Easy english expression rehashed.
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Come on, let's master english eCube, number 375.
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Let's go back in time.
Today, we have a good expression, a solid background in something.
A solid, 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.
So, what am I?
I am your English coach.
Do you trust me as your English coach, as your English teacher?
Well, I hope you do.
I'll be honest.
I do not have a teaching degree and I did not study education.
However, I have been teaching English since 1987.
Oh, my goodness.
I'm serious.
Yeah.
I've been teaching English for almost 30 years, 28 years.
So I have lots of experience, 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.
Yeah.
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 genius?
No.
Does it mean I know everything?
Not at all.
Does it mean I'm trustworthy in the subject?
Probably.
So there are many teachers, I'm sure, who disagree with my style, who have a different style, who teach a different type of English, a very proper English, perhaps the received English from the UK, the Queen's English.
Some people prefer to teach grammatically perfect structures and sentences.
But you know me, I'm more of a regular daily English guy.
Descriptive English versus prescriptive English.
Yeah, that's me.
So in that area, I have a solid background.
So can you trust me to teach listening skills and speaking skills, pronunciation?
I hope so.
I think so you do.
You have a solid background in something.
Let's check out the dialogue.
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.
There you go.
If you study something in the university, that gives you a good background.
For example, you study economics.
You learn a lot about economics.
You learn a lot of good vocabulary.
Maybe you learn some good formulas, some useful numbers.
If you're a finance person, you definitely learn lots of vocabulary, lots of formulas.
But You need to actually work in finance.
You need to work in economics to really get a solid background.
So in our example, we're talking about programming.
And we have a guy.
His name is Max.
He's a genius programmer.
And he was programming since he was a child.
He's still a young guy.
He's not even 30.
Max, how old are you?
25, 26, 27, 28?
I don't know.
He looks old, but he's not.
Don't worry, Max doesn't listen.
Max, are you listening to this podcast?
I'm teasing Max.
No, but he has a solid background.
He's still a young guy, but he's got many many many, many years of real experience doing something.
So it's not just book smarts.
It's book smarts and experience.
That's the idea.
He studied it and he has experience.
Same thing with me.
You know, I didn't study education, but I did read many books.
I did study with many teachers on how to teach the best ways to teach education.
So that gives me a pretty solid background in education.
So, once again, if you're a young guy, you might not have a solid background in something yet, but hopefully you're working on it.
Do you have a solid background in people skills?
That was mentioned.
People skills, how to deal with people, how to manage people.
Were you a class president?
Were you the club leader?
Were you a Boy Scout or a Girl Scout?
That gives you people skills.
Do you cook?
Have you been cooking for years?
Do you know how to make really good pizza?
That might give you a solid background in cooking.
Well, at least for pizza.
So think about it.
What do you have a solid background in?
And if you don't, what would you like to have a solid background in?
And how are you going to get a solid background in that area?
I'd love to hear from you.
But most importantly, thank you for hearing me.
Thank you for listening to this podcast.
Let's check out the dialogue a couple more times.
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 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.
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