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I hope to see you again soon. This room will be closed at 6:30pm Universal Time The room is being left open now, only to allow you to copy the guidance notes which I left as comments in the text chat. Please make sure to leave a trainer review as you leave the room. (If you have been at the top-table / on the stage, and are not offered the opportunity to leave trainer feedback, please DM me to let me know, We're are currently trying to gather data to de-bug the problem. Your DM matters!) If you enjoyed this room, or have found the room useful or informative, please: • leave a trainer review • follow me • join the Love English café. • upvote the room • upvote the notebook pages Pre-register for your discount on the Love English Phonetic Dictionary Pre-register your interest in “The Love English Phonetic Dictionary: An easy-to-use guide to speaking over 5,000 English words. Clearer simpler pronunciation, so that you are easier to understand" Book One of The Love English Phonetic System To follow me or join the café: • click on my profile and ° follow me ° join the Love English café This will help you to get notified when the rooms open, and to see the pinned rooms & the room schedule If you are interested in the next classes, look at the bottom of my profile, and any scheduled classes will be listed. I also offer paid 1:1 classes and small-group classes on Zoom - for money. The rates vary, depending on where you live. (rates are lower in Yemen than in the USA, for example). If you are interested in private classes, please DM me. If you would like to lower the cost of your classes, and are willing to set up a small group class of people from your country, you will get a 10% discount for each person you recruit to your class. If you recruit 4 people, you will get a further 10% discount. ie if you recruit 4 people, you get your own classes half-price.

1. Your name, and how Coach Gordon (& everyone else!) should pronounce it 2. Where you are (city or country or continent) 3. ONE SHORT sentence about ONE thing about yourself eg (for example) - your job or work - your interests or hobbies or pastimes - your family - your personal philosophy - some other thing about yourself Please note that if you come to several rooms, you can say a different thing about yourself each time. And that way, the other people will get to know you.

• Interrupting other people is rude • Please do not be rude You are free to ask questions - but please also be warned: no-one is required to answer you. No-one is obliged to answer you. • It is a flow-of-conversation room, and there is no firm order. • Listen to the person currently speaking • Each speaker gets to say 1, 2 or 3 sentences • These sentences must connect to what the previous speaker said, in some way • When you first arrive, please wait to be invited to talk • Each day, it is a different group of people in the room - you will be asked to introduce yourself each & every day • Introduce yourself with ° your name ° where in the world you are from ° something interesting about you, your life, your work, your interests, your achievements Some advice : don't say the same thing every time you introduce yourself. Each day, try to choose a different interesting thing to talk about

Tips for speaking English in conversation: 1) be relaxed and chill 2) get relaxed by doing deep breathing exercises 3) Give yourself time by speaking slowly 4) Give yourself time by putting pauses between sentences 5) Use short simple words 6) Use short simple sentences 7) If the person speaking to you is speaking too quickly, say “Speak more slowly, please”

Hi everyone The readings will start at 10am Universal Time I'm currently setting up the devices, screens, log-ins, notebooks, &c. Thank you for your patience In the meantime, the moderators will lead a round of brief introductions: - your name, and how we should pronounce it - where in the world you live, and are from - how long you have been learning English - ONE other thing about your life, your study, your work, or your interests

• Interrupting other people is rude • Please do not be rude You are free to ask questions - but please also be warned: no-one is required to answer you. No-one is obliged to answer you. • The epEach person on stage is offereIt is a flow-of-conversation room, and there is no firm order. • Listen to the person currently speaking • Each speaker gets to say 1, 2 or 3 sentences • These sentences must connect to what the previous speaker said, in some way • When you first arrive, please wait to be invited to talk • Each day, it is a different group of people in the room - you will be asked to introduce yourself each & every day • Introduce yourself with ° your name ° where in the world you are from ° something interesting about you, your life, your work, your interests, your achievements Some advice : don't say the same thing every time you introduce yourself. Each day, try to choose a different interesting thing to talk about