[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 11 | June 27, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]
Tony Prince says, “Opening digression – Problems and solutions
Often what we see as a problem in the environment, actually has its roots in ourselves.
‘I keep getting interrupted when I’m trying to work.’
Well maybe that’s because you’re afraid to say no when someone asks you for help, or to challenge an ‘urgent’ email that threatens to take hours out of your planned schedule.
Before you protest – explaining how ‘I really don’t understand your context’ – recognise that the beauty of you being the problem (and by you I mean we, including me), is that you are the solution as well.
You may not have control of your options, but you do have the power to choose. There is always a choice, no matter how limited.
To the point – Taking control
What does this have to do with Speaking?
Frequently when students express frustration with their speaking, they frame it as a problem with the environment“.