Welcome back to The tour guide’s English tea break, the new monthly blog that gives you the chance to relax with a tea or coffee, find out about fascinating locations from around the world, and practise useful English that you can use on your guided tour.
This time we are going to find out all about an astonishing monastery that was built into the side a mountain in northern Spain.
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How to guide better tours in English
That’s why I’ve created a new English course especially for busy tour guides. It’s called Improve your English tour as you work, and it helps you to give interesting tours in English that your tour groups feel involved in.
Get your English into shape revisited!
I decided to repost this article because I’ve noticed that more and more of the English learners that I speak to have the same fundamental difficulty: they don’t have enough time to study English! In our busy lives this is very understandable.
How Finding Nemo can help you to write loglines in English
If you have pitched a film project before the chances are you’ve had to write a logline in your own language. Today we are going to talk about how to structure loglines in English….
How can reading and listening help you to speak English confidently at work?
The language that we use in our jobs can be about really specific topics, which you may not have learnt about in your English class at school. So, how can we improve our ability to talk professionally in English in our careers.
How can reading and listening help you to talk about filmmaking in English?
How can reading and listening help you to talk about filmmaking in English_ I’d like to give you some ideas about how reading and listening in English can help you to talk about filmmaking in your job as a professional in the film industry. I’ll also tell you about The English Filmmaking Conversation, an opportunityContinue reading “How can reading and listening help you to talk about filmmaking in English?”
Scriptwriters: How to start your film pitch in English
There’s a lot of pressure on the start of a film pitch. You need to grab people’s attention quickly, and a complicated set up won’t engage your listeners in your pitch. So, where do you start? Michael Hauge recommends beginning by talking about how you came up with the idea for the film project inContinue reading “Scriptwriters: How to start your film pitch in English”
Get your English into shape!
The way we do exercise gives us a useful insight into how to improve our English. Learning a language can seem like a long road with an uncertain outcome at the end, which can make it difficult to know where to start. However, as an English teacher that enjoys running, I’ve found that there areContinue reading “Get your English into shape!”
How to get your pitch meeting off to the best start in English
Making small talk 2: Building a conversation This is the second of two blog posts on making small talk before you pitch your film project. If you haven’t had a chance to read the first post, which is all about starting the conversation, then you might like to read it first by clicking on theContinue reading “How to get your pitch meeting off to the best start in English”
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