341: My teachers just don't get it...

Phil asks a really tricky question: "I am feeling extremely frustrated with the Chinese teachers I've found on there. They don't seem to understand that I want to practice speaking. They all seem to insist on trying to go over grammar rules, shovel loads of new vocabulary on me, etc when all I want to do is practice some of the things I've already learned. When I try to tell the this, then they just randomly talk about whether I like spicy food or have kids. No structure. I've suggested a course book that we just use as a framework for speaking for each half hour based on the topic/vocab, but that hasn't worked either. I've literally tried 15 teachers. So my question is: what am I doing wrong? Do you understand what I want? If so, how could I go about getting that from a teacher. I am at an elementary/low intermediate level by the way." In This Episode: Olly speaks to Jan van der Aa from Language Boost about this challenge. Start Speaking Today: I'd like to thank italki for supporting the show. To claim your free lesson and start speaking today, visit: Do You Have A Question? Ask me your language learning questions by clicking here , and I'll do my best to feature it on the show! Also, please

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341: My teachers just don't get it... is an episode from I Will Teach You A Language | Weekly Motivation and Language Learning Tips to Help You Become Fluent in Any Language by Olly Richards.

This episode is 23:27 long.

This episode was published on Oct 2, 2019.

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