Author Archives: samespeak

I am CEO of Samespeak.com, a revolutionary way of practicing conversational English live with a personal English speaking coach. You can cho

2012 Resolutions

We seem to do it every year – make resolutions about the goals we want to achieve. It’s a great thing to do but sustaining the resolution until you actually reach the goal is key! Put in small achievable steps that will help keep you on track until you get there and surround yourself with [...]

Xmas Greetings

Hope everyone has a great Xmas and brings the New Year in with lots of positive vibes for 2012!

What a World Cup Means to a Country Like NZ

NZ suffered the Pike River mining disaster, the Christchurch earthquake and the Rena oil spill – a lot of hope was pinned on the mighty All Blacks rugby team winning the Rugby World Cup in October 2011. The entire country got behind the tournament that was hosted here and it was 6 weeks of fantastic [...]

Self learning made easier through technology

This is a great video around how you can learn something at your own pace alongside a formal learning programme. The example used is for Mathematics and offers a way for multi-level learning to take place in the comfort and privacy of your own home. I can see great potential in this approach for the [...]

Bilingualism

Represented as two languages existing together in balance – ideas learnt in one language can be transferred to the other language.

Succession planning

We must never forget to up-skill young people alongside us and involve them in high level education such as decision-making, curriculum and assessment writing or we will end up having to continue those responsibilities well into our senior years! As a young teacher I was plucked out of a school to sit alongside more experienced [...]

Japan Tragedy

My heart goes out to the people of Japan who have suffered a devastating tragedy. I spent over 6 years living in their country and have a huge appreciation, respect and love for the people that reside there. Everywhere I went, I was met with kindness and overwhelming generosity. Please accept my humble donation and [...]

Life is For Living to Potential

An earthquake tragedy is a reminder to be grateful for what you have and to spare a moment for those that passed away and those that are suffering to begin life anew.

Speak English in 2011

If you’ve been learning English for a long time and still can’t speak it fluently, then you need to try a different approach. The most obvious approach is to use English as much as possible with others. If you don’t practice speaking English, then you will have difficulties communicating with people. Reading, writing and listening [...]

Facebook is great for birthdays

I don’t think I have ever had so many people wish me Happy Birthday before until now. In fact, my email froze because there were so many links coming in from people I know well and people I have met across the site. It’s awesome to receive and makes you grateful for the people who [...]

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