Hi everyone. I'm Jennifer from English with Jennifer. Would you like more
language support, especially with conversation? Remember I have videos here
on YouTube and on Instagram. In fact, on Instagram, all my videos
target listening and speaking skills. I cover American pronunciation and US
history and culture -- and it's free, so follow me on Instagram! Okay? So, I can
help with my videos on YouTube and on Instagram, but I know what many of you
are really looking for is speaking practice
with teacher feedback. Hallo is an app, and it's free to download. I'm one of
many teachers on Hallo. I use this platform to extend my teaching beyond my
YouTube and Instagram videos. I give listening and speaking practice
in real time. I've been going live two to three times a week. I have free lives for
followers and premium lives for subscribers. Hallo allows students to hop
on camera with me for one-on-one practice. Subscribers get priority, but I
also welcome non-subscribers to hop on. Some non-subscribers request hop ons
through small donations, but I've also given away some free hop ons. A live
stream is about an hour, but often longer. I've covered grammar, vocabulary, and
pronunciation, but the most popular live streams are those that allow for
conversation practice. Here's an example of a conversation do-over. I let a
student answer a question. I give feedback, and then the student gets a
do-over, a second chance to answer the same
question. It's a chance to do even better. It builds confidence and fluency. And it
sounds like they just broke up recently, or they're in the process of breaking up.
Is that right, Kit? No, they're still in
the relationship. They're still together. But maybe they'll break up soon. "Break up"
is a good verb. Okay? All right, Kit. So, I gave you some expressions about love... not
loving in return. That kind of thing. I'm going to ask you the same question. You did
really well the first time. I'd like you to do even better the second. Okay? So, Kit,
tell us about your friend. What's going on with her? I have a friend, and she's a
very loving person, but sadly right now she's nursing a broken heart because she
she loves her boyfriend, but her boyfriend doesn't love her in return.
She's trying her best to cope with the... with her difficult situation, and she's
moving on, I hope. I hope. Kit, that was wonderful. It came out so much
smoother, so much more smoothly. So very good do-over. That was an
excellent do-over. Okay? We've also played conversation games on
Hallo. These have become very popular. I'll let you listen to a few. Here's the
"if" game. We create a chain of real or unreal conditional sentences. It
reinforces the grammar. If you wear headphones, then you will enjoy music
yourself only, and that's a good thing . If I enjoy music all by myself,
I'll also dance all by myself. If you dance while listening music, it will be a
really nice thing for you because dancing is a kind of meditation. It is! Just
be careful. You're saying, "If you listening...if you dance while
you're listening TO music. Okay? Okay. Now. Let's change it for the last minute. If I
danced all by myself, people would think I'm silly.
What is the past tense of "think"? Thought? Thought. Okay. If people thought that
you...if people thought that you were silly, then I think people would be
mistaken. Okay. If people were mistaken, I would forgive them. Mystery guest is a
lot of fun. We take turns being someone famous from the present or the past.
Through conversation, we have to guess who the mystery guest is. We don't focus
on correcting mistakes. We speak to have fun. It's about listening to each other
to understand. Hello. Who are you? Are you political? You don't know me? I am,
like, so important. I am so important and so powerful, like,
how do you not know me? Oh really? Are you a president? I'm bigger than a
president. Are you male or female? A male, and I'm strong
and I'm powerful. Yeah. Are you a king? Am I okay? Am I a king? I'm bigger than a
king. Uh-huh. I'm an emperor, like I'm...yeah. Wow. Bigger than king. Big and
powerful, like, you don't want to go to war with me. I've started wars, you
know. Are you from Germany? No, I am very proud of... My country is not Germany.
Uh-uh. Are Adolf Hitler? No. Who? Who's that? Because that might be
from a different time. I I think that might have been after me. I don't know.
After you. Oh! Oh, you're...so a long time ago. Um, um, wait, wait.
I mean, I mean, my clothes are just so very...
beautiful, and, like, I always wear this really nice hat,
you know, because I like to look bigger than I am. Are you Napoleon Bonaparte?
Oui. Yes.
Oui? Oui. Je suis Napoléon.
Really, Teacher? Are you Napoleon Bonaparte?
Yes, I'm Napoleon Bonaparte.
So are you bigger than a king and president? Yes. Right? If you think of Napoleon, wasn't he like the
Emperor of France? Like, yes? Am I right with my history? Okay. Now my turn, Teacher.
Can I? Yes. You have someone? Okay. Uh, hello. Hello. You know who...you know who I am?
No. Um, do you live close to me in the United States?
Um, yes. I think. You do. Yes, I think. I live in Massachusetts. Do you live in Massachusetts or
a different state? Actually, I don't know from where. Okay. I'm a good singer.
I'm famous singer. Wow. You don't know me? I'm sorry so to ask. I don't recognize your
voice. Are you a man or are you a woman? I'm a woman. Oh. Now I hear. I'm beautiful and
sexy. Oh, your voice is beautiful. Now I think I'm starting to recognize you.
Do you make the kind of music that I dance to? Would I dance to your music?
Mmm. Yes, yes. Do you give many concerts? Mmm...
Yes. You do. I'm Latin. Oh, do you dance very well? And sexy.
Do you dance very well? Uh, wait, wait. Is she dancing? No? I think yes. Yes. I think, um, so you might be
close to me in age because I think you're a little old...yeah, kind of older,
like me. I'm going to guess. Are you...is your first
name also Jennifer? Yes! Oh! See! Yes. J.Lo, it's very nice to have you here. J. Lo. Yes, I'm
Jennifer Lopez with the sexy body. Okay. So we share the same first name.
Another recent activity on Hallo used short dictations as a way to start conversation. After writing down
a short script, one student would hop on with me.
We'd practice the script, we'd switch roles, and then we let the script develop
into a natural conversation. So, students got listening, pronunciation, and speaking
practice. Okay. You start. You'd be person A. I'll be person B. Go ahead. If time
travels... would you do it? Would you possible do it? Liliana, don't skip the verb. If
time were possible...Were? Were. I don't know how to pronounce that. Were.
Yeah, July, I'm sorry. Yeah I'm getting to 10%. You're at 1%. Were. Were. Right?
This is, um, hypothetical, so we don't say, "If time travel was..." We say, "If time travel
were possible." Because we're imagining. If time travel were possible, would you do
it? Would you do it? Okay. If time travel were possible, would you do it?
Sure. As long as I could come back to my own time. That's good. Let's switch roles.
Liliana, if time travel were possible, would you do it? Sure. As long as I could
come back to my own time. Beautiful. Uh-huh.
Let's link a little better at the end: to my own time. To my own time. Mm-hmm. One
more time. Liliana, if time travel were possible, would you do it? Sure. As long as
I could come back to my own time. Really? Would you not be scared? Or Would you be
excited, Liliana? I'll be scared. I don't trust those things too much.
If I promised you everything would be okay, would you do it? Yes. If you
promised. Yes. I trust you. I promise. I would also go...I'll go with you!
I'll go with you. Okay. Good. Hi Jennifer! Hey Andrea! How are you?I'm good. And you? Super. We'll leave
Andrea at home so she can stay safe. Yes.
She'll be waiting for us. Liliana...I learned a lot today. I found very challenging this for me.
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