English Power-Up Session

🚀 English Power-Up: Ready to Level Up?"

Let’s laugh, learn, and speak out loud today – one fun English step at a time! 💬✨

Poll

How was your Ramadan holiday?

• 😍 Awesome

• 😊 Good

• 😐 Okay

• 😓 So-so

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What’s on your mind being back at school again? Spill it!

Today’s Roadmap 📍🗺️

• Vocabulary Boost 🔤

• Grammar Fun 🧠

• Listening Zone 🎧

• Speaking Express 🗣️

• Games & Reflections

Class Vibe & Rules

• Be kind & respectful 🙏

• Stay involved – it’s way more fun ✋

• Speak English whenever you can 🗣️

• Mic on when your name pops up 🎤

• We’ve got a SPIN THE WHEEL 🎡 – it might call on you!

Let’s explore the wild world of vocab! 🌪️

Open Ended

Why do you think learning vocab is such a big deal in English? 🤔✨

What makes learning new words tricky or frustrating for you? 😅💬

🌟 Why Vocabulary Matters – Benefits of Learning Vocabulary

🎯 For UTBK

🌍 For TOEFL/IELTS

🎓 For Higher Education

✈️ For Scholarships

💼 For Global Opportunities.

🔹Specific Benefits:

💬 Improves overall communication

📚 Boosts reading comprehension

✍️ Enhances writing skills

🧠 Increases critical thinking

🧩 Builds confidence

🔹General Benefits:

Multiple Choice

He was utterly bewildered by the question.
What does "bewildered" mean?

• Confused

• Excited

• Happy

• Angry

Multiple Choice

He was taken aback when ...

• his friends threw him a surprise party.

• he turned off the lights.

• he checked the weather forecast.

• he washed the dishes.

Multiple Choice

Despite the chaos, she handled the situation with remarkable composure.
What does "composure" mean?

• Confidence

• Calmness

• Power

• Control

Multiple Choice

The old castle looked desolate, with broken windows and no signs of life.
What does "desolate" mean?

• Peaceful

• Abandoned

• Beautiful

• Crowded

Multiple Choice

It took Martha a few minutes to come to after she'd ...

• paid for her Gucci handbag.

• watched American Idol.

• ordered a large pizza

• fainted from heatstroke.

Multiple Choice

The speech was so riveting that the audience ...

• left the hall early.

• didn’t even blink until it ended.

• played games on their phones.

• whispered to each other.

Multiple Choice

Trying to explain quantum physics to a toddler is like...

• beating around the bush.

• jumping on the bandwagon.

• barking up the wrong tree.

• trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

Multiple Choice

She tried to butter up the teacher by ...

• leaving class early.

• yawning loudly.

• bringing flowers and complimenting her outfit.

• asking tricky questions

Open Ended

"The professor’s explanation was so obscure that even the most attentive students left the lecture hall scratching their heads."

What does obscure most likely mean in this

context

​https://www.vocabulary.com/learner/

​https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/

but kindly. 😉

Grammar lovers, this one’s for you! Let’s sharpen those skills…

True or False?

"While preparing for the exam, the notes scattered all over the desk made it difficult to concentrate."

True or False?

"The committee's decision to postpone the event was based on the students' feedback."

True or False?

"Neither the principal nor the teachers were aware that the meeting had been canceled in advance."

True or False?

"The sunset was breathtaking, we stayed on the beach until it got dark."

True or False?

"The speaker was not only eloquent in her delivery but also displayed charisma, confidence, and she had great timing."

True or False?

"Although the students were nervous before their performance, they managed to stay calm and support each other"

Pick a YouTube video or podcast you like.

• Pause after a sentence

Say it out loud with the same tone, pauses, and stress
➡️You’re training grammar, pronunciation, and rhythm at the same time.

✅ 2. Shadow Native Speakers

Instead of memorizing rules like “present perfect = have + past participle,” try remembering common patterns, like:

• “I’ve never…”

• “Have you ever…?”
  ➡️ This helps your brain recognize grammar in real-life use.

✅ 1. Learn in Chunks, Not Just Rules

When learning a grammar pattern, highlight:

• Subjects in blue

• Verbs in green

• Time indicators in yellow
  ➡️ This visual trick helps spot patterns and errors faster.

✅ 4. Use Color Coding When Writing

When you say “She don’t like it” vs. “She doesn’t like it,” your ear will often catch the mistake faster than your eyes.
➡️ Train your ears through listening, not just your brain through reading.

✅ 3. Grammar is Sound, Not Just Structure

Can’t tell if your sentence sounds right?

• Try saying it backwards in logic.
  Example:

• “I had gone before he arrived.” → “He arrived after I had gone.”
  ➡️ If the meaning still works, you probably used the tense correctly.

✅ 6. Flip the Sentence to Check It

You can ask ChatGPT or Grammarly to:

• Check your grammar

• Explain why something is wrong

Turn boring sentences into “native-like” versions
➡️You get grammar feedback instantly and personally

✅ 5. Practice with AI or Grammar Chatbots

Sometimes people break grammar rules on purpose to sound natural or emotional.

• “Ain’t no way!”

• “He be like…”
  ➡️ Understand the rules first, then you’ll recognize when and why people break them.

✅ 8. Grammar Isn’t Always About Being Right

Turn on English subtitles while watching English shows, not Indonesian.

• Pause, copy a phrase, try to say it
  ➡️ You’ll absorb grammar patterns used by real speakers naturally.

✅ 7. Learn from Subtitles, But the Right Ones

“Okay, ears on! Time to level up your listening skills 🎧”

Take a short clip and play the sentences in reverse order.
Why? It forces your brain to stop relying on context prediction and truly focus on sound units.
➡️ You'll be sharper at decoding accents, slurred speech, and idioms.

✅ 2. Repeat the sentence backwards (Seriously)

After you hear a sentence, repeat it out loud immediately—mimic the tone, rhythm, emotion.
This is called shadowing, but here’s the trick:

Don’t pause—speak at the same time as the speaker. Like a shadow.
➡️ You train your ears and mouth simultaneously—exactly how interpreters are trained.

✅ 1. Use “Audio Shadows” Instead of Just Listening

​🎧 Hidden-Gem Listening Tips You Might Not Know

Choose story-based games with voice actors (like Life is Strange or The Sims 4 with mods) and listen as background noise. Or talk with AI voices like ChatGPT, etc. 😉
➡️ Listening in relaxed, low-stakes environments builds subconscious fluency.

✅ 4. Use Video Games or Voice-Based AI for Passive Input

Expose yourself to English in multiple accents: Indian, Australian, Irish, etc.
YouTube idea: “Harry Potter scenes in different accents” or “news in Kenyan English.”
➡️ This breaks the habit of “only understanding American English.”

✅ 3. Switch between Accents on Purpose

Stop listening to clean audiobooks. Try:

• People talking in crowds (TikTok street interviews)

• Podcasts with interruptions, mumbling, or slang
  ➡️ This trains you to function in the real, chaotic world.

✅ 6. Practice “Unscripted” Listening – Messy Real Life Audio

Watch a familiar show muted, then replay just the audio. You’ll visualize and predict conversations in your head.
➡️ It sharpens imagination + listening without visual cues, great for exams like IELTS Listening.

✅ 5. Mute TV, Then Play Audio Only

It's time to hack your speaking game with tips that you might not know before!”

Take a simple sentence like:

"I forgot my homework."
Now say it like you're:

• Furious 😤

• Laughing it off 😅

Guilty and scared 😬
➡️This builds emotional expressiveness + helps with intonation and confidence.

✅ 2. Speak in “Mini Monologues” with Emotion

Instead of just answering questions, train yourselves to react like this:

"Oh really?" / "No way!" / "That's wild!" / "Hmm, I get you."
➡️ This builds fluency in how conversations actually happen—not just textbook talk.

✅ 1. “Echo Reactions” — React Out Loud to What You Hear

🗣️ Uncommon Tricks to Boost Speaking Skills

Speak your thoughts instead of writing them. Example:

“Today, I was feeling kind of anxious because...”
Record it using voice memos. Listen back. Reflect.
➡️ Helps develop spontaneous thinking + builds comfort in hearing their own voice.

✅ 4. Practice “Out-Loud Journaling”

Answer quirky/relatable prompts like:

“Tell me you love snacks without telling me you love snacks.”
Or:
“If English were a person, what would you say to it today?”
➡️This encourages creativity, humor, and personality in English use.

✅ 3. Use TikTok-style Prompts

Instead of “vocabulary lists,” collect and repeat:

• “That rings a bell.”

• “To be fair…”

• “Let’s call it a day.”
  ➡️ This improves fluency + mimics how natives think: in chunks, not single words.

✅ 6. Learn Phrases, Not Words

Speaking while walking reduces pressure and simulates natural conversation.
➡️ Helps us associate English with movement and ease, not stress.

✅ 5. Change Your Environment — Talk While Walking

You can speak to ChatGPT or tools like TalkPal or ELSASpeak, but with one condition:

Don’t just practice perfect sentences—practice storytelling, reactions, emotions.
➡️ AI gives unlimited safe space to speak—no judgment.

✅ 7. Use AI as Speaking Partner (with Emotion)

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What do you feel about the session?

🎉 You survived the ride — vocab-ed, grammar-ed, listened, and spoke your heart out! 💪✨