Discussing about certain topics will help enhance one's presentation skills and the ability to weave stories. It will help us improve our speaking vocabulary as well as usages & sentence structures.

However, preparing to talk about different topics is something most of us hate to do. What then is the way out?

How about watching small video clips and discussing those? Wouldn't it be quite easy to watch a comedy/tragedy/tragicomedy video on YouTube and then try to describe and analyze it? This is an idea that just struck me today.

From the millions of videos on YouTube, we could use some of the following types:

- Humor/Comedy
- Fails/Bloopers
- Tragedies/Accidents (to analyze the scenarios)
- Wild life
- Documentaries/TV shows
- News/Events/History
- Sports
- Cities/Places
- Travel/Attractions

The video clips should be short, preferably less than five minutes long.

You and your speaking partner both should download the video and watch it. Then join your speaking partner (online) and discuss the video (Describe/Analyze the video).

Still not convinced? Give it a go, and more often than not, you'll find this strategy as exciting as it is effective.

(If you have Advanced or Upper Intermediate English level, you're welcome to join me on Skype for discussions. Skype ID: CAlearning )

Hi MyEC members! I am Jo, employed with Oracle Corporation, currently in California for a project (basically from India). I'm trying hard to improve my English Fluency & Accent by June/July 2015 so I can move to a different team in my company and continue to work in US. Therefore, I am looking for English Speaking partners on Skype. I’ve Advanced English Level. [ Skype ID: CAlearning ]

I’ve excellent English Language skills (Grammar/Usages/Structures/Vocabulary) and outstanding knowledge of English Phonetics (Phonetics/Pronunciation/Intonation/American Accent). I’ll share my knowledge with you, clarify your doubts with plenty of examples and contexts, and we’ll discuss various topics.

(1) PHONETICS/ACCENT Practice on Skype: Learn all about Sounds, Syllables, Stress, Stress shifts, Pronunciation, Intonation, and Liaisons, with me through Skype voice call. Absolutely FREE (May-July 2015)

(2) Grammar/Usage Practice on Skype: Revise English Grammar & Usages (Tenses, Structures, Indirect/Reported speech, Expressions) with me through Skype voice call. Absolutely FREE (May-July 2015)

(3) English Conversations/Discussions on Skype
We'll choose a topic (English story / English proverb / News / Event / Country / Places / People / Sports, etc. ), learn about that topic by searching the web (it takes just 5 - 10 minutes to learn a topic) and discuss that topic for 15 minutes when we meet next time. This is a scientific method to improve one's fluency, usages, and vocabulary. (You can discuss the same topic with your other Skype friends also.) Absolutely FREE (May-July 2015)

I am on Skype from 00:00 - 05:00 GMT, and again from 14:00 – 15:00 GMT.

Skype ID: CAlearning

After a few meetings, we will schedule specific slots for our discussions.

If you've Advanced or Upper Intermediate English level, please join me on Skype.

Bring it on! Let’s work together for the next 2 to 3 months to become great communicators!