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Meeting#16 Electronic Exhaust - Sound Systems

 Dear Leventcim, I have discussed the system with Burak. He suggests that you contact Techno Hubs, especially the companies that are in electronics field. He thinks that they can easily produce such systems.  I have checked the others too in the Internet.  Milltec Sport operates in your market and they also developed a similar system.  https://www.millteksport.com/store/milltek-innovation/valvesonic.html   Maxhaust is another company, specialized in soundboosting.  https://www.maxhaust.com/en/ And this is our Thor from Estonia: https://thor-tuning.com/ And this is very strange - Glydsphere: https://glydsphere.com/ And here is Tesla Boombox and how it works: We will discuss the rest in our meeting, i.e. Market Analysis and SWOT Analysis of the product.  All the best, Aren

Meeting#15 Victor Frankl - Logotherapy and Man's Search for Meaning

 Leventcim hi again! I would like to uncover a very important topic which is definitely endless to discuss and which is worth to ponder on and think over and over all through our lives. I have no doubt that you can find many useful ideas in Frankl's studies. Please listen to the videos through and read anything you find about him and his work.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl Here are some questions that we can discuss in our meeting.  1- What are your aspirations in your life? 2- Have you ever encountered any situations that resulted in sufferings? 3- If you have, then, what have you learnt out of those sufferings? 4- Have you ever experienced any moments that seemed impossible or miraculous to you?  5- If so, have you found meaning in them? How do you interpret those moments and situations? There will be a lot more to talk about on this topic. Let's leave the rest to the meeting. We will talk about your trip too. All the best, Aren

Meeting #14 Project Management

 Leventcim hi! I think that we should talk about this title as you may need in your regular business life. Using this kind of knowledge can enhance productivity and effectiveness in your work. So you can have better control over your goals and projects.  Good luck, Aren

Meeting #13 Zig Ziglar's Goal Setting Process

 Dear Leventcim, Last time we met, we only talked about "Goal Setting" in general, however, this time we should go deeper and talk about the development of this process at a deeper level.  I found a few pages about the subject and tried to set goals for myself in an Excel sheet which I could share with you. Here are some links for you to view and think about. https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/the-ultimate-goal-setting-process-in-7-steps https://www.build-creative-writing-ideas.com/zig-ziglar.html https://curvefinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Goal-Setting-Canvas-1.pdf The following link is from the previous meeting blog. https://worldofwork.io/2019/07/zig-ziglars-seven-steps-of-goal-setting/ And here is a more descriptive chart of the wheel of life from Zig Ziglar. As you will see below, people added the 8th category into this chart. You can either stick to the 7 category chart or extend it to the 8th. Good luck! Aren

Assignment #25 Karaoke Songs and Previous Spotify Suggestions

 Dear Levent, Since there has been a lot of materials to work on and to consume, I am reluctant to accumulate more. That's why I am just adding a few karaoke songs for you to view and sing, and reforwarding the link of Spotify suggestions. You should click on youtube links to be able to watch them, because the owners don't allow to embed them inside blog pages. So, please click on the link "Watch on Youtube". Englishman in New York: Shape of My Heart: Killing Me Softly: Moon River: Fly me to the Moon: Sweet Dreams: And please remember to check the shortlist of Spotify podcasts here: https://esl4levent.blogspot.com/2022/06/assignment-24-spotify-podcasts-for-road.html All the best, Aren

Meeting #11 Banks in Turkey, English at Banks and Price Negotiations $ Pronunciation of TH

Leventcim hi! Please find the list of Banks in Turkey and notice the categories and sub-categories depending on operational status and ownership.  Banking System in Turkey For basic English Vocabulary at a bank and for negotiating prices, please watch the following videos: And the following 2 videos show present how the pronunciations of TH sound: All the best, Aren

Assignment #24 Spotify Podcasts for the Road

Leventcim, You both may be interested in listenning to the following podcasts on your way back home. They must be at your level, however, you can translate and describe the sentences and vocabulary to Ebru too, so she can understand too.  EASY NATURAL ENGLISH WITH LIAM UNDERSTANDABLE ENGLISH - OLIVER BBC LEARNING ENGLISH NEWS REVIEW BBC 6 MINUTE VOCABULARY BBC 6 MINUTE ENGLISH BBC LEARNING ENGLISH DRAMA Of course there is a lot more than this shortlist at the following page: https://esl4levent.blogspot.com/p/resources.html All the best, Aren

Assignment #23 Travel and Airport Vocabulary

Leventcim hi!  You can find vocabulary and expressions for Airport/Travel English from easy to difficult here.  The following is the list named as "Travel Survival Expressions" from Vanessa. There are 7 videos in it. Please watch them all, starting with the 1st of them.   Good luck! Aren

Assignment #22 Common Prepositions & Phrasal Verbs with "Go"

 Dear Levent, I am sure these videos about basics of English will be very useful for your learning. Good luck with them! Good luck! Aren

Meeting #10 Topics for Conversational English

28 ESL Discussion Topics for Adults That Everyone Has Opinions On 1. Hobbies Everybody has hobbies, and everybody loves talking about them. Hobbies could be passions too, you know. Some simple questions to ask include: What are your hobbies? Why do you like your hobbies so much? How often do you do these hobbies? How long have you been doing these hobbies, and how did you get started? What hobbies did you used to have, but now do not? Is it important to have hobbies? Why/why not? 2. Television Television is one of those topics that everyone has an opinion about. The irony of it is that even though more and more programming is viewed on computers and tablets, television is still a hot topic classes love to discuss. TV will enable you  to showcase native English forms and provide some great context before diving into discussion questions.  Good questions include: How often do you watch TV? Should everyone have a television in their home? What is the best way to watch television:...

Meeting #9 Programming July Studies for the Trip to the U.K. - Phrasal verbs

 Dear Levent, We necessarily focused on your needs for the next month's trip to your customer in the U.K. There will be more Conversational English, dialogue samples, grammar structure and vocabulary involved for this purpose.  There seems 2 very important video materials that need to be watched and discussed. Both are from Anglo-Link and their topics are Word Order and Adjectives&Adverbes. After completing them I will carry on with new topics. For the time being I am giving a glimpse of what we should be doing. Last, but not least, please be watch the videos I posted through Ebru's blog. The content is very crucial for your health. You'd better take into consideration to change your eating habit.  https://esl4ebru.blogspot.com/2022/06/assignment-15-vegan-foods-and-health.html All the best, Aren

Assignment #21 Conversational Phrases

Leventcim Good Morning! I loaded quite a few videos and study materials for you to dwell on last week, that's the reason I stopped sending additional assignments. I know that you have a very limited time.  How about this? One week we focus on Grammar, and another week we shift focus on Vocabulary. So that you can enrich your knowledge and skills quickly. You may take the opportunities on job to use new grammatical rules and words, phrases, phrasals step by step as we progress.  This week we carry on with phrases from beginner to advanced, since we did Grammar las week. Please check the explanations beneath the videos too. Here we go: Even though they may seem advanced, I know that you will bump into many of these expressions in real life. I recommend that you pick up the ones that you quickly start using in your daily conversations, and also gain familiarity to those you find more advanced at your level.  Have a wonderful week, and see you at 9 tonight. Aren

Meeting #7 Grammar Focus - Links - Google Drive Materials

 Leventcim hi! We seem to have a list of grammar issues to focus on as yesterday's meeting showed us. So, please watch the videos carefully and take notes for yourself.  1- Gerunds vs Infinitives 2- Using Articles "A/An" and "The" and "No Article" 3- Word Order 4- Adjectives and Adverbs 5- Verbs + Prepositions Please also do check the following link for the materials: Google Drive - Mix English Materials All the best, Aren