If you are teaching students, teach them something cool that they can use. It's fun and it will get them more excited about learning something fun. I'll give an example of something useful they wouldn't learn in school. Teach a word like "Pansy". A pansy is a type of flower and if you call someone a "Pansy" it means that they are a weak and scared person afraid of doing thing. It's funny, and even if a student doesn't have a large vocabulary, they can use a word like that and someone will laugh and say "where did you learn that". It's fun and builds interest and confidence. Some examples of how to use it. Steve is afraid to ask his boss for a raise even though he's been working in the company for 3 years. He's such a pansy. Kevin refuses to play tennis because he doesn't want to lose and feel embarrassed. What a pansy. If you want a great course for both teaching and learning English with thousands of useful stuff like this with MP3's and PDF's, check out: How to Speak English Fluently
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