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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Language Learning, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2015

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today’s expression and dialog: a solid background in Why do you think you’re good for the job? I’ve got a solid background in programming. What about people skills? I was class president three different times. If you want to be an expert at something, if you REALLY want to master something, you need to have a SOLID background. They say that it requires 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert. Have you invested that much time into something? It sounds like a lot of time, but as you grow older, you realize it's not that difficult AND you realize it is REALLY important! If you are NOT yet investing that time, start today! An hour a day will give you 10,000 hours in about 30 years. Don't be scared!! Be determined. Then you will ACQUIRE today's expression! Have a super day! Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LearnEnglish #ESL #Twinglish Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! Our sponsors: Click on JOIN CLASSES and get ALL the information! (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Our YouTube channel: Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LearnEnglish #ESL #Twinglish

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions.
0:11.0	You and me every day, come on, let's master English.
0:31.9	Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression, the podcast.
0:34.2	Thank you so much for listening.
0:37.1	Today we have a good expression. A solid background in something. A solid
0:44.0	s-o-l-I-D background. It's one word B-A-C-K-G-R-O-U-N-D in. A solid background in education.
0:57.6	So what am I?
0:59.6	I am your English coach.
1:02.9	Do you trust me as your English coach, as your English teacher?
1:07.6	Well, I hope you do.
1:09.3	I'll be honest.
1:10.1	I do not have a teaching degree and I did not study education.
1:16.3	However, I have been teaching English since 1987.
1:23.2	Oh, my goodness.
1:24.9	I'm serious.
1:26.2	Yeah.
1:26.7	I've been teaching English for almost 30 years, 28 years. So I have lots of experience.
1:37.2	Thousands of hours. Oh yes. Thousands of hours. I would say, gosh, definitely over 20,000 hours of teaching actual people in the classroom, online.
1:51.2	Yeah.
1:51.9	With that much experience, we should be able to agree that Coach Shane has a solid background in education, a solid background in teaching. Does it mean I'm a
2:08.4	genius? No. Does it mean I know everything? Not at all. Does it mean I'm trustworthy in the
2:16.6	subject? Probably. So there are many teachers, I'm trustworthy in the subject? Probably.
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