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    English, Conversational Topics, Upper-Intermediate
    English, Conversational Topics, Pre-Intermediate Level, Fluency Practice
    English, Topic-Based Tests, Pre-Intermediate Level, Fluency Practice
    Ebook series7 titles

    English, Fluency Practice Series

    By Alexander Pavlenko

    2.5/5

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    About this series

    This book includes personal stories narrated by seventeen people from different parts of the United Kingdom, the USA, Ireland, Canada and Australia. It will teach you how to present a personal story in a concise and interesting form. You can listen to the samples of all the 17 accents free on Audible.
    Our intention in recording this range of voices was neither to collect as many accents as possible, nor to find the most typical or strongest accents. Rather, our aim was to illustrate a range of regional pronunciation in English. By listening to the stories the reader will hear the differences in the way native speakers communicate in English, and get an idea of how the language is spoken in such diverse places as London, New York, Manchester and many other parts of the English speaking world.
    Based on the Speech Plasma Method Accents, Personal Stories is part of the Fluency Practice series designed to expose students to English as spoken by native speakers in a range of situations.
    This book, however, differs from the others in the series, in that while the stories the speakers tell were also recorded and transcribed, they were not edited in order to rid them of unnecessary repetition or other grammatical errors. This gives the stories the authentic flavour of English as it is spoken.
    The book’s aim is to expose the student to an actual informal, conversational style. Educationalists are currently debating the factors which influence the way in which English is spoken, such as the speaker’s thought processes as they mingle with the demands of grammar and syntax, and sometimes it is unclear which usage of the language is “correct” or not.
    What is evident, however, about conversational style is that in the process of speaking, while expressing thoughts and ideas, it is impossible to avoid afterthoughts, interrupted thoughts, repetition and retracing of ideas. So the way we have commented on the text is by detecting grammatical mistakes in the words and sentences that did not occur under the influence of these extra-linguistic factors. Mistakes of the type belong to non-standard English (NSE). The other uses of technically “incorrect” English should be considered as current conversational style (CS).
    Accents, Personal Stories can be used for listening and reading practice, for identifying regional accents and analysing various informal types of speech. The book can also be used for teaching and learning how to present a personal story in a concise and interesting form.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlexander Pavlenko
    Release dateJan 1, 2010
    English, Conversational Topics, Upper-Intermediate
    English, Conversational Topics, Pre-Intermediate Level, Fluency Practice
    English, Topic-Based Tests, Pre-Intermediate Level, Fluency Practice

    Titles in the series (7)

    • 1

      English, Topic-Based Tests, Pre-Intermediate Level, Fluency Practice
      English, Topic-Based Tests, Pre-Intermediate Level, Fluency Practice

      English, Topic-Based Tests, Pre-Intermediate Level, Fluency Practice

      Alexander Pavlenko
      3/5 - 5 ratings
      3/5 - 5 ratings

      This collection of tests for pre-intermediate level students is a new step in learning English. The main principle on which the tests are based is the combination of grammatical and lexical control with the development of one’s speaking skills. These tests are designed to expose students to English as spoken by native speakers in a wide range of situations. This is great fun and easy way to learn, removing a lot of unnecessary hard work that often goes into learning a language. Take something simple and use it in a variety of contexts and you will find that understanding grows surprisingly rapidly and easily. The volume is a part of Fluency Practice series for pre-intermediate students which includes three books Fifty Examination Topics (Level 2), Dialogues and Summaries (Level 2), Topic-Based Tests (Level 2), and Black Jack Comes Back (Level 1-2) – an application for smartphones and computers.

      This collection of tests for pre-intermediate level students is a new step in learning English. The main principle on which the tests are based is the combination of grammatical and lexical control with the development of one’s speaking skills. These tests are designed to expose students to English as spoken by native speakers in a wide range of situations. This is great fun and easy way to learn, removing a lot of unnecessary hard work that often goes into learning a language. Take something simple and use it in a variety of contexts and you will find that understanding grows surprisingly rapidly and easily. The volume is a part of Fluency Practice series for pre-intermediate students which includes three books Fifty Examination Topics (Level 2), Dialogues and Summaries (Level 2), Topic-Based Tests (Level 2), and Black Jack Comes Back (Level 1-2) – an application for smartphones and computers.

    • English, Conversational Topics, Upper-Intermediate
      English, Conversational Topics, Upper-Intermediate

      English, Conversational Topics, Upper-Intermediate

      Alexander Pavlenko
      3/5 - 8 ratings
      3/5 - 8 ratings

      Based on the Speech Plasma Method, the book is designed to teach more advanced students to speak English. The volume contains nineteen conversational topics.This volume has proved to be virtually indispensable for fluency practice at upper-intermediate level, helping foreign students of English master the language in the shortest possible time. A musician discusses the most common examination topics (19 main topics and more than 50 subtopics) used by schools and universities throughout the world. Narrating personal stories he gives opinions and explains his views on a variety of subjects. When you read about his experiences, you will be drawn into his world and feel like you made a new friend. You will get so involved into his life that you will be able to speak easily and fluently about your new friend and also about yourself for hours and hours on end. The stories are told in simple, everyday colloquial style. Audiobook version of the volume is available on Audible.

      Based on the Speech Plasma Method, the book is designed to teach more advanced students to speak English. The volume contains nineteen conversational topics.This volume has proved to be virtually indispensable for fluency practice at upper-intermediate level, helping foreign students of English master the language in the shortest possible time. A musician discusses the most common examination topics (19 main topics and more than 50 subtopics) used by schools and universities throughout the world. Narrating personal stories he gives opinions and explains his views on a variety of subjects. When you read about his experiences, you will be drawn into his world and feel like you made a new friend. You will get so involved into his life that you will be able to speak easily and fluently about your new friend and also about yourself for hours and hours on end. The stories are told in simple, everyday colloquial style. Audiobook version of the volume is available on Audible.

    • 2

      English, Conversational Topics, Pre-Intermediate Level, Fluency Practice
      English, Conversational Topics, Pre-Intermediate Level, Fluency Practice

      English, Conversational Topics, Pre-Intermediate Level, Fluency Practice

      Alexander Pavlenko
      4/5 - 11 ratings
      4/5 - 11 ratings

      Based on the Speech Plasma Method, this collection of stories on fifty topics will help foreign students of English go through the most vulnerable period of learning – pre-intermediate level. At this stage students do not see their progress clearly enough and often feel increasingly anxious and frustrated. All the fifty stories are accounts of Julia’s everyday life. Being a real person Julia tells her stories in a very natural way revealing her own style and manner, repeating the same grammatical structures and word combinations. As a result, students easily remember the stories, speaking more and more fluently. Fluency practice drills that accompany each topic accelerate the transition from pre-intermediate to intermediate level. Audiobook version of the volume is available on Audible.

      Based on the Speech Plasma Method, this collection of stories on fifty topics will help foreign students of English go through the most vulnerable period of learning – pre-intermediate level. At this stage students do not see their progress clearly enough and often feel increasingly anxious and frustrated. All the fifty stories are accounts of Julia’s everyday life. Being a real person Julia tells her stories in a very natural way revealing her own style and manner, repeating the same grammatical structures and word combinations. As a result, students easily remember the stories, speaking more and more fluently. Fluency practice drills that accompany each topic accelerate the transition from pre-intermediate to intermediate level. Audiobook version of the volume is available on Audible.

    • English, Dialogues, Summaries, Pre-Intermediate Level
      English, Dialogues, Summaries, Pre-Intermediate Level

      English, Dialogues, Summaries, Pre-Intermediate Level

      Alexander Pavlenko
      4/5 - 6 ratings
      4/5 - 6 ratings

      Based on the Speech Plasma Method, the book is designed to teach students of English to speak the language at pre-intermediate level. The volume contains forty dialogues and their summaries. The summaries actually serve as fluency practice training. This volume is designed for the students who can speak English quite fluently at elementary level, would like to improve their speaking skills and transit into intermediate level. The book is aimed at the development of the learner's fluency in speech through fluency practice drills. The volume contains 40 dialogues and 80 fluency practice drills. Each dialogue is followed by two stories which are summaries or interpretations of the conversation narrated by the participants of the dialogue. The material of the volume includes more complex grammar like Past Tenses, Reported Speech, Passive Voice, Conditional Sentences and other complicated structures. The dialogues are natural, the stories are told in simple, everyday colloquial style.

      Based on the Speech Plasma Method, the book is designed to teach students of English to speak the language at pre-intermediate level. The volume contains forty dialogues and their summaries. The summaries actually serve as fluency practice training. This volume is designed for the students who can speak English quite fluently at elementary level, would like to improve their speaking skills and transit into intermediate level. The book is aimed at the development of the learner's fluency in speech through fluency practice drills. The volume contains 40 dialogues and 80 fluency practice drills. Each dialogue is followed by two stories which are summaries or interpretations of the conversation narrated by the participants of the dialogue. The material of the volume includes more complex grammar like Past Tenses, Reported Speech, Passive Voice, Conditional Sentences and other complicated structures. The dialogues are natural, the stories are told in simple, everyday colloquial style.

    • Accents, Personal Stories, Fluency Practice Series, Intermediate Level, Volume 7
      Accents, Personal Stories, Fluency Practice Series, Intermediate Level, Volume 7

      Accents, Personal Stories, Fluency Practice Series, Intermediate Level, Volume 7

      Alexander Pavlenko
      5/5 - 1 rating
      5/5 - 1 rating

      This book includes personal stories narrated by seventeen people from different parts of the United Kingdom, the USA, Ireland, Canada and Australia. It will teach you how to present a personal story in a concise and interesting form. You can listen to the samples of all the 17 accents free on Audible. Our intention in recording this range of voices was neither to collect as many accents as possible, nor to find the most typical or strongest accents. Rather, our aim was to illustrate a range of regional pronunciation in English. By listening to the stories the reader will hear the differences in the way native speakers communicate in English, and get an idea of how the language is spoken in such diverse places as London, New York, Manchester and many other parts of the English speaking world. Based on the Speech Plasma Method Accents, Personal Stories is part of the Fluency Practice series designed to expose students to English as spoken by native speakers in a range of situations. This book, however, differs from the others in the series, in that while the stories the speakers tell were also recorded and transcribed, they were not edited in order to rid them of unnecessary repetition or other grammatical errors. This gives the stories the authentic flavour of English as it is spoken. The book’s aim is to expose the student to an actual informal, conversational style. Educationalists are currently debating the factors which influence the way in which English is spoken, such as the speaker’s thought processes as they mingle with the demands of grammar and syntax, and sometimes it is unclear which usage of the language is “correct” or not. What is evident, however, about conversational style is that in the process of speaking, while expressing thoughts and ideas, it is impossible to avoid afterthoughts, interrupted thoughts, repetition and retracing of ideas. So the way we have commented on the text is by detecting grammatical mistakes in the words and sentences that did not occur under the influence of these extra-linguistic factors. Mistakes of the type belong to non-standard English (NSE). The other uses of technically “incorrect” English should be considered as current conversational style (CS). Accents, Personal Stories can be used for listening and reading practice, for identifying regional accents and analysing various informal types of speech. The book can also be used for teaching and learning how to present a personal story in a concise and interesting form.

      This book includes personal stories narrated by seventeen people from different parts of the United Kingdom, the USA, Ireland, Canada and Australia. It will teach you how to present a personal story in a concise and interesting form. You can listen to the samples of all the 17 accents free on Audible. Our intention in recording this range of voices was neither to collect as many accents as possible, nor to find the most typical or strongest accents. Rather, our aim was to illustrate a range of regional pronunciation in English. By listening to the stories the reader will hear the differences in the way native speakers communicate in English, and get an idea of how the language is spoken in such diverse places as London, New York, Manchester and many other parts of the English speaking world. Based on the Speech Plasma Method Accents, Personal Stories is part of the Fluency Practice series designed to expose students to English as spoken by native speakers in a range of situations. This book, however, differs from the others in the series, in that while the stories the speakers tell were also recorded and transcribed, they were not edited in order to rid them of unnecessary repetition or other grammatical errors. This gives the stories the authentic flavour of English as it is spoken. The book’s aim is to expose the student to an actual informal, conversational style. Educationalists are currently debating the factors which influence the way in which English is spoken, such as the speaker’s thought processes as they mingle with the demands of grammar and syntax, and sometimes it is unclear which usage of the language is “correct” or not. What is evident, however, about conversational style is that in the process of speaking, while expressing thoughts and ideas, it is impossible to avoid afterthoughts, interrupted thoughts, repetition and retracing of ideas. So the way we have commented on the text is by detecting grammatical mistakes in the words and sentences that did not occur under the influence of these extra-linguistic factors. Mistakes of the type belong to non-standard English (NSE). The other uses of technically “incorrect” English should be considered as current conversational style (CS). Accents, Personal Stories can be used for listening and reading practice, for identifying regional accents and analysing various informal types of speech. The book can also be used for teaching and learning how to present a personal story in a concise and interesting form.

    • English, Conversational Topics, Intermediate Level
      English, Conversational Topics, Intermediate Level

      English, Conversational Topics, Intermediate Level

      Alexander Pavlenko
      4/5 - 7 ratings
      4/5 - 7 ratings

      Based on the Speech Plasma Method, this volume has proved to be virtually indispensable for fluency practice at intermediate level, helping foreign students of English master the language in the shortest possible time. A freelance journalist discusses the most common examination topics (19 main topics and more than 50 subtopics) used by schools and universities throughout the world. Narrating personal stories she gives opinions and explains her views on a variety of subjects. When you read about her experiences, you will be drawn into her world and feel like you made a new friend. You will get so involved into her life that you will be able to speak easily and fluently about your new friend and also about yourself for hours and hours on end. The stories are told in simple, everyday colloquial style. Audiobook version of the volume is available on Audible.

      Based on the Speech Plasma Method, this volume has proved to be virtually indispensable for fluency practice at intermediate level, helping foreign students of English master the language in the shortest possible time. A freelance journalist discusses the most common examination topics (19 main topics and more than 50 subtopics) used by schools and universities throughout the world. Narrating personal stories she gives opinions and explains her views on a variety of subjects. When you read about her experiences, you will be drawn into her world and feel like you made a new friend. You will get so involved into her life that you will be able to speak easily and fluently about your new friend and also about yourself for hours and hours on end. The stories are told in simple, everyday colloquial style. Audiobook version of the volume is available on Audible.

    • English, Short Stories, Intermediate Level
      English, Short Stories, Intermediate Level

      English, Short Stories, Intermediate Level

      Alexander Pavlenko
      4/5 - 6 ratings
      4/5 - 6 ratings

      Based on the Speech Plasma Method, the book is designed to teach students to speak English at intermediate level. The volume contains twenty short stories and special training drills. This volume will enable foreign students of English to feel more comfortable with the language at a more advanced level. The book is a collection of stories told by native speakers of English in everyday conversational manner. The stories are accounts of incidents or ideas which the people interviewed consider interesting or entertaining. They are not intended as great works of literature, rather as examples of people using their language naturally. The stories are the sort of tales that you might hear in a pub or at a party, reflections on anything from weather and inquisitive neighbours to a passion for music and how it can help handicapped children. At times amusing, surprising, entertaining or simply hard to believe, they are all related in the kind of natural informal style which language learners so often wish to imitate. This collection will help show you how to do just that. The stories are told in simple, everyday colloquial style. Audiobook version of the volume is available on Audible.

      Based on the Speech Plasma Method, the book is designed to teach students to speak English at intermediate level. The volume contains twenty short stories and special training drills. This volume will enable foreign students of English to feel more comfortable with the language at a more advanced level. The book is a collection of stories told by native speakers of English in everyday conversational manner. The stories are accounts of incidents or ideas which the people interviewed consider interesting or entertaining. They are not intended as great works of literature, rather as examples of people using their language naturally. The stories are the sort of tales that you might hear in a pub or at a party, reflections on anything from weather and inquisitive neighbours to a passion for music and how it can help handicapped children. At times amusing, surprising, entertaining or simply hard to believe, they are all related in the kind of natural informal style which language learners so often wish to imitate. This collection will help show you how to do just that. The stories are told in simple, everyday colloquial style. Audiobook version of the volume is available on Audible.

    Author

    Alexander Pavlenko

    Russian-Hungarian roots. Born in Russia. Presently lives in Budapest, Hungary. Teaches Russian, English and Hungarian in his own language school. Uses his own method, the Speech Plasma Method, which enables his students to speak and think in the language from the very first lessons. Enjoys taking on tough challenges like dealing with elderly people, dyslexic children, students with minor mental disorders. Strongly believes that if the method works for such students, it works for anyone. Has released books, ebooks, audiobooks and apps based on the Speech Plasma Method in English, Russian and Hungarian.

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