Discover in 10 Minutes What Really Keeps You in The Vicious Burnout Cycle
Discover in 10 Minutes What Really Keeps You in The Vicious Burnout Cycle
Personally I’ve been working in various service industry positions for the better part of my working life: Shop-assistant. Bartender. Technical Support Agent. Been there, done that! 😉 Having spent many years dealing with clients on a daily basis, I know only too well how important effective communication is when dealing with customers. Not to mention getting your…
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Well, for some strange reason, I just can’t write today. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. Then again, my oral fluency is up today for some strange reason, right? So, maybe I should record a video about it, and upload it onto my YouTube channel for my audience to see. Yep!…
Over the years I’ve been working in a number of jobs where I’ve been dealing with both non-native and native English speakers. My work colleagues. My superiors – managers, team leaders, supervisors – you name it! Our customers as well. Quite naturally, I’ve been constantly communicating with them. I’ve been engaging in all the necessary…
I have to be totally honest with you guys and come clean on something. I’ve never done purposeful DICTATION with the sole purpose of improving my English! For those unaware – dictation is exercise whereby you copy someone’s speech by writing it down. But it’s not really odd considering that I used to follow the…
This is a question I get asked quite often when people contact me – “Robby, I want to improve my spoken English. What books would you suggest?” The moment I read the question, I just can’t help but to think: “Why on Earth are you looking for a BOOK if it’s your SPOKEN English you…
In this video I’m interviewing Paul and Rachael from LanguageTrainers.com and we’re looking at the following TOEFL related questions: What TOEFL is all about? Is TOEFL the American counterpart of IELTS? When is TOEFL the right option for you? Is it possible to score a high mark in TOEFL just by improving your overall English…
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Hi guys! It’s Robby here from englishharmony.com and welcome back to my video blog! In today’s video, I’m going to touch upon a subject that I haven’t actually spoken about before, namely – the fact that you or me or any other foreign speaker for that matter, We’re all judged based on…
If you check out my YouTube channel, you’ll see there’s hundreds of videos published over the course of a number of years. That’s countless hours spent practicing my spoken English in front of a camcorder. Now, I’ve always been talking about how important doing spoken English self-practice is, but up until now I haven’t touched upon…
When you are writing in English, there are two main components that you must achieve in order to express yourself well: First, you must have strong, clear ideas. And second, you must present these ideas in a well-organized fashion. However, finding the right words and phrases to connect your ideas can be challenging. If you…
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Hello, everyone! I’m Robby from English Harmony and welcome back to my video blog! In today’s video, I’m going to address a particular issue that has been raised by a number of my customers and some of my Fluency Star coaching clients. And, to be honest with you, what prompted me to record this…
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Hi, guys! It’s Robby here from englishharmony.com with another video blogpost. Now, this time around, I’m going to be looking at the following question: “How to provide lengthy answers?” Say, for example, you are asked a question and the situation demands that you provide quite a lengthy answer. Normally, it’s totally fine…
Hi guys, whenever it comes to English listening, the typical picture most likely displayed is the following: It’s the headphones I’m talking about! Well, quite obviously there are other ways you can draw people’s attention to the fact that it’s the listening aspect that you want to focus on: One way or another, but headphones…
This website is all about improving your ability to SPEAK in English, I’m pretty sure you’ve realized it by now! 😉 You see – traditionally most foreign English speakers struggle with speaking because writing, reading and listening is something you’ll learn at school. It’s only the speaking part that’s being neglected. Usually my advice is…
Hello my friends foreign English speakers! 😉 Here’s another English idiomatic expression for you to learn and use in your daily English conversations and also spoken English practice sessions: YOU DON’T WANT TO This particular English phrase simply means “YOU SHOULDN’T…” and it’s used by native English speakers in situations when telling someone that they shouldn’t…
This is the third article in the series about using simple English verbs to express the most diverse variety of ideas and concepts. Here’s the first one where I looked at how to use the simplest English verb “TO PUT”. And here’s the second one where I discussed using another simple English verb “TO GET”….
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Hi guys and welcome back to English Harmony video blog! I’m Robby, obviously, and in today’s video we’re going to talk about a very simple matter indeed. Namely – YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO. I know – this may sound very simplistic – “You are what you do.” Well, what’s the big…
Hi Guys! 😉 Just to give you a quick update on what I’m doing now and why I haven’t published any videos lately – I’m busy as hell preparing new content for the website, and I want to make sure there’s plenty of articles lined up for publishing. Soon enough you’ll start hearing more often from…
So much has happened during the last few months in my life… I changed my job a couple of months ago… I re-opened my English fluency coaching program Fluency Star… And then I quit my new job having worked there for just over two months ❗ You see, I realized I can’t really cope with…
Happy New Year Everyone! Hello, my friends ❗ Hello, foreign English speakers, native English speakers and everyone who happens to be following my blog! Welcome back to my video blog, and this is obviously a whole new year – 2015! And to be honest with you guys, for one split second yesterday – last night…