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Just like when a pianist memorises a piece so that they can concentrate fully on the expression, so the language student memorises a passage enabling them to recite it concentrating fully on pronunciation.
To be, or not to be -- that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more -- and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprise of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action. 
memorise this bit!
this phoneme is often difficult for europeans:
bite front end of tongue, drop jaw
voice and unvoiced
this phoneme is produced in two steps:
slide between eee back to aaa
staccato: truncate the sound
two examples have been circled
once memorised
practice pronunciation
till it's perfect!
By learning a simple process, the student can participate in all kinds of conversations. The trick is, to speak without necessarily understanding the meaning of what is said. Meaning is learned through the social context, not through a definition nor from a translation to the student's mother tongue. 
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yes/no questions
are you happy?
yes, i am happy
do you want a drink?
no, i do not want a drink?
can you pass the salt?
yes, i can pass the salt
have you eaten yet?
no, i have not eaten yet.
will you have learned by the end of this lesson?
yes, i will have learned by the end of this lesson
is john coming to the lesson?
no, john is not coming to the lesson
are they watching the film?
yes they are watching the film
phrase order
subject - verb - object
verb - subject - object
question
answer
(normally only the auxilliary verb moves)
transforms
pronouns
determiners
"do" verb
I/we
you
s/he/it
anything
something
anyone
someone
this
that
chased
did chase
bit
did bite
s/he/it
interrogatives
where?
to, at, in, on
when?
adverb
adjective
verb
prepositional phrase
what?
why?
who?
how?
noun
because
i/you/we/they
s/he/it
present
past
future
pluperfect
perfect
(past wrt past)
(present wrt past)
simple
simple
simple
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
future perfect
(future wrt past)
continuous
to listen
listen
is listening
listened
was listening
will listen
will be listening
had listened
had been listening
have listened
have been listening
will have listened
will have been listening
simple verb
to be
to have
to do
irregular
regular
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
continuous
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