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Phrase: The gift of gab
They call it the gift of gab, but really, it’s the ability to speak fluently and with eloquence.
Language students say they want to speak like a native speaker, but what does that mean?
Do you want to talk like a high school student or an undergrad at university?
Donald Trump is a native speaker of English.
Do you want to talk like him?
When I stopped working for someone else’s company and branched out on my own, I had already been thinking about this for a long time.
I noticed that many Japanese target a high TOEIC score, but that elusive ‘990’ doesn’t always correlate to a high speaking ability.
I want to give students the gift of gab.
Well, today’s phrase implies that eloquence is something you receive.
In all honesty, it’s something you develop and build yourself.
The best speakers in the world take a long time to hone their skills.
Speaking is an art, and that’s why I named my business ArtisanEnglish.jp.
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Building up an incredible repertoire of vocabulary is fantastic.
Vocabulary is like money: the more money you have, the richer you are; the more vocabulary you have, the richer your vocabulary (maybe).
If you don’t know how to use money, you will lose it all.
A fool and his money are soon parted, is how the saying goes.
Likewise, knowing the words doesn’t make you a good speaker.
Language is an art, not a science.
The gift of gab, or the ability to speak with fluency and eloquence, must be learned, nurtured and developed.
That’s what I try to give my students.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
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On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 73.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.