About ENGLISH with James · engVid

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If you TRY, you can do anything!

It's always been my belief that you cannot put information in other people's heads. If you find a way to show them something, they can use their own intelligence to learn. This is my approach to teaching, trying to be both informative while allowing the students to find their own way of learning.

I've spent the last 26 years teaching in various capacities. I've taught martial arts to kids and developed a curriculum that was geared specifically to enhance their development.

I spent several years working with children suffering from autism and Asperger's -- trying to help them learn to deal with the world around them and to learn from their environment. Finally, it was while helping a child that I was asked to work at the Toronto School Board. While I was there, I helped out with kids who were learning English, and my love of teaching ESL began.

3 Keys to Small Talk: Meet new people and build relationships

Once you know how to make effective small talk, you will be able to make new friends and form connections with strangers in many everyday situations. As an English learner, you might think that it’s difficult enough to speak English with people you know or work with. But I’ll show you how using sma…

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4 ways to learn English FASTER and BETTER

I’m going to share with you four strategies that English teachers use to help their students with their learning. But you can also use these strategies by yourself, on yourself! Follow these detailed but simple steps to make yourself a more efficient learner. You can use these four steps to improve…

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Improve Your English Pronunciation: Voiced & Voiceless Consonants

Sound more like a native English speaker by mastering the pronunciation of voiced and voiceless consonants. In this English class, I’ll show you the difference between voiced and voiceless sounds—I’ll show you how you can physically feel how these are different. You will also practice so that you w…

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