1. Sample English Lesson By Jeremiah Bourque http:// learnoutlive.com/english

2. Speech Coaching

Beyond simple conversation practice, Learn Out Live offers speech coaching to help you improve your spoken English.

3. Step #1:Relaxation

The first step is to learn in a relaxed, friendly environment where you dont feel under pressure.

Stress interferes with learning.

I want you to feel very welcome. This is your lesson, your time. Im here to help in every way possible.

4. A Two-Way Learning Process

Just as youre learning about me (even by just hearing my voice), Im learning about you.

This is a Good Thing the more I know about your needs, the better I can help fulfill those needs.

5. Two-Way Communication

Good lessons are not in one direction only. The best lessons always leave the door open to two-way communication.

If you have any questions or comments, please, do not hesitate to speak. I enjoy listening to my students.

Also, as I said earlier, this teaches me about you, too. Good teachers learn!

6. Step #2:Introductions

Im Jeremiah Bourque. I live in Nova Scotia, Canada, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

Im very interested in languages, history, culture, and literature.

Tell me more about yourself if you like. Theres no pressure. Relax

7. Step 3:Music

I call music the universal conversation topic;everyoneseems to have likes and dislikes with music.

I like many kinds of music, but I have a soft spot for classical/ symphonic.

How about you?

8. Idioms

This is an example of idioms classes.

9. Are You On The Ball?

To be on the ball is to be aware of what is happening, and to be able to adapt to changes in your environment quickly.

If youre running a restaurant, and you expect 5 customers, but 10 arrive, and you are able to adapt and cope, you areon the ball .

10. Banging Your Head Against A Wall

This is figurative.

To bang your head against a wall is to try to surpass an obstacle by effort alone, and to fail in doing so. You try over and over again, but you only end up with pain.

Thus, it is an idiom for prolonged frustration.

11. Its Beyond Me

For something to be beyond you, it is beyond your understanding.

So if something is confusing or too difficult, you would say (informally), Its beyond me!

You could also say thats beyond me, and that means 100% the same thing.

12. I Wasnt Born Yesterday

This is avery commonexpression that simply means: I am not a fool. I am not stupid. I have life experience. I am not easily deceived or lied to.

Equivalents: My mamma didnt raise no fool (highly informal: means I am not a fool), and, I didnt just fall off the turnip truck, meaning I am notstupid .

13. I Cant MakeHeads or Tails Of This

If you cant make heads or tails of something, you cant understand any aspect (part) of it.

This is for a very low level of understanding: 0% to 20%? At best?

Its a stronger version of its beyond me.

14. Phrasal Verbs

This is a sample of phrasal verbs lessons, which cover one of the more difficult areas of English for non-native speakers.

15. You Just Crack Me Up

To crack up inthiscontext is to laugh uncontrollably.

Internet abbreviations for this: lol (laugh out loud), roftl (rolling on the floor, laughing).

Example: That joke reallycrackedmeup.

BUT!To crack up can also be a euphemism forlosing your sanity .

16. Breaking Off A Conversation

To break off something is to break the end off a long, thin object. For example: tobreak offthe tip of a pencil.

If you think of a conversation as a stick of a given length, to break off a conversation is to interrupt and end a conversation before it is fully complete.

To break off a class is to end the class prematurely (that is, early).

17. Now Ill Call On

To call on can be a more formal expression for making a visit (like dropping in).

But in a classroom or similar setting, to call on a person is to invite someone to speak at a meeting!

If Icall onone ofyou , I will speak to you and activate your microphone so you can then speak to the entire class.

18. Now Youre Catching On

To catch on is to come to understand something. If yourecatching on , youre understanding what is being discussed.

So for me, as a teacher, to say, Now yourecatching on , Im complimenting you my students by saying, now you areunderstandingthe content of my lesson.

So now yourecatching on . Right?

19. Getting Along With Others

To get along with others is to have a good relationship with others.

Example: Davegets along withDonald. Dave is friends with Donald.

To get along means the same thing, but is used slightly differently.

Dave and Donaldget along . Dave and Donald are friends.

20. Grammar

This is part of an introduction to good English grammar.

Bad English habits can be hard to break. By teaching about good habits, a person can improve their English a great deal.

21. Introduction

Let me begin with a few sentences to get us started.

I am Jeremiah Bourque.

I am an author.

I write fiction and non-fiction.

These are examples of simple English sentences.

22. The First Law ofGood English Grammar

Every sentenceMUSThave a visible subject!

I am an author. -> I is the subject.

English needs a subject!If there is no subject, we use afakesubject!

It is raining. -> It is the subject.

There was a river. Where was the river? We dont know, but it is somewhere!

23. The Second Law ofGood English Grammar

Every sentenceMUSThave averb .

I drive a car. Drive is the verb.

Root form: To drive

I write books. Write is the verb.

Root form: To write

24. An Example Of Strong Verb Conjugation

Verb: To Ride (a horse, a bicycle, etc.)

Iridemy bicycle to the store. (Present)

Irodemy bicycle to the store. (Past)

I amridingmy bicycle right now. (Present Participle)

My bicycle wasriddento the store by someone else. (Past Participle)

25. Fly Like A Bird

Verb: To fly

Iflyto Los Angeles.

Tomfliesto New York.

Theyflewto Boston.

Lisa isflyingto Miami.

The plane wasflownto Montreal.

26. Vocabulary

This is an example of intermediate English vocabulary meant to be taught to those who are not beginners, but who have not mastered English.

27. Gradual vs. Abrupt

Something is gradual if it increases over time in a way that is piece by piece, bit by bit, or figuratively,inch by inch .

Something is abrupt if it is sudden and occurs in a veryrapidway, without warning.

28. Acceptable vs. Unacceptable

Something is acceptable if you can tolerate it, if you are satisfied, or if you simply unwilling to reject that thing.

Example: The tomatoes areacceptable . They are notwholly fresh , but thatsOK .

Something is unacceptable if you cannot accept that thing; if you must reject it.

Example: These tomatoes arestale . I willnot acceptthese tomatoes.

29. Advantage vs. Disadvantage

An advantage is something that helps you; something that supports you.

A disadvantage is something that is a hindrance or burden which hurts you. A disadvantage can make youfall behind .

Speaking good English is an advantage; speaking poor English is a disadvantage.

30. A vs. An

A comes before a word that starts with a consonant sound, and an comes before a word with a vowel sound. Therefore:

An a dvantage, or

A d isadvantage.

This ruleneverchanges: not in written English, nor in spoken English.

31. Perfect vs. Imperfect

Somethingperfectis without any flaw whatsoever.

Somethingimperfecthas a flaw; it isnot perfect . Figuratively speaking, there isa fly in the ointment .

Imperfectdoesnotnecessarily mean bad. There is an old saying: Do not let theperfectbe the enemy of thegood . It can beimperfect and good .

32. So, What Did You Think?

This ends the sample lesson. I have tried to show you all the different areas that lessons can focus on specifically.

In addition, we can just find topics for conversation and I can stop and correct you if that will help you. However, the focus should be on learning, not feeling as if you have made a mistake.

Thank you very much!

33. Curtain Call

Thank you. I hope you enjoyed this lesson.

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