Lynne J Thompson English Speaking

In this podcast, I discuss the increasing demand for learning bite-sized English.  As global business speeds up, more and more people just want to learn essential sentences and vocabulary for a meeting or presentation. However, in my opinion, and experience acquiring knowledge is not enough, speaking practise remains very important.

Here I discuss how conversation practises with friends, colleagues, or family members can boost speaking confidence. And how you can improve your abilities if you don't have these connections.

In this podcast, I give my views on the importance of being able to produce small talk in business.  I also run through a checklist to help you give small talk effectively.

In this podcast, I discuss writing an academic assignment and what enables a student to be able to achieve a good assignment pass mark. It's not just having knowledge and enthusiasm about a topic. I also reflect on my own experiences of assignment writing.

This episode focus on the odd relationship between the spellings of English words and the sound you need to produce to say them. I talk about the poem 'The Chaos'  and suggest a method of how an understanding of the irregularities can improve speaking skills.

In this podcast, I discuss how useful the skill of listening is when it comes to developing speaking skills.

In this podcast, I explain what contraction is and why it is used when speaking English.

Podcast reviews the benefits of reading a story aloud to improve speaking.

I'm Lynne Thompson a second language teacher who teaches Business English.  My specialist area is developing speaking.  The podcast episodes here will cover a variety of topics concerning both learning and teaching.