An inspirational story about making a real difference through education for the millions in the slums. They teach in English, a language that is not native for the kids but they believe that this language will help them in the future and give them more choices on a global level.
Tag Archives: conversational english
Aunty, creative writing in English is like doing Art!
March 25, 2010 – 3:53 am
Writing creative stories in English for high school students in a different language can be quite daunting. Unless students are adequately stimulated, they can find writing boring and tedious. Who remembers the “Write about what you did in the holidays” task?. A useful approach is to engage learners in discussion where you can get them to relive the experience as if they were actually there again. Creative writing in English can be fun!
Mao’s Last Dancer – Movie and Book
March 23, 2010 – 6:47 am
Movies and books are a great way to be inspired and to also learn a different language and culture.
Speak English Quickly Using MP3s
March 9, 2010 – 7:52 am
Learn real English quickly and easily with MP3s and a method that works.
Textbook English to Spoken English
March 7, 2010 – 4:20 am
English textbooks online and live online teachers to help you speak better English.
English with different accents
February 10, 2010 – 8:41 am
Here is a humorous example of understandable spoken English with a Pacific Island accent. You would also need to understand a bit about Pacific Island life in South Auckland, New Zealand to understand the joke and you would best get that from living in the country! See if you can work out what is being [...]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Samespeak
December 23, 2009 – 4:24 am
All the best for a wonderful Christmas and inspirational New Year! Thank you so much for your support over 2009 and we look forward to speaking and practicing live English with you in 2010.
Fijians have beautiful English
November 29, 2009 – 1:55 am
There are many ways to learn English but one of the best is to have teachers that are native speakers of English. Fijians are a good example of a group that speak Fijian but also have high levels of communicative English.
Inspired by young adults in our high schools
November 12, 2009 – 2:59 am
It’s senior high school prize-giving week and it’s incredibly inspiring to see so many young adults looking forward to their futures with such optimism and choosing a wide range of career options that are all equally valued by the school staff.
