and recorded them. You can listen to a prime example with another Chinese English 
learner, Amy, on my podcast page here:
http://languagesoutthere.podomatic.com/entry/2011-03-15T04_13_30-07_00

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