tips

1. watch movies

1.1. passive learning

1.2. entertainment

1.3. plan

1.3.1. w/ span. subs

1.3.2. w/eng. subs

1.3.3. w/o subs

2. sense of ridiculous

2.1. wherever you are you are there

2.2. freedom to feel stupid

3. control

3.1. avoid all monologues

3.2. use key words for questions

3.3. paraphrase for confirmation

3.4. stay on topic

3.5. more questions

4. simplicity

4.1. short sentences

4.2. avoid neologism based on native language

5. don't call attention to mistakes

5.1. sorry for my English

5.2. ignore

6. inherent skills

6.1. observe

6.1.1. listen

6.1.2. watch

6.2. imitate

6.2.1. speak

6.2.2. repeat

6.3. recognize patterns

6.3.1. learn structure

6.3.1.1. sentence basic structure

6.3.1.2. question basic structure

6.3.2. substitution

7. humor

7.1. disarms critics

7.2. relaxes

7.3. no self deprecation

8. function

8.1. situational

8.2. universal

8.3. templates

9. body language

9.1. Speaking difficult on phone

9.2. can cue response w/ keyword

9.3. importance