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Someone posted 'how long does it take to learn English?' in the TESOL group discussions on LinkedIn....a 'piece of string' question really and possibly a fun provocation (it was posted in lots of other ESL groups) but I liked it because it really drew some interesting responses. I posted 'about 18 hours!' and provided a link to the EOT case study with Jane as evidence in one group... and the moderator promptly removed it. This is my (possibly) second effort at debate in the TESOL group on LinkedIn...
 
Are you tired of struggling to speak English confidently? Have you tried countless language courses and programs with little to no success? If you've done multiple English courses but still struggle and are ready to finally speak English fluently, then English Out There is the solution you've been searching for! Listen to Jason, who created this unique course, explain a little (2 mins).
 
November 2012 Newsletter (1)
Hi Folks
 
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Our experiences on the streets and online since 2001 have produced unique real evidence of fast English speaking success for people like you who thought they would never succeed. Our self study English course downloads are designed to help you improve your English speaking through using it in a structured and focused way during natural social interaction. It's a process that you can learn just by following the instructions in our inexpensive materials.
 
This work of art has been nineteen years in the making. It contains verifiable statements of fact that are in the public domain. We consider this work and our actions leading up to it to be a form of activist or protest art. We are aware of an international movement called Law as Art.
 
 
My name is Jason and I am the founder of English Out There. It was my idea to teach English this way. From mid-January 2021 I will be teaching English speaking one-to-one with learners like you who wish to transform the way they speak English. Most learners I work with have been trying and failing to speak English comfortably for years but then never need to buy another English course because I don't only help them to improve really quickly but at the same time I also train them in how to continue learning for themselves for free. If you'd like to hear me speaking and explaining what I have written above click on this image below.
 
If you've ever looked into teaching English as a second or foreign language (TESL or TEFL) then you know it is a pretty tightly controlled vocation and, in some respects, also has a bit of a dodgy reputation.
 
Week five with Wendy from Wuhan in China! Today whilst Wendy and I were having our weekly English learning conversation (this week's topic was "feelings")  on the English Out There Facebook Page live stream someone watching left a comment about my lack of correction with regards Wendy's grammar. This is an interesting observation that many learners and teachers will probably be interested in and it does demonstrate a bit of a difference between how English Out There is practised and how many other (most????) English teachers operate.
 
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Hello folks, I've sort of reached the end of the road and now it is time for action. It is five years since I discovered a rather offensive video on YouTube extolling the virtues of a course that sounded very like ours then realised that it was published by a publisher that I had been communicating with about out stuff in 2010 and 2011. I remember I was at my mother's flat and had just logged on to do some work and then nearly fell off my chair as my brain went totally numb. I didn't even tell her for ages, I just sat there feeling helpless and like I'd been intellectually raped. Anyway, this was today's newsletter to the EOT congregation.
 
I'm Jason and I want you to speak English comfortably. All of us at English Out There have spent most of our working lives trying to help people like you.
 
Selling English course downloads and support to learners produces some interesting contact behaviour on social media such as Facebook and Skype. Most learners who contact us are looking for a free English teacher who can correct their text chat messages, answer questions and (if they are really lucky) have a few speaking practice conversations with them.
 
Hi Folks
Something is wrong with English language teaching and learning and very few people are trying to fix it.
 
I have recently been involved in a closed group discussion thread on LinkedIn titled,
 
Now you can buy exclusive English Out There student and teacher t-shirts with slogans like 'No classroom required' and 'Free range English'. You can even buy a teacher's t-shirt that comes with a free English Out There franchise!
 
That's the big question that English Out There's friend and colleague Jason R Levine (AKA Fluency MC) asked 34 fairly well-known English language teachers (see image from his blog post). We were asked to contribute as one of the 34, which we were very happy to do on the basis that we felt we knew a little bit about the topic and we wanted to encourage others to take part and give their best suggestions.
 
People assume that babies and children learn English and other languages far quicker than adults. But adult learners have far more cognitive power to call upon. So what do the experts think is happening to us? One of Stephen Krashen's newsletters alerted me to the work of Dr. Patricia Kuhl.  I found it fascinating and asked him some questions about it.  He sent me another paper which I have commented on here from the point of view of what I think English Out There does. I'm not a neuro-scientist or professor of psycholinguistics but over the last ten years I have made it my business to do a lot of reading. This is the article I posted on our old website in 2008/9, see below.
 
English Out There came out of an idea by Jason West about how to improve English courses for foreign students in London. We began using the streets of central London and talking to complete strangers in our lessons from day one. The first ever test EOT lesson was taught in the turret room at Conway Hall, the home of the Ethical Society, a very famous and important venue.
 
Discussion between Professor Stephen Krashen and Jason West about English teaching and learning, language acquisition and English Out There;  inspired by the audio before and after case study of the adult Chinese English learner, Jane.
 
The continuing debate between Professor Stephen Krashen and Jason West about English teaching and learning, language acquisition and English Out There;  inspired by the audio before and after case study of the adult Chinese English learner, Jane.
 
As the debate with Professor Stephen Krashen about English teaching and learning, language acquisition and English Out There continued we got onto the main area of disagreement, focus on form.