The truth of spoken english business

The Truth
about Spoken English

How often do we see the ads that say,
– Learn English in 30 days
– Guaranteed Learning
– Learn Spoken English easily
– Money back Guarantee

And convinced or not, we helplessly join
them……….

What Happens usually next?
You are taught the same Grammar, again!!

If learning Grammar alone really helped, then
most of you would have been a speaker by
now,
Right??

• That is not to say, Learning Grammar doesn’t
help, but think about it,
• That’s what we have been doing since school
days right?
• Then why join another place to learn the same
stuff all over again?

What happens during the 30 days of teaching ?
You listen too much, than take notes
You actually speak very less
How much of what you understand do you
actually remember?
Just think about it

Spoken English classes do have study materials.
But how often have they really taught
everything in that material in 30 days?

Who has ever completed that entire material?
These questions are usually not asked by the
students even after completion of the course
and they simply leave! Bad!

When the classes are named ‘Spoken English’,
how often do you actually speak?

Do you really become a decent speaker in
those 30 days?

Truth is,
Something’s not right about the way Spoken
English classes are being taught

That is not to say teachers do not teach
efficiently in class
As a matter of fact they give their best!

It is not the teacher’s fault, it has something to
do with the way the Institutes run.

Consider this,
80% of a language learning happens by
listening. That’s how we have learnt our
mother tongue. Right!!

So, Why not learn English that way?
It doesn’t work that way because……..

• We don’t have English Speakers around to
speak with
and
• How can we learn a language by
communicating in the very language that we
are trying to learn?

So, that means, for Indians, we need a different
strategy to learn other than
“learn by listening”

To understand this better, first let us try to know
how good speakers in India have learnt it….

They are usually good at their studies
They have memorized lots of answers
This allows them to write better in exams
Also, this is how they pick up the language
structure fundamentally
This is their secret of having good
communication skills.

Contrastingly,
Native Speakers learn by listening more, as we
saw earlier
But
We are trying to learn by remembering more
essentially, practicing to write and eventually
speaking.

Does it work?
It seems yes, but not for everyone.

Even I learnt English the
Remember-Write-Speak way
It helped me. But, what happened to “Listening”
What happened to “Translation”?
How good shall you Writing skills be?

I knew I was a good speaker
A good English teacher too
Addressing large audiences was ‘easy’ for me.
But one day, everything changed.

I happened to talk to a native English Speaker

She had huge credit bills and was jobless

Things were hard for her and her father had
recently passed away

She started crying as we talked and I wanted to
comfort her

Not that I did not know how to speak English
Nor was I disturbed by her emotional plight
But suddenly something just made me go dumb!

I had feelings for her, I wanted to comfort her
with my words but I couldn’t communicate.

That day I realized I actually did not know
English as good as I thought!!

Actually I realized I was not up to the mark at
all.

Then, it also occurred to me,
Why do so many have been listening to me with
respect and attention?

Because they ‘understood’ me
But when I wanted to comfort her,
“My language was incomplete” –
so communication was a problem

That was an eye opening moment for me.

I realized I could speak well
but
communicating with a native English Speaker
was
still a problem!

Few would say by now, it must be an
accent problem.

No, it wasn’t
Accent is just the way of sounding.
In fact it was a Language problem

Do you notice the difference in the language
when we speak
and
When native speakers speak English?

I could not communicate effectively with her
because of that “difference”
Yet, I could communicate with my audience well
because they understood me so well.
So I asked myself,
“How to know this difference?”

I went back and listed
all areas of Language development
What areas of learning is a language made of?
Reading, Understanding, Learning, Vocabulary,
Speaking, Listening, Writing …so on

Then I came up with a self analysis report
I was very good at
Grammar and Syntax
My vocabulary was decent
Reading speed was good
Understanding was fine

But, I noticed,
Most of my speaking actually happened when I
taught! (since I was a teacher)
Not when I hang out with my friends and family.
As we mostly end up speaking in
Mother tongue with them.

Also I noticed, much of listening happened only
when,
I listened to English songs,
watched an English Movie
or perhaps
when I watched English news or documentaries.

And yes, Writing was less too.
We wrote “answers”,
that’s all we did in schools mostly!

But still I didn’t get
answer to my question

Why was I not able
to communicate with her effectively that day?

It is,
Phrasal verbs, Idioms and Expressions.

Did you notice that my
Speaking/Listening/Writing
happened very less?

Because my environment did not allow much of
these activities.

So I would switch to my native language when I
am actually communicating with my friends
and family

It is family and friends that we express our
thoughts, opinions and feelings freely.
That’s where most of communication in daily life
happens.

And much of this daily communication is made
of phrasal verbs, idioms and expression than
just Tenses and regular questions.

So that’s why my communication was bit of an
issue with her. Because I never practiced
communication in English.
I just spoke.

So then are these not taught in schools?

Yes and No,
depending on which schooling background you
come from.

But my point is, irrespective of the schooling
background, practicing phrasal verbs, idioms
and expressions happens less since we choose
to communicate in mother tongue with family
and friends. And that’s where most of these
are used.

Consider this,
Just the word “call “

It could take many forms like,
call in
call after
call around
call off
call up

Consider these sentences now,
I am calling in to find out more details.
I have called my dog off
I was called up for duty reporting
I will call you around 7 pm
I called them back

Further, consider the phrasal verb forms for “go”
go in
go on
go off
go into
go through
go over
go with

Now each of these words derive from their basic
verb like call and go
Yet they all differ in their own meanings

Say consider the word “look”
look into
look over
are two phrasal verbs from look.
But all three verbs have different meanings.

look into
means you would check how things are working
look over
means you will check it once again.

Now look how it affects our learning.
I will look into the file once I go back home.
Can you look into the cooker for me please?
• These examples talk about checking on
the file or the cooker on stove.

How would someone who is not familiar with
phrasal verbs say,
• I will check the file again.
• I will look at it when I get back home
• I will go and see the cooker
If you notice, look into is the key word and we are
not using in any of these sentences.
Yet we are trying to convey the same idea by using
our own sentences.

This creates the difference between
a native speaker’s and our way of speaking
Again I am not saying,
they are wrong way of using sentences.
But my point is
to highlight the lacking of phrasal verbs in our
language

We compensate the lack of phrasal verbs with
words we already know
That’s why we sound different than native
speakers

Also check these idioms/expressions
I am broke –
I don’t have a job, I am unemployed
I got to rush –
I need to go now, I must go fast.
Can I have a rain check? –
Today we cannot meet, When can we meet next?
Shall we postpone?

Most of our communication is actually
basic and routine
in nature

But when we lack the idea of words like
come up, figure out, see through, get along,
make out, put it out, cut it out, get a move
on, all that jazz, etc:-
we are essentially lacking the right set of words
to communicate

Learning Phrasal verbs idioms and expressions
helped me bridge this gap between
speaking and actually be able to communicate.

All I wanted to say to that lady that day was,
“It’s okay. I empathize with your loss. You are
broke. But that doesn’t mean you would not
come through this. I am sure this too shall
pass. All I want you to be now is Jenny you
must be stronger than ever before. Get a
move on and attack life. I am sure you will
figure ways out of this. “

But I could not because I did not knew these
words then.
“It’s okay. I empathize with your loss. You are
broke. But that doesn’t mean you would not
come through this. I am sure this too shall
pass. All I want you to be now is Jenny you
must be stronger than ever before. Get a
move on and attack life. I am sure you will
figure ways out of this. “

So that’s one secret that my learning experience
has taught me.

What if English learners knew this too….

How proficiently they would be able to
communicate?

But that’s just the beginning.
Now take a look at this

Areas that we already are familiarly strong
Reading Understanding
Learning Vocabulary
Areas that we need to address since we are weak
Speaking
Writing
Listening

But wait we missed
Remembering
Plus, in the beginning it was told that most of
language picking happens by listening, but
with us it is essentially remembering.

Also we missed,
Translation
So to say,

What you need exactly is a
Complete Language-Learning System
CLS
Reading Understanding Translation
Learning Remembering Vocabulary
Listening Speaking Writing

That’s the secret to learn any language

A Complete Comprehensive Language Learning
System called CLS.

That’s my discovery which has
profoundly changed my life
It has helped me understand how I should learn
the things that I missed
It has helped me understand the
difference between speaking and
communicating effectively

So what I did, over the last few years, I decided
to develop this system to enable almost anyone
to become an effective Communicator
in English.

I am going to share how I am going to do that
now.

But, first, let us answer the question we started
with,

Do Spoken English classes really help?

Yes,
But not completely.
Here’s why…...

The CLS indicates that there are
three styles of learning
1
2
3

They start a language primarily by reading and slowly build their translation skills
With heir understanding skills
Few start with good foundation in grammar and vocabulary, plus they have good
Memory to aid them
And in case of Native Speakers, they learn much of their language by Listening and
Eventually build their way up to Speaking and Writing

Reading Style - Reader
Learning Style - Grammar
Listening Style – Listens a lot
Note that it could be a mix of these three styles too. Essentially you
belong to any one of these.

Levels of Excellence
1 2 3
Decency Fluency Proficiency

3 Styles of Learning
Reading Style - Reader
Learning Style - Grammar
Listening Style – Listens a lot
Levels of Excellence
Decency Fluency Proficiency

When the styles and levels are combined,
we get
Complete Language-Learning System Matrix

Spoken English does repeat Grammar classes
effectively.
It helps only in Learning Area.
That is incomplete.

It is not complete enough to make you
communicatively effective

When a student enrolls a Spoken English
Institute, they blindly assume they are going
to be “communicatively effective”

What they truly need is a
“Comprehensive Learning System”,
Not Spoken English
Not Personality Development
Not Motivation classes

But a Complete Learning System that allows all
of these too.

That’s what Kevin’s Spoken English is all about

To specifically address their need to become an
active learner and an effective
communicator.

They just do not know how to ask

One cannot ask what they don't know.

Introducing,
Kevin’s Spoken English

A complete online
English Language Learning System
for free.

Yes, You read that right,
FREE!

Before I Explain why it is free,
let me silence your doubts first,

Why CLS works better than
traditional Spoken English Classes ?

• 1, we have complete learning Matrix
Reading Vocabulary Translation

• 2, we have all the learning styles covered.
• 3, we work on improving excellence from
decency to proficiency

When we combine these
three good reasons,
we get something called,

Parameters allow us to
mathematically define
our progress of learning.

That means, we are not just going to say,
“Learn English here in 30-45 days”
But,

We are categorically stating that,
“Hey, if you do the following list of activities ,
you should be able to communicate
effectively”

• Like say,
300-400 Words
Per minute
Should have answered
our 50 Comprehension
Passages
Translate our
Entire Library of
Sentences meant
For Translation

Notice the numbers for each area
• Like 300-400 words
• 50 Comprehension Passages
• ‘x’ number of sentences for Translation

When one completes the first style, what we
mean is
‘you have met the numbers,
you have met the parameters’
and thus
You have achieved the
‘Reading style of learning now’

Parameters say whether you have achieved or not.
Teachers do not!

In short, you are your own monitor.
Your work is a reflection of your own progress

As we progress into the course, you will
accomplish all three learning style.
Reading Style Grammar Style Speaking Style

And all of these are backed by parameters.

Knowledge Area Parameter
Reading 300-400 wpm
Understanding 50 Passages
Translation CLS Translation Library
Learning Grammar – Kevin’s Style
Remembering 2 Unique Memory Techniques
Vocabulary
200 Nouns, 200 Adjectives, 200 Verbs
300 Phrasal Verbs, 600
Expressions/Idioms
Listening 30 Transcript Exercises
Speaking 75 Designed Situation Talks
Writing
20 casual writing, 20 essays, 20
composition

So why are we making a system as good as this
for free?

You have so many English Gurus around
saying
“Just grasp the Grammar, you’ll get it”
“Read newspaper daily”
“Learn 5 new meanings everyday”
“Watch English movies or listen to English
music”

Well they are all right, the advice works, but
once again,
it is not complete.
But yes it certainly helps!

With CLS, we are doing the dirty
work for you.
All you need to do is
watch the video,
do the assignment,
update your progress,
come next day
watch the next video
follow along and
Finish it through

The videos are made really really simple.
All you can be assured of is –
‘You will definitely understand, what you have
watched’

Most Spoken English classes do not
• make you read, but give you materials
• Vocabulary material given is not always
used in daily practice.
• Teachers usually do not get to monitor the
progress.
• No one actually cares, you watch English
movies or listen to English music!

Having said that Kevin’s Spoken
English follows
Parameters based approach
The course well laid out and
comprehensively detailed.
You monitor your own progress and know
how you can master each Knowledge area.
Quality Training videos help you to learn in an
absolutely easy manner.
Most importantly it is the only course out
there that covers all Knowledge areas.

So is CLS easy?
Yes.
It does not require hard work.
It requires dedicated and consistent effort.

Remember,
It takes time to build great things,
Good news is you can learn it at your own pace.
Make sure you meet the parameters in
all the nine knowledge areas.
It takes discipline to do the assignments
daily

You don’t have to work hard,
but you have to do lots of easy work,
until you complete.
That’s how it is designed.

Kevin’s CLS is
absolutely
easy,
fun
and effective.

It is designed in mind keeping the learners
who want to see real results in speaking
English
for those, who really want to become an
effective communicator, in English
for those, who want to change their life
for those to whom other English Learning
classes and methods have failed!

So,
Make a decision right now.
Commit to our CLS plan.
Do the work everyday consistently
Track your progress daily
Remember why you started your journey and keep
going
Succeed in learning the language
Become ‘The Effective Communicator’ – who
would not jut speak, but communicate his feelings,
opinions and emotions effectively.

 So make the bold step and subscribe to
our YouTube Channel @ Kevin’s Spoken
English (Do not miss any of my videos)
 If you found this video helpful, share it on
your Facebook wall.
 Share this video with learners whom you
think need a Complete Learning System.

Our Videos will be marked as
“day1, day2, day3 and so on”
to help you find and catch up with the course
easily
Any necessary files will be provided as a link
in the Description part of the video.

Changing India begins with you

The reason it is free is,
To do something like CLS,
It does not need money or hard work
It takes well planned and disciplined effort
We choose to make it free to help the
real learners benefit.
We did not want any more dissatisfied
Spoken English Class Students

We sincerely would like to see learners
benefitting from this course.

If learning online is not your preferred way
You may choose to come to our physical
Spoken English Classes
at Dilshuknagar, Hyderabad

VegetaWaran
Trainer Venkat
9059 949 657
Kevin’s Spoken English
Dilshuknagar, Hyderabad

Contact us at venky1921@yahoo.com
Mobile @ 9059 949 657
Links are provided in the description of the
YouTube video

Thank you so much for watching this video till
the end.
If you find the information shared here helpful,
please share it.

Plus,
subscribe to our YouTube Channel
and I will invite you to have
a direct chat with me on
Skype or Google+ Hangout

Not just that,
since you have watched my video till the end,
I am going to offer my free video on a
“Life Changing
Secret”

The link would be towards the end of the video.
I am sure this Life Changing Secret
shall help you change your life indeed!

If you have liked this video,
I am positive
you would like the
“Life Changing Secret” video as well.
And that’s a freebie to you, as my way of
expressing gratitude to you.

Once again thank you so much for
watching this video.

Remember,
Changing India begins with you.

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