Fantastic Marketing Idea

Check this out from a London Mayor candidate - Boris Johnson (who by the way is MY choice for London^^) It’s an amazing idea.

Ask London Cabbies (taxi drivers) to hand out these receipts to their passengers

Clinton V Obama

Following a number of requests from my students here is a video of Hilary Clinton v Barak Obama - Don’t try to understand what they are saying - listen to the the way they are saying it - this is about intonation and rhythm.

Also, for all my new students - check your email (spam mail if there is nothing there^^) I have sent you an email with a link to a number of English learning podcasts as well as a link to Facebook. ^^

Here’s a copy of the email

Hi guys,

As promised, here are the links to the English learning audio files.

You can download these files free of charge and put them on to your MP3 player or just listen to them through your computer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/tae/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/re/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/station/worldservice/

Also, as promised, here is the link to join Facebook.

www.facebook.com

YOu can view my facebook page by clicking here ^^

See you all tomorrow

Carl

www.carlpullein.co.uk

Photography Tuesday

My apologies for not having a photography Monday ^^ I was very busy yesterday

Anyway, here is a Photography Tuesday for you all.

Today’s photograph comes from a walk round a small park in southern Seoul and I got this shot by waiting almost 30 minutes for a group of tourists to move. In most pictures, people make the actual picture interesting. But with this one I wanted to capture the building on it’s own. Then with a little Photoshop wizardry I added an aged look to he photo. I do hope you like it.

OK. For today’s photographer profile I am returning to a favourite photographer on mine. His name is David Ziser Click HERE to view his photography blog. There are some amazing shots here

Don’t forget guys!!!!

Join Facebook and let’s get a Korean network growing. Once you have created your account - type in my name “Carl Pullein” and add me to your “friends”

Facebook

This one’s for all my students and friends in Korea (and anyone else really) -

To get yourself using English in the real world you need to join Facebook (or MySpace)

Too many students think of English only as an academic subject, yet there is so much more to English than just passing exams and TOEIC tests. English can be fun and more importantly you can use the English you know to make friends all over the world.

So, I have a challenge for all my students and anyone else who speak English as a second language:

Join Facebook, create a profile and lets start making friends all over the world. It’s easy. I set up my account in 15 minutes (including adding photos) Just click HERE

Once you have created your account - ask me to join your “friends” - I will and we can create a HUGE user network.So come on what are you waiting for? …. LETS HAVE FUN WITH ENGLISH!!!!

Learn English, Use English, Enjoy English!!

Quantum Of Solace (Bond 22)

WOW!!!!

The next James Bond Film has been announced - Called “Quantum Of Solace” it will feature Daniel Craig as James Bond for a second time. As ever I cannot wait for it’s opening in November

You can watch a small preview above.

You Tube Launches In Korea!

Yesterday, You Tube launches it’s very special site in Korea you can visit You Tube Korea by clicking HERE

And even more uniquely, English User TV (You Tube version) has also launched on You Tube Korea !!!! - Click here to view

Enjoy

Photography Thursday

Last weekend I took my little boy Barney over to Olympic Park for a long walk. As always when I do such activities I talk along my camera - just in case I come across something interesting

Well, I DID come along something interesting. I came across this fantastic little bridge. I hope you like it.

Also - Check out Xerox’s new logo and why they have changed their logo and indeed spent millions of dollars on the change. Click HERE to view

A Letter Of Complaint

Tonight, my business students came up with this fantastic letter of complaint in a role playing exercise ^^ It was so good I just had to reproduce it here

Dear Sir / Madam,

I am writing to complain about a toothbrush I recently purchased.

I seem to be having a problem with it. It has made my teeth turn blue and the bristles have become stuck in my teeth.

It was very expensive and it came with a guarantee.

Please replace it as soon as possible and I will expect you to compensate me for any dental treatment to make my teeth white again.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

I hope you enjoy it as soon as much as I did

No, No, No, No ….

OK, this is hilarious (very funny)

This clip comes from a favourite British comedy show of mine called “The Vicar Of Dibley” and features a character, called Jim Trott, who stutters (Click for Korean translation) the words “no’ and “yes”. Here he is trying to quote the words from Abba’s classic song “Knowing Me Knowing You”

English Learning Secret 10

Here it is guys - The tenth and final English Learning Secret of my series of the secrets of learning English as a second language.

English Is A Word Language Not A Grammar Language

Many people learning English today are learning English as if it was a grammar language. They spend hours and hours with their heads inside a book, trying to understand why some past tense words end in “ed” and others don’t.

What these students do not realise is that the only reason you are told by your teachers to spend hours and hours studying the grammar of English is because testing grammar is the only way they can test you. Testing whether you can actually speak English is almost impossible to be fair and accurate.

So here’s the thing. When you are studying English stop worrying about the actually grammar of English (after all, you will learn this much faster if you read English articles in newspapers or books) instead, learn English by looking for the patterns of which English words fit with each other. For example:

the words “go” and “home” are partner words.

“Go home”
“Going home”
“Went home” (past tense of “go” is “went”)

OK, so that’s an easy example. No look at these examples:

The word “part”

Part - time
Part - payment
part - company

“time”, “payment” and “company” are also partners of the word “part”

And here’s another, and this one is fantastic. The words “money” and “time” have the same partner words … it is as if they are sister words

Save time / money
Spend time / money
Waste time / money

So stop boring yourself stupid, and start looking for the patterns in English. It is much more fun, makes more sense and is guaranteed to help you through the difficulties of learning English.

Keep studying and if you have any questions about learning English, please feel free to ask me at any time.