IELTS Speaking: Improve your fluency with the LASAGNA METHOD

Hi Adam .
Thank you for this lesson .
Talking about smartphones should not be a favourite topic in school . It made me fail at question 8 .
See you

tsamp

Hi tsamp!
If there is an answer “all of these” or “both answers” that means it’ll be the right answer in most cases. Pay attention to all answers

dolcom

Thank you for your comment Dolcom .
I know that in most cases where “all of these are correct” is proposed , I must tick this option .
I keep on beleiving that smartphones cause troubles at school even in playgrounds and unless they are studying new technologies in high school , they should let them in the cloakroom .
But maybe am I hold-fashioned .
We are more than one and so différent , thus failure sometimes belongs to the one who thinks that there is only one answer.
Bye

tsamp

Hi Tsamp,

Remember, the point of this exercise is to have one topic and adapt it to different questions. A smartphone can be a good backup if you don’t have enough to say about a school subject. Begin with science, especially physics, then move the conversation to smartphones because you like to figure out how they work. It can also be regular cellphones.

The point here is that the answers just have to well delivered; they don’t necessarily have to be true.

Adam

As always on the most extreme drive. No one can get bored. Continue to stay on this wave. Thank you so much, you are a motivator from God =))) I don’t know what I would do without the engvid team.

Mir Murad

Lasagna method? I’m so hungry right now.

Alex

Me too, and only lasagna can change that.

Mir Murad

oooops

shaghayegh.ahmadi

what happend shaghy?

Shahabb1

May I make a suggestion? I hear lasagna can fix it ;)

Adam

Hey Adam and Alex
Although I don’t write very often in the comment section I’m following the Engvid regularly
It might be a good idea to get a class from you talking like the way you use to talk with your friends, either in a party or at the bar. Speed and slang.
I’m telling you this because I and probably many students, understand you near about hundred per cent, but I wonder how it would be in a regular situation. Thanks and
best regards

Gori

That’s a good idea Gori.
I’ll suggest it to the Engvid team.

Adam

OK.
Thank you.
I take this opportunity to wish you and the rest of the Engvid team Merry Christmas

Gori

To you as well, Gori (belated) :)

Adam

Oh, it’s a very interesting idea! I’ ll be looking forward to seeing such a video.
Adam, your explanations are really great, absolutely clear and easy to listen to. I suppose, you won’t talk to your friends this way. ))) Please, let us see how you do it.

Lyubov SPb

Hi Adam,
excellent lesson. However, the english idiom “to kill two birds with one stone” is really cruel. It made me sad in your lesson.

adrijana

I’m sorry to hear that, Adrijana. Unfortunately, it’s not the only one. But that’s language. Better to know what people are saying and then try to persuade them to change certain habits. I’ll try not to use it again :)

Adam

:) In my language we say “to kill two flies with one hit”. It might be a little more human idiom.

adrijana

I’m afraid that this is exactly the same situation, Adrijana. First off, we kill thousands of animals every single day because that’s what people do to get food, and to say that killing a fly is “a little more human” than killing a bird is a little hypocritical — and even if we’re just talknig here about idioms, it remains so nevertheless.

ernest

But we kill the flies only if they are annoying to us. Not for food. Not to have fun. It is a huge difference.

adrijana

There’s another English saying, “He/she wouldn’t hurt a fly.” It means the person (or, sometimes, animal) is gentle and won’t harm anything. Maybe you “wouldn’t hurt a fly”?

engVid Moderator

That’s all right, Adam. You shouldn’t worry about that.
In Russia, we say “to kill two hairs with one shot”, and no one says it’s rude, everyone knows it’s just an idiom, and no one is going to kill a poor animal. There is a collocation in Russian about such a situation: “a kindergarten!” It obviously means that a person doesn’t react as we expect him to, but in a very unusual way, finding a problem where it doesn’t exist.

Lyubov SPb

there was a misspell. Hares, of course. Sorry. (((

Lyubov SPb

From today, my favorite food is lasagna.

juancmu

This was an interesting, rewarding lesson with great ideas to keep in mind, or l should say To keep in mouth?

Freddy Navas

Thank You Adam

Ahmad Srosh Arvin

Adam, you r adam.

mccaylak

Thanks

Alfred Wanga Esq.

Thank you for the assistance

Alfred Wanga Esq.

this is a difficult lesson with me. I have 6/10 anyway thank Adam and hope in next your lesson i will answer better

nguyen van long

Keep trying Nguyen. It will get easier :)

Adam

Thank you Adam :D

Camilo Martinez

Thanks a lot Adam.?

Saeidtoghyani66

50% :(

Annie

In fact, The Shawshank Redemption is one of my favourite movies.
Excellent lesson and method.
Thanks a lot Adam ;)

knopfler86

Yes, great movie ;)

Adam

it is superb
thanks

Mouhcine tene

Thank you, Adam

Rozenn

thank you

rachidinox

I’m improving my English language because of you Sir ??

Niku

Thank you Adam and engVid.com

DAOUDA L. Youssouf

Hello Adam! As always, great lesson. Thank you!
Please, help me to figure it out. I often face the word ‘yet’ that put at the beginning of the sentence and I don’t understand its meaning. Here is the example: “Yet, arithmetic can be as difficult to learn as reading and some people never master it, leading to dyscalculia”. And there are many of sentences like this. Especially in magazines. It troubles me so, and I still can’t get this purpose of yet. Please, explain.

AlexanderR134

Alex, “yet” means: Nevertheless or still.

Saul Joury

Is it a formal way to use it?

AlexanderR134

Hi Alexander,

Saul is correct in saying it means nevertheless. But the key is that it is a conjunction with a similar meaning to but:

I have tried very hard, yet I still have not been able to succeed.

Starting a sentence with it is actually pretty common in academic writing.

Does this help?

Adam

Thank you, Adam, You covered All the bases

Yaqob

nice lesson

andrew4d3

Thanks alot.

Sayyoub7

how can i watch video

Emilyyyy

All our videos are hosted on YouTube, which is blocked in China. You may have to use a VPN or something like Tor Browser.

engVid Moderator

improve my oral english

sallyd116

Hi ADAM give a lesson about differences between (sight,view) please.
Best regards

Akram85

I’ll see what I can do Akram.

Adam

Thank you Adem

kkhamrankk

thank you so much Adam

saidtiget

I think so much

samadeq

I thank so much while give losson

samadeq

hello Adam.Thank you for each of your lessons.
I want to ask you how can i distinguish and use negative prefixes.Some of them i have already known: kind-unkind and etc.but there are a lot of kinds of prefixes and i always confuse them.I’ll be very happy if you prepare such a video-lesson.
Thanks again

Asmer Pashayeva

Hi Asmer,

There are already a couple of videos here about this. I’ll try to make more

https://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-negative-prefixes/

https://www.engvid.com/negative-prefixes-in-english-i/

Adam

Thank you very much.Your answering to my question made me so happy.
ohh sorry i didn’t know that you’d made a lesson about prefixes.That happened because i watch your videos from the first one and i didn’t notice that lesson.

Asmer Pashayeva

Great information!

drschandra

Thanks everyone :)

Adam

thanks very much

dahai12

very useful

Anuar is from Kazakhstan

Thanks Adam. This lesson is very useful to me

Jeyavelan

By chance I found this website and I am so glad to find like these kind of topics that I am looking for it collected together by those great teachers , and thank u really about this lesson b/c it was really has useful advices .
Best regards

Jasminealhbeeb

Welcome Jasmine :)

Adam

Hello adam.. you look so handsome on this video

Anak pak lubis

It will help me alot in future when I will be siting in front of an interviewer and he will be questioning the same you briefed.Great Efforts.Love from Pakistan.

Muhammad Usman Haider

My first time was not bad I got 7 out of 10
Thank you Adam for teaching us

Rahmat Ali

Lasagna is always a good idea <3

tamuna1994

Great lesson,I got 80,but the number 6 was confused, I didn’t understand the question…..:(

Leia.Saad

thanks Adam For This Amazing effort
and Its A funny expression when you say ” Killed Two Birds With One Stone )
i love your method in explain .. Keep Going and all of us with you .

Mando 89

thank you, Adam, your explanation easier than the others

nabil26

Awesome !

Hawarmaradn

Hi, Adam. I agree with Gori’s opinion. Would it be possible to have a chatroom?

Christine2004

You are the best teacher in the world, thank you!

kosOmmak

thank you for this valuable information

Aml Mounier

hi every one i’m new here help me………………..
can any one of you talk with me in English to improve my speaking.

jehangir-khan

thank you so much Adam.

jehangir-khan

Hi T. Adam… Does writting in mesh characters reduce marks in writting task in IELTS??
Thanks for your support and help.

osamashawky

Brilliant lesson! Thanks, Adam.

valery.sidorov

Thanks Adam!

keniuj

Hi Adam! i am preparing to IELTS but my speakin is low. i get 5.5 point from speaking. Can you tell me how can i improve speaking at home? how can i pracitce?
please help me!

Tunzalya

You are a great teacher! thanks Adam ;)

Aline.dRodrigues

hello,I want to communicate with you on Twitter

iiznx9

Great, logical, interesting.

Lyubov SPb

Tq Adam for ur great lesson…I need 7 band so what are the things that I should follow to reach 7

Sumen varghese

Your teaching was superb. Thanks :)

leftright

I have got 80 in this test, I am improving, thanks to Adam

Md. Ahsanul Haque

Hello Adam! Could you explain the correct use of a lot of, lots, ?? Thank you! Marcelo

Artentino2019

Very helpful!

muhimanzi

Hi, why did you say : All of these thinking sounds meanS ….2:14 It supposed to be without “S” isn’t it ?

Ransom

THANK U VERY MUCH MY DEAREST ADAM SIR! THIS LESSON WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ME.

davidsaha

Hi Adam.
Thank you for this amazing lesson.

Konstantinos Koumpouras

Hi Adam
Thank you for Video
my question is; in part one what is the minimum number of sentence can we make when answering question

Digy

Hi Adam
Thank you for Video
my question is; in part one what is the minimum number of sentence can we make when answering question

Digy

hey, Adam, I hope you are fine this is Hassan and I would like to ask you is there any other place you teach as an online for IELTS I have in need and eager and even if you can guide me to another place which is being taught is appreciable.

Hassan Kamiin

Thanks Adam!

morossetti

very good!!!!
taking notes of every thing
like your videos
thank you Adam

cesar1964

Hi Adam.
Tanks for your help. This class was very helpfull about IELTS test.
I will try to do this steps to take my test.

Hediuillio

thank you so much
I love your teaching.It s extremely useful because you speak eloquently

elyy

where can i find more speaking lessons by Dear Adam?

elyy

thanks for the lesson

sandra234

Hi Adam!
Thank you so much for your tips.

Maria do Carmo Palmeira

Hi Adam!
Thank you so much for your tips. They are useful and practical.

Maria do Carmo Palmeira

Hi Adam!

I love your english classes. Thank you for a amazing class.

Ivesther

I loved the Lasagna Method!

leilamene

Thank you.

Mbuta51

Thanks so much

Simmie2601

lasagna method?? I didnt get it sorry. please explain

anjali0230

Hi Adam.
how I follow your class?

Abdigargar

thank you so much

saurav verma

Hi dear Adam.
thank you for your great videos. i am going to have an IELTS exam on the following weeks and i had a question that i could not find an answer for it.I would appreciate if you help me to make my mind about it. my question is:
For the first part of Speaking, when the examiner asks my age, i was wondering that is it correct to say: By the end of Spring, I will have been living for 18 years. will she/he be impressed? or is it too snobby and this structure is frowned upon? or should i simply say i am approximately 18?
i kindly appreciate you if you answer me, sir:).

Sina.Sa

9/10 thank you Adam,first attempt

Ewabella

Hi, there! Thanks for useful tips, Adam.

Actually, Shawshank Redemption based on Steven Kings novel which was based on Lev Tolstoi story about innocent man in a hard labor which I strongly believe has more deep roots in folklore and old good tales.

Anyway thanks for interesting video, cheers!