I need a book on how to be a gentleman
needs noma hi james from engvid this
book is called how to be a gentleman by
john bridges it's sort of like a text
book and what is a text book a text book
is a book designed to teach you
something with exercises that will bring
you from one place to another so when
you're finished doing the text book you
should learn a skill unlike a book that
you read for an enjoyment which is fun
you enjoy you put away a textbook is
usually used in schools to teach skills
and through exercises and tests you
master it this is sort of like a
textbook but it's a little bit fun my
job today is to do something we haven't
done before you come to invent to learn
English which is true and this is great
but you could also buy books outside I'm
sure some of you actually have bought
books outside when I teach some of my
students before they go back to their
countries I teacher I need a book to
help me with my grammar or my English
one of my colleagues is invent has done
a lesson should check it out it's about
books you should read but this one is
specific this is on textbooks the books
that teachers may use in schools or you
can buy by yourself which will help you
increase in your IELTS on your TOEFL or
on your grammar or vocabulary and these
are books designed for people who are
learning English as a second language
okay and that's what this lesson is
today how to pick a good textbook so see
gentlemen how to pick a good textbook a
textbook that would help you I can give
you ten books that I think are good
textbooks but I am NOT you and I'm not
your teacher well I am but I know I'm
sorry I like you too okay yeah okay we
love each other but I mean I'm not there
to help you if I were sitting with you
talking to you I'd say you know what
this book isn't good for you this book
is good for you and because I want to
help you see I should wanna see that
our thing because I want to help you I'm
going to give you something that you can
use to find a textbook for yourself
because there are probably many books in
your country and you don't know which is
a good one I don't want you to waste
your money and I want you to learn okay
so let's go to how to pick a good
textbook I found there are approximately
ten points that you should have when
you're going to buy a textbook they can
be very expensive and very helpful okay
if you pick the wrong one though it's
not a good use of your money and it will
take time valuable time from your
learning the first thing you should look
at is when was the book made is the book
is old it is 20 years old is not a good
book because they probably don't talk
about computers or laptops or email and
addressing any of that and you're going
to be looking at books reusing well
calling Jesus
I think the rain on the plane in Spain
is mainly it's out of date we call
something out-of-date if the book is
over ten years old probably not good to
use all right probably you want to stay
away and get in a more up-to-date book
one with more modern examples that will
talk about technologies you're using
today okay the next one is what do you
need I don't know how many students come
to me and say they want to listen to get
better hearing skills and then they tell
me how they're watching the news and
their level two or three and I like stop
immediately you shouldn't be watching
the news until you have 80% of the
language it's just too much for you what
do you need it for well teacher I want
to watch my TV program or watch your TV
program what do you need is what you
work on if you need IELTS or TOEFL don't
use a basic grammar book you should be
high enough that you can use the books
that you're testing for what do you need
do you need it for work then you need
technical books books that's work
specifically with technical language or
formal language are you going on
vacation then you need a book with
pictures and drawings and fun stuff
heck
heck you can even watch TV programs for
children what do you need so in a
textbook look at what do you need in the
textbook addresses and when when we say
address it's working towards what you
need not what you think your friend has
or someone would tell you 3rd drawings
or illustrations I know you're going to
say I'm not a child that's not the point
if I do this you know I'm hungry if I go
like this you know I'm thirsty an
illustration helps to make things easier
for you if English is not your first
language and I was studying Spanish I
found that sometimes a picture beside
the words made it come to my head senada
Orson odd is dinner in Spanish when I
saw potato chicken and vegetables and
the clock saying 6 o'clock is it time
for a Stefan odd oh this is dinner got
it understand completely
so a good text will have some
illustrations not be all words because
we are creatures who use our eyes and
our ears and our mouths right to
communicate just looking with just the
word is not enough for all people
ok next exercises I can say como CD se
and Espanyol and it means ok what is
what does this mean in Spanish or how do
you say this in Spanish great but if I
say that and I don't give you any
exercises and you'll notice an Ingrid at
the end of almost every video we have
there's a quiz something for you to do
to test if you've learned you should
have exercises if they just give you
information and say this is this and
this is this really it's no good because
it's the practice the practice makes
language stay in your head so you need
to have some exercises one page or two
to help you master or get comfortable
with it and you can go and check why was
this different than this because two
examples does not tell you why there are
three examples and they're all different
you sometimes need some you know more to
go oh I understand and I see in this
situation or in this this
I need this and in this area I need this
cool so you should have multiple
exercises more than one method what does
that mean
as I said before some people are what we
call auditory students they need to hear
information to learn
I'm visual if I see a picture and see
the words on the paper I understand more
than when someone explains it to me when
they explain sometimes I just go because
I'm waiting for the picture to come and
they won't give me a picture so I'm just
blinking this is called blinking blink
blink until the picture comes okay well
some people just hear and bam bam bam
thank you ma'am they understand
everything but a picture they go what is
this I'm so give you okay so we should
have more than one method and that's why
I said up here Illustrated but it could
also be a conversation they could have
different of his conversation questions
definitions and pictures so each
person's different way of learning or
learning style or strategy they can
learn differently we all learn
differently and sometimes a combination
is needed and a good textbook knows that
and puts it in there cool so we talked
about building okay and how you start
from the base and work up another method
of building is the text should be able
to be used by one or more people what do
I mean well here's my pal I most forgot
him little sausage guy mysteries a
superhero mystery is here mystery may
looks a little straight today straighten
him out mystery may study by himself he
has no friends he lives in Taiwan and
yet he has no friend he smells bad worm
with Bo who knew so he has to study by
himself but maybe one day he gets a
friend me James a good text will know
that you might study in a classroom
environment with many people or
one-on-one or with a partner and it
tries to build exercises as I said over
here like one might be a conversation
one where one partner says one thing the
other partner says the other and they
can see how it relates or a group
exercise I gave you one in one of the
three methods to
learn English or three tricks where you
pull from the Hat seven people pull from
the Hat and challenge each other that
way you can all learn English together
and make each other better right so you
can do that with a good text it will
have these exercises so it might say
with your group don't look at that one
with your partner do that one by
yourself okay so it builds so you can
incorporate a group having your own
class so to speak next I'm going to
change this up a little bit because I
made a little bit of a mistake and
that's my fault
I want to go to context when if you have
a good text it will use grammar and
vocabulary in context it's nice to get a
book that gives you 150 English words
you should use it's much better to have
a book that gives you the context and
tells you how regularly these words are
used same with a grammar when do you
want to say wanna like I said to really
remember I said earlier I wanna versus
want to when is it acceptable using it
in the correct context tells you when
you can use it and get the most
effectiveness out of your English when
you use it in the country or where you
want to use it at work we talked about
borrow English and business English is
the same thing context when okay if you
do that and the good text is all of
these things number nine which I really
like which this should be number nine
it'll have a final test or a unit test
so you'll do multiple exercises then
practice and then there'll be a test
once again I go back to England I'm
sorry if I'm promoting it it's just it's
a fact you watch the video you get a
text a test you know how well you're
doing you know your progress if you're
getting better and better
right that's what a good text will have
it'll have unit tests so you can get
some of the information and final tests
to see if you've lost it the book if you
have all of that together that's a book
you want to pay the money if it's 20
rupee 20 dollars 20 euro pay the money
it's worth it what it will give you an
education is more than you can get by
complaining about how much money things
cost okay one thing I say and some
students don't understand this part a
very good text a very very good test
number 10 should be this one promotes
culture you cannot learn a language and
not learn the culture and be truly
active a good text will put the culture
with the book with the context with the
exercises so you can become more aware
what's appropriate or not appropriate
and appropriate I mean here by what is
right or not right to do in a culture
it's like learning to drive a car if you
learn how to drive the car and you don't
know the rules of the road you're going
to get hurt
same goes with English okay you know the
culture the context the language and use
them together you'll get from point A to
point B safely and have a really good
trip
alright the last thing I want to bring
to your attention about this is a
mystery reminded me by putting putting a
box here a good text will it will tell
you sorry yeah what you will learn like
I said when I said with this we usually
start off when I start with you I say
today we're going to work on this okay
and I try and give you an outline why
you should take it right the same goes
here it will tell you what you're going
to learn and how it will help you write
you're here to learn TOEFL this book
will teach you the following TOEFL
concepts and how you can do this on the
test boom you know if you should get the
book or not that goes back to need
second it will show you progress how you
are getting better you'll notice the
exercises are getting a little bit more
difficult but you're able to do them
okay and will be easy for you to follow
so you can always step back and go
forward it's not so difficult you need
somebody from NASA
you know Space Agency to come and
explain the rules to you I usually
recommend two books to my grammar
students one is I'll tell you right now
grammar in use and the other one was a a
nazar book on grammar and they go why
teacher why two books on same subject
very simple say I use bad english when i
when i pretend to be student you always
know i say why teacher why English to
subject okay that's the student hello
very easy but the grammar in use is very
basic but it doesn't have a lot of
exercises that's why it's not number one
it's very basic it's easy for student to
understand right makes it easy to follow
but not enough exercises they don't get
the practice required to master it but
the azar book has four or five pages of
exercises but i used to get tired of
students coming to me every day going I
don't understand it
just and it so I went if you buy both
books read this book first then do the
exercises from this at the end of it you
have a perfect book it's very expensive
but it works okay but if you do this you
don't need to do what I told you the two
books solution you can find a book that
works for you and after all I'm doing
this for you you should do this for you
I hope I haven't been too serious but
textbooks are usually dry and
what-have-you and I really want you to
get the best out I'm thinking about a
something else I going to hopefully be
able to get together for you that will
help you in other ways but this should
be the one you use this will help you
right now it'll save you time money
energy it will lead you to a fun English
experience okay mystery this was a
textbook execution on how to teach a
lesson and about books I shall take my
leave of you but before I go as always
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