Unstoppable English with Domynic

I read an article from Vark Learn.com regarding the 4 major learning modalities. If you have any questions or comments, please feel to reach out to me. VARK Modalities: what do Visual, Aural, Read/write & Kinesthetic really mean? - VARK (vark-learn.com)

I read an article from Engoo.com regarding the effects of poor sleep on selfishness. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to me. Study: Poor Sleep Makes People More Selfish | Engoo Daily News

I read an article from Intellectual Takeout.org regarding the cons or drawbacks of mandating kindergarten attendance. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to me. Three Reasons Why Mandating Kindergarten Is a Bad Idea - Intellectual Takeout

I explain and showcase the difference in pronunciation of the words, 'course' and 'curse'.  'Course' is pronounced like 'for'. 'Curse' is pronounced like 'her'. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to message me; I'd love to hear from you.

I show and explain how to properly make the 'th' sound. I describe and showcase the embouchure (mouth position), show practices that you can do to improve your pronunciation of this sound, and give a lot of pronunciation examples. Here's a useful site containing words that you can use to practice. Words containing th | Words that contain th (thefreedictionary.com) If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me; I'd love to hear from you.

I explain the phrasal verb 'come up with'. I describe how it's used, give a few examples and share some similar phrases as well as phrases that sound similar but are quite different ('something' comes up). If you have any questions, thoughts or ideas, please reach out to me; I'd love to hear from you.  Come up with - phrasal verb - Invent, devise, create, provide, supply something It just hit/struck me - I just thought of / I just realized It just dawned on me - phrasal verb - I just realized .... Beat a dead horse - idiom - keep talking about something that has already been discussed Something came up - phrasal verb - A situation occurred / arose

I give a brief overview of what's happened in the past week.

I reviewed my text notes (corrections, alternatives, and suggestions) from class with one of my students.

I read an Engoo article, titled, "Restaurant Chains in England Must Now Print Calories". Restaurant Chains in England Must Now Print Calories | Engoo Daily News

I read an Engoo article, titled, "World's Oldest Gorilla Celebrates 65th Birthday". World's Oldest Gorilla Celebrates 65th Birthday | Engoo Daily News

I explain the idiom, 'wolf down' / 'scarf down' and give a few examples.  

I showcase the pronunciation of the words mouth, moth and month and give a few example sentences.

I explain the phrasal verb, 'inflate' and give a few examples.

I explain the idiom, 'at odds' and give a few examples. 

I describe my unpleasant experience with vegan cheese on pizza.

I discuss positive thinking, affirmations and being aware, mindful, or conscious of my mental activity.

I describe what I normally have for breakfast.

Something random I sent to a few of my students, just for communication and content. I briefly explain the idiom, 'move the needle forward' and give an example.

I showcase the pronunciation of finish, finishing and finished and give a few examples of each in a sentence.

I showcase the pronunciation of accurate, accurately and accuracy and give some examples. 

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'How Do You Feel About Working Weekends?' and how to answer it.

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'How Would Your Coworkers Describe You?' and how to answer it.

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'What Are You Looking For In A Position?' and how to answer it.

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'What Are Your Greatest Strengths?' and how to answer it.

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'What Could Our Company Do To Improve?' and how to answer it.

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'What Kind Of Work Environment Do You Prefer?' and how to answer it.

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'Where Do You See Yourself In 5 Years?' and how to answer it.

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'Why Did You Change Career Paths?' and how to answer it.

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'Why Have You Switched Jobs So Many Times?' and how to answer it.

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'What Are You Looking For In A Position?' and how to answer it.

Welcome everyone! My name is Domynic, please call me Dom. I am a native English speaker. I was born, raised and still currently live here, in Georgia, in the US, in the southeast. I have been teaching English online for 7 plus years, so more than 7 years but less than 8 at this current time of recording. And the wind is blowing (laughs). I hold 2 TESOL certificates and over the last 7 plus years, I have learned a variety, a myriad, a slew, a great many, a great number of different tips and strategies and practices and activities that I’ve used with students that I’ve taught to students and that I’ve shared with students, thousands of students over the thousand s of classes and several thousands hours of teaching so I have a lot of experience and I’d love to share them with you. With that being said, a little bit about my approach to teaching, my view, my perspective, my feelings about teaching um is that it should be done in a relaxed environment. You should be engaged, you should be active, I wanna have conversation going back and forth. My focus, my desire is to get you to talk, I want you to talk as much as possible. So I want to probe your brain and poke your buttons to get you, to activate you to get you speaking as much as possible so that we can find any grammatical errors where we can suggest some new vocabulary, where I can help with some pronunciation and where we can have just general expansion of your knowledge and ability. Umm, With that: be prepared to speak, we’re gonna do a lot of talking and its OK to be shy. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna laugh, um this is an open space so the more mistakes, I wanna stress this, the more mistakes that you make, the more beneficial it is for you, really it is. As we talk and as we speak, in every class, no matter if its going to be for business English, for IELTS, for TOEFL, for academic studies, or completion of homework, or preparation for some sort of presentation that you’re gonna have to give in the future. Um A baseline strategy /tactic /thing that you’ll receive in the class is that as you talk, as you speak, I will constantly, , continuously, nonstop, be giving real-time corrections via the chatbox or in the message section. SO, as you talk, every grammatical error that you make, every pronunciation mistake that you make, any, any, any point where I hear that I can give a different phrasing that will sound more smooth or I that I think you would like to be able to see, um, I’ll share it, I’ll type it for you and (SMACK) there are bugs biting my legs. Um , yeah, (laughs) I’m gonna cut this short here, because I don’t want the mosquitoes to eat me. With that, please do book a trial lesson with me, I look forward to speaking with you and answering any questions that you may have. Um, In this trial lesson, we can use it as a time to get to know each other better, so that you can be more comfortable expressing and explaining and speaking with me, I know that it takes a little bit of time to warm up to someone. And but, also, so that I can get to learn more about you in terms of what your aspirations are, what your timelines are, your deadlines are, what you’re trying to achieve so that we can set up a detailed timeline schedule and mile markers so that we can keep track of our progress and so that we can make sure that we are on the right path to increase your English ability/ fluency and help you to accomplish and succeed in any whatever venture you are striving to accomplish or succeed in . Um, so I look forward to speaking with you. If you have any questions, please, please ask me in, in our trial lesson um, and thank you so much. Be well, take care and keep on studying, keep on practicing, even if you don’t speak with me, keep it going, you know? Your English only gets better when you practice it , its like a muscle, you have to stretch it so, keep listening, keep reading, keep writing, keep practicing, keep trying, be well, Take care. Alright.

A little advertisement of my English language teaching services. Book a class with me. 

I discuss my actions and talk freely about other things as I clean up around the house. 

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, 'Why Haven't You Gotten Your Masters or PhD' and how to answer it.

As I wash the dishes and do the laundry, I talk a bit about the actions I take and speak more at length about other stuff. 

I explain the idiom, 'wash one's hands of someone or something' and give a few examples.

I just finished playing a round of The Game of Life, a board game. I describe it a bit and talk about what we did after.

I read an article from Zero Hedge regarding Facebook's fact check feature. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/stunning-facebook-court-filing-admits-fact-checks-are-just-matter-opinion

I explain the phrase, 'it just so happens that...' and give some examples. 

I explain the question, 'what drives you' and make a few examples.

I describe my process of preparing / making / brewing tea. 

I read an article from Intellectual Takeout.  https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/three-steps-toward-raising-tough-kids/

I explain a few phrasal verbs using 'pick' and give a few examples. 1. PICK UP - to collect (pick up your kids from school), to lift (pick up the chair), to answer the phone (I called but he didn't pick up) 2. PICK OFF - to remove (don't pick off the scab), to eliminate (pick off the enemy team, one by one) 3. PICK OUT - to select (pick out a shirt to wear), to discern (pick out which item is not like the others) 4. PICK ON - to bully (he was expelled from school for bullying other students) 5. PICK THROUGH - search through in order to find something ( he is picking through his laundry basket to find his lucky shirt) 6. PICK OVER - to examine and / or sort through to select the best/ special or remove the unwanted (don't pick over your meal, eat everything on your plate)

I explain the phrasal verb, 'if given the chance' and give some examples. 

I explain the idiom, 'its on me' and give a few examples. 

I explain the idiom, ' get your act together' and give a few examples. 

I explain the idiom, ' call it a day' and give a few examples.

I explain the idiom, 'beat around the bush' and give a few examples. 

I explain what an interviewer (hiring manager or recruiter) wants to know when asking the question, "do you prefer smart work or hard work" and how to answer this question. 

I express my perspective and gratitude on having free will and autonomy.