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Attacking the 4P's LEARN HOW TO CONQUER PREPOSITIONS, PRONUNCIATION, THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE AND PHRASAL VERBS
About Me Yo yo! First of all.... thanks for being you! y ou! I'm Kevin from FeelGoodEnglish.com I’m American, currently live in Denver, Colorado. Inspired by music, culture, learning and teaching. I have a degree in psychology and bring my experience with human behavior to my teaching teaching to help people become confident English speakers. My mission is to show English learners that there is an easier, more inspiring way to becoming fully competent competent in English. Learning a language is a journey, and I love helping people discover their unique path to fluency. Having the courage to accept the challenge of creating your own journey is what brings fulfillment and happiness, and that’s what Feel Good English is all about. The more you focus on becoming a better version of yourself through education and personal growth, the more you can help the people you care about in your life. And for me, that’s all I can try to do in life.
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Welcome! WHY
After teaching more than 7,000 hours of private classes, and conducting research through the students I connect with online, I have come to the conclusion that phrasal verbs, the present perfect, propositions, and pronunciation cause the biggest problems for English learners. This course will show you new ways to think about learning the four most difficult aspects of English learning, while also showing you more natural and convenient ways to train.
WHAT
This course consists of video lessons, explanations, and supplementary audio lessons. The best way to tackle this course is to choose ONE SECTION (ex. phrasal verbs) per week to learn the methods taught here more deeply. Do not think you can power through this entire course in a couple hours.
of the content here will show you what to look for when HOW A youlotare training with content you like to spend time with. For example, after learning about pronunciation, you will be paying more attention to how native speakers use a rhythm with English while watching TedTalks, listening to podcasts, watching t.v. series etc.
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Content vs. Function Words
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English is a "stress-timed" language. It has a unique "rhythm" Put more emphasis on content words Function words are "glided" over, often being cut or even silent Pay attention to this rhythm, and after a lot of listening practice you will start to easily notice this rhythm
Nouns: house, cat, people’s names Verbs: running, built Adjectives: beautiful, brilliant Adverbs: silently, obviously
Determiners: a, this, every Auxiliary verbs: do, has Prepositions: in, from, with Conjunctions: for, and, but Pronouns: I, you, he
Action Steps When watching videos or listening to content, listen for the stressed words Take any text, and underline the stressed words based on the examples from the previous page Speak these sentences aloud. You can send me your recordings by CLICKING HERE
EXAMPLE:
Suzie Q is coming home tonight. We are going to cook a meal for her. FUNCTION WORDS Suzie coming home tonight going cook meal her
CONTENT WORDS is we are to a for
Suzie Q is coming home tonight . We are going to cook a meal for her.
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This is GONNA Help a Lot
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Informal contractions are two words that are connected when speaking ex. GOING + TO = GONNA Understanding "informal contractions" will help your comprehension immensely DO NOT use these in writing Start integrating them slowly into your own speaking. Don't overuse them
This is GONNA Help a Lot
The Present Perfect Explained
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It is comprised of using HAVE/HAS + PARTICIPLE VERB ex. has been, have seen, hasn't gone. It is used very commonly in English. To be fully fluent, you must understand "WHY" the present perfect is used. Understanding why it is used is more important than using it correctly 100% of the time. Even native speakers use it incorrectly sometimes! Understanding the purpose behind verb tenses is very important.
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The Present Perfect Explained
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The Present Perfect Continuous/Progressive
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We often use the Present Perfect Progressive to talk about the DURATION of an activity that is still happening Are you talking about a completed action that happened in the past, without specifying WHEN, (PP) or are you talking about something that is continuing until now? (PPP) HOW LONG is a good way to know if you are going to use the PPP We also use the PPP for temporary conditions ex. I have bee having problems lately *LATELY is another word often used with the PPP State verbs are NOT used in the PPP tense
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The Present Perfect Continuous/Progressive
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JEANY San Francisco a tool for the PP tense
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There are SEVEN words that are commonly used with the present perfect and present perfect progressive tenses Memorizing these words is a good way to know when to use these verb tenses UNSPECIFIED TIME IN PAST J = just E = ever A = already N = never Y = yet
DURATION WORDS S = since F = for *There is no quiz
JEANY San Francisco a tool for the PP tense
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How to learn prepositions
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Prepositions are one of the most challenging aspects of English Students tend to worry about them a lot VERY occasionally using the wrong preposition can cause misunderstanding They are difficult to "teach" because there are so many combinations and situations that don't make sense Start with the basics, TO/FOR/AT Learn combinations by always studying phrases, and not solitary words
How to learn prepositions
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What are phrasal verbs?
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Phrasal verbs are multi-word verbs, usually 2 words, sometimes 3 Native speakers use them ALL THE TIME Your focus should be on COMPREHENSION, understanding when others use phrasal verbs, and NOT using them yourself as much as possible. This can make you sound "forced" and causes miscommunication Study phrasal verbs slowly i.e. focusing on one per day *there is no quiz
What are phrasal verbs?
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Phrasal verbs can be separable or inseparable There are figurativ e, literal and idiomatic meanings. Which definition are you learning? Try to associate phrasal verbs you are learning with other phrasal verbs that begin with the same principal verb DOWNLOADABLE WORKSHEET
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Well, you've either completed this course, or simply scrolled all the way down to the bottom and haven't even started. ;) This course is just the beginning. If you really want to see progress in your English, have patience, and find material and study methods the feel good to you. Language learning is a slow process, and the best thing you can do is to figure out how to enjoy that process. I am so grateful you are reading this. Really. If you have any questions or comments, or just w ant to say hi send me an email at
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