Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Your English Grammar Tenses Manual


Dear Friend

          All what you want to say or write should have a strict grammar platform: 
·        the structure of the sentence, 
·        an appropriate word order, 
·        the right grammar tense and 
·        the vocabulary, the words in the sentence.
      The Manual Discover The Secrets of Learning English Grammar Tenses has all you need to make short affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences in all twelve English grammar tenses.

      Who is this Manual for? 
   Anyone who has learned the language for several years and hasn’t achieved good results or for those of you have learned other foreign languages. Your experience in learning other languages will make 
using this Manual much faster and easier!

         This Textbook is particularly important for business people who spend long hours at work and occasional lessons are the only chance to develop their English skills. 
         Follow the Manual’s instructions and in a year from now, you will speak to your foreign business partners without an interpreter.
    
   Discover The Secrets of Learning English Grammar Tenses is a must for those of you who have tried to learn English but hasn’t achieved any positive results.
”Everlasting beginners” as you may say.

Now, here's a short description of the Manual. Discover The Secrets of Learning 
English Grammar Tenses consists of three parts.

First part is a description of all grammar tenses with examples of all kind of sentences in all twelve tenses.
Second part is a selection of various exercises for you to practice what you have learned so far.
Third part is the Key section with all the answers to the exercises you had done in the previous part.

Dear friends, 
English has occupied significant position in communication among people in all areas of modern life. That’s why only with solid knowledge of English, you can build your powerful future personal and business life.
       So, without further delay, turn over the page and improve your English easily, quickly, and effectively. 
                                 To download the Manual email me: georgerus@volny.cz

Wishing you the best of success! 
George Rusky
Georgerusky.net

Thursday, November 22, 2012

What is easier? To speak English or to listen to someone speak English?

I a sure, most of us will answer:”It is easier to listen then to speak!”

Dear friends,
Let me share with you my opinion.
I believe it is much easier to speak English then to listen someone speak or to understand what others say.
And that is why.
Let me ask you this question:
“When somebody wants you do something in the way he or she thinks is correct, ho do you react most of the instances?”
“Do you immediately agree with this person or you believe it will be done better in the way you think it should be done?”
If you agree with this, then you may also agree that it is easier to make your own sentences in the way you have been doing it for years rather than to adjust your mind to the phrases and sentences someone uses, especially if this person belongs to a special group of football fans or another group where their lingo is used?

Or, another example.
 I am asking a student to retell a story and try to motivate her to use the expressions from the text and she asks me back:
“Can I use my own words?”
Some time ago, I wouldn't agree with this approach.
Not any more!
As soon as I grasped this simple truth that a person feels more comfortable with what she has in her arsenal of spoken English than what she hasn't.

Dear friends,   
I am sure: as soon as you understand this simple trick of using at freedom what you have already known and practiced for some time, you are safe and sound.
Then, surely you may ask a pretty logical question:
“If I use the same phrases and expressions day after day, where is the progress!?”
  I am glad you asked!
And that is exactly when the tutor comes to the scene!
If we believe the wisest who used to say:
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear,” then it is the time
     to learn English with a specialist in English communication.

Best regards
George Rusky


Saturday, November 17, 2012

Ho to Make a Nice English Sentence


Dear learners of English.
If you want to speak better English and create more interesting sentences, you may use my simple formula of making short sentences longer which I am about to share with you.
Here is a basic formula of an English affirmative sentence in the Present Simple tense:

  Who does where when

                               
In order to practice this exercise, let’s take a short sentence:
 I work here on Mondays.  ( five words )

How can we make this sentence more interesting and much longer?
Look at each element of the sentence:

Who. The start of the sentence. Instead of ‘I’ what else can we say?
My wife and I

Now, does the verb ‘work’. We can use a synonym e.g. ‘to labor’ or ‘to toil’

Where: there could be a long list of various nouns, for example: at home, in the garden, in the living room, etc.

When: in the evening, every day, when we are not busy with other things, etc.

Finally we can come with a nice sentence like the one I am giving you now:

My lovely wife and I work very hard in our small garden when we have free time.-seventeen words.

Can you see how simple it is?
A word of warning, though: you should follow the word-order of the basic sentence and keep the grammar formula unchangeable.

Now, you try to turn simple sentences below into more interesting ones.
  • I am walking in the rain.
  • She loves you.
  • They will take a taxi to the airport.
  
Cheers
George

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

How to Become a Good Listener.


How to Become a Good Listener. 
One.

Before you begin a good listener, you should become a good Reader!
Another paradox? Come on George!
I feel you are getting angry with me and, the way the report is made makes
you nervous.
But, listen to this!
Trust me, I am serious.
In order to listen to a person worth listening, you have to READ as much as
you can about this person!
Agree?
        Listening is also the process of investing your precious time and surely
you must know that you invest your time wisely and effectively. So, go to the
website and read all you can about the one who offers you to listen to him.
       Being a good listener does not mean only having ears and mind open
toward the information, but know exactly that what you are looking for and
forward you will read in testimonials  of other customers.
Actually, I have built my list of who I listen to regularly.
       If you want to know the giants of Public Speaking industry, send me a
message and I will send you my list, it’s not that long.
       By the way, how often do you hear these questions?“How can you listen to this rubbish?”
“I don’t want to hear this BS”
“All I have heard was a complete waste of time…”
          And here goes the resume: Collect information about who you want to
listen to if you really want to be a good listener. A good listener listens to
wise people and valuable information.
NB: don’t listen to your closest who recommends you to listen to someone.
Try to read about the candidate and make your own opinion about this
concrete person.

How to Become a Good Listener. Two.
          Now let’s define concrete steps of getting a better speaker thru
listening to what others wish to hear from you.

Rule number One. Don’t expect anyone to tell you what they want to
hear from you.
I have noticed in some situations people don’t really know what they want!
Help them: ask questions. Be the master of asking questions.
And never say you are asking because you are curious as the majority of my
conversationalists do.
Ask questions because you want to find out what your potential client wishes
to hear.
       Develop your art of asking good, well formed questions that will lead
you in the direction you want and at the same time, help people to express
themselves.
The best questions are the ones I call ‘wh’ questions: what, why, when,
where, who…”
In short the questions that need more than just:’ yes-no’ answers.
So, become a master of asking questions.

Rule number Two. ‘Don’t interrupt’
How often we hear this:” Don’t interrupt, let me finish…”
It’s impolite in everyday, casual talks, it’s a ‘must not’ in business talks.
Do not interrupt a potential client, let her dominate the talk!
Go on with the conversationalist with nodding, showing your interest in any
ways you can think of trying occasionally direct smoothly the talk to the
destination you plan.

Rule number Three. Define the key points of the story you hear.While listening, define what the biggest concern of your conversationalist and
re-ask her what she has said, but say that in your own words. It’s a very
powerful tool of listening that shows better than anything else that you are
interested in what you hear.
Use the following short questions:
1. ” If I understood you correctly, you…?”
2. “Let me check whether I understood well what you have said…?”
3. “Do you mean to say that…?”
4. Or, the favorite question of Brian Tracy:  “How do you mean it?”
When you repeat the information correctly, the other person will be pleased
with her ability to explain and your skill of understanding all in the way that
it had been said.

Rule number Four. Hold on!
Whenever you feel like adding something or trying to encourage your fellow
speakers, resist the temptation to do so. I have noticed that very often
instead of helping them to move on in the direction we want, they ‘jump’ into
another topic or just endlessly try to explain their point differently and fail to
find the right words and examples for it.
Be careful with providing this kind of support
.
 Rule number Five. Practice the three above described rules.
Yes, exactly so: “Take action!”
It’s never enough to be familiar with what should be done and how it must
be done. The crucial element of any activity is DOING.
Armed with the best possible knowledge of any existing subject, a man will
never become wealthy if he only enjoys his profound knowledge.
He must sell his knowledge, exchange his knowledge for another product.
So, take action!
George Rusky
www.georgerusky.net

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

How you can choose a book for reading


Let’s start with the cover of a book.

I believe, it reflects the author’s attitude towards his work.
Even today when the modern books are enveloped in covers that can hardly survive two or three readers,
there are still some works of the writers who believe that their novels will be read by more than one generation of booklovers.

On the contrary, the look of a tattered book will please the next library shelves’ explorer who may think:”Oh, that one’s been read by lots of folks.
I should read it too”
The first impression may be deceptive!

Here are some suggestions for selecting the reading you look for.

1. Before you come to a library ( not a book-store):

a) Carefully identify the area of your interest. What exactly you want to read.

b) Know your purpose of reading: pleasure, research, etc.

c) Have a list of the authors who wrote or write about your subject. What aspects of the problem they are dealt with in their works. Spend time for the research.

d) Get a general orientation of the authors and/or their works you think may suit your interest.

e) Choose a day and hours when there are fewer visitors in the library.

f) Prepare some change for Xerox-copying.

2. In the library:

a) Find a librarian who works in the section where you suppose to find the materials you need.

b) In details explain to her what you need. Show her the list you have prepared (see 1c above)

c) Let her know how important these materials are for you.

d) Get all you are advised plus anything you may find on the shelves.

e) Sit at a quiet place, get ready to work. (Don’t forget to switch off a mobile phone :-)

3. How to work with the book/books you have on a library table.

a) Place a book in front of you. Feel it, touch it, guess what the book is about.

b) Read the title, think if the title matches your subject.

c) Open it and read all the information on the first page esp. where and when it was published/republished.

d) Read the back cover of the book where there’s information about the writer and the resume.

e) Go through the dedications and acknowledgements: you will know how the writer himself values his labor. (The same and deeper information you may get from a foreword) Try not to skip it.

f) Read the contents and make a general impression of the manual.

4. How to read the book.

Reading is a very serious process. Depending on the type of literature, you must vary the approach and attitude to the whole process of reading.

Some general observations before we get to the a, b, c points.

A book, any book, is an act of an individual or group men’s creative activity that may be compared to, say, delivering a baby, building a house, tailoring a suit or anything else that a human being may produce.It’s an act of passion, hard labor, doubts, long chain of successes and failures, physical and mental efforts, sleepless nights, nerves breakdowns and so on and so forth.

It’s, after all, an act of a high responsibility of the writer before the readers of today and the readers of tomorrow.
Nearly all authors rewrite their sentences, paragraphs, even whole chapters several times, before their final versions are ready to meet the first readers.

After these comments, you may look at a book with more respect.

So, back to the reading.

a) Start with what directly related to your topic: go to the topic that is the closest to your theme.

b) Always read with a pensile in your hand and tick the phrases, thoughts, ideas that attract your attention, shed the light on the subject from another POV and so on.

c) On the sheet of paper fix accurately your thoughts that come into your head while you are reading.

d) Pay a special attention to the author’s ideas you may use in your work. Put them in brackets and write down a page on your sheet with notes: you will easily find them later.

e) Compare your own thoughts with the writer’s. Place exclamation/question marks next to the writer’s text. You’ll come back to them later.
Have a good reading
George
georgerusky.net

Thursday, November 01, 2012

How to keep your thoughts under control: six points


How to keep under control your thoughts
When a thought comes to us we have a choice: to accept it for further contemplation or to reject.
One should know, however, that all the thoughts are sent to us with a specific purpose, we are in charge for taking them as the ones worth our attention or the ones to neglect.

Consider also that the thought left without notice may never come again and, therefore lost forever.

Hundreds of times we’ve heard about lost wonderful opportunities in different areas of our lives that could have changed our lives if only we were clever enough to take them seriously.

Does it sound familiar?

The same with the thoughts: they come according to the caprice of the Sender who doesn’t care weather we are tuned to receive these thoughts or not.

Should we then be surprised that all philosophers, art folks, writers and the like, daily and nightly, wherever they are and whatever they do have something to write on?

Recommendations:


  1. Keep you ‘antenna’ ready for any thoughts you may receive. Carefully listen to the signal from the ‘transmitter’.
  2. Always, even at night, have something to write on and to write with. You never know when the thoughts may come.
  3. While making notes, try to fix the thought as fully as possible: your frame of mind at the moment the thought had come, the place, the time, other details.
  4. Never divide the thoughts, when they come, onto important or time-wasting. Trust and respect the Sender.
  5. During the day when you are involved in other things, try to concentrate on what you do, block the access to any thoughts unrelated directly to what you are busy with at the moment.
  6. If the thought visits you when you are busy with something else, come back to it later when you can spend more/enough time for the thoughts.
Best 
George