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This picture description challenge is a fun way to develop your English "speaking" skills. Use your imagination and enjoy expressing yourself in English!
Hello Cafetalk Community!
This lesson is a great way to develop your English speaking skills! By describing the picture you see, the exercise challenges you to practice your English communication skills and see if you can express into words what you see in the picture.
Due to the nature of this "picture description" exercise, it ellicits students to speak English. Due to the fact that students have to speak in complete sentences (however short), it challenges the student to use their imagination and express their thoughts into English.
Wouldn't you know it? Before you know it, you're speaking English! Why not give it a try? You can say as much or as little as you want. Most importantly, there are no "right answers." I invite you to do the best you can to find out how much detail you can describe.
I will help you with your pronunciation as you describe the pictures out loud. I will also gently correct your English if there are any mistakes or if there is a more natural way of saying the same thing.
I am a friendly, conscientious, and gentle English tutor, and I would love to have the opportunity to work with you to improve your English. For my background experiences and educational credentials, please take a look at my profile page.
Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to read about this fun lesson! I look forward to meeting you and/or seeing you soon!
Warmest regards,
Lady Ayame
(Patricia Ayame Thomson)
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Feedback from students
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毎回丁寧に私のミスを指摘してくれるので、今回で3回目だが、少し上達した気がします。もう少しこのテキストでのレッスンを続けたいです。
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ピクトチャットを使用してレッスンしています。まだ、なかなか思うようにしゃべれませんが、つたない英語でも褒めて下さるので、やる気がでます。
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今回は二度目のレッスンでしたので、前回よりは、描写できるようになったと思います。先生は難しい言葉を使わないで描写することを教えてくれるので、単語力の無い私には、とても助かります。
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Your teaching is very easy to understand.Thanks to you, I've came to enjoy studing English.
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2回目のレッスンです。今回もニコニコのAyame先生、和やかな雰囲気の中でリラックスして取り組むことができました。ありがとうございました!