Today’s lesson is about the English grammar of exclamations, and the language used in expressing emotions. The  grammar of exclamations can get complicated because there are different  kinds of exclamations, each with specific rules on how to use them. In  this lesson, you will learn specific exclamations to talk about how you  feel in response to hearing some news someone has just told you. To keep you on your toes, we have a quiz at the end of the podcast where you can practice what you’ve learned.

✔Lesson transcript: https://adeptenglish.com/lessons/english-learn-grammar-exclamations/

Whenever  I hear the word ‘Exclamation’, I think of something that is exciting,  happy or sad. The general idea behind an exclamation is to express your  emotions in reaction to an event or news. Although it’s easy in today’s  use of English online to slip into acronyms like LOL! or even swearing  to express your emotions, we won’t be doing that in our lesson. In this  lesson, we give you a range of exclamations which you can use to safely express your feelings, appropriate for any English conversation.

Enjoy today’s podcast and make sure you practice what you’ve learned by repeat listening to  the lesson. You don’t have to listen to the same podcast over and over,  although you could. It’s best to listen to a lesson, then maybe the next  day listen again. If you feel you’ve remembered most of what you’ve  heard, then come back and listen to the lesson again in a week. We call  this type of learning spaced repetition learning. You can do this will  multiple podcast lessons at the same time. So when you are not repeat  listening to one, you can repeat listen to another.

We  know that this type of spaced repetition learning encourages our brains  to take notice of what we are trying to learn and improves the  likelihood of this type of information being stored in our longer term  memory. Which is exactly what we want for language learning, which needs  automatic recall from long-term language memory.

I’m often asked,  “How many times do I need to listen?” well it’s always going to be  different for every language learner. That said, I would recommend that  you need to hear the word or phrase you are listening to a minimum of 20  times spaced out over time. So, for example, let’s say a phrase “What a  disaster!” appears 5 times in a lesson. To hear it 20 times, you will  need to listen to the lesson 4 times spread out over approximately 10  days.

Remember, it’s not an exact science, so don’t get stuck on the statistics. Just plan for some repeat listening and aim to listen to key phrases, pronunciations, vocabulary etc. a minimum of 20 times.

Learn more about our courses here: https://adeptenglish.com/language-courses/

Adept English is here to help with FREE English lessons and language  courses that are unique, modern and deliver results. You can learn to  speak English quickly using our specialised brain training. We get  straight to the point of how you should learn to speak English. We teach  you in a fun and simple way that delivers results. If you want to learn  to speak English, our approach to learning through listening will improve your English fluency.