Responding to suggestions

In this episode I will be sharing segments of one of our English Conversation Workshops where we'll analyze the difference between "I think" and "I think so".

In this episode I will be sharing a segment of one of my classes where two students, Mafer and Milton, debate the following topic: "All students caught cheating should automatically fail the course and be required to take the entire course the following year." Listen carefully to their conversation and notice what expressions they use for disagreeing and persuading. Head over to https://wespeakidiomas.com/2022/08/27/disagreeing-and-persuading/ for a list of expressions to give opinions, disagree with opinions, clarify your ideas and persuade someone you don’t agree wit. 

Welcome to another episode of my series "A sneak peek into an online class". In this episode, we will learn how to use the Present Perfect to make comments about movies we've seen. Class details: This is a A2 level class (upper basic level). My students' mother tongue is Spanish, they're both from Perú.

Welcome to another episode of my series "A sneak peek into an online class". In this episode, we will learn collocations with the word "party" Class details: This is a B1 level class (intermediate level). My student is from Perú, she's a Spanish speaker.

Welcome to another episode of my series "A sneak peek into an online class". In my second episode, I will be explaining how to talk about preferences using the verb "prefer" with gerunds. Class details: This is a B1 level class (intermediate level). My student is from Perú, she's a Spanish speaker.

Hello English learners, Welcome to the second series of our WeSpeak English podcast! Since this time I will share my students' participation in class, I've decided to call this series "A sneak peek into an online class". In the next 10 episodes I'll be sharing segments of my classes so we can learn and analyze grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, etc. In this first episode we will analyze word choice. Details of the class: A2 level (upper basic) My student is a Spanish speaker from Perú.

Can you do me a favor? Yes, that’s the typical question we use for making requests, but there are some other expressions that help us sound more polite. Listen to this podcast to learn four different ways of asking for favors.

How do you show you're a good listener? There are ways you can show the speaker that you are paying attention to his/her story. Listen to this episode to learn new expressions to "react to a story."

Sometimes you need to ask to do something or ask someone to do something, but how do you ask politely?  In this episode learn how to use: - Do you mind if + I + verb . . . ? to ask permission to do something - Would you mind + verb + -ing . . . ? to ask someone to do something

Why don't we have Chinese? How do you respond to this suggestion? Listen to this episode and learn how to use different expressions to respond to suggestions in a positive and negative way. For a full script go to https://wespeakonline.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/conversation-strategies-responding-to-suggestions/