Common mistakes teachers make in spoken English/ how to correct them/ Language with Ease

[@pinkyreddy49]

Am grateful to all my English teachers in all the schools I have studied. They spoke really good and we learnt well. Everyday is a learning day. Now am learning in-depth to guide my daughter properly. Thank you mam for this and all other videos. Found your channel just last night.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Well done! Thanks for watching.

[@bindu0967]

Namaste mam What all you spoke is right. I hear these mistakes very often.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

True. English is not our first language, so mistakes happen. We need to correct them when we catch them. Bindu, if I may, instead of saying 'What all you spoke is right', you should say 'All that you spoke about is correct.' I have made several videos on common mistakes. Do check them out.

[@sujatamukherjee8478]

Thanks for focussing on the common mistakes many of the teachers do.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sujatamukherjee8478]

Thanks for your response.

[@sujatamukherjee8478]

@@solomons-ixl-international6058 My pleasure meeting you unexpectedly. Why don't you interact people through You Tube , sir? It would be helpful.

[@sujatamukherjee8478]

@@solomons-ixl-international6058 surely sir. Stay blessed.

[@solomons-ixl-international6058]

@@sujatamukherjee8478 You, too, Ma'am. Thank you so much. 🌹🙏

[@ganen007]

I solute you for your energy and the experience you share with the teachers. Thank you.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

You are so welcome

[@aadivasisamskruthi4686]

Your the best teacher wish you happy teacher's day mam

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@ayubkhan9409]

👏👏👏A very impressive video. Thank you. Another common mistake which many of us make is 👇 She heard him telling …….. She heard his telling …….. I watched him going into …….. I watched his going into ……… Please teach us when to use possessive adjective verb+ing Object pronoun verb+ing

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thank you. Do check my grammar playlist. I have mentioned possessive adjectives and pronouns in several videos.

[@nityanandpatnaik4917]

Very nice, Madam. All the items have been explained well with good examples. It's very interesting and useful video, Madam.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thanks a lot

[@drisilasohtun4377]

every story has a name. Why should we not use in other tenses? Because this statement expresses a fact .Thank you Mam it helps me a lot

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Awesome

[@bangurashekosman5668]

Good morning from my side this is Osman from Freetown Sierraleone West Africa. You are making a good point here but the problem is that a good number of teachers don't even know or noticing those mistakes hence this modern way of teaching and learning is not common to us here...

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

I am talking of mistakes in spoken English which children will pick up from the teachers and continue to make. Thanks for watching.

[@easyenglishlessonswithjayasaju]

Very informative and cool 😀 Surely, a great help for all dear Educators. 😊

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@sehejgulati_davpublicschoo2363]

I don't know usha ma'am. If this is the level of mistakes being made by 'english' teachers, schools need to review how they short list language teachers. They r blasphemy level blunders, not 'common' at all

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Some of them are alarmingly common Sehej like myself this side, and explain you. Most have been taken from observations and internet teacher errors. Ofcourse, there are teachers who are excellent, and this video is not for them. But trust me these errors are quite common.

[@girigiri2167]

Excellent lessons TQ Ji 👍❤️

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Always welcome

[@ritikanagi3839]

Informative....your video always helps us to reevaluate our spoken part as a teacher. Gratitude.🌹

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

My pleasure 😊

[@elanclassesjaipur1295]

Hello ma’am I appreciate the way you’re explaining these things. At 15:20 “If anything damages…” here, it might have been said that “to damage” is a TRANSITIVE verb and therefore will need an object, which (i.e.the object) has been already mentioned (“anything” is the object), therefore the sentence construction must be in PASSIVE VOICE. But, I cannot understand why the explanation got complicated and took a turn towards the topic of CONDITIONAL Sentences. Furthermore, at 18:15 “because that is something that we OWE TO our children.” Yes, it’s quite obvious that the teachers do have to practise a lot to “over-learn” the correct sentences. So, Kindly keep the good work on and let me know if I need improvement. I really appreciate your knowledge and efforts from the core of the heart. Thanks.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

The explanation is not at all complicated, it is correct. I have furthermore done all the conditionals in this video. You have complicated the question with a lot of grammatical items that are clearly wrong. If you could use a sentence as example, I might be able to understand your query better. You do need a lot of improvement, especially if you teach.

[@josekmcmi]

You sound like a good teacher. Indianisms are to be avoided.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Absolutely!

[@kameshwararaopusuluri8501]

wonderful idea madam thank you

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Welcome 😊

[@sangeetapereira8565]

Thank you for sharing useful video.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

You are welcome

[@sopanam-9357]

This is very good . Pronounciation of some words are not correct.Unnecessary stress' are there.English must be sweet.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

My pronunciation is excellent. It is Indian and I am proud of it. You seem to be coming in various handles to say this. Trust me, you don't affect me one bit. I don't rolls my r's or pretend to be British. You must make a video on the stress you find wrong. Let me hear you. Then we will talk.

[@mathichandra2747]

Thank you madam.Informative and useful.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Most welcome.

[@santoshdeshpande891]

Namaste Mam 🙏 my humble gratitude to you mam Happy teachers day. In this video whatever the areas you asked us to rectify I shall put them into regular practice, mam can we use the phrase I shall instead I Will ? I request you come up with some more video s on conditionals n other grammar topics tq mam

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thank you. Yes you can use I shall but in some situations it is a bit pompous but not incorrect. There are a number of videos on grammar. Please visit my playlist on your menu, and look for grammar videos.

[@aminaa5584]

Best instructions.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thanks

[@abishekpaul6187]

If you have experience in english writing skill, please make a complete writing tutorial seris..... i can understand english and speak also but i have a doubt whether i can write english or not... i feel like i am not good in writing english. Please make a video so that we can overcome this problem or else you can reply me here itself. As i am prepareing for UPSC exam . So, I thing english writing is a crucial part of that exam.. and most importantly I am not from english medium . Guide me accordingly. Looking forward to here from u soon. Note: I feel like still I am not good to start writing so I dont write but whatever I read , understand 70-80% easily and rest i search google for vocab and sentence structures ... Thanks

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

There is a lot of help for writing. First you must buy my book Writing with Ease. It is considered the bible of writing. Then I have 2 digital courses in creative writing that will help too. You can register on our website www.mindsprings.in If you go to my playlist here, you will find several videos on writing too. Your structures are not bad, so I am sure you will pick up good language quickly. Be patient.

[@sabitagautam6180]

Thanks mam

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Most welcome 😊

[@user-jb8jn9uw4y]

At 0:31, why would it be "one of the things that concerns me" and not "one of the things that concern me". Although the latter sounds odd, I thought of it as "one of + things that concern me", the verb concern should agree with things, hence be conjugated in the plural form, rather than agreeing with "one", which is singular. I'm only learning so an explanation would be greatly appreciated.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

In one of the things, the subject is one not things. One (thing of the many) concerns me. Things concern me. This is a common mistake.

[@asharao4307]

Great video Ma'am 🙏

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thanks a lot

[@sivabalankaniapan6275]

Brilliant work..Keep it up..

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@niranjanati8942]

Thank you so much for your video mam.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Most welcome 😊

[@vijeshkv8303]

Thanks

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Welcome

[@kabeerkabeer8186]

Thank you so much . I am so happy when I watched your class on KZbin, I am a Keralist, I don't know how to speak English without any mistake, please could you let me know what should I do to improve my English. Mom do you have online class for students like me

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

You are most welcome. You are a Keralite, not Keralist. You must listen to a lot of English and repeat sentences also, sing English songs and ask a friend to point out when you make mistakes. I do not do online classes. But the net is full of good English. Listen in. Do not try to learn English through Malayalam. Try to understand English. In the beginning it will be a bit hard. But as you go on you will find you can understand more and more. Good luck.

[@trivenibasavaraj1255]

Thank you 🙏so much ma'am

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Most welcome 😊

[@jubnihembrom8295]

The mistakes I am going to talk about today is a mistakes _ is this correct.. Please reply.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

'The mistakes I am going to talk about today' is correct. Or are you asking if ' The mistakes I am going to talk about today is a mistake'? That is also grammatically correct. You have written is a mistakes (plural) which is incorrect. After the article 'a' , you can only use the singular not plural noun.

[@Vikrant282]

Mam I'v heard a teacher saying...are you agree? Can we say it or only do u agree is correct?

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Are you agree? is completely wrong. It is always Do you agree? (verb = do agree) If you use Are you... you must ask: Are you in agreement? (here 'are' is the verb and 'agreement' the noun)

[@Vikrant282]

@@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher thank you ma'am

[@ayeshaimran1975]

Hello ma'am I have suffered from wrong spoken English in school. Guide me how I can over come it .

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Here are some tips. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHW4d6ZtrtB-h9k Watch and follow. Be patient.

[@alpanabairagi2182]

Madam, home is adverb and home is Noun when preceded by your.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Yes. Depending on the function. I went home. went where? home (adverb). My home is full of people. what is? home (noun) So always ask the relevant questions.

[@abharoselakra5800]

Tq so much mam. I subscribed your channel .

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

You are most welcome. Thanks for the subscribe.

[@abharoselakra5800]

@@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher god bless🙏 you mam......... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰please make more videos

[@joydebbiswas80]

Happy teacher's day mam

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thanks a lot

[@joydebbiswas80]

@@solomons-ixl-international6058 thanks sir

[@solomons-ixl-international6058]

@@joydebbiswas80 My pleasure. 🌹🙏

[@morisralte5654]

Maam,can you please make video on expansion of sentence?

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

I have done a video on how phrases and clauses expand a sentence. But I can do one more.

[@LVR2001]

Plz upload your spoken English videos. Let us know

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

All my videos are in English. Please go to my playlist.

[@subratadutta6595]

How long do I have to be waited getting the right answer of this question? Is this sentence grammatically correct ma'am?

[@shabanachikte4957]

No...How long do I have to wait for the correct answer?

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

The correct structure should be: How long do I have to wait to get the right answer to this question? You have made several mistakes. Please check.

[@subratadutta6595]

আমাকে সাহায্য করতে হয়। I am to help.( অন্যকে) I am to help him crossing the road. I am to be helped crossing the road. আমাকে অন্য কেউ সাহায্য করে। আমাকে জানাতে হবে। I have to inform. (অন্যকে) I have to be informed. অন্য কেউ আমাকে জানাবে। I have to wait. আমাকে অপেক্ষা করতে হবে। I have to be waited. আমাকে করানো হবে। It is very miserable to me that I am being failure to make you understand. I am trying to make you understand. Thank you ma'am. Don't mind. I have to be informed at the time of starting your live class.

[@subratadutta6595]

@@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher You are requested to check my comment.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

@@subratadutta6595 I am to help him cross the road. (cross here is a bare infinitive) I need to be helped while crossing the road (crossing here is gerund object of the proposition while.) I have to be waited upon. I am miserable that I have failed to make you understand. I would like to be informed about your online classes. The rest is ok. Clearly you cannot translate from mother tongue. Your structures are very weak. Read the newspaper aloud for 20 minutes daily for 300 days. Please do not put up any more sentences for correction.

[@lalitharamachandran9609]

Kindly help the law graduates, speak correct English too . You may watch their videos .

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

The problem is endemic. Spoken English is highly neglected in our education.

[@jyotipandit6887]

Do you take online classes for 4 class

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

No I do not take any online classes at present.

[@kunsangtsomo6729]

happy teachers day

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thank you

[@veronicafernandes4086]

Happy teacher's day

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thank you

[@drisilasohtun4377]

Please teach us some more mam

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Certainly

[@mohandoss1733]

For spoken english...no need to give much importance for grammar ...

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

If you are talking to a friend, yes. If you are at an interview, it can be fatal.

[@seemaprajapat9886]

Mam i want to become the teacher of english Its my dream

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Best of luck. Keep learning.

[@shantielangovan3802]

She needs to be precise in the first place. To come to the first point itself she wastes almost 3 minutes

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

What is imprecise about prefacing a video on the whys and wherefores of teachers taking the trouble to work on their mistakes? If you have observed as many teachers as I have, and despaired at similar mistakes they make and repeat, you would not find 3/ 18 minutes such a gargantuan waste of time to roll your eyes on. Perhaps this video is not for you at all. But those who need it, trust me, are grateful.

[@abharoselakra5800]

@@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher ryt mam 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@solomons-ixl-international6058]

@@abharoselakra5800 What is, "ryt"? What does it mean?

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

@@solomons-ixl-international6058 ryt is simply a short form for right. That's obvious I would think?

[@manishjoshi8454]

@@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher completely agree. You have made a sharp and neat riposte. Kindly make more videos on this topic which could relate to people at large and not necessarily teachers

[@aadivasisamskruthi4686]

He has four brothers or He have four brothers.which sentence is correct?

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

He has... It is subject verb agreement not object verb. 'brothers' is object not subject of verb

[@jayakumarchellappanachari8502]

He has four brothers--Correct. He have four brothers--Wrong. They have four brothers--Correct. They has four brothers--Wrong.

[@shrutichinchwadkar4851]

How to get your books mada.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

You can either buy them at Amazon or our website www.mindsprings.in The Language with Ease answer keys can be purchased on Kindle. Thanks.

[@m.b.nagaraj7666]

In India people speak English with mistakes because English language not originated in India

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

If your examiners and employers buy that argument, good luck.

[@Muleslover]

@@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher what a presence of mind! ❤❤❤

[@elanclassesjaipur1295]

Apart from the British English, There’s the American English. If India were as powerful as the USA, there would have been the Indian English accepted by the world!

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

@@elanclassesjaipur1295 You can be proud of Indian English but the grammar has to be correct in all forms of academic English. You cannot bring in any dialectical or pidgin components.

[@muthiahs2236]

The following sentence of yours causes concern. HE THOUGHT IF I CRY MY MOTHER WILL BE SAD. That should be: He thought," If I cry, my mother will be sad. " ( Direct speech) OR He thought that his mother would be sad if he cried. (Indirect speech) You can also use present continuous tense. Eg: If I am crying (when my mother comes) my mother will get upset. Please comment.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Thanks for creating yet another id to obssess over this video. :))) A word of advice: Do not use capitals on other people's comments as it is the equivalent of shouting and is rude. Calm down. I am doing spoken English here, so structure, not punctuation was my concern. Indirect speech would mar the immediacy of the utterence hence it is not used. If I were teaching direct to indirect grammar in writing, your comments would have been valid. Alas! A lost opportunity here. As for your present continuous tense with if and when clauses coming together in a mixed conditional. I have concentrated on the 4 main conditionals here because I am talking to people who make mistakes. There are several more conditional structures. If you want the present continuous let me show you. If they are studying let us not disturb them. (present continuous + present) If the stock market is crashing, then the economy is crashing too. (present continuous + present continuous) You have tried to introduce a when clause in addition. In your sentence, I would add the word 'still' to show that mother is aware of the crying, otherwise the upset makes no sense. When mother comes, if I am crying, she would rush to me to find out why. :))) Do not lose meaning and intention in your eagerness to do grammar. So your sentence I'd change to: When mother comes, if I am still crying, she will be upset. Now, it makes sense.

[@Lee_knowsnothing]

I don't not even to buy this books my school give these notebook and this also come in our syllabus and tests and exams also

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Your sentence needs punctuation. 'I don't not even to buy' is wrong English. 'this also come' is also wrong.

[@DONUDU]

Brilliant teaching skills 👏

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

@@DONUDU Thanks

[@Muleslover]

Remember , topic is teachers' mistakes not students'

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Students will follow in the footsteps of teachers so the mistakes are propagated to merge the titles.

[@yamunack3700]

A little knowledge is dangerous.Don't blame teachers.You think that you are the one and only perfect person in english.English teachers never make these types of mistakes.

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

That's what you think! Having met thousands of teachers, I can say with authority these mistakes are common in several English teachers. This video is for them and they are grateful. So you need to chill. You seem to be very envious of my English. I do not think I am the only one, but yes, I am one of the ones with near perfect English. Perfection is an aspect of God and i don't aspire for that place.

[@Muleslover]

Mam , I want learn English

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

I have a video in Hindi "10 super tips to improve your English". Do view.

[@shijukumarannair6383]

Are these sentences correct Are you coming na., Write the examination, teacher is taking class

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Are you coming na? is grammatically wrong and has mother tongue intrusion. You are coming, aren't you? OR Are you coming? Write the examination is wrong. Take your examination OR Concentrate on writing your paper. The teacher is taking class is alright but you need the article 'the' to make it a proper statement.

[@drisilasohtun4377]

If we Say more bigger it's double comparative that's why is wrong

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

Correct.

[@pranamibarkataky3850]

Your pronunciation is not proper..south Indian tone

[@TheMindspringsEnglishTeacher]

My pronunciation is Indian and I am very proud of it. It is standard pronunciation hence cannot be faulted.