Weekly emails to help you say goodbye to fear and speak English fearlessly. Learn effective and practical tips to help you prepare for and conquer the CELPIP Exam. I also host The CELPIP Success Podcast.
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Hi Reader, The tip? Get to the point. Quickly. and you will notice your speaking and writing scores begin to improve. How's that for getting to the point? Want a podcast episode on the topic? Try this: How to increase your CELPIP speaking scores. Getting to the point matters far more than you may realize for both speaking and writing. When you take too long to make your point, you say goodbye to precious seconds that you plain and simple don't get a lot of! And you need to use as much of your time as you possibly can to deliver the strongest answer you can. For writing, it's the same issue. Taking too long to get to your point stuffs your word count, and you must make every one of those 150-200 words count! Effective responses use descriptions of places, people and feelings. They offer explanations about why you said what you said, not just stating your answer. Details. They matter for both speaking and writing. But you have to get to your point quickly to use as many of them as you can. Do you find it difficult to get to the point, or do you feel it comes easy to you? Hit reply and let me know. I would love to hear from you. Have a great week! Aaron |
Learn How To Speak English Fearlessly + Effectively Prepare for the CELPIP Exam
Weekly emails to help you say goodbye to fear and speak English fearlessly. Learn effective and practical tips to help you prepare for and conquer the CELPIP Exam. I also host The CELPIP Success Podcast.
Hi Reader, Freezing in mid sentence because you forget how to say what you want to say in English is one of THE WORST feelings, isn't it? I know exactly what that feels like. It happens to me. In English. (Promise!) It's especially happens to me with my Spanish - that's my second language. It SUCKS! But here's the thing: it. happens. to. everyone. Did you read that? Forgetting how or what to say next happens in your first and second language - the embarrassing experience is not reserved JUST...
Hi Reader, I've been doing a lot of thinking around CELPIP practice and busy schedules. Here are a few resources I worked on this week that might help if your schedule keeps working against you and your prep. A few articles and podcasts you might enjoy: From my blog: Surprising, Unexpected but Powerful Advice for Effective CELPIP Practice. and from my podcast, just in case you missed it: Coffee, Routines, and CELPIP: Transforming daily life into study time. **** From around the web: I found...
Hi Reader, In case you missed it: a new podcast episode dropped this week: Coffee, Routines, and CELPIP: Transforming daily life into study time. An insider take on this episode: I was so excited making this episode because I'm trying something new: recording without following a script, and breaking some of my self-imposed rules at the same time. Rules? Yep. I broke two of them. One on purpose, which was including sounds from around me. (You'll hear it if you listen. I loved how it turned...