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English Learning - THE FILM
Recently I've been a busy boy.
Doing what, you ask?
We'll get to that in a moment, but first join the Doing English Daily Newsletter:
http://bit.ly/1SuhP1S
OK, so what?
Well. Learning film production and editing techniques. The "why" I'm doing this is a story for another day, but it is related to the soon-to-come Doing English book, and a whole series of major updates across Doing English (including Two Step Speaking 3.0).
One thing I realised though...
… learning a language and learning to make great video is very, very similar.
Just studying the theory isn't enough.
And just practicing isn't enough.
It takes a balance of the two. Learn the the theory and the technique… then practice them until they become automatic.
Sound familiar?
It should do.
Because this is what I've been constantly banging on about for the last year.
Just practicing your English is a waste of time. But just learning theory isn't useful, either. You need a balance of the two. And this is what Two Step Speaking will help you do. Learn the techniques which work… and then practice until English becomes automatic (and don't worry - if you do it the way I teach, you don't need native speakers around you).
Anyway.
Enough dilly-dallying.
Join the Doing English Daily Newsletter:
http://bit.ly/1SuhP1S
OK, that's it from me today.
Cheers,
Julian
P.S. I'll be back next week with a story about Coca-Cola.
English Learning - THE FILM
Recently I've been a busy boy.
Doing what, you ask?
We'll get to that in a moment, but first join the Doing English Daily Newsletter:
http://bit.ly/1SuhP1S
OK, so what?
Well. Learning film production and editing techniques. The "why" I'm doing this is a story for another day, but it is related to the soon-to-come Doing English book, and a whole series of major updates across Doing English (including Two Step Speaking 3.0).
One thing I realised though...
… learning a language and learning to make great video is very, very similar.
Just studying the theory isn't enough.
And just practicing isn't enough.
It takes a balance of the two. Learn the the theory and the technique… then practice them until they become automatic.
Sound familiar?
It should do.
Because this is what I've been constantly banging on about for the last year.
Just practicing your English is a waste of time. But just learning theory isn't useful, either. You need a balance of the two. And this is what Two Step Speaking will help you do. Learn the techniques which work… and then practice until English becomes automatic (and don't worry - if you do it the way I teach, you don't need native speakers around you).
Anyway.
Enough dilly-dallying.
Join the Doing English Daily Newsletter:
http://bit.ly/1SuhP1S
OK, that's it from me today.
Cheers,
Julian
P.S. I'll be back next week with a story about Coca-Cola.