movenglish 1/3

GOD IS THE A AND THE Z, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE END. When you LOVE to SPEAK English, you JUST keep moving on, you JUST keep moving forward.

MOVENGLISH Most successful English speakers SEE different, DO different, and HAVE different like billionaires.

For the first time in the world, English is combined with spirituality, psychology, literature, and art.

MICHAEL D!VA This positive filebook will show you how you can learn English speaking in a different way.

Foreword (Her şeyden önce) PRAISE THE LORD.

Jeremiah 32:27 I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for Me? God, I worship You, adore You, and love You for Your mercy and grace. After being in three countries, after 5.5 years, I was delivered from most of my diseases –God healed and touched my heart with blessings beyond us even receiving. I like to pray for believers in Jesus’ name to get their healing, and God answers! I love You, Lord, for You are the Doctor, You are the Healer, You are everything to

me. How amazing You are, how amazing Your plans are! I cry and lift You up with Hosanna in the highest! I want souls out there to know that they can be saved from their sins and be delivered when believing in Jesus! Lord, use me to be useful for others, to give this message to everyone out there, and use this song lyrics to touch the broken hearts! May God save my father’s soul in His embrace and bless my family! Amen.

2 Corinthians 12:7-9 Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

Tanrım, merhametın ve inayetin için, Seni tapıyorum, övüyorum ve seviyorum. Üç ülke olmaktan sonra, 5.5 yıldan sonra, çoğu hastalıklarımdan kurtarıldım –Tanrı, aklımızda gelmeyen nimetlerla, kalbimi şifa verdi ve dokundu. İsa adı ile, inançli insanlarin şifa almaya dua etmeye seviyorum ve Tanrı cevap veriyor! Seni seviyorum, Yüce Rabbim, Seni seviyorum, Sen Doktorsun, Sen Şifa Verensin, Sen Her şeyimsin. Ne kadar Şahanesin, Senin planlar ne kadar harika. Seni çağrıp, ‘Hosanna’ şarkı sözla, İsmini yükseltiyorum. Herkesin şunu bilmesini istiyorum ki onlar İsa’ya inanip, günahlarindan kurtarabilirlar! Yüce Rabbim, başkaları faydalı olmaya ve herkese bu mesajı vermeye beni yardım et ve bu şarkı sözü, kırılmış kalpların dokunmaya kullan! Umarım Tanrı, sevimli babamın ruhunu Kucağında alıp, sevgili ailemide bereket versin! Amin. [Tanrı herkese Devadır, sadece Michael D!va için değil!]

Psalm(Zebur) 96:3 Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples.

Hosanna (Bize kurtar) – Hillsong United I see the King of Glory Şan ve Şeref Kralı görüyorum Coming on the clouds with fire Bulutların üzerinde ateşle geliyor The whole earth shakes, the whole earth shakes Büyüklüğündan – bütün dünya, bütün dünya sarsıyor I see His love and mercy Onun aşk ve merhameti görüyorum Washing over all our sin Bütün günahlarımızı yıkıyor The people sing, the people sing Ve herkes, herkes bu şarkıyı söylüyor Hosanna, hosanna, Hosanna in the highest (2) Kurtar, kurtar bize, ey En Üstte –elimizi al ve- kurtar bize I see a generation Bir nesil görüyorum Rising up to take the place Yukarıya doğru kaldırıldılar With selfless faith, selfless faith Alçakgönüllü, alçakgönüllü inançla I see a new revival Yeni bir canlandırma görüyorum Stirring as we pray and seek Dua ettiğince ve aradığınca, kımıldıyorlar We're on our knees, we're on our knees Dizimizin, dizimizin üstüne çöktük –ve dua ediyoruz Hosanna, hosanna, Hosanna in the highest (2) Kurtar, kurtar bize, ey En Üstte –elimizi al ve- kurtar bize Heal my heart and make it clean Kalbimi şifa ver ve onu temizle Open up my eyes to the things unseen Gözlerimi görünmeyen şeylere aç Show me how to love like You have loved me Senin, beni sevdiğin gibi, nasıl seveceğimi göster Break my heart for what breaks Yours Kalbimi, Senin kalbini ne kırıldiğin için, kırıl Everything I am for Your Kingdom's cause Olduğum her şey, Senin Krallık içindir As I walk from earth into eternity Topraktan ebediyete adım attığımca Hosanna, hosanna, Hosanna in the highest (2) Kurtar, kurtar bize, ey En Üstte –elimizi al ve- kurtar bize

Psalm 134:2 Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the LORD.

Psalm 143:6 I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah.

Lamentations 3:41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to GOD in heaven.

Sağlığın değerı en az 100 bilyon dolardır. Biri size borç olmayan 100 bilyon dolar verirse ne yapacaksınız? Her gün gidip ondan çok teşekkür edeceksiniz, değil mi? Kaç kat daha Rabbimdan teşekkür etmeliyim? HALLELUJAH. We are from a father and a mother.

Adam was made of earth but we are born from a father and a mother. Why do they say we are from the earth? ‘From earth to earth.’ The answer is: When we die, we become earth. From earth, grows wheats, we make bread, we eat, we live. From earth, grows fruits and vegetables; we eat, we live. Grasses come from the earth, cows eat grasses, we drink their milk, eat their meat, we live. From sheep, we get clothes, we live. From rocks on earth and trees, we make buildings, we live in.

Fish live in the sea, the earth holds the sea, we eat the fish, we live. Birds fly in the sky, they live on the earth, we hunt and eat them, we live. From earth we live, to earth we die and become earth. ALL human beings are made of earth –except ONE. Who is Jesus’ father?

Matthew 16:15-17 ‘But what about you?’ he asked. ‘Who do you say I am?’ Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.’ [Wooh! Hallelujah!]

We are all born by a father and a mother, right? But who is Jesus’ father? We all know that according to the Scriptures, Jesus was born of Mary the Virgin. She did nothing to have a Son, but this was the will of God. And we know, according to the Holy BIBLE and our belief, that the ArcAngel Gabriel gave her the good news of being pregnant by the Holy Spirit of God. That is why in Christian belief, Jesus is the Son of God, the only person who is born from the Holy Spirit is JESUS. The only person from above is Jesus. The only person who is HOLY is Jesus because the Holy Spirit IS holy. Hallelujah. Now, ALL people... I repeat... ALL people are born of earth, but JESUS is the only One born of the Holy Spirit. Is He a human being or ABOVE all human beings? He is between GOD and ALL human beings. 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. [This is the Word of God to prophet Isaiah (İsiah İbrani) years before Jesus Christ’s coming:] Isaiah 7:14 ‘‘Behold, the virgin shall

be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name ‘Immanuel’ which is translated, ‘God with us.’’ [WOW]

Now we know that Jesus was born hundreds of years after Abraham and we know that a person born of the Holy Spirit is Holy, he NEVER lies, he IS the PURE TRUTH. As of John 8:58, Jesus Himself says, ‘Before Abraham was, I AM.’ WOW. He doesn’t say, ‘...I was.’ He says, ‘Before Abraham was, I AM.’ He IS ONE with God as He, in John 10:30 says, ‘I and the Father are one.’ And look what prophet Isaiah prophecies through the Holy Spirit years before: Isaiah 9:6-7 ‘‘For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of peace. Of the increase of His government and peace, there will be no end. Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.’’

There’re other prophecies such as: Micah 5:2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for Me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” 2 Samuel 7:12-13 says: When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. Or the prophecies of Zechariah 9:9 & 12:10, Psalm 22:16-18 by King David, Isaiah 50:6 and chapter 53, Jeremiah 31:10, Ezekiel 37:26-27, Daniel 9:24-27, and many more. [HOW MANY PROOFS???]

Do Christians have 3 gods?

NO. NEVER. HAYIR. ASLA. According to Christians, GOD IS ONE. (Hıristyanları göre, Rab BİR tanedir.) In all the Scripture, it is constantly mentioned that God is ONE. But if God wants to be in the form of human

being, can’t He? If God wants to be in 100 or 1,000 different cities at one time, can’t He? Of course He can; He is the GOD, the Almighty GOD, the Able GOD. His POWER is beyond ALL people’s thoughts. HE is the LORD. As of Christian belief, GOD is ONE in three characters: The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit. It’s like, I’m Michael for me, I’m a friend for my friends, and I’m a neighbor for my neighbors, but does it mean I’m 3 people??? NO. NEVER. It’s still the SAME me. I’m ONE person. Or it’s like I see the cars from the rooftop of a skyskraper, or from the seventh floor, or from the street. Does this mean that the SAME cars are bigger or smaller? NO. They are the SAME cars. Or it’s like my right hand does a job and my left hand does another job, but my right and left hands are in my body. So I say ‘I’ did the job. For one reference, take a better look at the above verses of Isaiah 9:6-7.

And look what Jesus, the Man born of the HOLY SPIRIT who is HOLY HOLY HOLY and IS the TRUTH, says: John 10:3033 [Jesus said] ‘I and the Father are one.’ Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, ‘I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?’ ‘We are not stoning you for any good work,’ they replied, ‘but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.’ [I’ll give you more proofs!]

Has the Bible been changed?

2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God. (All Scripture is God-breathed.) Honestly, the ones who claim so, have NO IDEA of the POWER of the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, the Maker of ALL things in the whole Universe. NO ONE can change the Holy Bible, for God can again and again bring it back to the SAME. Let me give you an example from the Holy Bible. When the Judah’s king, Jehoiakim burned a scroll of the Words of the LORD GOD, God said to Jeremiah 36:27-28&30-31, ‘Take another scroll and write on it all the Words that were on the first scroll...’ Therefore, about Jehoiakim, king of Judah, this is what the Lord says: ‘He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out and exposed to the heat by day and the frost by night. I will punish him and his children and his attendants for their wickedness...’ Who do we think God is? Can we imagine TORNADOS?? Woof! Scary! Can we imagine one of the space rocks is right above our head?? I’d die! Can we be face to face with a smoky bear? Horrifying!! There are many huge things our puny minds can’t take, just as how the creation of a grain of sand is! Even ONE POINT of the Holy Bible cannot be

changed unless one doubts the AWESOME POWER of the HOLY LORD GOD ALMIGHTY. (Meğer biri, Her Şeyin Gucunu Yeten Kutsal Tanrı’nın harika gucu şüphelenirse, Kutsal Kitap’ta bir noktada bile değişemez.)

Isn’t it enough miracle that ‘Fear not!’ is mentioned in the HOLY BIBLE 365 times, even 366 times, according to the days of a year? The purpose of the Holy Bible is for the sinful mankind to find SALVATION. The HOLY BIBLE is the POWEFUL Book of the HOLY LORD GOD ALMIGHTY. Matthew 24:35 + Mark 13:31 +

Luke 21:33 [Jesus said] Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.

Why four Gospels? Any contradictions?

When something happens in the history, would we believe it more if it were told one time or four times? In modern history, when the president of a country does something, a lot of newspeople jump in and tell the news in different styles in their own perspectives through different channels. The Most High humbled Himself and came down on earth in the form of a human being. How MUCH more this is important? The Gospels(Dört İncil) were written by the Power of the Holy Spirit, the Most Reliable.

[The Perfect Stranger] Nikki: Speaking of the Bible, what about all those contradictions? Jesus Christ: Like which ones? –I don’t know the specifics but... –Then I’ll give you one. One Gospel account says that I healed two blind men outside Jericho, another account says I healed one. (Matthew 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, and Luke 18:35-43.) –Well, there you go. –Tell me something. The other day at work, when you were telling Les that story about when you and Matt went to the movies, had the two of you gone alone that night? –No. Matt’s friend, Tim, was with us. –So, why did you leave that fact out? –Because he was irrelevant to the story I was telling. [She realizes that she already answered her question!]

Why did Jesus come to earth?

You came from Heaven to earth - To show the way - From the earth to the cross - My debt to pay - From the cross to the grave - From the grave to the sky - Lord I lift Your name on high –SonicFlood Do you really want to know? Well, the answer is because he LOVES us! LOVE LOVE LOVE! Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken, nor My covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

And also to SAVE us from our too many SINS! 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. When you work somewhere, they PAY you. When you work SIN, the PAY is DEATH because God is Light

and sin is darkness. SIN has no place in the presence of the LORD –as Adam and Eve sinned and were sent out of the garden of Eden –although the LORD is patient with our sins. God is Light, and no darkness (sin) is in His glory. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Let me explain. Blood of a lamb washes away sins. This is the Law of God. That is why they sacrifice (kurban etmek) a lamb. When God appeared in a dream to Abraham that he needed to sacrifice his son, at the point of sacrificing, God showed Abraham that he needed to sacrifice that lamb instead of his son. So they sacrifice a lamb for their sins to be washed away. In fact, it started from Adam and Eve’s sin, for after they sinned, they covered themselves with fig leaves, but they were not enough. God Himself covered them. Genesis 3:21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. But wait! Where did the garment come from, other than a lamb had to be killed? According to the Law, a sacrificed lamb’s blood washes away the sin. And they offer the burnt sacrifice to God. Now, God knew that the sins of the world had been too many, from burning one’s child, to murder, to adultery, to greed, and to lie. So many of the same people who sacrificed lambs, committed adultery and did other horrible sins. These hadn’t pleased God. 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. So the Lord God decided to come to earth in the form of a Human Being to make a deal.

(Rab, bir İnsan olarak, bir anlaşma yapmak için yer üzerinde gelmeye karar verdi.) He comes on earth, loves the loving, teaches the teaching, and being Holy, without having any sin, gives HIS BLOOD as once-for-ever sacrifice! But... Who can be saved? 1 John 2:1-2 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. Wow to this God, wow. He’s so Amazing that without any sin is ready to carry the sins of the whole world on the cross, so that our sins would die on the cross. Let’s see what John the Apostle says: 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. Now, do you see one of the reasons why Jesus Christ has so many lovers all around the world? John

3:16-18 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.’ Also John 5:24 [Jesus said] Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

Why did Jesus leave the earth?

Well, that’s the new-believer’s question. Jesus in John 16:7 says, ‘Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. ’ The Counselor is the Holy Spirit. Who is the Holy Spirit? At the end of Chapter 1 of this filebook, I’ll explain about it. Other names for the Holy Spirit (the Counselor) are the Comforter, the Advocate, the Helper, and the Redeemer. Jesus in John 14:16-17 says, ‘And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever, the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.’

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. If I have all the money in the world but no PEACE in my mind, I have nothing. If I go on the best vacation but my heart doesn’t rest, I have nothing. PRAISE be to the GOD OF ALL COMFORT who gives us Heavenly PEACE. HALLELUJAH, YESHUA, HALLELUJAH JESUS. What is the proof of Jesus promises?

Romans 10:9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. [One of God’s promises.]

We know a tree from its fruit. We know Jesus is the LORD when we ask HIM things and He answers. Actually when we accept JESUS CHRIST as our LORD and Savior, we hold on to His PROMISES, of which recieving the HOLY SPIRIT, the COMFORTER. When you promise someone, you give him something as a proof. What proof Jesus gives to His believers? 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 says, ‘For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.’ THIS is the God I know. THIS is the God who ANSWERS prayers. THIS is the God we LOVE, THIS is the God we WORSHIP, THIS is the God we ADORE and PRAISE. THIS is the God we LOVE. A ‘Christian’ and ‘pray’ are supposed to be inseparable. We need to pray and thank God in all circumstances. We have prayer sessions during the week. When we pray for a lot of people and we see that God ANSWERED the prayers, we, more and more and more, come to the increase of our belief and faith that THIS God is the TRUE, LIVING GOD, the GOD of gods, the HOLY GOD. If I didn’t see that He answered prayers, I would doubt, but THIS God is the FAITHFUL God. I thank You Lord in HOLY, PRECIOUS JESUS’ name.

Amen. I dare everyone to ask something in belief in Jesus’ name. John 20:29 Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

[I dare you. = Size meydana okuyorum./ Hadi bakalım ne yapacaksınız./ Gücünüzü gösterin bakalım.]

Jesus forgives sins. Who can forgive sins???

Luke 7:48 Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." John 8:11 [On the response to ‘if anyone thought he wasn’t a sinner to cast the first stone on her’] She said, ‘No man, Lord.’ And Jesus said unto her, ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more.’ A man who is born of earth may lie, the only man who is born of Heaven, NEVER lies.

He IS Holy and the PURE TRUTH. John 14:6-7 Jesus said to him, “I’ am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” There is no higher TRUTH than Jesus Christ, the Lord. Jesus, by his own Almighty hands, has all the authorities on Heavens and Earth. He, according to the Holy Bible, forgives sins, heals all kinds of diseases, gives sight to the blind, gives hearing to the deaf, gives speaking to the dumb, heals the lepers, heals fever, casts all kinds of demons and heals the demon-possessed, gives life to the dead, wow; walks on water, calms the storm, gives food to 5,000 with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes, and to 4,000 with 7 loaves of bread and some small fishes; and does ALL kinds of miracles. WHO can do ALL these?

You can read more of His miracles in the ‘Bible’ which means ‘Good News’.  Acts 4:12 “Nor is there salvation in any other (than JESUS), for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Jesus Christ is the LORD, the Way; the Truth; the Life; the Master; the Teacher; the High Priest; the Advocate; the Savior; the Fairest; the Root; the Shepherd; the Bread; the True Vine we abide in; the Water of Life we quench our thirst with; the Brightness of the Father’s glory; the Image of the living God; the Wisdom; the Righteousness; the Sanctification; the Redeemer, the Healer, the Friend, and the Brother. JESUS IS LOVE.

Isaiah 53:4-9 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone

astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment, he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. Hallelujah to the holy name of Love, Jesus Christ, the LORD of all, the King, the Redeemer, and the Savior.

Just a few ‘more’ proofs that Jesus IS the Lord: John 1:1 In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 8:24 [Jesus said] “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I AM He, you will die in your sins.”

John 14:9-11 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?”

Acts 20:28 (God purchased us with His own blood.) Revelation 1:5-6 & Revelation 5:8-9 (Jesus' blood purchased us.)

Revelation 1:8 - “I am the A (Greek:Alpha) and the Z (Greek:Omega), the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 22:13 - “I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”... 22:16 - “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches.”

Isaiah 44:24 - (God created the world by His self alone.) John 1:3; Colossians 1:16 - (Jesus made all things.)

Titus 2:13 - looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. LOVE YOU, KING JESUS. Why don’t miracles happen today?

Jesus healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, gave hearing to the deaf, made the paralytic people whole, gave life to the dead and so and so. ‘Why don’t they happen today?’ Well, the question is ‘Are you SURE miracles don’t happen or you THINK they don’t happen?’ In WHOSE Name Mel Bond gave sight to a born-blind in 2000? In WHOSE Name Franklin Walden healed a bornlame, gave sight to a born-blind, and raised a dead? In WHOSE Name William M. Branham performed all those healing miracles?

I can list here millions of names!! Why don’t I check Sid Roth’s TV program ‘It’s Supernatural’ to see in WHOSE Name those miracles are performed? One of the sisters in our church says his brother had so poor eyesight that couldn’t see one meter away and a pastor laid his hand on his eyes and after half an hour, he never needed any glasses anymore! In WHOSE name that pastor prayed?

In WHOSE Name a brother in our church was prayed for and he has no more peptic(stomach) ulcer? The guy didn’t like English or any lessons. In WHOSE Name he was prayed for and turned to an English lover? In WHOSE Name the lady’s constant headaches were just gone? In WHOSE Name the little kid threw up for a couple of days but was instantly well and started jumping around?

James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. I tell you. We pray in JESUS’ Name, the Name above all names, blessed be His name, the name of Lord Jesus.

Psalm 100:1-5 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the LORD is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.

Hallelujah.

Hyper Static Union – Free Me lyrics: I was afraid to let You in - Would I break Your heart again? - So many times before - I could not keep my promises - But You were dying to forgive - You gave Your life for me to live - And now I know it's time to find out - Who I am in Your eyes, in Your eyes - Come in my heart, come in my home - Come in, You're welcome at Your throne - Come in and take control - I know that I need You to rule my life - Free me from within - I am ready for my new life to begin - Take me from this place - Oh Lord I seek Your face, I seek Your face - I've been a fool I've been wrong - I've been alone for too long - I've been thinking that it's time I apologize - You've given life, You've given love - You've given all I can think of - You've given me the time to find out - Who I am in Your eyes - I'm falling in again - I don't remember when life was any better - I just need to be held, I'm feeling overwhelmed - Cuz life is so much better - This life is so much better - Free me from within - I am ready for my new life to begin - Take me from this place - Oh Lord I seek Your face - I seek Your face

1 Chronicles 16:23-31 Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim His salvation day after day. Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples. For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy in His dwelling place. Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength, ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name. Bring an offering and come before Him; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness. Tremble before Him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved. Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns!"

Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is in your midst, a Mighty One who will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you by His love; He will exult over you with loud singing. İsmini ve yaptıklarını her yerde söyleyeceğim. Kalbim her Damlasın, Dostumsun, Dostluğumsun, Yolumsun, Yolculuğumsun, Haritamsın, Harikamsin, Gururumsun, Gayretimsin. Sana aşığım! Your Name and Your deeds I say everywhere. You are every drop of my blood, You are my Friend and me Friendship, my Way and my Journey, my Map and my Wonder, to You I am proud and show zeal.

I’m in love with You!

Do we hate anyone? Do we hate any of our friends, relatives, classmates, neighbors, co-workers, bosses, teachers, or acquaintances? How many? 1, 2, 3? Maybe if we think more, we will see we hate many people without we notice! Do we know what hate does to our heart? It causes stress, anger, pain, hurt, disease, and many negative feelings. We clean the kitchens and throw the garbages away, wash the glasses to drink pure water, aren’t our hearts much more valuable than the kitchens? Don’t we need to throw out the ‘‘hate garbage’’ and wash it away to accept the clean water of Word? Let’s forgive.

1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Matthew 11:28-30 [Jesus said] Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: I decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

(Aşkla bağlı kalmaya karar verdim. Nefret, dayanmaya fazla ağır bir yüktür.)

O letters! Praise the Lord. For you are His creation! O spaces between letters! Praise the Lord! For you are His creation! O humans! Praise the Lord! For we have been given the ‘mind’ to understand, the ‘tongue’ to speak, and the ‘love’ to worship the One True God.

PRAISE BE TO THE LORD! I HAVE NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, NO COLLEGE EDUCATION, HAVEN’T LIVED IN ANY ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY, AND AM NOT NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER! I’VE LEARNED ENGLISH BY THIS FILEBOOK’S METHOD, AND GOT THE INTERNATIONAL ‘TEFL’ TEACHING CERTIFICATE! HOW IS IT POSSIBLE? ARE YOU EDUCATED? DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH? IF I COULD, YOU DEFINITELY CAN. RABBİMİ ŞÜKÜRLER OLSUN! BEN LİSE DİPLOMAM YOKTUR, ÜNİVERSİTE EĞİTİMİM YOKTUR, İNGİLİZCE KONUŞAN BİR ÜLKEDE YAŞAMADİM, VE ANA DİLİM DE İNGİLİZCE DEĞİL. BU DOSYAKİTABIN YÖNTEMLA İNGİLİZCEYİ ÖĞRENDİM VE ULUSLAR ARASI ‘TEFL’ İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRETMENLİK SERTİFİKASİNİ DE ALDIM. BU NASIL OLABİLİR? SİZ EĞİTİMLİ

MİSİNİZ? GERÇEKTEN İNGİLİZCE KONUŞMAYI İSTER MİSİNİZ? EĞER BEN YAPABİLİRDİM, SİZ KESİN YAPABİLİR SİNİZ. LORD gave me a talent. Can anyone be against it? RABBİM bana bir yetenek verdi. Bununla kimse karşı olabilir mi?

Nehemiah 9:5-6 Stand up and praise the LORD your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting. ‘Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship You.’

Matthew 22:14 For many are invited, but few are chosen. A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels. (Daha yüksek seviyeye ilermek ve orada kalmak için, insana yeni bir tür düşünce lazım.) – Albert Einstein Okumakla ilgili: Sizin yerinde olsaydım, bu dosyakitabı okurken, detaylara fazla uğraşmazdım. ‘Anahtar kelimeleri’ alıp, genel anlamasını anlayıp, geçerdım. Zaman geçtince, yavaş yavaş daha anlayacağımı farkında olurdum.

Okumanın keyifi, ilerlemektir. Movenglish is the first filebook in Turkey. Let us save our nature by cutting less trees.

Movenglish, Türkiye’de ilk dosyakitabı. Haydi az ağaç kesmekla, doğamizi kurtaralim.

The functional beauty of the universe is the magestic art of LORD’s finger tips. Who can create a grain of sand without what He has already been given, the mind, the hands, and the heart?

Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him. [We don’t physically taste God, we must taste Him with all our heart and mind and soul.]

WE ALL HAVE DREAMS TO TRAVEL THE WORLD, DON’T WE?

Portugal

Vermont

Australia

Austria

Tobago

Greece

China

Grand Canyon

Iceland

Bora Bora

England

Holland

Ireland

French Alps

Germany

Glass Igloos, Finland

Water Slide, Vegas

Italy

Virgin Islands, US

Scotland

Utah

Tahiti

Slovakia

Yellowstone National Park

HEPİMİZ DÜNYAYA YOLCULUĞU RÜYALARIMIZ VAR, DEĞİL Mİ?

These are ‘fun’ in our real life. Do you have ‘fun’ when learning English?

English is not a lesson today, it’s a play. Learning English speaking is a play, it’s joy, it’s hunger, thirst, passion, and love. (Bugünlerde İngilizce ders değil, oyundur. İngilizce konuşmaya öğrenmek oyundur, zevktır, hırsdır, istektır, tutkudur ve aşktır.)

THE GAME

P L A Y E R S W A N T E D [

O

Y

U

N

.

O

Y

U

N

C

U

L E

R

İ S

T İ

Y

O

R

U

Z . ]

Learning English is like playing soccer. Two teams, ‘We’ and ‘English Language’ play against each other. We don’t become SECOND on a soccer field!! We either ‘LOSE’ or ‘WIN’. I FIRMLY suggest we ONLY WIN. (İngilizce öğrenme futbol oynamak gibidir. İki takım,‘Biz’ ve ‘İngilizce dili’ karşı karşıya oynuyorlar. Sahada ikinci olmayacağiz!! Ancak kaybedeceğiz yada kazanacağiz. Kesinlikle ‘sadece bizim kazanmayı’ tavsiye ediyorum.)

One SMILE can change a relationship or business! What will one ‘ENGLISH’ do to our LIFE? Bir ‘GÜLÜMSE’ bir ilişki ya da işi değişebilir. Bir ‘İNGİLİZCE’ hayatımızı neler yapacak?

I DON’T WANT HOMEWORK FROM YOU. YOUR HAPPINESS IS YOUR HOMEWORK.

Kermit; ping-pong eyed; dates pigs... HOLLYWOOD STAR!! Is speaking English impossible?

T H E I MPO R T A N C E O F D E C IS I O N MA KI N G ( K A R A R VE R ME Ğ I N Ö N E Mİ ) Discipline and decision spring from INSIDE (Disiplin ve karar verme İÇİNDEN kaynaklanıyor).

FROM HOMELESS TO HARVARD Liz Murray. Addicted parents. HIV mother. Homeless. Stayed in the subway all night.

Camped out. DECIDED. ‘Life rewards ACTION (Hayat eyleme/etkiye/harekete ödül veriyor).’ Top ten student. Admitted to Harvard. Shared her story to the public.

Inspired. They made a movie of her life, ‘Homeless to Harvard: the Liz Murray Story.’

Now studying a master's degree in psychology and sociology at Columbia University.

ONE decision can change ALL our life.

LEARNING ENGLISH WANTS CHARACTER. THE BRAVE ARE ALREADY WINNERS! Success is 99% attitude and 1% aptitude. (Başarı 99% tutumdur/davranışdır ve 1% yetenektir).

When Lionel Messi was 11, he was diagnosed that he could not grow in size properly. Medication wasn’t cheap and his parents couldn’t afford it. He served tea at a local shop to pay for his soccer training. At 13, he was as tall as an 8year-old kid. His local clubs in Argentina knew he was very good but with his condition, didn’t want him. He didn’t grow much in size. There was no hope for him. He had two choices: Stop and forget the soccer for ever; or move forward.

He DECIDED to move forward, focused on his potentials, and followed his passion. Only a BRAVE person does that. He worked hard to improve his skills, to prove himself. He was determined and optimistic. Finally, at age 16, FC Barcelona heard about his talent, yet they saw he is not highly talented and he had a condition too. But they also saw that he had a fighting HEART; he was DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST. And that was enough for them. They flew him and his family to Spain, gave them a place to live, and paid for his treatment to grow taller. He’s now one of the best soccer players in the world, won many cups and medals, earns millions of dollars every year, and is famous for his great CHARACTER. All of these happened because that day he DECIDED to become the person of his dreams. No matter who you are or how you look, you definitely CAN speak English. DECIDE. MOVE FORWARD. PROVE. BE THE BEST. Messi PLAYs to score goals. I’ll show you how to ‘PLAY’ to score the goals of SPEAKING English!!

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them (Onları takip etmeye cesaretimiz varsa, bütün hayallerimiz gerçekleşebilir).–Walt Disney

Beklemeyin. Zaman asla TAM İSTEĞİNİZE GÖRE olmayacak. –Napoleon Hill

LIVE YOUR ‘DREAMS’ OF ‘SPEAKING’ ENGLISH. THE TIME IS NOW. JUST DECIDE. Desicions are easy when values are clear(Değerler belli ise kararlar kolaydır). [Superb!] –Anonymous

Romans 8:6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

How amazingly a successful mentor can move a person’s life! Başarılı bir yol gösterici/rehber /koç,bir insanın hayatı nasıl harika bir şekilde değiştirebilir/etkileyebilir/hareket ettirebilir!!

When Napoleon Hill was 13 years old, he wrote for a town newspaper. Later he interviewed a self-made millionaire named Andrew Carnegie who changed Hill’s life. Hill agreed with him to interview with 500 richest, most famous people of America and published a revolutionary book named Think And Grow Rich which sold 20 million copies then, and became the pioneer of modern motivational speaking. He soon became the advisor of two Presidents of the United States! WOW. He discovered: Whatever mind can concieve and believe, it can achieve. (Akıl ne yapabileceğini düşünürse ve inanırsa, ona da ulaşabilir/ kavuşabilir.)

Napoleon Hill, after researching about more than twenty five thousand (25,000) people, wow, discovered: ‘‘Accurate analysis of over 25,000 men and women who had experienced failure, disclosed the fact that ‘Lack of Decision(kararsızlık)’ was near the head of the list of the 30 major causes of failure.’’

The impact of Hill’s books was so great that a lot of millionaires in the U.S. have benefited from it or were mentored by it, of them(onlardan), Jim Rohn who was personally mentored by John Earl Shoaff and personally mentored a young guy named Tony Robbins who became a millionaire at the age of 24!! Interesting domino’s effect! Tony Robbins, as the screenwriter Jeff Arch describes, is the ‘Michael Jordan of Personal Success Coaches’!!  I believe it’s your DECISIONS, not your CONDITIONS of life, that determine your DESTINY. It’s in your moments of DECISION that your DESTINY is shaped. Choose WISELY. (İnanıyorum ki KADERİNİZİ belirleyen şey hayatınızın DURUMLARI değil, ancak verilen KARARLARDIR. KADERİNİZ, KARAR anlarınızda biçimleşmiş olur. AKILLICA seçin.)–Tony Robbins The only thing keeping you from what you want is the STORY you keep telling yourself about why you can’t have it (İstediğine tek uzak durduğun şey, ona niye sahip olamayacağının hakkında, daima kafanızda kendine anlattığın HİKAYEDİR). –Tony Robbins Life is full of possibilities. We never know which one is luck unless we pay the price to try them.

Desicions are easy when values are clear(Değerler belli ise kararlar kolaydır).[Superb!]–Anonymous Don’t waste life in doubts and fears(Hayatı şüphelerde ve korkularda boş harcamayın).–Emerson While we are postponing, life speeds by(Ertelendığınce, hayat hızlanıp yanımızdan geçiyor).–Seneca Example of decision making: Imagine two people go to a restaurant, get two different tables and check their menus. They have enough time to decide. The waiter comes back and asks the first guy, ‘Are you ready to order, sir?’ The first guy says, ‘Uhh, I don’t know. I’m not sure. Uhh, just give me some time please!!’ The waiter goes away but says to himself, ‘Man! I’m busy with lots of customers. Why can’t you make up your mind (decide) for something as simple as this?’ So he goes to the second customer and asks the same question, ‘Are you ready to order, sir?’ The guy with a slight smile and great determination answers, ‘Yes, I’ll have Ravioli, Season Salad, and a black

soda(coke), please. Thank you!’ The waiter likes it very much and gives him the best service he can. What do YOU think about the second guy?  [Depending on zoom level and indent] This filebook has about 700 pages. Question: ‘Who want to read it?’ (Bu dosyakitap yaklaşık 700 sayfadır. Soru: ‘Kimler onu okumak ister ki?’) Well, the answer is:

There are many pictures in this filebook. Read the rest like a novel! Good deal?

Bu dosyakitapta çok resim var. Kalanı bir roman gibi okuyun! İyi anlaşma mı? Life’s like a PLAY. It’s not the length but the excellence of acting that matters.(Hayat bir OYUN gibidir. Rolunuz ne kadar uzun olduğun değil, ne kadar güzel olduğun önemlidir.) –Seneca As long as we have mountains, we have climbers. (Dağlar olduğumuz sürece, tırmanıcıler vardır.) –M.D.

Successful people don’t go for the small. They ‘scare’ themselves, they really do it, and GET the BIG! They don’t say, ‘How can I learn Michael’s filebook’s words of Chapter 2?’ They say, ‘I wish he wrote EVEN MORE! I’m HUNGRY to know MORE! I BEAT this filebook!’ [CLAP] WOW. BRAVO, YOU BRAVE! WOW. [Başarılı insanlar küçük amaçların peşinde değiller. Onlar kendini korkutup, gerçekten bunu yapıp, büyük amaçlar için gidiyorlar. Onlar ‘Ben nasıl Michael’ın dosyakitabın ikinci bölümün kelimeleri öğrenebilirim?’ demezler. Onlar ‘Keşki o daha bile yazsaydı. Gözlerim daha bilmek için açtır. Ben bu dosyakitabı yeneceğim.’ diyecekler. [Alkışlar] Vay canına! Siz cesurları tebrik ediyorum! Vay yavrum!]  THE WORLD HONORS THE BRAVE(DÜNYA CESURLARI ŞEREFLENDİRİR/ONUR VERİR).

This whole filebook is just ‘ONE’ book!! Read it like a NOVEL or a SCENARIO! SURE YOU CAN.

Julia Roberts: True love doesn’t come to you. It has to be inside you.

Life doesn’t give you what you want. It gives you WHAT YOU ARE. (Hayat ne istediğin değil, NE OLDUĞUNU verir.) –Les Brown Success is not to be pursued. It is to be attracted by the person you’ve become. In order to GET more, you have to BECOME more. (Başarı takip edilecek şey değil.

Onu kim olduğun kişinin tarafından cezb edeceksın. Hayatta daha ALMAK için, daha OLMALISIN.) –Jim Rohn [Romeo / Juliet = English SPEAKING] 1 person who succeeds equals 99 people who are interested.1 kazandığın insan 99 ilgilenen insana eşittir. PEOPLE ARE THEIR BEST WHEN THEY WIN. İnsanların en iyi durumu kazanıncadır.

There’re always people who are interested in English speaking. I didn’t write this filebook to make people interested. I wrote it to help them win English speaking. (İngilizce konuşmak için ilgi duyanlar her zaman var. Bu dosyakitabı onları ilgilendirmek için değil, İngilizce konuşmayı sağlamaya yardım etmek için yazdım.)

Interest or love comes from the heart, but to win English speaking we should find a wise way. Learning English is exactly like doing a business. If someone took English courses but isn’t RICH with English SPEAKING, they should change their way this time. To get IN this new way, they must get OUT of their old way. (Eğer biri eskiden kursa gitti ama İngilizce konuşmayla hala zengin değilse –iş adamlar gibi- İngilizce konuşmada zengin olmak için yolu değiştirmelidir. Bu yeni yolu içinde gitmek için artık eski yoldan dışarıda çıkmak zorundadır/ eski yaptıklarını yapmamak zorundadır.) How? A successful businessman said, ‘Too many sales representatives work very hard to look ‘exactly’ like their competitors! BE DIFFERENT. (Bir süre satış temsilciler çok sıkı bir şekilde rakiplarini benzermek için çalışıyorlar! FARKLI OLUN.)’ [Apple Inc.’s logo is a bitten apple.] YOU got the ‘apple of English knowledge’ in your hand. BITE it, USE it, USE your knowledge, SPEAK it, SPEAK English with whatever words you KNOW. DO it. Will Smith in his secret of success says, ‘When other guys are sleeping, I’m working. When other guys are eating, I’m working.’ He’s certainly successful. Others walk one way? YOU pause a bit, THINK DIFFERENT, and GO another way. You’ll get LOST? That’s GREAT, because that’s how you FIND yourself.  Be opposed to the typical (Herkes gibi olduğunu karşı çıkın).

GODIFFERENTWAY! HOW? I TELL YOU HOW. FOUR WORDS: READ THIS FILEBOOK CAREFULLY!

Matthew 7:13 You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.

DON’T take lessons as if nothing happened(Sanki birşey olmamış gibi kursa gitmeyın). MAKE your English speaking COME TRUE(İngilizce konuşmanızı GERÇEKLEŞTIRIN).

Michael D!va is 39 so he speaks in the language of all generations (bütün kuşakların dille konuşuyor). Everybody is born with a gift, he is granted the gift of speaking three languages, English, Persian, Turkish, and understands Arabic too, all by practicing.

Practicing what? Keep reading please. Oh and the best language of the world is ENCOURAGEMENT (dünyanın en iyi dil teşvik etmektir). 

Why does this filebook try to BE DIFFERENT? Movenglish, for the first time in the world, is a motivational-speaking-like English, a combination of Spirituality, Psychology, Art, Literature, and English language. Contemporary psychology has mostly studied not-having rather than having, striving rather than fulfillment, frustration rather than gratification, seeking for joy rather than having attained joy, trying to get there rather than being there. (Çağdaş psikoloji çoğunlukla sahip olmaktan sahip olmamayı, potansiyelini tam kullanmaktan kıtlık çekmeye, zevkten engellenmeye, sevinç elde etmekten sevincin peşinde olmayı, orada olmaktan orada kavuşmayı inceledi.) –Abraham Maslow (the generator of Positive psychology) Socrates: Everyone tells you what to do and what’s good for you. They don’t want you to find your own answers. They want you to believe theirs. Dan: And let me guess. You want me to believe yours.

Socrates: No. I want you to stop gathering information from outside yourself and start gathering it from the inside. People are afraid of what’s inside and that’s the only place they’re ever gonna find what they need. –Movie: Peaceful Warrior [Don’t accept this filebook’s way by reading, see the result by going it yourself (Bu dosyakitabın yöntemi okurak kabul etmeyin, onun yolu giderek, sonucu kendini görün).]  How did God create everything? By WORDS. How did Satan deceive Adam and Eve? By words. When you read the Holy Bible, look HOW MANY TIMES there are the word ‘SAID’ and see what happens after!!! I’d be CAREFUL what I HEAR and wouldn’t accept them INSTANTLY.

W O R D S !

Look at the red dot on this woman’s nose for 30 seconds, then look up at the ceiling and keep blinking. You’ll see her original image! (Bu kadının burnun üzerinde kırmızı noktaları 30 saniye bakin, ondan sonra tavanı bakıp gözlerini devamlı kırpın. Onun orijinal resmini bakacaksınız!)

In every sentence of your English books, there are original pictures. Would you like to see them? İngilizce kitaplarınızın her cümlelerde de orijinal resimleri var. Onların görmesini ister mısınız?

Preface (Önsöz) Thank you for reading this filebook, but CLOSE it! ‘WHAT?’ I said, ‘Shut down the computer! DON’T read the filebook.’

‘BUT... WHY????’ Because... this is psychology! Everytime, before you open it, you should ask yourself, ‘Am I in a good mood at this moment? Am I passionate and crazy enough to learn English in this very hour(tam bu saat’de)?’ If ‘not’, seriously, close the filebook, do something else to change your mood and then come back to read it. But if ‘yes’, then welcome to the ‘Google-like world of my thoughts (Google gibi düşünce dünyamı hoş geldiniz)’! [You know why Google is so successful? They’re DIFFERENT! In Google HQ (Merkez Bürosu), their meetings are not like sitting somewhere as we know. Instead, they play basketball, have FUN, and during that, come up with(find) some fresh, brand new ideas. This’s again, psychology! When you play, you’re in a good mood, so your mind works better. (Oyun yaparken, iyi bir ruhsal durumunde olup, kafanız daha iyi çalışıyor.) To learn English better, you should play, be in a good mood and have fun. (İngilizceyi daha iyi öğrenmek için, oyun yapmalı, iyi bir ruhsal durumunde olmalı ve daha eğlenmelısınız.)

After the decision, comes the ‘way’. (Karar vermekten sonra İngilizce öğrenme yöntemı geliyor.)

One evening I was sitting in a Starbucks in Istanbul, writing some of my thoughts on paper, throwing them away! I realized that’s not what my life’s supposed to be (Hayatım öyle olmamasını fark ettım). I needed to DO something! Having taught in Ankara, I bought a notebook to watch some movies and connect the Internet. At first, honestly, I had no idea that buying this notebook was going to be the idea of doing a book. But one evening, again, I incredibly found myself in the same chair, same floor, same Starbucks, and it reminded me of the same exact moment when I said to myself, ‘I needed to DO something!’ And there it was(Ve işte cevap oradaydı), the idea that struck me(aniden bu fikir aklıma geldi), ‘I can DO a book and not only guide some classes, but also guide MANY English lovers!’ So I openned a Microsoft Office Word and started this filebook with ONE word: ‘Love.’

It took me more than 4 years to write this filebook and gosh, it’s not easy as I imagined! I can write hundreds of pages of my ideas in English, but for doing a book, I needed to research, think over and over again, inspire, design, and edit the sentences many times as if(sanki) I was mapping out a way, then I got lost, then I got back, then I went again with constant conversion of multiple ideas in my head, more importantly, I needed to use a lot of techniques to write something worthy, trusting intelligent readers, then it became difficult! I found myself going to bed, eating, or walking in the street, a great idea tempted my mind, then I took note. It seemed I was two people, one ‘forgot’ himself, devoting and focusing on writing this filebook, another, had a daily basis life. Sometimes I wanted to be with friends, but I either had to be with them or with the filebook. I needed to learn Turkish too. As many new expressions come into English language, I needed to find their Turkish resources. After long hours of work, when I felt like quitting, some motivating videos and quotes awakened my mind like the Roman philosopher Seneca’s: ‘It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. (Yapmayı cesaret edemediğiz şeyler, zor olduğun için değildir; bunun sebebi bizim yapmayı cesaret edememektir).’ So much of the hardship on my way was paved when I realized other people had so much harder times than me. When Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) got a paralytic illness in 1921, he could retire himself and stay home. Instead, he made a brave move, chose the hard task, and became the President of the United States, not one, not two, but three terms in a row, from 1933 to 1945, during ‘a worldwide economic depression and total war’. With that situation, anyone could resign, but he ‘refused to accept his illness and achieved a personal victory’, put up his popular campaign song ‘Happy Days Are Here Again’, and led his country with ‘unfailing (yenmez) optimism and activism’. He created a national spirit which brought the unemployment rate from 24.9% in 1933 to 1.9% in 1945. ‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself (Korkmamız gereken tek şey korkunun kendisidir =Hiçbir şeyden korkmamalıyız).’ This noble man couldn’t walk, but inspired a nation to move –me included! I owe him. Man! I sit here and access the world with a click but many others do the hard work and make outstanding websites like ‘Wikipedia’! The other evening, I practically(gerçekte) got freezed when I read its founder Jimmy Wales’ quote on a poster: ‘Some called it impossible; I called it Wikipedia!’ Wow ’cause it made me realize writing a filebook was way (çok) possible than making Wikipedia! [When YOU my friend learn English, YOU effect others too.] When a person teaches, they learn twice as well, so the truth is writing this filebook has changed my life. [How much more it will change YOUR life!] So I’m glad I did it. Despite the hardship, I wish you all had the same feeling of joy as I had when truly learning new things each and every day.

Do what you can; can what you can’t. (Yapabileceğini yap; yapamayacağını mümkün et.)

This filebook is not only for students but has suggestions for respectful teachers and is for parents, doctors, nurses, lawyers, engineers, psychologists, artists, managers, embassy staff, hotel staff, bankers, realtors, waiters, travelers, businesspeople, sportspeople, housewives, English lovers, even English haters, and anyone with any social status.

Our fingerprints don’t fade away from the lives we’ve touched (Dokunduğumuz hayatlardan bıraktığımız etki yok olmaz). – From the movie: Remember Me (2010)

They say, ‘If you love someone, set them free.’ I say, ‘Why setting them free? If you love someone, tell them about Movenglish!’  PEACE, Michael D!va P.S. Chapter 1 is hundred times more important than Chapter 2&3. Please read this filebook from the beginning to the end, not from the middle. (Not: Birinci bölüm, ikinci ve üçüncü bölümden yüz kat daha önemli. Lütfen bu kitabı ortadan değil, baştan sona kadar okuyun.)

Impatience never commanded success(Sabırsızlık hiçbir zaman başarıya hakim olmadi).–Edwin H.Chapin

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. (Mutlu bir aile erken cennetten başka bir şey değil.) –George Bernard Shaw

During writing this filebook, I lost my father. ‘Dad! I love you for ever and always. You’re in my heart and soul. May you be blessed in heaven! Amen.’

With the wish to be blessed in righeousness, peace, joy, and love, this filebook is a humble dedication to my lovely mother with great thanks, my educated siblings, my dear sister-in-law and my nice niece.

Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations.

‘A THING OR TWO’ FROM THIS FILEBOOK (Bu dosyakitaptan bir iki şey)

>>>[Don’t look at the last page. What do you say? (Son sayfayı bakmayın. Ne dersiniz?) :D]<<<

If you don’t move, nothing changes. (Hareket etmezsen, hiçbir şey değişmeyecek.) –Albert Einstein Tennessee is full of hills. To jog, the hills don’t come to me, I must get out of the bed and GO to them, I must make a MOVE. When I’m in bed, I think it’s hard, but when I just get to the door, I see it’s easier. Nothing happens unless I make a MOVE. There are rivers everywhere. To take fish, they don’t come to me, I must GO to them, I must grab them, I must make a MOVE. No boat? This filebook is a boat! The will(irade) and the discipline to MOVE matter. To learn to speak English, English doesn’t come to me, I must GO to it, I must make a MOVE –everyday. Even an empty bottle can effect a design positively. How much more English can effect your life positively!! To learn English, you should use your eyes and ears effectively. (Boş bir şişe bile bir tasarımı olumlu bir şekilde etkileyebilir. İngilizce kaç kat daha hayatınızı olumlu bir şekilde etkilenebilir!! İngilizce öğrenmek için gözlerinizi ve kulaklarınızı etkili bir şekilde kullanmalısınız.)

Students ask when they can speak English. The answer is whenever their mind is ready. Is it ready now? (Öğrenciler ne zaman İngilizce konuşabileceğini soruyorlar. Cevabı ne zaman onların düşünce hazır olduğundir. Şimdi hazır mı?)

If today ONE of my students studies well, it effects me and I’ll be happy. If I’m happy, I teach other students better, so they’ll be happy and they’ll make others around happy too. I’ll speak better to my family, my neighbor, my friends, and people around me, as well as they speak better to people around them. See? A dominoe’s effect of happiness by ONE student of mine!! Now don’t you think if my neighbor who’s a complete stranger to you studies well, YOU will be happy too?

Think about it. If our washing machine doesn’t work one day, we have it fixed. If not fixable, we throw it away

and buy a new one. Why? Because we ‘naturally’ believe that a washing machine is responsible for cleaning our clothes, right? But how about human beings, the creators of all washing machines? Aren’t they responsible? I believe they are. If a baker says, ‘I don’t care,’ where should we find our daily bread? If a mechanic says, ‘I don’t care,’ who should fix our cars? If all people say, ‘We don’t care,’ life stops moving! But if an educated person says, ‘I don’t care,’ it could mean that they don’t care about their job either. ‘A bad hire flips the chance to the competitions (Kötü bir çalışan şansı rakiplarine verir/ Kötü bir eleman şansı yanındaki mağazaya verir).’ That’s why American businesspeople believe: ‘HIRE CHARACTER; TRAIN SKILL (İyi karakterlı çalışanları/elemanları işe al, onları becerek öğret).’ If there is ‘Kit Kat’ in this market, there is ‘Kit Kat’ in that market too.

But if there is a responsible worker like ‘John’ in this market, there isn’t the same responsible ‘John’ in that market. So John brings a lot of customers to ‘this’ market. The American motivational speaker Earl Nightingale says, ‘Customer is your only boss.’ True because they pay for the clothes and bills! When your hands are full in a market, which one do you like, the responsible staff come and help you, or irresponsible staff don’t care about you? If we don’t take our job seriously, we should be sure someone else will (Biz işimizi ciddiye almazsa, başka biri ciddiye alacağını emin olmalıyız)! Today learning English is not an option anymore, it’s everyone’s responsibility. Do you agree?

NEITHER POLITICAL, NOR RELIGIOUS, THE FILEBOOK STRIVES TO BE EDUCATIONAL. GOD’S WORDS ARE LOVE WORDS TO THANK, TO WORSHIP, TO GLORY, AND TO LOVE HIM BACK. WITHOUT THEM, THE FILEBOOK IS WORTH NOTHING. ‘LORD, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!’ THANKS. BU DOSYAKİTAP POLİTİK DEĞİL, DİNSEL DE DEĞİL, ANCAK EĞİTİMSEL OLMAYI ÇALIŞIYOR. TANRI’NIN SÖZLER AŞK SÖZLERDIR, ONUN TEŞEKKÜR ETMEK İÇİN, TAPMAK İÇİN, ÇOK SEVİNMEK İÇİN, VE GERİ SEVMEK İÇİNDİR. ONLAR YOKSA BU DOSYAKİTAP BİR KURUŞ DE BİLE DEĞMEZ. ‘RABBİM, SENİ ÇOK SEVİYORUM.’ TEŞEKKÜRLER. In this filebook, no disrespect to any person or group or race or name or thing is meant. Any similarity is absolutely accidental. Bu dosyakitapta, hiçbir kişi ya da grup ya da ırk ya da isim ya da şeyi, hiçbir saygısızlık amaçlanmamıştır.

Benzeyen her şey tamamen tesadüftür.

If you asked why America is in the ‘forefront’ of technology, the answer could be in their ‘education’.

‘I Am Responsible!’ is the very first lesson elementary students learn in the U.S. (Amerika’da ilkokul öğrencilerinin tam ilk öğrendiğin ders ‘İşimi sahip çıkıyorum/Sorumluyum’dur.

There’s an American radio ad(reklam) that says, ‘Turn children’s every moment into learning moment.’ And learning moments are power moments, are winning moments.

That’s why they create a ‘winning spirit’ in them as Jerome Holtzman says, ‘Losing is the great American sin.’ [=They must never sin/lose.= They must always win.] WOW. Responsibility is the price of freedom(Sorumluluk özgürlüğün fiyatıdır). –Elbert Hubbard It is not enough to clothe and feed the body of this Nation, and instruct and inform its mind. For there is also the SPIRIT. And of the three, the greatest is the SPIRIT. (Bu Milletin bedeni elbiseleştirmek ve beslemek ve onların fikrini öğretmek ve bildirmek yeterli değil. Çünkü onların RUHU de var. Ve bu üç şeyden en önemli RUHDUR.) [WOW]–Franklin D. Roosevelt Let us therefore animate and encourage each other (O zaman gelin birbirimize hareket ettirelim ve teşvik edelım). –George Washington

In this era, wanting or not wanting to learn English speaking may not build our character, but it definitely ‘SHOWS’ our character. (Bu devirde İngilizce konuşma öğrenmeye istemek ya da istememek belki karakterimizi kurmayacak, fakat kesinlikle onu ‘GÖSTERECEK’.)

How many students do you see in language school every weekend? MILLIONS, right? Bravo to ALL of them. But why can’t many of them SPEAK English? THEY are smart, but what is their learning WAY? If we don’t change our English learning WAY, our English speaking will be like this for ever.

Is this a good news? (Öğrenme yöntemimizi değişmezsek, İngilizce konuşmamız hep böyle olacak. Bu iyi bir haber mi?)

What most Turkish people need to learn English is not talking about Bangladeshi tigers or African giraffes detailed in some books, but it is to talk about real life situations. (Çoğu Türklerı İngilizce konuşma öğrenmeyı gereken bazı kitaplarda bulunan Bangladeşi kaplanler ya da Afrikali zürafalar değil, ancak gerçek yaşam durumlerden konuşmaktir.) ************************************************** There was a young theater player who wanted to become famous. He met a director who asked him to play a certain role as a test. The young actor went up the stage and acted that part one time. The director said, ‘No good. Do it again.’ So he did it again, and heard the same thing, ‘No good. Do it again.’ He acted that part for the third time and the fourth time and the fifth time and it went up to seventeenth time! Eventually, the young actor got angry and was about to leave the stage! Right there (Tam orada), the

director stopped him! ‘Wait!’ he said. ‘THIS is what I want (İstediğim şey BUDUR). This moment that you really got angry was your real act. You passed. Go get back here tomorrow.’

You are perfect. So why aren’t you angry at losing?

Some of the best English speakers I know are the non-English carpenters or salesmen with NO academic education! If the uneducated can speak English today, how should the educated really feel? (Tanıdığım en iyi İngilizce konuşanlar HİÇ akademik eğitim görmeden marangozlar ve satış elemanlardan bazılarıdır. Bugünlerde eğitimsizler İngilizce konuşabilirse, eğitimlilere gerçekten nasıl hissetmeli?)

Poster: Everyone has a limit(Herkes sınırı var). Enough(Yeter artık). ************************************************** Motto: It’s not who I am that holds me back to speak English; it’s who I think I am. That’s why I need to change this thought. (İngilizce konuşmaya kim olduğum değil, kim olduğumu ‘zan ettiğim’ beni arka tuttu. O yüzden bu düşünceyi değiştirmem gerek.)

English speaking moves in mind right when the fear of English speaking moves out of mind (İngilizce konuşma korkusu fikirden kaçırınce, aniden İngilizce konuşma orada taşınır).

What most people need to speak English is not knowledge, I repeat, is not knowledge, it is self-confidence. (Çoğu kişinin İngilizce konuşmaya gereken şey bilgi değil, tekrar ediyorum, bilgi değil, özgüvenliliktir). This filebook seems to be helpful in this matter. (Bu konuda bu dosyakitap yardımcı olabilir.)

Einstein says, ‘Nothing happens until something MOVEs.’ The whole Universe is vibrating. Everything is moving.

MOVE IS LIFE! Or... Facebook is life! HeHe. ‘We speak differently, but smile in the same language!(Konuşmamız farklı, fakat gülümsemiz aynı dilde!)’

Chris Tomlin – Holy Is The Lord lyrics: (I just LOVE this song!) We stand and lift up our hands - For the joy of the Lord is our strength - We bow down and worship Him now - How great, how awesome is He - And together we sing - Holy is the Lord God Almighty The earth is filled with His glory - Holy is the Lord God Almighty - The earth is filled with His glory - The earth is filled with His glory We stand and lift up our hands - For the joy of the Lord is our strength - We bow down and worship Him now - How great, how awesome is He - And together we sing - Everyone sing - Holy is the Lord God Almighty - The earth is filled with His glory - Holy is the Lord God Almighty - The earth is filled with His glory - The earth is filled with His glory - It's rising up all around - It's the anthem of the Lord's renown… – And together we sing - Everyone sing

MOVENGLISH

[An Independent Filebook by Michael D!va]

Güçlü, Güzel, Sevimli, ve Misafirperver Türkiye’nin Hak Ettiği Kitap The moment we choose to love, we begin to move. (Aşkı seçtığın an hareket etmeye başlarız.)

One Of The Meanings Of ‘Move’ Is ‘Change’. Move Matters Since... President Barack Obama’s campaigns’ names are ‘CHANGE, We Can Believe In’ and ‘FORWARD!’ First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign’s name is ‘Let’s Move!’ [Move: 1. hareket etmek 2. değişmek.] [*Forward! Yani İleri gidiyoruz, İleriye doğru HAREKET EDİYORUZ.] And a lot of successful people of the world believe in change/move...

Jack Welch (the American author, business executive, and Management Institute owner): Change, before you have to (Mecbur olmadan önce değiş)!

Keri Russell (the American Golden Globe Award-winning actress): Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life for ever (Bazen hayatınızı sonsuza kadar değişebilen şey en küçük kararlardır).

Alvin Toffler (the American futurist, communication revolutioner, and writer –mentioning in his book Future Shock: Change is not merely necessary to life – it IS life (Değişme ancak hayat için gerekli değil – değişme aslında hayattır)! [WOW] [Burada ‘is’i vurgu ile okuyun.]

AMERICAN LANGUAGE CHANGES EVERYDAY, SO I’D LEARN THIS FILEBOOK SO FAST! Prayer before starting Chapter 1: LORD God! Blessed be Your name. I worship You and praise You with all my heart, all my mind, all my soul, and all my strength. I confess that I am nothing without You and I always need You. Thank You for listening to my prayer and I ask You to bless the readers of this filebook according to Your will by pouring on them the Anointing of Peace and Truth, so that they may find the Truth. Your Word is the Truth. May You make Yourself known to them from the riches of Your Mercy and Grace, so that they may accept You and be saved. Thank You, Father, Son, Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name I prayed. Amen.  BOOK / CHAPTER 1: WARM-UP [GİRİŞ]

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all of your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.

PREPARE your mind for the PROPER ‘way’ (Fikrini uygun/doğru yöntem için hazırlanın).

Oprah Winfrey: Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity (Şans, hazırlama, fırsatı buluşabilme meselesidir / İnsan hazır olunca, fırsatı bulup şansı yakalayacakdır).

Minds are like parachutes; they only function when they are open (Fikirler paraşüt gibi, ancak açırken çalışıyorlar). –Sir James Dewar [They say the best way to learn parachuting is to watch it.]

A clock’s one move speaks a second, a brain’s one move speaks thousand words, but a human’s one move speaks their LIFE. (Saat’ın bir hareket bir saniye konuşur, beyinin bir etki, bin kelime konuşur, ancak insanin bir hareket HAYATI konuşur.)

When reading this filebook, sit in a comfy couch, if not distracted, listen to some music to be in a good mood and help yourself with tea, coffee, or snacks. Please do it now. Enjoy(Afiyet olsun)!

Create a good mood when learning English, then you’ll see English won’t be a lesson for you. (İngilizceyi öğrenken kendinizi iyi bir ruhsal durum yaratın, ondan İngilizce artık size ders olmayacağını farkında olacaksınız.)

[Special thanks to skyfm.com/christian, klove.com, thehousefm.com, and mypraisefm.com for I listened to them a lot during writing this filebook.]

If I say I’m a teacher, it’s on the paper. Deep down in the heart, I’m always a student, the reason I use ‘I’ a lot in this filebook.

(Eğer öğretmen olduğumu söylüyorum, kağıtta öyle yoksa içten her zaman öğrenciyim, bu dosyakitapta ‘ben’ kelimesi çok kullandığım sebebi.) –Michael D!va

Oh, man! It’s EN-glish! Let us EN-tertain ourselves! –OK! Let’s GO!  HEY GUYS! (Merhaba arkadaşlar!)

Jesus, the most beautiful Name of all names – When I speak Your name – Mountains move – Darkness fears, it has no hold on me – Kari Jobe (When I Speak Your Name) My name is MichaelArash(Hassan) HosseiniDiva, simply known as Michael D!va. I love fun and I am here to show you a way of it to learn English. Having a couple of years of overseas tutoring and teaching experience, I’m a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign* Language) teacher certified by Cavendish College of London. If you have always desired to SPEAK English, I believe you are reading the right filebook because it mostly focuses on speaking. I’ve gone this filebook’s way myself and there are students in some parts of the world who’ve gone the same way and have changed their lives. If we want to change our life, we should change your mind first. Also I’m granted the gift to encourage everyone. You’re not the first person I’m encouraging and won’t be the last. Right here in Turkey, there were students who said they didn’t even like English but after being in the class, became so interested in it that they wouldn’t want to leave it (the class) and confessed that they’re LOVING English! There’s just this thing(Konu şu): I think we really need a new perspective on what to do to LEARN to SPEAK ENGLISH. The old system of ‘book and blackboard/whiteboard’ is OVER(bitti artık). Just grammar, grammar, and grammar classes are OVER. Spiritless(Ruhsuz) English classes are OVER. ‘Sending text message in the class because of getting bored’ is OVER! ‘Teacher-centered classes(Sadece öğretmen konuştuğun sınıflar)’ are OVER! ‘Taking an English course just to pass an exam’ is OVER. Saying ‘I can’t speak English’ in the E-age (Elektronik devirde) is definitely OVER! Just like a revolution in technology, there must be a revolution in learning English (Tam teknolojide devrim gibi, İngilizce öğrenmeye bir devrim gerek/şart)! Please be with me(Benimle kalın/ Bir yere gitmeyın/ Okumaya devam edin lütfen).  Those who follow the crowd are quickly lost in it(Toplumlara katılanlar/takip edenler çok hızlı onlarda kayıp olurlar). [It means: BE DIFFERENT.] –Rick Warren

Beautiful Şebnem Ferah has a beautiful song Sil Baştan Başlamak Gerek Bazen (Sometimes We Need To Start Over) that I listened to a couple times. I even believe we need to start over every day.

To get something you’ve never had, you gotta do something you’ve never done (Sahip olmadı şey’in sahip olmak için, yapmadığın şeyi yapmak gerek). [Amazing!] –Anonymous Courage is the power to let go of the familiar (Cesaret bildiklerimizin son verme gücüdür)! [wow] – Raymond Lindquist May I ask what your mobile phone model is? iPhone? HTC? Blackberry? Nokia? Samsung? Sony? Are they made in 2013? Great! But are we using the English teaching-learning method of 30-40-50-100-1000 years ago?

Mmm. Do you agree that we need a change? I believe we do. Look, guys! Books are great and read as many as YOU want... but just books to learn English SPEAKING? I tell you: Break that rule! Really, BREAK that rule! How? I’ll show!

You don’t pay the price of success. You enjoy the price of success. (Başarının fiyati ödemeyeceksınız, ancak onun tadını çıkaracaksınız.) –Zig Ziglar IMPORTANT NOTE: I MAY LOOK AT THE PICTURES OF CHAPTER 2 AND GUESS SOME THINGS, BUT I’D READ CHAPTER 1 MORE CAREFULLY THAN CHAPTER 2 TO LEARN TO ‘SPEAK’ ENGLISH. ÖNEMLİ NOT: 2.BÖLÜMÜN RESİMLERİ BAKIP, BİR ŞEYLERİ TAHMİN EDEBİLİRDİM, FAKAT SİZİN YERİNE OLSAYDIM, İNGİLİZCE ‘KONUŞMAYA’ ÖĞRENMEK İÇİN, 2.BÖLÜMDEN DAHA, 1.BÖLÜMÜ DİKKATLİ OKURDUM.

James 1:8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

When reading THIS filebook to learn English ‘speaking’, I’d JUST listen to THIS filebook. ‘A person with ONE watch KNOWS what time it is; a person with two watches is never quite sure.’ When I come to crossroads, I wouldn’t go half this way, half that way, but I’d keep going ONE way. Movenglish will give you some proofs based on SCIENCE, FACTS, and WITNESSES that its way is the RIGHT way.  Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. (Şeylerin gördüğün yolu değiş, bakacaksın ki gördüğün şeyler değişecek.) –Dr. Wayne Dyer It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go. (Gidecek yönümüzü belirten rüzgar değil ancak yeleğin düzeltmektir.) –Jim Rohn  FIRST OFF(HER ŞEYDEN ÖNCE), A QUICK NOTE ON ‘HOW TO READ’: As a student, if I read something in English loudly, my own voice wouldn’t let me understand what I was reading. And if I pause on every word to look it up in a dictionary, I’d only focus on words, not the whole idea of the text. In second-hand book market, there’re many English books with notes ‘only’ on the first pages, probably because the readers didn’t enjoy or understand what they were reading.

So, what’s the best way to read? In 1800s, Francis Bacon suggested a great solution. The first time I read it, I liked it and have done it all my life. And whenever I show this solution to my students, they really surprise and enjoy what they’re reading. What is it? Well, whenever I read something, I’d first read all of it silently, without any stop to get the whole idea of the text. I’d not look up the meaning of any word in a dictionary for the first time. Even if I don’t know the meanings of some words, it wouldn’t matter, I wouldn’t stop, because at least I’d understand what the text is talking about and I’d enjoy my understanding. When I win to understand something, I feel good about myself. [The reason I should read it silently is because my own voice shouldn’t distract me.] Now that I know what it’s talking about, the second time, I’d stop on every new word to understand all the text. 

On reading: When reading this filebook, I wouldn’t deal in details too much. I’d go for the key words, understand it as a whole and pass. After a while, I’d see I gradually understand more. The joy of reading is moving forward.

Okumakla ilgili: Sizin yerinde olsaydım, bu dosyakitabı okurken, detaylara fazla uğraşmazdım. Anahtar kelimeleri alıp, genel anlamasını anlayıp, geçerdım. Zaman geçince, yavaş yavaş daha anlayacağımı farkında olurdum. Okumanın keyifi, ilerlemektir.

Tip1– In this filebook, whenever I see CAPITAL-LETTER(büyük harflı) words, bold(kalın) words, or underlined(altı çizili) words, in my mind, I’d read them LOUDER or with STRESS(vurgu ile). Also if I felt laughter, seriousness, anger, or surprise in any sentence, I’d feel the emotion and enjoy.  Tip2– Books like ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Snow White and Seven Dwarfs’, and such are great, but their language might be old. Instead, I’d read short, up-to-date articles on the Internet to learn new words.

I’d forget my old way of reading. (Sizin yerine olsaydım, eski okumak yolumu unuturdum.)

NOW, TEST YOUR READING – 1 : Sensible true stories on makesmethink.com [birinci kez: 1’den 8’e sessizce/durmadan okuyun> anahtar kelimeleri anlayin> durumu hissedin> ikinci kez sözlükta> eğlenceli!]

1. Today, my 8-year-old son hugged me and said, ‘You are the best mom in the whole world!’ I smiled and sarcastically replied, ‘How do you know that? You haven’t met every mom in the whole world.’ My son squeezed me tighter and said, ‘Yes I have. You are my world.’

2. Today, my dad turned 91. He barely has enough strength to speak. But every time my mom (she’s 84) walks into the room to check on him, he says, ‘Hello beautiful.’

3. Today, when she woke up from a six-month coma, she kissed me and said, ‘Thank you for being here, and telling me those beautiful stories, and never giving up on me… And yes, I will marry you.’

4. Today, a week after I donated three bags of clothes to a local homeless shelter, I saw a homeless woman sitting on a park bench wearing a tie-dye* shirt I made when I was a teenager. I walked by her and said, ‘I love your shirt!’ She smiled and said, ‘Thank you! I really do too!’ [*tie-dye shirt> Google Images] 5. Today, I sat down with my two daughters, ages 4 and 6, to explain to them that we have to move out of our 4 bedroom house and into a 2 bedroom apartment for a while until I can find another job that pays well. My daughters looked at each other for a moment and then my youngest daughter turned to me and asked, ‘Are we all moving into the apartment together?’ ‘Yes,’ I replied. ‘Oh, so no big deal then (o zaman sorun yok),’ she said.

6. Today as I pulled into my apartment complex I noticed my neighbor who’s about 8-month pregnant, struggling with her groceries(bakkalda alışveriş yaptığın melzemeler). I stopped and helped her bring them up the stairs into her apartment. This evening, when I got home from the gym, I found a freshly baked apple-pie, sealed in Tupperware*, sitting on my doorstep, with a note that said, ‘I used the ingredients you helped me carry to bake this. Enjoy(Afiyet olsun)!’ [pull into: içeri gelip, park etmek] [*Tupperware>Google Images] 7. Today, my mom has been blind for 15 years. She lost her vision in the same car accident that took my dad’s life. I am 18 years old now. She has raised me as a single mom since I was 3, without her vision. And yes, she did a heck of a job(=she did an amazing job)!

8. Today, the homeless man who used to sleep near my condo showed up(=appeared) at my door wearing the ‘business suit’ I gave him nearly 10 years ago. He said, ‘I have a home, a job, and a family now. 10 years ago I wore this business suit to all my job interviews. Thank you.’

TEST YOUR READING – 2 : Small fun-read to change your mood! [LG says, ‘Life’s Good.’ I add, ‘When you laugh!’] Resimde:[Dang(Ya)! Lost my toe ring(Parmak yüzüğümü kaybettim).:D]> Funny newspaper headline (Komik manşet haber): ‘Stolen Painting Found

By Tree’ [By: tarafından. By: yanında] The consequence of disrespect: Attention to health is life’s greatest hindrance.

–Plato (427-347 B.C.) || Plato was a bore. –Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) || Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal. –Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) || I’m not going to get into the ring with(=argue with/about) Tolstoy. –Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) || Hemingway was a jerk. –Harold Robbins || Oh my goshhhh(Hay Amaaaan/Hışşşş)! When does this story end?

Flowers sway, flowers worship and praise God, do we humans worship and praise God? Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. (Gerçek harika dostların bulmak zor, terk etmek çok zor, ve unutmak olanaksızdır.) –G. Randolf T E Ş EK K Ü R L E R T Ü R K İ Y E !  I’d like to thank each and everyone of you. Without your hospitality, it’d be impossible to write this filebook.

You are awesome! I also take the opportunity to thank all my students in Turkey, their unexpected gifts (especially Nihat’s class, thanks a million), their great attitudes (especially Tevfik-Gamze-Elif-Esin-MustafaMerve-Pelin-Nurten-Hülya’s class), and the great news of their progress. Ömer: ‘Sometimes I say something in English but I can’t believe I said that! Words come to my mind unconsciously(fark etmeden/ otomatik şekilde)! I believe I have more self-confidence now!’ [He speaks English in the public so relaxedly and repeats these lines:] ‘My old way of learning sucks (berbattır)! I just love the new world!’ Oğuz: ‘I’m taking another course and the students there told me my English has improved recently! They’re asking about the secret of my progress!’ [He says, ‘For 25 years, I’ve kept a flashlight in my hand and neither to the left, nor the right, I just lit on my goal and English helps me achieve it.’] My student Beyza’s mother, Yasemin: ‘‘Beyza’s teacher told me that she’s showing more interest to English and understands the lessons better. She’s asking, ‘What’s going on?’’ [Beyza became number one at English in her class.] Ayşe: ‘I had an English exam for a university abroad. I got a great score! How could I speak English without this method?’ İnanç: ‘Yesterday I spoke English to my teacher at school and I felt I spoke with a lot more self-confidence than before!’ Kıvanç: ‘Last time my score was 1 out of 5, but this time I got 3 out of 5! I believe I will get better score this time! I have more self-confidence now.’ Ceyhun: ‘You’re like a life coach!’ [From the first day I tutored this young genius, he started to show great ability.] Biriz (for the first time took TOEFL exam): ‘I got about 60% in my first TOEFL exam!’ [That day, she was the happiest girl on Planet Earth!!]

1. [An Email from Thailand] – 3.6.2005 Dear Michael, How are you? I miss you so much. Now, I have a new job as secretary and interpreter. I like it very much. I get this job because of you. You make me have confidence in English.

I would like to see you again in Thailand.

Lots of love, Ket [The first day I met this girl, she was working at a small local market. She had a good job but she saw herself a bit differently than she was (kendini olduğundan daha farklı görünüyordu). After she said she loved English, I tutored and encouraged her. She’s now enjoying her new job and her new life.]

2. [An Email from America from my Turkish student] – 29.9.2009 [When she was in my class, she was majoring in English so she wanted to become an English teacher.]

Hey, hocam! I am very, very faaaar away from my hometown… maybe you won’t believe it but I’m in AMERICAAA!!! LIVE FROM CHICAGO.... I got ‘h1’ visa for 1 year and I will be an ESL teacher. There is concept schools organization in here. I applied for the job and I got my approval. Now I’m in my class waiting for the students to come. This is my second day at school. I will observe this week and later I will be teaching. WOW. This is soooo exciting! I still can’t believe it. Thanks to you and the movies that we watched in the class, I can nearly understand ‘everything’ that people say in here. I believe that my speaking will also improve more. Anyway, now the bell is ringin and they are about to come. See ya hocam. :):) Betül [6 months in the class was enough for her and another student to take their Bachelor’s Degrees in English. I’d like to thank all the 20 students of Betül’s and Hatice’s class because whenever I wasn’t in the class –shortly- they pair-worked as if I was there.

This’s the real spirit of winning! ] [I couldn’t pronounce /ü/ in Turkish and they used to laugh at this!  It was nice to see them smile. ] 3. [An Email from Canada from my Turkish student] – 21.2.2010 Michael hocam selam umarım iyisinizdir. Gerçekten bana çok yardımcı oldunuz çünkü her ne öğrettiğiniz kelimelerı burada konuşuluyor. Çok teşekkür ediyorum. Kısa zaman tanış sakta gerçekten çok temiz bir kalbiniz var. Burada tekrar İngilizce dil okuluna yazıldım pazartesi ise başlıyorum. Arkadaşlara çok selam söyleyin, kendinize çok iyi bakin. Görüşürüz.

Sedat [This E-mail in Turkish ’cause Sedat was a Beginner student in my Elementary class for a short time.

His wife has lived there and confirmed that the Canadians speak the same words and phrases of the notes. Keep rocking, Sedat!] 4. My Turkish student’s writing – 27.2.2010 [Impressive! Excellent! She only knew ‘hello’ and ‘how are you’ and the meaning of ‘cat’ and ‘dog’, but became one of the best students of the class! She used to take notes of everything I used to say! Once we had to change our classroom, but students didn’t want to, ’cause they had great memories in there like watching movies, having a birthday party, and learning English. So she couldn’t concentrate in the new classroom. She went home and wrote this brilliant piece of writing until 2 A.M. in the morning! What does ‘love’ mean? Well done, Gülcan! This is with-tiny-correction writing of her who was in my 7hour-a-week class for only four months! She could speak English well too –at least she tried! This’s not just a small piece of writing for me, it’s a great lesson for all of us. Let us read it. ] Hello, I wanted to write something to you. I am determined; I am strong; and I am a very smart person. My life is always difficult to accomplish things. I continue my life consistently. And I never, never, never give up. I am a perfectionist, but sometimes impatient, so I was just angry at myself. I do not want to just give up. That is why I do not want to understand things wrongly. I am smart, successful and I trust myself. Sometimes I understand something a little late. This is not my fault. This does not mean that I would give up. Every word and sentence you told me are in my memory. You said, ‘Never give up to understand something.’ I will never forget. Today I did not understand something, but I know that I am smart. I do not want to just give up. I hope you understand me.

I never never never give up (Asla asla asla pes etmem).

Regards, Gülcan Never Give Up – Author Unknown Sir Winston Churchill took three years getting through(geçmek) eighth grade because he had trouble learning English. It seems ironic that years later, Oxford University asked him to address(hitap etmek) its commencement exercises (Oxford Üniversite ondan nasıl başarılı olduğun yolunu bir konfransda belirtmek/hitap etmek istedı).

He arrived with his usual props(Tipik kendinle duran şeylerla geldi). A cigar, a cane and a top hat accompanied Churchill wherever he went. As Churchill approached the podium, the crowd rose in appreciative applause (toplum kalkıp değerli bir şekilde alkışladılar). With unmatched dignity (Benzersiz saygınlıkla), he settled the crowd (millete sakınleşmeye sağladı) and stood confident before (=in front of) his admirers. Removing the cigar and carefully placing the top hat on the podium, Churchill gazed at his waiting audience (konfrans gibi konuşmasını bekleyen izleyiciların gözlerini dikip baktı). Authority rang in Churchill’s voice as he shouted, ‘Never give up!’ (‘Asla Vazgeçmeyın’ diye bağırken, güç Churchill’in sesda izleyicilerin kulakta çalındı!) [wow] Several seconds passed before he rose to his toes and repeated: ‘Never give up!’ (Saniyeler bir şey söylemeden geçti ve o fakat bunu bir daha söyledı: ‘Asla Vazgeçmeyın!’ His words thundered in their ears (Sesin izleyicilerin kulakta gürlendı). There was a deafening silence as Churchill reached for his hat and cigar, steadied himself with his cane and left the platform. His commencement address was finished (Başarıma sözün –bir cümleyi iki kez söyleyip- bitti)!! [‘BE DIFFERENT’ means this.]

5. My Turkish student’s short writing – 14.3.2010 Hello!

I did not take English course before. This is my first time. First day of the course, I was afraid. Because other students knew some English, but I could not speak it at all. I have taken English course for 5 months. I can speak English now because of Michael teacher. We practice English once a week and sometimes we watch movie.

Best regards, Nurten [Nurten has won English because of her hard work and high character. She is a mom and she works too. She takes music lesson, has ‘lady-friends monthly get-together’, and is a very sociable person. But do you know how she’s learned to read, write, listen, and SPEAK English? She tells me that even when she’s washing the dishes, she has ‘the notes of the class’ next to her and studies! Wow. The world must know how some amazing Turks learn English. When she watches her favorite TV series, during advertisement she mutes the TV to at least learn a few words and sentences! ‘BE DIFFERENT’ also means this. Thank you, Nurten! You’ve made it(Sen başarıdı)! Because she reads a lot, anytime I ask her about a topic, she has stunning ideas about it so she speaks quality English.

The motivational speaker Graeme Clegg says, ‘Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to (Bazı insanlar başarıyorlar çünkü onların kaderi öyle.

Fakat insanlardan çoğu başarıyorlar çünkü onların kararı öyle)!’ She can be a great role model of determination for anyone who wants to learn English.]

I think I see you a little differently than you see yourselves (Sanırım ben, sizi sizin kendinizi gördüğünden daha farklı görüyorum).

Faith can move mountains; doubt can create them. (İnanç dağları hareket edebilir; süphe onları yaratabilir/çoğutebilir.) – Howard Wight [İnanç, nasıl dağları hareket edeceğini söyleyeceğim.]   BEING IN TURKEY BUT LIVING IN AMERICA!! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE??

I think living in America is the best ways to learn to speak English because everyone speaks English there and everything is in English, TV, radio, books, shops, papers (newspapers), magazines, signs, etc. But not everybody has the chance to live there. One may say, ‘I got a job, a family, and responsibilities here. I can’t go to the U.S. everyday and back. I might not afford it.’ But can we be in Turkey but live in the U.S. everyday? ‘What?? But... how??’

Note: ALL languages of the world are beautiful, but I’m an absolute fan of American English. So every time I mention ‘English’ in this filebook, I mean ‘American English’ or ‘American’ language. Also every time I mention ‘I’, ‘Me’, ‘My’, ‘Myself’ or ‘Mine’ in sample sentences in chapter 2-3, I may or may not refer to ‘my own self’. It’s just about the language.

Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My Eye upon you.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise. (Günde sekiz saat şut pratigi yapabilirsin, fakat tekniğin yanlışsa o zaman yanlış şekilde şut atmakta çok iyi olacaksın. Esaslara ulaş, ondan sonra her yapacağın işlemin düzeyini yükselt.) –Michael Jordan [Thank you!] [Bu dosyakitabın en önemli öğrenme noktası.]  WORKING THE WAY If someone learns to play guitar the right way the first days, they can play guitar the right way for ever.

The way matters. I think everyone likes to be able to ‘speak’ English but how can they turn their expectation into outcome, how can they turn the activity into accomplishment, how can they turn their dream into reality? We have dreams and hopes. Orison Swett Marden says, ‘All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.’ I was a dreamer too. I had expectations too. I had activity and practice too. But thank goodness I found a new way. The American business philosopher, Jim Rohn says, ‘Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy.’ [Strategy is the way, the same thing Michael Jordan and all successful people believe in.]

When ‘People Magazine’ asked Julia Roberts on her SUCCESS, she said, ‘I’m just a girl from a little town in Georgia who had this giant, absurd dream.’

Dream is not what you see in sleep. It is something that does not let you sleep. (Rüya uykuda gördüğün şey değil. Ancak –hep onu düşündüğün dolayı- uykusuna izin vermeyen şeydir.) –A.P.J. Abdul Kalam the Indian scientist and ex-president The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up(Rüyaların gerçekleştirmeye en iyi yol uyanmaktır). –Paul Valery You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true (Bir hayalın gerçekleştirme gücünüz yoksa, o hayalda hic aklınızda gelmez). –Richard Bach, writer Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true (Mutluler, rüyalara rüya edip onların gerçekleştirme pahasını vermeye hazır olanlardır). –Leon Joseph Cardinal Suenens Jim Rohn, one of the most effective people I know, says, ‘Disgust is a negative feeling, but it has a very positive effect.’ He says an impressive real story: One day, he met an accomplished, successful lady who was the vicepresident of a company. He asked, ‘How did you get here(Bu dereceye nasıl erdin)?’ She replied, ‘When I was a young mother, I asked my husband for 10 dollars. He raised his voice and asked, ‘WHAT FOR??’ I’d never felt so belittled, and before that day was over(o gün bitmeden), I truly decided I’d never ever ask again(artık kimseden hiçbir şey istemeyeceğim)! I took classes, took opportunities, and here I am, making MILLION dollars! And I’ve kept my promise(sözümü tuttum): ‘To this day, I’ve never ever asked again!’ The turning point of Jim Rohn’s life was the day he didn’t have $2 to buy cookies? This made him take seminars and there, he met his mentor who changed his life. ‘Learn to work hard on yourself more than you do on your job (İşiniz üzerinde yaptığın çalışmaktan daha fazla kendin üzerinde çalışmayı öğrenın).’ [I ‘must’ learn from him everyday.] If anyone is unsuccessful with English speaking, they need to work on their way of practicing it, and disgust their old way. Why being satisfied with 10 dollars of English grammar/reading/writing?? Why not going for millions of dollars of speaking English??

Do the best you can, with what you have, where you are (Nerede olduğunuz ve ne sahip olduğunuzla en iyi yapabileceğinizi yapın). –Theodore Roosevelt Imagine there’s a flower and it’s so beautiful. I have two choices: I can BE WITH it or I can HAVE it. I’ve never wanted to BE with English language, but I’ve always wanted to HAVE it, OWN it, FEEL it, BREATHE it, WALK with it, TALK with it, DREAM it, CATCH it, LIVE it, but most importantly, LOVE it in my heart and mind and SOUL. IF I WERE YOU, I’D REPEAT THESE TO MYSELF: When it comes to speaking English, I just see winning, just hear winning, just know winning. I accept nothing else. I accept nothing else. I JUST want to WIN. ENOUGH with the losing, enough. I’m angry at losing gold. I JUST see the GOLD. I

JUST want the GOLD. I’m a complete human and I deserve it. I’m reading this filebook JUST because I DO want to WIN. I REALLY want to SPEAK English this time, I REALLY DO. [LORD! Please HELP me.]

Do not dwell on your losses, but concentrate (work hard) upon the part of your performance that limited your excellence (Eski başarısızlıklerınde yaşamayın/bırakın onları artık, fakat şu an çok iyi olmanize limit eden performans parçasının üzerınde konsantre olup sıkı bir şekilde çalışın). –Anonymous [It’s a life lesson(Bu bir yaşam felsefe).]  WHAT DO SOME SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO? If I see an ad(reklam) that says, ‘Speaking English in 3 months. Guarantee!’ I wouldn’t believe it. [The ONLY One who can give you guarantee is GOD, and if GOD lives in you, His guarantee is the Most Trustworthy.]

Clint Eastwood in his movie The Rookie says, ‘If you want guarantee, buy a toaster (Garanti belgesi istersen, bir tost makinesi satın al)!’ English is not an electronic device! I don’t think they’d pay my money back if I didn’t learn English speaking in 3 months! I don’t say that’s impossible. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. But supposedly I don’t know any English; if I go and live in London where everyone speaks British English, according to the facts, it takes me almost 3 years to learn to speak English. [3 years x 365 days x 16 hours a day awake= 17,520 hours, give or take(aşağı yukarıda) in London where everyone peaks English! It depends on me too.] But how in the world (Tanrı aşkına) is that possible to learn English speaking in a non-English country in 3 months? If we were to learn anything easily, we’d all be rich! Learning a language is not easy. In fact, learning is not easy. Is learning dancing easy? [You probably remember how hard the 2002 Miss World Azra Akın practiced for Yok Böyle Dans.] Is learning swimming easy? Is learning cooking easy? There’s no street named ‘Easy Street’! BUT if I practice anything the right ‘way’ and continue it with ‘pleasure and fun’, I’d MAKE THEM EASY and enjoyable. English is the same.  NOT EASY BUT WE ‘MAKE’ IT EASY...

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts(Zorunluluk–zordur bırakim diye- tarihin kabul edilmez bahane). [Bravo!] – Edward R. Murrow

Circumstance does not make a man. It reveals him. (Koşullar bir insanı yapılmaz. Onu –kim olduğunu- gösterecek). [wow] – James Allen It’s kind of fun to be in the E-age(Elektronik devirde olmak bir türlü eğlencedır)!–Movenglish:D I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else. (Ben bir iyimserim –başka bir şey olmak pek faydalı görülmüyor.) –Sir Winston Churchill You’d realize English is a ‘game’ if you learned how to ‘Play’ it! (Oynama yolu öğrenseydin, İngilizce bir ‘oyun’ olduğunu farkında olurdun!) –Movenglish  Life isn’t about finding yourself; it’s about creating yourself! (Hayat kendini bulmayı hakkında değil; kendini yaratmayı/yeni bir kişi olmayı hakkındadır.) –George Bernard Shaw

[Don’t walk away. Even in the dry, yellowish desert, walks up a green plant!]

Human beings have always faced difficulties but ‘only’ the ones were successful who didn’t give up: Roger Bannister. The first champ to run 1 Mile (about 1.6 Kilometers) LESS THAN 4 MINUTES. He says, ‘Doctors and scientists said, that breaking the fourminute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead (Doktorlar ve bilim adamlar dediler ki bir mil’e dört dakikada koşmak mümkün değildi ve biri denerse bu denemkte öldürecek. Böylece finişda düşürmektan sonra kalkınce kendimi ölü gibi hissettim/sandım/düşündüm)!’ Who said it’s easy? But... his pain is over, his pride, for ever (acın bitti; onurun bitmez). Michael Johnson and Usain Bolt. Finished 100 meters in less than 10 seconds. [Can we even imagine each 10 meters in 1 second??] Who said it’s easy? The best win is the hard win.

Amanda Beard. The American swimmer and seven-time Olympic medalist has a book named ‘In The Water, They Can’t See You Cry.’ Who said it’s easy? Yes, successful people cried, but not quit.

Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden on the LORD, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Oprah Winfrey. According to Wikipedia, ‘She was born in poverty and had a hard childhood. Her son died in infancy. She landed a job in radio. Her hard times made her have an emotional uniqueness.

Her Talk Show and her Show all brought her multiple awards. She has become one of the richest women on Planet Earth. Her net worth is $2.7 billion in 2011.’ She says, ‘There’s no easy way out (=There’s no easy way of doing something precious). If there were, I would have bought it! And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!’ An African proverb says, ‘Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors (Pürüzsüz denizlar becerekli denizciler yapmaz)!’ Bill Gates. Who doesn’t know him? A science and math genius. Always bored in school because he was more intelligent. His parents knew it so they had to give him new information to keep him busy! They sent him to a private school where he became familiar with computer. He made ‘good friends’ like Paul Allen and they became a group of computer programmers and made ‘good money’. He left them and applied for Harvard and passed the hardest math course! At that time, there was no PC (Personal Computer). The computers were the size of a room. He spent many nights in front of university’s computer, the next day asleep in class! Those classes also bored him! So he dropped out! [Oh my gosh! WHO drops out of Harvard, the BEST university in the whole WORLD?? But he had a DREAM to PURSUE. Well, after 30 years, he gave a speech at Harvard saying, ‘Dad! I told you I’d come back and get my degree!’ It made the audience laugh!] After dropping out, he was away from computer. He and Allen kept in contact despite being far away and discussed about future possibility of starting a new business. Allan moved closer, they both started working in a computer company.

Allen was the one who kept pushing him forward to open a new software company. [Good friends push you forward.] So he founded his company, Microsoft, at age 19! He’s a great communicator so he hired people who could work tirelessly. He challenged every massive hardship in his success way. The fact is math gives people vision and this is one of the secrets of his success. He is a STRONG BELIEVER in HARD WORK. If someone believes in overnight-luck (bir gece içinde zengin/şanslı olma), they should know that it took(zaman aldı) this genius man 15 years to succeed! Who said it’s easy? The book ‘Hard Drive’ is his biography –with all-5-star reviews on amazon.com. Steve Jobs. The adopted child who loved his adopted parents 1000%. The man who had to drop out of college because of his adopted parents’ financial problems. The man who slept on the floor of his friend’s dorm room (Arkadaşın yurt odasının yerde yattığın adam) and had to return the coke bottles for 5 cents to buy food and walked 7 miles on Sundays to get one free meal! Who said it’s easy? The man who later didn’t have enough money to pursue his dreams, so he sold his old Volkswagen to build 50 circuit boards! And the man who didn’t think of billions of dollars he earned later, but thought of DOING a BIG job, a GOLDEN job, a JOB of jobs, an ‘iCEO’ job: ‘Revolutionizing the technology world!’

Such an iBrilliant job! His hard work is a hard diamond; the hardest a diamond, the more valuable it is. Because of his hard work, we get the Apple products in our hand and easily use them. Look at the Presidents of the United States. Each and everyone of them had to struggle with some very difficult situations that we cannot even imagine. We’re responsible for one family and we complain a

lot, but they are responsible for a COUNTRY! Turning over the pages of history, we see John F. Kennedy (JFK), the second youngest President of the United States in a historical speech in 1962 says, ‘We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are HARD!’ American football is hard, but it teaches them how to deal with hard LIFE. Jeep, Chevrolet, and other American brands are made for hard/tough situations, resembling the American ‘winning spirit’. Heros are not made by sitting in ease, they are made by standing still against surrounding problems. [With Movenglish, still sit in ease (rahatınde otur), have tea, have fun, laugh, learn, and become the English speaking hero of your life!!]

Character Gordon Gekko starring Michael Doglas in the movie Wall Street Money Never Sleeps is a businessman. In a scene, he’s speaking on the phone and says, ‘Hey, hey, stay positive, pal. Most people, they lose, they whine and quit. But you gotta be there for the turns. [wow] Everybody’s got good luck, everybody’s got bad luck. Don’t run when you lose, don’t whine when it hurts. It’s like the first grade, Jerry. Nobody likes a crybaby. (Hey hey olumlu kal dostum. Çoğu insan kaybedınce mızmızlanmayı başlayıp vazgeçerler. Sen dönüşan fırsatlar için orada kalmalısın. [wow] Herkes iyi şansları var, kötü şansları de var. Kaybedince kaçma. Canın acınca mızmızlanma.

Birinci sınıf gibi, Jerry. Kimse çocuk gibi ağlayan bir mızmızcıyı sevmez)!’

Successful Americans say, ‘Go Big or Go Home (Büyük/ Sıkı Bir Amaçla Git/ Düşün/ Yap/ Devam et, Yoksa Asla Yapma/ Evde otur/ Eve git)!’ Or ‘Don’t start, or go all the way.’ Ever watched the movie Soul Surfer? It’s the real story of Bethany Hamilton, a surf champ who lost one arm in a shark attack but has never given up surfing. She says, ‘I don’t need easy. I just need possible.’ Everything is possible if we don’t give up/quit. I can quit learning English because of the hardship, but the biggest hardship itself is quitting! 5 years pass, 10 years pass, 20 years pass, I still love English!

[I’d start NOW!] If English is tough, I’d be tougher, if it’s tougher, I’d be the toughest, if it’s the toughest, I’d get angry, use ALL my power to overcome it and SHOW English WHO more powerful is, I’d remind English WHO the boss is! Learning English is not harder than this: Oscar Pistorius, the ‘fastest man with no legs’ and the world champion sprinter has broken his own world records over 30 times, living a Life Without Limitation. [wow] He’s lost legs, not the heart. [Bravo!] If he could do this, we can learn to speak English too.

Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there. (Engeller meydana gelince, hedefini ulaşmak için, kararın değil, yönünü/ yöntemini değişeceksin.) [Again, he believes in the WAY!]– Zig Ziglar The thing is if we think something is easy and do it, we might find it hard. But if we accept that it’s hard, it’d be easy in the process. Is business easy? No. Do you know the Turkish businessman John Ilhan (Mustafa İlhan), the richest young man in Australia in 2007? Now look at how Ilhan thinks: ‘It’s a very, very tough market. So unless you do a really good job, you buy the right products from the manufacturers, you service the customers, they keep coming back, they bring their friends in, it’s all about numbers, numbers, numbers.’ True. When learning English, I think numbers must be important. I mustn’t expect 100% result of speaking English with 2% practicing it! Just like anything else, I might hit some rough patch (=I may feel it’s hard) initially, but as Gordon Gekko says, I gotta be there because the joy and the feeling and the pride and the prize of winning, speaking English, will be with me for ever. For everything worthy, we should pay the price. If learning English is hard, the easy things are getting out of my mind so I’m becoming stronger! Taking a trip to a convenience store is easy but not enjoyable trip. When I take a trip to another country, it’s harder but so much more enjoyable. English is the same. But we are humans. Our nature wants EASY! OK. I agree. Then ‘How can I MAKE ENGLISH EASY?’ I think Annie Gottlier answers it brilliantly:

IT’S HARD WHEN YOU HAVE TO. IT’S EASY WHEN YOU WANT TO. (MECBUR OLUNCE HER ŞEY ZOR. İSTEDIĞINCE HER ŞEY KOLAY.) Jim Rohn: When you know what you want and you want it badly enough, you’ll find a way to get it (Ne istedığını bildiğince ve yeterli kadar fena halde istediğince, onu elde etmeye kesin bir yol bulacaksınız). <He-hey! Woody says, ‘Hi!’ Say ‘Hi back!’ Man! King Kong looks angry!>

Movenglish believes in fun. Fun eases every hardship.

(Movenglish eğlenceye inanır. Eğlence her zorluğu kolayleştırır.)

When you do the hard things with fun, you don’t notice any hardship but fun! (Her zor şeyi eğlenceyla yaptığınca, eğlence dışı hiç zorunluk fark etmeyecek sınız!)

The man who can make hard thing easy is the educator. (Zor şeyleri kolaylaştıran kişi –gerçekeğitimcidir.) –Emerson Tough times never last but tough people do(Zor zamanlar asla kalmayacak ancak zor/dayanaklı insanlar kesin kalır). –Dr. Robert H. Schuller Full effort is full victory(Tam çabalama tam zaferdır). –Mahatma Gandhi Success is no dream, it’s VERY REAL. Nurten is REAL. Gülcan is REAL. Ket is REAL. Sedat is REAL. Betül is REAL. Ömer is REAL. Oğuz is REAL. Beyza is REAL. Ayşe is REAL. İnanç is REAL. Kıvanç is REAL. Ceyhun is REAL. Biriz is REAL. And hundreds of hard-working students in Turkey and other parts of the world are REAL.

Believe in your dreams and they may come true. Believe in yourself and they will come true (Hayallarını inanirsen, gerçekleştirebilir.

Kendini inanirsen, hayalların gerçekleştirecek). –Anonymous I shouldn’t take an English course for nothing, no. Speaking English shouldn’t be a dream for me anymore, no. I don’t need to look at the board and bore myself, no. Even in here, I wouldn’t need 3 years to learn to speak English, no. I don’t have to dig a hole in the ground or hang a rope in the sky to learn to speak English, no. I don’t have to be in the list of Forbes Magazine to learn English speaking, no. I don’t even have to bring King Kong down that tower to learn to speak English, no!! All I’d need to do is to CHANGE MY WAY and DO something FUN everyday!! ‘WHAT??’

Yeah! As POSSIBLE as that! ‘HOW?’ Ok. I said ‘practice’ but practice what and why and how?

Uh-huh! I’m here to show you a natural, right, fun, fast, new, and effective way to actually lead you to speak English. ‘I’ have gone the same way! Some students come to me, take a course, and expect to speak English in 1 month or 2 months. I tell them and I tell you ALL with clear conscience... It’s NOT 2 months later, it’s NOT 1 months later, it’s NOT 2 weeks later, it’s NOT tomorrow, it’s NOT today, but it’s RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW that everybody CAN START to SPEAK English if they just ‘THINK DIFFERENT’. RIGHT NOW. When I first meet my students, they say they don’t speak English, but I MAKE THEM SPEAK ENGLISH THE SAME MOMENT. How is THAT possible? It’s absolutely possible because THEY have this power, THEY already know, it is inside THEM... in their MIND. ALL I do is to CHANGE their MIND! You know what the American ultradistance runner Stu Mittleman says? He says, ‘I never ran 1000 miles. I could never have done that. I ran one mile 1000 times!’ Wow. See? He’s just a usual guy who THINKS different and since his MIND is ready, he PRACTICES differently too. My students run the first mile the first day, which means they SPEAK English the FIRST time I meet them. [And to be honest, they are not my students, ‘I’ learn from them.] Those who have used their ability and have gone this way were not BORN English speakers, but now they ARE English speakers. A wise person says, ‘You’ll get good at what you practice well(İyice yaptığın pratikta iyi olacaksınız).’ Who said you can’t make 1000 sentences with some simple words RIGHT NOW? WHO said that? I’ll SHOW you you can; I repeat; I’ll SHOW you you can. It’s all in your head. It’s all in how you look at things (Her şey bakış açısınızı bağlı).

Every student is a teacher because I can learn a lot from them, so nobody is a teacher but GOD.  FOUR FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS TO AWESOME TURKISH STUDENTS FIRST: 1. IMAGINATION They say a real tourist first travels his own country and then travels the world. Turkey’s language is Turkish, world’s language is English. If I were Turkish and my Turkish literature was poor but wanted to learn English, I’d improve my first language to be able to learn the second. I’d need to know what ‘object(nesne)’ or ‘adverb(zarf)’ is. I’d need to explain the meaning of ‘Sahip çıkmak’, ‘Aşk olsun’, ‘Sana kıyamam’, etc. Checking atasozlerianlamalari.com, I realized that Turkish is a rich, sweet, and beautiful language. For example, ‘Sözünü balla kestım(=Sorry to interrupt you).’ As if(senki) someone’s speaking and you ‘metaphorically (mecaz olarak)’ give him honey to eat, so as he’s busy eating, YOU can speak! How I know this? I imagined! I believe EVERYBODY has the power to imagine. Can you imagine Dr. House is playing guitar using a cane? [HaHa. Funny!] Clarence Budington Kelland, the writer, says, ‘I get up every morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop!’ [I can imagine how funny that is!] Now some may ask, ‘How can a typewriter be tortured or how can it scream?’ This’s imagination, and we have the same in Turkish too. [Torture a typewriter until it screams: work so hard on a typewriter MACHINE until it makes noise.] Michael Irvine says: ‘Look up, get up, and don’t ever give up!’ Again, some may ask, ‘What’s he talking about (Ne diyor o)?’ [Smile] Well, I’d imagine a football player when falling down. Look up, get up, and continue your way(Yukarıya bak, kalk ve yoluna devam et/ hiç bırakma)! The American motivational speaker Dale Carnegie says, ‘Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all (Dünyada en önemli şeylerin çoğu hiç umut görülmedığınce denemeye bırakmadan insanların tarafından yapılmıştır).’ True. So if my Turkish literature was/were weak, I’d keep on trying. Who knows? Maybe the eyes of a little kid would wait to see my success. Maybe I’d be the kids’ only hope. Now tell me: Which one is more expensive, a 1,000-square-meter land, or a 100-square-meter land with a big ‘treasure inside’?  2. MOTIVATION Do you know that a lot of successes in the world were discouraged before becoming successful? Lady Gaga had a boyfriend who used to tell her she wouldn’t be famous, she wouldn’t have a hit song, she wouldn’t win a Grammy Award, and she replied, ‘One day, there won’t be any deli (şarküteri) you would order a cup of coffee without hearing my songs or seeing my pictures!’ She PICTURED earlier to her FAME. [Maybe she should thank that boyfriend of hers.] History shows us that there were people who were rejected at first, but they never gave up. Because they BELIEVED that they WERE ‘yes people’, that they MADE things happen, that they WERE precious, that they WERE the true inspiration to millions, that they WERE and they ARE BRAVO PEOPLE: Thomas Edison. His teacher said he was too stupid to learn anything!! He was kicked out(kovuldu) of school for asking too many questions!! When trying to invent the electric light, he said he failed 10,000 times. He also said, ‘I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.’ [This means he didn’t care about the

time, slept 4 hours a day, and worked hard to feel the ‘blissful joy’ of winning, of inventing.] Look what a great job he did to the world that everybody is benefiting from! Can we imagine how happy he was at the great moment of his great invention? Did he dance, or scream, or went outside shouting, or bought everyone a drink, or kissed someone accidentally? HaHa! Albert Einstein.

Couldn’t speak till age 4. Couldn’t read till age 7. Disappointed by his teacher’s words. Won the Noble Prize in Physics! How is that POSSIBLE? He teaches us: ‘Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.’ Dr. Seuss. His first book was rejected by 27 publishers! They said it was stupid! Nobody believed in him but ‘him’ because he never gave up! That’s why he became a legend through his children’s book! Who said it’s impossible? Ludwig van Beethoven. He awkwarly handled the violin. His teacher called him ‘hopeless as a composer’. While deaf, he wrote 5 of his greatest symphonies! Lucille Ball. Dismissed(kovuldu) from a drama school. They gave her a note that said she was wasting her time and she was too shy to move forward! Really? She was 13-time-nominated, 4-time-winner of Emmy Award, the winner of Crystal Award, the winner of Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Kennedy Center Honors Award, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Award, and became one of the most popular stars in the U.S. She said, ‘I’m not funny. I’m BRAVE.’ [wow] Michelle Kwan. The American figure skater. The critics said she lacked ‘skill and focus’! She worked very hard to become 2-time Olympic medalist, 5-time World Champ, and 9-time U.S. Champ! Could this happen if she listened to the critics? Michael Jordan. He was cut from his high school basketball team because they said he had no talent! ‘What??’ He is the NBA’s best basketball player of all times! He’s not just the best but the most invincible, unstoppable, incredible, hard-working basketball legend of all times. Walt Disney. As a child, he used to watch the Fairmount Amusement Park (Türkçe: Lunapark) through the fence because he didn’t have enough money to go in. When he was a high school student, he took a night course and became a high school newspaper cartoonist. He then dropped out of high school to join the army but they didn’t accept him because of his age (16). He then became the ambulance driver for the Red Cross (Kızılhaç). After a year of service, he continued as newspaper cartoonist but was fired (işden kovuldu) from there because they said he lacked ‘original idea’ and ‘imagination’!! Kidding?

He became the ‘legend of imagination’ by the legendary productions he left! You say the word ‘Mouse’, most people say, ‘Ew!’ He thought DIFFERENT and used his imagination so people would LOVE Micky ‘Mouse’! The Walt Disney Company won 32 Oscars, oh my gosh, 32 Oscars, a record in the history of the cinema! When he became a parent, he took his children to the same amusement park but believed that he could do much better. He traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe and got inspired. His idea of an amusement park with a movie theater, park, town hall(belediye), railroad, stores, excellent food and drinks, upbeat music, and friendly employees was rejected by bankers, amusement industry experts, and many more –including his brother (at first). But he really wanted this to happen, so he finally MADE the Disneyland. In 7 weeks, a MILLION people visited it! Wow. ONE man’s dream, decision, and hard work have made millions of families HAPPY. [When you learn to speak English, what will happen?] Les Brown. The American Motivational Speaker. At 6th months, he was adopted by Mamie Brown, a poor woman with a rich heart. At 5th grade, he was mistakenly labled ‘EMR: Educably Mentally Retarded’ and was sent to 4th grade. Her mother –her first mentor- encouraged him a lot. One day at high school, he was roaming around (dolaşıyordu), looking at the board of another class. As looking, the class teacher Mr. Washington who later changed Les’ life and became his second mentor, asked, ‘Hey young man! Go to the board and write what I’m about to tell you.’ And he asked, ‘Wh-Who? Me??’ ‘Yes, you,’ he said. ‘I CAN’T do that, sir!’ ‘Why not?’ ‘I can’t... I’m not one of your students.’ ‘It doesn’t matter. Follow my directions now.’ ‘I CAN’T do that sir.’

‘WHY NOT???’ ‘Because... because I’m Educably Mentally Retarded!’ [Some students laughed. Now look what happened!] Mr. Washington came from behind his desk and looked at him in the eyes and firmly said, ‘DON’T EVER SAY THAT AGAIN. Someone’s opinion of you does not have to be your reality (Birinin senin hakkında düşündüğün şey senin gerçek olmayı zorunda değil)!’ WOW to this teacher. He then believed in himself so much that started on the radio and became famous as a fastspeaking DJ! He started his show on TV and won an Emmy Award! He became the Chairman of the Human Resources Committee for three terms! He’s now a famous Motivational Speaker. For 9 years, he IMAGINED himself as a Motivational Speaker before his first speech! In one of his videos, he said he had received $50,000 for one hour of speech! He wrote best-sellers like Live Your Dreams and says, ‘There is more in you than in your bank account (Sizin içinde bank hisabınızdan daha var).’ He gives speeches to Fortune 500 (Amerika’nın 500 en büyük firmalar), schools, prisons, churches, TV shows, radios, and millions of Americans to motivate them. He even TRAINs new speakers to be the future motivational speakers of America. Wow. All these started because one teacher believed in him! [Thank you, Mr. Washington!] Unbelievable to see what one teacher’s WORDS can do! Great things happen by a little motivation. Now WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? Did they come from the Moon or the Jupiter?

Did they believe in the impossible? Did they think negatively? Did they give up? Did they believe in ‘CAN’Ts’? People like them are a lot in history (Bunlar gibi insanlar tarihde çok). If you are moved by their stories, it’s because one day they decided to never stop, if they did, there’d be no stories to tell (Bu hikayelerden etkilenseydiniz, nedeni onların bırakmadığın kararıdır, eğer bıraksaydılar, zaten şu anda onların söyleyecek hikayeler yoktu)! Think HOW MANY PEOPLE will YOU move if you DON’T stop. After motivation, what all these heros had in common was: Hard work and persistence. TEN normal shots have a better chance than ONE strong shot! It’s neither from soley education, nor soley talent, but from persistance that comes out precious winners (Sadece eğitimden değil, sadece yetenektende değil, ama kalıcılıkten değerli kazananlar çıkacak).

3. DESTINATION Being naughty(yaramaz) is fun, being calm/quiet gives others a sense of respect. No matter naughty or quiet, I think we all should set a priority (öncelik) or a goal (hedef) for our destination (gidecek yer) to have a better destiny (kader). Earl Nightingale says, ‘People with goal succeed because they know where they are going. As simple as that! (Hedefli insanlar başarıyorlar çünkü nerede gideceğini biliyorlar. Bunun anlamak bu kadar basit!)’ Life is a game and great players score goals! [Goal: 1.hedef 2.gol.] Now, what’d be my goal by going to an English class? Would it be to find a girlfriend or would it be to ...? What I sit in the class is worth standing up for (Sınıfta oturduğum sebebi, onun için kalkıp savunmaya değer). 

Psalm 121:7-8 The LORD will keep you from all harm –He will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

4. INSPIRATION I think a student shouldn’t expect everything from their teacher. The Chinese proverb says, ‘Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.’ iPad is the most prolific invention of modern history, but if PEOPLE don’t apply it, it won’t work by itself. My mind is my iPad. Success before Work is only in the dictionary. If no translator machine has been invented so I could instal in my head and easily speak different languages with a click, it means I should re-invent myself. An English learner’s decision is to learn English speaking, they carry this desire, this passion, this fire, this enthusiasm, this LOVE in their heart and mind and soul FOR EVER. Learning is about the joy of discovering –not just passing the exams! Albert Einstein says, ‘The important thing is, not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.’ The real learning is not about answering the questions, but questioning the answers, questioning the questions, it’s not about what I know, it’s about what I don’t know, it’s not about how much I study, it’s about how much love I have for learning. It’s not just reading what others are reading but reading what others are reading and thinking of what others are not thinking! Having a book in my hand doesn’t mean that I know it. Going to a university or a language school doesn’t mean that I am a student. Taking education (eğitim almak) is different from getting educated (eğitimli olmak). When they asked the world’s most successful golfer of all times Tiger Woods if he’s satisfied with his golf game, he said, ‘You can always get better. You never arrive! (Her zaman daha iyiden daha iyi olabilirsin, o yüzden daha iyiyi asla yetişmayacaksin!)’ And THAT’s the SPIRIT of WINNING.  The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think. –Albert Einstein We all look through the same window, but we don’t see the same thing(Hepimiz aynı pencereden bakıyoruz ancak hepimiz aynı şeyi görmüyoruz). –Anonymous  TO MY DEAR TEACHER FRIENDS... SUGGESTIONS OF A HUMBLE STUDENT All teachers in Turkey are my teachers I learn from. I just have some suggestions to share that they might find helpful –hopefully.

The name of Atatürk brings to mind the historic accomplishments of one of the great men of his century, his inspired leadership of Turkish People, his perceptive understanding of the modern world, and his boldness as a military leader. – John F. Kennedy [@wikiquote.org] Years ago, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Leader of Wisdom and Reform, said, ‘Today, our most important and most productive responsibility is the national education affairs.’ For your information, in the summer of 1924, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk invited the American educational reformer John Dewey to Ankara to advise him on how to reform Turkish education. [Why him? Such a wise move!] Later, Professor Ernest Wolf-Gazo in his article ‘John Dewey In Turkey; An Educational Mission’ mentioned that John Dewey had believed education and real life in Turkey ‘needed to be connected.’ Hope they are, now.]

In 2013-2014 we got fun facilities like video games so I think if I teach and when I teach, this is my RESPONSIBILITY to awaken more joy in students than those.

K.I.P: KNOWLEDGE IS POWER If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. (Eğer sen bir elma’n varsa ve ben de bir elma’m varsa ve biz elmalarımızı değişirsek, o zaman her birimiz hala bir elmamaız olacak. Fakat eğer sen bir fikrin varsa ve ben de bir fikrim varsa ve biz onları değişirsek, o zaman her ikimiz iki tane fikir sahip olacağız.) [BRILLIANT!] –George Bernard Shaw If I want to learn Turkish, I’d go and live in Turkey where is the best place to learn Turkish, right? But if I’m not Turkish and I want to teach Turkish, oh, living in Turkey is a must because there are a lot of details that I can never find in books or even on the Internet. If a Turk wants to learn German, the best way is to live in Germany. But if they want to teach German, living in Germany would be a must. The same way, if I’m not American but I want to teach American, living in America would be a must.

Learning or teaching English is like learning or instructing driving. STEP ONE: Driver’s manual is like English books.

STEP TWO: Driving is like speaking. STEP THREE: Instructing driving is like teaching speaking. [Driver’s manual>Driving>Instructing driving = Books>Speaking> Teaching speaking] Now imagine I’m a beginner and I read the driver’s manual ten-twenty times. Can I say I’m a driver now? No. Or is every driver a driving instructor? Guess not. Is every English speaker an English teacher? No. If I only read English books(driver’s manual), I’d only have a booky experience of English. If I have booky experience, books like these are my driver’s manual: ‘The Frog Prince’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘The Twelve Brothers’, ‘The Bremen Town Musicians’, ‘Snow White’, and so. These are ‘valuable books’ written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, but the writers were born in 1785 and 1786 and their books mostly go back to 1812, so the LANGUAGE of these books goes back to 201 YEARS AGO! [I’m only talking about the language.] So, correct me if I’m wrong, but if I only have a booky experience, my knowledge would belong to 201 years ago! [Some of these books are recently revised with simpler language. They are ok but I don’t think they’d solve my booky experience problem.] Here’s ONE sample of an OLD language from the short story Snow White, published and confirmed in September 2010: ‘‘It answered, ‘You, art fairer than all who are here, lady queen. But more beautiful is Snow White as I ween.’ Firstly, notice that this book’s level is indicated ‘ELEMENTARY’ while it has a Shakespeare-like language. Secondly, ‘art’ is the OLD form of ‘are’! But these Elementary students look up in a dictionary and think it’s ‘art (sanat)’ as in ‘fine arts’! So what would they understand? Thirdly, ‘queen’ and ‘ween’ have rhyme but I’ve never heard anyone in my whole life using such VERY old term ‘As I ween’ but I heard its NEW form ‘I think(Sanırım)’ a LOT! So the 2013 version of this part could be: It answered, ‘You, lady queen, are more beautiful than everyone else here. But I think Snow White is more beautiful than

you.’ It’s not just the Brothers Grimm’s books, but regardless of their great stories, there’re a whole lot of them with OLD LANGUAGE such as: ‘Anne of Green Gables’ written by Lucy Maud Montgomery in 1878, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852, ‘The Tinderbox’ written by Hans Christian Anderson in 1835, ‘Robinson Crusoe’ written by Daniel Defoe in 1719, and ‘Don Quixote’ written by Miguel de Cervantes in 1612 [401 years ago] Do you teach, learn, or speak ‘Old Turkic’ of 91 years ago, like ‘Müselles tayyareye, şimal teşrinievvele nispeti yoktur’? NO. But you read, write, teach, learn, and speak its 2013 version ‘Üçgen uçağa, kuzey ekimi oranı yoktur.’ Or this one from Old Turkic: ‘Beg efendi tagda edgü yaşıyor’? [I can imagine your surprise!] The 2013 version of it is: ‘Bey efendi dağda iyi yaşıyor.’ Now, I’d do the math(sizin yerinde olsaydım, iki artı iki yapardım/ tahmin ederdim/ yargılaydım): ‘If you don’t use the language of 91 years ago, do Americans use the language of 201-401 years ago?’ And if they DON’T use it, it’s useLESS. So I mustn’t give my iPad-generation students the homework assignment with the language of 201-401 years ago, do you agree? These lovely students expect the fruit of speaking English while the root of it is useLESS and old! If after 2 years of taking course, a student cannot say ‘O bana telefon açtı,’ in English, or they’d say it wrongly like, ‘He opened the phone me!’ the fault would be in the useLESS books or homework assignment ‘I’ gave them. [‘Open’ is like ‘Open the door/window/book.’] Or for ‘Telefonumu açmak zorundayım,’ if they say it wrongly like ‘I have to open the phone!’ the fault would be in the useLESS books or homework assignment. WHY? Because, for example, Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719, it’s one of my favorite books, such a classic, NO DOUBT, but the LANGUAGE and the EVENTS of it belong to the time when no phone was invented! 157 years later Alexander Graham Bell officially invented the telephone –in 1876! [If students love to read Robinson Crusoe, I suggest they read the translated version, but for learning English LANGUAGE, knowing Robinson Crusoe’s words like cannibal(yamyam) might not be good at the age of technology, but they definitely need to know that ‘Telefonu açmak zorundayım,’ in English is: ‘I have to get the phone./ I have to take the phone./ I have to answer the phone./ I have to get/ take/ answer the call./ I gotta get this./ I have to take it./ I need to answer it./I gotta pick up the phone.’ They definitely need to know that ‘O bana telefon açtı,’ is ‘He called me.’ Also if I were to write a Beginner’s book, I wouldn’t focus on words and words only. Five Units passes, still words, ten Units passes, still words, I’d never do that. I would teach beginners SENTENCES. If I were a beginner and I went to a street and would say, ‘Car!’ or ‘House!’ wouldn’t the listener ask, ‘So what (Ee, ne olmuş ki)? What happened to the ‘car’ or the ‘house’, Michael? What do you want to say?’ The thing is I take 5 or 10 sessions and I ASSUME I’m learning, but I’m actually not! That’s why I give up! The way is wrong. So what would be the solution to my booky experience problem? A) Learning from Turkish-national fluent-speaking English teachers in Turkey? Exactly. There’re thousands of them. They’re my teachers. B) Living in America to gain real overseas experience? Exactly. But wait! What if there is no chance for all to have ‘A’ and ‘B’ solutions? Then, in any case, everyone, please keep reading this filebook for suggestions.  Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than right answers. (İyi öğretmek doğru cevaplamaktan daha doğru soru sormaktir.) –Josef Albers, American educator

A: I think ‘Shall’ as future tense is ‘dated(eski olmuş)’ so if I were an exam-giver, I wouldn’t bring these in tests: ‘I shall see you tomorrow!’ ‘I shall have been playing football!’ These sentences seem to be of daily conversation but they don’t use ‘shall’ in daily conversation. In the U.S., ‘shall’ is mostly used for: 1. Inviting politely: ‘Shall we dance?’ ‘Shall we go(Gidelim mi)?’ 2. In rare cases, asking for permission; as in a 2009 movie, the character asks, ‘Shall I open the envelope –now?’ [Here, they use ‘should’ more: Should I open the envelope now?] [‘Shall’ is used in the ‘Bible’ a lot because the Holy Bible is UNIQUE.] B: Ellen DeGeneres in one of her shows said, ‘‘Who says ‘whom’ anymore, or is it ‘whom’ says ‘whom’? ‘I’ don’t even know!’’

And the audience laughed! If I were an exam-giver, I wouldn’t bring it in tests: ‘Whom did you call?’ or ‘Whom did you play with?’ [‘Who did you call?’ or ‘Who did you play with?’ is correct.] In thefreedictionary.com it is mentioned: ‘Whom is no longer thought to be necessary!’ In inductive (tümevarımsal) teaching, the latest method of teaching, we should first have conversation or speaking examples, and then grammar. [First-grammar-then-speaking-examples or deductive (tümdengelimli) teaching is old-fashioned.] So if born-American English speakers don’t use something in their speaking, I’d realize it’s dated. [Formal speakers say ‘Sorry for the imposition!’ (Zahmet verdiğim/Rahatsız ettiğim için üzür dilerim/kusura bakmayın!) But most people say, ‘Sorry to bug/bother you!’ Same meaning. ‘The two brothers reconciled after two years(İki kardeş iki yılden sonra barıştılar),’ is formal English but most people say, ‘The two brothers made peace with each other after two years.’ Same meaning. [Although the second sentence is longer, it’s more practical because most people know the meaning of ‘peace’ is ‘barış’ from Peace t-shirt or Peace sign.] Even a writer first speaks in their mind and then writes on the paper, do you agree? What I think is: Turkish new generation first needs to learn this ‘most’ spoken language to be able to SPEAK. [Chapter 2 includes both.] [‘Whom’ is also used in the ‘Bible’ a lot because the Holy Bible is UNIQUE.] C: I wouldn’t bring this in test: ‘You needn’t have bought any bread.’ ‘Needn’t’ and ‘present perfect tense’ after ‘needn’t’ are dated.

The new form would be: ‘You didn’t have to buy bread.’ Or ‘You didn’t need to buy bread.’ The new generation in Turkey is lively and modern. This makes me bring more practical and newer grammar in tests. I think the grammar itself is becoming simpler. In fact, due to hustles and bustles (koşuşturma) of technology life, human beings try to make their lifestyle simpler. For

example, although news characteristics is basically formal, they speak to people more friendly today. [The Turkish example could be Mehmet Ali Birand.] Could they speak the same way at the past? I don’t think so. A few years ago, tourists had big baggages in their hands and big backpacks on their shoulders, sweating all over, to just take a short trip, but these days, lightweight or ultralightweight backpacking is highly recommended to all of them. A few years ago, Google had more than 60 kinds of privacy policies (gizlilik politikalar), but on March the first, 2012, they made all of them just one short and simple Privacy Policy! Pop songs lyrics of the past were also strict in rhyme (kafiyede çok sıkı/disiplinli). I like some, but the language of the lyrics has changed. Today, no one writes lyrics like that of the past. Bee Gees: ‘Listen to the ground – There is movement all around –There is something going down – And I can feel it– On the waves of the air – There is dancing out there – If it’s something we can share – We can steal it.’ ABBA: ‘If you see the wonder of the fairy tale – You can take the future even if you fail – And my destination makes it worth the while – Pushing through the darkness still another mile – I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream.’ Today we’re sit-on-the-couch-order-some-pizza, I-want-it-now people! Today’s lyrics’ rhymes are so simple as if they’re SPEAKING DAILY CONVERSATION to people. Taylor Swift ‘You’re on the phone with... she’s upset – She’s going off about something that you said – ’Cause she doesn’t get your humor like I do... I wear t-shirts – She’s Cheer Captain (ponpon kızların kaptanı) and I’m on the bleachers* [Sports words in lyrics! Did they use them at the past? *Bleachers>Google Images<]’ See? Simpler and more informal. Jay Sean’s lyrics ‘Hit the lights(x4) – So take a picture of this moment with your iPhone [>Technology word in lyrics!<]’ Jessie J’s lyrics ‘Why is everybody so serious? – Acting so damn mysterious – You got your shades on your eyes and your heels so high [>Shopping words in lyrics!<] – That you can’t even have a good time... It’s not about the money, money, money [>Financial words in lyrics!<]’ See the BIG DIFFERENCE? The fact is when there was less technology at the past, people had a lot of TIME in their hand either to USE or to LOSE! Today while we’re enjoying more freedom and technology, we’re living in a FASTER time. We all want FASTER trains, FASTER internet, FASTER-food, and FASTER-easier-sit-and-earn money! Today if a driver blocks another driver’s way for 10 seconds, they may honk the horn like 10 times! [Maybe not lady drivers!] Today, separating wet garbage from dry plastic takes 30 seconds but do we really do it? Today 60 seconds at the red light seems like 6-60 minutes, and that’s why people want to jaywalk! A few years back, people loved to hang out in restaurants, smoke their cigarettes, and find someone to hang out(takılmak) with. Today we go to a restaurant, order our food, and ask the waiters, ‘Can I get my food FASTER please?’ [Rule of nature: We get something (technology); we give something else (time)!] A few years ago, people used to wake up too early in the morning, having a lot of extra time in their hand, checking the sun for the sunset, wishing the day ended sooner ‘Uh, when will the day end?’ But today we wake up in the morning, hurry to get to the bus stop, hurry to get to work, hurry to have breakfast at 11, hurry to have lunch at 4, hurry to get back home, asking ourself, ‘How the day even ended (Bugün nasıl bu kadar hızlı geçti ya)?’ Isn’t high speed train (Blue Train) in Turkey about TIME so passengers could get to their destinations FASTER? Of course it is. So with this TIME that we don’t have to waste, I definitely need to teach my students faster, practical, modern, real English! I need to bring more speaking forms of English in teachings or tests and help them speak English.

D: I wouldn’t bring this in test: ‘Seeing as/Seeing that he’s a doctor, he can give you some advice!’ If I deleted ‘Seeing as/Seeing that’, the sentence would even be simpler: ‘He’s a doctor. He can give you some advice.’ [If ‘Madem ki’ had to be in the sentence, I’d use its practical form ‘since’: ‘Since he’s a doctor, he can give you some advice.’]

E: The ‘E’ part rings me a bell (=reminds me) that we’re E-people living in the cutting-edge (modern) E-world. I don’t think words meaning ‘Rağmen’ such as ‘Whilst’ and ‘Much as’ are E-words: ‘Much as/Whilst he didn’t work there, he was allowed to go in!’

Instead, I’d use its practical, today’s form: ‘Although he didn’t work there, he was allowed to go in.’ Or I’ve never heard Americans say ‘Try as he may, Andy couldn’t pass the exam!’ Well, if it is needed to be formal, I’d use the practical form of it: ‘Despite the best effort, Andy couldn’t pass the exam.’ But to me (bana göre), honestly, this is a totally simple sentence and its structure should stay simple, today’s style, so I’d say: ‘Andy tried hard but couldn’t pass the exam.’ You know, if you asked me what the benefit of math in today’s life is, I’d say: ‘Is there any day we don’t use math?’ The whole world is turning on the finger tip of math! Wall Street says it all! Warren Buffett, one of the top billionaires of the world, is a math genius. In his high school yearbook, it’s written: ‘Likes math. A future stockbroker.’ [When his friends were hanging out, he was taking the motivational speaker Dale Carnegie’s public course!] Bill Gates is a math genius too. Math in our daily life? The day I bought new furniture bigger than the size of my apartment building’s door way, I’d realize that’s math! Today I go shopping, by math I figure out which is more cost-effective, to buy a 38-Lira piece of clothes with 30% off (indirim), or to buy a 46Lira piece of clothes with the same quality but 55% off. Now a fun math problem: ‘Can you cut/slice a simple round cake(yaş pasta) into 8 equal pieces in only 3 movements?’ [Think about it please.] When I watch the movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’, the real life story of the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash (starring Russell Crowe), I’d realize math can help me with my relationship!

I think people whose math is better are better at video games! Computers are there thanks to ‘zero-one’ math methodology!

There’s a fantastic relation between math and sports because as Dick Ritger says, ‘All sports are games of inches!’ Human beings just love figures. You tell someone, ‘I made some new friends today.’ They’d ask you, ‘Oh yeah? How many?’ [Smile] Ever heard the Pablo Picasso story? ‘‘He was sitting in a cafe where a woman approached him, asking if he could sketch a portrait of her. He agreed, did, and gave her the portrait. Pleased by the outcome, she asked, ‘How much do I owe you?’ And he asked for a price equivalent to ‘$5,000.’ The woman screamed, ‘But it took you only 3 minutes to finish!’ ‘Yes, ma’am,’ he replied ‘But it took me 40 years to LEARN how!’’ Albert Einstein in New York Times said, ‘Why is it nobody understands me and everybody likes me?’

[Smile] There’re millions of benefits of math, but what’d be one single benefit of not using today’s grammar for our smart, new generation?’ [The fun math problem’s answer: The cake needs one horizonal and two vertical cuts!]  Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater! –Albert Einstein

F: If in Turkish, instead of ‘Kafası iyi çalışıyor,’ someone says, ‘Kellesı iyi çalışıyor!’ you’d say ‘kelle’ in this usage is oldfashioned and not practical. The same way, I think ‘inasmuch as’ in English is old-fashioned and impractical. So instead of ‘This is a good job inasmuch as it pays well!’ I’d use its practical form, ‘This is a good job as far/long as it pays well.’

G: ‘Unnecessary complication’ is like instead of ‘Who is she? –She’s my relative (akraba)! –Oh, nice!’ someone would use this form, ‘Who is she? –She’s my father’s oldest cousine’s youngest daughter’s second child!!! –Uhh...??’ 7 unnecessary words instead of 1 understandable word ‘relative’. [In the first example, ‘Oh, nice!’ shows understandable and true communication –what language IS about (anlayışlı iletişim, dilin olduğun sebebidir).] We don’t pick up(pratik yaparak öğrenmek) skateboarding on sand, but on asphalt. We don’t take English to make it harder, but easier. Now, the usage of ‘inversion’ (devrik yapı) in this sentence might not be the best option: ‘No sooner had I opened the door than the phone started ringing!’ I think this is unnecessary complication. So I’d use: ‘Before I opened the door, the phone (had) started ringing.’ Instead of ‘Not until I finish this project, I will take a trip!’ I’d say, ‘I won’t take a trip until I finish this project.’ This is a speaking sentence and I think speaking language should be used for speaking. Instead of ‘Little does she know what surprises we have in store for her!’ with 12 words, I’d use its simple form with 8 words ‘She doesn’t know we want to surprise her.’ ‘Where she was yesterday isn’t known to anyone!’ I’d simply say: ‘Nobody knows where she was yesterday.’

H: I think tenses like future perfect continuous are dated: ‘The student will have been studying before the other students arrive!’ Or past perfect continuous is, I think, dated: ‘We had been playing in the yard!’ Or ‘You would have had to have been traveling on Mars by late 2002!’ I think I’d never use this last one –not 21st century grammar! You might surprise if I say: 90% of all speaking tenses in English language are simple present and simple past, and the rest (10%) is mostly future tense! That simple (Bu kadar basit)! It’s the same in Turkish. If I teach my students all kinds of tenses and after two years of taking English course I asked them, ‘How old are you(Kaç yaşındasın)?’ and they answered, ‘I’m fine(İyim)!’ the fault would be ‘mine’, not theirs.

If a company needs a driver and I know the driver’s manual, I won’t take it there, saying, ‘Hey! I know the driver’s manual! Would you give me a job as a driver?’ If I know all the grammar in the world but can’t speak English, isn’t it like I know all the driver’s manual (reading/writing/grammar) but can’t drive (speak)? What’s the point of taking driving lessons? Isn’t it driving? What’s the point of taking English lessons? Isn’t it speaking? But if I’m busy with grammar, I’m not busy with speaking. We plant a tree to get the fruit. Speaking English is the fruit of English tree, isn’t it? Tongue(Dil) is a means(araç/vesile) of a language(dil) and just like in Turkish, 90% of times we use a language to speak, and 90% of our speaking is informal language. If we use the informal ‘Parayı aldı (He got the money)!’ 90 times, we use the formal ‘Parayı tahsil edildi (He received the money)!’ maybe 10 times –or a person normally doesn’t speak that way! Turkish new generation needs this 90% first, then they will have time to find the meaning of ‘Parayı tahsil edildi,’ because it’s the written English and there’s an English dictionary in front of them. [In this filebook, they have both.]  Steve Jobs, the billionaire of Apple Computers never stopped to even care about the romantic lives of the people working with him!

I don’t suggest, ‘Let’s care about the romantic lives of our students,’ but I suggest, ‘Let’s care about their education! THIS is romantic. THIS is love!’ Let’s truly learn from him when he said, ‘‘Going to bed at night saying, ‘We’ve done something wonderful!’ that’s what matters to me.’’ Our beloved students need the fruit of English.

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain. (Yaşam fırtına geçmeye beklemek hakkında değil, yağmurda dans öğrenme hakkında.) –Vivian Greene I would ask my students to make many short sentences instead of one long sentence with too many ‘relative pronouns’ (ilgi zamirleri). [The long ones are mostly for writings.] And honestly, a lot of times we don’t even need to use relative pronouns! ‘A good plumber, who you need for a job like this which is not only technical but also professional, isn’t easy to be found!’ I’d make it short and give the message: ‘You need a good plumber for this job.’ That’s all! [I wouldn’t use ‘passive voice’ for speaking.

Here ‘to be found’ is passive voice.] Or ‘She, who is my sister-in-law and I like her very much, has just bought a new phone whose memory capacity is half as large as mine!’ I’d say, ‘My sister-in-law bought a new phone. Its memory capacity is half of mine.’ Or ‘The music to which we listened last night was good.’ I wouldn’t use 10 words and I’d keep it simple: ‘Last night’s music was good.’ 5 words! As simple as that! Or ‘Jim is the boy whose friend built this house!’ 9 words. I’d just say: ‘Jim’s friend built this house.’ 5 words.

Someone who dares to teach must never cease to learn. (Öğretmeye cesaret eden kişiye öğrenmeye durmamak gerek.) –Seneca I would learn to teach up-to-date words, expressions, and grammar. ‘Felicity’ is a beautiful word but it’s old so they use ‘Happiness’ instead. In some course books of 5 years ago, it’s written: ‘‘DON’T say ‘I’m going to go to London.’ SAY ‘I’m going to London.’’ But later in a newer course books, it’s written: ‘‘It’s TRUE if you say ‘I’m going to go to London.’’ A few years back, they said, ‘‘No. Don’t say ‘big brother (Abi)’ or ‘big sister (Abla)’, say ‘older brother’ or ‘older sister’’ But in American it’s true to say ‘big brother/big sister’ (Happythankyoumoreplease 00:11:50). Culture changes, technology changes, new words come into any language relentlessly (hiç durmadan), this’s the time of change. A few years ago, if I said, ‘İyi sin? (You fine?)’ one would help and say, ‘Hayır. İyi sin deme. İyi misin de.’ (‘‘No. Don’t say ‘You fine?’ Say ‘Are you fine?’’) But today you use it by changing your tone of voice like a question. The other day I was somewhere and accidentally heard ‘Mercimek beyinli (numbnuts)’ on TV [Türk Malı], ‘Tuşla’ (dial/press), ‘Yemyeşil (grass green)’, and ‘Dokunmatik (touchscreen)’. Can I find these words in a Turkish to Turkish book dictionary? New words and expressions come into American language on second basis! Since 1999, urbandictionary.com has defined more than 6,700,000 words and expressions by American people. So I’d do the math: More than 515,000 yearly new words and expressions, more than 1410 daily new words and expressions, and one new word or

expression every 60 seconds comes into American language! [Not up-to-date, but up-to-second!] This is only Urban Dictionary, how about merriam-webster.com? How about thefreedictionary.com with more than 4.5 billion visitors?

In 2005 I was tutoring an Asian guy and I pronounced ‘photographer’ like /FO.to.gra:.fır/ and he said, ‘/fı.TA:’G.rı.fır/!’ I thanked him and I’ve never made that mistake again. I was having a ‘sour’ food and said, ‘It’s /SOWr/!’ An Irish guy said, ‘You mean /SAWı(r)/?’ I learned. We are here to help one another so please share it with your students: ‘Exciting’ is pronounced /ık.SA:Y.ding/, ‘key’ /Kİ’/, ‘building’ /BİL.ding/ and ‘busy’ /Bİ.zi/. [Telaffuz bu dosyakitapta: /A:/ ‘Abi’nin A gibi. /d/ kısa ve hızlı ‘d’ gibi. /i/ i ve ı arasında. Virgüllü /’/ işaretler birazcik uzun: /İ’/ /İ/den birazcik uzun.]

The truly educated never graduate. (Gerçek eğitimli hiç zaman mezun olmayacak –öğrenmeye sonsuza kadar devam edecek.) –Anonymous Rebuild Your Love – Christian Rock Band: The Great Transparency BEFORE KNOWLEDGE Proverbs 16:24 Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth. –Albert Einstein Mustafa Kemal Atatürk says, ‘Peace in the country is peace in the world.’ If we imagine a country as a person, the message would be clear: We can only have peace and happiness with others when we have peace and happiness with our own selves.

When flowers grow, they show they’re changing, they’re living. If flowers need growth, how much more I need that?

What a teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. (Bir öğretmenın kim olduğu, onun ne öğrettiğinden daha önemli.) –Karl Menninger [It means: If a student loves their teacher, they will love their teaching too. Demek istediğin şu:Öğrenci öğretmenini severse, dersini de sevecek.]

If I want to make my students love me, I should first convince them that I love them. (Eğer ben öğrencilerimin sevilmeye istersem, ilk onları sevdiğimi onlara ikna etmeliğim.)

Abraham Maslow the originator of Positive psychology says, ‘The fact is that people (students) are good. Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.’ Someone said, ‘Teaching is not a profession. It is a passion. (Öğretmenlik iş değil. Tutkudur.)’ A good teacher doesn’t only teach from the book, but from the heart! Nothing on Earth is like the feeling of joy when teachers see they impressed their students. Nothing is like getting back home from work, exhausted, lying in bed, feeling that you have changed someone’s life for good. When teachers believe in themselves and in their students, accept them no matter what, energize them, motivate them, inspire them, and move them, that’s when they should wait for spectacular results because results are what education is about. Results are what everything is about (Olduğun her şey, sonuç hakkında). When a gardener plants trees, he doesn’t do it for nothing, but he waits for the result, the fruit. Every doctor, every engineer, every lawyer, every pilot, and anyone with any educated position in this country has to pass through some doors. You my teacher friends have the keys to these doors. And you my English teacher friends have the keys to the modern world.

John 15:4 Remain in Me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.

Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. Let me write the songs of a nation. I don’t care who writes its laws. (Yasalları başka biri yazsın. Ben bir ulusun şarkıları yazmak istiyorum.) –Andrew Fletcher A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could, because someone else thought they could. (Birçok insan başka biri onların gidebileceğini düşündüğün/inandığın yüzünden gidebileceğini zannettığınden/düşündüğünden daha ötiye gittilar.) –Zig Ziglar  WHAT GREAT TEACHERS DO THAT I NEED TO LEARN FROM A good teacher is like a good football coach, a great teacher is like Vince Lombardi, a kind man with a strong self-discipline, hard work, vision, and technique. What can I say other than he’s a LEGEND? You know, they say you know a man from his speech and action. When they first offered Vince Lombardi to be the Green Bay Packers’s head coach, he gave a speech that blows my mind(aklımı alıyor) ’cause as a LEARNER, this is what I strongly believe. Here is the beginning of his speech: Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process, we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good. (Baylar, biz acımasız bir şekilde mükemmellığın peşindeğiz, ve tamamen biliyoruz ki hiçbir şey mükemmel olmadığın dolayı onu yakalamıyeceğız. Fakat acımasız bir şekilde onun yakalamayı peşindeyız çünkü bu süreçte büyük/çok harika olmayı yakalacağız. Ben artık uzaktan bile sadece iyi olmayı ilgilenmiyorum). [wow] Vince Lombardi, as of many experts, is the best American football coach of all times and according to wiki, ‘Lombardi coached the Green Bay Packers to championship in five of seven seasons.’ WOW. It’s a RECORD. [Two times it came second!] His legacy is he received Fordham university’s highest medal of honor for being a ‘great teacher’ –yes, a coach is a teacher- and he became Coach of the Year, Sportsman of the Year, and there are Lombardi Hospital, Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic, Vince Lombardi Square in Brooklyn New York, Vince Lombardi Council, Lombardi Elementary School, Lombardi Middle School, Lombardi Avenue, Lombardi Field, Lombardi Award, and his name is in NFL (National Football League) Hall of Fame, New Jersey Hall of Fame, Wisconsin Hall of Fame, with many other awards. In one of the U.S. postage stamp, there is a picture of Vince Lombardi. It seems the effect of a MOTIVATING coach (teacher) is NEVER-ENDING. No doubt

they named the Super Bowl Trophy after him: Vince Lombardi Trophy [pic]. His speeches are like his trophies I’ve got in my HEART... He LOVED God and the Holy Bible.  There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything (Her şeyde başarılı olmakta tek yol var ve o yol her şeyini –bütün potansiyelini- vermektir). [Wooh. That’s it!]–Vince Lombardi There is no room for the second. There is only one room and that’s the first place. I finished second twice in my time and I don’t want to finish second again. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to WIN, and to WIN, and to WIN. This is war and we don’t lose war. So let’s get tough out there. (İkinci olmak için hiç yeri yoktur. Tek bir yer var ve o birincidir. Benim zaman ben sadece iki kez ikinci oldum ve onu asla tekrar etmek istemiyorum. Birinci olmak ve kazanmak ve kazanmak ve kazanmak Amerikan bir gayrettir ve eskiden beri hep öyleydi. Bu oyun –hayat- savaş gibidir ve savaş yitirmez – savaşda da ikinci olmak bir şey yoktur. O yüzden haydi gidin sahada ve dayanaklı/çok sırt bir şekilde oyunun.) [wow] –Vince Lombardi No one knows what effects a great teacher can have in other people’s lives because a great teacher is like a great ‘football coach’, or a great ‘walking-the-talk life coach (söylediklerini yapan bir hayat koçu)’ who can guide and change lives for ever.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

(Sıradan öğretmen söylüyor. İyi öğretmen açıklanıyor. Çok iyi öğretmen şov/göstermekla tanıtıyor. Büyük öğretmen ilham veriyor/uyandırıyor.) –William Arthur Ward I think if I’m not teaching with PASSION and JOY, I’m not teaching at all. A sample of a really truly passionate teacher who has ALWAYS lifted my spirit has been Christa McAuliff. [Oh my gosh, I just LOVE her so much.] And she’s the only teacher I’m, ina-good-way, really jealous at her creativity, her passion-filled personality, and her life. She owned IDEAS and was the first American woman to have a self-designed class named ‘American Woman’. Now when NASA decided to send a teacher to space to make people interested in knowledge and science and to conjure up the creative idea of ‘Teaching In Space’, about 11,000 (wow, eleven thousand) teachers applied, but only ONE teacher was accepted: ‘Christa McAuliff’. Honestly, I checked her application and it was so simple! But I BELIEVE it was her PASSION and ENERGY and LOVE and WILL and ENTHUSIASM and SOUL that made her become NUMBER ONE. She died in this mission –some say it was because she was too excited- and left the planet but has left a planet of impact in hearts and lives. ‘These’ teachers have changed lives and ‘these’ teachers died to ‘be’ the meaning of life. She was on Earth but wasn’t living on Earth, saying, ‘I touch the future. I teach. (Geleceği dokunuyorum. Öğretiyorum.)’ Wow. Just going to a class doesn’t make me a teacher, what I take to the class does. (Sadece sınıfa gitmek beni öğretmen yapmayacak, ancak sınıfa ne götürdüğüm/ öğrettiğim yapacak.) If today I go to a class with the knowledge of yesterday, I’d just repeat myself, and repititiveness would kill my soul, so how could a dead soul teach? The body would just talk!

Imagine someone loves kebab but repeatedly just eats kebab everyday! He’ll hate it eventually! On top of that, the point of teaching is not teaching itself, it’s inspiring students to make a better self, a better family, a better neighbor, a better citizen, a better country, a better world, the point of education. I think the only time I can say ‘I have done something wonderful’ is when I myself learn a new thing each and every day. To improve others, I need to improve myself first, asking, and really asking, ‘Have I learned anything new today?’ And then inspiring. Someone said, ‘A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image.’ To develop them, I must develop myself first.

There was a foreign English teacher who was desperate about his teaching and said his students didn’t like him! He wanted to leave the job and go back to something he thought he was good at. Then a non-native teacher suggested, ‘You got enough knowledge, man, but managing a class isn’t only about the knowledge. It’s about so many other things, but if I were you, I’d just encourage my students. They’d love you right after.’ The same desperate teacher listened to him and not only didn’t leave his job, but also got three more classes!!! The American football coach Ara Parseghian says, ‘A good coach (teacher) will make his players (students) see what they can be, not what they are (İyi bir koç, oyuncularını kim olduğun değil, kim olabileceğin görmeye sebep olur).’ Mr. Washington did so. 

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going. (Nereden geldiğiniz değil; bütün önemli olan şey nerede gideceğinizdir.) –Brian Tracy What we do shows what we know. (Bildiğimizi belirten/gösteren şey yaptığımızdır.)

If I was born a native English speaker, I wouldn’t know what ‘exactly’ a nonnative needs because I already have it: ‘English’! When a person has food, they don’t look for it, when doesn’t, they DO. ‘I’ was hungry for English speaking, ‘I’ had the same questions as you have, ‘I’ve had the same love as you have, ‘I’ went the same way as you do, ‘I’ read all the books that you read, ‘I’ pursued English like

you do, ‘I’ traveled from city to city for English, ‘I’ burnt in the desire of speaking English, but thank goodness, I went a DIFFERENT WAY, ‘really’ found the ANSWERS, ENJOYed every moment of it, and SOLVEd my English speaking problem even beyond dreams and have absolutely WON what I wanted: ‘Speaking American!’ I’ve traveled around, learned two more languages, met world people, gained experience, tutored, taught, showed the way to everyone I know, and here I am, sharing you my experience with love. This way is sooo fun, sooo lovely, sooo sweet, sooo adorable, sooo right, and sooo wise that not only has saved my English life, but also the English life of a lot of people around who’ve gone to. When we got a good news, we don’t go share it with strangers, we share it with people we love. ‘You’ are my loved ones, you nice Turks who’ve been more than kind to me.  Back in Cavendish College, there was a young lady named Anna from New Zealand in our class. I surprised and asked, ‘Your first language is English. What are you doing here? You can go and teach wherever you want!’ And she replied, ‘No! Being an English teacher is not just knowing English; it’s the techniques that you must learn.’ I think she was right. There’re many websites but when we Google something, only the best HTML-written ones show up in the first ‘search result’ page! This I call ‘technique’!

We begin to learn wisely when we are willing to see the world from other people’s perspectives. (Dünyaya başkaların bakış açısınden görmeye istediğimiz zaman, daha akıllı öğrenmeye başliyoruz.) –Toba Beta [self note] I should listen to all teachers in Turkey and learn from their perspectives. However, I got the chance to suggest them some of the things I’ve learned in the crucial responsibility of teaching. Here we go.

I’d start each lesson with warm-up. This is the most important part of my teaching to grab students’ attention. To clarify warm-up to student readers of the filebook, here is a crystal clear example: Liz Gilbert, characterized in the true-story movie Eat Pray Love is an American woman who has everything she wants but nothing she needs. She goes through a journey of apparently self-discovery to Italy, India, and Bali, Indonesia and meets a woman named Wayan who needs financial help. In this Email, she’s asking her friends to donate.

Dear friends and loved ones, My birthday’s coming up soon. If I were home, I’d be planning a stupid, expensive birthday party and you’d all be buying me gifts and bottles of wine. [>She wants to ask her friends to donate for a family, she starts with something different, her birthday. This is warm-up(giriş)!<] A cheaper, more lovely way to celebrate would be to make a donation to help a healer named Wayan Nuriyasih buy a house in Indonesia. She’s a single mother. In Bali, after a divorce, a woman gets nothing, not even her children. To gain custody of her daughter, Tutti, Wayan had to sell everything, even her bath mat, to pay for a lawyer. For years, they’ve moved from place to place.

Each time, Wayan loses clientele and Tutti has to change schools. This little group of people in Bali have become my family. And we must take care of our families, wherever we find them. Today I saw Tutti playing with a blue tile she’d found in the road near a hotel construction site. She told me: ‘Maybe if we have a house someday, it can have a pretty blue floor like this.’ [>The Email’s great body part (gelişme)!<] When I was in Italy, I learned a word. It’s ‘tutti’ with double T, which in Italian means ‘everybody’. So that’s the lesson, isn’t it?

When you set out in the world to help yourself, sometimes you end up helping... Tutti. [>Wow. Brilliant conclusion(sonuç)!

Impressive!<] See? If Liz directly started with ‘I know a poor family needing your help. Please donate!’ I don’t think her friends would help that much, but she used a warm-up to touch their hearts so they would be persuaded to send $18,000. (eighteen thousand) American dollars which in Bali is a great deal of money, enough to build a house, pharmecy, library, and making a family happy!  The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to PREPARE to win. (Kazanma iradesi neredeyse iradesini kazanmak için hazırlamaktan daha önemli değil.) [wow]–Vince Lombardi Warm-up is like preparing students’ minds so that they would be persuaded to give their hearts to the lesson! Warm-up is a player’s exercise before he plays in the field, if not, his muscles would be tensed. I think it’s even important in our daily conversations. Take this phone call for instance: ‘‘The phone rings and Dave takes it and says: Hello? John: Hey, Dave. The party’s been cancelled. Dave: What?? What party? What are you talking about?’’ See? John made Dave confused because he didn’t use WARM-UP. He ASSUMEs he’s speaking understandably but he’s actually NOT, so again he has to explain a lot which takes a lot of time. Now take the same conversation WITH a warm-up, which takes less time too: ‘‘The phone rings and Dave takes it and says: Hello? John: Hey, Dave. –Oh, hey John! What’s up? –Uh, listen. Do you remember we talked about our schoolmate Yui? –Yeah! – And we said she was gonna throw(give) a party? –Yeah! I clearly remember that. –Ok. Now I’m calling to tell you that the party’s been canceled. –Aw, why? –’Cause ...’’ See the difference? John reminded Dave of what happened(warm-up) and is reminding him of what is going to happen. Warm-up is a LIFE technique. Abraham Lincoln, one of the most influential Presidents of the United States said the best example of warm-up: ‘If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my ax. (Bir ağaç devirmeye sekiz saatım olsaydı, balta bilemeye altı saatı harcardım.)’ Wow.  Now, how does warm-up work in the class? I’d imagine it’s a typical class of ‘Book & Whiteboard’, it’s an ‘Elementary’ class and the topic is ‘money’.

With a cup of coffee in my hand and a smile in my face, I’d get in the class, saying, ‘Good day!’ I’d have eye contact with them and would say, ‘I see you guys full of energy. So are we ready?’ And they’d say, ‘Yes!’ And I’d clap one time and with a high intonation would say, ‘All right! Let’s get going (Haydi başlayalım)!’ So I’d write the topic on the board so that the students have idea what I’m going to talk about. I’d ask the students to close their books. Important. Why? Because I want to talk about the topic,

I should start with something different. I’d need to ‘grab their attention’ or ‘prepare their mind’ for the topic of ‘money’ before they go through the book. This is called warm-up. Now with a proper intonation and body language, I’d start like: ‘Okay, class (Peki öğrenciler/arkadaşlar). Let’s see how much money I have in my pocket!’ [This’d grab their attention ’cause probably they haven’t seen a teacher checking his pocket for money in the class!] [Now I’d say this with an impression on my face:] ‘Oh! Only 315 (three fifteen OR three hundred and fifteen) Turkish Liras!’ [Some of them may smile! Now while speaking slowly and understandably, I’d persuade them to speak. I’d use body language and intonation to say these:] ‘Ok, guys? What things can you buy with this money?’ [While saying so, I’d go to the window and I’d SHOW some cars] ‘Can you buy a car with 315?’ They’d say, ‘No!’ And I’d say, ‘All right.’ [Now bringing out a bus ticket from my wallet, I’d SHOW it to them] ‘Can you buy a bus ticket with this money?’ ‘Yes!’ [Good! They’re starting to speak! Gosh, I love them so much!] ‘So what can you buy with it? Answer me with: I can buy...’ [Attention: I just said ‘Answer me with: I can buy...’ So with book & whiteboard method, I’d use grammar IN or DURING speaking.] [Now while pointing at them, I’d name my extrovert student, like,] ‘Zeynep?’ And she’d probably say: ‘I can buy a little pet lizard!’ [Showing some surprise, I’d say:] ‘A pet lizard? Mmm! That’s cute! What is lizard in Turkish?’

‘Kertenkele!’ ‘Good answer! Thank you!’ [When I decide to say ‘Good answer! Thank you!’ with a smile, happy tone, and high intonation, other students would be encouraged to speak too: Talha: ‘I can buy an Eminem T-Shirt!’ ‘Wow. Cool!’ [Talha is a fan of rap so we have special handshakes. He loves that.] [I’d NOT forget my introvert students as well. I’d make everyone involved. I’d ask them to have eye-contact when they speak. If they are still quiet, I’d encourage them with words like:] ‘‘WE ARE FRIENDS, ok? I’m SURE you can speak. NO ONE IS JUDGING YOU(Hiç kimse seni yargılamıyor), ok? I promise! MISTAKE IS YOUR BEST TEACHER! MAKE MISTAKES BUT DO SPEAK. Come on! Oh yeah, you CAN! BE the BEST class in this school!

Come on! Bravo! Who’s NEXT? Who wants to speak, huh, who’s NEXT? YEAH!’’ [And with these simply encouraging words, I’d see some are ready!] ‘Yeah, s/he’s going to speak… what’s your name, champion?’ [S/he tells her/his name.] ‘Oh, that’s a beautiful name! Please clap for her/him!’ [I’d clap too, to show them the meaning of CLAP!] [When someone is introvert, I’d encourage them. It’d make them believe in themselves. I’d tell each of them positive words. I believe ALL students know at least a bit English. If I want them to speak, I should first make them feel relaxed by encouraging them, I should make them feel ‘I’ never judge them. English is the first language of the world, encouragement is the best language of the world.] Nüket: ‘I can buy dance clothes.’ ‘Great! Can you dance?’ ‘Yes!’ ‘Cool!’ Mehmet: ‘I can open a bank account.’ ‘Mmm. Interesting! Do you want to be rich?’ ‘Yes!’ ‘How much is health?’ ‘Very much!’ ‘So you’re already rich!’ [smile] İçten: ‘I can buy a gift for my mom!’

‘That’s fantastic!’ [After everybody spoke, I’d write the grammar: What can you buy with 315 Turkish Liras? –I can buy...(so first SPEAKING and THEN grammar).] And I think everybody enjoyed the class! [These students who spoke are the same students who had been quiet!] I was an Elementary student once. I think I expected my teacher to encourage me. Now I do the same to my students, maybe in a different way. There’re hundreds of ways to teach, but only one way to see if it’s effective: Students’ feedback or the result. I’d manage to speak based on the grammar of the book. Here the grammar was the usage of ‘can’. Below, it’s the usage of ‘would’ with the same topic ‘money’ for a comparision.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WARM-UP [Level: Pre-Intermediate. A ‘Book & Whiteboard’ class.]

I’d write the topic on the board and would ask the students to close their books. With the best body language and intonation, having a 10-Lira bill(kağıt para) in my hands, I’d SHOW and would ask, ‘Do you guys like money?’ While I’d have eye-contact with one by one of them, different students would probably give different answers: ‘Yes!’ ‘No!’ ‘I love it!’ ‘Are you kidding(Şaka mı yapıyorsun)?’ [HaHa!] Now I’d ask, ‘How much money do you spend everyday? Answer me with full sentence.’ [This is not the main question, but I’d use it to GO to the main question. It’s a warm-up question.] And they’d say things like: ‘I spend 50!’, ‘I spend 5!’, ‘I spend 10 to 15!’, or ‘I spend about 20!’ With a great body language and intonation, I’d say: ‘Great answers! So as I understand, you need something like, 1000 Liras a month?’ And they’d probably give different ideas: ‘No, I think we need 2,500 a month.’ ‘But I think we need 50,000 a month!’ ‘Well, I think 1,500 is enough.’ [It’s becoming a warm class, huh? I’d just let them go on and have a respectfully warm conversation.] [To have a respectful conversation, I should ask them: ‘‘JUST GIVE YOUR OWN IDEA starting with: ‘I think...’ DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT ever say: ‘He is wrong. She is wrong. You are wrong.’ NO. JUST YOUR OWN IDEA. THIS IS STYLISH, PROFESSIONAL, AND ATTRACTIVE.’’ When everybody gave their ideas, I’d ask them the main or key question to persuade them to speak: ‘Ok, guys. I ENJOYed hearing your ideas. All of you gave great answers. THANK YOU! So you need between uh... 2,500 to 10,000. [Wink!] But, my question is... [Uh-huh, here! Here I’d pause a bit to attract their attention and NOW... I’d ask them the key question slowly, with low intonation and the proper body language of the hands:] What would you do if you had $1,000,000 (One million dollar /One million dollars)? What’d you do? Answer me with: I would…’ [See? Again, grammar is IN speaking! I already said: ‘Answer me with: I would…’ So first I’d persuade them to SPEAK; THEN I’d teach them the grammar in between. Plus, I’d mention that in this example, I’d travel equals I would travel; or I’d buy equals I would buy. And I’d say: ‘Would (muhtemelen (öyle) yapardım)’ is for ‘POSSIBILITY’.] [Cümleye göre ‘Would’un içindeki anlam: Eğer senin yerinde olsaydım... (öyle) yapardım.] And they’d probably come up with(=find) some answers. As a DIFFERENT teaching way, I’d write what they say on the board while pronouncing them. I would NOT correct their wrong pronunciation. I’d just pronounce mine. I’d ask them NOT to write anything when they’re answering but they’d write them later. I’d NOT correct them all the time for all their mistakes. I’d NOT stop them all the time if they’re wrong! I’d NOT let the class be quiet and would encourage them to speak. Gosh, this class MUST be full of energy!

I’d help them with unknown words. They’d say: ‘I would share it with my family.’ ‘I’d get married.’ ‘I would travel around the world.’ ‘I’d buy a car and a house.’ ‘I would invest.’ ‘I would spend it for education.’ ‘I’d go to the moon!’ I’d take my time(Acele etmezdım) with the warm-up. I’d let them speak and speak until they’d have nothing to say. NOW that I wrote all their SPOKEN

answers on the board, I’d ask them to look at the board and write their own answers in... 3 minutes. [I set a time for a mentioned task to make them more responsible.] Now it’s time for me to teach them the grammar and focus on the key question’s structure which is absolutely important: ‘If I had…, I would…(Eğer... sahip olsaydım,... yapardım.)’ I’d ask them how they say that in Turkish because GRAMMAR is 100% (HUNDRED PERCENT) connected to MEANING. [Important.] They must UNDERSTAND what they’re saying, and just writing it is NOT enough. That’s it(Bu kadar). [So, first speaking then grammar in between.]

STEP TWO/THREE/FOUR! NOW that their mind is absolutely prepared about the topic, I’d ask them to open their books and I’d go through the details of the first picture of the unit, and all. [Pictures are very important.] If I didn’t do the first part (warm-up), I should not expect them to be interested in the topic. But now, their minds would be prepared. They’d be attracted to and interested in the topic because they talked about themselves and their ideas. People love to talk about their ideas ’cause they feel they are counted! And THIS is the magic of warm-up.

I just said, ‘Pictures are very important,’ why? Because I can use them to encourage the students to speak. So now we’re checking the first picture of the unit, and the topic is, let’s say, ‘hunting’. So, again with my best body language and intonation I’d ask, ‘Guys? What do you see in the picture?’ And they’d probably say: ‘I see a hunter, a dog, and a pond /PA:Nd/ (gölet /gölcük).’ I’d say, ‘I don’t know, the picture is not very clear!! Is he going to hunt a deer/Dİ’r/ (geyik)?’ And they’d probably reject: ‘No! He’s going to hunt a bird!’ ‘How do you know? Maybe he’s going to hunt a deer!’ ‘Because he’s looking up (Çünkü yukaraya bakıyor)!’

‘Oh, yeah, absolutely! You’re smart!’ ‘Thank you!’ ‘High five (Çak)!’ [I’d use any opportunity to encourage more and more.] ‘So, when is the best time to hunt?’ And one of them would probably be encouraged to speak: ‘I think the best time is early in the morning.’ ‘Why is that? Do you guys agree?’ [I’d try to make them speak. I’d ask them to ask each other questions.] ‘Have you ever gone hunting?’ ‘Why do human beings hunt?’ [So I’d try to brainstorm the idea and make every student in the class involved! If I involve all students in speaking (Bütün öğrencilari kunuşmada içerirsem/ katılmayı sebep olursem), they’d love both themselves and the lesson more ’cause they’d feel their teacher is giving them PERSONAL ATTENTION! This is exactly the key to a lovely, lively class! And I think no one has ever told everything of teaching better than Benjamin Franklin, one of the Presidents of the U.S.: ‘Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. (Söyle bana, unuteceğim. Öğret bana, hatırlayacağım. Bu konuşmada beni de içerle/ kapsa/ katıl/ dahil et, öğreneceğim.)’ Wow. So sensible, so true, so beautiful! If every student feels they are involved, every student wants to be in your class!] After everybody talked for about 10 minutes, I’d teach them the unit, STEP TWO. The THIRD STEP is to ask them to answer the questions of the unit during a limited time: ‘Guys, you have 5 minutes to answer the questions.’ [Like in American schools, I’d ask them to have a group competition which is fun and there’re many reasons to that!] And the FOURTH STEP is to check the feedback –if they all totally understood everything. Next session, I’d have a little recap (review) of this sesion.  A hotel like a university. A manager like a professor.

What happens when a total stranger, an experienced hotel manager with a different perspective makes you the head receptionist of the hotel the first day of work? You’d try to be your best and do the best, right?

This manager is no stranger to me. Now what happens if a teacher, a total stranger, believes in their students 100% the first day of the class?

Proverbs 12:18 There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Motivation is the mandate of education.  Part of teaching is psychology, the gift to build and boost self-confidence in students and bring out the best in them. Carol Buchner says, ‘They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. (Öğrenciler ne söylediğini unutabilirlar ama onları nasıl hissetirdiğini asla unutmazlar.)’

Words can build you up – Words can break you down – Hawk Nelson The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. (Mutluluğun sırrı bir şeyi istemeden onun ilgili iyi şeyler söylemektir.

–Francis Herbert Bradley

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others. –Veronica Roth  A bookseller’s job is not words, he sells books. An English teacher’s job IS with words, he tells words. A bookseller who doesn’t love books just sells books, gets the money, and goes home. But a bookseller who loves his job, reads those books so when a customer asks ‘What’s this book about?’ he could explain, so, that customer could bring more customers. If I don’t love my job, I’d just tell words, get the money, and go home. But if I love my job, I’d be very good with words and would know how to tell them. But wait! All people use words in their jobs. A bookseller uses words to sell books too. If other people’s job is NOT words but they must be good with words, HOW MUCH MORE an English teacher whose JOB is with WORDS must be good with words! So what words are the WORDS OF WORDS? What words could bring more students to YOUR CLASS? I’d say, ‘Words of ENcouragement would give students courage to speak English. ENcouragement is the iWord of words! Anatole France was a book person (kitap sever biriydi). His father owned a bookstore. So you can imagine he grew up with those books and loved reading. With all the knowledge he could possibly have by reading thousands of books, he has a quote, ‘Nine-tenth of education is encouragement. (Eğitimin onde dokuz teşvik etmektir/cesaret vermektir.)’

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

When I love my job, I’d be constantly using these words: ‘‘YOU’RE TREASURE STUDENTS. YOU’RE UNIQUE STUDENTS. YOU’RE FRIENDLY PEOPLE. YOU’RE HELPFUL. YOU’RE SPECIAL. YOU’RE SIGNIFICANT IN THE WORLD. YOU’RE AWESOME/ FANTASTIC/ TERRIFIC/ INCREDIBLE/ OUTSTANDING/ EXCELLENT/ PRECIOUS. YOU’VE DONE A REMARKABLE/ GREAT/ NEAT JOB SO FAR. YOU’RE SPECTACULAR. YOU’RE A MAGNIFICENT CLASS. THIS IS THE BEST CLASS IN SCHOOL AND I’M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. WAY TO GO (=BRAVO), GUYS! YOU’RE AMAZING STUDENTS! NOTHING CAN STOP YOU, YEAH! I RESPECT YOU. YOU’RE WINNERS. YOU’RE PHENOMENAL. YOU’RE CREATIVE. YOU IMPRESS ME! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT, OF COURSE YOU CAN SPEAK ENGLISH. YOU’RE GREAT LISTENERS. OF COURSE YOU CAN. YOU TRIED, YES, THIS IS GREAT, THIS IS WHAT PRECIOUS, THIS IS WHAT MATTERS! I BELIEVE YOU CAN. OH YEAH, YOU CAN, ABSOLUTELY.’’ From theory to action there’s one word: Do. I’d DO tell them the nicest words in the world, I’d DO love them from the bottom of my heart, I’d DO teach them from the mind of my mind, THEN they’d ACCEPT me in their group. iChoose iWord! 

Proverbs 10:11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life.  I’d try to do everything differently. If the topic of the unit is ‘Dancing’, I’d come to the class dancing! Yeah! This is education. There’re a lot of English teachers, but my students would only recognize and remember me if only I were different. My friend says she still remembers the meaning of ‘bite(ısırmak)’ ’cause her teacher brought an apple to the class, and showed what bite means. Excellent! [My student says his math teacher brings visual programs to the class and teaches based on them.

‘Congrats!’] If my students haven’t seen a dream of my class, honestly I haven’t taught yet!  I’d speak with flexible intonation, pause at times, and so. Intonation is the beauty of a language, like playing piano. When professional pianists play, people enjoy listening.   I’d walk friendly in the class, taking up all the space. I’d play with lights, turning some off to say something sad with a low tone of voice. I’d lean on the wall or would stand at the door. When telling a scary story, I’d go at the corner of the class to get students’ attention and act. The whole class space would be mine, I would rule it!  I wouldn’t show instant reaction to my goofs. For example, if I’m writing with a marker and the marker drops on the floor, I wouldn’t get that right away, I wouldn’t even look at it, I’d let it be there. Later I’d have time to take it. This is about selfconfidence. [If I only sing where nobody’s watching, then there’d be a problem! I should be able to sing in the class –if necessary.]  At the same time that I say something, I’d show its body language with some gestures and high and low intonation! It’s FUN. When I say ‘delicious’, at the same time I’d show it with my hand rubbing my stomach and a bit high intonation. When I hear a sad news or say, ‘Oh, I’m sorry!’ I’d show a sad impression on my face with low intonation. When I say ‘hit’, at the same time I’d show it with the body language of my fist. When I say, ‘The soccer player kicked the ball’, at the same time I’d show it with the body language of my foot/leg. Turkish students are energetic so when I DO these things, my class would be more exhilarating (hayat dolu/ canlı) and dynamic and my students would love it more. I’d ask my students to DO so, all of them. [My classes MUST be like that. I RUN in the class if I have to.] Will this class ever be boring? Don’t think so. It’d be fun, they’d enjoy, aaaaand… the students would even learn more effectively. Fact. When I first came to Turkey, I didn’t know any Turkish. Then when I was in a restaurant with some Turkish friends, I heard a lady among us said, ‘Çok saşırdım ya!’ Right away I asked, ‘I hear this word a lot.

What does şaşırdım mean?’ And she showed its body language twice without saying anything, and I guessed, ‘Oh, it means: I surprised a lot?’ And her husband confirmed, ‘Yes! Exactly!’ Trust me, I’ll NEVER EVER forget ‘şaşırdım’ in Turkish in my whole life, and whenever I hear this word, it unconsciously (fark etmeden/ otomatik olarak) reminds me of that memory. [In psychology we say: This word is in my subconscious(Bu kelime bilinçaltımda).] I’m sure you know so many words that unconsciously remind you of specific situations. It’s not hard to imagine one of the reasons why some people become so popular stars or celebrities is because they have the most amazing body language and intonation. If you asked me why Robert De Niro is so famous and adorable, I’d personally say, ‘Because he’s probably the KING of body language and intonation!’ This time when you watch one of his movies, pay attention to this! [He even talks with his eyes!!] The director Martin Scorsese says, ‘And even now I still know of nobody who can surprise me on the screen the way he(De Niro) does –and did then. No actor comes to mind who can provide such power and excitement.’ I believe that body language provides power (güç) and excitement (adernalin/heycan). I hear from my students that they admire Okan Bayülgen of ‘Kral Medya Kanal D’. I didn’t know him ’cause I never watch TV –unless necessary. So when I watched some minutes of his program, right after it was clear to me why they like him this much:

Just look at him! He has the perfect body language and intonation. [He’s an actor, right?] Look at his gestures and energy! He can grab everyone’s attention, even my attention even if I don’t know perfect Turkish! He could be a great role model for every teacher when they teach. The American writer of many best sellers, Gail Godwin says, ‘Good teacher is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater (İyi bir öğretmen dörtte bir hazırlık ve dörtte üç tiyatrodur).’ He made it clear where a teacher should be and what they should do!  You’ve got to win in your mind before you win in your life. –John Addison  Communication today says my peace of mind indirectly shows that I want others to be comfortable with me. If students don’t feel comfortable with me, they’d think I’m going to ‘correct’ them all the time, so they’d already think of ‘mistakes’ before speaking! So I wouldn’t be too serious and I’d do some small kidding to put them at ease (=make them feel comfortable). Also I wouldn’t joke a lot because students would come to the class just to laugh and not to learn. So neither too funny or too serious, I’d keep the balance, especially in the first session. First impression matters because that’d be the students’ perception of me for the rest of their life.

Revealing secrets is the beginning of loneliness (Sırların açığa vurmak, yanlızlığın başlangıcıdır).  Whatever happened to me OUT the class must be left OUT the class. When I’m IN the class, I belong TO the class. And when I belong TO the class, I belong to my JOB, and when I LOVE my job, I belong to LOVE. When a student takes an English course, it’s because they LOVE to learn English speaking. In America they say, ‘Man’s gotta have a secret (İnsan birkaç sırları sahip olmalı)!’ So I’d keep my secrets to myself and I’d pay attention to my students’ love: ‘English speaking.’ I’d need to have the ability to put my best self forward and put my students’ priorities before mine.

Judges 16:17 So he (Samson) told her (Delilah) everything. “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves. –William Shakespeare  Asking students to write about a specific topic at home helps them speak better in the class ’cause when they are writing at home, they think and a lot of ideas cross their mind. So later when they want to speak, they already thought about it so those ideas cross their mind and they speak better.  Modern communication wants me to preferably arrange a semicircle class so that I could have eye contact with my students, as well as they could have eye contact with one another. The psychology of it is to have a better connection and interraction in a friendlier atmosphere.  I’d avoid teacher-centered class, I mean I wouldn’t be the only person speaking in the class. It’s not how good I feel about my speaking, but how good my students feel about theirs. A good class is like: T-S: Teacher-Student(s). S-T: Student(s)-Teacher. S-S: Student(s)-Student(s) =Pair work/Group work. [If I invite a teacher to my class, then it could be ‘T-T for students’.]  Most language schools have a projector or LCD monitor and a computer. I’d turn them on, open a Microsoft Office Word and type the lesson’s highlighted words and sentences instead of using a marker to write on the whiteboard. I’d also ask the students to take NO notes. No pen, no paper, no marker, or no whiteboard is needed. I’d type. They’d listen. If they don’t write in the class, they’d have more time to speak! When typing, I’d use different colors, funny pictures, website addresses, and many fun stuffs!

[PowerPoint would be better because I could add some videos!] At the end of each session, I’d copy the file to one student’s USB flash drive so they could share or BlueTooth it among themselves. In this way(Böylece), they’d wonder about the colorful notes, pictures, or videos and would check them at home. [Some students print out the notes and check them everywhere.] New ideas seem to be more fun.  A Special Teacher – Author: Bits & Pieces Years ago a Baltimore University of John Hopkins’ professor gave a group of graduate students this assignment: ‘Go to the slums (fakir bölgeler), take 200 boys aged 12 to 16, and investigate their background and environment. Then predict their chances for the future.’ The students, after consulting social statistics, talking to the boys, and compiling much data, concluded that ‘90 percent of the boys would spend some time in jail.’

Twenty-five years later another group of graduate students was given the job of testing the prediction. They went back to the same area. Some of the boys – by then men – were still there, a few had died, some had moved away, but they got in touch with 180 of the original 200. They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to jail!

Why was it that these men, who had lived in a breeding place of crime, had such a surprisingly good record? The researchers were continually told: ‘Well, there was a teacher...’ They pressed further, and found that in 75 percent of the cases it was the same woman (these boys’ teacher).

The researchers went to this teacher, now living in a home for retired teachers. How had she exerted this remarkable influence over that group of children? Could she give them any reason why these boys should have remembered her? ‘No,’ she said, ‘no I really couldn’t.’ And then, thinking back over the years, she said amusingly, more to herself than to her questioners: ‘I loved those boys...’ {THE magic}

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. (Pratik mükemmelleştirmiyecek.

Mükemmel pratik mükemmelleştirecek.) [WOW. It’s ALL about the WAY!]–Vince Lombardi  SUGGESTIONS OF A HUMBLE STUDENT 1. ‘Hello. My son would like to take an English course here.’ ‘Sure. He needs to take this test so we could find out his level.’ Fourty five minutes later, he is sent to a class where other students can speak much better than him. I think I’d test his level a bit differently to get a big result –by changing the way. Just like in Turkish, in English we don’t just read and write, we watch-listen and speak too. I’d test the new students’ English speaking level.

Every change, every improvement, every discovery, or every achievement was initially a ‘thought’.

The purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people. (Eğitimin amacı öğrenciler için karar vermek değil, onlara seçeneklerı açıklamaktır.) –Peter McWilliams, best seller author You gotta love the music more than you love food. More than life. More than yourself. You feel it? Then show me. Play it for your parents. –August Rush (the movie) 2. There is a time that I know my talent like when I look at my report card (karne).

There is a time that I show my talent like in Acun Ilıcalı’s Türkiye Yetenek Sizsiniz (Turkey’s Got Talent). But there is a time that I go my talent, like Dr. Martin Luther King with his famous speech ‘I have a dream!’ The fact is I am amazed at how many times I saw students in chemistry or other classes drawing! It’s because this is their TALENT. So ‘I have a dream’ for world education in which every student could be able to only go/follow/pursue their own talent like in ‘talent school’.

My talent has always been English, so if I could just study English and literature from the very young age, I’d be a young master, and really do the impossible! Tony Robbins says, ‘Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all our resources on mastering a single area of our lives. (Pek çok kişi, hayatımız tek alanda uzmanlaşmaya bütün kaynaklarımıza odaklanırken, aniden kontrol altında alabileceğimiz dev kapasitemizden haberimiz yoktur.)’ Rhazes, the discoverer of alcohol (ethanol) also says, ‘If we all could use our talents properly, the world would be the same promised heaven we all want.’ Also, when I see the improvements of KIPP high schools round America, Lee high school in Houston Texas, TED conferences in more than 1200 cities in 133 countries of the world, and many more, when I watch TV channels like Bloomberg, I understand how high standard American education has. As Vehbi Koç says, ‘Başarı başkalarının geçirdiği tecrübelerden yararlanmaktır (Success is to take benefit from the experience of successful people).’ I’d model American education system. It’s just an idea as every great thing starts from there.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

3. If I knew all the Turkish grammar but couldn’t speak Turkish, would anyone say ‘Michael knows Turkish’? Don’t think so.

Googling ‘Grammar Kills Your English Speaking’ reveals us more facts. Tony Robbins says, ‘If we always do what we have done, we always get what we got. (Her zaman yaptığımızı yaparsak, her zaman aldığımızı alacağız.)’ To get speakig, we need to do different.

The owner of a language is more respected than the language.(Dil yapanın hürmeti dilden daha.)

A lover perceives in the beloved what no one else can. (Bir aşık sevdiklerınde başka kimse fark edemeyeceğını fark eder.) –Abraham Maslow 4. All languages and accents of the world are beautiful. For a Turk, Turkish is the most beautiful; for a French, French is the most beautiful; for a British, British is the most beautiful; and for a Portugese,

Portugese is the most beautiful language. All languages of the world are connected to one another and necessary. Now, British English came from Germanic. Words like ‘yacht’ and ‘iceberg’ are Germanic. Later, French-origin and Latin-origin words came into English. American English came from British English and while they totally understand each other, they’re different. ‘British English or American English?’ they ask. My answer would be: ‘It’s totally personal.’ I tutor Metin and Arzu, an amazing couple who travel all over the world, but when they first traveled to London, they fell in love with it. In their idea, the British speak so ‘clearly’. I like all languages, I do enjoy British English too, but when it comes to American language, I just love it. The British website englishclub.com mentions, ‘Today, American English is particularly influential, due to the USA’s dominance of cinema, television, popular music, trade and technology (including the Internet).’ All my friends who immigrated to America have learnt American in just ONE YEAR. [Ask any linguist and I think they’ll tell you that the American language is the easiest language to learn in the world.] [So learning a language is not easy, I’d prepare myself for that, but the Americans have made it the easiest to learn.] I think they believe, ‘The correct English is the English which is understood and accepted by many.’ Is it ‘a million dollars’ or ‘a million dollar’? Americans say: ‘Take it easy, buddy(Zorlama dostum)! Both of them are understandable and true.’ [Uh-huh, this’s what every student likes(her öğrencinin sevdiğin şey şu)!] Is it ‘You did your hair differently’ or ‘You did your hair different’? Many students of non-English speaking countries have problems whether they should use adjective or adverb here. So Americans have solved this problem and have wisely made the grammar easier for themselves and students: They say, ‘‘Both of them are true ’cause both of them are understandable, but when speaking, we prefer the easier one these days: ‘You did your hair different. [Sunshine Cleaning 01:00:22]’’ [Man! They all teach us, ‘‘No, don’t say or write ‘Think different’ but ‘Think differently’ because here ‘think’ is an ‘Action Verb’ and they write pages of grammar about it. But the mega-tech Apple steps in strong and bravely breaks this old rule and RULES the grammar with its official slogan ‘Think Different!’’ American, A+Merry+Can (As+Şen+Yapabilirim), is such a fear-free(korkusuz/cesur) language.] ‘Good’ is adjective, ‘well’ is its adverb. Again a large number of students make mistakes on these, and again, Americans have made it easier for students: The guy in the movie The Heartbreak Kid (00:48:38) says, ‘Now listen to me, and listen to me good!’ [Instead of ‘listen to me well’!] In the same movie (00:50:56) the girl says, ‘Hey, next time you tell people we’re married, I’d appreciate if you at least acted happy.’

[Instead of ‘acted happily’!] [‘Act’ is also an Action Verb so according to course or grammar books, it had to be ‘acted happily!’ ‘Two thumbs up’, American language!] These’re born-American English speakers who say these, not some aliens. This’s American language that has made everything of the language really really easier! Another sample from their daily conversation: ‘How you doin’? – I’m doin’ good.’ [Instead of ‘How are you doing?’ ‘I’m doing well’!] Or ‘How you feel? –I feel good!’ [Smile] Is it ‘I have got a car’?

Aw, in American, it’s totally true but they normally just say: ‘I have a car.’ Or ‘I got a car.’ How wise and easier its question is!

Normally they don’t say: ‘Have you got a car?’ ‘Has she got a car?’ This, especially ‘has’, is confusing for a lot of students because have equals (eşittir) got and they also mix it with present perfect tense. The Americans simply say: ‘Do you have a car?’ ‘Does she have a car?’ One more time: ‘Do you have a car?’ ‘Does she have a car?’ American language is so creative. Just ONE new entry every 60 seconds says it all! For example, the word ‘Rebound (ribaunt)’ in basketball means when the player ‘loses the ball but instantly gets it back (topu kaybediyor ama aniden onu geri alıyor)’. So when they says, ‘You broke up(Kız arkadaşından ayrıldın mı)? Oh man! You need a rebound!’ here ‘rebound’ means ‘after breaking up (losing), instantly find a new relationship to forget the pain of missing (bir ilişkiden ayrılmaktan sonra, acısını onutmak için, aniden yeni bir ilişkiyi geçmek)’. [Don’t you see why I love American language more and more each day? There are millions of these creative words in American!] According to Wikipedia, ‘Since 18th and 19th century, American English has been influenced by the languages of West Africa, the Native American population, and immigration.’ Maybe it’s the effect of their word-for-word translation but in American, it’s totally true to say ‘You didn’t say nothing about yourself (Kendinden hiç bahsetmedi).’ But grammar books say it’s wrong and we must use ‘You didn’t say anything about yourself (Kendinden hiç bahsetmedi)’. Since ‘nothing’ only means ‘hiç’, but ‘anything’ both means ‘hiç’ and ‘her şey’, it’s easier for the Turks to learn it. Languages effect one another and the Americans have welcomed to the best of other languages in their own creative way.’ For example, in Turkish we say ‘İki artı iki yap (kendini tahmin et)’. [In Persian, it’s something similar to ‘İki çarpı iki dört yapar’.] So now because a lot of Persians and Turks use it in the U.S. and it’s very popular, Americans say the same in their OWN CREATIVE way: ‘DO THE MATH!’ So when a Turk or a Persian hears it, they’d say: ‘‘Uh! That’s the same as ‘İki artı iki yap’ or ‘İki çarpı iki dört yapar!’’

It’s a great feeling! The irony is today, the American language made by the Americans, is so creative that others wait to see what’s new in American to use its word-for-word translation in their own!]  ‘Geyik muhabbeti yapmak’ is used by the Turks in the U.S. so as cross-cultural communication, they recently use it too which is: ‘Chitchat’. Rifka (Natalie Portman) in a recent, 2009, movie New York, I Love You! (00:10:00) says, ‘Strictly business. We don’t come to 47th Street to chitchat.’ Or ‘At koşturmak’ ‘Horse around (=Fool around)’ In 2008 movie Two Lovers (00:12:50) Leonard’s dad says, ‘Leonard? Stop horsing around!’ Or ‘Mide bulantısı’ ‘Nausea /NA:’.zi.ya:/’. In 2008 movie ‘What Happens In Vegas’ (00:22:02), Jack (Ashton Kutcher) is arguing with Joy (Cameron Diaz): ‘Wow. Look at that! You had to come all the way to Vegas and marry a complete stranger just to prove that you’re not a robot!

Congratulations, Joy! That was a feeling!’ Joy (furiously): ‘Oh, I have a feeling, all right! It’s called nausea!’

[Funny movie!] In American, instead of ‘We can go to my dad’s farm. There’re horses. Have you ever seen a horse?’ they break the rule and say: ‘We can go to my dad’s farm. There’s horses. You ever seen a horse?’

[Sleepwalking 00:48:57] (That’s the same in Turkish too: You say, ‘Orada atlar var!’ not ‘Orada atlar varlar!’ So it’s closer to Turkish and easier for the Turks to understand. The country music singer Shania Twain has song ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’ instead of ‘That Doesn’t Impress Me Much’. Now some students stop speaking because they

ask themselves: Is it ‘I have a great news’ or ‘I have great news’? So Americans say: ‘Come on, buddy! Told ya to take it easy!’

Both of them are true! [When In Rome 01:00:21] In 2011 movie The Fighter (00:42:36), the guy says: ‘She DON’T mean NO disrespect, ok?’ Instead of ‘She doesn’t mean any disrespect, ok?’ [See what just happened?? ‘She DON’T...’? and ‘...don’t mean no...’? Two grammarical rules broken at one place, TWICE easier to speak for STUDENTS! How many times they say we MUST say ‘She doesn’t...’ and NOT ‘She don’t...’? How many times have I heard students make such mistakes? How many times I heard they stopped speaking because of that? But... WHAT made it EASIER and said it’s NOT a speaking mistake? ‘The Superman language!’ Way to go, American language! It seems the more English grammar tells us to STOP, the more freedom and bravery of American language tells us to GO on SPEAKING (Görünüşe göre, ne kadar İngilizce gramer İngilizce konuşma durdurmamızı söylerse, o kadar Amerikan dilin özgürlük ve cesaret İngilizce konuşma devam etmemizi söylüyor)! It’s so powerful that sometimes I hear they take the liberty to say: ‘You is all I want.’ ‘We is who we is!’ Man! The Statue of Liberty is out there! They invented freedom. I’m glad American is not my first language because otherwise, I would’ve missed the opportunity to enjoy learning the most beautiful language of the world. American language has made everything of the language shorter, simpler, easier, and more POSSIBLE to learn: ‘I have an 8 o’clock rez.’ (Rez is the short form of reservation!) ‘The doc took my blood presh.’ (=The doctor took my blood pressure.) These days, they use the one-word ‘Realty (emlak)’ more than the three-word ‘real estate agency’, or the one-word ‘Realtor (emlakçi)’ more than three-word ‘(real) estate angent’.

Instead of ‘Pedestrian crossing’ with 6 syllables, they use ‘Crosswalk’ (yaya geçidi) with 2 syllables, and its stunningly matching (güzelce denk gelmiş/uyumlu) word ‘Sidewalk’ (yaya kaldırımı) which is easier to remember. So: Crosswalk> Sidewalk. [This is American art, beautiful and smart! The same art we have in Turkish like: İnmek.

Binmek. Tavan. Taban.] Once upon a time, it was assumed a more complicated language was more beautiful, but today that idea is too far to be true, because we want everything faster. These days the Americans prefer one-phrasal word ‘Buckle up!’

(Emniyet kemerini tak!) more than the four-word ‘Fasten your seat belt’! Or: ‘You got no girlfriend? I’m not buying it!’ 8 words instead of ‘You don’t have a girlfriend? I can’t believe a word you are saying!’ 13 words! One of my Turkish students went to America through one of these ‘Work & Travel’ companies. The other day when he was back, he told me how amazingly Americans make any kind of conversation really, really short and easy, and how hard he had learnt English in here! He specifically mentioned that the Americans don’t have time to worry about the grammar! He said they say: ‘Gonna stay?’ 2 words instead of ‘Are you going to stay?’ 5 words! That’s the same in Turkish too: You write ‘Değil mi?’(3 syllables), but you say ‘Di mi?’(2 syllables). You write ‘Ne Haber?’ (3 syllables) but you say ‘N’aber?’ (2 syllables). Cool(Harika), huh(di mi)? Take this phone call for instance: ‘Sally Claire’s office. –Yeah, hi.* It’s Chris Cole. Is Sally in (Sally var mı)?’ [11 words. That’s all (Hepsi bu kadar)!] [*It’s popular in America. When the caller starts to speak with someone unknown on the phone, they start with ‘Yeah, hi.’] Take the same conversation as we are taught: ‘Hello. Sally Claire’s office. Can I help you? –Hi. Yes, please. This is Chris Cole. Can I talk to Sally please?’ [21 words!] The American development critic, historian, naturalist, author, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau says, ‘Our life is frittered away by details. Simplify, simplify, simplify! (Hayatımız fazla detailarla uğraşmaktan boşuna harcamıştır. Basitleştirin, basitleştirin, basitleştirin!)’ The painter, writer, cartographer, sculptor, architect, mathematician, musician, scientist, engineer, inventor, anatomist, botanist, and geologist Leonardo da Vinci says, ‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication (Basitlik/ Süssüzlük ince zevk sahip olduğun/dünya kültürü sahip olduğun/dünyaya gezi görmüş olduğun son derecedır).’ The gorgeous actress Gwyneth Paltrow says, ‘The simpler things are, the happier they are(Daha basit şeyler, daha mutlu).’ Now the biggest reason I love American is the AMERICAN ACCENT. I’ve seen this a lot in different countries: ‘Whenever some American girls or boys speak in a foreign cafe, their accent is so amazing and beautiful that everybody wants to overhear! (Farklı ülkelerde bunu çok görmüştüm: Her zaman birkaç Amerikalı kız ya da erkek bir yabancı ülkenın kafede konuştuğunce, o kadar harika ve güzel aksanla konuşuyorlar ki etraftaki insanlar herkes kulak misafir olmak istiyor!)’ Seems like I’m not the only person who’s crazy about this incredible accent. ‘Talk’ is simply pronounced /ta:’k/ and ‘walk’ is simply pronounced /wa:’k/. I assume almost all the best professors of any country in the world lived and are living in the United States. So they came up with some brilliant ideas to make this language more pleasant-to-ears. Just take 17 /se.vın.Tİ’N/ and 70 /SE.vın.di/ for instance. Other than the stress(vurgu) difference, there’s a distinguished difference on ‘/d/’ in seventy which is pronounced like a slight or short ‘d’ (yumuşak ve kısa d gibi telaffuz edilmiştir). The most beautiful part in American accent is when they stunningly and uniquely use their throat(gırtlak) for many words, making this language lovely, sweet, endearing and adorable. American accent is the true music... it cannot be described on paper! If we dig deeper, we’ll see that American is wise in every aspect or detail. Take the word ‘stove (ocağ/ fırın)’ instead of ‘cooker’. [‘Cooker’ seems like ‘aşçi’ but it’s not ‘aşçi’. In American we don’t have ‘cooker’ so students wouldn’t confuse it with cook(aşçi).] A Turkish-national English teacher who now speaks English so well, once said, ‘‘A few years ago, my uncle came back from America and said, ‘What’s up?’’ [Practical, daily expression.] But that teacher said, ‘‘I’ve read many books and have taught for 5 years but never heard it! What does ‘What’s up’ mean?’’ [It means: 1. ‘Ne haber?’ 2. ‘Ne oldu?’ His uncle meant ‘Ne haber?’] All course books are necessary. I personally find American course books positive such as ‘North Star.’ I don’t say go and buy it, no, but I find it precious, why? They start each lesson with warm-up, the words are practical, the topics are positive which make students feel good and give them new perspectives. The following part is from North Star level 1, Listening and Speaking, Second Edition, Pearson Longman. It encourages students to do group work: ‘‘I learned this story from a professor in Japan. I think it has an important lesson for us: There was a big fire in the forest, and all the animals started

to run away. They said, ‘We can’t do anything. The fire is too big.’ They waited for some bigger animals to put out (söndürmek) the fire. Then they saw a little hummingbird (sinekkuşu). The hummingbird decided, ‘I will help to put out the fire.’ So the hummingbird flew to the river, picked up one little drop of water, returned to the forest, and put it on the fire. The hummingbird saw that the first drop of water did not put out the fire, but he continued flying to the river and back. The other animals laughed at him.

‘What are you doing? Did you put out the fire?’ they asked with a laugh. And the little hummingbird answered, ‘I’m doing what I can(Yapabiliceğimi yapiyorum).’ So, now I say to you, let us be hummingbirds. Let us do what we can.’’ There’re many things to talk about American language, but if they come down to one sentence, it’d be: A m e r i c a n l a n g u a g e i s a m i r a c l e .

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. (Akıllı bir insan gibi düşün ancak milletin dilla iletişim kur.) –Anonymous We cannot always build the future of our youth, but we can build our youth for the future (Gençlerımız geleceğı her zaman sağlamayacağız, ancak gelecek için gençlerımızı sağlayabiliriz). –Franklin D. Roosevelt

5. 3D movie theaters. Graphic designing. Development. The progressive country of Turkey. Fun era. Audio-Visual (A.V.) English.

This is science, the research result that visualteachingalliance.com shares, ‘FACT: The brain processes visual information 60,000 (sixty thousand) times faster than text.’ 60,000 times faster! It’s a fantastic news for the Turks because most of them love TV (visual). When a teacher has the Internet, the world’s fun library, they can use internet dictionary, YouTube educational videos, and with these fun facilities, their class would be a combination of fun and education. Everyone wants that. Luckily, most language schools in Turkey have those. Heidi-Hayes Jacobs the Educational Consultant says, ‘Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly (daima ve kusursuz bir şekilde) into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on(sonraki ilave edecek şey/ sonra yapacak şey), an afterthought, or an event.’ This’s a reminder to SELF.

I think the most successful language schools in Ankara have their ‘flash(hareketlı) pictures and visuals’ on(açık) from the entrance door to the waiting room to impress everyone at first sight.

To think outside the box you must be outside the box (Kotunun dışarıda düşünmek için kotunun dışarıda olmalısın). –Anonymous 6. If someone asked me what the meaning of ‘creativity’ is, I’d say, ‘Google!’ We are living in a fun world of video games, Facebook, Twitter, amusement parks, etc. So if I were a language school manager, I’d get benefit from experienced, up-to-date teachers’ ideas and would involve them in the curriculum before it’s written. The successful artist and Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger in a speech in the University of California says, ‘You have to think outside the box. What is the point of being on this Earth if all you want to do is to be like everyone else and avoid trouble? You have to break some rules, not the law, but the rules.’ Les Brown says, ‘You can’t see the picture with you in the frame. (Çerçevedeyken resimini göremiyeceksin.)’ The famous actress Katherine Hepburn says, ‘If we obey all the rules, we miss all the fun.’

[Gifted Hands: A Ben Carson Story] We don't necessarily have to play by strict rules if we can find a way that works better, as long as it's reasonable and doesn't hurt anybody.

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Arnie) was born in a small village in Austria. He worked HARD to be a bodybuilding and weightlifting/powerlifting champ. He moved to the U.S., ‘the land of opportunities’ as he says, to continue his success. With all the NUMBER ONEs he got, he became several-time Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe. But he didn’t want to only be a sports champ. He applied for an acting job but the film agents said, ‘It can’t be done! Your body doesn’t fit! You have an accent too! People can’t pronounce your name! Maybe we can give you a small role!’ The first role he got as Hercule, he had so thick accent that they had to dub /DA:B/ (dublaj etmek) it. But that didn’t stop him. His first rule of success says, ‘Trust yourself no matter how everyone else thinks.’ [Amazing!] He took acting classes, English classes, speech classes, even ‘accent removal’ classes! His second role was a deaf-mute guy –maybe because he still had the accent! That didn’t stop him either. He continued his classes. [Excellent!] When the director James Cameron chose him for The Terminator as his third role, he said, ‘I was petrified(Çok korkmuştum) at the start of Terminator. First of all, I was working with a star –at least I thought of him as a star at the time. Arnold came out of it even more a star.’ For his role in The Terminator, Arnold won a Golden Award. NOW everyone believed in him! [When we learn English speaking, everyone will believe in us... including ourselves!]

Later he ran (adaylığını koydu) for the Governor of California but a lot of people, again, said it couldn’t be done, but he won.

They said, ‘The world ends at Africa.’ Christopher Columbus went on from the end.

7. I think we need some ways to lighten the loads off teachers’ and students’ shoulders, and add up to the result. When the wind comes, we don’t see it, but we see its result. If I were the owner or manager of a language school, I wouldn’t send a supervisor to every class but I’d be in contact with the students. These internet-generation students know better than me, they recognize who’s excellent and who’s not, who’s teaching well and who’s not. So I’d trust them. Sometimes I myself would go to classes and would encourage the students. Thomas J. Watson says, ‘Encouragement is a necessary part of supervision.’ I’d also encourage the school’s English teachers and would ask them to count students’ class activity as part of their reading-writing-watching&listening-speaking exam score.

8. Duet songs are heartgrabbing because they’re the combination of two talents. The Norwegian singer Hanne Mette beautifully combined Norwegian music with American Country. Back in Asia, a student brought a guitar to the class and I asked, ‘Can you sing a song?’ He said ‘YES!’ He happily sang, all the students happily accompanied, and I was happy to see them happy! Other classes’ students wanted to come to this class! So what if we combine knowledge (written English) with action (actual English)? Field Trip (Eğitim Gezisi) to city hall (belediye), campuses, factories, parks, beaches, and so is not only educative, fun, and practical, but also creates a great team soul and broads students’ minds. Our field trip to Ankamall Shopping Center was fun and fruitful. ‘Look! This is a fountain.’ So at the same time they could ‘hear’ and ‘see’ the fountain live (canlı), but in the class there’s no real fountain, as well as Skyscraper, Escalator, White coffee (sütlü kahve), Black coffee (sade kahve), Jewelry pieces, Furniture pieces, etc. AND they really enjoyed!  9. Someone said, ‘Yes is fine. No is fine. It’s the maybes that’ll kill us! (Evet iyidir. Hayır iyidir. Bize öldürecek şey belkilerdir!)’ English is not a lesson, it’s a person, and if I love a person, it’s always with me in my heart and mind and soul,

it’s always a ‘yes’. It doesn’t matter if I go on a summer vacation or a winter break, this person is always with me everywhere I go. Who says ‘Learning English in the summers is boring’? OK! Keep reading please!  10. A) Factory owner: ‘Son! The market is unstable now. Don’t buy machineries!’ Son: ‘Dad! THIS is the exact time to buy machineries!’ B) Mr. Mayor: Plant more flower in this park! Assistant: Sir! It’d be a waste of budget because some poor people come to this park, pick the flowers, and sell them. Mr. Mayor: I have these parks planted so much flower that those people get tired of picking them!! ‘A’ and ‘B’ are real stories that taught me how some people develop with different perspectives.

Albert Einstein: If at first an idea isn’t absurd, there’s no hope for it. (Eğer bir fikrin ilk çıktığın zaman saçma benzermezse, ona hiç umudu yoktur.) [Insightful!] –Albert Einstein The more solutions you think about, the more solutions you will come up with. (Çözümlere daha düşünürsen, daha çözümlere bulacaksın.) [Simply amazing life lesson!]

–Brian Tracy If we were to think alike, then nobody would be thinking. (Herkes aynı şekilde düşünseydı, o zaman hiç kimse düşünmezdi.) –Anonymous Why should I be frightened by new ideas while dwelling in old ideas should scare me?

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible (Gerekli olduğumuz şey daha olanaksızda uzmanlaştığın insanlardır). [Like Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, etc.]–Theodore Roosevelt Books are great but they’re silent in an English speaking class, as whiteboard is. Movie Class (with Movenglish method) is my deepest desire and passion. When students knock on the door and take a peek, for one moment they doubt if it’s a class or a movie theater! [It’s sweet to see them surprise!] When the students of other classes hear the movie sound, they first wonder, then want to join us! If I were any of you, I’d say to myself: ‘I must watch motion pictures!’ My dream movie class is on the rooftop of a skyscraper where big magics happen with little clicks.

If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven’t done anything today (Dün yaptığın şey hala sana büyük gözükürse, bugün hiçbir şey yapmadi demektır). –Lou Holtz [Note to self.]

No one can stop growing old, but everyone can start thinking young: Everybody needs English.  THINK ‘YOUNG’; THINK ‘BIG’; EVERYBODY NEEDS ENGLISH. They say the age of retirement is 65 something. Well, Warren Buffet is 82 and he’s still working.

I’d like to thank a retired friend who wishes to be anonymous but helped me translate some parts of the filebook. I just say: ‘Teşekkürler Kemal abi!’ When the American business magnate(büyük işadamı) Donald Trump first took control of his father’s small realty(emlak), no one could imagine he’d own skyscrapers and would be on the list of ‘Forbes Celebrity 100’! He says, ‘If you are going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big. Very simple. Most people think small because they are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, and afraid of winning. And that gives people like me a big advantage! (Düşünmek istersen, aynı zamanda belki büyük düşünmeyede istersen. Bu kadar basit. Çoğu insan küçük düşünür çünkü onlar başarıdan korkar, karar vermekten korkar, ve kazanmaktan korkar. Ve bu benim gibi insanlar için büyük bir fırsat!)’ [Reminder to self.]

Tony Robbins also says, ‘Most people fail in life because they major in minor things (Çoğu insan hayatta başarısız olduğun sebebi küçük işlerde uğraştığındır).’ Ever seen his Fiji house?  The Consequence of Discouragement – Author Unknown Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the famous 19th-century poet and artist, was once approached by an elderly man. The old fellow(adam) had some sketches and drawings that he wanted Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good, or if they at least showed potential talent.

Rossetti looked them over carefully. After the first few, he knew that they were worthless, showing not the least sign of artistic talent. But Rossetti was a kind man, and he told the elderly man as gently as possible that the pictures were without much value and showed little talent. He was sorry, but he could not lie to the man. The visitor was disappointed, but seemed to expect Rossetti’s judgment.

He then apologized for taking up Rossetti’s time, but would he just look at a few more drawings – these done by a young art student? Rossetti looked over the second batch of sketches and immediately became enthusiastic over the talent they revealed.

‘These,’ he said, ‘oh, these are good. This young student has great talent. He should be given every help and encouragement in his career as an artist. He has a great future if he will work hard and stick to it(onu bırakmazse).’

Rossetti could see that the old fellow was deeply moved (derince etkilendi). ‘Who is this fine young artist?’ he asked. ‘Your son?’

‘No,’ said the old man sadly. ‘It is me – 40 years ago. If only I had heard your praise then (Keşki övmenızı o zaman duymuşseydım)! For you see, I got discouraged and gave up – too soon (Çünkü gördüğünüz gibi cesaretimi kırmıştılar ve bende çok erken bıraktım).’

Deuteronomy 31:8 The LORD Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.

Reason always comes before the answer(Sebep her zaman cevabın önce geliyor).–Tony Robbins Trust your hopes, not your fears (Korkuların değil, umutlarını güven). –David Mahoney  WHY LEARNING ENGLISH? [I challenge you all to read this part please.] 

M O T I V A T I O N

S T A T I O N

What’d happen if a Turkish suburban grocer could speak English? Maybe no tourist would go there and English wouldn’t be necessary, right? Would he need English at all? No? OK. My answer is: ‘‘Doesn’t he have children? Wouldn’t the children say, ‘Look! Our dad didn’t go to school but can speak English! So we need to learn English too!’ Doesn’t he have relatives? Wouldn’t they say, ‘He’s not a doctor but can speak English like a doctor! We should learn English too!’ Doesn’t his son go to a university? What would his son’s professor think if he realized this suburban grocer speaks English? Doesn’t he go to a bus terminal? If he started speaking English with a tourist, wouldn’t the tourist think, ‘Wow. This suburban grocer is not educated but speaks English like the educated!’ If you met this grocer, wouldn’t you be proud of him?  The real answer is: Actually HE needs to learn English to be the motivation and inspiration for others. The EFFECT that each of us can have in this world is beyond imagination. Şehirden uzak bir bakkal İngilizce konuşabilseydi ne olurdu? Oraya belki hiç turist gitmezdi ve hiç İngilizceye gerek kalmazdı, değil mi? Ona hiç İngilizce gerekiyor muydu? Hayır mı? Peki.

Cevabım şu: Onun çocukları yok mu? Çocukları ‘Bak! Babamız okula gitmemiş ama İngilizce konuşabiliyor! Bize de İngilizce öğrenmek gerek!’ demezler mi? Onun akrabaları yok mu? Onlar ‘O, doktor değil ama doktorlar gibi İngilizce konuşuyor! Bizde İngilizce öğrenmeliyiz!’ demezler mi? Onun oğlu bir üniversiteye gitmiyor mu? Oğlunun profesörü, bu şehirden uzak bakkalın İngilizce konuştuğunu farkında olursa ne düşünecek? O otobüs terminalı gitmiyecek mi? O bir turist ile İngilizce konuşmaya başlarsa, o turist ‘Vay canına, bu şehirden uzak bakkal eğitim görmemiş ama eğitimliler gibi İngilizce konuşuyor’ diye düşünmeyecek mi? Eğer siz bu bakkalla tanışsaydınız, onula gurur duymaz mıydınız?  Gerçek cevap şudur: Aslında başkalarına motive ve ilham vermek için, ONUN İngilizce öğrenmesi gerek. Bu dünyada sahip olabileceğimiz ETKİ hayal gücümüzden ötedir.

Psalm 145:18-19 The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him; He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

At the same time that I can still ask these kinds of questions, a Turkish taxi driver is listening to English audio program to learn English while driving. At the same time that I can still ask these kinds of questions, some people are doing a hard task, are landing on the moon, are skydiving, are making robots, are trying to cure cancer, and are trying to invent a new meaning in life. Did Erik Weihenmayer need to conquer Everest? Please read this part to hear the possible answer. Everything is perfect in the universe – even your desire to improve it (Evrende/Kainatta her şey mükemmeldir – sizin onu geliştirme istediğinizde dahil). [Thank you, Dr.] –Dr. Wayne Dyer All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we’re doing what we have been told or asked to do.

(Hepimiz, yapmasını bizden rica edilmiş ya da söylenmiş işinin sebebini bildiğimiz zaman, daha iyi ve daha çok istekli bir şekilde performans gösteriyoruz.) –Zig Ziglar We learn English to communicate with the other six billion nine hundred million (6,900,000,000) people around the world. Isn’t it important? These days, with music, concerts, movies, theaters, books, magazines, video games, T-shirts, prople, travel, tourism, connections, technologies, finance, businesses, medicine, studies, researches, confrences, and the Internet, English is all around. Isn’t it necessary?

Today if someone’s mad at someone or loves someone, they wouldn’t tell it to their face, they’d delete them or tell them on their Facebook (Bugünlerde kimse biriyla küsse ya da biriye aşıkse, yüzüne bakıp söylemez, Facebook’e gidip onu silecek ya da söyleyecek)! Isn’t it a fact to face(Bu bir yüzleşecek gerçek değil mi)? Today we wouldn’t go around the world in 80 days but 80 seconds, or faster, by Google Earth!

Today, we’d speak face-to-face to five different people in five different countries of the world at the same time, by Google Plus (Google+). Today the world is in our house, in our computer, in our laptop, in our iPad. (Bugünlerde dünya etrafında 80 günde değil 80 saniyede, hatta daha hızlı Google Earth ile geziyoruz! Bugünlerde beş farklı kişiyla dünyanın beş farklı ülkede aynı zamanda yüz yüze Google Plus(Google+)’la konuşuyoruz. Bugünlerde DÜNYA EVİMİZDE, bilgisayarimizda, diz üstü bilgisayarimizda, iPadımızda.) Today the world is like a family and we need the world’s language to understand its members. Today we’re not just the citizens of Turkey, we’re the citizens of the world, because countries have boundaries, people don’t. (Bugün biz ancak Türk vatandaş değiliz, dünya vatandaşız çünkü ülkeler sınırları var, insanları yok.) Turkey is a developing country in every aspect from education to production and it’s a member of G20, one of the 20 economically powerful countries of the world.

They say one every ten people learns to speak English. That is dogma(inak/dogma). I want ten out of one person learn to speak English. Each person can effect ten, even million people around.

80% of all the info on the Internet is in English. So remains 20% for other languages like Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Turkish, Arabic, Russian, Korean, Italian, Indian, and more. So if we have 20 major languages like Turkish, each of these only contains 1% of all the info on the Internet. Which one is better, to make a website just in Turkish, or to make the same website both in Turkish and English? Which one is better, to speak just in Turkish, or to speak both in Turkish and English?

Become the master of meaning and you master your life. (Anlamların yönetici olun ve ondan sonra hayatını yöneteceksınız.)

–Tony Robbins * Opportunity to be ahead in Turkish language: Would you raise eyebrow(=surprise/kaş kaldırmak/ şaşırmak) if I told you that learning English or a new language helps you understand Turkish better? But this is an academic fact that hundreds of linguistic professors researched about. For example, in Hong Kong, Professor Marsh and his team in a long reserch observed that when the school teachers teach ‘Group A students’ both English (second language) and Chinese (first language), the students enhance (improve) their Chinese better than those of ‘Group B students’ who are only taught Chinese. In the Netherlands also, Professor Verhoeven and his team achieved the same result after researching on 98 Turkish children living there. Learning the first language is like juggling ONE ball. It’s easy if we don’t throw the ball too high and play. When we juggle TWO balls (learn two languages), it needs more concentration, so it’s not as easy as juggling ONE ball. Now when we juggle THREE balls (learn three languages), it needs total concentration, yet by practicing the right WAY, it’s absolutely POSSIBLE. Now, after we LEARNED to juggle THREE balls, when we get back to juggling ONE ball or TWO balls, we’ll find it totally easier and do it better. Learning two or three languages is JUST like that (TAM bunun gibi).  Being born-poor is not one’s fault; going died-poor, definitely is. (Bir insanin fakir doğmak onun suç değil; ancak onun fakir ölmek kesinlikle onun suç.) –Anonymous * Opportunity to be ahead in salary: If a tree (my job) gives little fruit (low salary), what should I do to get more fruit (more salary)? Who should change this, the tree (my job) or the gardener (me)? ‘‘Her parents were divorced. She’s 26 and the oldest sister in her family. Her mom was hospitalized and with a younger sister, she had a really tough time running (=managing) this family.

Most of us haven’t experienced this and for a girl that young, it’s not easy. She was frustrated, not because of the things that happened to her, but because she could be someone she always wished to be. She could save her and her family only if she could SPEAK English adequately to get her dream job with a dream salary ‘working in a famous car company’. The hands of destiny sent her to me. I showed her the Movenglish way, and she went that way with all her heart. With her situation, it was impossible to improve her English speaking in such a short time, but she made the impossible absolutely possible. Every evening when she got back home, she didn’t chitchat on the phone, she didn’t waste her time like before, and even when she was tired, because of her hard situation, she worked harder to learn English. And now, oh..my..gosh, she got her dream job! Unbelievable! When she got the job, she came to the class and cried hard! I don’t know why, maybe it was all the moments of pain she had accumulated in her heart, but those moments of pain turned into pleasure! Tony Robbins says, ‘What we link to pleasure and what we link to pain determines our destiny (Sevince ve acıye ne bağlandığımız şey kaderımızı belirtir).’ The truth is there are always people like her in this world, and the other truth is those people always have a choice to find a better job with a better salary if they are willing to take the effort. She has linked English to pleasure and is improving it everyday. Because of her hard times, she now knows the value of this extra money and is enjoying it. ‘You DESERVE it(Helal olsun sana), girlie!’’ I’m not a materialistic person but I can’t ignore that money matters. Mark Twain once said, ‘Man is his clothes.’ Don’t know but how much more could we enjoy life with an extra ‘5 K’ (5,000) every month? Or... ever found a 50 Lira bill(kağıt para) in your clothes when you didn’t expect? How did it make you feel?’  I used to say, ‘Things cost too much.’ Then my teacher straightened me out on that by saying, ‘The problem isn’t that things cost too much. The problems is that you can’t afford it.’ That’s when I finally understood that the problem wasn’t it –the problem was me! [To self.] –Jim Rohn Whoever said money can’t buy happiness, didn't know where to shop (Her kimse para mutluluğu satın almayacağını söyledi, nerede alışveriş yapacağını bilmiyordu)! :D –Gittel Hudnick * Opportunity to be ahead in earning E-money: So many people’s favorite business in the world is in ‘real estate’. That’s great.

But the real real estate business, as Dolf de Roos says, is in six inches between our right and left ear: mind. Now we PAY to use the Internet, why not using the Internet to GET PAID? There’re hundreds of legitimate ways to earn money IF we know English! For example, there’s this website airbnb.com or vrbo.com where people can register their apartment, give one room or the whole apartment as rent to foreigners, earn sweet dollars, and thank ‘English’ and ‘technology’ for that! The website is in English, so people who know it, can read their conditions, can write to them, can understand their Emails, can talk to them in any emergency situations, can speak to the guests or become friends with them, and can sit and earn sweet E-money –without asking for help. [A student hates the noise and the rush of the city life. He’s learning English speaking to open a family restaurant in a beautiful village to grab foreign customers on the Internet. Couldn’t he possibly be ahead in catching his dreams? Tony Robbins says, ‘Life will pay whatever price you ask for it (Hayat sana ne kadar para istedığını verir).’ Ever wanted to be on a hot-air balloon in Göreme? * Opportunity to be ahead in business: The Americans ‘love’ coffee. Some of them wake up in the morning and say, ‘First coffee, then talk(Kahve içmeden konuşmayacağim)!’ [Smile] Since 1992, the Glengarry Glen Ross movie line Coffee’s for closers (Kahve anlaşmayı tamamlayanlar içindir/ İlk anlaşma, sonra kahve)! has been many successful American businesspeople’s creed(içten

inanç). There are Motivational Speakers who motivate different American companies to raise their sales. Jim Rohn was one of them, Earl Nightingale was one of them, Brian Tracy is one of them, Tony Robbins is one of them, Zig Ziglar is one of them, Les Brown is one of them. [Some of them go to universities and schools to motivate them raise their educational standards.] My creed is: ‘Turkish businesspeople are really good at making money in many fields of business and commerce from tourism and textile to food industries and packaging.’ What’d happen if all of them knew English? Aristotle Onassis says, ‘The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows (İşin başarıma sırrı başkaların bilmedığın şeyi bilmektır).’ Learning dollar language is worth earning more Turkish Liras! The fact is if the ‘only’ thing I have is money, I’d be ‘poor’! The other fact is money could be a headache, but it also could be the cure! Today, successful business people are informed about the new info, caring to consult, prepared to play the business game, crafty to compete, brave for the big, and striving to learn to speak English and after that, they’d want to understand unbelieveable videos of America’s mind-motivating millionaire Jim Rohn on YouTube.

Vehbi Koç the famous Turkish entrepreneur and philanthropist says, ‘Memleketimizin ekonomisini kuvvetlendirmek için elimizden gelen bütün gayreti göstermeliyiz. (To strengthen our country’s economy, we need to show as much possible effort as we are capable of.)’ * Opportunity to be ahead in international success: Being a manager and running(yönetme) even one company is hard ’cause the manager has to: ‘Deal with daily problems of staff, like(gibi), this one is sick, that one wants a raise(zam), this worker quits, and that one wants a better job, this customer didn’t pay, there was a mistake in the account, the machine doesn’t work, and so on.’ Not to mention that(Ek olarak) the manager has to: ‘Improve the company, compete with the opponents, advertise, raise(yükseltmek) the sales, while he or she has some family stuffs going on at home! It’s a whole lot of pressure just for running one company! Now can you even imagine running the American company of Western Union with over 400,000 (four hundred thousand) agents around the world in over 200 countries? I can’t even imagine it! But guess what! The newest CEO, President, and Director of this American company is an experienced, educated Turk, a Turkish pride, named Hikmet Ersek! Bravo to him because running such an enormous(kocaman/koskocaman) company needs enourmous bravery! Could this gentelman be in this internationally-successful position if he didn’t know English? [We have a lot of successful Turks, he is an example.] * Opportunity to be ahead in study: ‘Why is America is in the forefront (en onunde) of technology and development?’ is always a question. Just one reason is according to stats with the variation of –100% to 700%, they master(uzmanleştiriyorlar) their students in Computer & Information Sciences (607%), Physical Education & Exercise Sciences (555%), Health Sciences (284%), Business (235%), Criminal Justice & Security (233%), Multi/interdisciplinary (230%), Legal Research (189%), Communication (128%), Engineering (98%), Public Administration (94%), Psychology (85%) [So far out of 100%, it’s 84%], Theology (78%), Area/ethnic Studies (77%), and it goes on to Agriculture (42%), and Philosophy (21%). [What has kept them in the forefront of the world market?] Now it’s easy to understand: Two Turkish students in the same class, studying like Computer & Information Sciences, or Health Sciences, always the one who knows English makes more progress. A med student (tıp öğrencisi) who knows English makes more progress than the one who doesn’t. An engineer who knows English makes more progress than the one who doesn’t. Some students study abroad, graduate, create better fate for themselves, come back to their own country, and create better fate for others.

A professor who knows professional English gets the newest info in English and gives the best speech in Turkish. They’d be pleased and popular among students and the board(yönetim kurulu). They read in English, and lead in Turkish (İngilizcede okuyorlar, Türkçede yönetiyorlar). [It’s not an ad(reklam) but almost all lessons in TED College Ankara are in English and most of their students speak it so well. Congratulations to the management and the system because Turkey as a G20 country would need more of this!] * Opportunity to be ahead as writers, artists, etc.: From doctors to lawyers to writers to other jobs, there are people in Turkey with writing talent. Which one is better, to write a book in Turkish and only talk to Turkey, or to write a book in both Turkish and English and talk to Turkey and the world? Fatih Akın directed one of the episodes of ‘New York, I Love You’.

Internationally famous. House & Trance DJ Faruk Sabancı is internationally famous. Elif Şafak writes both in Turkish and English. Internationally famous. This list can go on and on. Would you like your name on this list?  * Opportunity to be ahead in data/info: Every sound mind(sağlam fikir) knows we’re living in the info-world, the more useful info one has, the more successful they can be. The 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan says, ‘Information is the oxygen of the modern age.’ Jack Welch also says, ‘Information moves so fast today and everyone has more information than the CEO does. So the only role of the CEO is to be out there energising people and turning this information into action.’

Many brilliant Turks made great websites like seslisozluk.net that I got lots of benefits from. As the info moves so fast, we always need these brilliant people and even more of these people to help find the Turkish equivalents for undefined expressions and words such as Hack or Hacker (explained in Viki but needs one word), Thread (part of an internet page), Stud (piercing device), Valet (Türkçe: vale), I’m just saying! (Konuyu bitirmek için: Söyledim işte amacım yoktu alınma), Dish out (her ne istediğini ‘kırıcı’ olduğunu rağmen rahatca söylemek >‘Dish’ yani ‘tabak’, ‘out’ yani dışarı>Burada tabağı ‘kalp’ zannet, atarsan ‘kırılıyor’), Six o’clock! (Arkaya bak! >Şifre bir konuşmadır çünkü saat 6’da, saat’ın kol aşağı/arka’ya işaret ediyor), Home-wrecker (şaytan kadın, iki kişi ilişkinin arasında gelen kadın), Black out (sarhoş durumunda hiçbir şeyi anlamayan/farkında olmayan), In order(Necessary), Boardwalk (deniz kinarin

geniş kaldırım >İzmirdaki gibi), and many more! Humans are happier when productive, so how better CEOs they could be when producing a new language, English, in them. Theodore Roszak says, ‘‘The origin of the word ‘information’ is the Latin word ‘informare’ meaning ‘to fashion, to shape, to create, to give form to.’’ So let us fashion English in our mind! * Opportunity to be ahead in enjoying the original: In some countries, whenever we take a walk in the market places, we get to see some unoriginal clothing or cosmetic products. Now have you guys tried the original LaCoast, Chanel, Armani, Gucci, Versace, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Bape, Adidad, Nike, Christian Dior, or other brands? It really feels different! The same way, we feel different or enjoy so much more when we read some poems, lyrics, books, news, magazines, scripts, sayings, and jokes in the original language. I believe Turkish people are rooted in poems and adore lyrics of Sezen Aksu or enjoy poems of Nazım Hikmet, Orhan Veli, Yunus Emre, and so many more. Do their lyrics and poems really have the same beauty when translated in English? Never. How about Turkish proverbs? ‘Bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var!’ It’s bautiful, original, rhythmic Turkish proverb, but when translated, ‘Two is always better than one!’ it’s not as beautiful and enjoyable as the original. The same way, when we know English, we enjoy much more, reading English poems or anything in its original language, English, and when we feel the difference, it gives us a pleasant pleasure! Sometimes it’s even impossible to really transfer the real beauty of the original message unless it stays that way, the original, especially with double-meaning, irony, or sarcastic concept. In an HBO TV movie, the fashion writer character ‘Carrie’ is getting married. The night before the wedding, they throw(=give) a bash(=party).

Now, one of her best friends Samantha is proposing a toast (kadah kaldırıyor): ‘‘So, here’s to the groom, a man who finally got Carrie-d away!’’ And ALL the guests express their admiration, ‘Awww (yani>ne tatlı söyledi)!’ They enjoy what she said ’cause her toast has two super-smart meanings at one time: 1. ‘Bu kadah damadımıza, sonunda Carrie’i bizden alıp adama!’ 2. (Get carried away: duygusal olarak heycanlanıp bir şeyi yapmak) ‘Bu kadah damadımıza, sonunda heycanlanıp evlenen adama!’ Interesting, huh? When we watch this, because we know English, we ENJOY THE BEAUTY of the message, but when it’s translated, only one of the two meanings could be said/written at one time. LIFE is about searching for the meaning. It’s also about enjoying the beauty. We ‘pay’ hundreds of Turkish Liras to enjoy a vacation. Joy is something we really care about and pay money for, but when we know English, we enjoy every moment of it for free! NO MONEY NEEDED! Another example is George (King) Strait’s country song: ‘Nobody in his right mind would’ve left her!’ The meaning in Turkish is: ‘Hiç sağlam fikirli onu terk edemezdı!’ But the beauty of it is ‘right’ also means ‘sağ’, and ‘left’ also means ‘sol’! Can we translate ‘Success depends on the second letter’ as ‘Başarı ikinci harfı bağlıyor’? NO!! It wouldn’t make sense(Mantıklı gelmezdı)! So I’d go for the original and enjoy the vibe(energy) for free! When a housewife cooks, using the original version of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Cookbook, the result would be the same as when the book is translated, but the feeling is never the same! [The second letter of sUccess is ‘U’=YOU.> ‘Success depends on the second letter’ is actually ‘Success depends on YOU (Başarı SANA bağlıyor)!’ Beautiful, huh? ] * Opportunity to be ahead in being new and productive: Human are newists. Today we buy a car, two months later we want to sell it and buy a newer, better one. Today we buy a house, a year later we paint it or buy new furniture and facilities for it. While we keep the same relationship, WE should become new!

Humans are productive too. Give a kid some plastic blocks, he’ll make a toy house, a toy train, a toy car, a toy dinosaur and when he produces it, he’d feel happy. We get happy when we accomplish creating or producing new things. Now, a factory owner produces stuffs (şeyler) like bottled-water, sells them, and gets happy. A graphic designer produces creative shapes, makes animation, sells, and gets happy. But what can a student produce to be happy? They’re not businesspeople or graphic designers yet! Well, a new language, English, is a new production in the factory of a student’s mind that makes them happy and changes their life.

* Opportunity to be ahead in enjoying the favorites: It’s not hard to imagine that even in the furthest villages in Turkey, people listen to Britney Spears, Flo Rida, Niki Minaj, Pitbull, Rihanna, and so. No day goes by that I don’t see people listen to their favorite music on their cellphone in every corner of the city, the subway, the car, the city center, or so. The truth is: In the tech-age, ‘American music’ is many people’s ‘best friend’. Now in real life, do people listen to their ‘best friend’ and not even understand or understand them? English is the universal language of our ‘best friends’ like Hillsong United, Switchfoot, Joy Williams, Britt Nicole, Underoath, Manafest, Plumb, Luminate, Stryper, The Great Transparency, DC Talk, Jars of Clay, Joshua, Mortal, Lifehouse, Lincoln Brewster, Mandisa, Kari Jobe, Amy Grant, Plumb, Nine Lashes, Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline, Chris Tomlin, Todd Agnew, Ashes Remain, Matthew West, MercyMe, Casting Crowns, Petra, Kristian Stanfill, Josh Wilson, Jeremy Camp, Shawn McDonald, Royal Tailor, Tenth Avenue North, Aly&Aj, Afters, Aaron Shust, Laura Story, Capital Kings, David Crowder Band, Jeff Deyo, Sara Groves, Bebo Norman, Colton Dixon, Skillet, DecembeRadio, Hawk Nelson, FireFlight, Kj-52, or you-name-it singers and bands. How about movies? Who can ignore the power of entertainment in our modern time? But isn’t it much more enjoyable to

understand the language of Hollywood? Life is about searching for the meanings and it’s amazing when searching, we end up buying a music CD or a movie DVD for only 5 Liras and enjoy it for 5 years –or for the rest of our lives!

* Opportunity to be ahead in quenching the thirst of knowledge: Curiosity is an inevitable sense ingrained in us (Meraklılık bizde köklenmış kaçınılmaz bir hisdir) and we can use it to check what our neighbor is doing or we can use it to learn English.

Findig JOY in everything matters. It’s like a bowl of sunflower seeds(çekirdek), when we start, it’s so enjoyable that we do nothing else till we finish it! But once we find the JOY in the journey of learning English, we won’t think of the finish line because we don’t want the JOY to finish!

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.

* Opportunity to be ahead in thinking faster and better for life: For learning English, we need to think. The more we learn, the more we think, and the more we think, the more we get new visions and perspetives. The award-winning motivational speaker Dr. Wayne Dyer Ph.D. says, ‘If you only believe what you see, then you are limited to what's on the surface. If you only believe what you see, then why do you pay your electric bill? (Sadece gördüğünü inanirsenız, o zaman yüzeyde olduğun şeyi sınırlenmış olacaksınız. Eğer gördüğünü sadece inanirsenız, o zaman niye elektrik faturasınızı ödiyorsunuz?)’ Checking the Internet, I saw some native English speakers asked what he could possibly mean by the ‘electric bill’ here. So, when we read it, it makes us think, it makes us use our brain... it broadens our mind! And when we broaden our mind, we’ll think better, and if we keep doing this, we’ll be a better speaker, we’ll have better friends, we’ll make better decisions which shape our destiny! English is not just a language! When a driver learns how to drive, they drive slowly and cautiously the first days. But when they use the car everyday, they drive faster. Using mind for English is just like that. By the ‘electric bill’, Dr. Dyer means if we don’t pay the bill, they will cut the electricity in our house, which means we won’t be able to ‘see’ anything! But we already believe that there’re TV, fridge, books, beds, tables, and so in the house and we can live like that for ever, why the pay? There’re certain things in life that we should first believe and then see them, just like English speaking! Henry S. Haskins’ says, ‘No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage.’ It makes me think. Napoleon Hill says, ‘It’s always your next move.’ When I first read it, I asked myself, ‘What is my next move?’ Later I realized, ‘Oh, whatever answer I give to this question is the answer to Napoleon Hill’s quote!’ I’m in awe of (=I’m amazed by) this quote!

I’ll just die if I just don’t get this recipe! (Bu yemek tarifi almazsam, öleceğim!) :D –The Stepford Wives * Opportunity to be ahead in understanding and enjoying slight jokes or humor: If we laugh more, the reason could be we notice something differently. Maybe laughter doesn’t add years to our life, but it definitely adds life to our years. When I was younger, I wondered, ‘‘Why do they say ‘romantic comedy’? I see no ‘comedy’ in it!’’ It was because I didn’t get(understand) their jokes or humor. In a CBS movie, there’s a scene where it’s raining. The woman and the man are soaking wet and get in the cab (taxi) at the same time so each claims that this is ‘their’ cab. They argue a bit but no use! Now the woman asks the cab driver, ‘Sir? Sir, excuse me, who saw you first?’ The cab driver, tired of their argument and in a funny way, doesn’t answer and grabs the newspaper next to him to read. On the first page of the newspaper there’s a BIG headline (=manşet haber): ‘DON’T AXE ME(Beni baltalama)!’ HaHa, this’s so funny because at the same time, it’s similar to ‘DON’T ASK ME(Benden sorma)!’ [You’ll remember the meaning of ‘axe/AKS/’ too.]

Puns (double meanings) aren’t just used in movies but everywhere and they pretty much reveal a modern person’s level of understanding of communication. Now some popular pick-up lines (laf atmalar) among American teens: ‘Hi, I’m Mr. Right. Someone said you were looking for me!’ ‘Can I take a picture of you, so I can show Santa just what I want for Christmas?’ ‘If looks could kill, you’d be a weapon of mass destruction!’ ‘You must be tired because you were running in my mind ALL day!’  * Opportunity to be ahead in being loved more, having more attention, better social status: Jack Canfield reveals some stats which is probably true worldwide: ‘A recent management study revealed that 46% of employees leaving a company do so because they feel underappreciated (gerçek değerınden az değer verıldeler); 61% said their bosses don’t place much importance(pek önem vermek) on them as people, and 88% said they do not receive acknowledgement for the job they

do (yaptığın işi fark etmediler).’ Sometimes the only thing people need is to just talk about themselves to feel that they are valued.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa says, ‘There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation than for bread. (Dünyada ekmek açlığından daha değer verme/ takdir/ saygı açlığı var.)’ This need is ingrained (köklenmiş/ayrılmaz) in human nature. When a baby cries, it doesn’t just cry but wants to say, ‘Care about me! Love me! Take care of me!’ We fall in love to be loved more. We get a job to be recognized and be loved more. We earn money to be loved more. We meet a friend to be loved more. We want our friends to ‘Like’ our posts on Facebook to be loved more. Do man’s motives to be recognized ever end? Even if a friend says, ‘I don’t love you anymore,’ she actually means, ‘Be brave enough to fight for me!’ so she wants to be loved more. We do everything to actually be loved more. English loves us like a person but we should first understand it to be understood by it. There’s a line(diyalog) in the movie Before Sunset that says, ‘Isn’t everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?’ Now if someone says, ‘You know Zig Ziglar?’ They’d say, ‘No, who’s he?’ But if the same person says, ‘The American businessman and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar gets paid $100,000 (hundred thousand dollars) and more for one day’s speech!’ they’d say, ‘Wow. Really? What an important person!’ Same person, now different idea! I was in the suburb of Ankara, got on a bus, saw a girl with the Headway book in her hand, and noticed everybody was looking at her! Every action we take to learn English, brings the reaction of someone else’s attention. Today the value of learning English is not just high, it’s priceless. A professor doesn’t go to a student but the student goes to him to ask questions because he has more knowledge. Today knowing English is just like that. Ever listened to Blue–Elton John’s song ‘What have I got to do to make you love me? What have I got to do to make you care?’ I’d say, ‘Learn to speak English!’  * Opportunity to be ahead in new perspectives, new visions: One day 5 students visit their old professor. While there, they complain about the problems and stress in life. So the professor brings a big pot of coffee and 10 cups. The cups are porceline, plastic, glass, crystal, etc. They pour their coffee in expensive cups and the cheap ones remain. The professor says, ‘What you really wanted was the coffee, not the cups! The cups add no quality to the coffee!’ By this example, he referred that INSIDE(İnsanın içindeki) perspectives improve a person’s OUTSIDE life. Now how can English language give me new perspectives? It’s a valid question. When I know one language, I think like the people of that language. When I know world language, I think like the people of world language and may even generate new ideas. (Bir dil bilirsem, o dilin insanlar gibi düşüneceğim. Dünya dili bilirsem, dünya insanlar gibi düşüneceğim ve hatta yeni fikirleri de meydana getire bilirim.) Learning English is ‘excelling communication, life, and perspectives’. Bill Gates is a very visionary person. People with better perspectives and visions are in the forefront. I will talk about it more and more. In English we have ‘Good> Better> Best’. ‘Best’ is superlative. We DON’T have ‘bester’! But someone said, ‘You can always better your best(Her zaman en iyisini daha iyileştire bilirsin).’ Wow. The world needs a list of people with new perspectives and ideas in the language of the world; people who can better the world’s best.

People who learn English, like ‘you’ my friends, are definitely closer to this list. ‘Like’ that?  * Opportunity to be ahead in sports: How many motivational videos do we have on YouTube? Millions! When a sports pro(profesyonal) knows English, they watch and understand them, set their mind to win, and do better in the field(saha). A successful sportsperson works 100% physical and 100% mental both in training and game. The more they’re motivated, the better winners they are. The only break for them is breaking the record, and the only birthday for them is the winning day!

They accept nothing but winning –just as English learners must be. * Opportunity to be ahead in pushing the limits(limitleri aşmak/zorlamak): Pushing the limits means when the person is doing something, is physically tired, and feels like giving up, but despite that, mentally persuades himself or herself and does more. Bill Purdin says, ‘To know your limits is a state of self-delusion(Limitlerini bilmek ancak içindeki delüzyon durumdur: İnsanlar limitlarini sadece aklında yaparlar ve gerçek değil).’ A person who says, ‘I’m so tired!’ but DOES try to learn English is pushing their limits. This includes ALL of you who are reading this filebook because you’re back from work, you’re studying, and so. So, seriously, congrats(size tebrik ediyorum)! [Smile] Look at this picture ‘IT (Pushing the limit) doesn’t get easier. YOU get stronger. (Sınırlarını aşmak daha kolay olmayacak. Siz daha güçlü olacaksınız.)’ [Could she do it the first day?] The best reward we get by pushing our limits is ‘self-satisfaction’. We may run an extra mile but at the end of the day the self-satisfaction runs through us, and that’s the joy (Bir mil öteye koşabiliriz fakat günün sonda kendimizden-memnuniyet bizim içinde koşacak ve sevinç şusur).  American football is all about pushing the limits to ‘better their best’.

When we lift 20 lbs (pounds) for five minutes and put it down to lift 2 lbs, we’ll see the 2 lbs seem as light as a feather(tüy gibi hafif gözükecek)! That ‘20 lbs’ is American football, this ‘2 lbs’ is real life. The movie ‘Facing The Giants’ is the story of a high-school football coach who never won any season in 6 years. He overhears (kulak misafir olur) that they want to dismiss him. On the other hand, he can’t have a baby with his wife, the back room of his house leaks, and his car battery dies all the time. [This is real life.] He cries to God and complains over his situation, but through a blind man, he gets a new vision and perspective. He realizes that ‘he’ needs to be stronger. Jim Rohn says, ‘Don’t wish life were easier. Wish you were stronger. (Keşki hayat daha kolay olsaydığını dilemeyın. Keşki sen daha güçlü olsaydığını dileyın.)’ [Note to self.] There is a scene in this movie where the coach asks the players to each get down (çöküp), and keeping their knees off the ground (dizlerini

yerde basmadan), carry a teammate on their back(sırt) to 10 yard zone. [It’s called ‘death crawl’.] Football is 100% mental so with the encouragement of the coach, they all do it. In a couple days, they’re supposed to face a giant team. Now a player asks how strong the other team is, so captain Brock says they’re as strong as their own team. The coach wants to set an example of strength and asks Brock and another player to do another ‘death crawl’. ‘I wanna see your absolute BEST,’ says the coach. Brock asks, ‘What, you want me to go to 30 (30 yard’a kadar gitmemi istiyor musun)?’ And the coach says he wants Brock to ‘death crawl to 50 yard or end zone’. [This is ‘pushing the limits’.] Brock hesitates a bit but says, ‘OK. I promise I’m gonna give you my BEST. (EN iyi potansiyelimi göstereceğim. / EN güçlü şekilde çabalacağim.)’ So the coach blindfolds him because he doesn’t want Brock to give up at a certain point when he can go further (koç onun gözlerını kumaş ile bağlıyor çünkü daha ötiye gidebileğince, Brock’ın belli bir noktada durmasını istemiyor). [Technique.] Other players who are watching them are sitting, doing some kidding, and laughing. So Brock starts the death crawl. He’s off to a fast start (Hızla başlıyor) and the coach says, ‘Keep your knees off the ground. There you go (İşte oldu/ İşte doğru yapıyorsun).’ Other players are still laughing and joking. Brock is blindfolded so as he carries the player further, he asks, ‘Are we in 20 yet (Daha 20 yarda geldik mi)?’ And the coach, walking along, encourages, ‘You’ll get to 20. You just give me your BEST. That’s it.’ Now other players gradually stop joking because they’re amazed by how far Brock went. Brock rests for a second but the coach encourages loud, ‘DON’T STOP, Brock. You got more in you than that (Potansiyelın bundan daha). You gotta keep moving (Hiç bırakmamalısın/Yola devam etmelısın). Let’s go. Don’t quit till you got nothing left (Hiç gücün kalmadığıne kadar bırakma).’

Brock keeps moving. From this moment on, the coach AMAZINGLY just KEEPS ENCOURAGING Brock LOUDER and LOUDER and says, ‘Keep going. That’s it (İşte bu).

That’s it. Keep driving it. Keep your knees off the ground. That’s it. Your VERY best (EN iyisini bana göster). Your VERY best (EN iyisini). That’s it. Don’t quit on me (Sakın sözümü bırakma). Your VERY best. Your VERY best. I want EVERYTHING you GOT (Bütün potansiyelini istiyorum/ göster bana).’ Brock shouts loud, ‘It HURTS!’ And the coach shouts even LOUDER, ‘Don’t quit on me. Your VERY best. Keep driving. There you go (Aferin sana/ Doğru yapıyorsun/ Budur). There you go.’ Brock shouts, ‘It’s heavy!’ And the coach (A REAL TEACHER) crawls along with him, wow, to be closer to Brock’s ears and says, ‘I know it’s heavy.’ Brock shouts, ‘I’m about out of strength (Gücüm bitmek üzere)!’ The coach says, ‘Then you negotiate with you and find more strength, but don’t you give up on me (O zaman daha güç bulmak için kendinle konuş, ama sakın hayal kırıklığımı uğrama/ sakın vazgeçme/ istediğime göre yap), Brock. You keep going, you hear me? You’re doing good. You keep going. Do NOT quit on me.’ Brock SHOUTS, ‘It HURTS!’ And the coach SHOUTS LOUDER to ENCOURAGE him, ‘I KNOW IT HURTS. YOU KEEP GOING. IT’S ALL HEART FROM HERE (Buradan sonra kalbını/aşkını/cesaretını koy). 30 MORE STEPS. YOU KEEP GOING, BROCK. COME ON. KEEP GOING.’ Brock SHOUTS, ‘IT BURNS (Yanıyorum).’ The coach SHOUTS TO THE MAXIMUM LEVEL, ‘THEN LET IT BURN (Yansın gitsin/ Önemli değil/ Olsun).’ Brock SHOUTS, ‘MY ARMS ARE BURNING.’ And the coach, in a very encouraging way SHOUTS, ‘IT’S ALL HEART. YOU KEEP GOING, BROCK. COME ON.’ [Now other players stand up one by one and come closer to see this INCREDIBLE scene.] To ENCOURAGE him, the coach is still SHOUTING TO THE MAXIMUM LEVEL, ‘COME ON. KEEP GOING. YOU PROMISED ME YOUR BEST. YOUR BEST. DON’T STOP. KEEP GOING.’ Brock SHOUTS TO THE MAXIMUM LEVEL, ‘IT’S TOO HARD!’ And the coach SHOUTS MORE MAXIMUM THAN ANY MAXIMUM, ‘IT’S NOT TOO HARD. YOU KEEP GOING. COME ON, BROCK. GIVE ME MORE. GIVE ME MORE. KEEP GOING. 20 MORE STEPS. 20 MORE. KEEP GOING, BROCK. GIVE ME YOUR BEST. DON’T QUIT. NO. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING.’ [Now the coach hits the ground with his hand to maximize his encouragement.] ‘DON’T QUIT. DON’T QUIT. BROCK KELLY. YOU DON’T QUIT. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. GO, BROCK KELLY. YOU DON’T QUIT ON ME. NO, YOU KEEP GOING. YOU KEEP GOING. GO BROCK. 10 MORE STEPS. 10 MORE. 10 MORE. 10 MORE. KEEP GOING. DON’T QUIT. GIVE ME YOUR HEART.’ BROCK SHOUTS, ‘I CAN’T DO IT.’ AND THE COACH STILL SHOUTS TO THE MOST MAXIMUM VOLUME A HUMAN BEING CAN SHOUT, ‘YOU CAN. YOU CAN. 5 MORE. 5 MORE. COME ON, BROCK. COME ON. DON’T QUIT. DON’T QUIT. COME ON. 2 MORE. 1 MORE.’ And Brock finishes. Brock drops with his head down on the ground, sweating, crying, and says, ‘That’s gotta be 50. That’s gotta be 50. I don’t have anymore (Artık hiç gücüm yoktur).’ The coach unblindfolds him (kumaşı gözlerın üzerinden açıyor) and says, ‘Look up, Brock. You’re in the end zone.’ [The MOST beautiful scene EVER!] Brock looks up and sees his success. The coach says, ‘Brock! You’re the MOST INFLUENTIAL player in this team. If YOU walk around defeated, so will they. Now TELL me you can give MORE than what I’ve been seeing... can I COUNT ON you? (Brock! Sen takımın en etkili oyuncusun. Eğer sen etrafta başarısız dolaşırsen, onlar (başka oyuncular) de öyle olacaklar. Şimdi gördüğümden daha gösterebileceğini bana söyle... sana güvenebilir miyim?)’ And Brock says, ‘YES.’ [WOW. CLAP. I’m ABSOLUTELY amazed by how Americans SET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS among their people, ABSOLUTELY amazed by how they ALWAYS push their limits to the VERY BEST. So I say to myself, ‘I must be like Brock to learn English more and more everyday.’ The GIANT lesson is: WE are the most influential English learners for others, in our family, and among our friends.

Stay humble but confident (Alçakgönüllü ancak özgüvenlı kal). In God’s words, He said in 365 different times, ‘Do not fear.’

If He said that many times, you know that He is serious about it, don’t you? (Tanrı’nın söylediğini göre, O bize 365 farklı kez ‘Korkmayın’ dedi. Eğer Tanrı bu kadar bunu söyledi, bu konuda ciddi olduğunu farkındasın, değil mi?)–Facing The Giants 2 Timothy 2:15 Do you best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Wow. Is Michael Jordan flying? How much hard-work does it take for a dunk(jump-shot) like that?

Michael Jordan: People ask me if I could fly, I said, ‘Yeah... for a little while!’ [HaHa.] * Opportunity to be ahead in positivity and learning from successful people: If I say I don’t like advertisements, then why do I watch them? I watch advertisements because I LIKE them. Do you my friend watch TV? Do you remember one of those attractive advertisements? Why do you remember it? Because it is constantly played, right? We tend to remember whatever we constantly read or watch. So when we constantly focus on solutions, we become ‘solution generators (çözüm doğduranlar/ üretkenler)’. [Maybe I can fly like Michael Jordan!]  I’m interested in success stories. When I read Vehbi Koç was a firm believer in the corporate spirit, it moves me(beni etkilniyor). When I read Sakıp Sabancı said, ‘If I were born again, I would still be an industrialist. I would complain because it is very hard work with no weekends, but I would still do it!’ it moves me. These gentlemen overcame hardship years ago, today they move me. The effect of overcoming hardship is neverending encouragement of others. Just like these gentlemen, almost all American celebs (ünlü kişiler) had to overcome hardship.

We all know Elvis Presley was so handsome, having many fans in the world. But he’s not just a handsome face. He says, ‘When things go wrong, don’t go with them (Hayatta her şey yanlışe giderse, yanlışlarla gitmeyın). What would his fans do? We all know Michael Jordan is the basketball living legend, and basketball is like ‘life’ to many Americans. He says, ‘I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.’ (Kariyerimde 9000 şutu kaybettim. Hemen hemen 300 oyunu kaybettim. 26 kez, oyunun son kazanabilen şutu bana güvenıp verdeler ve bende kaybettim. Hayatımda yine ve yine ve yine kaybettim. Ve bu yüzünden başarıyorum.) Wow. It’s so moving(etkileci)! Magic Johnson was inspired by him! Who wasn’t? This is just one quote, but the impact of it on millions of Americans is great because Michael Jordan is a great hero.

There’re people in the U.S. who are inventing something. So when they ‘fail over and over and over again’, how much this quote can help them keep up their hope and succeed! Someone says, ‘A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success. (Başarısızlık zamanda bir taşvik edici kelime, başarıden sonra bir saat medhetmekten daha değerlıdir.)’ How true. Even if it doesn’t help, another positive quote by another American like Zig Ziglar comes to help: ‘Failure is an event, it is not a person. Yesterday ended last night!’ (Başarısızlık bir olaydır, kişi değil. Dün dün gece bitmiş.) Simply amazing! As if they back one another in positivity (olumlulukta birbirine tutuyorlar)! These quotes, like my best friends, are the words of encouragement that give me hope and help me in hard times. Quotes are morning coffee. They open eyes! Studies show that any idea can be instaled in the mind by repeating. That is why some of the things are repeated in this filebook. So I stand and start and cheer and challenge all the ‘yes people’ who desire to believe in what they’ll achieve and desire to achieve what they believe, to stay positive with Movenglish and keep up hope.

If you find some happiness inside yourself, you'll start finding it in a lot of other places too. (Eğer içinden mutluluğu bulursen, bir sürü başka yerlerde de onu bulmayı başlayacaksın.) –Gladiola Montana * Opportunity to be ahead in more happiness, less worry: The day my student got the TOEFL test, she was the happiest person on Earth! ‘I’ couldn’t even recognize her!! ‘Happiness is seeing progress in yourself every day.’ A person who is really learning English speaking is just like that. Someone said, ‘Life can give you 100 reasons to cry, so give life 1000 reasons to laugh! (Hayat ağlamak için sana 100 sebep verebilir, o zaman gülmek için hayata 1000 sebep ver!)’ When someone is worried, they read a book to distract themselves from worry. All the moments a person is learning English, they’re not worrying. This is happiness!

Great deal, huh?

Welcome to the planet-Welcome to existence-I dare you to move-Salvation is here.–Switchfoot * Opportunity to be ahead in having a more lively soul: We care about our body and eat 3-4-5 times a day, but how about our soul? Shouldn’t we care about it? We listen to music, read a book, pray, watch a movie, travel, go skydiving, jump off a cliff into the water, and have adventures, to overcome our fears and stay more lively. Learning to speak English is just like that. We can only have appetite for food and grab a bite (eat food) just to fill the stomach, or we can have appetite for life and grab a bite to enjoy! English is an enjoyable food for the soul. Let’s have it and... ‘enjoy’!  * Opportunity to be ahead in being more responsible: There is an impressive Indian video on YouTube: It’s raining, a tree trunk dropped, blocking drivers’ way, making traffic jam. Some people are complaining, some say they hate the rain, and some say they hate the city. Then one little child, soaking wet in the rain, upset about people’s carelessness, drops his school bag and starts to push the giant trunk! That little kid! Some women on the bus say to their friends, ‘Hey, look!’ People notice one by one. Then some little children join to help! And that’s how bigger men pull themselves together (kendi geliyorlar), remove the trunk, and clear the road (yolu açıyorlar). Some kids are future leaders. People who learn English are more responsible simply because learning to speak English is not easy. They are the leaders of their life, and learn to take bigger responsibilities, bigger salaries, and be a better parent, better friend, better neighbor, and so. I know a foreign engineer with a Master Degree who was looking for an appropriate engineering job but couldn’t find it because of the financial crisis. He could sit there for months, baggering about unemployment and be a bad example for others, OR choose another option: He found a job as a

janitor –mopped the floor, threw the garbage, cleaned, and even took tea to the manager’s and staff’s offices. They say when you have your head down(when you’re humble), God raises it up. One fearless action brings two positive reactions. So one day in the company, they couldn’t solve a problem about a project, and he gave them his own idea. The manager surprised, ‘How do you know this?’ [Smile] And he told his story! Later they made him the assitant manager, and soon he started his own company. Albert Ellis says, ‘The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.’

[She had a job for 10 years. She did her best but didn’t get the best appreciation. Her boss called her all the times. On the other hand, for 16 years, she constantly paid money in installment(taksitla) to a construction company to own an apartment but they constantly told her it wasn’t ready! Her luck was locked! By a little encouragement and motivation through English quotes and videos, she got the courage to act and changed her job. You’re not gonna believe, the same days, after sixteen years, they called to give her the key to her new apartment! She’s now happy with her new job and the new apartment. One brave action brought her two positive reactions. Is learning English a brave action?]

[George Washington, the first President of the United States, as every scholar believes is the symbol of character. His character won wars, won peace, and won people’s heart.] * Opportunity to be ahead in building character, a healthier family, and a healthier community: When we learn English, we try, we go through trial and error(deneme ve yanılma), despite the hardship. This has something to do precisely with our character (Ve bu tam olarak karakterimizla ilgili). When we don’t give up, this struggle becomes part of us. Next time our parent tells us to do something, we don’t give excuses, but we jump in (kendimizi içerliyoruz) and take responsibility despite the hardship. Learning English is not just learning a language, it’s learning our character!

A man’s character is his fate (Bir insanin karakter, onun kaderıdır). –Heraclitus, historian Proverbs 16:9 In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. * Opportunity to be ahead in determination: We see some doctors have an easy life but we don’t know how hard they try to become doctors. I know a foreigner who became a doctor in an incredible way. When she was preparing for the university entrance exam, she was so determined she turned off the TV, focused on her lessons, locked the door of her room, and asked her mom to pass the food under the door! She was accepted among the first top students. Those days she locked the door to unlock the doors of her life to prosperity. Now, you give a man a ball and tell him to shoot. He shoots it to the goal; maybe he scores, maybe not. [I never do that.] But this time, tell him: ‘Look! Imagine you are Messi. Imagine your son or daughter or wife or loved one is watching you. Imagine this is the last minute of the game and you have ONE chance to WIN this game! Imagine a whole country is gonna be happy because you’re gonna score the most amazing, the most precious, the most crucial, and the most powerful goal of all times.

Imagine the world is cheering for you! I want you to be absolutely determined and WIN, and SCORE this goal. I want you to hit this ball so hard that you feel your POWER. Beat it HARD. NOW... ARE YOU READY, SOLDIER? –Yes. –I didn’t hear ya. ARE YOU READY? –YESSSSSS! –EXCELLENT! Ok. Come on Attaboy(Hadi aslan parçasım)! THIS is the ball; THAT is the goalpost. STAY DETERMINED AND... GO! SHOW us that you’re the BEST!’ Don’t you think this time he hits the ball so hard that he’d most probably score? Don’t you think there’d be a BIG DIFFERENCE between his first shoot and his second? But WHY? He’s the SAME person!

[This is exactly what I do. I motivate my amazing students to have a mindset (Fikirlerini sadece bir noktada hazır olmak için öğrencilerimi motive ediyorum), they won’t be the same.] You know, basketball is like life to many Americans. Pat Riley the American legendary basketball coach says, ‘You’re either IN or you’re OUT. There is no such thing as life in between. (Sen ya da VARSIN ya da YOKSUN. Ortada hayat olarak bir şey yoktur.)’ So how would millions of basketball lovers be? Out or IN? And when they are IN, aren’t they DETERMINED? Or look what the American long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine says which pretty shows the American Spirit: ‘To give anything less than your BEST is to sacrifice your gift. (Her şeyi EN İYİ potansiyelinden az vermek/göstermek hediyenizi boşuna feda etmektır.)’ There is a big difference between wanting to (istemek) and willing to (candan/içten istemek).

English speakers in Turkey, I believe, have moved from simply ‘wanting to’ to ‘willing to’. They are like Messi! Don’t you think these students can achieve other kinds of success in other examples of their life? Don’t you think they will be determined and willing to win in their life? Is English only a language?

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. (Şu anda en iyisini yapmak, size sonraki aniniz için en iyi pozisyonda koyacak.) –Oprah Winfrey Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. [God doesn’t say put on half armor, but full, completely devoted to Him. LOVE You, Lord.]

[Gifted Hands: A Ben Carson Story] If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. If we choose to see the obstacles as hurdles, we can leap over them. Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward. * Opportunity to be ahead in winning the inner-influence: The heart says, ‘Come on! Go hang out with your friends!’ The mind says, ‘Dude! You got exam tomorrow! Stay home and study!’ [Smile] Is it possible to combine both? Movenglish says: ‘Absolutely!

Famous people will be our friends too!! And they will tutor us REAL English speaking without they know too!!’ 

* Opportunity to be ahead in freedom: We must ‘be someone’ to ‘do something’, and ‘do the wise thing’ to ‘have the right thing’.

The simple impact of freedom is fading of fear: Books and movies that were once getting dust in undergrounds are now available to all in every Turkish bookstore and DVD store fearlessly! To me(Bana göre), knowing is freedom, that’s why I must know more English. * Opportunity to be ahead in history: When I look at an ancient (old) historical piece, I don’t think I just look at how old it is, but it reminds me how new I am today! William R. Inge says, ‘The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he’s born (Bir çocuğun karakterin etkilenmeye uygun zaman, onun doğmadan yaklaşık yüz sene öncedir).’ What do you think he means? Can we make a better history for our children’s future? * Opportunity to be ahead in patriotism: To develop in the world, one needs to know the language of the world. Robert G. Ingersoll says, ‘He loves his country best who strives to make it best (Ülkesi en iyi seven onu en iyi yapmayı çabalanandır).’

Nasuh Mahruki, the first Turk to have conquered the Everest is one of the best teachers I know in Turkey. He might neither be an English teacher, nor have taught in any class, but has taught me or us a better lessen than any lesson, to dream-dare-do larger than words. He is, I believe, a national treasure. He says, ‘Vatan lafla değil, eylemle sevilir. (A country is not loved with words, but action.)’

One man with courage makes a majority. (Bir cesur insan, çoğunluk yapar.) –Andrew Jackson * Opportunity to be ahead in accomplishing what ‘the leader of wisdom’ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk thought: I have a friend that every time I say the name ‘Atatürk’, he instantly reacts like, ‘Ah, canım benim! (Oh, I love him so much!)’ This comes from his creed (içten inanç) and I think people like him are millions. This country has an obvious appreciation to the great leader and wise, peaceful, brave founder of the modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He is, I believe, the symbol of bravery in Turkey. The biggest reason he succeeded to establish the glorious Republic of Turkey was he was brave to do so. Now you all know that he knew four languages, right? [There are historical pictures of him and foreign leaders without an interpreter.] And he read a lot which distinguished him from his other military fellows. He was also the man of reason and reform, from reforming the alphabet and clothes style, to changing minds. [What I most like about him is how greatly he motivated the Turks, a lesson I must learn.] Now let’s check some of the things this wise leader says, ‘To see me is not just seeing my face but understanding my thoughts.’ Brilliant! This shows how thougthful and different (farklı) he was. Well, what were some of his thoughts? ‘If I were not the President, I would want to be the Minister of Education.’ Glorious! It definitely shows the inevitable importance of education in his mind. So if we believe that education is the ‘now and future’ of a country, then what does he say about the future? ‘Future is in the skies (İstikbal göklerde).’ Can we study future better both with Turkish and English?  Ne Mutlu Türküm Diyene (How Happy Is He Who Calls Himself A Turk).–Mustafa Kemal Atatürk * Opportunity to be ahead in excitement(Türkçe:adernalin): When I see how Turkish people love soccer and how excited they become during a game, I realize I must make English learning more exciting and exhilarating for students. Luckily Movenglish is all about fun and excitement!

Learning English is a ‘game’ and we should just ‘Play’. [This ‘Play’ is different from that ‘play’!]  * Opportunity to be ahead in video (computer) games: The Japanese video game designer and producer Shigeru Miyamoto says, ‘Video games are bad for you? That’s what they said about Rock and Roll!’ Video games are the reality of today’s life. Teens of Turkey and the world love them. And as you all know, most games are in English. It’s much more fun when we understand them and play! * Opportunity to be ahead in grabbing chances: Jack Canfield says, ‘‘To demonstrate the power of taking action in my seminars, I hold up a $100 bill and ask, ‘Who wants this $100 bill?’ Invariably, most of the people in the audience will raise their hands. Some will wave their hands vigorously back and forth; some will even shout out ‘I want it’ or ‘I’ll take it’ or ‘Give it to me.’

But I just stand there calmly holding out the bill until they get it. Eventually, someone jumps out of her seat, rushes to the front of the room, and takes the bill from my hand.’’ H. Jackson Brown Jr. says, ‘Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly. (Dinlemeye öğrenin. Fırsat bazen kapıyı yavaşça vurur.)’ The American inventor Ken Hakuta says, ‘People will try to tell you that all the great opportunities have been snapped up. In reality, the world changes every second, blowing new opportunities in all directions, including yours. (İnsanlar bütün büyük fırsatları hemen kapmış olduğunu seni söylemeye çalışacaklar. Gerçekte dünya her saniye değişip, tüm yönlere seninkide dahil yeni fırsatlar esiyor.)’ Thomas Jefferson says, ‘I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the luckier I get. (Ben şansı çok inanıyorum ve ne kadar daha sıkı çalışırsem, o kadar daha şanslı olacağım.)’ If this filebook was/were a $100, I’d take it, or if it was/were a very soft knock, I’d listen to it, or if it was/were a new opportunity, I’d snap it up, but more than that, I’d work really hard to get lucky!

With great power comes great responsibility. (Büyük güç ile büyük sorumluluk geliyor.) –Spider-man

* Opportunity to be ahead in competition with other countries: Competition doesn’t only happen in soccer stadiums or basketball courts or business. Each country is in competition with other countries in any field anytime. And there’re already a lot of countries that their first language is the Internet’s 80%, English. After you learn it, you have a great chance because you already know two languages. The future of this country is now in your hands, players! Are you ready for the game?

The world is a company with One Owner, God, then the CEO, the inventor of our touchscreen (dokunmatik) cell phone in the pocket, the inventor of the Internet, TV, radio, stereo, camera, PSP, video games, MP3, MP4, telephone, iron, hair dryer, garage door remote control, microwave oven, coffee machine, toaster, blender, and so many more in our house, the one whose jeans we wear, whose burger we eat, the inventor of cars so we could drive our dreams, and plane, so we could fly fabulously, the one that has accepted the hardest task with pushing the limits, then there are the brains, the consultants, the managers, and it goes on to the staff and the waiting list. I’d do my best to be promoted and get closer to the CEO. Which language am I supposed to speak with the CEO? [Luckily the powerful G20 Turkey produces most of these.]  Zaferin büyüklüğü, mücadelenin zorluğu ile ölçülür. (The greatness of triumph is measured by the difficulty of the struggle.)

–Franz Grillparzer * Opportunity to be ahead in concentration: Beautiful Chris Evert is a former world number one tennis player from the U.S. She won, wow, 18 Grand Slams and her winning rate on clay court is about 94%, still a record! She said, ‘I won’t even call a friend the day of a match. I’m scared of disrupting my concentration.’ That’s how she won! People who know English have more chance to follow her secrets of winning because they all may not be translated into Turkish. Learning English is learning from winners: Real winners look at the mirror before the ‘game’ of English language and with a great determination and concentration say it to the ‘person in the mirror’: ‘You must win!’

Knowing English is the opportunity to be ahead in understanding this: This is NLP. You have 10 seconds to do the first test: I want you to look around you and tell me how many blue colors you find. Ready? START. [...] Did it? Great. So, how many? 3? 5? 8? 11? Ok. Question: ‘How many green colors did you see?’ You didn’t notice? Why? Because I told you to only find blue, right?

Correct. Good job! Again, you have 10 seconds to do the second test: Look around and tell me how many red colors you find. Ready? START. [...] Did it? How many? 4? 6? 7? 12? Ok. Question: While looking for red, how many black colors did you see? You didn’t notice because I told you to only find red, right? Bravo!

Now the main question: What happens if instead of ‘me’, ‘your mind’ tells you to only study? [Will you notice or hear the TV noise (green or black)? Will you see how many birds are in the balcony (green or black)? NO! Will other things be even important (green or black)? NO! This is called ‘mindset (Akıl yapısı/ fikrini azimli bir şekilde sadece bir şey yapmak için düzeltme)!’ Now, how long does it take you to take a shower? 20 to 25 minutes? This time, can you set your mind to do it in 5 minutes. Then you’ll have 15 or 20 minutes extra. When we set our mind to only learn English, we ‘will’ learn English. * Opportunity to be ahead in your destiny: The number one motivational speaker on the planet right now, Tony Robbins, who I admire, who has worked to motivate millions of people more than three decades, who is described by President Bill Clinton as ‘gifted’, who is in the list of Forbes Celebrity 100, and who is admired by Hall of Fame NBA coach Pat Riley, Grammy Award winning musician Quincy Jones, hockey player Wayne Gretzky, pro golfer Greg Norman, and Andre Agassi, Serena Willimas, Larry King, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Hugh Jackman, fashion designer Donna Karan, Harvard Business School Press, and many more, says, ‘Successful people ask better questions and as a result they get better answers.’ He also says, ‘It is not that we don’t know the answers. It is that we don’t ask the right questions.’

He speaks fantastically fast and has programs like ‘Date with Destiny’ which is like the most creative concert, and ‘Breakthrough with Tony Robbins’ which is the most inspiring psychology program ever made. He gives motivation to Fortune 500, the U.S. Army and Marine, and had the privilige of meeting the leaders of the world such as Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana, and many more. I wish you get the same joy and lift of soul as I get, checking his programs on YouTube. [Among motivational speakers, his videos have the most hits (izleme sayısı).] He believes in unlimited power of mind and walks on fire. Oprah Winfrey didn’t believe Tony could help her walk on fire but she walked on fire! The famous actor Anthony Hopkins says, ‘Tony changed my life!’ He’s not the only one who says that because I read a lot on YouTube that people attended in his seminar one time, started their new business, new life, and have become rich for ever! It’s a great feeling he has, to use his gift to change lives. Now if I went to my teacher and asked, ‘Teacher! When can I speak English?’ I’d be asking the wrong question!

And the answer would be, ‘Whenever my mind is ready. Is it ready NOW?’ But the right question would be: ‘How can I learn to speak English?’ This’d be the destiny-changing question! When students learn English, they can understand Tony Robbins’ fast speaking, they can ask better English questions, and as a result, have a better destiny. [His villa is in Fiji. Is it possible to visit Fiji?]

If you ask a different question continuously, not once, continuously, you’ll get different answer. A continuous lousy question always gets continuous lousy answer. ‘Why does this always happen to ME?’ It doesn’t always happen to YOU but the brain is like a computer. Ask it a question, you’d have to come up with an answer. –Tony Robbins * Opportunity to be ahead in speaking: Studying their life, the best leaders of the world have the best attitude and the best speaking. Speaking English is expressing self and it reveals values! My innermost belief is most people are other people, they have a much better self once they discover it. Real English teaches us to reveal our ‘better self’ and that’s what real English

learners are! They have penetrating (keskin/zeki), mind-provoking ideas that make them go WOW (onların WOW söylemeye sebep olur/ şaşırtıyor). They’re the leaders of their life! * Opportunity to be ahead in psychology: Looking at this picture, I don’t see her face but I can guess she’s kind, emotional, and loves to share. How do I guess? The shoes color! Knowing about the psychology of colors helps me guess what kind of questions my students are interested in, and I ask those questions.

Psychology is about communication and how we communicate shows how much we’d succeed. It’s a big indicator in business, relationship, and everything in life. In old wars, they used big drums to make noise and scare the enemy! It was psychology. In old wars, old warriors colored their beard with henna (kına) to look younger and stronger. It was psychology. Today, psychology has progressed a lot! One gets to see(görmeye denk geliyor) a person puts four fingers in the pocket, thumb out, he’d be a logical taker(alıcı) but thumb in, four fingers out, he’d be an emotional giver(verici). If someone sends a text starting ‘Hey...’ it could mean the person has an ordinary relationship. If the text is ‘Heyy!’ or ‘Heyyy!’ it could mean the person is in the ‘FRIENDS ZONE’. But if the text is like ‘Heyyyyyyy!’ it could mean that the person is... DRUNK! HaHa. American teens say: If a Facebook profile picture has two people in it, the profile belongs to the uglier one! [It’s just for fun!] There’re a lot we can learn in psychology by knowing English. Life is a competition and the ones with more useful info are more likely to win. When we learn English, we learn its psychology too, to win. Besides, most people don’t need knowledge to speak English. they need psychology. [Later in the filebook.]

Psychology: How is your imagination? [Please answer each question.]

You’re alone and lost in the woods in day time. No road in miles (Etrafında millerce cadde yok). Now you find a cabin(kulübe).

What do you see around the cabin? Grass? Mud? Flowers? [Answer please.] Do you see any animal around? What is it? A rabbit? A rooster? Chickens? Chicks? A dog? Now you get to the cabin. Is there any key on the door or no key? Is the key made of, iron or wood? Now you go in and you see a table. How many glasses do you see on the table, one, two, or how many? There is a jar. Is the jar empty, or, is there milk or water inside? You see a fireplace. Is it on (yanıyor mu) or the fire is out (yanmıyor mu)? Are there any firewoods, or no firewoods? While in the cabin, you hear an animal. What is it? A bear? A dog? A cat? A goat? A pig? A wolf? What? [Did you answer all?

OK.] Outside the cabin is how you think of your present; inside the cabin is how you think of your future.

Green grasses? Life’s good. Mud? Life’s dark. Flowers? Romantic. Dog? Loyal people around you. Rabbit? A passionate person. Rooster? Manly world. Chicken? Feminist. Chicks? You want children. Wooden key?

Traditional. Iron key? Modern. Lots of glasses on the table? You’re a sociable person. One glass? You’re a loner and you think you’ll be lonely in the future. Two glasses? You see yourself with someone in the future.

Milk in the jar? Healthy life. Water? Pure. Empty jar? Pessimist. Fire on? Warm future. Fire out? Cold future.

Firewoods yes? No worries about money in the future. No firewoods? Worries about the future! Bear? Hurt in the future. Dog? Loyal and safe future. Cat? Unfaithful future. Goat? Productive future. Pig? Rich future! [The shape of ‘money box’ is a pig.] Wolf?

Danger in future. Your answers are you. The point of the test is NOT to find the weak points, but to work on them. [Interesting?

This is just ‘one’ test! Psychology is really vast!]  Set peace of mind as your highest goal and organize your entire life around it. (Düşünce huzuru en yüksek hedefin olarak kurun ve bütün hayatını onun etrafında düzeltin.) –Brian Tracy Change is the rule of life. Know that nothing stays the same. –Peaceful Warrior * Opportunity to be ahead in communication and relationship techniques: New generation in Turkey is changing fast! Girls and guys are so trendy that sometimes I wonder if they’re Turkish or good-looking, fashionable Americans, until they speak. Some of the most beautiful models in Cosmopolitan Fashion Magazine look like ordinary people who walk in streets of Turkey. Ne Güzel Türkiye! I think this change shows young generation’s enthusiasm to have a world style. They get tattoos just like world people, dress just like world people, sit on the subway floor just like world people, get haircuts just like world people, walk their dogs just like world people, and so on. So when they learn English, they’d think just like –or better than- world people while keeping their own beautiful Turkish culture. Now unlike years ago, world people instead of visiting, call each other, instead of chatting at home, watch TV, instead of playing outside, play video games, and instead of traveling to a nearby city, virtually travel on the Internet all over the world with no visa. Mr. Technology and Ms. Internet have changed our life and our relationships. Now if there is a ‘ring’ stuck in my finger, I have two options: I can either pull it out and hurt my finger, OR I can rub some wash soap and remove it easily. Using wash soap is a technique.

Sometimes people may see the sign ‘3 Kişilik(3 people only)’ on the elevator door but don’t really care. But if there’s a sign: ‘3 kişiden fazla binerseniz, kaderde kesinlikle asansörda kalırsınız (Even if lucky, more than 3 people will be stuck in the elevator)!’ ‘fear’ is used as a smart communication technique. In the movie ‘Feast of Love’, Bradley Smith (Greg Kinnear) had two sad divorces. Professor Harry Stevenson (Morgan Freeman) a regular (sürekli müşteri) at Bradley’s coffeehouse and a friend is giving him some advice: ‘Bradley, listen. You just gotta stay alert.

–What does that mean? –Well, everything we need to know is going on right in front of our eyes. Yeah, we have our illusions about people, our hopes, and they can blind us. But the end is always right there in the beginning. –I was just looking for some piece of happiness, so I closed my eyes and jumped(burada>acele edip aşık oldum). –Okay, so, next time? –Don’t jump, I know. –No, no, no, no, no, jump! Jump, but with your eyes open.’ I’m a movie person(Film sever biriyim) so to open my eyes as today’s relationship technique, I can watch these kinds of movies, or I’d read the original of ‘Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude’

by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone or ‘The Secret of Deliberate Creation’/‘Deliberate Creation Self-hypnosis’ by Dr. Robert

Anthony or Dr. Wayne Dyer’s ‘The Power of Intention’ or Jim Rohn’s ‘The Art of Exceptional Living’/‘7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness: Power Ideas from America’s Foremost Business Philosopher’ or Tony Robbins’ ‘Awaken the Giant Within’/‘Unlimited Power; The New Science of Personal Achievement’! These kinds of movies and books are like jewelry to wear, mobile phone to hold, and car to drive.  We can’t start the ‘next’ chapter of our life if we keep re-reading the same chapter.–Anonymous Love is about being with someone that makes you happy the way no one else can. –Anonymous Psalm 127:3-5 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents. (Anne baba olmeden önce onların ne kadar bize sevdığını farkında olmayacayız.) –Henry Ward Beecher * Opportunity to be ahead in parenting: Ayşe Naz, 7(yedi yaşında), Ali Burak, 9, Şevket, 9, Buşra, 7, and Kübra, 7, are taught English while they role play, watch movie parts, paint, play basketball (like Google HQ meetings), and enjoy learning English at these very young ages thanks to their thoughtful parents.

Parenting is sure hard. John Wilmot says, ‘Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up(raising) children. Now I have six children and no theories!’ Actually becoming a parent is easy, being a parent is hard. The American Queen of Country Music Dolly Parton says, ‘If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. (Gökkuşağı istersen yağmuru dayanmalısın.)’ Nothing in the nature lives for itself. Rivers don’t drink their own water. Trees don’t eat their own fruit. Sun doesn’t give heat for itself. Moon doesn’t ever go on honeymoon. Flowers don’t spread fragrance for themselves. Living for others is the rule/law of nature.

Isaiah 54:13 All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.

Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love. (Çocuklar adernalin/heycan olduğun yer giderler, ancak aşk olduğun yer kalarlar.) –Zig Ziglar Being a doctor is brilliant but it’s not the only brilliant profession in the world. The American tennis champ Tiger Woods says, ‘‘Don't force your kids into sports (or anything). I never was (forced). To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. ‘I’ ask him! It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.’’

He just said the secret of his success! Harvey MacKay the American businessman says, ‘Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life. (Sevdiğiniz işi bulun ve hayatınızda bir gün de bile çalışmak zorunda olmayacaksınız.)’ He means if we love our job, its name is not job, it’s love!

Children, also, love to be listened. Jared Sparks says, ‘When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something. (Konuştuğunce zaten bildiğini tekrar edeceksın; ancak dinledığınce sık sık birşeyler öğreneceksın.)’ No parent wants their kids to be four years in the fourth grade. They want them to progress. If I were a parent, I would want to progress too.

I’d check educational websites like ehow.com, secondlife.com, YouTube, or go to Yahoo! Messenger’s Parents Room to share my global kids’ issues with global people to find solutions or techniques. A popular technique is, unless positive, parents never use ‘You’ language in their conversations with teens like ‘Why didn’t you study? You are guilty/ lazy/ irresponsible/ incompetent (becereksiz).’

Instead they use ‘Me’ language: ‘I expected better result, but I’m sure it’ll be better this time./I’m really angry at this moment. I’m really upset.’ [‘Me’ language is popular in everything. They normally don’t say, ‘Can you give me an extra bag please?’ but ‘Can I have an extra bag please?’] In my idea, a successful parent always encourages their children: ‘Of course you can do it. Go do it. I trust you and I believe in you.’ Or they inspire. If the child is ‘wasting food’, they’d just say, ‘Did you know that the American Airlines saved $40,000(forty thousand dollars) in 1987 by eliminating 1 (one) olive from each salad served in first-class?

(American Airlines’ın 1987’da birinci sınıf uçuşlerınde hizmet verdığın her salatadan 1 zeytin azatlığınla 40.000,/kırk bin dolar birliktirdığını biliyormuydun?)’ Even if the child doesn’t get the meaning of it at that moment, it’ll remain in his/her subconscious to later awaken his/her mind. Inspiration is the real education.  The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. (Bir milletin gücü evın doğruluktan sağlanır.) –Confucius Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

[I’d like to sincerely thank all parents who are reading this filebook.]

If I love white color but my kid loves blue, I’d buy him a blue shirt as a gift. Life is a journey or move from self to unself. If the TV program is riveting(göz alıcı/çok çekici), but my kid needs my help with education, I’d control my personal influence and place more importance on my kid. That’s unself love.

When the American Randy Pausch was a boy, he said one of the most wonderful things his parents did was to ‘let him paint his own room.’ When in graduation/grad school(yüksek eğitim üniversite), he was pretty whining and complaining about how hard the Ph.D. tests were. Then, his mother came and patted his arm and said, ‘You know how you feel? Just remember that when your father was your age, he was fighting the Germans in the World

War II.’ Great inspiration because Randy realized that getting the Ph.D. was way easier than fighting in the battlefield. He then successfully became the ‘Professor of Computer Science and Human-Computer Interraction’, worked on a Disney project, and made his dreams come true. Now what would one do when diagnosed with cancer? They’d get sad. What did Randy do when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, having only 3 to 6 months to live? He wrote a book and gave a lot of upbeat speeches to motivate the Americans to make their dreams come true! Even when he was dying, he wrote a book on living! But most of all, he gave those speeches for his 3 beautiful kids to watch when they grow. This is the most ‘selfless love’ I know. And even with that situation, he was positive and had fun –till he rested in peace (barışda yattığıne kadar). Patch Adams the American physician and author, characterized in a movie by his name starring Robbin Williams, says, ‘The reason adults should look as if they are having fun, is to give kids a reason to want to grow up. (Yetişkinlerin senki eğlenıyorlar gibi davranmak zorunda olduğun sebebi, çocukları yetişmek istemeye bir sebep vermektir.)’ Way to go Randy, way to go his ma, way to go Patch, way to go Robbin for inspiration and positivity! 

I think parents should be careful about the animations and cartoons their children watch. Many of them are evil, carrying the message of disobedience, bitterness, rebellion, rage, fight, and hatred. Whatever children watch on TV, they want to do in reality.

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it (=the way).

Never tell a child their dreams are unlikely because who they are is their family, who they can be is ‘them’. (Bir çocuğun rüyaları gerçek olmayı ihtimalı yoktur demeyın çünkü onun kim olduğun ailesi, ancak kim olabileceğin ‘O’dur.)

If this world afford true happiness, it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years (Dünyanın gücü gerçek mutluluk için yeterse, yıllarla aşk ve özgüvenlilik yetişen evde bulunmaktadır). –Alfred Edward Newton Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord. * Opportunity to be ahead in travels: It happens that someone has to go abroad for business or pleasure. When he already knows English, he packs the ‘suitcase of English knowledge’ and starts a journey (o ‘İngilizce bilgi bavulunu’ hazırlayıp, bir yolculuğu başliyor). He knows where to go, what to do, who to ask, how to save more money, and how to enjoy more. I know two Turkish girls, Demet and Sevgi, who traveled to every continent by themselves just because they are rich with English language. St. Augustine says, ‘The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. (Dünya bir kitapdır ve yolculuk etmeyen insanlar sadece bir sayfası okuyorlar.)’ Man’s gotta have pictures of places they were and places of their bucket list(İnsan birkaç gittiğin hem de arzu ettiğin yerlerın resimlerı tutmalıdır)! And traveling is not about the money! I’d spend more money at homeland by wandering than traveling abroad by wondering. (Muhtemelen ben kendi ülkemde dolaşmayla, yabancı bir ülkede meraklı gezmeden daha para harcıyorum.)

* Opportunity to be ahead in tourism and culture: If a foreigner wants to know what Turkish Airlines flights are like, they’d check their reviews(yorumlar) on the Internet. [Their creative ads would effect their decision.] Luckily there’re great reviews about tourism in Turkey and it’s growing. According to Wiki, ‘In 2005, the revenue brought to Turkey by 24,124,501 visitors was $18.2 billion with an average expenditure of $679 by each tourist, while in 2008, it became $21.9 billion by 30,929,192 visitors.’ It’s likely that if more Turks speak English, more tourists visit Turkey. And this means more reviews, more money to hotels and local stores, and ultimately better facilities for the disabled, better salary for the retired, better equipments for the education, and better life for all. It might be true to say: People in Istanbul speak better English than other cities of Turkey because of more tourists.

* Opportunity to be ahead in communication’s language: Language is the key to communication, from the land, to the sea, to the sky. After Navy ships signals, it’s the inevitable international rule for the marines to speak in English. Even in China, we’ll see signs both in Chinese and English: ‘Do not disturb. Tiny grass is dreaming. (Uzak durun/Rahatsız etmeyın. Ufacık çimen rüya görüyor.)’ Nice perspective! All languages are great but today when a group of non-English-speakers like a Japanese, a Chinese, a Korean, an Indian, a Russian, a Moroccan, a German, a Turk, an Italian, a French, and a Spanish get together, they need to speak English be able to understand one another. The Turks are a beautiful nation, so isn’t it better they carry their beauty to the world in the understandable language of the world? * Opportunity to be ahead in changing the world for better!: I can’t probably change THE world unless I change MY world first. The world is systematic. Any change in the system changes my situation too, or vice versa. Any change in America changes

my life too. If years ago Thomas Edison gave up, Steve Jobs couldn’t invent Apple today. No electricity? No Apple! So if years ago, the action of someone is still connected to the action of someone else today, isn’t it true that the action of someone today is connected to the action of someone else today? (Eğer yıllar önce birinin eylem/etki hala bugündaki başka birinin eyleme/etkiye bağlı ise, bugündaki birinin eylem/etki bugündaki başka birinin eyleme /etkiye bağlı olduğun düşüncesi doğru değil mi?) The Law of the Universe says: There’s up, there’s down. We see the sun goes up, we see the sun goes down. There’s a push, there’s a pull.

Hit two eggs, only one cracks. When there’s an action, there’s a reaction. So if WE learn English, as the Law of the Universe, something in the system changes. We can start a happier domino’s effect! The world evolves the way a person evolves (Dünya bir insanın nasıl geliştiğine göre değişiyor). So we do our best and effect the rest(O zaman en iyimizi yapıp, başkaları etkileniyoruz). Leo Boscaglia says, ‘Don’t spend your precious time asking, ‘Why isn’t the world a better place?’ It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is, ‘How can I make it better?’ To that, there’s an answer. (Değerli zamanınızı niye dünya daha iyi bir yer olmadığın sorusuyla harcamayın. Soracağın soru şu ki ‘Ben nasıl onu daha iyi yapabilirim?’ Bu soru için cevabı var.)’ [Tony Robbins: Asking the right question changes our destiny.]

John W. Gardner: The cynic says, ‘One man can’t do anything.’ I say, ‘Only one man can do anything.’ One man interacting creatively with others can move the world. (Alaycı bir kişi hiçbir şey yapamaz diye söylüyor. Ben ancak bir kişi her şey yapabilir diye söylüyorum. Başkalarla yaratıcı bir şekilde etkilenen/iletişim kurduğu kişi, dünyayı hareket edebilir.)

Who was Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, or Nelson Mandela? Who are... we? Gandi says, ‘Be the change you want to see in the world (Dünyada görmek istediğin değişme olun).’

Romans 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit he has given us.

One seed planted right becomes a tree. No one knows how many apples of hope this tree will give. * Opportunity to be ahead in giving hope to others: ‘Dum spiro, spero!’ It’s a Latin proverb meaning ‘While I breathe, I hope.’ So having hope every breathing day is enough? The American multiple-award-winning author Katherine Paterson answers it so well, ‘Hope... is not a feeling; it is something you DO.’ Change by itself doesn’t make us happier because whether we want it or not, nature, our body, our economy, and many things change. When we DO the right English practice, we DO get the right English speaking result and that’s the real hope. The ones who succeed believe in themselves more and people often believe in them more than they believe in themselves!

When You Go Through Hard Times, It’s Because Something Better Is Coming Along!

There are some beautiful women who go on modeling or singing business with the hope of fame, few get to the top. You heard the name Shania/Şı.NA:.yı/ Twain in this filebook. Born in a small rural town named Timmins in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, in 1965, Shania was raised in a poor family with three younger siblings. She and her siblings shared one small room. As a child, she used to listen to Dolly Parton (the Queen of Country Music) who’s been her ‘hero’ as she says, learned to play guitar, and spent much of her time writing songs and singing at home. Her parents pushed her sing in local events and pulled her out of bed by midnight to go sing in a local bar because as a child, she could only appear there when no alcohol was served. She earned 20 dollars each night and learned to grow in character. She hated drunk people but loved the music. Later she sang on some local radio station and TV. As a teen, she walked miles and miles in the forest, working hard, helping her father carry loads of trees. Now most beautiful people expect to succeed in life for having something some others around don’t: Beauty. But what did life give to her expectations? I tell you: When she was 21, both her parents died in a car crash, leaving her in shock, leaving her alone with 3 younger siblings, responsible for feeding and taking care of them, and paying the bills. Life is NO fairy tale. She took a job, singing at a resort, and worked very hard to buy a house and settled the family. Three years passed that way and her siblings began their own lives. Now she was free. While in that resort, she met some managers who accepted to set up a showcase concert (denetim konseri) for her in Canada. During the concert, she got the attention of some insiders (bağlantılar/işe bilen insanlar). Life is beautiful too, with some down, there comes up! In a few months, Mercury Nashville Records signed a contract to do and release a self-title album of hers ‘Shania Twain’ in 1993. The album was received in Europe more than in America. Shortly after the release of her album, British music producer Mutt Lange, a teetotaler (ağzına içki almayan/yeşilaycı), offered to produce and write songs with her. After months of long phone conversations, they fell in love and got married the same year. Mutt had earlier worked with rock music bands like AC/DC, Def Leppard, Foreigners, and The Cars, but always wanted to try country music too. So the two creative minds combined country, pop, and rock and with Shania’s energetic, positive character, and Mutt’s absolute professionalism, Shania’s second album ‘The Woman In Me; 1995’ sold 20 million copies worldwide, making her a superstar! They went on for her third album ‘Come On Over; 1997’ which sold 41 million copies worldwide, making it the number one bestselling country music album of all times. There is a hit song in it named You’re Still The One. [She had a live duet of it with Elton John and Backstreet Boys.]

Their son was born in 2001, and in 2002, she released her fourth album ‘Up!’ selling 10 million copies worldwide. [Stats from

Wikipedia.] Shania has a lot of number one hits and had great tours around the globe. She’s a helpful person and opened doors (yol açtı/başarımayı yardımcı oldu) for fabulous singers like Faith Hill. She’s also a strict vegeterian. A cosmetic company paid her $3 million to have her advertise their product. Those were glory days of Shania but life is like the sea. It has storm too. After 14 years of married life, she found out her husband had an affair (evlenme dışı ilişki kurdu) with her best friend and since she was in love with him, she was in shock... again... causing a divorce in 2008, and again... leaving her alone –with a son! The thought of her best friend having affair with her husband was killing her lively character. Smiles turned into cries, happy face turned into sad face, and Up! turned into down. For 6 years, she didn’t sing and entirely lost her voice. Shania, someone who gave hope to millions of fans with her positive energy became hopeless!

Romans 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

Now some people say life is unfair rather than considering the consequesnces of their OWN actions. God, sometimes doesn’t tell us what to do, it shows us what to do. When the storm comes, it brings a lot of fish around our ship (character) so if the ship is strong, we can catch lots of fish! Hard time takes good things from us to give better things to us and to our character! Shania means ‘On the way (yolda)’ but this event braught her ‘In the way (yolde)’ because she realized that she and her so-called best friend’s now-exhusband, Fredric, a Swiss executive, had a lot in common. They were both cheated and understood each other.

They fell in love and got married on the first of January, 2011! With the help of Fredric and Shania’s sister, a REAL friend, she released a single named Today Is Your Day after 6 years! And in February 2012, she did a duet with Superstar Lionel Richie named ‘Endless Love’. [If it took Shania 6 years to sing 1 song, her love to music is really endless! She has a song named ‘I Ain’t No Quitter (Ben Bırakıcı Değilim/ Bırakmayacağım)!’ When WE love English, our love is endless and WE ain’t no quitter either!]

She said Lionel brought her singing back to life! [See? She found a lot of REAL friends.] She announced a comeback and this time, she signed a two-year contract to sing in luxury Caesars Palace Las Vegas! Her Show is called Still The One. ‘Thank you, Shania, for the hopeful message.’ Angel-looking Taylor Swift (another REAL friend) and many supported her with ‘WELCOME BACK, SHANIA!’ It’s not only this! She received Canadian Music Hall of Fame Award from the hands of Canadian Superstar Bryan Adams; and received a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star too. See? She didn’t lose a husband and a best friend, but found a ‘better’ husband who really loves her and could be a better father for her son, and found a lot of precious, REAL friends. She also got priceless experience and perspectives, became stronger, and left a priceless story for mankind! No matter what we do, no matter what happens to us, we must NEVER LOSE HOPE because something better is coming along. [Look at some bold (kalın) words above. They’re written twice! Life repeats itself in opposites! Life wants to PLAY games with us, so let’s PLAY games... but this time, with a better strategy!] 

Psalm 39:7 “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. Everything I need to know is revealed to me. Everything I need comes to me. All is well in my life. (Bildiğim gereken her şey bana gösterilmiştir. Gereklığım her şey bana doğru geliyor. Hayatımda her şey iyidir.) – Louise Hay Jack Canfield: Now when anything ‘bad’ happens, I remember that everything that ever happens to me has within it the seeds of something ‘better’. I look for the upside rather than the downside. I ask myself, ‘Where’s the greater benefit in this event?’ Do you see the picture of a rocking chair? Some mosquitos were the reason it was invented because someone couldn’t read a book when sitting in a normal chair, so when it swung, mosquitos couldn’t bite! Wow. There are a lot I must learn!

Mandisa – He Is With You (Lyrics written by Ronnie C. Freeman & Cindy Morgan: There's a time to live – And a time to die – There's a time to laugh – And a time to cry – There's a time for war – And a time for peace – There's a hand to hold – In the worst of these – In the worst of these – He is with you when your faith is dead – And you can't even get out of bed – Or your husband doesn't kiss you anymore – He is with you when your baby's gone – And your house is still, and you heart's a stone – Cryin' "God, what'd You do that for?" – He is with you – There's a time for yes – And a time for no – There's a time to be angry – And a time to let it go – There's a time to run – And a time to face it – There is love to see you – Through all of this – Through all of this – He is with you in the conference room – When the world is coming down on you – And your wife and kids don't know you anymore – And He is with you in the ICU – When the doctors don't know that to do – And it scares you to the core – He is with you – We may weep for a time – But joy will come in the morning – The morning light – He is with you when your kids are grown – When there's too much space and you feel alone – And you're worried if you've got it right or wrong – Yes He is with you when you've given up – On ever finding your true love – Someone who feels like home – He is with you – When nothing else is left – And you take your final breath – He is with you Matthew Arnold: To the BIBLE men will return; and why? Because they cannot do without it.

Psalm 71:14 But I will hope continually and will praise You yet more and more. * Opportunity to be ahead in power: You probably remember the character Andy Dufresne (starring Tim Robbins) from the movie Shawshank Redemption (Esaretin Bedeli), directed by Frank Darabont based on a Stephen King’s masterpiece. This

movie is number one movie in the whole history of Cinema according to imdb.com. Now George Bernard Shaw says, ‘One man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t. (Akıl sahip olduğun ve onu farkında olduğun bir kişi her zaman on akıl sahip olmayan ve onu farkında olmayan kişiyi yenebilir.)’ In this movie, Andy beat those Bug Brothers with his wisdom (mental power). He risked happiness, used his mind, took the action, was patient, had hope, had ambition, had no fear, and moved for freedom. And it wasn’t easy at all! He even helped Red (Morgan Freeman) to move away.

Some birds aren’t meant to be caged. (Bazı kuşlar kafes tutulmayı doğmamıştelar.) –Shawshank Redemption [<There’s a mysterious smile in Andy’s face! It’s beyond words!]

[Red (Morgan Freeman): [narrating (sahnenın hikayesini anlatıyor)] I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don’t want to know. Some things are best left unsaid... and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free.

Andy Dufresne: That’s the beauty of music. They can’t get that from you. Haven’t you ever felt that way about music?

Red: I played a mean (=şahane) harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it, though. Didn’t make much sense in here (=Burada –Shawshank ceza evinde harmonika çalmak- pek anlamı yoktur).

Andy Dufresne: Here’s where it makes the most sense. (=Aslında burada en çok anlamı var.) [wow] You need it so you don’t forget.

Red: Forget?

Andy Dufresne: Forget that… there are places in this world that aren’t made out of stone. That there’s something inside... that they can’t get to, that they can’t touch. That’s yours.

Red: What’re you talking about?

Andy Dufresne: Hope. [wow] [Andy in a letter to Red] Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.] [Two thumbs up for Shawshank Redemption!]

[Do you want to watch this movie one more time, but this time understand it in English? Yes? OK!]

Timothy Dwight: The BIBLE is a window in this prison world, through which we may look into eternity.

1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. * Opportunity to be ahead in action more than words: Heros are ordinary people who do what has to be done. The co-author of some books with Napoleon Hill, William Clement Stone says, ‘I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision. (Bence inanmaktan daha önemli bir şey var: Hareket! Dünya rüyacilare doludur, öngörülerını gerçekleştırmeye somut adım atmayı başlayanlar ve ileri hareket edenler yeterli kadar yoktur.)’ Learning is an action so people who are learning English are taking action. Congratulations to them. This is exactly matching with Tony Robbins’ Circle of Success: 1.Potential 2.Action 3.Result 4.Belief. Everybody has the potential to learn English. Bad action? Bad result. Good action? Good result. I don’t want ‘good’ result. I want great result, I want ‘number one result’ from my amazing students. Some may ask, ‘What is ‘Belief’ doing at number 4? It must be at number 1.’

The fact is when people get a great result, they believe in themselves MORE –which increases their potential! So each time we succeed, we believe in ourself more. This makes us happier. But it all depends on the ‘Action!’] W. Clement Stone has an interesting saying: ‘‘We have a problem.’ ‘Congratulations!’ ‘But it’s a tough(zor) problem!’ ‘Double congratulations!!’’ What do you think he means?

Mark 9:23 ‘If you can?’ said Jesus ‘Everything is possible for him who believes.’

What a man can be, he must be. This we call self-actualization. (Bir insan ne olabilirse, onu olmak zorunda. Bunu biz ‘kendine gerçekleştirmek’ diyoruz.) –Abraham Maslow

* Opportunity to be ahead in self-awareness (kendine tanıma/farkında olma), self-realization (kendine tanıma/ farkında olma), and self-actualization (kendine gerçekleştirme): When I was younger I always had this question that why some people did extreme sports. I thought it was crazy! Why would they jeopardize their life to do such things, like bungee jumping, rock climbing, ultramarathon running, etc? Then I read a book that explained it all, pretty convincing to me. In that book a marathon runner mentioned that each time he went to a race, he met new runners who’re interested in the race. But he also mentioned, ‘I find that when I run a long race, I get to meet some new people –including me. (Uzun koşa gittiğince, bende dahil yeni insanlara tanıştığımı/denk geldiğimi farkında olurum.)’ This ‘including me’ blew my mind (Bu ‘bende dahil’ aklımı aldı) because he actually meant, ‘Do I REALLY know myself? Can I REALLY do it or I THINK I can do it?’ Imagine: There is a guy who looks at a 6,560-foot (about 2,000-meter) mountain everyday.

He desires to climb it. He THINKs he can climb it to the top. So one day with his friend, they go on climbing, but at the height of 3,280 feet (about 1,000 meters), he starts panting, runs out of energy, and feels like quitting. So he REALIZEs that in the ACT(gerçekte/yapınce) what he THOUGHT of himself and what he SEEs of himself from another place are different. This is ‘selfrealization/ self-awareness’, seeing a new self from a harder situation. In this example, if the guy climbed to the top, we’d say ‘He’s self-realized.’ So people who think they can learn English speaking and LEARN to SPEAK English are self-realized/ selfaware. But why do humans NEED to go to the TOP of the mountain? Why does a learner NEED to WIN English speaking? Because this is their nature, a NEED called ‘SELF-ACTUALIZATION’, they have it from birth, it is inevitable, ingrained, it’s like a need to wonder, to be productive, to be newist. Besides, as mentioned earlier, when they lift 500 lbs in extreme sports, lifting 20 lbs in real life looks like 2 lbs. On top of that, when humans do extreme sports, they want to feel and prove their power over the nature.

And humans just LOVE the power, they’re THIRSTY for the power. When your dad orders you to DO something and you DO it, his power is proved, so he’s happy. When you tell someone to DO something and the person DOES it, your power is peoved, so you’re happy. When your boss asks you to DO something but you don’t do it, he feels he has no power over you so he’s angry!

When two soccer teams play against each other, each of them wants to prove their POWER over the other one. So when you succeed to SPEAK English, you PROVE your POWER over English language and you feel GREAT, and you feel happy, and you self-actualize yourself. Human beings even want to prove their power over animals. When we train a dog and say, ‘Sit!’ and it sits, our power over the dog is proved so we’re happy! In everything we do in life, there is a sign that we want to prove our power over things or people. This need is always with us, so we ‘must’ prove our power over English language, a couple words! As of ‘Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs’, humans’ needs are: ‘First: Physiological. Second: Safety. Third: Belonging & Love. Fourth: Esteem. Fifth: Self-actualization.’ Wow. Self-actualization is a more important need than love!

Abraham Maslow says, ‘What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself (Bir insanin değişmeye gereken şey onun kendinin kim olduğun tanımayı/farklı olmayı değiştirmektır).’ We need more than love to actualize our English speaking dream.

I would like to interrupt Mr. Abraham Moslow and say that what will happen after the person self-actualized himself? I think ‘nothing’! The person would need more and more! The man dreams of buying a house, he buys a house and self actualizes himself.

What’s next? He wants a bigger house. He buys a bigger house and self-actualizes himself. What’s next? He wants a car, two cars, some couches, some new couches, some dogs, etc. It seems human beings are not satisfied with whatever they have. I got an Albanian friend. He prayed for five years for Bayern Munih to be the champion. The first year it lost, the second year it lost to Manchester, and so and so and finally, in 2013, it won. He got happy for a while but then he asked himself, ‘So, it’s champion, what now (Ee, şampiyon oldu, şimdi ne olacak)?’ ‘Nothing’! The answer is: At the past, they worshiped idols. God became angry at them and destroyed them, for they worshiped golds and stones that couldn’t talk! No matter how much money we have, how much gold we get, or prosperous we are, there will always be an emptiness in our heart that can only be filled by God, the love that’s undescribable. It seems the need to worship the true God is in human nature, in every inch of human cell, in every inch of human soul.

THE NEED TO WORSHIP THE TRUE GOD IS THE BIGGEST NEED OF ALL TIMES.

Salvador – Aware lyrics: Even in the little things - That never seem too big to me - And the things that I thought - Didn’t matter much at all - As simple as my daily bread - To the strength I need to get out of bed - When I fly, when I’m about to fall - It’s You in me - That I fail to see - Make me aware, make me see - Everything I am is not all about me - Take my world, turn it around - So that the obvious can finally be found - Make me aware, make me aware - When my life is hanging from a thread - And I think about the things You said - In this moment seems so far away - Help me see the guarantees - That first brought me to believe - So I can make it through another day - Oh, it’s You in me - That helps me to breathe - Make me aware, make me see - Everything I am is not all about me - Take my world, turn it around - So that the obvious can finally be found - Make me aware - I have been missing so much - Not recognizing Your touch - All acknowledging You’re the reason I’m even here - I have been missing so much - Not recognizing Your touch - Make me aware, make me aware - Help me see, Everything I am is not all about me - Take my world, turn it around - So that the obvious can finally be found - Make me aware, make me aware 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The wise man in a storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.

(Akıllı bir insan fırtınada tehlikeden güven değil ancak korkuden kurtarma için dua ediyor.)

Character is what you are in the dark (Karakter, karanlıkta olduğunuz kişi). [wow]–Anonymous

* Opportunity to be ahead in being braver: If a kid is afraid of dark, we turn on the light, so he’s not afraid anymore. ‘Love’ is ‘Light’ and we’re not afraid of ‘Light’. If I say ‘I love English!’ I won’t be afraid of learning or speaking it. I don’t learn English to ‘frame’ it on the wall or to be satisfied with ‘only’ reading and writing, but I learn it to be able to enjoy ‘speaking’ it. Everybody loves to be able to speak English. But if I love English, learn it, but don’t speak it, the reason could be fear. Fear isn’t just there in English speaking, but in every step of life.

Fear in relationship: Imagine this... I first see someone, I’d fear to meet her ’cause I’d think maybe she wouldn’t want to talk to me.

When I get the courage to meet her, I’d fear to tell her who I really am –so fear is the reason people lie. When I get the courage to tell her who I am, I’d fear to love her ’cause I think maybe she thinks of me just as a friend, or maybe the feeling is not mutual, or maybe she doesn’t want a romantic relationship, or other ‘maybes’. And now that I get the courage to love her, I’d be afraid to lose her ’cause she becomes the one for me and losing sucks. When I don’t lose her, I’d be afraid to get married with her ’cause I think I may not make her happy, or maybe she’s not really the one for me and someone better may come along, so I’d regret. This is what they call ‘Fear of Commitment (birini bağlı olmaye söz verme korkusu/ ilişkida kesin karar korkusu).’ [This story would go on to fear of having children, fear of raising them, fear of their future, and so on.] Fear would always be with me without I know(Fark etmeden, korku her zaman benimle) but every time I get the courage, I get what I want; every time I get the courage, I turn the ‘maybe’ to ‘definitely’; every time I get the courage, I succeed; every time I get the courage, I win. There is no ‘maybe’ in ‘trust’, no fear in love, no doubt in belief, no uncertainty in certainty. Courage reads (understands) love signals in the light.

Fear misreads (misunderstands) love signals in the dark. If someone is lonely for a long time, neither someone else is to blame, nor the destiny. Miguel de Cervantes says, ‘A faint heart never won fair lady. (Bayılmış/ cesur olmayan bir kalp hiç güzel kadını kazanmamıştır.)’ English is that fair lady! English is knowledge, and the more I know, the better I can read(1.okumak2.anlamak) those signals.

Fear of letting one’s children be free: If I were a parent, I’d let my 18-year-old son be independent, get a job, and rent his own apartment. One of my students quoted a story from Doğan Cüceloğlu, a great psychologist in Turkey, that apparently he was the guest to an American family, their crawling kid was trying to get on the couch but couldn’t, so he helped but noticed the kid’s mother got a bit irritated (biraz gıcık oldu). She said, ‘We want our kid to challenge himself (Çocuğumuz kendisi meydana okumanı istiyoruz). He needs to learn to stand on his own feet (O kendi ayakta durmayı öğrenmek zorunda).’ Great! When I read more of these educating stories in English, they effect me.

Fear of pets: The very first thing a dog does when it meets me is to shake its tail. This is its languages, meaning: ‘Please pet me! Please love me! Please play with me!’ [Ask Cesar Millan.

He knows all about it!] Pets are pretty frisky (oynak/ yerinde duramayan)! If I wanted to know how frisky a puppy is, I’d throw a ball and let him get that! So cute! English is no lesson, it’s a ‘Play’, Movenglish is a ‘Play’, speaking English is a ‘Play’! The question is not ‘Am I afraid?’ It is ‘Am I BRAVE?’ Fear of driving: Danica Patrick, The Only Woman In The Race. Such a brave soul to be among all men drivers, jeopardizing her life every time she gets in a car race, as well as all NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) drivers. They are pros (professionals) but they were not born pros. All drivers in Turkey practiced to become drivers, they were not born drivers. Learning to speak English is exactly like learning driving. ‘I’ was a slow driver (slow English speaker) once, but I’ve NEVER been afraid. I’m HUNGRY to speak English. I hussle every OPPORTUNITY to speak English. I have NO fear to speak, because I’ve driven Movenglish Car! Movenglish instructs its readers to drive naturally fast (speak fast) like a pro (native American speaker)! Trust it and trust in your brave heart.

Fear of doing extreme sports: Surfboarding is one of the most addictive extreme sports in the world. Once we succeed, we want it so bad that we want to do it all over and over again. It’s absolutely exhilarating! What’s the difference between a person and a surf pro? They just think different! The number one professional surfer in the world, the American 11 times world champ Kelly Slater says, ‘It’s about where your mind’s at (Sörf yapmak/Zor işi becermek/İmkansızları mümkün etmek fikriniz nerede olduğunla ilgilidir).’ [Being 8-time world champ, they wrote SL8ER, 11 times, Ke11y. There’re video games featuring him.] The best way to be a pro is to watch a pro and do the same in a creative way. With Movenglish, you’ll watch U.S. pros to learn English speaking.

Fear in trying new recipes in cooking: Fear of the new is the biggest fear in the world. First time in Asia, I wouldn’t believe tourists loved ‘fried banana (kızartmış muz)’ till I tried and fell in love with it! In Great Britain, they add milk in their tea before sipping it and it tastes amazing. Most cook books become popular because their authors aren’t afraid of trying new things! (Çoğu yemek pişirme kitaplar onların yazarların yeni şeyler denemekten korkmadığın dolayı popüler olurler!)

Fear in trying new educational methods: I suggest movie class as the joyous solution of teaching/ learning English in Turkey, and to that, I’ll give you scientific reasons.

Fear in changing job or line of work (iş dalımı): If I hate my job but don’t change it, fear would be my boss. Jim Rohn says, ‘Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. (İşin üzerinden daha sıkı kendinin üzere çalışın.)’ [Note to self.] ‘‘Mehmet. A

gentleman from Ankara. Married. Has two kids. Had worked in a company as a simple worker for 12 years. Got promoted to manager for 6 years. Very hardworking. Said he can’t speak English. I just encouraged, gave him new vision. The FIRST session, he spoke A LOT of sentences in English! The second session he almost spoke all in English! Shared him some successful American businessmen’s tips –some in Chapter 2. We had 8 English speaking sessions. 17th of October he called. Said he quit his job after 18 years and felt great. Said he got a 6month job offer to work in a company in the U.S., and another job offer in Dubai for 2 years! WHO SAYS ENGLISH IS JUST A LANGUAGE? Man! I’m damn happy (Çok mutluyum)! And thank you, Mehmet.’’ Now who says they can’t speak English? Trust me, right now you can speak A LOT of sentences... right now.

Fear in making money: If I were two people, one brave and one coward, and someone loaned each of us a check worth of $10,000. to make some business, what would each do? The coward me would hide it in a case for the fear of losing. He’d say to himself, ‘If the other guy loses his money in business, at the end, I’d have $10,000!’ But he wouldn’t make any profit and would give the same check back! But the brave me would either go to the market and would make more dollars, or would lose it all. Even if he ‘lost’ it, he wouldn’t be a ‘loser’ because he has billions of dollars inside named bravery. So he’d pull himself together(kendini toparlardı), find a new way until he makes millions. He’d never give up till he made winning a habit of his! So the coward’s check is still there! Most rich people haven’t become rich by accident, but they or their fathers were not afraid to take risks.

Fear came from their heart, but their mind overcame it! They had faith that their best success was just one step beyond their worst failures! The little voice inside their head said, ‘What if you fail? It’s risky, what if you fail?’ But they shut that little voice down and listened up to their faith, ‘YOU CAN DO IT, MAN! YOU CAN DO IT! GO DO IT! BE BRAVE! GO!’ They just thought different, ignored their biggest fear, and showed smile to their faith’s face despite the risk!

While the coward me hides the ‘apple of knowledge and talent and love’, the brave me GOes to the English class, bites the apple of his knowledge, and DOes the English speaking like a winner; GOes among foreigners and DOes the English speaking like a hero, like a pro. Dr. Robert Anthony in his book, Deliberate Creation Self-hypnosis says, ‘We fear the thing we want the most.

(En büyük korkumuz istedığımız şeydendır.)’ If I don’t have adequate(yeterli) knowledge to speak English, I’d think to myself that I do, I’d think to myself that I’m powerful, I’d think to myself that I’m an English speaking hero, THEN I’D REALLY BE! Marianne Williamson says, ‘Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. (En derin korkumuz, bilgimiz eksik olduğun dolayı değil. En derin korkumuz şu ki biz ölçümüzden ötiye güçlüyüz. Bize en korkuttuğumuz şey karanlığımız değil, ancak ışığımızdır.’ [This quote is used in the movie Coach Carter and several YouTube videos.]

I have a SELF (İçindem bir kendim var) that always wants to keep the comfort zone and as soon as something, an outer effect, tells me that I need to change, my SELF feels the fear that my comfort is in danger. But just because things are the way they are doesn’t mean they don’t need a change (Ancak her şey olduğun gibi nedeniyle, değişme ihtiyac olmadığın anlamında değil)! SELF says, ‘It’s rainy and cold out there, I’ll get soaking wet. The road(way) is too long. I’m not gonna go to the English class today. I’m just gonna sit home and watch TV!’ But my brave SELF says, ‘Dude! You gotta be in the class! You paid for it! Other students are passing you! You’ve got to go.’ As a teen, I was sitting in a couch comfortably, watching TV in a pleasant warm house, and my mom, opening the window, vaccuming the house, came around, asking, ‘Lift your feet!’ So I lifted my feet and she wanted to vaccum the couch too, so I groaned and moved to the other room! If my mom didn’t clean the house, or didn’t make me move, I wouldn’t enjoy living in a cleaner house! So a move was needed, although it wasn’t to my taste (ağzıma hoş gelmedığını rağmen)!

BUT... I’m about to suggest you(size önermek üzereyım) how you can just SIT in the couch and LEARN to SPEAK ENGLISH! ‘Oh my gosh!! What??’ SIT in the couch and LEARN to SPEAK ENGLISH! Do you want anything better than that?? Movenglish has lengthened YOUR PLEASURE and shortened YOUR WAY (Movenglish sevincini uzattı ve yolunu kısaltı); Movenglish makes the impossible, possible in a quite comfy(rahat) way. It’s exciting and exhilarating, magical and logical, practical and technical. With Movenglish, you get to see a long history in a short time; you get to the moon and back for free and feel like a star; you spend less on English, have more in your pocket, stress less in the mind, have more in the head; with Movenglish you add to victory, defy misery; buy less, have more, worry less, enjoy more; with Movenglish, you have better education, better degree, better expertise, better sense, better wisdom, better vision, better decision, better choice, better chance and better dance, better salary and better ‘ileri (forward)’, better family, better children and grandchildren, better now and better future, better character, better values, better destiny, better looks; with Movenglish you watch more, learn more, earn more, and bore less, enjoy more in greatness; with Movenglish you go faster with a great master, say hello to opportunities, say goodbye to loneliness, ask better questions and get better answers, read more signals and write better journals, dance with rejoice, enhance your result, add more to life, laugh more to live, and have more to give; with Movenglish you’ll smile more, cry less, help more, hate less, go down on wrong way, go up on right way, drive better, walk better, talk better, hug better, kiss better, miss better, do better, and go better; with Movenglish you’ll have a better job, better possessions, better priorities, go to bed fresh, get up fresher,

get more purposeful, get more successful, make more living, make more life, stay healthier, stay cooler, stay stronger, stay younger, broad viewpoints, prove scientifically, play significantly, increase understanding, decrease judgement, fear less and LOVE MORE and LOVE MORE and LOVE MORE. And THAT’s the magic you’re looking for –ALL INSIDE YOU! And Movenglish is absolutely to your taste (tamamen ağzına hoş geldığını göre)! Don’t go outside, BRING a BETTER JOY than English class INSIDE your house! Don’t move outside, just sit in the couch, oh my gosh, just SIT IN THE COUCH and move your MIND... IMPRESS your mind! [When you learn Movenglish perfectly well, you’ll have MORE SELF-CONFIDENCE too –like ALL my successful students. So when you take an English course, YOU my friends will BE the BEST English speakers among ALL the other students!

You SHOW your English speaking ABILITY to YOURSELF! Wooh! AMAZING! That’s really really amazing! And you will HELP them too.] And what better than having coffee, having tea, having snacks, and at the same time, LEARNing to SPEAK the MOST NATURAL English? TRUST me, this filebooks’s way is effective and FUN. Some people say, ‘Magic starts at the end of your comfort zone.’ I smile and say, ‘Be in your comfort zone and make the magic of English speaking happen!! (Bazı insanlar büyü, konfor bölgesinin dışında meydana geleceğini diyorlar, ancak bende gülümseyıp, konfor bölgenizde olun ve İngilizce konuşma büyüsünü gerçekleştirin diye söylüyorum. [Movenglish is very YOU-ish (SENcil)!!] Some brave people sit in a couch and make millions of dollars; why shouldn’t you sit in the couch and learn to speak English? If your success of speaking English is invisible, make it ‘visible’, I tell you, make your success ‘visible’ –in a comfy couch!

I’m only responsible for my action, not others’ reaction. (Ben başkaların tepki değil, ancak kendimin etki/eylem için sorumluyum.)

One day in a non-English country, I was on the bus, speaking English with my friend when an old man, born and bred(doğmuş ve yetişmiş) there, approached us and said, ‘Congratulations to both of you!’ ‘Why?’ we asked. ‘When I was younger, I knew a lot of Italian but didn’t get the courage to speak in the public. I was afraid of other people’s judgement and now I’m sorry that I forgot it!’ he replied. Tony Robbins in one of his seminars asked a strong guy to come on the stage to hold his wrist. Then he said, ‘‘Fear’ is like this ‘strong guy’ who’s holding my wrist. If I try to escape, fear follows me. If I try to fight, fear breaks my wrist. So what’s the best way to face fear? I tell you: ‘Dance with your fear!’ And he danced with the guy to show the audience what they needed to DO!’’ When Wright brothers were inventing the first plane in the world, some people laughed at them but Wright brothers had the right idea, they knew what they were doing. Their plane didn’t fly more than the length of two wings of today’s plane, but that didn’t even matter. Those days they didn’t stop, so today we could enjoy flying and going from continent to continent in a few hours. Our English speaking is the right idea (doğru fikir) and it’s our right (hakkımız) to enjoy. If someone speaks a language with mistakes or with an accent, they should be happy for it because it means they already know two languages! Isn’t it fantastic? (Eğer bir kişi bir dili yanlışlarla ya da aksanla konuşurse, onun için mutlu olmalıdır çünkü bu zaten iki dili bildiğin anlamı geliyor. Bu harika değil mi?) Speaking English with mistakes is definitely better than knowing it and not speaking it. (İngilizceyi hatayla konuşmak kesinlikle onu bilmek ve konuşmamaktan daha iyidir.) When I start to learn and get the courage to speak English, in the first days, sure I’ll speak slowly, sure I’ll have pauses, sure I’ll have some silence, but I’ll never quit because that’s the silence in music. It continues even more powerfully like an outstanding (şahane/ olağanüstü) orchestra. And that’s amazing. Ambrose Redmoon says, ‘Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that what you want is more important than what you fear. (Cesaret korkunun yokluğu değil, ancak oldukça şu yargıya varılır ki ne istedığın, neden korktuğundan daha önemlidir.)’ ‘LOVE is what you want.’ So if we compare Ambrose Redmoon’s quote with it, it’d be: OUR LOVE IS OUR COURAGE. Wow. The courage is IN us. We got the love and courage IN us. We carry our love and courage WITH us everywhere. WE are the answer to our speaking questions. The answer is not outside, it’s INSIDE. We should just GO out there, just GO out there, look into people’s eyes, and bravely DO SPEAK English! If the fear of speaking English comes from me, the courage of speaking English comes from me too!

2 Timothy 1:7 For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

[Hallelujah to the LORD of LOVE till eternity.]

The only time that I can say I’ve learned English is when it’s changed me and my perspectives. (İngilizce öğrendiğimi söyleyebilmemin tek zaman, beni ve bakış açısılarımı değiştirdiğincedir.)

When Sir Winston Churchill dealt with English for three years at eighth grade, there was a purpose to it, so he could be stronger at English and could provoke the thoughts of millions with his stronger English words of wisdom. When Paulo Coelho says life is full of signals and we must read them, he says that because he sees something I don’t, and has a vision I don’t. When Ralph Waldo Emerson says, ‘Adapt the pace of nature, its secret is patience!’ he sees something in the nature I don’t, he passed the boundaries of mind I don’t. All the great people in the history of humanity learned to deal with hard times in life through a new vision, a new perspective. What I call ‘fear’, they call a ‘lesson’!

God spoke through Noah, the believers were saved. Now God speaks through the HOLY BIBLE.

Mandisa – Overcomer (part of lyrics): You’re an overcomer – Saty in the fight ’til the final round – You’re not going under – ’Cause God is holding you right now – You might be down for a moment – Feeling like it’s hopeless – That’s when He reminds you – That you’re an overcomer – You’re an overcomer John 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation.

But take heart; I have overcome the world.

Albert Einstein was stopped, but HE didn’t stop, HE didn’t hide the ‘apple of knowledge and love and talent’. Instead, he moved forward, stayed longer with problems, stayed stronger, and became the number one genius of all times. He may be gone, but his legacy, will never. If an obstacle stops me, it doesn’t mean ‘I’ should stop, it means ‘Am I brave enough to move forward?’ And that’s the point of life. When they cut Michael Jordan out of his high school basketball team, he went home, locked the door, and cried, because he loved basketball so much. But was it just a cry? NO. It was the SILENCE IN MUSIC. Woof! He decided strongly, got back there, and practiced even HARDER to PROVE that he’s the BEST basketball player of ALL TIMES, to PROVE that he could bring the tears of joy to his, his family’s, his fans’, America’s, and to the world’s eyes when he made his team SIX TIMES NBA CHAMPION! Obstacles are the test of courage. Like a wise person says, ‘The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness, not to stop your progress. (Korkunun amacı gelişmenızı durdurmak değil, farkında olmanızı yükseltmektir.)’ When they get the raw gold (ham altın), no one wants to wear it, but when they melt it over a high heat and transform it to a beautiful piece of jewelry, everyone wants to wear it. Obstacle are the heat, they’re there to melt the raw gold of our fear so we could shape the most beautiful gold of English speaking.

Matthew 4:4 But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that comes from the mouth of God.” If a person is not hungry or doesn’t need food, he doesn’t look for it but as soon as they’re hungry, they look for it everywhere. English is our earthlu bread today, bread for soul, bread for body, so if I really want to learn to speak it, I must be hungry (gözlerim aç olmalı) for it. Napoleon Hill says, ‘When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve. (İsteklerın yeterınce güçlü ise, insanüstü güçlerın kazanmayı sahip olduğunu meydana çıkacaksınız.)’ The desire to speak English never leaves us alone. The flame is in the fire, the breed is in the earth, the dance is in the wind, the rain is in the sky. The rain stops, its passion never. The water flows, the river starts, the sea starts, and the rain REstarts. The old goes, the new starts. The passion never leaves us alone –like that old gentleman who forgot the beautiful Italian language.

Nature is a great teacher. When the mulberries are ripe, it’s time to pick and eat them, otherwise they overripe and drop down, or some kids from neighborhood come and pick them. (Dutler olgun olduğun zaman toplamak ve yemek gerekiyor yoksa fazla olgun olup düşerler, ya da birkaç komşudaki çocuk gelip onları alırler.) Every time is the right time to speak English –even with mistakes. No mulberry is ripe first, then raw, but it’s raw, then ripe. No person speaks correctly first, then makes mistakes, but makes mistakes, then speaks correctly. Even the best English speakers of the world make mistakes, but they feel great, stay strong, learn everyday, get new perspectives, and keep on keeping on speaking. How can they learn to be the BEST if they stop? Mistakes are the BEST teacher! Henry C. Link says, ‘While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other (like kids from neighborhood) is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. (Biri düşük hissettığın dolayı tereddüt edince, başka biri (kumşudaki çocuklar gibi) hata yapmayı meşgul ve üst olur.)’

A wise man says, ‘A man who’s doing something is definitely making mistakes. But the biggest mistake is to make the same mistakes again and again! (Bir insan bir şeyi yaptığınce kesinlikle hata yapar. Ama en büyük hata, aynı hatayı yine ve yine yapmaktir!)’ Even if I’m brave and take some English courses but after years, I’m not yet able to speak English, I’d try to find a new WAY. If there were 100 ways and those 100 ways were blocked, I would try 101st way to finally FIND THE ANSWER and I wouldn’t rest till I FOUND THE ANSWER. And when I found the answer, I’d never ever, I’d never ever give up on that. The answer I found is Movenglish, the way I’ve gone is this filebook’s.

I’ll give enough reasons to convince everyone that this filebook’s way works. I wouldn’t doubt those reasons, I’d doubt my limitations (becerek sınırlarımı şüphelenırdım) and would have FAITH that I could SPEAK English by GOing this filebook’s way and DOing so.

John 6:47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

FAITH is like I GO to a forest, find a never-seen-before cottage, GO in without a fear, and turn on the light. I don’t assume if the light gets turned on, I just know it gets turned on, and THAT’s faith. Faith is like I don’t know the pilot of a plane, but I DON’T FEAR of the flight, I just GO on board, I just TRUST, I just KNOW that I’ll be SAFE in that flight. How can I live in fear or without faith? Faith is what Wright Brothers were DOing. They didn’t SEE the result beforehead, but they had FAITH that they were DOing the RIGHT job. Faith is like that football player who GOES on the field FEARLESSLY and fights hard to the

maximum level to feel the JOY of WINNING, to self-actualize himself. Faith is like that farmer who plants the seeds and waits for the rain. He doesn’t assume if it’d rain, he just KNOWs or HOPEs it will rain, otherwise, why would he plant the seeds? Faith is when you start a conversation with a complete stranger, you don’t ASSUME if they’d respond you back, you just KNOW they’ll respond you back, because YOU believe that people are cool and kind and amazing. At the past, I thought FAITH couldn’t have any picture but the PICTURES OF FAITH ARE MILLIONS. Bill Gates is the picture of FAITH. Steve Jobs is the picture of FAITH. Napoleon Hill is the picture of FAITH. Tony Robbins is the picture of FAITH. Jim Rohn is the picture of FAITH. Les Brown is the picture of FAITH. Oprah Winfrey is the picture of FAITH. Randy Pausch is the picture of FAITH. Seneca is the picture of FAITH. Ralph Waldo Emerson is the picture of FAITH. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is the picture of FAITH. Franklin D. Roosevelt is the picture of FAITH. Abraham Lincoln is the picture of FAITH. George Washington is the picture of FAITH. Benjamin Franklin is the picture of FAITH. John F. Kennedy is the picture of FAITH. Vehbi Koç is the picture of FAITH. Sakıp Sabancı is the picture of FAITH. Vince Lombardi is the picture of FAITH. Lionel Messi is the picture of FAITH. Oscar Pistorius is the picture of FAITH. Michael Jordan is the picture of FAITH. How many more do you want? Albert Einstein is the picture of FAITH. Thomas Edison is the picture of FAITH. Abraham Maslow is the picture of FAITH. Zig Ziglar is the picture of FAITH. Jack Canfield is the picture of FAITH. George Bernard Shaw is the picture of FAITH. Dr. Seuss is the picture of FAITH. Usain Bolt, Lady Gaga, Carries Underwood, Azra Akın, John Ilhan, Michelle Kwan, Walt Disney, Tiger Woods, Will Smith, and many more are the pictures of FAITH. YOU have a picture too. Have faith that you will speak English by going Movenglish way, have faith. Faith is the essence of success in life. Successful people started when others finished. (Başarılı insanlar başkaların bırakınca başladılar.)

Hebrews 11:1 Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Because they saw something others didn’t. They saw the invisible, the incredible, the invincible.

Faith is what Christopher Columbos had. He didn’t SEE America from before, but he HOPED there was a reward for someone who had FAITH. Faith is what I have to all my students before I go to any class. Faith is when your parents don’t TELL you that they LOVE you but you KNOW that they LOVE you 100%. Faith is when Steve Jobs loved his adopted parents 1000%. Faith is when your partner is not home, but you know he or she ONLY loves YOU. And THAT’s what you should have: 3000% faith in speaking English by going Movenglish way.

Christopher Columbus: It is hoped that by GOD's assistance, some of the continents in the Ocean will be discovered... for the Glory of GOD.

1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.

Take the ‘first step’ in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase. –Martin Luther King, Jr. If I think about success and failure at the same time, it’d be doubt, it’d be fear, it’d be like, ‘Hey, I’m driving and I’ll probably hit a tree!’ So why would I take a driving lesson if I ‘think’ I’d hit a tree? Why would I start to learn English speaking if I ‘think’ I won’t speak? Would I fall in love with a person who has doubt in loving me and changes her mind every day? No. But would I give my heart to a person that I have faith she loves me back 100%? Yes. Because I’m confident and secured by having faith in her.

Loving English is the same as loving a person who has faith in me. English speaking is 100% faithful(sadık/vefalı) to me. Am ‘I’ faithful enough to learning English?

If the ‘only grammar’ way blocked my English speaking way, I’d change my way, I’d pass that, I’d have fun in English, I’d enjoy, I’d play I’d progress I’d prosper! One, just ‘one’ time have faith in a total stranger and GO this filebook’s way, DO it, and have faith that there is a reward for reasons. 

Some words of wisdom to make you GO. John 8:47 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God. We are frightened of what makes us different (Bize ne farklı ettığınden korkuyoruz).–Anne Rice Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears (Bizden bir sürü korkulerımızde yaşadiğimiz nedeniyle rüyalarımızde yaşamıyoruz). –Les Brown Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Face Your Fear, Live Your Dreams (Korkulerını Yüzleş, Rüyalarını Yaşa). –Slogan on a t-shirt Slowness to change usually means fear of the new (Değişme çok yavaşse genelde yeni gelen şeyden korkmak demektir).–Philip Crosby, American businessman, quality management author ‘Yes’ is fine. ‘No’ is fine. It’s the ‘maybes’ that will kill us. (Evet demek sorun değil.

Hayır demek sorun değil. Bize öldüracak şey beklilerdir.) –Anonymous

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are. (Biz her şeyi onların olduğun gibi değil, bizim olduğumuz gibi görüyoruz.) –Anais Nin [>English is not fearful if I am brave.<] The key to change is... to let go of fear(Değişmeye anahtarı, korkuyu bırakmaktır). –Rosanne Cash, the daughter of Johnny Cash Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their mind, cannot change anything(Değişmesiz gelişme mümkün değil ve düşüncelerini değişemeyen insanlar, hiçbir şeyi değişemezler.) –George Bernard Shaw A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, (an English learner must speak English), if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. [Eğer sonunda kendinla barışırse, bir müzisyen müzik yapmalı, bir ressam resim yapmalı, bir şair şiir yazmalı, (bir İngilizce öğrenen İngilizce konuşmalıdır). Bir insan ne olabilirse, onu olmak zorunda.] –Abraham Moslow A bold heart is half the battle (Cesur bir kalp savaşın yarısıdır). –Anonymous The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them (Korkulerımı başımden savmayı tek yolum onların hakkında film yapmaktır).[wow]–Alfred Hitchcock, the classic horror movie director Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.

(Herkes cesur ve korkusuz ve hatta ukala olduğumu düşünüyordu fakat içimde hep titriyordum.) –Katharine Hepburn, actress [She played/danced with fear!]

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. (Rüyalarını başka biriye göstermek çok cesaret ister.)–Erma Bombeck [>Nasıl gösteriyoruz? Gerçekleştirmekla!<] Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow. (Cesaret her zaman gümbürdemıyor. Bazen cesaret günün sonunda ‘Yarın tekrar deneceğım’diye kendine söyleyen o küçük sesdır.)–Mary Anne Radmacher Luke 11:28 But he said, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!’

A lesson from the swimmer of the century, Michael Phelps: [People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground. (İnsanlar yüzme öğrenmeye dilerler ve aynı zamanda bir ayak de yerde tutmayı isterler.) –Marcel Proust] Wanting to speak English and fearing is exactly like I take some steps in the sea or the pool to swim but find the water a bit cold. I can stay there for seconds, minutes, hours, shiver and shiver, OR I can and I CAN powerfully DECIDE for ONE QUICK MOMENT to MOVE… to JUMP into the water and totally ENJOY the rest of the day! Movenglish is for people who want to be pro swimmers (pro English speakers) ’cause the trainers are real pros. Decide for one moment, go this absolute-fun way, stick to it (onu bağlı kalın), and some years later you’d come back to this page and you’d say, ‘Yeah! Amen to that (Ne doğru söyledi)!’ At that time you’d be easily speaking English and that’d be my pleasure! This first step matters because swimming will be so enjoyable that you wouldn’t even want to get out of the water! ’Cause you’d be addicted to swimming every day! And who knows? Maybe you’d become the next Michael Phelps, ‘the original & best’, the PHENOMENAL!  From age 11, Bob Bowman, Phelp’s trainer, his mentor, brought out the BEST in him (onun EN iyisini açtı/ onunla konuşup EN iyi olmasını sebep oldu). Phelps swam hard everyday, even in Christmas and birthday. He never missed a day to practice. According to the stats on wiki, he has the record of 22 Olympic golds, 13 Pan Pacific golds, and 25 Wolrd Champion golds! WOW. Who says it’s impossible? When the champ Ian Thorpe, who Phelps had admired earlier, said it was ‘impossible’ for Phelps to win all the 8 golds in 1 Olympic ‘Beijing 2008’, actually it was the TEST of Phelps’ character, he had two choices: 1. He could be disappointed.

2. He could have a champion’s heart. He chose the second. He wrote what Ian said, ‘impossible’, and stuck it on his locker to prove Ian wrong (Ian’ın yanlış olduğunu onu kanıtlamak istedı). Wow. After winning all the 8 golds, Ian said, ‘I’ve never been happy like this to be proved wrong! I’m proud of Michael!’ And guess what! At age 7, Michael Phelps was afraid to put his face in the water!! Who said you can’t be the best English speaker, who said? Who said I can’t give a speech at Harvard, or the UCLA? Who said we can’t? [Picture: Phelps’ family’s tears of happiness for his multiple victory.]

After Michael Phelps’ multiple feats at Olympics, we should really reconsider what is possible for humans to achieve. (Michael Phelps’ın Olympiclarda birçok başarımaktan sonra, insanın ne kazanabileceğini gerçekten tekrar düşünmemiz lazım.)

With so many people who say it can’t be done, all it takes is an imagination. (Bir sürü yapamayacaksın diyenlere tek yapacak gereken şey bir hayal gücüdür. –Michael Phelps You don't have to see something to know that it's really there. You just believe it. (Orada gerçekten olduğun için, bir şeyi görmek zorunda değilsin. Yapacak şey onu sadece inanmaktır.) –The Santa Clause

Love means never having to say you’re sorry. (Aşk, asla ‘üzgünüm’ diye söylemeye zorunda olmamak demektır.) –Love Story * OPPORTUNITY TO BE AHEAD IN YOURSELF!: If I think I learn English for my job but never speak ‘English’ at my job, then what do I learn English for? I think the biggest reason I learn English speaking is I want to feel good about myself! I wake up in the morning and take a shower to feel good about myself. I eat 3 to 5 times a day to feel good about myself. I go to work and

keep myself busy to feel good about myself. I meet my friends, I go, come, challenge, give, take, laugh, cry, walk, talk, stay, leave, feel, think, and do everything in life to feel good about myself. [Even when I want to have a pet dog, I don’t care about the dog by itself, but I care about it because it makes me feel good about myself!] I forgive others to have peace of mind and feel good about myself. I even help others to feel good about myself. I create something to feel good about myself. I have a sense of possession and power to feel good about myself. I want something new to feel good about myself. I even love someone to feel good about myself.

Who doesn’t protect SELF first in times of danger?

We care about people we know. (Tanıdığımız insanlara önem veriyoruz.)

When I see the picture of a stranger died, I get sad but I don’t cry or grieve. Why? Because I don’t ‘know’ the person. When I see the picture of my close friend died, I suddenly become sad, I cry, and I go to their family to offer my condolences. Why? Because I ‘know’ the person and I love them. The same way, when I ‘KNOW’ myself more, I ‘LOVE’ myself more. When I ‘KNOW’ English more, I ‘LOVE’ English more. A person who KNOWS their spouse more, LOVES their spouse more. But many times, LOVE is unconditional (şartsız/ kuşulsuz), just like the love of a parent to their child, just like the love of a nurse to their patients.

Life is a song –sing it. Life is a game –play it. Life is a challenge –meet it. Life is a dream –realize it. Life is a sacrifice –offer it. Life is love –enjoy it. –Sai Baba When I know English, I find English-speaking friends on my page, exchange ideas, express myself, and enjoy. When I know English, I talk to foreign customers, earn sweet dollars, and enjoy. When I know English, I take a cheap trip abroad, get selfrealized, feel different, and enjoy. [When my dear friend Bahadır traveled abroad for the first time, he was back but he wasn’t him!

He talked faster, bahaved faster, and had hundreds of ideas I’d never heard before. He was a new person!] The clock is ticking. The real tomorrow is now. Even the moment of ‘now’ in the last sentence is ‘gone’! Success is love, and love doesn’t come knocking my door, I should go and knock the success door. If there is no door, I must make a door(way)! Someone said, ‘If your ship is not coming, swim to it.’ If I want to love myself more and be happy, I need to progress. And the first step is to move my mind.

Sometimes you have to forget what you feel and remember what you deserve(Bazen ne hissettiğini unutmalı ve ne hak ettiğini/layık olduğunu hatırlamalısınız).–Anonymous

When we accomplish something, we feel useful. Bir şeyi tamamlağınce, kendimize yararlı hissedeceğiz.

I hope the above words were motivating enough. Zig Ziglar says, ‘People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily! (İnsanlar sık sık motivasyon sürmıyeceğını söylüyorlar. Peki, banyo yapmakte öyle. O yüzden her gün yapmasını tavsiye ediyoruz.)’

We don’t drawn by falling into the water; we drawn by staying there. (Denizde suya düşmekten boğmuyoruz; orada bir yerde sabit kalmaktan boğucağız.) [Note to self.] –Anonymous Now, I love to learn English speaking but to learn it, I can go through a whole lot of old-fashioned words that the Americans hardly use, OR, I can use what the Americans use, in a very up-to-date, natural, effective, fun, addictive way.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started (İleri gitmeye sırrı başlamaktır). –Mark Twain If you love life, then do not waste time, for that is what life is made of. (Hayatı seversınız, o zaman vaktını boş harcamayın, çünkü hayat onunla (vakitla) yapılmıştır.) –Benjamin Franklin It's not the best person that wins, it's the best trained person. (Kazanacağın kişi en iyi kişi değil, ancak en iyi eğitilmiş kişidir.)–Anonymous  All I NEED IS 20% Dear friends! Can I ask a question? ‘Do you use 100% of the words of a Turkish to Turkish dictionary in Turkish daily conversation?’ I think not. Maybe you agree that it’s not more than 20%. I think that’s the same in every language. So if I want to learn American, I just go right through that 20% first. (This is what I need at first.) BUT... where can I find that 20%? The answer is: Chapter 2 of this filebook! WOW. So I have a short-cut here! But I would’t go there right now, and would read this filebook from page one to the end, to see how I should learn to speak English. This is very important. And thanks. 

Don’t think it; INK it! (Hep onu düşünme, yazar olmak için YAZ!) –Mark Victor Hansen  SHORT STORY, LONG MESSAGE 1990. I was 16. Had a trip to Kish Island. Met a young guy named Mehdi. He spoke English better than anyone I knew. Fast and fluent. Excellent accent! Impressive! This is our conversation: Me: Mehdi? Are you from America?

Mehdi: No! Me: Are your parents American educated or native English speakers?

Mehdi: No! My parents are pretty old and can’t even read and write!

Me: Oh! Then (O zaman), have you taken so many English courses?

Mehdi: No! Not even one!!

Me: [Raising my eyebrows, I started to surprise] Oh my! So, uh, oh have you been graduated from the UCLA America or somewhere? Because, I can tell, your speaking is fantastic!

Mehdi: [Chuckles] No!! I don’t even have high school diploma!!

Me: [My big, big surprise] W-w-what? W-what do you mean? I mean… h-h-how (n-n-nasıl)? How can you speak this incredible English, yet not have any of these? How is that POSSIBLE? Mehdi: HaHa! I just watch CNBC TV Channel in English everyday! There are many people here in Kish who can speak English even better than me! You know, Kish Island is near Dubai. So we normally receive Dubai channels with a normal antenna. If you go to Dubai, almost everyone can speak English. What people do there to learn English speaking is to WATCH English programs and movies on CNBC and other English channels all the time. That’s all!

I feel like I’ve been in a coma for the past twenty years. And I’m just now waking up. (Geçen yirmi senede sanki komadaydım. Ve şimdi uyanıyorum.)

Ohhhh... myyyy... goodness! Oh my! I was so surprised that I was speechless because only at that time I could understand if I learned to pronounce ‘dangerous’ as /DAN.gı.rus/ instead of /DEYN.cı.rıs/, the reason was my booky-experience WAY. So I needed to CHANGE MY MIND, I needed to CHANGE MY WAY and WATCH movies in English. THAT short trip was the START of a long PROGRESS in my English life.

Tony Robbins says, ‘If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results. (Başarılı olmak istersen, istedığın sonucu ulaştığın kişiyi bul ve yaptıklarını yap ve sende aynı sonuşları ulaşacaksın.)’ Amen to that! But this doesn’t mean dogma(dogma/inak). I must be creative here. Steve Jobs says, ‘Don’t be trapped by dogma. You are the new. Think different. (İnak tuzağa düşmeyin. Siz yenilersiniz. Farklı düşünün.)’ Amen to that too!  We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. (Olduğun gibi kalınca, olmaya gereken kişi olamıyoruz.) – Anonymous Whenever we start thinking what other people think, we stop thinking. (Başkalar gibi düşündüğünce, düşünmeye durduruyoruz.) –Anonymous WHAT IS A WINNER LIKE (Bir kazanan neyi benziyor)?

After a long time of struggle and first time failure with a top horse named Secretariat, Penny Chenery decides to meet and hire a new jockey. She’s sitting there in a restaurant and waiting, when the young jockey with a broken leg and crutches walks in. She wasn’t expecting this! Having a conversation, he asks, ‘Why did you come to me?’ ‘I hear you have the heart of a champion. I know my horse does,’ she replies. So he says, ‘Miss Chenery! I risk my life everytime I climb on a horse. I’m not afraid. Neither are they. I want to win, just like they do. It’s true. The last horse I rode ran so hard his heart burst. But it’s who they are. And it’s who I am.

You want somebody else? Get somebody else.’ [He’s about to leave when she says] ‘I don’t want somebody else. I want YOU.’ [wow] This is faith, seeing the unseen. He won a lot with Secretariat. English speaking isn’t how we look like, it’s how we heart it, how we think it, how we risk it, how we want it. Have faith in Movenglish, see the unseen.

Başarı başkalarının geçirdiği tecrübelerden yararlanmaktır. (Success is to take benefit from the experience of successful people.) [Thanks!]–Vehbi Koç The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going (Dünya nerede gideceğini bilen insana yol açıyor). [THANK YOU!]–Ralph Waldo Emerson Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose the sight of the shore (İnsan sahil manzarayı gözden kaybetme cesaretı bulamazse, yeni okyanusları keşf edemez. –Andre Gide [Lose the sight of the old way to discover the reward of the new way (Yeni yolun ödülü keşfetmek için, artık eski yolu gözden kaybedin).]] 

LET’S GET GOING. –ALL RIGHT. LET’S GET STARTED! GREAT CHANGE: ENGLISH ♥ MOVIE ♥ with♥ ENGLISH ♥ SUBTITLES ♥ Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control. (Seninle tanışmak kaderdi, seninle arkadaş olmak bir seçenekti, ama seni aşık olmak kontrolüm öteyeydi.) –Anonymous The one thing that turns the world from a lonely place to a beautiful place, is love. (Bu dünyayı yalnız bir yerden güzel bir yere çeviren tek şey aşktir.) –Movie: New Year’s Eve (2011)

I think this quote of the mind-motivator Napoleon Hill had been in me before I knew him: ‘‘Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.’ (Beklemeyin. Zaman asla tam isteğinizi göre olmayacak. Nerede olduğunden başlayın ve elinde emrinde olabildiğin şeylerla çalışın ve yolu gidince, daha iyi şeyler elinizde gelecek.)

After years of learning, I couldn’t wait for the books to save my English speaking,. So I took the great idea of Mehdi –and millions of people who lived in Kish and Dubai- to change my way and excel my English. I didn’t see the unseen but I had to risk it! At least, ‘WATCHING’ seemed more enjoyable than reading to me. [I’m a visual learner(Görsel daha öğreniyorum).] So I started to borrow some video cassettes from my friends –at that time there were no VCDs or DVDs. The first movie I watched in English was ‘Bourne Identity’! At first it was so hard. In the whole movie, I just could understand few words, few sentences, and one or two idioms! But that wouldn’t even matter ’cause the joy and the excitement (adernalin) that I knew I was doing the RIGHT and fun thing, the rightest thing to do, was worth more than disunderstanding many words and sentences. At least I could correct my pronunciation! So I started with repeating some WORDS. I started to take NOTES. I really ENJOYED watching movies, although I didn’t expect to understand all of it. I watched one movie 23-4 times. One of those movies that really impressed me was Ghost (1993) directed by Jerry Zucker and starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. Movies gave me a NEW SOUL for learning English! BUT... in what I learned from Mehdi, there were some BIG PROBLEMS, and the biggest one was the movie characters spoke SO FAST that I couldn’t HEAR and understand many words properly, because it wasn’t a face-to-face conversation with me. A lot of times I used to rewind ONE part 10-20 times to understand the actor’s or actress’ line(diyalog) but I couldn’t! At that time, there was no internet connection either, so I used to check all the possibilities in book dictionaries, yet I could never understand what they’re saying. It was difficult, but ENJOYABLE. The other BIG PROBLEM was the ASSUMPTION (zan). It means I heard some new words and ASSUMED they were something but I realized they’re something else. [The ones who are learning a new language on TV know exactly what I mean.] I used to take the notes of words with question mark (?) that if they were right, or I assumed they were right(ya da doğru olduğunu zannediyordum). However, I was happy that my EARS were getting familiar with the words. As if a new world was opening in front of my EYES. As if I was living with those characters with my ears and eyes open! As if I got a NEW VISION like the scene in the picture from the movie Rain Man. I felt great, especially when I heard words or phrases I heard them before too, which were constantly repeated. From words, I used to write some soul-lifting, wonderful sentences I heard.

Psalm 91:11 For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. (Beklemeyin. Zaman asla tam isteğinizi göre olmayacak. Nerede olduğunden başlayın ve elinde emrinde olabildiğin şeylerla çalışın ve yolu gidince, daha iyi şeyler elinizde gelecek.) –N. Hill Some years later, it was the time of VCDs. I believe I was so lucky and blessed that one day, I accidentally found a VCD movie with ENGLISH SUBTITLES (İngilizce altyazı)! At first I surprised why they would do that. BUT... it was ALL the answers, ALL the answers to my questions, WOW ALL the answers! THE BIGGEST PROBLEM and the ASSUMPTION problem were solved and TOTALLY SOLVED! If they spoke so fast, I could pause and read their lines from the English subtitles! I had NO ASSUMPTION either ’cause what they SPOKE was WRITTEN there! OH... MY... GOODNESS! It really HELPED. It absolutely and definitely and fantastically WORKED (işe yaradı)! Oh my! I didn’t have to Rewind 10-20 times or go through assumptions to understand the actors’ or actresses’ lines. Whatever they spoke was written RIGHT THERE, RIGHT in front of my eyes! From that time on, I JUST searched for English movie with English subs(subtitles). The VCD seller guy didn’t have any idea what I was doing ’cause no one else did that! ‘Why are you searching for ONLY English-subtitled movies?’ he used to ask!

HaHa! He even used to call me ‘the English-subtitle guy’! HaHa! Oh my gosh, it was the most amazing feeling of all times... the sense of WINNING. The English-subtitle movies were my fun Motion Pictures with script at the sub! 

MY LOVELY

MOTION PICTURES WITH SCRIPT(YAZI) AT THE SUB! WOW. ANYTIME I had some questions, the answers were RIGHT there... RIGHT there... RIGHT there: the English subtitles! It became my best of the best English MENTOR and TUTOR 24/7 WITH ME! [I already ANSWERed ‘WHY’ you MUST watch Englishlanguage movies WITH English subtitles.]

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. I did and so did it. (İnsanlar söyledıklerını şüphelenebilirler, fakat yaptıklerını inaniyorlar. Ben yaptım hem de çok başarıdım).  ‘And better tools will be found as you go along(Ve yolu gidince, daha iyi şeyler elinizde gelecek).’

Luckily, DVDs have made it easy. I have the English subs and I have options. I choose. I control. I am the boss! [You know there are EVEN BETTER TOOLS than DVDs!] 

When all else fails... read the directions (Başka her şey başarısız olunce, yönlerı okuyun). –James Williams  WHY MOVIE? [THIS... is the moment you’re going to change your ‘English speaking’ life!]

L E T ’ S

G E T

‘ N A T U R A L ’ !

[Natural: 1. doğal 2. (=a talented person) yetenekli kimse] [Get: olmak] Before I learn a language, I ask myself: HOW DO WE LEARN A LANGUAGE NATURALLY (DOĞAL OLARAK, BİR DİLİ NASIL ÖĞRENİYORUZ)? OR HOW DOES A BABY START TO SPEAK WHEN HE’S* GROWING UP? (*In English, we use ‘it’ for a baby, but to be clear, I use ‘he’ as a baby boy.)

Does he know any grammar? Never.

Does he know any words? Never.

Does he learn from a book? Never.

Can he read and write? Never.

So for learning a NEW language, we can imagine that we are OLDER BABIES. I, Michael, am an older baby for learning English and Turkish langauge, and you, my dear Turkish friend, are an older baby for English language. So let’s see how a baby starts to talk: 1. A baby WATCHES –even if he doesn’t understand everything at first.

2. At the same time a baby LISTENS –even if he doesn’t understand everything at first.

3. At the same time, a baby starts to UNDERSTAND THE MEANINGS FROM OTHERS’ BODY LANGUAGE AND INTONATION. If his mom is happy, she smiles, so he watches her smiling, and hears her saying, ‘My sweetheart. Oh sweetie!’(Canım benim/Tatlım benim.) He DOESN’T KNOW the meaning of ‘sweetheart’ or ‘sweetie’ AT FIRST, but he RECOGNIZES that they have POSITIVE or GOOD MEANINGS ’cause his mom’s smiling and playing with him with a soft intonation. If he gets close to a burning fire, his mom gets mad and says, ‘Don’t do it, okay? (Bunu yapma, tamam mı?) Okay?

(Tamam mı?) It’s hot! (Bu sıcak!)’ Again he doesn’t know the meaning of those words and sentences. He just RECOGNIZES her mom’s anger from her body language (frowning, pointing at him angrily) and her high intonation with a hint of forbidding. So... he RECOGNIZES anger from calmness, happiness from sadness, fear from bravery, heat from cold, and so on.  4. A baby’s EARS –and EYES- GET FAMILIAR with the words and phrases as he SEES and at the same time HEARS people talking with specific body language and intonation for any other words and sentences with their specific situation. Because other days also his mom and other people around him REPEAT the same words over and over again, those words get familiar to his ears and eyes. He just listens to and watches them. So... he gradually UNDERSTANDS the meanings of every word and sentence he hears –and sees- by its body language and intonation. He gradually starts to repeat the words. [NOW... woohoo... a baby starts to SPEAK!] SO CUTE!  5. A baby STARTS TO REPEAT. He now knows that ‘Okay?’ means ‘Tamam mı?’ because the other days his mom and others around used it on and on (=repeatedly) and almost everyday. And it totally proves why the first word a baby says is ‘Mom (Anne)’ because that’s the LOVELIEST, SWEETEST word people use MOST.  *So... to learn to SPEAK a new language (like an older baby), we sure need to: 1. Watch. 2. At the same time listen. 3. At the same time recognize the meanings from others’ body language and intonation (two absolutely vital items to learn to speak). 4. Get our ears and eyes familiar with the words and phrases while we watch/hear others talk to us or each other. 5. Start to repeat or speak.

The best dreams happen when you are awake. (EN iyi rüyalar uyanık olduğun zaman meydana geliyor.) –Charlie Gilderbloom NOW TELL ME: If we want to learn to SPEAK English language NATURALLY (like an older baby) using an English BOOK: 1. Can we WATCH people SPEAK in the English book? NEVER. Because people in the book are not alive! They have NO motions or moves! They are still(sabit/hareketsiz)! [How long can we look at still things and expect them to move our English speaking? Is it natural?]

2. Can we LISTEN to the English book’s CD and at the same time SEE the person –like we naturally listen to our mom and at the same time watch her? NEVER. When our mom talks to us, we listen to her and at the same time we watch her. We naturally and unconsciously and automatically expect to SEE and HEAR her at the same time and get used to this process to learn a language because it’s NATURAL. But ONLY listening to the English book’s CD is like we close our eyes (not watching) and listen to someone all the time. Do we even like that? I don’t think so. Maybe we partially UNDERSTAND the person, but do we ENJOY? Don’t think so. Here are some tests to see if we like to JUST listen (to English book’s CD): A) [Picture] As two people, sit in your chair but BACK TO BACK (don’t see each other) and speak. Do you like to speak like this ALL THE TIME? Don’t think so.

B) [Picture] Get BLINDFOLDED and talk to people around you. Do you like that? Don’t think so.

C) As a teacher, go OUTSIDE the class and talk to your students ALL THE TIME. What do you think your students would say?

‘Why are you there, teacher? Why don’t you come in?’ Right? You know why? Because we naturally/ automatically/ unconsciously EXPECT to see and hear people speak at the same time.

D) As a teacher, go in the LAST ROW of he class, and tell your students to look at the board all the time, NOT YOU, and speak. How do you think your students would feel?

These are the proofs that just listening is NOT a naturally ENJOYABLE way to learn a language. In our real life, we see our friends talking to us, see their reactions and actions, see their body language and at the same time hear their intonation, and THEN we naturally enjoy. In audio CDs, we don’t SEE the foreign-speaking person on the CDs, how they react, how they feel, and sometimes we wonder how they look. Listening to the English book’s CDs is like listening to someone speaking to us on the phone –’cause we don’t see them- BUT we hardly even understand them because they speak so FAST! When we understand something, we feel good about ourselves, we feel the power, but if I listen to something and don’t understand, I’d think of BETTER WAYS! When we naturally drive a car, do we shut our ears –or eyes?

‘Only listening’ is good when my eyes are involved in another action like ‘driving’ or ‘sleeping’.

3. Can we UNDERSTAND THE MEANINGS FROM OTHERS’ BODY LANGUAGE AND INTONATION in the English book? NEVER! Because the English book has ‘no body language and intonation FOR EACH SENTENCE’, it has NO MOTION, NO MOVE. From the English book, if the baby’s mom is happy, we CAN’T SEE her smile, CAN’T SEE her play, CAN’T HEAR her saying, ‘My sweetheart. Oh sweetie!’ (Canım benim/Tatlım benim.) with soft intonation. [It’s just written.] So we DON’T RECOGNIZE if they have POSITIVE or GOOD MEANINGS from the body language. If the baby gets close to a burning fire, we DON’T SEE it. [It’s just written.] When his mom gets mad, we DON’T SEE it. When she says, ‘Don’t do it, okay? (Bunu yapma, tamam mı?) Okay? (Tamam mı?) It’s hot! (Bu sıcak!)’ We DON’T RECOGNIZE her mom’s anger from her body language because we DON’T SEE her frowning, pointing at him angrily and DON’T HEAR her high intonation with a hint of forbidding. These are vital but we CAN’T SEE OR HEAR! 4. Can our EARS –and EYES- GET FAMILIAR with the words and phrases of an English book? Well, because we CAN’T SEE any moves, motions, and emotions IN EACH SENTENCE, we can’t RECOGNIZE hot from cold, anger from calmness, fear from bravery, and so on, so it’s hard for us to recognize which is what and what is which! We learn too little! Plus, it’s NOT NATURAL! [I’ll explain why this filebook is ‘different’ from that!]

5. Do we REPEAT the words in an English book? Well, if we want it NATURAL, we first have to: Watch, listen, see the body language, and hear the intonation all at the same time, and get them familiar to our ears and eyes, and THEN repeat them. How can we do that if we haven’t already done these? Even if we repeat, we haven’t learned in a NATURAL way!

Don’t get me wrong. English books are necessary for understanding, but they’re hardly enough for English SPEAKING. I’m JUST talking about SPEAKING English, nothing else. Thanks.  Your toughest opponent is in the mirror (En dayanaklı rakibin aynada). [wow] –Anonymous BIG QUESTION: Now that books help us too little to speak English, what should we do?

[SPECIAL THANKS TO THE UCLA PROFESSOR ALBERT MEHRABIAN.] BIG ANSWER: Long ago, Professor Albert Mehrabian of the UCLA America in a research, proved that if we want to learn to speak a new language, we need three vital items. [If we consider the ‘older baby’ example true, we’d naturally understand that his research results are unquestionably (şüphesizce) true too.] So... are you ready for the big shock?

Are you ready to have it in mind for ever? Do we want to know why one’s reading/writing level is Intermediate but their listening/ speaking level is not even Elementary? Okay, then! Read this absolutely shocking fact. Its percentage is REALLY shocking and SO VERY TRUE!

Psalm 16:8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With Him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Open the eyes of my heart, Lord – Pour out your power and love – As we sing holy holy holy -SonicFlood To learn to SPEAK a language, we need: 3V. Visual. Vocal. Verbal. REMEMBER it.

1.

2.

3.

Visual: Body language (Vücut dili): 55% [>Oh my gosh!<] Vocal: Intonation (Tonlamak): 38% [>Oh my oh my!<] Verbal: Content (İçindeki): 7% =BOOKS! [>Whattt?<]

Doing a thing NEARLY right and doing it EXACTLY RIGHT is usually the difference between success and failure (Başarısızlık ve başarının arası farkı genelde bir şeyi hemen hemen –eh işte- doğru yapmak ve bir şeyi TAM DOĞRU yapmaktır). –Edward Simmons ‘Whattttt??? Content only 7%???’ Yes! This is not a joke. It’s a FACT. An absolute FACT! An academic FACT. [At least the baby example proves it!] WHICH MEANS...

Even with the best English books, all of my life I’ve only tried to learn 7% of English speaking because BOOKS DON’T HAVE ANY BODY LANGUAGE (55%) and INTONATION (38%), they are JUST contents (7%)! [Hayatım boyunca, en iyi İngilizce kitaplarla bile, İngilizce konuşmak için sadece yüz de yedi (7%) öğrendim çünkü kitaplarda zaten vücut dili (55%) ve tonlamak (38%) YOKTUR, onlar sadece ‘İçindeki’ sahip!]

SHOCKING! That’s exactly why, when I only read English books, I only practice reading/writing so my reading/writing on the paper would be awesome, but my listening/speaking would be awful! Content is good to understand if not boring, but it’s only 7% good for SPEAKING. Besides, focusing too much on grammar would kill my speaking! I’d try my best, spend money, time, and energy, take English courses, but the WAY is not fruitful, the wayyyyy! If I feel bored and give up English in the middle of the course, it’s NOT my fault, it’s because there are no body language and intonation in English books, there are no moves and motions and emotions in books, there are no sound and no voice in books, while I EXPECT to learn English NATURALLY. I can’t see or hear real fountain, real items of jewelry shop, real items of furniture shop, and so on in the class! So I ask myself all the time that how in the world it’s possible (bu nasıl mümkün ya) for me to learn English speaking? Besides, I want to learn sentences like ‘O bana telefon açtı!’ in English.

Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My loving eye on you.

John 14:6 [Jesus said] I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Leadership is doing what is right when no one is ‘watching’! (Önderlik hiç kimse ‘İZLE’medığın zaman DOĞRU şeyi yapmaktır!) [>Double meaning!<] –George Van Valkenburg Besides, if my chance of learning English was/were 100%, I’d need ‘3 years in London’ to learn to speak British English. [When people speak in London, I can see their body language and hear their intonation at the same time.] But now that my best chance with ONLY BOOKS is only 7% in a non-English country, I’d do the math, I’d figuratively need 43 years to learn to speak English in here! [Oh dear! It’s a long, long time!] [I’m not talking about exceptions, though.] So would I do that? NO. Should I just forget about learning English speaking? NO, NOT AT ALL, ABSOLUTELY NOT, NEVER! So, what... should... I... do? Ok. That’s it. That’s all I’m going to say: MOVIE! (Movenglish method: English movie only with English subtitles –for now.) Movie is the answer to all my English speaking problems, to all my questions, to all that I’ve ever wanted and have ever been looking for, to make all my English speaking dreams come true! Helen Keller was deafblind but opened millions of ears and eyes.

She says, ‘To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.’ Why should I read dead books when they show me nothing, talk nothing and teach me only 7% of English speaking? I’d USE my eyes and watch, I’d USE my ears and listen, and I’d naturally learn and enjoy.  You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise. (Günde sekiz saat şut pratigi yapabilirsin, fakat tekniğin yanlışsa o zaman yanlış şekilde şut atmakta çok iyi olacaksın. Esaslara ulaş, ondan sonra her yapacağın işlemin düzeyini yükselt.) [The most important point of this filebook. Bu dosyakitabın en önemli noktası.] –Michael Jordan MOVENGLISH. EYE-DEAL (Ideal). EAR-REPLACE-ABLE (Irreplaceable).

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. (İcat/Yenilik bir lider/önder ve bir takip eden arasında ayırıyor.) – Steve Jobs NOW TELL ME: 1. Can we WATCH people SPEAK in a movie? YESSSSS, 100%. MOTIONS and EMOTIONS are amazing. They change MOOD, OPEN EYES, GIVE NEW VISIONS, and have many BENEFITS.

2. Can we, at the same time, LISTEN to them? YESSSSS, 100%. INTONATION is the music of a language.

3. Can we UNDERSTAND THE MEANINGS FROM OTHERS’ BODY LANGUAGE AND INTONATION while we watch and listen to them at the same time in a movie? My answer is a question: How can a baby understand his mom and others? How can he RECOGNIZE this from that? Instead of his mom and others, we have movie characters. So YESSSSS, 100%! [Wow. See what’s happening? Instead of only content, we have body language and intonation too!] Is it boring? ‘Hell no= Hell zilch= Hell zero= Hell negative= Asla hayır!’ Body language is the most important asset of a language. Now I’d like you to look at these pictures and see the meaning of their body language:

IMAGINE THESE PICTURES MOVE WITH SOUND LIKE IN REAL.  A leader is one who knows the way, shows the way, and goes the way. (Bir önder, yolu bilen, yolu gösteren ve yolu giden biridir.) –Anonymous [You are the leaders of your English speaking life.]

4. Can our EARS GET FAMILIAR with the words and phrases of movies while seeing the body language and hearing the intonation all at the same time? Of course yes. 100%.

Absolutely natural, as if the baby’s mom and others around are talking. [So ‘a Turkish baby listens and watches his mom and others in real life’ EQUALS ‘an older baby, me, listen and watch the characters in movies in real life’!] If the stories are fictional, the dialogues aren’t –and we enjoy fiction too! Besides, we can’t tell people in real life to repeat something tentwenty times because they get angry! But if the characters in movies speak so fast, we can tell them to repeat even ten-twenty times and they won’t get mad (bile kızmayacaklar)! We go back and forth by pressing Rewind and Forward buttons! We tell them to stop by Stop button.

We tell them to go by pressing the ‘Play’ button. [Oh-oh! English is a Play!] We tell them to speak quietly by turning down the Volume. We tell them to speak loudly by turning up the Volume. Because WE control the Player.  The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live (Her gün açtığımız ve kapattığımız kapılar yaşadığımız yaşamları karar veriyor). [wow] –Flora Whittemore 5. Can we repeat the words and phrases of movies? Sure, 100%. Why not? So it absolutely matches with Professor Albert Mehrabian’s research, which has body language (55%), intonation (38%), and English-subtitle content (7%)! Perfect score (100%)! It’s absolutely FUN too. I read an English book once and usually don’t want to touch it again because books are only subtitles! But every subtitled movie is worth watching at least once, if it’s not 10 times because it has the English subtitles, motion pictures with sound, voice, soundtracks (film müziği), sound effects (ses efektler), location, coming, going, actions, emotions, and life! Movie, if chosen CAREFULLY, is the most amazing entertainment human beings could ever create.

It’s the open doors to the world of today! And luckily most of us LOVE movies! [Double privilege.] I also made them easy for you: Almost all the words, phrases, and idioms that you need as a short-cut, that 20%, you can find them in Chapter 2-3 of this filebook! Wow. Guys? For the love of God (Tanrı aşkına), what else do you want? Sit in a comfy couch and JUST PRESS PLAY to learn English speaking, yeah? JUST PRESS ‘PLAY’! I love when the clock is 07:38:55 (seven, thirty eight, fifty five) because Content (7 hours) is fast to learn, Intonation (38 minutes) is faster, and Body Language (55 seconds) is the fastest to learn English speaking!] 

And this’s the difference of this filebook with English books: Chapter 2&3 help you understand movies faster than the fastest.

You’d see a MOVE in you for English speaking!  [<There are black eyes (Kara gözler var).]  I’m a strong believer in Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, ‘When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.’ Learning visual English is like sitting with that pretty girl.   BELIEVE IN THE EFFECTS OF VISUAL EDUCATION, BELIEVE IN THEM. If you can’t follow, you can’t lead either. (Takip edemezsan, yolu da göstermeyeceksin/önderlik de etmayacaksın.) – Anonymous I am the proof of this method. Want more proofs? Ok. 99% of all my students who CAN speak English fluently are the ones who always WATCH MOVIE! 99%. REMEMBER it! Want another proof? Ok. Ask the best Turkish-national English teachers who can speak English fast and fluently, and they’d tell you that they watch movies all the time! Want more proof? See among YOUR friends and you’ll see the ones who do WATCH movies are the ones who actually do SPEAK English! Wow.  The swimmer who says it can't be done is passed by the swimmer who is doing it. (Olamaz diyen yüzücü yapan yüzücü tarafından geçınmıştır.) –Anonymous It’s amazing that every time I have better English speaking students, when I ask them if they watch movies, they say Yes! Wonderful. This is actually so natural because they have everything they need to learn English speaking, absolutely everything.

If you offered someone to have just a dish of rice(book) everyday, most probably they’d say No! Because they can’t stand(dayanmak) it. But if you offered them a dish of dried beans stew (Kuru Fasulye) and rice(movie with subs) , they’d say ‘Yes! That’s enjoyable!’ And the next day, a dish of Turkish Ravioli (Mantı) and salad. ‘Yes! That’s enjoyable!’ One book takes 4 month to finish in a course. One movie takes 2-3 hours! FASTER. So one can watch different movies (different choices of food/movies) everyday! They’re so ENJOYABLE! Ever tried?  I speak to 99% of my Turkish friends in English. Then how did I learn Turkish? By watching TNT TV Channel! [How many proofs?] Ok, I give you the scientific proof at visualteachingalliance.com too: I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact. (İç rahatlamasıyla fırlatıcı/sallanan Sebep ve Teori denizinden, sağlam Sonuç ve Gerçek yeryüzüne geçiyorum.) [PURE WISDOM!] –Sir Winston Churchill What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know. (Güçlü olan şey o zamandir ki ne söylediğin tam ne bildiğinin buzdağın ucudur.) [Excellent!] –Jim Rohn FACT: Approximately 65 percent of the population are visual learners. [CLAP] FACT: The brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text. [Mentioned] FACT: 90 percent of information that comes to the brain is visual. [AWESOME] FACT: 40 percent of all nerve fibers connected to the brain are linked to the retina. [] FACT: Visual aids in the classroom improve learning by up to 400 percent. [WOW] FACT: Students who are twice exceptional (2e) are often visual learners. [YESSSSSSS] These FACTs have been linked in many websites on the Internet such as wikispaces.com.

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight of the soul. – Ingrid Bergman [>Michael enters the stage, dancing and singing, ‘La la la – La la la...’ and says...<] The American writer and management consultant Peter F. Ducker says, ‘The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said. (İletişimde en önemli şey söylenmemiş şeyi duymaktir).’ I ask myself these questions: * How many English books can I find in the market? * How many English educational videos(visuals) are there in the market and how many teachers teach based on them or how many students learn based on them? * They say 80% of people are visual learners, is that true? * How many people around the world go to the movies (sinema) in a single year? What does box office gross(gişede sattığın toplam para) say about it?

Frank L. Gaines says, ‘Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible. (Ancak görülmeyenlerı görebilen kişi, imkansızlerı yapabilir.)’ [Double meaning here.] [>Michael is leaving the stage... still dancing and singing, ‘La la la – La la la...’<] Martin Scorsese: Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

If students are playing with their cell phone in the class, or send texts, or look bored, or sigh, or look out the window, it’s because they are ‘visual’ and ‘video-game’ generation students. This is ‘my’ responsibility to teach them with ‘more fun’ and make them ‘win’ English speaking. –M.D. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

Walt Disney: All our dreams can come true –if we have the courage to pursue them. (Onları takip etmeye cesaretimiz varsa, bütün hayallerimiz gerçekleşebilir.)  ADVANTAGES OF WATCHING ENGLISH MOVIE WITH ENGLISH SUBS (subtitles)

A good Christian movie is the one that makes you forget where you are.

Advantages? Oh my, I need another filebook! The ‘Opportunity to be ahead in...’ is just one small part of it! Here are more: BE IN YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND ‘GET’ WHAT YOU WANT: SPEAKING ENGLISH! @ Getting to know the right pronunciations! Most wrong pronunciations occur because BOOKS are SILENT! When I JUST read English books, I can’t listen-watch the characters say something. So I ASSUME that I’m pronouncing the words right, but I might actually be wrong. [In Turkish, we read the same way we write, but in English it’s mostly different. Even proper nouns(özel adlar) are not pronounced the same way as written, like ‘Avon’ is /EY.va:’n/, Katy Perry is /KEY.di-PE.ri/, or Adele is /ı.DE’L/.] So all the wrong pronunciations stick to my mind and there’s no easy way to replace them. But movies are so powerful that will replace all the wrong pronunciations with the right ones step by step. [I’m the proof!] So I should just keep watching movies! In American, the word ‘actor’ equals ‘actress’. All actors have beautiful voices but the voice of some of them sounds to me so heart-grabbing that sometimes I close my eyes to just listen to them!  @ Speaking English is like playing music. Words are the Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Si of notes. Every word has ups and downs, and the up part is called stress(vurgu) but which part? How can I memorize the stress of every word? But I CAN learn it automatically and unconsciously by watching a lot of movies! Words like ‘ridiculous’ with four syllables are hard to pronounce, but if I know where the stress is on, I can easily say them. [The technique is to divide it into four pieces /ri.Dİ.kyı.lıs/ with stress on /Dİ/. Still hard? I’d say it backward which is a powerful technique for pronouncing ANY word. Say: 1. lıs - 2. kyı.lıs - 3. Dİ.kyı.lıs - 4. ri.Dİ.kyı.lıs, one more time, lıs – kyı.lıs – Dİ.kyı.lıs – ri.Dİ.kyı.lıs – ri.Dİ.kyı.lıs – ri.Dİ.kyı.lıs, see? Easy! Let’s pronounce these words: Sophisticated /sı.FİS.tı.key.did/; Accumulation /ı.kyu.myı.LEY.şın/. And let’s find more in this filebook later!]  @ Getting used to intonations unconsciously. Intonation is the MUSIC of English SPEAKING and it’s 38% of learning it –in case I watch movies at the same time! I think Michelle Monaghan, Richard Jenkins, Elizabeth Banks, Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Aniston, Will Smith, Ben Stiller, and Katherine Heigl are just some actors with great intonation. Let’s enjoy the music of American speaking! 

@ Getting to know the pronunciation of a lot of ‘proper nouns’ that I can never find in any book dictionaries like Eiffel Tower, Niagara Falls, Mercedes, etc! [Find them in Chapter 2 of this filebook!] TODAY’s educated people NEED to PROPERLY know the pronunciation of these TODAY’s words. @ Correcting pronunciation of English words with the similar in Turkish like ‘Kurs’ which is written ‘Course’ but pronounced /KO’Rs/ NOT /KURs/. [‘Course’ as in ‘Of course!’] Find more in Chapter 2. @ Getting to know the words that the Americans use more than other words and I call them Golden Words, the 20% and their sentences! After Chapter 1, I’d want to win and GET the GOLD.  @ The VERY first thing in a language is if a word has a ‘positive/good’ meaning or a ‘negative/bad’ meaning. Luckily, Americans are great at using body language, very pro, and they are warm-blooded people too. They show amazing body language when they speak. For example, when a character in a movie says, ‘WOW. That’s INCREDIBLE!’ I’d at least recognize that ‘Incredible’ has a GOOD (positive/approving) meaning, or when they say ‘That’s GROSS!’ I’d recognize it has a BAD (negative/disapproving) meaning. Does ANY book in the whole world show ANYTHING like that to me? NO! So MOVIE is the BEST of help. [Incredible: inanılmaz/harika. Gross: iğrenç/çok kötü. [I’d listen to their pronunciations on Redhouse dictionary now, which is incredible, and later I’d watch movies... absolutely incredible.]  @ Getting to know the usage of the words. One word may have up to ten meanings but do they use ALL meanings of it? I don’t think so. [That’s the same in Turkish.] For example, 1 word, ‘Get’, has more than 60 meanings! Oh my! But do they use all of them when speaking? No. Or ‘Push’ is ‘itmek’ but they also use it as ‘Postpone (ertelemek)’. Ms. Tate(Sandra Bullock) in 2009 movie ‘The Proposal (00:03:53)’ says, ‘Push the meeting to tomorrow.’ [Find a lot in this filebook... ALL up-to-date!] 

@ Getting to know the words when they ‘SHOW’ them. In the family movie ‘Change Of Plans’, the boy points at (-i gösteriyor/işaret ediyor) a, in Turkish, ‘langırt/masa futbol’, and asks, ‘What is it?’ I can SEE and HEAR that and READ the subtitles. So his stepdad answers, ‘It’s foosball /FU’Z.ba:’l/.’ So I’d learn a new word. If it’s practical in my life, I WRITE its NOTE. When the boy or his stepdad SPEAKs, I imagine ‘I’ am SPEAKing instead of them. So in my mind, I quickly repeat: Foosball > Langırt. Foosball > Langırt. What is it? It’s foosball. > What is it? It’s foosball! I just learned!! [Please compare it with T-ball on Google Images. It’s American kids’ popular game.] Now I’d watch this movie for the SECOND time, I’d KNOW ‘foosball’ FOR EVER! Wooh, and it’s FUN to LEARN!  @ Finding about the specific words and phrases of my JOB in movies! Gosh, this movie thingie is AMAZING! If I’m an accountant and I want to know about accounting words or world, I’d search on the Internet to find its movies! If I’m a realtor(emlakçi), I’d find its movies and find out which words they use! If I have a whatever job, I’d find its movies and I’d discover its words or world! Man! Movie is really E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G (H-E-R-Ş-E-Y), EVERYTHING of learning English! Oh yeah! 

@ Is it ‘more happy’ or ‘happier’? Or is it ‘more healthy’ or ‘healthier’? Or is it ‘more clever’ or ‘cleverer’? I read hundreds of grammar books, but when speaking, I mix them! It’s the truth. I check the Internet, I see there are arguments and disagreements about them! That’s also the truth! But I watch some movies, there’s NO ARGUMENT about grammar!! Movie IS the grammar!!

I not only have fun, but also easily realize that ALL the examples above in both forms are correct! And they are NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING AMERICANS so I totally learn reliable English! Disagreements about grammar are a lot, but movies have solved all of them! Movies have brought PEACE to the LANGUAGE! Learning the true grammar is fast-possible only in movies. Wooh! I LOVE movies, I LOVE movies! They’re the BEST. [There’re even arguments if the spelling of plural of ‘photo’ is ‘photos’ or ‘photoes’! Instead of THAT, I’d look at the TIME. It just PASSES! There’re arguements about ‘Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening, and Good night’! But I watch, for example, ‘The Proposal’ 00:38:37, it’s about 4 o’clock, I SEE the daylight, and they leave saying ‘Good night!’, or ‘The Rebound’ 01:26:00, it’s about 5 o’clock and the guy(Justin Bartha) is leaving the company, in daylight, and says, ‘Have a good night!’, or ‘She’s Out Of My League’ from 00:30:00 to 00:30:20 it’s night time and when they’re leaving, they, one by one, say, ‘Have a good night!’ and right at 00:30:20, still night time, a guy enters and greets, ‘Evening!’ So, wow, way to go(bravo), movies, way to go!  @ Getting to know how to say flight numbers, bus numbers, hotel room numbers, years, amount of money, and more, that Americans say but I can never find in book dictionaries or anywhere, and if I find, they’re old. ‘215’ in ‘Room 215’ is said ‘two fifteen’, NOT as books teach ‘two one five’! Or ‘$1.75’ is ‘Dollar seventy five’, with 3 words, NOT as books teach ‘One dollar point seventy five cents, with 6 words! This is what real Americans speak. Let’s get real! [Find more in Chapter 3.] @ Recognizing FORMAL (written) English from INFORMAL (spoken) by watching movies. When a teen in a movie says, ‘Hey dude! What’s up?’ to his friend, because I SEE what kind of person he is, I SEE his lifestyle, and I SEE the way he dresses, it’d instantly come to me (bana aniden öyle geliyor) that ‘dude’ might be informal. As I see and hear the same thing on and on in other movies too, I absolutely make sure that ‘dude’ is an INFORMAL word. [I automatically and unconsciously know it!] So if someone is talking to his boss, he never replies, ‘Yes, dude!!’ Or when the character in the movie is talking to his boss, I SEE he politely says, ‘Yes, sir! Absolutely, sir!’ so it comes to me that ‘sir’ is a FORMAL word because I SEE the person’s reaction is polite and formal. ‘Cellular phone’ is for writing (totally formal) and nobody actually says that, but ‘Cell phone’ or ‘Mobile phone’ is both for writing and speaking (semi-formal), and ‘Cell’ (totally informal) is the short form of cell phone. [Most SHORT FORMS are INFORMAL.] ‘Suffocate(boğmak/boğulmak)’ is more formal but ‘Choke’ (boğmak/boğulmak) is informal. ‘Contribute to’ is the formal form of ‘Help’. There are millions of formal and informal words. HOW can I recognize the difference between them by just reading BOOKS? I’m busy with daily life, school, job, and so. When do I find time to remember all formal/informal differences?

Besides, there’re grammar, stress, positive/negative, and many things! On top of all these, I can’t find much INFORMAL English in books, but 90% of Americans speak INFORMAL. [Same in other languages!] How would I know them? One word: ‘MOVIES!’ Wow.  @ Getting to know cultural similarities and differences. For example, in American, when two people are speaking with each other and one of them receives a phone call, he’d say, ‘Sorry, I gotta get this. = Sorry, I have to take this (call). Kusura bakmayın/Üzgünüm/Pardon, bunu cevap vermem gerekiyor.’ One word ‘Buyurun’ has many usages. How would I learn? [Chapter 3.] When I watch movies, I get to learn ‘Afiyet olsun!’ is: ‘Enjoy!’, ‘Enjoy it!’ ‘Enjoy your meal!’ or ‘Bon Appetit!’ /BON-a.pı.Tİ’/ (originally French). Do Americans have words like ‘kıtlama’ or expressions like ‘Sıhhatlar olsun’? If I hear, yes, if not, no. It’s amazing once I find out! [Later, check out Chapter 3 please.] @ Realizing my own mistakes by hearing the CORRECT forms all the time! And when I realize them, I FEEL GOOD about MYSELF! Isn’t it amazing? I’d realize ‘I enjoyed from my vacation’ is wrong, so I should say, ‘I enjoyed my vacation.’ I’d realize I should never say, ‘I want to this,’ but ‘I want this,’ because after ‘want’ if I have a ‘noun’, I never use ‘to’ in between. I’d realize I shouldn’t say, ‘I asked to him,’ but ‘I asked him.’ I’d realize I shouldn’t say ‘It is belong to me,’ but ‘It belongs to me.’

I’d realize I shouldn’t say, ‘It is depend on him,’ but ‘It depends on him.’ One day I used to say these wrongly but movies corrected all of them for me! Correcting my own speaking mistakes would make FEEL like a PRO. I definitely want that. 

@ Unconsciously recognizing words with close meanings but different usages by watching movies. ‘Strong’ has close meaning to ‘powerful’ but ‘strong’ is more physically, ‘powerful’, more mentally. ‘Spill’ is ‘kazara>dökmek’ but ‘Pour’ is ‘doldurmak>dökmek’. ‘Pay attention’ is ‘dinlemek>dikkat etmek’ but ‘Notice’ is ‘farkında olmak>dikkat etmek’. For one word ‘etkilenmek/etki’ we mainly have ‘Effect(good/bad meaning)’, ‘Impress(good meaning)’, ‘Influence (good/bad meaning)’, and ‘Impact (mostly good, sometimes bad meaning)’. Good: ‘The effect of great people is endless.’ Good: ‘This movie impressed me a lot!’ Good: ‘When one person succeeds in a family, it influences all the family.’ Bad: ‘He is a bad influence on you. Stay away from him.’ [‘Influential’ always has a good meaning.] Good: ‘This book had a great impact in my life.’ Bad: ‘How’s your parents’ seperation impacted you on relationship with Charlie?’ Collocations (birlikte söyleyen sözcükler) are words that always go together (her zaman birlikte gidiyorlar). The collocated words ‘special effects (özel efektler: filmde vurma,kırma,alarm,v.s.sesi)’ are movierelated words. But ‘special influence’ has a nagative meaning: ‘He has a special influence on people (=changes people’s mind for his own benefits).’ And ‘special impact’ has a positive meaning: ‘Great people have special impact on lives of millions.’ ‘Fast’ equals ‘quick’ but we have ‘fast food restaurants’, not ‘quick food restaurants!’ We say, ‘I’m gonna take a quick shower,’ not ‘I’m gonna take a fast shower!’ ‘I’m gonna have a quick meal and go to work,’ not ‘I’m gonna have a fast meal and go to work!’

‘Surgery’ equals ‘operation’ but ‘cosmetic surgery’ are collocated words, I haven’t heard ‘cosmetic operation!’ These’re just a few examples, how’d I recognize the difference between thousands of them? Again one word: MOVIES! Movies are the most powerful means of learning a language. Movies locate speaking in my mind, effect, impress, are influential, and have a great impact in my English speaking and life. Oh movies oh!  @ Getting to know the most up-to-date phrases and the most practical ones. There’re tons of them. Which ones do they really use? I can find out by watching movies! Find them in this filebook too!  @ I see some movies, they teach me all the necessary words about a specific activity. For instance, ‘The River Why’ teaches me fishing words! What else would I want? I’d GO FOR MOVIES! 

@ Getting to know today’s English by NOT hearing the old-fashioned words. ‘Smart’ as ‘zeki’ is used a lot but I think as ‘şık’ is old-fashioned. If I want to say ‘Çok şıksın!’ I learn it from movies, ‘You look awesome/fabulous/great! (Harika/çok güzel/mükemmel görünüyorsun= Çok şıksın!) [‘Şık’ in English is ‘Chic/ŞİK/’ but is hardly used!] ‘So-so’ is the humorous (espri) form of 50-50 because ‘S’ looks like ‘5 (five)’ and ‘o’ looks like ‘0 (zero)’! I think it’s IMPRACTICAL(kullanışlı değil). So, what do I hear? I hear: How are you? –Not bad(Fena değilim/ Eh işte/Şöyle böyle/İdare ediyorum)! [NOT ‘So-so!’] Or I hear: ‘Do you like your job? –Kind of/ Sort of (Eh işte/ Eh/ Bir türlü/Bir nevi/Sayılır/Birazcık)! [NOT ‘So-so!’] Please find more in this filebook.  @ American movies are not just about the language but teach me to read ‘the signs’ before asking any adress. In 2010 movie ‘How Do You Know (00:37:25)’, the characters got to a huge court house with many corridors but I noticed they first looked at the big signs to find their way. So I’d try the same.  @ Understanding unconsciously through body language, 55% of learning English SPEAKING. If there is someone who doesn’t know any English and I say ‘Come here’ without showing any body language, I’d see him confused so he wouldn’t move. But if I say to the same person ‘Come here!’ with the body language of my hand, he’ll definitely understand. When I see the movie character points at the door and says ‘Get out!’ I most probably understand from his body language and high intonation that he means ‘Çık dışarı!/Git buradan!’ Or when someone brings out a cigarette from the pack, puts it between his lips, searches his pockets for a lighter or a box of matches, but can’t find it, he goes to someone and asks: ‘You got a light?(=Got a light?)’ Such thing in Turkish would be: ‘Ateşiniz varmı?’ So I’d learn. In the movie Shallow Hal the guy says: ‘‘So, Tanya, I had no idea that you and Walt were, you know, seeing each other. –Yeah… [I can SEE her cigarette and I can SEE she’s going to light it]…you got a light? –It’s actually a very funny story. Because he had been asking me out for a long time and I

was always kind of unavailable.’’ So as I read the subtitles, I take the notes of ‘Ateşiniz varmı?’ because it’s practical (kullanışlı).

[Practical notes are important.] As I see the notes later, it’ll remind me of this scene of Shallow Hal. [It’s exactly like that lady among my friends who showed the body language of ‘Şaşırdım’!] Or imagine you’re watching a movie, the leading role heard her son was in a bus and the bus had an accident. From her intonation and reaction, you can SEE she is sad and worried. Now her husband calls her and says, ‘Honey, our son is totally fine!’ Now she says, ‘Uh, thank God! What a relief!’ Such thing in Turkish is: ‘Ahhh, hamd/şükürler olsun! Çok rahatladım ya!’ [Pic] So you already won 55% JUST by watching the body language!

WOW. You didn’t go anywhere, you didn’t dig the ground, you didn’t do anything hard, but you JUST SAT IN THE COUCH, DRANK TEA, AND WATCHED a movie! WOW. All you had to do was to SIT IN THE COUCH and WATCH MOViE and WiN 55% plus 38% plus 7%! WOW. Awesome!

T h e r e i s a n ‘ i ’ i n W i N , s o i s i n M O V i E s ! 

@ Repeating and copying in the mind. Again I write what Tony Robbins says, ‘If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results. (Başarılı olmak istersen, istediğin sonucu ulaştığın kişiyi bul ve yaptıklarını yap ve sende aynı sonuşları ulaşacaksın.)’ EACH AMERICAN movie character HAS 100% the RESULT that we want, and IS 100% successful for English SPEAKING. Wooh! Movies!  @ Can anything be more enjoyable than having FUN and at the same time LEARNING a language –even more effectively? When I watch a movie, I don’t just have fun, I definitely learn, at least 93% more. Movies effect is beyond imagination. When I see a change in myself, my whole life changes. @ I know it is NOT ‘He stay’ and it is ‘He stays’. But if I say ‘He stay’, I mustn’t stop speaking. One ‘s’ of the third person is not a ‘nightmare’ for me. If my learning style was repeating, I’d REPEAT. So please repeat: I swim. She swims.| I help. He helps.| I watch. He watches /WA:.çız/.| I do. He does.| I go. He goes /GO’Wz/.| I can. He can.| I say. He says /SE’Z/.| I walk. He walks.| I pass. He passes /PA.sız/.| I must. He must.| I hurry. He hurries /H3.ri’z/. But do you know ‘my’ learning style? I WATCH MOVIES EVERYDAY. They repeat these so many times that I don’t even think if it’s ‘He stay’ or ‘He stays’ because now it’s NATURAL to me. I don’t repeat, they repeat in my MIND!  [Note: In American speaking, ‘He stay’ is absolutely true, as Shania Twain’s ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’ or The Fighter’s ‘She don’t mean no disrespect!’ and many more.] @ There are all kinds of movies compatible for three generations, young, middle-aged, and senior. @ If reading and learning an English book take like 4 months in a course, watching and learning a movie –with pauses- take like 3 hours at home. The English book is for a specific level so it teaches me a BIT of life words, but movie teaches me EVERYTHING of life words. I can see a lifetime story in like 2 hours and many life stories in 4 months. Steve Martin says, ‘All of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.’ Wow. Movies don’t just teach us English speaking, but LIFE! Wow. @ When I watch a lot of movies, they change me so much that I’d want to literally travel around the world! Before 18, I was a bird, MOVIES MOVEd me. Now the WORLD is my country. I love all.  @ Movies or celebs(ünlü sanatçılar) effect people. When I watch an American movie, I have fun, I learn English, it produces new words in my mind, I’m newer, happier, and when happier, I eat better, go jogging, go swimming, and these make me think better.

Movie>Learn>Happier>Think better. Cool. @ It is possible that I never take an English course in the SUMMERS but is there anybody in the whole world who doesn’t want to watch movies in the SUMMERS? [Oh-oh!] Don’t think so, ’cause watching MOVIE is ENJOYABLE. How many more advantages? Isn’t ONLY this advantage enough for me? This is the ‘age of amusement’ and watching movie tops it! Plato says, ‘Direct children to learning by what amuzes their mind.’ Aristotle also says, ‘Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work(İşte zevk, mükemmelleştirmeye çalıştırıyor).’ Wow. Perfect! Wow. I LOVE MOVIES! 

@ Movies come from our real life and sometimes are more real than life! Some movies are based on true stories. They show us how to BE when we think we can’t be. The writers are human beings like us. Stories happen in our daily life. We’ll see what to say in a coffee shop, in a restaurant, in a barbershop, in a class, on the phone, with father or mother, with best friend, and so on, like the REAL events in LIFE. So we feel connected and enjoy! ‘‘Two friends go to a restaurant. They have their meals and ask for the

check (hesap). Now one of them wants to pay for the both, but the other friend stops him, insists and says, ‘No, please, let me get that.’ [me>vurgulu] (Hayır, lütfen, ben ödeyeceğim/ Misafirim ol!) So I learned an important sentence by watching a movie. I wouldn’t say ‘I pay it’, ’cause it could mean that the other person ‘doesn’t have money!’’ Some may say that movies are exaggerated. Well, we have all kinds of movies from true stories to science fiction, fantasy, or horror. If the stories are exaggerated, the dialogues are real. They help our imagination grow too, which is very important. Besides, we get bored of routine and we all enjoy some exaggeration too. If all movies were real, they wouldn’t be called ‘movies’ or ‘fun’! Don’t you, my friend, speak the same words of Turkish TV series or movies in Turkey? You do. American movies are the same. When the movie character wants to buy a bus ticket, it’s not exaggerated. When they go to a cafe and order some coffee, it’s not exaggerated. Humans have senses and they can recognize where something is exaggerated, and where not. So one of the advantages of watching movies is recognizing the exaggerations, enjoying them, but not using them. ‘Thank you, movies!!’

Don’t we all want to be somebody different sometimes? Someone smarter and bolder and more attractive than we really are? (Hepimiz bazen farklı biri olmayı, hani gerçek olduğumuzdan daha zeki, daha cesur ve daha çekici olmayı istemiyor muyuz?) –Movie: Daydream Nation (2010) What I’ve learned is, life is too short and movies are too long. –Denis Leary

In movies, they ‘Food fight!’ In real life, I ‘waste food’. Aren’t these really the same? @ Movies are probably the best ‘mood changers’. Someone said, ‘I thought I had the most miserable life until I saw someone else more miserable than me.’ I search my whole life trying to buy the newest models of cars or cellphones, I chase idle dreams, and envy other people’s lives, hoping to fill the emptiness inside me. But what does a CANCEROUS person want? Their ONLY dream is to be able to LIVE! They JUST want to LIVE! The movie ‘My Sister’s A Keeper’ made me cry, but it also made me realize I must cherish what I have. Movies can help me do that. @ One English book is 25-80 Turkish Liras. One movie is about 2-5 Turkish Liras, give or take (=aşağı yukarıda)! I may find the book boring and hardly read it twice, but if I find my favorite movie by its rating, watching its trailer (fragman), or others’ recommendation, I may even watch it up to 10 times in different days! Cheaper and more fun! Roger Ebert, the American movie critic says, ‘Every great film should seem new every time you see it. (Her büyük filmi her seferde izlerken, yeni görünmeli.)’

[Clap!] T.S. Eliot also says, ‘A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can’t be much good.’ Great vision!  @ Movies give visions and improve imaginations which help students understand their lessons better and help everyone for life.

Now what does Rita Mae Brown mean by saying, ‘One of the keys of happiness is a bad memory (Mutluluğun anahtarlardan biri kötü hafızadır)’? I’d use my imagination to understand what she means: If I have a good memory, I can remember all the bad events of the past, so if I have a bad memory, I forget many of them, so I’m HAPPIER! Interesting, huh? Movies help EVERYONE forget their bad memories because good memories will replace!!! WOW.  @ Life is a hard climb. But a cup of tea on the mountain is more enjoyable than ten cups of tea in the office! When I first watched my first movie, it was hard but enjoyable like drinking tea on the mountain. Later, they were all repeated so I learned.

What’s ‘foosball’? ‘Langırt’? Oh yeah, that’s what I’m talking about(İşte bunu diyorum ya)! You got it right(Çok doğru yakalandın)!  @ How many hours, minutes, or seconds do I laugh everyday? Do I laugh when I’m on the bus? Do I laugh at work? Charlie Chaplin, the legendary comedy actor says, ‘A day without laughter is a day wasted.’ When I watch comedy, I not only LAUGH, but also LEARN English! Studies show LAUGHING FOR 15 SECONDS A DAY ADDS 2 DAYS TO OUR LIFE SPAN! 2 DAYS for 15 seconds? iDeal! [iDeal: 1. Ideal=İdeal. 2. I Deal.=Ben varım. 3. iDeal as in Steve Jobs’ iPhone.] 

HAYATTA EN BÜYÜK EĞLENCE, BAŞKASININ YAPAMAZSIN DEDİĞİNİ YAPMAKTIR. THE BIGGEST FUN IN LIFE IS TO DO WHAT OTHERS SAY YOU CAN’T DO. –Walter Bagehot

@ When we watch American movies, they’re so fun that we wouldn’t want to quit(o kadar eğlenceli ki bırakmak istemeyeceğiz)!

We’d make everyone believe that we’re determined, we feed them this belief that they must accept us as REAL English learners, as REAL winners. Wow. And this will have a great impact in our LIFE. We ALL want others to accept us as winners, don’t we?  @ Movies are the fun forms of books. I read motion-picture scripts AND learn English speaking!

> > > >?

In Purple Violets, Selma Blair is getting off the bus, while reading! Edward Burn’s speaking style is great. @ LIFE is about struggling and we need motivation to do that. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPyNESS’ is the truestory of Chris Gardner(Will Smith), a man who struggled so hard till he succeeded. During writing this filebook, I watched this movie many times, especially the scene where he gets what he wants maybe hundred times! Life rewards those who NEVER GIVE UP. Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, what things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.

Chris Gardner(Will Smith) to his son(oğluna söylüyor): Hey (Bak ne diyeceğim)! Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something (Sana yapamazsın demeyı hiç kimseye izin verme). Not even me(Ben de bile dahil). All right(Tamam mı/Duydun mu/Oldu mu/Anladın mı)? Son: All right (Tamam/Peki). –People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it (İnsnlar kendinler bir şeyi yapamıyorlarını senin üstüne atıp, sana da yapamazsın diyorlar). If you want something, GO GET IT. Period. (Yahatta bir şeyi istersen, GİT ONU AL). Period (Bu kadar/Nokta/Başka bir şey demiyeceğim). [Clap. Really motivating.] @ As mentioned, Tony Robbins’ chart says, ‘‘A person needs four items to succeed 1) Potential. I’d get more by movies. 2) Action. In movie backstage, they say, ‘ACTION(Türkçe:Motor)’! Watching movie is the BEST ‘Action!’ 3) Result. The most important thing. Considering the baby example, Professor Albert Mehrabian’s research, and the fact of 60,000 times faster learning by visual, then the result MUST be MESMERIZING! ‘I want it? I go get it. Period.’ 4) I’d believe in myself more.

WOW. Nothing is like seeing VICTORY, seeing WINNING, WOW! FEELS SO DAMN GOOD! So I’d want to WIN like Will Smith, I’d want to WIN like Michael Phelps, I’d want to... JUST WIN. Natalie Portman, in an interview in Star Wars Insider Magazine, USA: When you get older, you realize it's a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It's not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself. [CLAP]  Gwyneth Paltrow: I really like where Tony Robbins says that we’re all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it’s true.  @ How many friends do I have in English books? I don’t remember. But... the actors you see their pictures in all these posters and many more, are my native American speaking friends I’ve been incredibly TUTORED by most of my life! What’s better than that? Watching movie is like watching TV, with the difference that I learn English! THAT small change makes a BIG difference in my life!

@ Books –if the best- lead me to read and write to 100%, to listen and speak to 7%! English Movies With English Subtitle lead me to read the subtitle, write the notes, and watch-listen to speak to 100%! I sit in a comfy couch, drink coffee, watch movie, and learn to SPEAK English!! iDeal fun learning!!

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. (Çalışmaktan önce başarımak geldiğin yer ancak sözlükte.) –Vince Lombardi [>sözlükte: s, w’nun önce, hem de b, ç’nın önce<]

Picture: DREAM BIG –and the sky is the limit. (BÜYÜK HAYAL ET ve istediğini yapabilirsin.)  WHY INTERNET DICTIONARY? A few years ago, they used to weigh things with old scales. Today we have digital scale. Internet dictionary is like a digital scale.

New words come into English language on second basis so they can add new words or correct the definition on an internet dictionary anytime they want, but book dictionary is already published and remains that way. Besides, I can have all the meanings of a word on an internet dictionary, but book dictionary is usually compact and has a glimps of that.

A few years ago, ‘Baya/Bayağı’ in Turkish wasn’t very popular, I guess, but now it is. I looked it up in some book dictionary, but I couldn’t find. A few years ago, I wouldn’t hear someone called their FRIEND ‘Oğlum(Buddy/Pal/Dude/Sonny/My boy)!’ but it’s popular now. The fact is most changes in every language are beautiful, like ‘Abi’ for old-fashioned ‘Ağabey’. In the U.S., the words ‘Fire’ as ‘Kovmak’ and ‘Hire’ as ‘İşe almak’ are practical. I checked some book dictionaries, I couldn’t find these meanings of them, but almost all internet dictionaries have them. So I’d go for(use) internet dictionaries. [I think a book dictionary is good only when I have no internet access.] Now... can a book dictionary say the meaning of ‘The sky is the limit’? [Wink] Q: ‘Which dictionary should I use?’ A: ‘The sky is the limit.’

I never tell anyone which dictionary to use, I only suggest. Dictionaries are tricky, so I wouldn’t spend much time on it and would be fast. Now the first American dictionary was published by the ‘Father of American Scholarship and Education’, Noah Webster in 1828. It took him 27 years to compile and complete it! He’d learned 26 languages to be able to do that! WOW. His dictionary contained 70,000 words, of which 12,000 had never appeared in any published dictionary before. I can suggest merriamwebster.com for professional English users, along with the world’s most visited dictionary thefreedictionary.com with over 4.5 billion visitors so far. As of multilingual, babylon.com is a pioneer. They ask if Oxford and Longman are good dictionaries. Why not? They are precious. As of academic ranking on wiki, University of Cambridge is the fourth best university in the world after Harvard, Stanford, and University of California –Berkeley.

I’ve always used dictionary.cambridge.org which is, I think, the easiest dictionary for the nonEnglish because it uses the simplest words to define a vocab (çünkü bir sözcüğü tarif etmek için, en basit kelimeleri kullanıyor), has sample sentences, and American pronunciation. I’d use it if I needed more examples of Chapter 2 words. * When reading Chapter 2&3, preferably and only have a Redhouse dictionary in your laptop to listen to the pronunciation of each word. First time pronounce it right, for ever you do it right. * When watching an American movie, preferably and only have seslisozluk.net minimized (simge durumunda) on your computer screen. This dictionary helped me a lot on the process of making this filebook. I’d like to sincerely thank all the educated Turks who’ve had a hand in making and boosting it. ‘You guys are awesome!’ I hear tureng.com is a good dictionary. You like it? You use it. These’re my personal ideas. Please use whatever dictionary you like. The sky is the limit. 

Isaiah 26:7 But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them.

A good start is half way to success(İyi bir başlangıç, başarının yarı yoludur).–Benjamin Franklin Everything you want is on the other side of fear (İstediğiniz her şey, korkunun diğer tarafındadır). –George Addair Be satisfied with nothing but YOUR BEST. (EN İYİSİNİN dışı hiçbir şeyden memnun olmayın/ kendinden her zaman sadece EN İYİSİNİ bekleyin.) –Edward Rowland  WHAT TO DO WITH THIS FILEBOOK  HOW TO WATCH AND UNDERSTAND MOVIES Note: I’d first read this filebook, then I’d watch movies, again I’d read more, then I’d watch more.

You can’t change what people are... without destroying who they were. (İnsanların geçmişlerde kim olduğunu yıkmadan, onların ne olacağını değişemezsin.) [WOW]–The Butterfly Effect Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’. (Ya da yap, ya da yapma. Bir deneyim / bakalım diye bir şey yoktur.) –Yoda; The Empire Strikes Back [movie] # When reading Chapter 2&3, I’d first understand, then would imagine each sample sentence’s situation. Why should I ‘imagine’? Ok, I give an example in real life:

So today Jo wants to have a BBQ(barbecue) with her family. To remember what she needs (malzeme) for the BBQ, before going to the picnic, she imagines: ‘What do we need for the barbecue? Uhh, we first need the meat and burgers. Check(Aldım/Listede kontrol ettim). Tomatos, mushrooms, eggplants, peppers, onions, lettuce (marul/kıvırcık), and some bread. Check. Water and fruit juice. Check. Red wine. Check. Then we need the barbecue set. Check. Some skewers [skewer: şiş]. Check. Salt and pepper flakes (toz biber). Check. What else? Oh, a lighter! Check. Uh, plates, forks, and knives. Check. Aw, tissues. Check. What else, what else?

Uh, sausages! Check. What else? Uhh, I think that’s all (Bence hepsi bu kadar).’ See? By imagining the picnic beforehead, she remembers everything for the real picnic and enjoys. Now in Chapter 2 I’d read: ‘I’m stuffed!’ It means ‘Çok doydum!/Çok

yedim!’ Its sample sentence is: ‘Would you like another pancake? –Oh no, thanks. I’m stuffed!’ So how’d I learn it? Well, I’d never memorize it (Sizin yerinde olsaydım, bunu asla ezberlemezdım). But I’d understand and I’d quickly imagine myself in the kitchen, it’s morning, I’m having breakfast with my mom and dad, I had(ate) a lot of pancakes, and now my mom or dad smiles and asks, ‘‘Would you like another pancake?’’ and I’d imagine I say, ‘Oh no, thanks. I’m stuffed!’ I’d act it in my mind (Sizin yerinde olsaydım, kafamda onu oyun yapardım). Why did I imagine? Because, just like imagining the BBQ before going to picnic in real life, next time if something like this happens in real life like, ‘Would you like some meatloaf(köfte)?’ I’d remember to say, ‘Oh no, thanks. I’m stuffed!’ [Happened a lot.] So Jo imagining before BBQ is like I, imagining Chapter 2&3 sample sentences before real life. Pablo Picaso says, ‘Everything you can imagine is real (Hayal edebileceğin her şey gerçektir).’ He saw it, he says it. Here is a test of imagination. The American football coach Lou Holtz says, ‘It’s a better view if you’re standing up than if you’re laying down.’ What could he mean? [...] Ok, to find the answer, I’d quickly imagine: Lou Holts is a football coach. So he’s trying to encourage his player. When a football player lays down or falls down on the ground, the view is the ground, the mud, not good, so Lou Holtz wants to say ‘Do not stay down’ because when the player gets up, he sees a better view of people chanting for him and there is an opportunity to score a goal. Imagination is what every great leader has. Before Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the President of Turkey, to his millitary fellows he said, ‘One day I will be the President of Turkey.’ See? Before becoming the President of Turkey, he imagined himself as that. Albert Einstein says, ‘Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited in our mind but imagination can embrace the whole universe. (Hayal gücü bilgiden daha önemlidir. Çünkü bilgi kafanızda sınırlıdır ama hayal gücü bütün gezegene kapsıyor/sarılıyor.)’ Imagination gives better vision, and better vision is what Bill Gates (in science), Michael Phelps (in sports), Will Smith (in art), and almost all successful people have had. If Wright Brothers (in invention) had no imagination, they wouldn’t come up with the idea of inventing the first plane. We can see the signs of imagination in EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE. Ankara Atakule (in architecture) is the obvious combination of imagination and work. Imagination (in business) is what every designer has, from clothes to automobiles to advertisement. Box office record-breaking fantasy(Türkçe: fantastik) movies (in art) are the intriguing products of imagination. The mobile phone (in technology) in our pocket is the celebration of initial imagination. I can list hundreds of examples. Imagination (in literature) is the essence of writing –and sure it’s the essence of life. Imagination is a gift granted to us so we should USE it to learn English speaking. So I’d understand each sentence, then quickly imagine its situation, character, place, time, emotions, looks, and I’d act or make a movie in my mind before watching the actual situations in actual life. Imagination is a word related to image, the visual, the mental workshop. If asked, ‘Who can learn English speaking better?’ I’d answer, ‘The ones with better imagination –and persistence.’ Imagination is our best friend to learn English speaking. Period. # When reading Chapter 2&3, for example, there’s a sentence ‘Mind your own business! (Sen işini bak!/Sen karışma!)’ I’d imagine in my mind that a person is next to me and I say to him, ‘Mind your OWN business’ with the body language of the hand and high intonation. I’d like to ask YOU to do it. [...] Did it? Thanks. Who was the person you said that to (Söyledığın kişiye kimdi)? When was it? Where was it? Why did you say that? Did you quickly imagine ALL of these? THIS is the movie in the mind, THIS is the PLAY, THIS is the ACT (rol yapma) before watching the ACTors, before speaking English to people. So the process of reading Chapter 2&3 is: Understanding, imagining, acting. I used to do these A LOT. One day my mom saw me practicing and asked, ‘Who are you talking to?’ HeHe! She was joking.  The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. (Tek başına yolculuğu giden insan bugün başlayabilir; fakat başkasıyla yolculuk yapan, onun hazır olduğunu kadar beklemek zorundadır.) –Henry David Thoreau Some may say, ‘We don’t have anyone to practice English speaking with!’ The answer is: ‘Actually we have more than enough people to practice English speaking with... in our imagination.’ Can’t we imagine there’s someone next to us and we act for both of them? Can’t we imagine we’re in a cafe and we become both the waiter and the customer? Can’t we imagine ourself on a cruise ship now? Can’t we imagine we’re in, say, Mississippi or Washington now? Can’t we imagine we’re English-speaking doctors? Can’t we just... imagine? It costs us nothing to imagine but it is really worth billions of dollars. Les Brown imagined himself as a motivational speaker for nine years before giving his first speech! Where do best-seller books come from? Where did most of sample sentences of Chapter 2&3 come from? Where do inventions come from? Imagination is the most powerful asset we have –to learn English speaking. 11 years ago, I asked one of my best English-loving friends to use his imagination when he’s alone, practicing English speaking but he said he couldn’t. Now he forgot English and regrets it. I said this to just MOTIVATE you. [Sending him a copy, may Movenglish revive his love!]  Quo debeo agere satis sum. For what I have to do, I am enough.

Forever is a long time and time has a way of changing things (Sonsuza kadar uzun bir sürü ve zaman her şeyin değiştirmeye bir yolu vardır). –The Fox And The Hound # [This part is OPTIONAL. I’d do it if I had time.] When reading Chapter 2&3, for example I see the word ‘Enormous (kocaman/koskocaman)’ I’d ask myself: ‘Where is an enormous place?’ I’d imagine, then in a separate notebook(defter), I’d write like: ‘1. My uncle’s house is enormous. 2. Our office is enormous. 3. Soccer stadiums are enormous.’ The objective (hedef)

is to remember a word with a specific situation. Also if I had time, I’d cut different pictures from used newspapers or magazines, would write their names in English, and would stick them on my bedroom wall, like, pictures of: Kite /KA:Yt/ (uçurtma), Arbor /A:’R.bır/ (çardak), Sieve/Sifter /Sİ’v//SİF.tır/ (elek), Strainer /STREY.nır/ (süzgeç), Tea-strainer(çay süzgeçi), Hammock/HA.mık/(hamak), Chandelier/şan.dı.Lİyır/(avize), Track /tRA’k/ (pist), Tracksuit=Joggingsuit=Sweat suit /tRA’K.su’t//CA:’.ging-SU’t//SWEt-SU’t/(eşofman), Pincers /PİN.sırz/ (kerpeten), Pliers /pLA:.yırz/ (pense), Purée /pYU.rey/ (püre), etc. Before sleeping, I’d look at them unconsciously(fark etmeden) to remain in my subconscious(bilinçaltı). I’d imagine using them and would make sentences with them everytime. Then I’d add new pictures, more sentences.  Smiling is my favorite. You make me smile. That makes you my favorite. (Sevdiğim şey gülümse dır. Sen yüzüme gülümse getiriyorsun.

Bu seni sevdiğim kişi yapar.) –Elf # [This part is OPTIONAL. I’d do it if I had time.] When reading Chapter 2&3, I’d personalize some sentences that’d apply to(be related to) me. Example: ‘Destitute(yoksul/muhtaç)’. Its sample sentence is: ‘When I first came to Las Vegas, I was destitute for a job. But look at me now. I’m a casino manager.’ Now I’d personalize the sentences by changing the word ‘Las Vegas’ and would make it the place where ‘I’ am now, like Istanbul. So on the other side of the separate notebook, I’d write: ‘When I first came to Istanbul, I was destitute for a job...’ See? These sentences are about ME. Now I’d pick another word ‘Gorgeous(çok güzel)’ and would add: ‘When I first came to Istanbul, I was destitute for a job... Then I met a gorgeous girl. Her name’s...’ See? I’d have a lot of sentences by picking two words! So if I continue this way, one day I’d have a personal diary in English! And because I wrote about myself, I’d be able to speak about myself so better too. Wow.  Do you know that place between being asleep and awake, where you still remember your dreams? That’s where I'll always love, that's where I'll always wait for you. (Uyku ve uyanık olduğun arasında, rüyalarını hala hatırladığın yeri biliyor musun? Seni her zaman seveceğim yer oradadır, seni her zaman bekleyeceğim yer oradadır.) –Tinkerbell (Hook) # When reading Chapter 2&3 or watching a movie, if I looked up a word on a dictionary but couldn’t find the meaning, I’d Google its image (sizin yerinde olsaydım, kelemenin resmini Google’de aramak yapardım): Shovel(Kürek? Faraş?), Spy hole= Peep hole, Stitches, Bruise, Blister, Hand blister, Straw (two meanings), Piles of clothes, Doughnut, Cupcake, Muffin, Bagel, Unicorn, Maypole (bahar bayramı çiçekli direği), and Leprechaun! There’re words of English with close but different meanings: Roller skates and Inline skates. To know the difference, I’d Google their images. What’s ‘Karanfil’ in English? Dictionaries say: Carnation, Clove pink, Clove, and Gillyflower. All true but which one is what I want? Googling their images, I’d find: ‘Clove’. I got it right(Doğru yakalandım)! Looking at images could be a great technique for dictionary providers and publishers to define the exact words.  Love is passion. Obsession. Someone you can’t live without. Someone you fall head over heels for. Find someone you can love like crazy, and will love you the same way back. Listen to your heart. No sense in life without this. To make the journey without falling deeply in love, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try, because if you haven't tried, then you haven't lived. (Aşk tutkudur.

Takıntıdır. Onsuz yaşayamayacağin kişidir. Onu sırılsıklam aşık olduğun kişidir. Deli gibi sevebileceğin ve sana aşkı geri vereceğin kişiyi bul. Kalbini dinle. Yoksa hayat anlamsızdır. Bu hayat yolculukta derince aşık olmazsın, şu an kadar hiç yaşamamıştı. Yaşamak için bunu yapmalısın, yoksa hiç yaşamamışsın.) –Meet Joe Black # When reading Chapter 2&3 or watching a movie, words better remind me of a specific situation. Powerful technique! The word ‘Triumph(zaferi kutlamak)’ reminds me of the movie ‘French Kiss’ where Kate (Meg Ryan) shows its body language hilariously! [‘Dreams’, The Cranberries’ song, reminds me of the movie ‘You’ve Got Mail’ because when this song is being played, Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) and Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) have the Starbucks cups of coffee in their hands, and walking down the streets of NYC (New York City), they’re heading(going) to work.] The movie ‘Scarface (Yaralı Yüz)’ can remind you of ‘Scar’ meaning ‘Yara izi’. [You’ll never forget this!] ‘Fundamental (temel/esas)’ reminds my student of Cem Yılmaz’s car because it’s written on its windshield! It’s funny! FUNdaMENTAL. 1. ‘FUN’ is FUNdamental (Eğlence esastır)!

2. Fun (eğlence)+ da(in Turkish: also)+ mental (zihinsel): Fun is also mental (Eğlence de zihinseldir)! [Smile] [Cem Yılmaz is such a gem /CEM/(çok değerli bir kişi).] When you read ‘hilarious (çok komik/ çok eğlenceli)’ it could remind you of something specific, like, ‘Tolga Çevik’s comedies are hilarious!’ [Komedi Dükkanı] Every time you hear ‘hilarious’, it’d unconsciously remind you of hilarious comedies of talented Tolga Çevik! Every time you hear ‘laughter’, it could remind you of, for example, Saba Tümer’s beautiful laughters. Some companies’ LOGO would help us remember words better. Apple: elma. [There’s the picture of a bitten ‘apple’ as Apple Inc.’s logo.] Shell: deniz kabuğu. [There’s the picture of a ‘shell’ as its logo!] Red Bulls: kırmızı boğalar. [There’s a picture of two red ‘bulls’ on the bottle!] Dove: beyaz güvercin. [There’s a picture of it on its products.] When we love English speaking, we use different techniques to learn it.

I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours. (Seni seviyorum. Kim olduğum kişi senin yüzünden oldu. Sen her sebebimsin, her umudumsun, sahip olduğum her rüyamsın ve gelecekte bize ne olursa olsun, her birlikte olduğumuz gün hayatımda en büyük gündür. Ben her zaman seninki olacağım.) –The Notebook # When watching an English-language movie, I’d definitely watch it only with English subtitles –for now. [In FAQ (=Frequently Asked Questions) part, I’ll explain why.]

You are the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could live without you for as long as I have. I love you, more than you can ever imagine. I always have, and I always will. (Arz ettiğim her duamın cevabısın. Sen bir şarkısın, bir rüyasın, bir fısıltısın ve hayatım kalana kadar, sensiz nasıl yaşayabileceğimi bilmiyorum. Ne hayal edebileceğinden daha seni seviyorum. Her zaman öyleydi ve her zaman öyle olacak.) –The Notebook # When watching a movie, I’d use headphones. Absolutely important. Why? Because: 1. It’s not a face-to-face conversation with actors. So I might miss a LOT of what they’re saying. But with headphones, I’d have the chance and ability to hear out all the tiny details of their conversations with higher quality. 2. I wouldn’t disturb anyone and no one would distract me either, so I must watch movies alone to just concentrate or focus. When putting on headphones and watching an American movie, the whole world would disappear and nothing else would matter but learning English speaking. All players are good but I’d watch movies through KMPlayer, Crystal Player or GOM Player by which I can turn up, turn down, Fast Forward 10 seconds with one click, Rewind 10 seconds with one click, Pause, and Play, ONLY USING THE KEYBOARD. No Mouse needed.  All our young lives we search for someone to love, someone to make us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope, all the while wondering if somewhere, somehow, someone perfect is searching for us. (Bütün genç hayatlarımızda biriyi sevmek için, biriyi bize mükemmel etmek için arıyoruz. Ortaklar seçiyoruz ve ortaklar değişiyoruz. Büyük acı veren ve umut veren şarkıyla dans ediyoruz ve tam bu süreçte sonsuza kadar, bir yerde, bir şekilde, acaba mükemmel biri bize arıyor mu diye merak ediyoruz.) –The Wonder Years # When watching a movie, I’d definitely take notes in a brand new movie notebook (film not defteri). It’s NOT homework because homework is an obligation for a teacher to grade, but movie notebook is for me to write whenever I like. Homework tells me to write ten pages today. Movie notebook tells me to write whatever I like today. It’s the feeling of creativity and productivity. [I had piles of movie notes, sometimes written on a tissue(PÇT)! Loved them.] ‘Why movie notes and what should I write in the movie notebook?’ Ok. The answer is some questions: ‘‘What’s the meaning of Hilarious? Isn’t it ‘çok komik/çok eğlenceli’?’’ Sure. ‘‘How about Fundamental? Isn’t it ‘temel/esas’?’’ Of course. ‘‘And Blindfolded? Isn’t it ‘gözü kumaşla bağlı’?’’ Yes. ‘‘Enormous?’

Isn’t it ‘kocaman/ koskocaman’?’’ Yes, absolutely. ‘Destitute?’ Yoksul/Muhtaç. ‘Gorgeous?’ Çok güzel. ‘Mind your own business.’

Sen karışma./Sen işini bak. ‘Gross’? Don’t remember? Why? ’Cause I didn’t repeat it! Exactly! Repeating is vital to learn and movie notes are for repeating. (‘Gross’ means ‘İğrenç’.) ‘Incredible?’ İnanılmaz. ‘I’m stuffed?’ Çok yedim./Çok doydum.

‘Foosball?’ Langırt/Masa futbol.’’ See? But these are only a couple of words. After reading Chapter 2&3, WHICH words, WHICH sentences, WHICH phrases would I KNOW? Answer: After Chapter 2&3, when watching a movie, in the movie notebook, I WOULDN’T take notes of everything, no no no, but I’d take the notes of: 1. NEW words/sentences of Chapter 2&3 that I just LEARNED (az önce öğrendim) or REMEMBER: Hilarious. [Check*=I newly learned and remember it.] (Burada ‘Check’ yani ‘Bunu yeni öğrendim ve hatırlıyorum/kontrol ettim.’) Fundamental. [Check] Blindfolded. [Check] Enormous. [Check] Destitute.

[Check] Gorgeous. [Check] Mind your own business. [Check] Gross. [Check] [When watching a movie, if I didn’t remember ‘Gross’, I wouldn’t write/check it.] Incredible. [Check] I’m stuffed. [Check] Foosball. [Check] [Note: The most important thing about learning new words is I’d say them with different ‘body language’ and ‘intonation’ –so very absolutely important. I’d make a new habit of learning English. 6 months later, my habits would be ME!] 2. Words/Phrases that I HEAR A LOT and they SEEM FAMILIAR to me (bana tanıdık geldiğin kelimeleri). It’s like ‘Aw this word is very familiar to me!’ or like ‘Uh, they use this phrase a lot! I should take note of it!’ Next to the note, I’d write the movie time to ‘Check’ it later. 3. If I hear something really INTERESTING, or USEFUL FOR MY JOB, I’d take its note –with movie time to ‘check’ it later. As I watch more movies, my ‘check list’ would get bigger and bigger, which means I know more and more words, phrases, and sentences. Wow. When I read ‘my’ movie notebook, as if I’m watching the movie again! This would be the difference between the movie notebook –or this filebook- and an English book. Movie notebook would be an English book that I wrote for MYSELF –like an English writer! Wow. Incredible! At the top page of each movie note, I’d write the watching date and movie name to remember what happened in the movie, and would use colorful pens and leave ‘spaces’ between the lines(satırların arasında boşluk bırakırdım). I’d have the movie notebook with me everywhere, in the shopping mall, on the subway, on the bus, in the taxi, at the park, or at the campus, and every time I read it, as if I’d be watching the movie again! Chances are it’d remind me of a funny scene and I’d laugh! Feels great! Happy shopping(İyi/Mutlu alışverişler)!  # When watching a movie, on my computer screen, I should have one minimized English-Turkish internet dictionary and the KMPlayer. [The movies I watch are files, not DVDs, so KMPlayer is perfect for this.] Next to my laptop, there should be the movie notebook. I’d watch movies with FUN so I wouldn’t forget the coffee, snacks, or fruits! [For many years, it’s my habit to eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner while watching movie. The simplest food with movie is like the best food ever!] It wouldn’t be a class, but a Google-like, visual, fun English speaking learning while I eat and drink! Perfect! 

Happiness comes when you believe in what you are doing, know what you are doing, and love what you are doing. (Mutluluk yaptığını inandığın, yaptığını bildiğin ve yaptığını sevdiğin zaman geliyor.) [Clap!]–Brian Tracy

# So now, 3, 2, 1, MOVIE time or MOVE time! WooHoo! May watching the first Movenglish movie to learn English speaking bring a stadium of excitement in everyone’s heart! A wise man said, ‘A journey of 1000 miles starts with the first step.’ Happy first step! Welcome to the wonderful world of visual learning! A move from 7% ‘book’ to 100% ‘movie’ to learn English ‘speaking’!

Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhelms logic and common sense. That’s what it's like for me. I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt that you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that’s why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it. (Şairler sık sık aşkı kontrol edilemez, sağduyu ve mantığı yenen bir duygu olarak anlatıyorlar. Benim için öyledir. Sana aşkı düşmeye planım yoktu ve sana da benim aşık olmayı plan yaptığını emin değilim. Fakat bir kez biz tanışınca, ikimizden birbirimize ne olduğunu kontrol edemediğimiz belliydi. Farklarımızı rağmen, aşkı düştük ve bir kez aşkı düştüğünce, nadir ve güzel bir şey yaratıldı. Benim için, bunun gibi aşk hayatım boyunca ancak bir kez oldu ve bu yüzden birlikte geçtiğimiz her dakika, hatırımda yaktı. Asla onun tek bir anı de bile unutmayacağım.) –The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks SPEAKING ENGLISH IS NOT THE TERMINAL. LOVE IS THE TERMINAL, LOVE. AND THERE IS NO END IN LOVE! (İngilizce konuşmak yolun sonu değil, aşk yolun sonudur, aşk. Ve aşkta hiç sonu yoktur!) # When watching the first movies, I’d start to understand simple sentences and phrases that would apply to my daily life. I’d take the notes of them in my movie notebook. I wouldn’t have to understand every little sentence of the movie –for the start. [Absolutely important.] I don’t learn English in a day, I learn it day by day. (İngilizceyi bir günde değil, günden güne öğreneceğim). Napoleon Hill says, ‘If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way(Eğer büyük işleri yapamazsınız, küçük işleri büyük bir şekilde yapın).’ Through all these years of watching movies, I noticed one thing: The magic of learning English is in learning and speaking simple sentences. This is actually so natural. They put a big burger sandwich in front of me, I wouldn’t eat it in one bite, I’d eat it in small bites. They don’t make houses in one day, trees don’t give fruit in one day, this is nature. Nasuh Mahruki didn’t climb Everest the first day, he climbed small mountains and then climbed the Everest. Hikmet Ersek didn’t become the CEO of Western Union the first day, but he had gone a long way to get there. When I buy new shoes, the first days they hurt my feet but after a while, I get used to them and enjoy. So I wouldn’t expect to understand everything of the movie at first, but simple sentences. If at the past I wrongly said, ‘This night!’ after watching a movie like The Terminal, Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, I learn to say, ‘Tonight!’ When my Intermediate students watched this movie in the class for the first time, they just loved it and learned useful words like ‘Revolution’ and sentences like ‘What’s the purpose of your visit, business or pleasure?’ [We watched and acted in the class. It was so fun.] Viktor Novorsky (Tom Hanks) has so funny and great character that made all the students want to watch the movie to the end. And everytime I went to that class, they asked me to show them another movie –just like The Terminal!! The famous British billionaire Richard Branson started his business with only one record company and now is the owner of 400 companies of Virgin such as Virgin Airlines and on the list of Forbes Billionaires with net worth of $4.2 billion in 2011. This man does not know fear! He says, ‘The brave may not live for ever, but the cautious do not live at all (Cesurlar belki sonsuza kadar yaşamazlar, fakat fazla dikkat edenler asla yaşamıyorlar).’ We all want to be rich with English speaking but only the ones win who learn to progress step by step. Progress happens inch by inch, dollar by dollar, word by word, sentence by sentence, STEP BY STEP (adım adım). 2 years ago, after my brave student Ömer started watching Movenglish for 2 months, he started to doubt, and asked me, ‘Michael? Will I ever learn English speaking?’ And I said to him firmly, ‘Ömer, THIS is your way, THIS. TRUST it and JUST KEEP GOING. JUST KEEP GOING.’ And the same Ömer is a great English speaker now.

His yesterday’s Ömer is different from today’s Ömer, because he learns NEW things EVERY DAY! He watches Movenglish on the bus, on the subway, at home, at lunch break at work, and even ‘listens’ to movies when jogging!! Wow. Incredible! The world must know how some amazing Turks learn English. He’s the real role model of learning English in Turkey. He’s a bravo person. He’s MY teacher. So I would TRUST it and would JUST KEEP GOING THIS WAY, JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD. If this way was/were hard at first, I’d BE HARDER THAN MOVIES! Uh, I’d be the BOSS of movies! I’d bring all my intelligence, all my persistence, all my potential, all my power to the first days. English is LOVE, it has good days, it has hard days. Marilyn Monroe says, ‘If you can’t handle me at my worst, you sure –as hell- don’t deserve me at my best (Eğer kötü durumdam benimle idare edemezsen, kesinlikle –hem de kesinlikle- en iyi durumdam da beni layık değilsin).’ Someone said, ‘Too many fail because they quit too soon!’ English language is my customer. When I work in the office a little more than before, I’d see more customers call me, more English I’d learn. You know how Les Brown became a DJ (Disc Jockey)? By NEVER GIVING UP, by KEEPING MOVING FORWARD! When he was younger, every night he listened to a transit radio in his room. He got his hairbrush like a microphone and performed as if he was that radio station’s DJ! [He ACTed.] When performing, his twin brother couldn’t sleep and told him to shut up! HaHa. [One of the reasons why we must put on headphones when watching movie!] After Mr. Washington encouraged him, Les took the courage to go to his dream radio station and applied for a DJ job. [We took the courage to apply movie to learn English speaking.] The station manager asked, ‘Do you have a DJ background?’ He

answered, ‘No sir, I don’t.’ ‘Do you have any experience in journalism?’ ‘No sir, I don’t.’ ‘Then I’m afraid we have no job for you here.’ ‘Yes, sir, thank you.’ Les left there. [The first days we watch a movie, maybe it tells us: We have no English for you!] He went back to Mr. Washington. Mr. Washington said to him firmly, ‘Go back there again. Go back there again. Some people say NO ten times before they say YES! (Oraya geri dön. Oraya geri dön. Bazı insanlar EVET demeden önce on kez hayır diyorlar.)’ [Clap!

Thank you, Mr. Washington.] [If movies said no to me the first days, I’d make the ‘no’s yes, I’d make them yes. I’d keep on watching, keep on watching, keep on watching, until the learning is yes! I’d accept nothing but yes! I’d get tough at movies until they get easy to me (Sizin yerinde olsaydım, İngilizce filmlerin anlamak kolay olunca kadar, onları zor/dayanaklı olurdum)!] Because of his WINNING SPIRIT, Les went back to the station. ‘Hello sir, my name’s Les Brown.’ ‘I know what your name is. What do you want?’ HaHa. ‘I want to be a DJ, sir. I want a job here.’ ‘Didn’t I tell you we don’t have any jobs?’ ‘Yes sir. But I thought maybe someone was fired (kovuldu) or left the job!’ HaHa. ‘Nobody was fired or left the job. Get out of here!’

‘Yes sir.’ Did he give up? NO! He went back there the next day, ‘Hello sir!’ ‘Fine! What do you want now??’ HaHa. ‘I want a job because I thought maybe somebody’s sick or died, sir.’ ‘Nobody’s sick or died... GET OUT!’ Les went back there the next day like the first time! HaHa. Bravo to this PERSISTENCE! ‘Hello sir, how are you?’ HaHa. The station manager looked at Les with rage and said, ‘GO GET ME SOME COFFEE!’ Wow. Clap! This means HE IS HIRED (Bu işe aldı demektir). ‘YES SIRRR!’ He GOT the JOB! Clap for Les Brown. [Clap for US. This means MOVIES understand US and WE understand the MOVIES.] He worked there day and night and loved every second of it. He was the first to come to the station, last to leave. But... he didn’t go to just work there, but to be a DJ. [We don’t watch movies to just understand or have fun, but to learn English speaking.] They all trusted Les. So one afternoon, he was the only person in the ‘control room’ and there was one DJ on the air(canlı yayında). Les was passionate, was prepared, and was HUNGRY (başarımak için gözün aç)... Les was HUNGRY... HUNGRY. So the station general manager called, Les picked up the phone. He told Les to call the ‘next’ DJ to go on the air. After 15 minutes, Les called him back to say he couldn’t find the next DJ. The general manager asked, ‘Can YOU do it?’ WOW. OF COURSE HE COULD DO IT! HE IMAGINED, HE PRACTICED, HE WAS PREPARED. And he said, ‘YES SIR!!’ Les was so happy he instantly called his mom! ‘Mama! Turn on the radio. ’Cause in a few seconds, your... son... is... going... on the air! I’M ABOUT TO BE A DJ!!’ [This is US. This is OUR time to SPEAK English! This is OUR time.] His mom was so happy she screamed and was about to faint because she was going to listen to her son, he everything! This was Les Brown’s time to SHOW his REAL ABILITIES! So he went like a DIFFERENT, fastspeaking DJ: ‘Look out! This is me LB, triple P - Les Brown, your Platter Playing Poppa. There were none before me and there will be none after me. Therefore, that makes me the one and only. Young and single and love to mingle. Certified, bona fide, indubitably qualified, to bring you satisfaction, a whole lot of action. Look out, baby, I’m your lo-o-ove man.’ Creative! Becoming famous, Les left messages for Mr. Washington to make him happy too. Mr. Washington called Les back, saying, ‘See? You could!’ ‘Yes sir!’

Incredible, huh? So to make ‘my’ incredible story, the first days I’d try to understand simple sentences and the story of the movies, like ‘I got it(I understood)! The reason the movie character likes the girl is she looks like his ex!’ or ‘I got it. He tries to solve everyone’s problems but can’t solve his own problems(kendinden aciz)!’ In the meantime, I’d know a lot of words, sentences, and expressions from Chapter 2&3. So the more I’d understand, the more I’d feel good about myself. When we succeed to speak English, success will follow us everywhere we GO. Wow.  John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble.

But take heart! I have overcome the world.

Bazen, ışığı bulmak yani sen en derin karanlıktan geçmek zorundasın.

WE LOOK GREAT IN BRAVERY. (CESARET BİZE ÇOK YAKIŞIYOR.) I wouldn’t like to cry in the public but I’d love to laugh, why? ’Cause it’d make me look like a winner. When we speak English in the public, it’s winning too. Winning is loving self, it’s in human nature. When a baby falls down, it doesn’t stay down, it gets back up till it walks, till it wins. Human nature also likes to revenge. When a mosquito bites us many times, we want to kill it. Losing is falling down and human nature doesn’t accept it. So if human nature loves winning, likes to revenge, and doesn’t accept losing, it wants to take evenge on losing. But what is the best revenge? Frank Sinatra says, ‘The best revenge is a massive success (En iyi intikam/öç, kocaman başarıdır).’ Wooh! The greatest feeling in life is winning and my favorite reaction to winning is fist pump! Let us not accept losing again, let us not take this anymore, let us take revenge on losing, let us shout in victory and show the fist pumps of winning English speaking everyday! Let us win and only win.

J U S T I M A G I N E Y O U H A V E T H E S A M E F E E L I N G !

Could these champs be THIS MUCH HAPPY to FIST PUMP if they gave up the FIRST DAYS?

WE WILL SUDDENLY REALIZE WE ARE IN LOVE WITH MOVIES. AND ‘THAT’ IS THE MOMENT. ‘THAT’!

WE WILL FISTPUMP EVERYDAY WHEN WE GET THE JOY OF WATCHING MOVIE EVERYDAY! HERE IS FOR OUR PICTURE. If becoming the winner of English speaking takes sitting in a comfy couch, drinking coffee, having fun, and showing fist pumps while watching movies, I’d put on a ‘commitment ring’ to remember that I love English, to remember that I’d switch the ‘should’ in my head and would make it a ‘must’ to WIN. Thought of stopping, then ran harder. (Durmayı düşündüm, ondan sonra daha güçlü koştum.)

Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want. (İstediğini layık olmamayı seni hissettirmeye hiç kimseye asla izin verme.)[To the inner voice]–Heath Ledger, 10 Things I Hate About You

I’m not afraid of you. I’m afraid of losing you. (Senden korkmuyorum.

Seni kaybetmekten korkuyorum.) –Twilight I vow to fiercely love you in all your forms, now and forever. I promise to never forget that this is a once in a lifetime love. (Seni her türlü / her durumda, şimdi ve sonsuza kadar keskin bir şekilde seveceğimi ant içiyorum. Bu ömür boyu bir kez aşk olduğunu asla unutmamak için söz veriyorum.) –The Vow (2012) Watts (after putting on Keith’s diamond ring / Keith’in pırlanta yüzüğü parmağına takmaktan sonra): What do you think (Ne düşünüyorsun)? Keith: You look good wearing my future (Geleceğimi takmak sana yakışıyor). –Some Kind of Wonderful

# When watching a movie, I’d remember that pleasure is the most important thing in learning. So I’d NOT pause on every sentence! No! I’d NOT watch a one-and-a-half-hour movie in 4-5-6 hours! No! I’d try to understand what’s happening in the movie or follow the story of the movie. From time to time, I’d hear the words and phrases of Chapter 2&3 and quickly take their notes (simple sentences) in the movie notebook as ‘check list’ which would be repeated in other movies too. The bigger the check list, the better I’ll speak.  It is not going to be easy, it is going to be really hard. And we are goin to have to work at it everyday. But I want to do that because I want you, all of you, forever, you and me, everyday. (Aşkımız kolay olmayacak, çok zor olacak. Ve her gün onun üzere çalışmak zorunda olacağız. Fakat bunu yapmak (seni aşık olmak) istiyorum çünkü seni istiyorum, hepsini, sonsuza kadar, sen ve ben, her gün.) –Noah, The Notebook # ‘When watching a movie, where should I pause?’ Well, I’d only pause to understand the STORY of the movie, the scene is more important than the dialogues –for the start. [Later, the dialogues will be as important as the scenes.] If I didn’t catch(understand) one scene of the movie but it’s important to follow the STORY, then I’d rewind and watch it till I understood. 1. As ONE exception (Bir istisna olarak), I’d pause on each sentence of the first five minutes of any movie because of the STORY of the movie. If I understand the first five minutes of a movie, I’d have the chance to understand the whole STORY of the movie.

It’s so true a lot of times –as of my personal experience. 2. I’d mostly pause on the main character’ dialogues. 3.

Some signs(tabelalar) would be important for me to learn because when I take a trip abroad, I’d need them. I’d pause on them to read and take notes. [I wouldn’t pause a lot on EVERY sign... NO. For example, when I’m ENJOYing the story of the movie and it’s getting EXCITING and the character is running in the street, but I see some signs, I wouldn’t pause because I wouldn’t want to spoil the EXCITEMENT. Pleasure or enjoying the movie matters MOST.] When I see some signs A LOT, I’d pause, like ‘Employment Guide’. It’s a BOX almost in every street in the U.S. where they put FREE NEWSPAPER ADS for people who’re looking for a job. Or ‘Police line, do not cross.’ 4. If they’re jabbering, talking fast, arguing, or fighting in the movie, I wouldn’t pause because I can SEE it. I’d just know that they’re angry or having a bad day. That’s all. 5. If the camera is gradually getting closer (is having a Close-up) to the characters, probably something important is happening, so I’d pause to read the subtitles. 6. If they’re speaking slowly, I’d pause to see what’s going on(happening). [So I’d pause on slow-speaking, simple-English scenes. I’d be quick and wouldn’t pause for one minute, but 5-10 seconds.] 7. The most important part, especially when they’re speaking slowly is I’d try to understand as fast as possible and go for the key words. If in a ten-word sentence, I don’t understand two-three words but I understood the whole IDEA of the sentence, that’s enough, that’s enough, I wouldn’t pause. In the movie Coach, there’s a guy whose father left him some wealth, never had any job in his whole life, and spends much of his time hanging out with his friends (pek çok zamanını arkadaşlarla takılıyor). For this reason, his girlfriend breaks up with him(ondan ayrılıyor/onu terk ediyor).

Later, he finds a job as kids’ soccer coach to get back with his ex(eski kız arkadaş). They’re sitting in the park when his friend says, ‘Now listen to me. Being a coach is gonna open up(completely open) a whole new REALM of opportunities for you, do not blow this(bunu kaçırma/ mahvetme/ bozma)!’ All these words are there in Chapter 2&3 except ‘REALM’. But I’d look at the underlined words above. If I understood the whole idea of the sentence, THAT’d be enough. I’d just WATCH, ENJOY, and PASS and MOVE FORWARD. [Realm means dünya/alem/çok.] So I’d PICK the KEY WORDS of any sentence to understand the whole of it.

[Especially for recent movies that the story happens at the past, like the great movie, The Green Miles.] So I’d try to pause not as much as possible: The less I pause, the more I’d enjoy the movie. I’d read Chapter 2&3 of this filebook first, then I’d know where to pause or which words and sentences to pause on. I got a carpenter(marangoz) friend who’s a totally movie person (tam film sever biri). Believe me, the only thing he does to learn English speaking is watching movies. He has no college education but passion to educate himself. He has a collection of more than 3000 movies in his house! Wow, 3000 movies! And you know what?

When he speaks with Americans, they cannot believe that he’s not native! Sometimes I ask him some questions on grammar that if something I say in English is true or false and he instantly replies, ‘True!’ and I ask, ‘Why true?’ and he answers, ‘I don’t know the grammar. I just know it’s true!’ Wow. Fantastic! The question is: How did HE learn where to pause? Answer: By watching ‘a lot’ of movies. [I had the best grammar teachers ever, but the only grammar I remember is from movies!] So I’d just be patient and would just keep watching movies. By watching many movies, words, phrases, and sentences will be repeated and repeated all the times. Many students who start watching movies also say that. My BEST chance of learning English grammar, reading, writing, listening, watching, and speaking would be English movies with English subtitles. It’s my lifetime opportunity and like the guy in the Coach, I wouldn’ want to blow it... never ever! Wooh!  I'm scared of everything. I'm scared of what I saw. I'm scared of what I did, of who I am... and most of all, I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you. (Her şeyden korkuyorum. Ne gördüğümden korkuyorum. Ne yaptığımdan, kim olduğumdan korkuyorum... Ve bunlardan çoğu, bu odadan çıkmak ve hayatım kalanı asla seninle olduğum zaman hissettiğimi hissetmemekten korkuyorum.) –Baby in ‘Dirty Dancing’ # When watching a movie, the big advantage is from the characterss’ body language and intonation, their face, their behavior, I’d at least understand their sentence has a negative or positive meaning:

So when watching movie, I’d try to be quick. The left is negative, the right is positive. Left: I’m just like... losing my faith in humanity. (Senki ben insaniyete inancımı kaybediyorum.) Right: Don’t be a wallflower, Mr. Inspector. Can I ask you to dance?

(Bay Müfettiş! Duvar çiçek gibi olmayın. Dans etmenizi sizden rica edebilir miyim?/Benimle dans eder mısınız?) I’d go for the key words which you have in Chapter 2&3. Left: lose+faith: inanç+kaybetmek. Right: can+dance. I wouldn’t pause on every word or every sentence!! They’ll all be repeated. So I’d just understand the story, enjoy, and pass.  # When watching a movie, I’d never underestimate the power of ‘body language’ and ‘intonation’ to understand the meaning of sentences. These are 93% of learning English! I got the 7% of learning, the content of subtitles too. Perfect 100%! And I’d enjoy 100% too! Wow. What’s better than that?

[Up left: sad(üzgün)] If this is love, what good is it? (Eğer bu aşksa, nasıl iyi bir şey/ne fayda var ki?)

[Up right: romantic(romantik)] I am really in love with you. (Ben gerçekten seni aşığım.)

[Down left: surprise(şaşırmak)] How do I look? (Ben nasıl görünüyorum mu? Yani:Bu nasıl bir soru?)

[Down right: disgust&surprise(iğrenmek&şaşırmak)] I’m sorry, but were you dropped on your head as an infant? Or were you just born stupid? (Kusura bakma ama sen çocuk olarak kafandan mı düştün? Yoksa doğuştan aptalsın?) :D [>Emma Stone is popular and famous for her ‘body language’.<]

That's the thing, she's my other half. She's everything that I'm not. (İşte konu şu, o benim diğer yarısım. O benim olmadığım her şey.) – Guess Who # When watching a movie, I’d never try to translate sentences word-for-word! [Totally important.] But I’d try to get the whole idea of the scene. ‘Watch the scene, understand the situation.’ I’d try to predict the scene, understand the sentence from character’s body language and intonation. How does Woody look in this picture(Bu resimde Woody nasıl görünüyor)? I’d say ‘Scared (Korkmuş)’! Automatically I’d wonder WHY! I’d read the subtitles: ‘There is a herptile in my western footwear!’ [Funny!] Even beginner/elementary students KNOW that ‘There is’ means ‘Vardır’ and ‘in my’ means ‘Benim...-de/te...’ As I see Woody shakes and looks at his western footwear, I’d understand that ‘in my western footwear’ means ‘batı ayakkabımda’. So I can see and understand what comes out of his western footwear is a ‘herptile(bir tür sürüngen)’. I’d

just watch and learn: ‘Batı ayakkabımda bir sürüngen var!’ No dictionary or word-for-word translation needed! Another example: In the movie The Blind Side, there’s this lady, starring Sandra Bullock who is very dominant and tries to take control of everything. [It’s even clear from the way she walks (body language) and her tone of voice.] Now her 8-year-old son gets in the car and puts his feet on the dashboard (kontrol paneli/pano), I can see. As she looks at the son, I should be able to predict what she is going to say to him. She says, ‘Get your feet off my dash!’ So as I see her son takes his feet off the dashboard, from his reaction, I should understand that the meaning of her sentence ‘Get your feet off my dash!’ is ‘Ayaklarini panodan indir/çek!’ I wouldn’t need a dictionary, I wouldn’t try to understand the sentence word-for-word like, ‘What’s the meaning of Get? What’s the meaning of off? What’s the meaning of dash?’ I can see and understand that the son puts his feet on the dash and off the dash. [Short forms are informal and the best informal dictionary is urbandictionary.com in case I needed it.] Another example: The guys in the movie Sunshine Cleaning want to buy a car. There’re some cars in the area with the price tags(etiketler) on their windshields. Now as the young lady (Amy Adams) asks, ‘How much is that?’ The seller answers, ‘It’s nineteen ninty nine (I can see $1999 is written on the windshield).’ Then her dad says, ‘Oh!’ (From his intonation, I should guess/ predict that he thinks the price is too high and he most probably wants to ask for a bargain.) So he continues, ‘Any room to come down on that?’ (=Bundan aşağı gelmek için hiç oda var mı? >YANİ: İndirim yeri/ şansımız var mı?) The man answers, ‘Oh, that’s the ground floor!’ (=A, bu zemin kat! >YANİ: Bundan daha aşağı olmaz!) [Amazing American language! I love it.] So I wouldn’t need a dictionary, I wouldn’t go for word-forword translation. [See what’s happening in American language? They try to explain every life situation with the simplest words ever! They didn’t use 8 words ‘one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine dollars’ but 3 words ‘nineteen ninety nine’, or didn’t use difficult words like ‘bargain (pazarlık)’, ‘reduction’, or ‘discount(indirim)’, but ‘Any room to come down on that?’ They make the speaking short and simple: 1. Dashboard> Dash. 2. Taximeter> Meter /Mİ.dır/ {The movie ‘Remember Me’: The girl calls(çağırıyor) a cab(taxi), opens the door but doesn’t get in (binmiyor) because she’s still talking to her friend. The cab driver, with a bit high intonation –38% of learning English speaking- asks: ‘We’re going or what(Gidecek miyiz yoksa)?’ And the girl with a frustrating tone of voice –again intonation- replies: ‘Turn on the meter(Taksimetreyi çalıştır)!’} Does ANY book in the world have intonation? 3. Vacation> Vaca/vey.KEY/ Take a vaca/vacation(Bir tatile git)! [I should be good-at-guess ’cause of its close (yakın) pronunciation with /vey.KEY.şın/.] 4. Signal> Sig {In the movie ‘The Hangover’ the guy shows –body language is 55% of learning English speaking- his pager/beeper(çağrı cihazi) and tells the receptionist: I’m not getting any sig on my beeper. >I should be good-at-guess. Urban Dictionary also helps with the short forms.} 5. Cellphone> Cell {In the movie ‘What Just Happened’ I can see the guy spends most of the movie talking on his cellphone! He calls home, it’s on answering (=answering machine: telesekreter), he leaves a message to his ex-wife: ‘Call me on my cell, okay? Call me on my cell.’ [One meaning of ‘cell’ is ‘hücre’ but I’d be good-at-guess to figure out ‘Call me on my cell!’ means: ‘Cep numaramı ara!’ Also as he repeats, ‘Call me ON my cell,’ I’d learn I shouldn’t say ‘in’ or ‘at’ here. >MOVIE is the REAL grammar.>I’ll see you in 10(On dakika içinde görüşürüz).> I’ll see you at 10(Saat 10’da görüşürüz).<] 6-7-8-9-10-11-12.

B-day is Birthday. They use it on social networks like Facebook when commenting: ‘Happy B-day!=HBD!’ V-day is Valentine’s Day (Sevgililer Günü). ‘Happy anni’ is ‘Happy anniversary!’ Din din is children’s language for dinner [close pronunciation].

‘Thank you. –My plezh/pLEJ/!’ Usually the answer to ‘Thank you!’ is ‘My pleasure (Memnuniyetle)!’ Bachy is the short form of Bachelor. In the movie ‘Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past’, Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) has a flashback to Vicky’s basement and says: ‘Yeah, I’d recognize that bachy smell from anywhere.’ Rez(1 syllable) is the short form of Reservation (4 syllables). >‘I have an 8 o’clock rez with my dentist.’]  I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I’ve led a common life.

There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough. (Ben özel biri değilim, bundan eminim. Genel düşüncelerle genel bir adamım ve genel bir hayatı yönetiyorum. Hiç anıt bana adamış olmadı ve yakında ismim unutmuş olacak, fakat başka biriyi bütün kalbimle ve ruhumla sevdim ve benim için bu her zaman yeterliydi.) –The Notebook (Noah) # When watching a movie, I’d remember the KEY to learn English SPEAKing is this: There’re words and phrases that they use everyday in the U.S., shown in their movies too. Example: Somebody is leaving and his friend, with the body language of the hand says, ‘Hold on!’ and he stops going or walking. As I read the subs and SEE and HEAR, it comes to me that ‘Hold on!’ might be ‘Dur!’ or ‘Bekle!’ or ‘Bir dakika!’ which is correct. In the movie ‘‘Love N’ Dancing’’ they used it a lot. [*N’ is the short form or fast pronunciation of ‘and’ like Guns N’ Roses.] Now the key is this: If today someone says to me ‘Hold on!’ and I don’t know, tomorrow –in another movie- someone says to me ‘Hold on!’ and in another movie and another movie, and another movie, wouldn’t I learn it?? Of course I do. So ‘Hold on!’ comes natural to me and I know the meaning of it unconsciously and automatically. THIS IS THE WAY TO LEARN ENGLISH. So ‘Hold on’ is a basket of fruit, it comes, I bite, I eat, ’cause after it’s all been REPEATED to me, it sticks to my mind –like TV advertisement. I don’t pause to remember the meaning of it, because now it’s totally NATURAL to me! Now I need other fruits, other baskets. [‘Chapter 2&3’ has all the necessary bskets! So I’d read this filebook as if I eat fruit.] So this is the key to master myself in English: Words, sentences, idioms and phrases must be natural to me as I watch and listen to them all the times. Basket one is apple, I’m like, ‘Uhhh, I know it like my first language. Give me another basket please!’ When I enter my room and hit (switch on) the light, I don’t look at the light because I NATURALLY expect the light to be on. Learning English is just the same. I had students I told them to understand the word ‘awesome’ /A:’.sım*/ (harika), they needed to say it with thumb up, sweet face, high intonation, and for ‘awful’ /A:’.fıl*/ (berbat), they needed to say it with thumb down, sour face, low intonation. It’s amazingly strange that everytime I asked them the meaning of those words, they ‘fast’ and ‘unconsciously’ (without wanting to think about them) showed their ‘body

language’ first!! Later when I asked those again, they said, ‘Come on, teacher! We know these! Ask another question!’ [Smile] Now, imagine we watch American movies everyday. Wouldn’t we NATURALLY speak like Americans? 

How long should you try? UNTIL. (Ne kadar süre denemelisiniz? –E kadar. / Ulaşmayı kadar.) [‘Until’ is a very powerful word. (‘-E kadar’ çök güçlü bir kelimedir.)] –Jim Rohn Question: ‘How long should I watch English-subtitled movies?’

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever. (En iyi aşk türü ruhu uyanacağın ve aşkı daha istemeye sebep olacağın, kalplerimizde ateş yakacağın ve kafamızda barış / huzur getireceğindir. Ve bu, senin, bana verdiğin aşktır. Bu, sonsuza kadar sana ithaf etmeye umut ettiğim aşktır.) –Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook At age 10, I loved to ride a bike my father bought my brother but I was afraid of falling down because it was taller than me. Then as he saw my interest, he started to train me. He held the back of the bike and told me to sit and ride. Because I knew he was holding it, I wasn’t afraid of falling down and riding the bike was totally enjoyable. The first day passed like that, so did the second, the third, until one day he held the back of the bike, I started to ride, but he silently and gradually left me alone without saying a word! I thought he was still holding the back of the bike, but suddenly, I had a gut feeling (içindeki hissi) that why he wasn’t talking to me, so I looked back and I saw he’s so far away! For one moment, I panicked and was about to fall down, but he encouraged me and shouted, ‘Do not fear. Go on like everyday, like everyday!’ And thanks to him, to this day I have never fallen down! [Thanks buddy!]  The idea of ‘English subtitles’ is like holding the back of that bike. I’d need it, I’d need it, I’d need it, UNTIL one day that I’d realize I can ‘Go on like everyday, like everyday!’ An actual example of this is my student ‘İnci’ who came to the class and said, ‘I watched my first movie without subtitles and I could understand it!’ Yayyy! That’s an indescribable feeling!  Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. (Limitlerini daima aşın/zorlayın. Oyunun son zil çalıncaya kadar, bir inç de bile rakibi vermeyin.) –Larry Bird, basketball player The more movies a person watches, the closer they are to no-subtitles point. Sometimes, I’d watch one movie without subtitles to see how much improvement I’ve had. If it’s still hard, then I’d continue with subtitles. Again, every month, I’d try to watch one without subtitles to test my ability. The reason of watching English-subtitle movies is to be prepared to understand the ones without subtitles. (İngilizce altyazılı filmlerin izlemeye sebebi, onları altyazısız anlamaya hazırlamaktir.)

UNTIL is when I watch so many movies that I understand any dialogue naturally. UNTIL means I wouldn’t need subs, UNTIL means I wouldn’t need any dictionary, UNTIL means I wouldn’t need any Internet, wouldn’t need to get myself confused, wouldn’t need anyone to explain any scene to me. UNTIL means LOVE, means MADNESS, means CRAZINESS, means my heart would skip a beat (kalbim küt küt atıyordu) for every movie before I watched it. UNTIL means I’d be able to speak English like my first language. Period.  You know what all non-native English speakers have in common? The first day they couldn’t speak English! As Rosalie Graham says, ‘A road twice traveled is never as long(İki kez yolculuk edilmiş yol artık o kadar uzun değildir).’ On the other hand, by watching a lot of movies, I warn myself, I may get so good at speaking English that I’d stop watching them! John Wooden the American basketball coach says, ‘Ability may take you to the top, but it takes character to stay there. (Kabiliyet size en yüksek götürebilir, fakat orada kalmak karakter istiyor.)’ May I always be passionate about learning, may I always be a lover, a student.  And UNTIL means I learn from these incredible people with one or no leg or arm and a BIG HEART. When I see these pictures, I realize I know NOTHING. Gosh, how much I NEED to learn.

F E A R O R F A I T H ?

W E C H O O S E .

No ‘measure’ of time with you will be long enough. But let's start with ‘forever’. (Seninle birlikte olmak istediğim, hiçbir zaman ‘ölçü’sü yeterince uzun değil. Fakat ‘sonsuza kadar’ söylemeyle başlayabilirim.) –The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn (I) And we are going to last, and you want to know how I know? Because I still wake up every morning and the first thing I want to do, is see your face. (Aşkımız sürecek ve bunu nasıl farkında olduğumu bilmek ister misin? Çünkü hala her sabah uyanıp, ilk yapacak istediğim şey yüzünü bakmaktır.) –P.S. I Love You

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together (Bazen daha iyi şeyler birlikte gelmek için, iyi şeyler ayrılmayı başlıyorlar). –Marilyn Monroe  FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 1.

Q (=Question): They speak very fast and I don’t understand movies. What should I do?

A (=Answer): First off, I’d agree that this is the real English speaking. Secondly, I got the English subtitles as HELP, as holding the back of the English bike, so I’d pause and read. To keep it fun, I wouldn’t pause too much and would follow the ‘story’ of the movie. ‘Chapter 2&3’ would also HELP. 2.

Q: How can an Elementary or a Pre-Intermediate level student understand the movie?

Movenglish is about a move from the habit of books to the new habit of movies to learn English speaking.

A: How can a baby understand his mom? How could I learn Turkish like an older baby? How could my carpenter friend with no college education understand movies and become an absolute PRO? The first word I learnt in Turkish was ‘kahvaltı (breakfast)’.

Then the next day from their body language I guessed ‘Kahvaltı yaptın mı?’ is ‘Did you have breakfast?’. The same day I learned ‘yumurta (egg)’, ‘tereyağ /BA:.dır/(butter)’, and ‘Reçel (jam/jelly)’. Then the next day I forgot ‘Reçel’ so I asked. Then gradually I learnt NUMBERS for MONEY and learned ‘Bu kaç para?’ Like an older baby, I didn’t know ‘everything’ the first day. I learned STEP-BY-STEP(adım adım). Eugene F. Ware says, ‘All glory comes from daring to begin (Bütün başarıma onuru, başlamayı cesaret etmekten geliyor).’

Q: What kind of movies should I watch?

A: I’d watch whatever ‘I’ like. It’s personal. If I like science fiction, I’d watch science fiction –they are among the highest grossing movies (gişede en iyi satan filmler). If I like action movies, I’d watch action movies. If I like animation, I’d watch animation. Horror and ghost movies might be enjoyable, full of adrenaline but there are lots of sound effects like the sound of hitting, crashing, screaming, shooting, shouting, gunshots, and the sounds of this and that, so I might not hear the words well to learn ‘English’, if I can, then I would. Also old classic movies might have old-fashioned language or the sound might not have the same quality as the new. [Some classic movies never get old though.] I think everyone likes comedies or romantic comedies. I’d grab and watch. I suggest Walmart family movies for the start because of their unexaggerated dialogues, upbeat music, and social topics, along with motivational/spiritual movies including sports movies and true story movies. However, the main point is learning English and enjoying. [The language of the movie matters. If I want to learn poetic, Shakespearian language, I’d watch Romeo & Juliet, but if I want to learn English daily speaking, I think I wouldn’t prefer that. Picture: ‘Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight. For I never saw true beauty till this night.’ In today’s daily language, I’ve NOT heard ‘forswear’ and ‘this night’ in today’s grammar is wrong, it must be ‘tonight’ as of Viktor Novorsky’s scene of ‘The Terminal’. From DVD cover or checking the movie ‘review’, I’d guess its language style. Peace.] 

[A soothing, new song with an old English language>] Selah /SEY.la:/ - Be Thou My Vision lyrics: Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart - Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art - Thou my best thought, by day or by night - Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light - Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true word - I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord - Thou my great Father, I Thy true son - Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one - High King of Heaven, my victory won - May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun - Heart of my own heart, whatever befall - Still be my vision, O Ruler of all - Thou and Thou only, first in my heart High King of Heaven, my treasure Thou art

Q: A: They use bad language in movies. B: They use Slang a lot. A+B) What should I do?

If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surly will. –Abraham Lincoln Good intention+good action=Great.|| Bad intention+bad action=At least honest!|| Good intention+bad action=No problem.(We’re humans!)|| Bad intention+good action=THAT’s the problem! –A chart

A: A) TV is necessary today but it can be bad if the usage is bad. Car is necessary today but it can be bad if the usage is bad. Water has always been necessary but it can be bad if the usage is bad. I’ve watched more movies than one can imagine but I’ve never used any bad language. The point of watching movies is learning English. Also, there are G (General Audience: Genel İzleyici) movies for all ages like Christian movies (my favorite), Walmart movies, P&G movies, or Walt Disney movies. So I guess I answered this question. B) Slang as of dictionary.cambridge.org is very informal language(çok samimi/çok yakın arkadaşların dili = SLang =Samimi Laf=SL). Here are some examples of American Slang: She’s an ace dancer! [=She’s a great dancer!][Ace:/EYS/ Türkçe: as] He’s sharp with numbers. [=He’s intelligent at calculating.] Your tie is really in! [=Your tie is really fashionable!] What a lame butterfly tattoo! [=What an unoriginal butterfly tattoo!] You look awesome! [=You look great/amazing: Harika görünüyorsun/Çok şıksın.] He lost his cool. [=He got angry/ mad.] She kept her cool. [=She didn’t get angry/ mad.] You got some bucks I could borrow? [=Do you have some dollars I could borrow?] I’m gonna lie on the beach and catch some rays. [=I am going to lie on the beach and get some sunshine (=sunbathe).] He’s a cool cop. [=He’s a good policeman!] Some movies are cheesy and lame! [=Some movies are cheap /out of quality and disgusting!] He can make terrific websites like a piece of cake. [=He can make great websites so easily.] Hey! Don’t try to do a snow job on me (Beni meşgul etme)! [=Hey! Don’t try to decieve me!] Let’s just take it easy and enjoy the ride! [=Let’s just relax and have fun!]  Bad things are in the world to test how good I can be.

I think I should try to learn good things from American movies. No day goes by that I watch them and they don’t ask, ‘Why here?

Why there? Why this? Why that? Why you? Why me?’ like a shower of whys. The more why I ask, the more logical I can become, the more progress I can make in life.

A sample of 1998 movie, You’ve Got Mail (00:13:56): [Grandpa] Your father is getting married again!

[Son]–Really? [Father]–Yeah. [Son]–Congratulations! [Father]–Thank you. [Son]–Why? [Father]– Who knows? [Son]–Love? [Father]–Possible! :D A sample of 2008 movie, Definitely Maybe (01:38:30): I got divorced! –I know. I heard. I’m so sorry.

–Why? A sample of 2009 movie, Management (00:29:30): Do you think that you like me, Mike? –Yes. – Why? –’Cause you have style! :D And a sample of 2011 movie Terri (00:58:41) when the young Heather(Olivia Crocicchia) asks, ‘Can I ask you something, though? I mean, why did you help me?’ [>Interesting!<] A sample of a mother’s words of wisdom to her 5 year-old kid from the movie He’s Not Just That Into You (00:00:46): ‘Honey!

You know why that little boy did those things? And said those things? It’s because he likes you!’

‘Why’ is very important in job interview as this is one of their questions: ‘Why do you think you’re right for this job?’ or ‘What makes you think (=Why do you think) you’re fit for this job?’

A sample from the movie Feast Of Love (00:11:01): The girl(Alexa Davalos) walks into the coffee house (coffee shop) and asks, ‘Hey, do you need anybody to work here?’…

The owner(Greg Kinnear) asks, ‘You have any experience with this kind of work?’

‘No!’... ‘Do you like coffee?’ ‘Not much!’ [>Honest!<] ‘But why here?’

A sample of ‘why’ in business from 2010 TV movie Beauty and the Briefcase: ‘What makes you think (=Why do you think) your group should lead this initiative /i.Nİ.şi.div/ (inisiyatif/girişim/teşebbüs)?’

Movies effect people so when I watch them everyday, like advertisement, they become part of me and I learn to ask more ‘why’ questions too.

I even think they, long ago, have passed from ‘why’ to ‘why not’ as George Bernard Shaw says, ‘Some people see things as they are and ask ‘why?’ Others dream things that never were and ask ‘why not? (Bazı insanlar şeyleri olduğun gibi görüp, ‘Neden’i soruyorlar. Başkalar, hiç olmadığın şeyleri hayal edip, ‘Neden olmazsın ki’ diye soruyorlar.)’ Excellent!

There are movies that teach me to appreciate(değerini bilmek) life, appreciate the freedom, appreciate the daily water and food, and appreciate every moment, such as the 2010 movie ‘The Way Back’ or the 2000 movie ‘Cast Away’. Watching movie is not just for fun, but to learn great things.

There are movies that teach me to travel more like ‘Beastly’(00:09:00) in which Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens) is a student and is waiting tables(garsonluk yapıyor). She says, ‘Yeah, I’m saving for the Machu Picchu trip.’ Travels can make me braver and more experienced.

American movies teach me to use ‘Me’ language which is very popular in the U.S. A sample from the movie ‘The Yellow Handkerchief’ is the girl says, ‘He is pathetic (O zavallı/acınacak biri)!’ and her travel mate (yolculuk arkadaş), an experienced man, says, ‘I wouldn’t use that word. I’d say young... for his age. (Ben –senin yerinde olsaydım- bu kelimeyi söylemezdim. Onun yaşı göre, onu ‘genç’ söylerdim.)’ Another example from the Walmart movie ‘A Walk In My Shoes’: * Justin’s Mom: So, was it my imagination or did I see you at the park this afternoon? Justin: Yeah, yeah. I was tutoring a girl in calculus, Dana Fahey. JM: Oh! J: Old lady Fahey’s kid. [Mrs. Fahey is his teacher but he calls her ‘Old lady Fahey’.] Now we normally say ‘Don’t say that!’ or ‘Don’t be rude!’ but his mom says: I...wouldn’t call her that. [Seconds later when Justin wants to address Mrs. Fahey again, he says, ‘Uhh, Dana’s mother.’]  Melvin (Jack Nicholson) to Carol (Helen Hunt) in As Good As It Gets: I might be the only one who appreciates how amazing you are in every single thing that you do, and... I watch them, wondering how they can watch you bring their food and clear their tables and never get that they just met the greatest woman alive. And the fact that I get it makes me feel good, about myself. (Belki her ne yaptığında ne kadar harika olduğun değerini bilen tek kişi ben olabilirim ve... Müşterileri izlerken, onların masalarını temizlediğini ve yemeklerini getirdiğini nasıl izleyebilirler ve yaşayan en görkemli bayanı buluştuğunu asla anlamadığını merak ediyorum. Ve şu gerçek ki ben bunu anlıyorum, bana benim ilgili iyi hissettiriyor.) 

Everyone has a champion within. –Seabiscuit (A horse makes a poor man rich, spirit of a nation lifted.)

I don’t need easy. I just need possible. –Bethany Hamilton (Courage Award winning champ), Soul Surfer To make a fighter, make ’em (them) so tired they only listen to you, only hear your voice, only do what you say and nothing else... till they think they’re born that way! [wow] –Million Dollar Baby Dan: Sorry, coach. Coach: Sorry doesn’t mean anything. (A rich guy meets Socrates!) –Peaceful Warrior Be the best and don’t ever quit. (History is made by those who break the rules. Wow.) –Men of Honor 5.

Q: Why not English movie with Turkish subtitle?

A: First of all, I should thank all translators who’re doing a great job and I learned much Turkish from them. Each of them is my teacher. Maybe it doesn’t seem but translating is a really hard and sensitive job. One comma is so subtle but can make a big difference. Translating is about passion, love, style, dancing with words, it’s a precious art, and a translator is an artist of words. Now a photographer takes some classes, watches a pro, does practice, and when ready, takes the first customers’ photos. A hairdresser first watches their master, learns, and when ready, does the first customer’s hair. A tailor watches, learns, practices, and when good enough, he makes the first customers’ clothes. A movie translator’s customers are not a few people, but an intelligent nation, of them many have been abroad and know English well, so this makes a translator’s job harder. Now if I want to watch Turkish-subtitled movie to learn English speaking, I wouldn’t be a customer anymore, I’d be a learner from movie translation. But what if the translation is incorrect? The singer girl in the movie says, ‘Show time?’ (Şov zamanı/vakti geldi mi?) but it’s translated ‘Saat kaç?’ I think I wouldn’t learn correct English by this. [Hannah Montana the Movie] In another movie, the lady owns horses and says to the ex-trainer ‘That wouldn’t just be disloyal. That would be committing fraud. (Yaptığın iş sadece sadakatsiz değil, üç kağıtçılıktir.)’ The two sentences are translated: ‘Bu sıradan bir kayıt değil.’ I think I wouldn’t learn correct English by these. In the same movie in a press conference, the opponent is talking about the race horse ‘Big Red’ and says, ‘Let me tell you what you’re gonna hear from me. We beat Big Red at the Wood, and we’re gonna beat him here again. (Benden ne duyacağını size söyleyeceğim. Biz Wood yarışmada Big Red’ı yendik ve bu yarışmada da yine onu yeneceğiz.)’ But these are translated: ‘Bana ne getirecekler? Daha çok para.’ [Secretariat] In another movie, the dean of the university is having food and the teacher says: ‘Bon appetit (Afiyet olsun)!’ but it’s translated: ‘Bakarım’!

[Smart People] In another movie, the dad says, ‘Genius son of ours, ain’t he? (Oğlumuz dahi, di mi?)’ but it’s translated: ‘Harikaydı di mi?’ Or in the same movie the guy says, ‘Why don’t we go downstairs and make a copy of this flyer? (Hadi gidelim altkatta ve bu el ilandan bir kopya çekelım.)’ But it’s translated: ‘Aşağı gidip, bir başvuru yapsak mı?’ [2011 movie: Lifted] In another movie the guy says, ‘Who else are you talking to? (Başka kim ile konuşuyorsun?)’ but it’s translated: ‘Artık iş konuşalım.’ [August] The guy in the movie says, ‘What, you don’t wanna marry me anymore?’ (Ne, artık benimle evlenmeyecek misin?) but it’s translated: ‘Ne,

Maris için benimle misin?’ {Marry is ASSUMED Maris.} Or in the same movie, the guy turns to the barman and says, ‘Frankie!

Whatever my friends want, put it on my tab.’ (Franki! Arkadaşlerim ne isterse, benim hesabimda yaz/koy.) But these are translated: ‘Frankie, ne olursa olsun arkadaş kalacağız.’ [Love n’ Dancing] The lady in the movie says, ‘Bob left the keys on the counter.’ (Bob anahtarları tezgah üstünde bıraktı.) But it’s translated: ‘Tekila aldım.’ {The key is ASSUMED Tekila.} [Love Happens] In another movie, the lady is eating the eggs her husband fried and says, ‘Eggs’re good(Yumurtalar güzelmiş/güzel pişmiş).’ The opposite is translated: ‘Yumurta pişmemiş.’ In the same movie, the lady says, ‘Michael! We have to wait for Andy. (Michael! Andy’e beklemeliyiz.)’ So they’re waiting there, but these are translated: ‘Michael, kontrole gireceğiz.’ [Last Night (2011)] The picture is a scene of the movie ‘The Yellow Hankerchief’ where Martine (Kristen Stewart) asks Brett (William Hurt): ‘Do a staring contest with me. (Benimle göz dikme yarışması yap.)’ They stare at each other for quite a while and when the man wins, he smiles. But it’s translated: ‘Benimle birlikte gel.’ In another movie the girl says, ‘‘You’re the boss’ assistant. (Sen patronun asistansin.)’’ But it’s translated: ‘Patronsun, o da asistan.’ In the same movie, some lines have no translation, probably ’cause the character SPEAKS SO FAST: ‘He loves his dog, Gatsby, more than anyone.’ [27 Dresses] In the 2011 movie ‘Dinner For Schmucks’, the guy says, ‘You are a wise man, my friend (Sen akıllı bir adamsın, dostum). –As are you(Sen de).’ These have no translation but this: ‘De.’ In another movie, Murph(Edward Burns) is sober for two years now, and his ex asks, ‘What do you miss most?’ (İçkiyi bırakıpDaha neyi özlüyorsun?) {The question has no translation.} And he answers, ‘Everything, you know, red wine with Italian food, cold beers at Mets games, vodka shots for moments like these.’ But on the subs, it’s only written: ‘...maç izlerken birayı. Böyle anlardakı votkaları.’ In the same movie Patti (Selma Blair) is reading her ex-boyfriend’s palm(eski erkek arkadaşın el falı bakıyor), telling him that his palm’s ‘heart line’ looks very good except the shallow section (sığ parçası), and he, hilariously, says, ‘Must be Bernadette! (Elimdeki sığ parçası- Bernadette olmalı!)’ And she laughs, but it’s translated: ‘Onu yakalım gitsin.’ [Purple Violets] In another movie, the guy says, ‘This is a nice hat (Güzel bir şapka).’ But it’s translated: ‘Burası güzel bir yer.’ Or in the same movie, the guy says, ‘Iron your shirt.’ (Gömleğini ütüle.) But it’s translated: ‘Gömleğini sevdim.’ {Iron is ASSUMED I like} [Forgetting Sarah Marshal] In the 2011 movie The Change-Up (Hayat Sana Güzel), the guy says, ‘These’re called jeans. They’ve been popular with America’s youths for over 60 years, put ’em on... –Jeans to a restaurant? –Yeah, jeans to a restaurant... In order to feel confident, you gotta look good, okay?’ (Bunun ismi kot pantolon/jeans! 60 seneden fazla Amerika gençlere popülerdir, giy şunu. –Restorana kot pantolon giyim mi? –Evet restorana gitmeye giyeceksın. Kendine güven hissetmek için, şık görünmelisin, tamam mı?)’ But on the subs, it’s only written: ‘Bunları giyeceksin. Hadi jeans giyeceksin tabii ki.’ Then, he shows him a ‘vest’ and continues, ‘This is a vest. Put that on. (Bu bir yelek. Giy şunu.)’ But these’re translated: ‘Bunlar en iyisi.’ {Vest is ASSUMED best.} In the same movie, the guy’s talking on the phone, his dad knocks on the door, he looks through the peep hole/ spy hole(kapının gözetleme deliği), and says, ‘It’s my dad. (Bu babam/Babam geldi.)’

But it’s translated: ‘Benimki gelmiş.’ In the movie ‘Finish Line’, the guy says, ‘That is Jessie, Mr. Chase’s daughter.’ (Bu Jessie, Bay Chase’ın kızı.) But it’s translated: ‘Bu Jessie’ın kızı, Chase.’ So the question is: How can I learn correct English and trust these?

Second of all, I think Turkish translation would lead me to look at it or glue myself to it so I’d never try to figure out what the characters are saying in English, because it’d be EASY for me to just read the Turkish subtitles. It’s like ‘Why bother (Niye kendimi zahmet verim ki)? It’s just there (Zaten tercüman orada var)!’

Third of all, and the most important reason is: Of course there are some great translations, and the best of them I found is of the movie ‘The Bucket List’. [The one I have, its translator is anonymous but bravo to him or her. Great job!] However, even the best translation, I think, would be there to enjoy Turkish, not to learn English. I first need to know what the actor or actress SAYS in English and then I can figure out what it MEANS in Turkish. If I read the Turkish subtitles but I have no idea what the characters are SAYING, how can I LEARN ENGLISH? I’ll understand the Turkish subtitles 100%, but how many percent of the ENGLISH language would I understand? I, as a Turk, want to learn ENGLISH, not Turkish. They SPEAK SO FAST, remember? Just as one example, I watch this scene from the movie ‘Definitely Maybe (00:01:03)’ where the lady says, ‘Will! Just heard we got the Quaker Oats account.’

Gosh she SPEAKS SOOOO FAST! [Smile] So IF the movie has translation in this part, IF it’s correct, and IF I can trust it, these are just two sentences. IF the third, the fourth, the fifth, the tenth, the hundredth, and the thousandth, up to the end, have translation, IF all of them are correct, IF I can trust all of them, I’d have: ‘Will! Az önce Quaker Oats hesabını aldığımızı duydum.’ I have 100% correct Turkish subtitles, BUT... do I want to learn Turkish or ENGLISH? So what do I have in ENGLISH? WRITTEN? NO. SPOKEN? YES. So the ONLY thing I have is what she SAID, right? So I NEED to LISTEN AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN to try to figure out what she SAID in ENGLISH, because I want to learn ENGLISH. I may listen to this 200 times but never know even 1 time! [I Rewinded ‘Bourne Identity’ 20 times to understand what they SAID!] So I want to learn ENGLISH and the ONLY thing I have is what she SAID, right? Listening is not helpful because she SPEAKS SO FAST. But I have the Turkish subtitles. What can I do with it to LEARN ENGLISH? Well, I may use a Turkish-to-English dictionary and find the meaning of ‘az önce’ in English, ‘hesap’ in English, ‘almak’ in English, and ‘duymak’ in English. But ONE ‘az önce’ in Turkish has about FIVE different meanings in English! Which one did she SAY? I have to ASSUME! ONE ‘hesap’ in Turkish has about THIRTEEN different meanings in English! Which one did she SAY? I have to ASSUME! ONE ‘almak’ in Turkish has about FORTY THREE different meanings in English!! Which one did she SAY? I have to ASSUME! ONE ‘duymak’ in Turkish has about NINE different meanings in English! Which one did she SAY? I have to ASSUME! How much time do I have for all these ‘IF’s and ‘ASSUMPTION’s? Why wouldn’t I learn English with ‘SOLIDITY’ and ‘CERTAINTY’? Moreover, these words are in just ONE SENTENCE! If this movie has 10,000 sentences, how many hours, days, weeks, or months would it take me to learn

ENGLISH? Mehdi and my carpenter friend had a lot of TIME and learnt English speaking from their childhood. I wouldn’t need IFs or ASSUMPTIONs to learn English, but I sure need SOLIDITY and CERTAINTY of what they say to figure out what they mean.

Fourth of all, if I watch an American movie with Turkish subtitles, I have to GUESS what they are saying in English, right? But a good translator can translate a sentence in different ways. How would I know?

‘Remember what I told you, Christina!’ is ‘Christina! Ne söylediğimi hatırla!’ but a translator can write ‘Christina! Ne söylediğimi unutma!’ This is true translation but I’d learn ‘remember’ as ‘unutmak’ while it’s ‘hatırlamak’. In the movie ‘Adventureland’ (00:40:21) the guy is eating fast and his father looks at him and says, ‘‘Somebody’s hungry!’’ It is translated smartly and perfectly well: ‘‘Oğlumuz kıtlıktan çıkmış!’’ But as I read ‘Oğlumuz’, ‘Kıtlıktan’, ‘Çıkmış’, I’d ask myself: ‘SAID WHAT?’ ‘What is oğlum in English?’ ‘What is kıtlıktan in English?’ ‘What is çıkmış in English?’ In the movie, ‘The American’, the girl says, ‘You won’t need your gun (Silahına gerek olmayacak).’ And the guy answers, ‘You never know.’ ‘Hiç belli olmaz.’ Absolutely true translation, but as I read, I’d ask, ‘belli’ is ‘obvious’ but he DIDN’T SAY ‘obvious!’ In the movie Cedar Rapids (00:45:28), the guy says, ‘You people are such low-lifes.’ ‘Siz hayvanlar gibi yaşıyorsunuz.’ Excellent translation. But as I watch the Turkish translation to learn English, I KNOW that ‘Hayvan’ is ‘Animal’ but he didn’t SAY ‘Animal’! So WHAT DID HE SAY? Fifth of all, there’s the ASSUMPTION(zan/benzer kelimeyi duyma) problem like it is SAID marry but ASSUMED Maris, SAID the key, ASSUMED Tekila, SAID iron, ASSUMED I like, and SAID vest, ASSUMED best. When I was a child, I used to listen to a song the singer sang this line 10 times in a row(peşpeşe) and SO FAST: ‘‘I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe in LOVE..

LOVE.. LOVE.. love, love, love, love.’’ But since(mademki) I didn’t know English well, I ASSUMED that she sang: ‘‘Vabeli Vabeli Vabeli Vabeli Vabeli Vabeli Vabeli Vabeli Vabeli Vabeli Vabeli….! [HaHa] Only the ones who’re learning a new language know what I mean.

In the picture she says: ‘This is lovely, lovely, lovely. Wow.’ But I may watch it –without subtitles- and assume that she says: Dislav lilav lilav livaw!’ So what can SAVE me from this ASSUMPTION problem? How can I catch what they SAY when they SPEAK SO FAST? The answer: SOLIDITY and CERTAINTY of watching English movies WITH English subtitles! I LOVE English movies WITH English subtitles, the best MOVE to learn English SPEAKING.  If a child doesn’t go to a dark room, it’s because he’s afraid of uncertainty. When we turn on the light for him, he now is certain and gets the courage to go in. Certainty gives us courage and joy to move forward.

Q: What do you think about watching the news or reading the newspapers to learn English?

A: If I was/were a new Turkish learner, would I speak the words of a Turkish anchor man or the words of a newspaper? I think not.

The same is true in English. It’s true that anchorpeople are friendly and use more informal words than before to talk to people but the dialect of the news is completely formal. If I want to learn English speaking, I wouldn’t watch the news or read the newspapers and would spend the same time watching movies. After I learned to speak English, news and newspapers would be great options to improve my reading. Do I want to read or speak English? [If my job is associated with the news, like a journalist, then I must watch the news or follow the newspapers to learn its specific language for my profession. In any case, I definitely need English ‘speaking’ too.]  7.

Q: What if someone doesn’t like to watch movies at all?

Movenglish is about a move from the habit of books to the new habit of movies to learn English speaking.

A: Well, 80% of people of the world are visual learners. However, to learn, some people get used to reading (Yine de bazı insanlar okumakla öğrenmeye alışıyorlar).

What if they realized the miracle of movies, that ‘55%+38%+7%’? Besides, movies are made based on books or a written script. Whatever the reason, these brilliant people have the chance to read this filebook like ten, twenty, thirty times, part by part, word by word. I’d write the words, one by one, 10-100 times to instill them in my mind. I’d make questions, sentences, play with them on the paper, imagine them in my mind on and on. I’d let this filebook become part of me. But in the end, nothing is like movies! [If neither this filebook nor movies, I’d find a tutor to only practice English speaking with. When there’s a will, there’s a way.]  Proverbs 1:33 But all who listen to Me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.

Q: Is it a good idea to listen to music to learn English?

A: Well, first of all, I’d do this if there were no chance to watch movies. Second of all, just listening to music and NOT understanding it is NOT a good idea. But if I find the lyrics of the song through the

Internet and keep checking it while listening to the song, that’s not a bad idea. Even better is to check the lyrics and watch the clip.

In a few years, I won’t even need the lyrics because lyrics-style English would be familiar to my ears. Now it’s a test (deneme): Please read the lyrics of ‘Live Tonight’ below, a Basto (Gregory’s Theme) song, then watch its clip on YouTube to see how much you enjoy! We enjoy when we understand.  You can work; you can fight; you can crawl! –Just to find you've got nothing at all!

Hiçbir şey sahip olmadığını fark etmek için! – Çalışabilirsin, tartışabilirsin, sürünebilirsin!

Don't let go; don't give up on yourself – You should know, you're like nobody else [Ne istersen yap fakat-] Umudunu kayıp etme, kendinden vazgeçme. Çünkü bunu bilmelisin: Sen bir tanesin./ Dünyada senin gibi yoktur.

LIVE tonight... LIVE tonight... LIVE tonight... LIVE tonight... LIVE tonight... [x] Haydi ömrünü/bu akşamı yaşa..ömrünü yaşa..ömrünü yaşa..ömrünü yaşa..ömrünü yaşa..[x] Third of all, I said they ‘speak daily conversation’ in today’s lyrics, true, but: 1. From the clips, I see they sing something, but show something else. In the clip of ‘Grenade’, it SHOWS that Bruno Mars is carrying a piano, but he’s NOT singing about the PIANO. [55% body language (showing what they say) and 38% intonation are missing. The same is true about the news and anchorpeople.]

2. Two people are not conversing with each other, just ONE singer sings. [Just ONE anchorperson talks.] 3. When I go to a supermarket to shop, I wouldn’t use the sentimental words of lyrics ‘Oh I love you... you broke my heart...!’ That’d be ‘hilarious’!

[The same is true about the formal words of the news.] 4. Movies have all these advantages as well as perfect soundtracks(filmdeki şarkı) I can listen to! We enjoy when we understand English, but we enjoy hundred times MORE when we SPEAK it.  Q: Is it a good idea to learn to speak English by watching movies or TV series on TV? A: I think it’s good but not the best option ’cause I should be able to CONTROL what I watch, to go back and forth, to PAUSE, to read the English subtitles sometimes, to use my headphones, and to take notes. With TV, I wouldn’t have these opportunities. ‘IF’ I have a TV that I can do these with, sure, why not(niye olmazsın ki)? My faforite channel in the world is ‘Channel 07:38:55’!

What’s yours? 

Q: I have a rich bank of words (=I know so many vocabs) and I can make correct sentences with correct structures. But when speaking, I can’t speak much. What should I do?

[Part of this question is answered in ‘Speaking English is 100% Psychology’ section. Check that later.]

A: Speaking English and having ideas are two very different things. If someone asked, ‘What do you think about feminism?’ and I replied, ‘I don’t believe in that!’ and they asked, ‘How?’ and I went like, ‘Uhh...!’ it wouldn’t be about my English, but at that moment, no idea comes to my mind. To have ideas: A) This time when watching a movie, I’d grab some great ideas to use them in my conversation. B) I’d read quotes(ünlü sözler) at wikiquote.org, thinkexists.com, brainyquotes.com, goodreads.com, en.proverbia.net, searchquotes.com, quotegarden.com or other sites to get new perspectives. ‘What do you think about Punk Rock?’

To find ideas, I’d Google ‘punk rock quotes’. Kurt Cobain from Nirvana says, ‘Punk is musical freedom. It’s saying, doing, and playing what you want. In Webster’s terms, nirvana means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that’s pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.’ The gorgeous star Megan Fox says, ‘I like the bad-boy types! Generally the guy I’m attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He’s usually a lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are clean-cut, nice guys. So it’s strange!’ So how to keep on speaking after the quotes? Later ckeck ‘Speaking Tips & Topics’.  Q: Does watching movie help me on my English exam?

Motivation is a mystery. Why does one salesperson see his first prospect at seven in the morning and another salesperson is just getting out of bed at eleven? I don’t know. It’s part of the mysteries of life. (Motivasyon bir gizemdir. Niye bir satıcı ilk müşteri gelme ihtimali sabah saat yedide görüyor ve başka bir satıcı saat on birde yataktan kalkmak üzeredir? Bilmiyorum. Bu hayatın gizemlerin bir parçasıdır.) [He already gave the answer.]–Jim Rohn The man who wakes up and finds himself famous hasn't been asleep. (Uyanıp kendini ünlü bulunduğun kişi uykuda değildi.) [Clap] –Anonymous Choose love. Give it the best. Fortune follows. Failures rest.

A: What’s the meaning of ‘Hold on’? ‘Dur/Bekle/Bir dakika’, right? ‘Fundamental’?

‘Temel/Esas’! ‘Hilarious’? ‘Çok komik/eğlenceli’! ‘What would you do if you had one million dollar?’ ‘I would open a Movenglish school!’ If all the details of English are so repeated and repeated and repeated that they all become so NATURAL to me and familiar to my ears and eyes, wouldn’t I pass any exam, even TOEFL? Movies are the real deal. [In my Cavendish TOEFL mock exam, there was a comprehension part with 5 questions about a ‘Hippo(suaygırı)’. Thanks to the movie ‘Indecent Proposal’, I knew what a ‘hippo’ was and easily answered ALL the questions. I can give hundreds of these samples from movies! Joke or not, ‘one movie a day keeps the teacher away’!]

Nothing’s impossible, Charlie. (Charlie! İmkansız diye bir şey yoktur.) [I must learn from this little kid.]  11.

So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains – And we never even know we have the key –Eagles [The key technique to pass a test is to earlier take as many tests as I can. The basis of most tests is repeated so THEY should become natural to me. 99% of exam givers don’t write new tests, they get them from somewhere else. I suggest englishtest.net/esl/english-language-test.html which has tests in different catagories. Each catagory has 10 test questions. If each question takes 30 seconds, I’d need 5 minutes a day to take each catagory’s tests. Just 5 minutes a day! I’d head(go) online now to take, like, ‘simple present’ tests. If today my score is 30%, what would it be 30 days later?

Entertain your thoughts because happiness is studying there. (Düşüncelerinizi eğlendirin çünkü mutluluk şimdi orada ders çalışıyor.)

You can’t really be strong until you see a funny side to things. (Ancak her şeyde komik bir taraf gördüğüne kadar, gerçekten mutlu olamayacaksınız.) [wow]–Anonymous 12.

Q: ‘‘It’s hard for Turkish people to learn English because Turkish and English grammar are not compatible. Is that true?’’ –ABSOLUTELY NOT. A: Is Turkish harder than Chinese? FYI (For your information), there’re some Chinese words they have to pronounce from the nose, they don’t have the exact pronunciation of ‘R’ in their alphabet, their alphabet is not written like that of Latin, and I guess their grammar is so different too! So why can many Chinese speak English nowadays? Why can many Turkish people speak fluent English nowadays? Let us learn from them. All languages of the world are compatible with one another. Of course there are differences and those are what make each language unique. In Turkish we say ‘Babam nerede?’ but the same in English is ‘Where’s dad?’ not ‘Where’s MY dad?’ because here it’s clear (obvious) that the speaker is talking about his/her OWN dad. In Turkish we say, ‘Kahvaltı ne yaptı?’ but the same in English is not ‘What did you do breakfast?’ but ‘What did you have FOR breakfast?’ [Kelimekelime olursa: Kahvaltı İÇİN ne yedi?] [Have: yemek/içmek] The BEST part about languages or English is if they say ‘What did you have for breakfast?’ ONE TIME, its form is ALWAYS the SAME. If they go to the moon or go on a cruise ship or go to Massachussets, when they want to say ‘Kahvaltı ne yaptı?’ they say ‘What did you have for breakfast?’ So I’d learn it ONE TIME, and I’d ALWAYS say it like that! In Turkish, the words ‘Değerlendirme (Evaluation)’ and ‘Değerlendirmek (Evaluate= Make an evaluation)’ are used a lot, but in American, I don’t think they use those that much. So for ‘Yeni bir teklifi değerlendim!’ they normally say, ‘I thought about the new offer!’ For ‘Biraz değerlendirme zamanı ihtiyacım var!’ they say, ‘I need some time to think about it!/ I need some time to figure it out!’ In America’s Got Talent, for ‘Haydi değerlendirmeye geçelim!’ they say, ‘LET’S VOTE.’ See the DIFFERENCES? In Turkish the word ‘Aktarma’ means ‘Transfer’ so what could this subway announcement ‘Kızılay İstasyonda aktarma yapabilirsiniz’ be in English? I don’t think they say ‘You can transfer at Kızılay Station’, that’d be word-for-word translation, that should be avoided, but they’d say: ‘You can CHANGE THE LINE at Kızılay Station.’ If translating word-for-word is the chain, the key is watching movies. 99% of my students who CAN speak English fluently are ‘movie-lovers and movie-watchers’! Absolutely not a coincidence(Bu kesinlikle tesadüf değil)! Life goes on, life likes speed, and move /change comes from within (değişme içinden geliyor). The American writer Maria Robinson says, ‘Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending! (Hiç kimse yeni bir başlangıcı başlatmayı geri gidemiyor, fakat herkes yeni bir sonu için bugün başlayabilir!)’ So I’d try to learn English FASTER. Now... ‘What did you have for breakfast?’ A sample answer could be: ‘I had a cup of coffee and a toast.’  Q: When I want to speak English, should I think in Turkish and translate it in English in my mind, or should I think in English and speak it in English?

A: How can I translate them all in my mind? English is my Ford Gran Torino. I don’t translate or memorize Gran Torino. I understand Gran Torino. When I get into a car, do I ever think of the asphalt material, the tires, the door, and the trunk, or do I think of the result, to get to my destination? Of course the result. When a soccer player shoots the ball, does he ever think of the ball, the size of it, the color of it, the field grass, or the result, to score a goal? Of course the result. So the answer is: ‘None of them!’ I need to forget about this perspective ’cause words and sentences formation should be natural to me, in my subconscious.

When I ask my students a question and they answer it without a nanosecond pause, THAT’s when I realize they KNOW well. So how does speaking English become natural to me, in my subconscious? First, when I COPY the pros’ or movie characters’ speaking. My Turkish language pros are any Turk I heard something from, or met, or know.

Can you imagine how I say these in Turkish and what body language and intonation I use? ‘Nasılsın, keyif nasıl?’ ‘N’aber?’ ‘Hayat nasıl gidiyo?’ ‘Öyle mi?’ ‘Yapma ya!’ ‘Var mı bi isteyen?’ ‘Harika bi şey!’ ‘Pardon, geçebilir miyim?’ ‘Olsun, önemli değil.’ ‘Hayret bir şey ya!’

‘Gerçekten çok güzel.’ ‘İnecek var.’ Of course you can imagine these ’cause Turkish is your first language. The same way, when you watch many American movies, you can easily imagine to say anything like your first language. So ‘I’ copy Turkish pros in Turkey is like ‘you’ copy American pros in movies. Second, after it’s REPEATED and repeated to me. What’s ‘Ateşiniz var mi?’ in English? You may say, ‘Got a light? I know it from Shallow Hal!’ That’s right.

What’s ‘Bekle/Dur/Bir dakika’? You may say: ‘Oh, come on, Mike! It’s ‘Hold on!’ You said that like ten times in this filebook! It’s natural to us!’ [Smile] See? THAT’s what I’m talking about! No time to think needed! No translation needed! Step by step, I learn English when I can say anything automatically, without a nanosecond pause, after things’re repeated to me like ten times. But, hold on! What’d happen if they’re repeated to me like HUNDRED times? Wow. Third, when words instantly REMIND me of something specific. Hilarious? ‘Çok eğlenceli.’ Komedi Dükkanı by Tolga Çevik. Fundamental?

‘Temel/Esas.’ Written on Cem Yılmaz’s car windshield.  [Meaning, not speaking in English is related to Turkish first. ‘Geçen hafta Ayvalıktaydım.’ ‘I was IN Ayvalık last week.’ Even the whole grammar is related to meaning: ‘‘Gittim= I went. Ben gidiyorum= I go./I’m going. Ben gideceğim= I’ll go./I’m gonna go./I

go. Gitmek istemiyorum= I don’t want to go. Gideceğimi zannetmiyorum= I don’t think I’ll go./I don’t think I’d go. Orada gitmek için bir arabamız lazım= We need a car to go(get) there. Gitmek istemezsen o zaman gitme, senin gitmek şart değil= If you don’t want to go, then don’t. You don’t have to./It’s not necessary/It’s not a must.’’ These’re easy sentences, but when it comes to harder, HOW can I translate them from Turkish to English? HOW can I think of its grammar(asphalt material), find words(door), put the words in order(trunk), and make the next sentence(tire)? But MOVIES make them EASY and ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE step by step. I call a cab(taxi), it comes, I open the door, but am still talking to my friend and don’t get in. Now the cabdriver asks, ‘Gidecek miyiz yoksa?’ What’s it in English? ‘Are we going or what?’ True! If I don’t remember it, I watch its movie ‘Remember Me’ again to get it repeated. What’s ‘Taksimetre çalıştır’? ‘Turn on the meter!’ Yea! The price of learning English is love, the price of speaking, courage.  Q: One word may have lots of meanings. How should I know which meaning that is?

A: ‘Serhat’ın yüzünü baktım. Mutluydu. (I looked at Serhat’s face. He was happy.)’ ‘Bu çanta için ne kadar para verdi? Yüz mü?

(How much did you pay for the bag? Hundred?)’ ‘Ben İngilizceye aşığım. Bu yüzden onun öğrenmeye asla bırakmayacağım. (I love English. That’s why I’ll never give up/quit learning it.)’ ‘Bu spray sadece yüzey temizlik içindir. (This spray is only for surface cleaning.)’ In Turkish, we understand one of the meanings of a multiple-meaning word IN THE SENTENCE. That’s the SAME in English. ‘Honey! Wash your face and come to have breakfast. (Tatlım/Şekerim/Canım! Yüzünü yıka gel kahvaltı ye.)’

‘Have you ever faced your ex? Hiç eski erkek/kız arkadaşınla yüzleştın mı?)’ ‘He Faced me and sent a message. What should I do?

(O beni Facebook’ta buldu mesaj bıraktı. Ne yapım/yapmalıyım/yapacağim/yapmam gerek?)’ Joanna(Keira Knightley) in the 2011 movie Last Night(00:09:20) says, ‘Michael, face me(Michael, yüzüme bak).’ Jake(Tom Malloy) in the movie Love n’ Dancing(00:55:29) says to Jessica(Amy Smart): ‘Face the mirror(Aynaya dön/bak).’  Life is a unique combination of ‘want to’ and ‘how to’. (Hayat benzersiz bir ‘-e istiyorum’ ve ‘-e nasıl yapacağım’ın birleşimidir.) –Jim Rohn Q: I can speak very well but slowly. How can I SPEAK FASTER? Socrates: Everyone tells you what to do and what’s good for you. They don’t want you to find your own answers. They want you to believe theirs. Dan: And let me guess. You want me to believe yours. Socrates: No. I want you to stop gathering information from outside yourself and start gathering it from the inside. People are afraid of what’s inside and that’s the only place they’re ever gonna find what they need. –Movie: Peaceful Warrior [Don’t accept this filebook’s way by reading, see the result by going it yourself (Bu dosyakitabın yöntemi okurak kabul etmeyin, onun yolu giderek, sonucu kendini görün).]  A: There is one street in Los Angeles named Mulholland Drive(Dr.) that I can drive there when I have the map(way). But there are two rabits I want to catch. The American proverb says, ‘If you chase too rabbits, you will lose them both (İki tavşanın yakalanmayı peşinde olursen, ikisini kaybedeceksın)!’ Michael ‘A’ tells me to read grammar books, Michael ‘B’ tells me to read story books, I don’t know which one to listen. In my idea, ‘result’ matters. If I went any way and got a great result, I’d stick to it(onu bağlı kalırdım). I’m a learner, just like YOU my friends. I watched movies everyday and I got a great result beyond imagination in a very comfy way. It’s not like I watched a movie today and didn’t watch any for a couple of days, NO. Shaquille O’Neal, the basketball champ says, ‘Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly. (Çok harika olmak bir işi bir kez yaptığın değil, ancak alışkanlıkdır. Sen sürekli yaptığın şeysin.)’ Wow. S oto speak fast, what do I do? Right before I meet a friend, I watch one movie to activate my mind. That’s my key to speaking English fast. Every time my students watch a movie and right after come to the class, they speak so better and faster! But the best way to practice speaking faster is to model (copy) the movie characters. They say: Fake it till you make it (Başarılı olduğun kadar başarılı olma numarasını yap)! This is hysterical (=extremely funny: aşırı komik) but actually a great technique to success. When I started speaking English, I used to do that a lot. I had some made-up lines which I spoke them fast and made everyone believe I was a pro UNTIL I believed in myself. When I watched the movie ‘When Will I Be Loved?’ I copied its character Ford(Frederick Weller), one of the fastest-speaking guys on planet earth! Will Smith says, ‘Being realistic is the most common travel road to mediocrity (Gerçekçilik sıradanlığın en genel yolculuk yoludur). Why would you be realistic? What’s the point of being realistic?’ Were Wright Brothers realistic? So the best way to speak fast like Americans is to feel like American. Serena Williams says, ‘You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.’ Charlie Chaplin was raised in an orphanage. He says, ‘You have to believe in yourself, that's the secret. Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world.’ Wow. It’s called imagination, what Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, Michael Phelps, and, oh my gosh, all successes have and had.

To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are. (Büyük bir şampiyon olmak için, en iyi olduğunu inanmalısın. En iyi değilsen ise, olduğun gibi davran.) [Brilliant!] –Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all times, winner of 56 gold medals, unmatched with any other champ 16.

Q: How can I speak more attractively?

A: The answer is: ‘Asking THIS QUESTION!’ When you ask a question like this, it means you are psychologically prepared to speak attractively. I think whenever I’m in a good mood, I speak better, a simple secret I witnessed in all. When a person is in a good mood, a lot of great ideas come to their mind. When this happens, they are unpredictable speakers, and that’s the key. ‘‘A friend was studying in Europe. His uncle lives there but in another city. The uncle called, paid him a visit (visited him), and asked, ‘It’s been three months you’re here. You made any friends?’ ‘Oh yeah. I’ve made A LOT of friends’ he replied. ‘Really? That’s fascinating!’ ‘They’re actually in the other room. Care (Would you like) to meet them?’ ‘Th-There? Now?’ ‘Yeah!’ The uncle, excitedly, followed him to the other room. He opened the door, drew the curtain

(perdeye çekti), showed the uncle all his ‘books’, and said, ‘Uncle! THESE are my real friends!’’ Wow. When a person is in a great mood, when his spirit is so high that he can’t place it in himself, he can impress any living creature in the world.

MIND. MOVE. MOOD. Exercise is really important to me – it’s therapeutic. So if I’m ever feeling tense or stressed or like I’m about to have a meltdown, I’ll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls. –Michelle Obama, the First Lady [www.move.org] Successful people are determined. They make a plan, they stick to it(onu bağlı kalıyorlar). To avoid disappointment, they’re disciplined. ‘What activities should I DO MORE, what should I DO LESS, what should I QUIT, what should I CONTINUE, what should I KEEP, and what should I CHANGE?’ 2 Timothy 1:7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love. But that doesn't mean you love them any less. Sometimes, it even makes you love them more. (Bazen sevdiğin insanlardan ayrı olmalısın. Fakat bunun anlamı onları az sevdiğin değildir. Bazen bu senin onları daha seveceğini sebep olur.) –The Last Song

1. I go jogging. It’s free, a will with no bill(faturasiz irade)! The more I move, the fresher I feel, and the better I speak English.

LIFE IN MOTIONS AND ACTIONS IS TRULY AMAZING. IT’S BRILLIANT. IT’S FRESH.

I CRAVE FOR JOGGING. I’M JUST CRAZY ABOUT JOGGING. IT’S EXHILIRATING!

WE SPEAK FANTASTICALLY WHEN WE FEEL REFRESHED. WE ATTRACT PEOPLE!

HABITS. JOGGING, WATCHING MOVIE, SPEAKING WELL ARE ALL GREAT HABITS. Best benefit to exercise? Happiness. (Egzersizin en iyi faydası nedir? Mutluluk.) –Robin Loyd 2. I believe in zodiac signs(burçlar). Those whose element is air (gemini: /CE.mı.na:’y/>İngilizcede kullanan Latin kelime< ikizler, libra: /Lİ’B.ra:/ terazi, aquarius: /ı.KWE.ri.yıs/ kova) need perfume more than others to get a good mood. [They are intellectual, excellent planners, great networkers and need to be active.] People whose element is water (cancer: /KAN.sır/ yengeç, scorpion: /sKO’R.pi.yın/ akrep, pisces: /Pİ’.si’z/ balık) need swimming more than others to get good mood. [They are emotional, helpful and great at service jobs such as teaching or psychology.] People whose element is fire (aries: /E’.ri’z/ koç, leo: /Lİ.yo’/ aslan, sagittarius: /sa.ci.TE.ri.yıs/ yay) need to get more energy from the sun to get a good mood. [They are great managers and group leaders.] People whose element is earth (taurus: /TO’.rıs/ boğa, virgo: /V3R.go’/ başak, Capricorn: /KAP.ri.ko’rn/ oğlak) need to travel and get to the nature to get a good mood. [They are creative and hard-working. Job is very important for them.] 3. I wear my best when invited to a party? I’d be like that ‘everyday’! 4. I’d keep myself busy and creative, splashing some oil color on a big canvas to make a form-free painting, filling a vase with coins to hold an ornamental flower. 5. I’d get some outdoor life. Researches show watching too much TV creates depression. 6. Being back home, to get the mood high I’d watch my favorite music video. 7. And now, ‘movie time’! I’d put on headphones, I’d have some coffee and cookie, and I’d enjoy learning English with the mandate of FUN! 8. After, I’d take a nap! As of huffingtonpost.com, Thomas Edison, Ronald Reagan, Leonardo DaVinci, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, and John D. Rockefeller were ‘famous nappers in history’. After the nap?

Cinnamon Turkish coffee! [The word ‘coffee’ comes from ‘kahve’!] 9. My todays’ program would be different from yesterday’s!

I’d go swimming, take a water taxi to nearby station, go to a concert, encourage someone, help somebody, thank people, love more, dine out with loved ones, try Caesar/Sİ’.zır/ salad/SA.lıd/ (Sezar salata), and read inspirational quotes to motivate myself to be able to motivate others. Now, are you my friend in a good mood to practice saying these please? Ready? Repeat: ‘Where is Derya?’

‘Derya is sitting there, chatting!’ ‘Oh, she seems happy! Who is she chatting with?’ ‘I don’t know.’ Thank you, but did you use body language and intonation to say these? The biggest secret of speaking attractively is using body language and intonation. This time when watching an American movie, pay attention to how much they use those. Now please look at the above sentences again, and showing slight body language, give stress to the underlined words. Ready?

GO. [...] Did it? Great! ‘I can’t use intonation and body language. What should I do?’ Using body language and intonation is a habit. Once I start, one month later, I’d see myself doing it always! Professor David Viscott says, ‘You must begin to think of yourself as the person you want to be (Kendini istediğin insan olarak düşünmeye başlamalısın).’ [Self note.]

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Take the best team and the worst team. Line them up and you would find very little physical difference. You would find an emotional difference. The winning team has a dedication: ‘they won’t accept defeat.’ (En iyi takım ve en kötü takımı örnek olarak alın. Onları sıralaştırın, onlarda çok küçük fiziksel fark ve çok büyük bir duygusal fark göreceksiniz /bulacaksınız.

Kazanan takım işine adamış: ‘Onlar yenilgiyi –asla- kabul edemezler.’) [WOW] –Anonymous  SPEAKING ENGLISH IS 100% PSYCHOLOGY! [TRUST ME ON THIS.] When I see a student with very little knowledge of English is speaking it, I realize speaking English is not much about knowledge. We are relaxed with our close friends and easily speak English with them, but we are careful to speak with no mistakes with strangers. SAME people, DIFFERENT speaking. I think it’s because of the feelings we have towards different people and the focus. If we focus on being ‘too careful about making mistakes’ when speaking English, our mind doesn’t focus on being ‘the best English speakers’. We can BE careful and at the same time focus on our English SPEAKING. Now what will happen if I go to a class and like advertisements, constantly encourage my students? Would they ever think I’m going to judge them? Won’t they be relaxed to speak English? Students must be constantly reminded how great they speak.

Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which is beyond all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  How much self-confidence do we have?

People may wonder how self-confident they are. If interested, become a member of scorelogix.com, go to Personal Solutions then Personality Tests, and take The SelfConfidence Test. The questions it has are the exact meaning of self-confidence.

Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers, it comes from being open to all the questions. (Özgüvenlilik, sanat gibi, bütün cevapları sahip olmaktan değil, ancak bütün soruları duymaya hazır olmaktan geliyor.)–Earl Gray Stevens Exodus 4:11-12 The Lord answered, “Who makes people able to speak or makes them deaf or unable to speak?

Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Don’t you know that I am the One who does these things? Now go!

When you speak, I will be with you and give you the words to say.”  The importance of SELF-IMAGE All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren’t. –Marilyn Monroe As much as children need love and support, a great self image (kendine nasıl gördüğün/sevdiğin) needs to be instilled in their mind. Movies can teach us a lot in this matter. In the pic, the girl asks, ‘Grandpa, am I pretty?’ And the grandpa answers, ‘You are the most beautiful girl in the world.’ See the girl’s reaction? It’s because she feels good.

It’s because the grandpa is instilling, feeding, or creating a great self-image in her mind and this is what ‘everyone’ needs. With the right self-image, I’d see the right thing in everything. Claudia Johnson, the former First Lady says, ‘Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. (Görünüşe bakılırsa çocuklar, senin onları inandığını göre kendileri inanıp yaşıyorlar.)’ When a child is encouraged with words like, ‘You’re a genius!’ one time, two times, three times, and everyday, this child would end up BELIEVING he’s a genius and nothing would stop him. Napoleon Hill says, ‘Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thoughts. (Her tür fikir, plan ya da amaç, düşüncelerin tekrarlamakla aklında yerleştirebilir.)’

1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, he hears us. Teens&Self-confidence:Gençler&Özgüvenlilik [Pic] How could she sit there and laugh and look so beautiful? (Nasıl orada oturup ve gülüp, bu kadar güzel görünebilir?)

‘Crush’ is a sudden feeling of love. We’re all once teens and we’re not strange with ‘teen crushes’. Speaking English is an ‘all-time crush’.

10th grade (10.sınıf) As I sat there in English class, I stared at the girl next to me. She was my so called ‘best friend’. I stared at her long, silky hair, and wished she was mine. But she didn’t notice me like that, and I knew it. After the class, she walked up to me and asked for the notes she had missed the day before and I handed them to her.

She said, ‘Thanks!’ and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her, I wanted her to know that I didn’t want to be just friends, I loved her but I was just too shy, and I didn’t know why.

11th grade The phone rang. On the other end, it was her. She was in tears, mumbling on and on about how her love had broken her heart. She asked me to come over(onun yanında gelmemi rica etti) because she didn’t want to be alone, so I did. As I sat next to her on the sofa, I stared at her soft eyes, wishing she was mine. After 2 hours, one Drew Barrymore movie, and three bags of chips, she

decided to go to sleep. She looked at me and said, ‘Thanks!’ and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her, I wanted her to know that I didn’t want to be just friends, I loved her but I was just too shy, and I didn’t know why.

Senior year The day before the prom(balo), she walked to my locker. ‘My date(çıkmak arkadaş) is sick,’ she said, ‘He’s not going to go well (İyileşmeyecek), I don’t have a date.’ As in 7th grade, we had made a promise that if neither of us had dates, we would go together just as ‘best friends’. So we did. Prom night, after everything was over, I was standing at her front door step. I stared at her as she smiled at me and she stared at me with her crystal eyes. I wanted her to be mine, but she wasn’t thinking of me like that, and I knew it. Then she said ‘I had the best time, thanks!’ and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her, I wanted her to know that I didn’t want to be just friends, I loved her but I was just too shy, and I didn’t know why.

Graduation day A day passed, then a week, then a month. Before I could blink, it was graduation day. I watched as her perfect body floated like an angel up on stage to get her diploma. I wanted her to be mine, but she didn’t notice me like that, and I knew it. Before everyone went home, she came to me in her smock and hat, and cried as I hugged her. Then she lifted her head from my shoulder and said, ‘You’re my best friend, thanks!’ and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her, I wanted her to know that I didn’t want to be just friends, I loved her but I was just too shy, and I didn’t know why.

A few years later Now I sit in the pews of the church. That girl is getting married now. I watched her say ‘I do (Evet diyorum)!’ driving off to her new life, married to another man. I wanted her to be married to me, but she didn’t see me like that, and I knew it. Before she drove away, she came to me and said ‘You came! Thanks!’ and kissed me on the cheek. I wanted to tell her, I wanted her to know that I wanted to marry her, and didn’t want to be just friends, I loved her but I was just too shy, and I didn’t know why.

Funeral Years passed, I looked down at the coffin of the girl who used to be my ‘best friend’. At the service (Ayinde), they read a diary entry (günlük girişi) she had written in her high school years. This was what was read: ‘I stare at him wishing he was mine, but he didn’t notice me like that, and I knew it. I want to tell him, I want him to know that I don’t want to be just friends, I love him but I’m just too shy, and I don’t know why. I wish he would tell me he loved me! I wish I did too.’ I thought to myself, and I cried.

I think there is something MORE important than shyness in this story. I think there is something MORE important than English class, silky hair, wishing, missing, kissing, and ‘best friend’. There is something MORE important than 10th grade, 11th grade, senior year, graduation day, and there is something MORE important than all these things, something we carry with ourselves every second of every day, something we carry more than our cellphone, credit cards, checknotes, money, briefcase, iPad, etc, the words we say to ourselves called the Internal Dialogue(insanın içindeki kendinle konuşmalar)!

[Pic] Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we’re nothing? –We accept the love we think we deserve. (Niye ben ve her sevdiklerim, kimse olmadığımız gibi davranan insanları seçiyoruz? –Biz hak ettiğimize zannettığımız aşkı kabul ediyoruz.)

Hebrews 13:6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my Helper; I will not be afraid.

What can mere mortals do to me?”  INTERNAL DIALOGUE My shirt and shoes may not be good but I definitely carry my Internal Dialogue about them. Les Brown says this real story: There were two guys, educated, with the same job background, but for the moment, had no jobs. They looked for a job for several weeks but faced disappointment again and again. The first guy stopped, became discouraged, stayed home, watched TV, became argumentative with his wife, drank beer, and talked on the phone with his unemployed friends. He just totally gave up! Why? Because his Internal Dialogue was, ‘I can’t do it. I can’t make it(Başarımayacağım)!’ He easily surrendered (Kolayca teslim oldu).

He trusted his assumption (zan). But the second guy kept looking and kept looking and kept looking, kept asking people, kept networking, kept checking the newspapers, and kept going EVERYWHERE he could to find a job. You know why? Because his Internal Dialogue was, ‘You have too much education. You are qualified. Your situation will change. You’ll be FINE. Just keep looking.’ He trusted what he believed. HE NEVER GAVE UP! He didn’t find a job, but found a company, went in, and said to the manager, ‘Look, you can hire me and I know you can use my talents and abilities. I don’t want to sit home and do nothing. I don’t want to be a bad example! Just let me do volunteer (gönüllü) work! You don’t have to pay me anything! I just want to work and be busy.’ [Clap!] The manager said, ‘It’s ok for me. You can keep yourself busy here but don’t expect anything.’ This guy worked there very hard and became the best employee there! Four weeks later, one of the top managers quit. They were looking for a replacement. Guess who they selected! ‘Him!’ They selected THIS guy who bravely accepted to do the volunteer work! Don’t you say ‘Bravo!’ to him? So what would MY Internal Dialogue be about English, relationship, and job? But wait! This top manager quit. Was it a coincidence or was it the effect of THIS guy’s brave action?

Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Chris Tomlin – Whom Shall I Fear? (God of Angel Armies) lyrics: You hear me when I call - You are my morning song - Though darkness fills the night - It can not hide the Light - Whom Shall I Fear - You Crush the enemy - Underneath my feet - You are my Sword and Sheild - Though troubles linger still - Whom Shall I Fear - I know who goes before me - I know who stands behind - The God of Angel Armies - Is always by my side - The one who reigns forever - He is a Friend of

mine - The God of Angel Armies - Is always by my side - My strength is in Your Name - For You alone can save - You will deliver me Yours is the victory - Whom shall I fear - Whom Shall I Fear - I know who goes before me - I know who stands behind - The God of Angel Armies - Is always by my side - The One who reigns forever - He is a Friend of mine - The God of Angel Armies - Is always by my side - And nothing formed against me shall stand - You hold the whole world in your hand - I'm holding on to your promises You are faithful - You are Faithful - And nothing formed against me shall stand - You hold the whole world in Your hand - I am holding on to Your promises - You are faithful - You are Faithful - You are Faithful - I know who goes before me - I know who stands behind - The God of Angel Armies - Is always by my side (x2) - I know who goes before me - I know who stands behind - The God of Angel Armies - Is always by my side - The One who reigns forever - He is a friend of mine - The God of Angel Armies - Is always by my side - The God of Angel Armies - Is always by my side  Are We Alone?

If I think I’m alone, it’s because I’ve always been WITH other people! To realize that I’m not alone, I’d pack the smallest backpack with one t-shirt, one toothbrush, one toothpaste, one small tent, one sleeping bag, and get out of the house, GET to the nature where I could REALLY be ALONE. Just me and the nature. I’d GO out there for a few days and feel the silence, feel the tranquility, feel the peace. When back, I’d be feeling braver, happier, no more alone, realizing that I’ve always been with people! It’d learn to appreciate life, appreciate people, I’d not wait for others to come to me, ‘I’ would go to make friends with them. Dale Carnegie says, ‘You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. (İki ay içinde, başkaları ilgilenmekla, iki sene onları kendine ilgilendirmeye çalışmaktan daha arkadaş bulabilirsin.)’  Fitting in or setting standards?

Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you were born to stand out? (Doğuştan başkalardan çok daha iyi olduğun zaman, niye çok sıkı uyum sağlamayı / bağdaşmayı çalışıyorsun?) [CLAP] –What A Girl Wants Does Dale Carnegie’s quote mean I should do anything to be accepted in a group? I believe not. If I try to please (hoşnut etmek) people to be accepted by them, I’d give them the permission to take control of my life. Sonya Friedman stunningly says, ‘The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. (Sen kendinle davrandığın şekli, başkalar için standart/ölçün sağlıyor.)’  Success increases self-confidence.

Danica Patrick. Kelly Slater. Their success is their self-confidence. Show me one person who is successful and doesn’t have self-confidence: Guess no one. That’s why we MUST improve our self-confidence by WINNING. Every winning, every human achievement, every success first happened in the mind. This means ‘everybody’ CAN BE self-confident. If others can speak fluent English, it’s because they thought they could, did what they thought, and can! (Eğer başkalar İngilizceyi çok akıcı konuşabilirler ise, sebebi yapabileceğini düşündüğü, düşündüğünü yaptığı ve o yüzden konuşabilirler.) What’s in the mind of successes? Dr. Robert Anthony says, ‘You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it. (Sahip olamayacağın inanmasını bırakmayı isteğiniz varsa, istediğin her şeyi sahip olabilirsiniz.)’ Brian Tracy says, ‘The history of the human race is the history of ordinary people who have overcome their fears and accomplished extraordinary things. DO the things you fear, then the death of fear is certain. (İnsan ırkın tarihi, korkularını yendiğin ve olağan üstü şeyleri tamamladığın sıradan insanlarıdır. Korktuğundan şeyleri YAP, ondan sonra korkunun ölüm kesindir.)’ Lord Herbert says, ‘The shortest answer is doing! (En kısa cevap, yapmaktir!)’ Jim Rohn says, ‘You can’t hire people to do jogging for you! (Kendinin koşmak için, başkaları işe alamazsın.)’ W. Clement Stone says, ‘Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. (Düşünmek korkuyu yenmez ama hareket etmek/ yapmak kesin yapar.)’ Benjamin Franklin says, ‘Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. (Hareket/Eylem belki her zaman mutluluk getirmeyecek, ancak hareketsiz/ eylemsiz hiç mutluluk yoktur.)’ It seems they all agree with: Action(Hareket/Motor)!

WOW LIFE-LESSON OF SELF-CONFIDENCE! Nobody can make you feel inferior without your own consent. (Sen izin vermeden/kabul etmeden/inanmadan hiç kimse seni ikinci derece hissettirmez.) –Eleanor Roosevelt [Pic] You don’t always have to be who they want you to be, you know. (Biliyorsun, sen her zaman onların senden kim olmasını istediğin olmayı zorunda değilsin.)  PREPARATION BEFORE ACTION We don’t force people to love us! All we must do is to BECOME the person who could be loved.  Preparation in the MIND. People who feel good about themselves produce good results.

(Kendini iyi hissetiğin insanlar iyi sonuçlar yaratacaklar.) –Kenneth H. Blachard [Pic] What you think is important, isn’t. What you think is unimportant, is. (Önemli olduğunu düşündüğün şey, önemli değil. Önemli olmadığını düşündüğün şey, önemlidir.) [CLAP!] I have to BUY before I SELL. I have to LEARN before I EARN. Learning is the warm-up of earning. In the market of self-confidence, what’d I have for selling to be

rich? I’d imagine my ‘dream person’ is right next to me. What do I have to say to her? Would I talk about my favorite food or what I did last night? I don’t think that’s effective! How about the day after and the days after? What will I talk about? Jim Rohn says, ‘‘The land says, ‘Don’t bring your needs, bring your seeds!’’ (Toprak diyor: İhtiyaçlarını getirme, tohumlarını getir!) So sensible.

When we hate others, we don’t love ourselves more, we’d hate ourselves more. Imagine everyday hatred would gather on and on!!

Oh my goodness! I’d ask myself, ‘What have I done to MYSELF???’ The center of self-confidence is MIND. So I’d FREE my mind, FREE myself. If I hated someone, this hatred is like a garbage in the kitchen, I’d throw it out, I’d wash the kitchen of my heart and mind with the water of LOVE and START a new life and SEE people as ‘friendly’. I’d pick up the phone and call people I had hated and tell them that I LOVE them. I’D be HAPPY that day, THEY would be happy that day, I’d FEEL good about MYSELF! How would THEY feel? AWESOME! HATE HAS NEVER BEEN THE ANSWER. I’d give myself TWO OPTIONS and there’s NO OTHER WAY (başka bir yol yoktur). I’d either live in fear for the rest of my life, or DO something, TAKE AN ACTION.

We can’t stop dangers outside but we can stop fears inside. (Dışarıda tehlikeleri durduramıyoruz, ancak içinde korkuları durdurabiliriz.)

Some children are afraid of dark because of the horror stories others tell them. As an adult, if I am afraid of communicating with others, it’s because of the horror stories I tell myself about others! (Bazı çocuklar başkaların söylediğin korku hikayelerden dolayı karanlıktan korkuyorlar. Ben yetişkin olarak başkalarla iletişim kurmaktan korkarsam, sebebi kendime söylediğim korku hikayelerdir.)

I wouldn’t deny my fear, I’d remove the cause (Korkularımı inkar etmezdım, sebebi kaldırdım).

‘Fear of the unknown’ is the biggest reason we don’t start a conversation with strangers. What if we imagine the other person’s answer is already yes? Others don’t have to always agree with us.

Fear is a reminder that I need to do more to have more. I’d do watch motivational videos on YouTube.

ASSUMPTION (zan) is the biggest problem ever! ‘I haven’t said two words to him but I’ve already named our children. (Onunla iki kelime bile konuşmadım fakat çoktan çocuklarımız için isim koydum.)’ What kind of a person may have more of these assumptions?

Answer? [...]

[Oh, no. This is ANOTHER assumption! And I assume I’m right!] GIRLS/LADIES are understanding people. You can share your thoughts with them. BOYS/MEN are friendlier than they seem!

FUN is a great method of breaking the ice or starting a conversation. When people laugh around me, I’d forget about the THOUGHT of how serious they are.

I’d KEEP the balance. Too much kindness is weakness. Too much seriousness is isolation.

I’d STAY ALERT. People come into my life for a reason or a season!

So simple: When ‘I’ am calm, it makes ‘others’ calm!  Values are more important than thoughts. I’d stay humble but confident. There are already people in the world who look at things differently.

I’d condition my mind to be courageous (Düşüncelerimi cesur olduğun durumunda getirirdim), then I’d be. B plan) ‘Go talk to that girl. –Oh, nooo, noooooo!’ A plan) ‘Hey, I give you 1,000. bucks to go talk to that girl. Will you? –Seriously? –Seriously. –Of course I’ll do it. But... money first!’ [Smile] Well, this is the SAME me! This is the SAME person who says, ‘Oh, nooo, noooooo!’

My mind changed because of the reward but I already HAVE self-confidence. Like Plan A, if I really want something, I’d condition my mind for it. I must want it first. Our mind is like a ‘child’, when you ask, ‘Do you want ice cream or CHOCOLATE?’ they’d probably say, ‘Chocolate!’ but when you ask the SAME child, ‘Do you want chocolate or ICE CREAM?’ they’d probably say, ‘ICE CREAM!’  We assume guys always ask girls out. It’s an old cliché! There is no such rule(kural) anymore!  Preparation in the LOOKS (görünüş/ nasıl göründüğün).

If today someone comes to me and says, ‘You look handsome!’ and I believe, and tomorrow someone else comes to me and says, ‘You look ugly!’ and I believe, what would happen? I think the time has come to repeat saying positive words about myself to myself. ‘I am FINE.’ ‘I look OK!’ I’d go to gym, practice good posture, sit straight up, and so.

Guys are visual(görsel), girls, verbal(sözsel). It’s nature. Guys better be good with words, girls, looks.

Celebrities are relaxed because they KNOW that people LOVE them!

Kirsten Stewart plays with her hair a lot! Is that a coincidence(Bu tesadüf mü)? 

Or Roma Downey? 

These tips could effect prevent a divorce!  THE POWER OF WORDS

Sometimes, all we need to speak English among strangers in the class is 20 seconds of insane courage, just literally 20 seconds!

Make yourself necessary to somebody (Kendini biriye gerekleştirin). [wow]–Ralph Waldo Emerson You can’t stop the wave, but you can learn to surf! –Jon-Kabat Zinn Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small. –Ruth Gendler The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. – Seneca What I am looking for is not ‘out there’, it is ‘IN ME’. –Helen Keller It’s not your job to like me... it’s MINE! –Byron Katie As for worrying about what other people might think –forget it. They aren’t concerned about you, they are too busy worrying about what ‘you’ and other people think of them!! –Michael le Boeuf When you’re 18, you worry about what everybody is thinking of you; when you’re 40, you don’t give a darn (hiç umurundan bile değil) what anybody thinks of you; when you’re 60, you realize nobody’s been thinking about you at all!! [Funny But True!] –Dr. Daniel Amen (18/40/60 Rule) Optimism is the foundtion of courage. –Nicholas Murray Butler You are wonderful. Valuable. Worthwhile. Lovable. Not because others think so. Self worth comes from only one place: self. – Karen Salmansohn Karşınızdakilerin ‘insan’ olduğunu hiçbirzaman unutmayın. (Never forget that what you meet is a ‘human being’! –Sakıp Sabancı Use action to cure fear and gain confidence. Do what you fear and fear disappears. Just try it and see. –David Schwartz, Ph.D. Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have. (Özgüvenlilik, senki çoktan arzu ettiğin özgüvenliliği sahip olduğun gibi davranmakla, gelişebilen bir alışkanlığıdır.) –Brian Tracy Confidence is contagious. –Vince Lombardi [In a quiet public place, when one person starts to talk and laugh, people around will start to talk and laugh!]  Heaven’s not beyond the clouds, it’s just beyond the fear. –Garth Brooke, the American country singer Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.  PREPARATION FOR ACTION If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place. (İstedığın şeyin peşinde gitmezsen, asla onu elde almayacaksın. Rica etmezsen, cevabı her zaman hayır olacak. İleri gitmezsen, her zaman aynı yerde olacaksın.) –Nora Roberts Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. (Düşünmek korkuyu yenmez ama hareket etmek/ yapmak kesin yapar.) –W. Clement Stone How would the person I’d like to be… do what I’m about to do? (İstediğim kişi olsaydım, yapacak üzerinde olan şeyi nasıl yapardım?) [Excellent!] –Jim Cathcart Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong. (Cesaret her zaman doğru olmaktan gelmiyor, ancak yanlış olmaktan korkmaktan geliyor.) –Peter T. McIntyre Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

IF something inside me tells me I can’t, I’d knock the ‘t’ off and go DO it! ‘OF COURSE I CAN SPEAK ENGLISH IN THE CLASS.’ ‘SURE I CAN TALK TO STRANGERS.’ ‘OF COURSE I CAN. I BEAT THIS THING.’ I’d FEEL the fear and ACT anyway. NEXT time I’d do better. NOTHING is easy first time, EVERYTHING gets easy by PRACTICING. Norman Vincent Peale says, ‘Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.

(Engellerine karşı dayanaklı olun ve onlarla ilgili bir şey yapın. Onlar, sahip olduğunu zannettiğin yarı gücü bile sahip olmadığını farkında olacaksın.’

Dale Carnegie in ‘How To Win Friends And Influence People’ says it ALL: ‘If you want to conquer fear, DON’T sit home and think about it. GO out and GET busy! (Eğer korkuyu yenmek istersen, evde oturma ve onu düşünma. Git dışarıda ve meşgul ol!)’ This is very true.

I’D TRAVEL ABROAD MORE OFTEN. WHEN I ‘HAVE TO’ SPEAK ENGLISH, I WILL DO IT. If we don’t follow, we won’t lead. Bir üsülü takip etmeyiz ise, hayatta önder olmayacağız.

The world’s best, fastest, most practical way to gain self-confidence is to be with selfconfident friends and learn to do what they do.

[Pic] But when I’m with you, it’s like I’m better than me. (Fakat seninle olduğum zaman, sanki kendimden daha iyiim.)

LORD JESUS. THANK YOU FOR BEING MY BEST FRIEND. LOVE. me.

To gain self-confidence, NOTHING on Planet Earth is better than a self-confident friend.

How about ‘me’ becoming my own BEST FRIEND first?

Some people can’t believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first. (Bazı insanlar ilk başka biri onları inandığından önce kendilere inanamıyorlar.) –Good Will Hunting If I go to a party, an opening (açılış), or a get-together alone and the only person I know is NOT there, what would I do? Would I sit there, playing with my mobile phone, waiting for people to come to me, or would I go mingle with ‘only guys’ group? I don’t think that’s such a good strategy. Instead, I’d have a great Internal Dialogue like ‘It’s FINE!’ and go talk to the most attractive person out there. Les Brown says, ‘Shoot for the moon. If you miss, you’ll land on a star! (Ay almayı/En güzel şey almayı/Tek şey almayı hedeflenin/deneyin. Kaçırsenız, bir yıldız üzerinde ineceksiniz.)’  I’d ATTRACT what I THINK. I’d think GOOD, attract GOOD, BE in a thankful MOOD! (Düşündüğünü cezp edeceksin. İyi düşün, iyi cezp et, minnettar/ memnuniyet dolu durumda OL! Everywhere I go, my Internal Dialogue would be, ‘Looks like everyone is having fun. Everyone looks awesome. People are nice. I look great. My mind is prepared to meet new people.’  Part of the body language of success is smiling slightly and having the eyes to the horizonal level.

Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. (Bazen insanlar kendinler ve başkaların arasında duvar / sınır / mesafe koyuyorlar, sebebi onları uzak tutmak değil, ancak kim yeterince onu kırmak istediğini görmektir.) –Anonymous Before any of these, before I even try, I’d have in mind to mean what I say. This’d be my moral imperative. If I didn’t really want a relationship, I’d not be committed to these. (Her şeyden önce, hatta denemeden önce, demek istediğimde ciddi olduğumu aklımda dururdum. Bu ahlaki zorunluluğum olurdu. Gerçekten ilişki istemezdim, bunları bağlı kalmazdım.)

I’d practice looking at people’s eyes. Eye contact is the most important part of a communication. In this picture, Kate Winslet’s eye contact is confident. Is her Internal Dialogue negative or POSITIVE? THE MOST IMPORTANT THING before or after starting the conversation is ‘CHEMISTRY (Türkçe: elektrik)!’ YES chemistry? YES relationship. NO chemistry? I’d just FORGET about it. I’d find another.  ACTION In the university campus, the guy sees her laughing with her friends. He loves her and dreams about her. I think he can ask her for a cup of coffee. The girl loves the guy for over two years now, but has kept this secret to herself. MOVIES can teach us:

If you love someone... you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise... the moment just passes you by. (Eğer kimseyi seviyorsanız, onu anında, yüksek sesle söyleyeceksin.

Yoksa o an yanından geçecek.) –My Best Friend’s Wedding YEAH. WHY NOT? WHY NOT TRYING TO LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY? WHAT WORST COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN? (En kötü ihtimal ne olacak ki?) ‘I’D EITHER LOSE OR WIN. NO LIFE IN BETWEEN!’ So I’d finally start a conversation!

I’d MARCH forward (=step forward strongly/take action=Güçlü şekilde ileri adım atırdım)! My heartbeat is the beat of power!

I’d say yes to myself, I’d say yes to ‘I can do it.’

Men should notice that they are physically stronger and bigger than girls. I wouldn’t approaching her face-to-face.

I’d start practicing with small steps, like I’m walking in a street and I see two girls from a distance, having the cups of Starbucks coffee in their hands, so if I really feel like drinking coffee, I’d approach and ask, ‘Hey, ladies! Is the Starbucks around?’ Girls/ Ladies are helpful. They’d show the address. I’d thank them and leave! I think EVERYBODY CAN TAKE THIS SMALL STEP. Step by step, the self-confidence would increase.

After the eye-contact, if there is a chemistry, I wouldn’t hesitate to start a conversation! About what? About her bag, clothes, iPhone, etc.

I wouldn’t ask the time! Everyone has a mobile phone.  I’d never use pick-up lines(laf atmalar) like ‘Hey! You from around?’

The quote says, ‘The start is what stops most people.’ I’d start my communication by creating a sense of comfort without focusing on ‘I like you’ to prove that I’m not a threat. I’d first approach as a ‘friend’, NOT as a ‘lover’! I’d make a natural conversation, building trust, NOT romance. This is the most important part of starting a conversation.

I’d talk about the environment. When dealing with the laptop, I’d talk about the laptop; on the subway, I’d talk about the subway; at the bus stop, I’d talk about the bus stop; in the cafe, I’d talk about the cafe.

I’d practice complimenting others, maybe less than five seconds! ‘You’re smart!’ ‘I like your tattoo!’ ‘Professor! I enjoyed your speech today!’ Everyone can say these! ‘Why complimenting?’ Because when we compliment others, it makes them feel good or smile, so when they feel good or smile, we FORGET about how serious they are or we feel friendlier and talk. I’d compliment about something that distinguishes her from others. How to respond the compliment? I’d learn from the movie ‘Change of Plans’ (00:54:26). When Babba talks about car racer champ Jeff Burton ‘He took first place 21 times! (O 21 kez birinci oldu!) Jeff Burton answers: ‘Hey, man! You know, I’ve been lucky, all right?’ I need to learn from Jeff Burton’s humility.

1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

I’d RECOGNIZE my progress.

I’d be unpredictable! A pretty girl’s internal dialogue is, ‘I’m beautiful. Everybody wants to be with me.’ To build attraction, I’d not show I’m attracted! She’d think, ‘Why isn’t this guy attracted to me?’

I wouldn’t ask too many question like a job interview! I’d just say my personal ideas and tell her what I noticed about her at first.

I’d ask her opinion! I’d listen carefully and be up(be ready) for the answer.

I’d be funny at times or tease her like ‘What?? You can’t cook?’

I wouldn’t strongly disagree and rather say ‘Interesting idea!’

I wouldn’t be quiet after starting a conversation. I could talk about music, coffee, traveling, success stories, future ambitions, or childhood memories.

‘Yeah, I agree. Oh, my name is [...] by the way. What’s your name?’

Speaking shows personality, improving it is improving personality.  Can we LEARN self-confidence from movies?

[Pic] Man, I’m pretty. (Adamım, çok yakışıklıyım ya.) [>See the Internal Dialogue?]  Actors are self-confident. When I watch many movies, I learn to have those actors’ self-confidence. This is the kind of conversation Mitch (Ryan Raynolds) has in 2011 movie The Change-Up (Hayat Sana Güzel) that actually shows the kind of Internal Dialogue he has. In one scene (00:09:30) he comes in Dave(Jason Bateman)’s house and Dave’s girl happily runs towards him and says, ‘Uncle Mitch!’ [People with positive Internal Dialogue make everyone happy!] Now Mitch gasps happily and says, ‘How’s my favorite ballerinaaa?’ [Positive dialogue comes from a positive mind.] Then Mitch goes to the kitchen and says to Dave’s wife, Jane(Leslie Mann), ‘Mmm, smells good in here, Jane!’  Love is the answer to self-confidence!

Psalm 136:26 Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.

I talked to you about relationship to come to this point: Love. Almost in every movie, there is a sign or a message of love. Why is love so important? Lao Tzu answers, ‘Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. (Birinin tarafından derince sevilmek seni güç veriyor, o zaman ki biriyi derince sevmek sana cesaret veriyor.)’

So it’s clear: Deeply loving a person or English language makes us strongly couragous to be loved back or speak.

E N J O Y A N D L E A R N .

E Ğ L E N V E Ö Ğ R E N .

Nicholas Sparks is the most romantic author of our contemporary time. Beneath the romance, he gives stunning messages about the importance of forgiveness and the reality of life while we learn English too!

Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right person. (Bazen en sıradan şeyler gösterişsiz bir şekilde doğru bir insanla yaparsen, olağanüstü olabilir.) –The Lucky one When you’re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it’s just as hard as what you’re going through. (Bir şeyi uğraşirsen, etrafındaki bütün insanlara bak ve farkında ol ki gördüğün her tek kişi bir şeyi uğraşiyor ve onlar için, bu senin şu an geçirdiğin şeyin gibi zordur.) –Nicholas Sparks; Dear John

[Pic] A life without love is no life at all. (Aşksız hayat, asla hayat olmaz.) –A Cinderella Story

 God

fades away fears!

The things I told you about self-confidence are earthly solutions, and depending on the person, some of them are temporary solutions. Ever since I believed in JESUS, He has taken my fears away, He has given me strength and PEACE as He promised, the PEACE the world can never ever offer. Never.

John 14:27 [Jesus said] Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. It is not as the world gives that I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and do not let it be afraid. [This is Lord’s promise to the believers. I LOVE YOU, LORD JESUS.]

IF YOU SAY JESUS IS NOT THE LORD, I ‘DARE’ YOU TO ASK IN ‘HIS’ NAME, WAIT, AND ‘SEE’.

Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

If I listen, I forget; if I see, I remember; if I do, I learn. (Duyarsam, unuturum; görürsem, hatırlarım; yaparsam, öğreneceğim.) –Proverb  AFTER WATCHING A LOT OF MOVIES  HOW TO GET PREPARED TO SPEAK I didn’t come back to tell you that I can’t live without you. I can live without you. I just don’t want to. (Seninle yaşayamıyorum demek için geri dönmedim. Sensiz yaşayabilirim. Fakat öylesini istemiyorum.)–Jennifer Aniston, Rumor Has It There are no ordinary moments. There is always something going on. (Hayatta sıradan anlar yoktur / her an önemli bir andır. Her zaman bir şeyler oluyor.) –Peaceful Warrior

+ If a guy loves a girl but has lost her, could he possibly find her if he just sat there doing nothing or just said, ‘I love this girl, I love this girl’? Guess not! He should go, make some phone calls, ask some people, do some search and research, or do something to find her, right? The same way, if I really say I love to speak English, I should do some search and research, I should wonder, like, what the items in the kitchen are in English, how they take a taxi when I watch a movie, or how they order a cup of coffee, then imagine it in the mind and act it. If I’m a businessman, I’d pay attention to their businesspeople’s kind of conversation with their clients. If I’m a secretary, I’d notice how they answer the phone, what words they use, and see if they shake hands with clients or not. I’d take the notes of important things USEFUL for MYSELF. If I’m a doctor, I’d wonder what words, like, ‘Dr. House M.D.’ speaks. If my job concerns law or social services, I’d wonder and watch ‘The Guardian’ TV series on my computer. Luckily, for any job, there are some parts in some movies.

Matthew 7:7-8 Ask and it will be given to you; search and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; the one who searches, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

I loved a writer and gave up the prize for a sonnet. (Bir yazarı aşık oldum ve sone ödülünden vazgeçtim.) –Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow); Shakespeare in Love + Writing is about accuracy and ideas. If someone asked, ‘What’s your idea about idealism?’ if I wrote about it before, I had time to think, could write more accurately, and had to search on the Internet to find ideas. Even if I didn’t write about idealism, I wrote about other topics which could open my mind to speak about idealism better with more accurate English. When students write, they get a score(result). Two months later, their score(result) will improve (get better). The Success Circle says: 1.Potential 2.Action 3.Result 4.Belief. By writing, they’ll improve their belief in themselves!  It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices. (Bize gerçekten kim olduğumuzu gösteren kabiliyetlerimiz değil, ancak seçeneklerimizdir.) –Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets + English language is a lot like soccer. Soccer players play the game on the field, then get back to the locker room to get instructions from the coach. Class is the locker room, outside the class is the game. Students who speak English after the class is finished guarantee themselves that they are successful English speakers, psychologically prepared for the English speaking game. The English we speak out the class matters much more than the English we speak in the class. (Sınıf dışarıda konuşacağımız İngilizce, sınıf içinde konuştuğumz İngilizceden çok daha önemli.) Zig Ziglar says, ‘What you do off the job determines how well you’ll do on the job. (İşten dışı ne yaptığınız, işin içi ne kadar iyi yapacağını belirtiyor).’ English speaking IS our lovely job we crave for.

‘If I could give you one thing in life, I would give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes. Only then you would realize how special you are to me.

(Eğer hayatta bir şey size verebilseydim, gözlerimden size nasıl gördüğüm kabiliyeti verirdim. Sadece o zaman siz benim için ne kadar özel öldüğünü farkında olacaktın.)’ + When I watch many movies, I actually watch-listen a lot. And when I repeatedly watch-listen, I literally come to a point where those words become natural to me, they become an irreplaceable part of me, they move from my mind to my subconscious mind. And THIS is the MOVE I’m talking about. THIS NATURAL MOVE!

Remember the example of ‘Hold on’? I’d listen-watch one time, two times, three times, four times, ten times, hundred times, and so many times that I’d like to speak those words! I’d like to act them. I’d like to enjoy showing my ABILITY to myself, that ‘I CAN!’ Besides, there’s a ‘SELF’ in me that keeps saying ‘You can’t, you can’t, English is hard, you can’t speak it, leave it up, it’s hard, you can’t!’ I wouldn’t be tricked by it because it’s just a test! After watching a lot of movies, those words become so NATURAL like my first language that they become PART OF ME. And THAT’S when I say to that SELF of mine, ‘SEE? I COULD!’ UNDESCRIBABLE FEELING! I’D FIGHT FOR IT. I’D FIGHT TO ACHIEVE THIS GREAT FEELING OF JOY. This is no dream. This is really happening. (Bu rüya değil artık, gerçekten oluyor.) –Rosemary’s Baby And at this point, I’d like to share this great feeling. As if I got a great news like a secret and I can’t keep it in myself! I’d want to go out and share it with someone else. So I’d look for (search for) someone to speak English with, like I love a girl and look for (search for) her. THIS.. IS.. LOVE!

This person that I want to speak English with, could be my sibling, my friend, my classmate, my co-worker, my neighbor, my internet friend, a friend I go to gym with, or anyone interested in SPEAKING English. Ömer really loves learning English speaking by movies. He watches one movie many times. He says his self-confidence has improved a lot by movies! Yes, when you do something you thought you couldn’t, you will BE self-confident too. He goes jogging more often and his lifestyle has changed. HE TAKES PICTURES OF THE SCENES OF THE ENGLISH-SUBTITLED MOVIES with his cellphone and checks them whenever he’s alone to learn English. As of 2013, he has, wow, more than 1,000 English-sub pictures on his cellphone and checks them on the bus, on the subway train, in a cafe when alone, and when eating, walking, having a work break(moğla), everywhere, and everytime!

He watches one movie many times because everytime he learns something NEW. This is BRILLIANT. He’s found the JOY in learning English by watching movies and says, ‘I JUST KEEP GOING!’ English is love and we shouldn’t look for happy ending in love because true love never ends! (İngilizce aşktır ve aşkta mutlu sonu aramamalıyız çünkü gerçek aşk hiç sonmayacak!)

Winners become winners because they have a SECRET. His? Ok. Sometimes when he’s cleaning the whole house, he has his laptop on(açık bırakıyor) in one room and plays a movie so at least he could HEAR the movie he’d watched before! WOW. Bravo, buddy!

This…is…superb! He says, ‘Sometimes I say something in English but I can’t believe I just said that!’ One day he was so happy he called and said, ‘I just had an American customer. He told me I have California accent! He congratulated me twice because I’ve never been abroad but I can speak English so well!’ WOW. What better than that? And this is what I heard from him most: ‘I’m humble.’

James 4:10 Humble yourself before the Lord and He will lift you up.

He planned to travel abroad by himself too. [Clap.] He is SELF-EDUCATED in the university of life. I think he’s the ROLE MODEL of learning English speaking in Turkey. The effect of people like Ömer is ENDLESS. His daughter will learn English too. And I guess a lot of people who are reading this about Ömer will seriously think of learning English speaking too! Everyone and everything effect each other. Çetin. An educated gentleman. He said ‘quotes’ effected his life. Oğuz. Another educated gentleman. He listens to audio program while driving. This is LOVE. When we plant a seed, its form changes and becomes a tree. Small drops become river. The computer machine produces ads on walls.

When we learn English, English doesn’t change... we change, we become new, we become productive.

Nevzat. Another educated gentleman. His last writing was 17 pages! Wow. Can you believe that? This is LOVE. ‘THANK YOU!’ A Turkish friend. Discovered the effect of movies. Bought 30 DVDs in one day and 30 DVDs the day after! 60 DVDs in two days!

Man! History must know these!

What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew, was the only someone for you? (Ya hiç buluşmadığın kişi, hiç görmediğin kişi, hiç tanımadığın kişi senin bir tane / aradığın aşk olursa?) – Sleepless in Seattle + Drinking a glass of water in one gulp is hard but when I drink it in three or four small gulps, that’s easier. If I know few words, I wouldn’t start with practicing SIMPLE SENTENCES. To speak English as a beginner then, I’d make any sentence into small parts. To say 1 sentence ‘İstanbul’da kimseyi tanımıyorum!’ I’d divide it into 3 parts: ‘I don’t know anybody in Istanbul.’

‘Dün akşam saat 18:00’de işimi bitirdim.’ ‘Yesterday evening I finished my work at 6 (PM).’ 1 sentence. 3 parts. ‘Misafirlerimiz dün gece saat 22:00’de ayrıldılar.’ ‘Last night at 10, our guests left/parted us (said goodbye to us).’ 1 sentence. 4 parts. When I love English, I find different ways to speak it. Starting is awesome feeling! Love cannot be found where it doesn’t exist, nor can it be hidden where it truly does (Aşk var olmadığın yer de bulunmuyor, gerçek var olduğun yerde de saklanmıyor). –Kissing A Fool/Movie + In real life, I speak with my friends having eye contact, body language and intonation, then I enjoy. So in the class, when I speak with my classmates, I wouldn’t look at the book but I’d have eye contact, body language, and intonation and speak with them like, ‘Hi. –Hello. –How are ya? –Good. You? –I’m great! –You got a nice briefcase! –Thanks!’ Can you imagine what body language and intonation I use when having the above conversation? Mostly smiling, huh?

How about when I say, ‘I can’t believe it(İnanamiyorum)’? Brows and voice up, right? How about, ‘Yes, I agree’? I nod, huh? I only speak English when I enjoy it like I speak in real life.

There are millions of people in this world. But in the end, it all comes down to one. (Bu dünyada milyonlarca insan yaşıyor. Fakat sonunda biri olarak hayatında sonuçlanıyor.) –Crazy/Beautiful + Language is an art, art is about communication, and in effective communication, we not only respond to the questions, but also show REACTION to our communicator’s RESPONSE. Imagine, if person [1] asks, ‘What’s your favorite snack?’ and person [2] responds, ‘I like ice cream!’ RIGHT HERE (Tam burada), if person [1] asks the next question, like, ‘Do you...?’ I think it wouldn’t be effective communication. Why? Because person [1] didn’t REACT (tepki göstermek) to person [2]’s RESPONSE. Person [2] doesn’t know how person [1] feels about his/her RESPONSE. Now I think this is effective communication: [1] ‘What is your favorite snack?’ [2] ‘I like ice cream.’ Now person [1] REACTs to person [2]’s RESPONSE: ‘Oh, that’s interesting. MY favorite snack is ice cream too!’ Now person [2] also REACTs to what person [1] just RESPONDed and continues, ‘Oh, that’s nice. Do you like ice cream in winters?’ ‘Yea, sometimes, but DEFINITELY in the summers!!’ [Smiles] ‘Yeah, me too. What’s your favorite flavor?’ ‘Oh, I like vanilla!’ ‘Oh yeah? Seems cool! I like chocolate, though. It’s awesome.’ The second conversation seems better, huh? I’d always be ready to show surprise, enthusiasm, happiness, sorrow, agreement, etc. with words like, ‘Oh yeah?’ ‘Oh, I’m sorry!’ ‘Yea, that’s right.’ ‘HaHa! That was funny!’ ‘I don’t know!’ ‘Wow. That’s impressive!’ etc. When we show reaction to someone’s response, the person realizes we understood them so they enjoy as well as we enjoy this art. Reacting to someone’s response is about how we value other people’s ideas. (Birinin cevabı tepki göstermek, onun düşüncelerini nasıl değer verdiğimizdir.) So I’d remember: [1] Question> [2] Response> [1] Reaction. The person who asks the question should always be ready for the reaction. It makes the conversation so enjoyable, like summer ice cream!! 

Don’t say we aren't right for each other, the way I see it is... we aren't right for anyone else. (Biz birbirimize yakışmıyoruz deme.

Gördüğüm gibi birbirimizden başka kimseyi yakışmıyoruz.) –The Cutting Edge

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you ‘feel’ about what you know.–Jim Rohn + This is the first thing about grammar that you ALL know: Subject (Özne) + Verb (Fiil) + Object (Nesne) + Place Adverb + Time Adverb. Subject never changes its form. ‘I will meet you soon.’ ‘I’ is always ‘I’! ‘Amanda told him everything.’

‘Amanda’ is always ‘Amanda!’ Object never changes its form either. In the above example, there are two objects, ‘him’ is always ‘him’ and ‘everything’ is always ‘everything’. ‘I met her in a cafe yesterday.’ ‘Her’ is always ‘her’. Also ‘cafe’ is always ‘cafe’ and ‘yesterday’ is always ‘yesterday’. [Yea, it could be ‘cafes’ but that’s easy!] ‘I learn English everyday.’ ‘English’ is always ‘English’. ‘Everyday’ is always ‘everyday’ too. The thing that changes its form is: VERB. The more VERBs I learn, the more I can SPEAK English! [Wink] In the sample sentences above, you have ‘meet’ and you have its past form ‘met’. The present tense of ‘told’ is ‘tell’: ‘Amanda tells him everything.’ ‘Amanda is going to tell him everything.’ ‘Amanda will tell him everything.’

Amanda has told him everything.’ The past tense of ‘learn’ is ‘learned’ or ‘learnt’: ‘I learned/learnt some new English words yesterday.’ I’d learn more verbs, play making sentences with them to speak more English, but that’s 7%! I’d go for the 93% too, JUST PRESS PLAY, and REALLY ENJOY learning English speaking!! 

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. (Mükemmel bir insan bulmayla değil, ancak mükemmel olmayan bir insanı mükemmel bir şekilde görmeye öğrenmek ile aşkı ulaşıyoruz.) –Sam Keen, from To Love and Be Loved + Let me repeat that 90% of our conversation is either in simple present or simple past and the rest is mostly in future tense –just like in Turkish. Question, present tense? Answer, present tense. Question, past tense? Answer, past tense. Question, future tense?

Answer, future tense. Do we speak like this in Turkish?: ‘Dün gece sevgilim aradı. –Ee? Ne dedi? –İşte biraz geleceğimiz hakkında konuşuyoruz!!’ No! But we say ‘konuştuk’, right? That’s the same in English! Using konuşuyoruz instead of konuştuk is TENSE SWITCHING, I’d AVOID it. Before speaking, I’d ask myself one QUICK question: ‘IS IT PAST OR PRESENT TENSE?’ IF

PAST TENSE, I’D SPEAK ALL OF THEM IN PAST TENSE, NO SWITCHING TO PRESENT TENSE, AND IF IT’S PRESENT TENSE, I’D SPEAK ALL OF THEM IN PRESENT TENSE, NO SWITCHING TO PAST TENSE. [We got exceptions too, but I’d first learn this general rule.] Example: ‘Yesterday I encountered (karşılaştım) my friend. He IS very happy. I ASK him what happened and he SAY he passed the final exam. I didn’t know it, so when I FIND OUT (öğrendiğim zaman), I BECOME very happy.’ [The CAPITAL words above must ALL be in the PAST tense, why? Because the story HAPPENED in the PAST tense: IS must be ‘was’, ASK, ‘asked’, SAY, ‘said’, FIND OUT, ‘found out’, and BECOME, ‘became’. See? VERBS are important.] This grammar would be easy when I watch a lot of movies to speak everything automatically and naturally. ‘Movies’ solve every speaking problem! So if I wanted grammar, I’d watch MOVIES! 

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game! (Sıkı vurmayı korkusu seni oyunu oynamaktan uzak durmayı asla izin verme!) [Babe Ruth’un söylediğin sözü yakındır.] –A Cinderella Story + I’d never stop talking if I didn’t remember a word. Imagine I want to say: ‘‘I’m starving (=Çok acıktım)!’’ but I can’t remember the word ‘starve’ at the moment. Should I stop talking because of a ‘word’? No. The show must go on! Language is vast and there are several ways to describe one thing, using ‘Similar Words or Sentences’ like: ‘I’m very hungry.’ ‘I need to eat.’ ‘I haven’t had anything since morning.’ ‘I need to eat some food.’ ‘I want to eat something.’ ‘I gotta have something to eat.’ ‘Is there any food in the fridge?’ Similar sentences might not have the exact same meaning, but they have the same MESSAGE. Now for a practice, I’d like to ask you to say one similar sentence to each of these: A] It’s not my style(tarz). B] I don’t have a (driver’s) licence. C] This city is lively(canlı, hayat dolu)! [...] Said that? Thanks. I’d say: A] I don’t do things like that. B] I can’t drive. C] It’s an amazing city. This simple technique helps us KEEP ON SPEAKING. The show must go on.

Because for me, it’s always been you. Always. And I’ve tried to fight it, I’ve tried to deny it. But you're undeniable. (Çünkü benim için, o her zaman sendi. Her zaman. Bunu karşı koymayı denedim, inkar etmeye denedim. Ama sen inkar edilemezsin.) –The O.C. The Heartbreak + In the city center, we drive slower, in the highway, faster. Speaking English is like driving and I should know the speed limit, where to speak slower, where, faster. If I’m talking about a sad situation, I’d speak slowly with a lower tone of voice: ‘I heard. I’m sorry.’ If it’s an exciting situation, I’d speak faster with higher tone of voice and body language. I’d also know where to pause: ‘Yeah yeah there was traffic and I had one hour to get there. NOT enough! Then the lady called and prayed for me ON. THE. PHONE! After, SURPRISINGLY, a Thai woman, a total stranger who couldn’t speak English, with the body language told me to go THAT way, not THIS way! So I went and I even reached my destination NOT. ON. TIME. BUT. IN. TIME!!’ [On time: tam zamanında. In time: daha zaman var.] I’d show corresponding gesture for corresponding emotion: ‘[Palm up] Look! This is serious and I want you to listen to me carefully, ok?’ Ever seen a pro driver turns the steering wheel with a finger? Love’s involved in spending time together, but spending time apart can lead to loving even more.

(Birlikte zaman geçerken, aşk bulaşıyor, fakat ayrı zaman geçirmek daha sevmeye sebep olabilir.) – Remember Me + Every 3-4-5 minutes, I’d involve my speaking friends in the conversation by asking them questions too. It’d make them feel good about themselves.

[Pic] Son: Are you going to say goodbye, cause I don’t want to hear it. Father: Good, because I’m not going to say it. I’m not going to say goodbye because I am not going anywhere. Everytime sunlight shines through that window we built, that’s me, I’m not going away.

(Oğlu: Güle güle söyleyecek misin? Çünkü bunu duymak istemiyorum artık. Baba: İyi çünkü onu söylemeyeceğim. Güle güle söylemeyeceğim çünkü hiçbir yere gitmeyeceğim. Her zaman yaptığımız pencereden güneş ışığı parlarsa, o benim, artık senden ayrılmayacağım.) –The Last Song

What’s new (N’aber?/Yeni ne var)?

Nothing much(Pek değil). [silence] As usual(Her zaman gibi)! [silence] Yeah! [silence] Same here (Evet, benimki de öyle)! [silence] It happens that we’re speaking with someone and there’s a sudden silence between us for like 10-20 seconds. So why silence? To find topic, I can learn something everyday, I can look around and find a topic, or I can use the follow-up or chain-speaking(zincirli

konuşma) technique: I’d pick one word among those words my friend just said and make a new question with that. In this way(Böylece), the topic even changes. The conversation above continues: Has there been any unusual event in your life?

Uhh, yes it has. But I don’t remember it now.

But I think you have a good memory. What’s one of the best memories of your life?

Uhh, my Graduation Day! What happened? Where was it, when was it, who were you with, and what happened after? …

This conversation started with ‘As usual’, continued with ‘unusual’, ‘remember’, ‘memory’, and is continuing on ‘Graduation Day’!

‘You can keep going long after you can’t! (Gidemeyeceğinden sonra, çok uzağa gidebilirsin/ yoluna çok uzağa devam edebilirsin!)’

I was thinking how nothin' lasts and what a shame that is. –Some things last. (Nasıl hiçbir şey sonsuza kadar sürmeyeceğini ve bu ne kadar yazık olduğunu düşündüm. –Bazı şeyler sonsuza kadar sürecek. /Bazı şeyler fani değiller.) [Onun demek istediğin ‘aşktir’.] –The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Are you going to fall in love with me? –I already have. (Bana aşkı düşecek misin? –Çoktan düştüm.)

–The Flowers of War (2012) Winning isn’t everything, but the will to win is everything. (Kazanmak değil, kazanma iradesi her şeydir.) –Vince Lombardi Psalm 119:105 Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Winning is seeing improvement in yourself (Kazanmak kendinde gelişme görmektir). – Anonymous  SPEAKING TIPS AND TOPICS [For after watching a lot of movies.]

One of the most important parts of speaking English is ‘Q & A’. To make a conversation, I’d ask different questions from ALL these catagories. I wouldn’t answer with just one word but I’d explain.

If I wanted to be ‘rich’ with English speaking, I’d open a ‘Love Account’!

I’d use Wh- questions: ‘Where, What, When, Who, Which, and Why’: - What do you carry in your bag or briefcase? Do you always use all of them? [The objective of the question is to see if you know some nouns. Also, the question is in present tense, so I’d answer it in present tense.] Example: –I carry... [GENELDE yaptığımız şey için ‘present tense geniş zaman’ kullanıyoruz.]

- When you close your eyes, what do you see? –I see...

- What is your biggest phobia?

- What do you expect your parents to do for you? What do you think ‘they’ expect you to do?

- What’s one book or movie that has had a great impact(effect) in your life?

- When was the last time you did something for the first time (Son zamanlarde ilk kez yaptığın şey neydi)? Example: –It was 2 months ago. I went to yoga class and...

- When are you your best version/V3R.jın/? –I am my best version when I WIN. It is...

- When did you last talk on the phone, who did you talk to, and what did you talk about? [The question is in past tense so I’d tell all the story in the past tense.]

- When is silence better than words?

- Who rules the whole UNIVERSE? Who knows ALL things and EVERYTHING? - Who would you pay attention to more, a very knowledgable man with a bad presentation, or a less knowledgable man with a great presentation? Why? - Who is the most effective person in the whole history of humanity and why?

- Where was your best trip. What happened there? [>The trip happened in the past tense, I’d speak in the past tense.<] - Which one is better, to speak your mind (tell the truth) and offend a friend or to tell a white lie and keep the peace? Why? –Well, I think (Peki, bence)... [I’d use ‘I think’ a lot.] [Aslında ‘Well,’ burada anlamsızdır ve düşünme zamanı kazanmak için bir başlangıcıdır.]

- Why is it hard to let go of something you love?

I’d use ‘If’ or ‘Would’ questions: [What would you do, if you had...?] [‘Would’ ihtimal için geliyor, hem de ‘Senin yerinde olsaydım...öyle yapardım’ kavramı onun içinde saklanmıştır.]

[Would is about possibilities: Would you…? –Yes, I would/No I wouldn’t.|| I would go= I’d go.] [Exception/İstisna>I would like= I’d like= istiyorum.<>I’d love to!: (Bir davetın cevabı) Çok isterim!]

- If today was the last day of my life, I ask myself, who would I call (kime arardım)? What would I tell them? –‘I would call (arardım) my... and would ask for forgiveness(helalleşme)...’

- If you could ask Ronaldo one question, what would it be? –Well, I would ask...

- If you were supposed to make your website, what would you write and put in there?

- Imagine your best girlfriend(a friend who’s a girl) is going to have a job interview. She’s stressed-out (çok streslı) because it’s important for her to get the job. What would you say to comfort her (Onun rahatlamak için ne söylerdin)? Would you go with her?

What make-up or clothing would you suggest her? Would you tell her to be there half an hour before or right on time? –Well, I think I would...

- If your best friend is ambitious(büyük amaçlı), would it effect you too? How? Explain please.

I’d use ‘Yes or No’ questions with Do, Did, Can, Is, Are, Have you...: - Have* you ever laughed so hard that you cried? Tell the story. –Yes I have. HaHa. Once I was with...[Have you...?–Yes, I have./No I haven’t.|| Do you...?–Yes, I do./No I don’t.|| Did you...? –Yes I did./No I didn’t.|| Can you...?–Yes I can./No I can’t.* Soru ne varsa kısa cevap onunla.]

- Do you ask enough questions? What about? Who do you ask most? –No. I think...

- Can we end famine in a geographic cape(burun) if we can’t grow anything there? How? - [Bucket List (the movie)] Have you found joy in your life? Has your life brought joy to others?

- When you help someone, do you ever think, ‘What’s in it for me(Benim için ne fayda var ki)?’

- As of the movie ‘Eat Pray Love’, is it bad or good that a total stranger sees you more clearly than you see yourself (asla tanımayan kimse, seni kendine gördüğündan daha açık görürse, iyi mi yoksa kötü mü)?

- Is it possible that you find some of the most beautiful answers you’ve always been looking for in a movie? –Yes, it is. Absolutely. –Like what? –Like the movie ‘Another Perfect Stranger’. –What’s the story? –It’s about God meeting some people and approaching their darkest side of mind about Him. It involves some of the most beautiful answers the new generation is looking for... and...

[Another Perfect Stranger] Jesus: In another word, is it possible that the love your parents have for you is a reflection of the God that created them? Do you think that it’s possible that a person’s desire to connect with God might actually come from Him? - Is this true that we become like people we are with most of the time? (Çogu zaman beraber olduğumuz insanlar gibi olacağız doğru mu?) Please explain. Any experience?

- Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things? (Her şeyi doğru yapmaya daha merak ediyor musunuz yoksa doğru şeyi yapmaya)? [Internet-based question] - To know a person, do you listen to what he/she says or do you watch what he/she does?

- They always say turn your dreams into reality. Can we turn our reality into dreams?

I’d use How/ How far/ How long/ How well/ How old/ How many/ How much/ How... questions: - How can we have peace of mind? –Well, I think... [I’d use ‘I think’ a lot.]

- How have you changed in the last five years?

- If you had a friend who spoke to you the same way that you speak to yourself, how long would you let them be your friend? [Internet-based question] - How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are (Eğer yaşını bilmeseydın, kaç yaşında olmaya isterdin)? Why? - How familiar are you with E-commerce? Ever bought or sold anything through the Internet?

- How creative are you (Nasıl/Ne kadar yaratıcısın)? Any example?

- How often do you get angry? What makes you angry? How do you manage(control) anger?

- How many sit-ups and push-ups can you do at a time? [Sit-up: mekik. Push-up: şınav.]

- How much is the cheapest trip abroad? [Please be creative and make Q&A’s about it.]

- How do you make Menemen (Turkish omelet)? Can you explain the recipe for 4 people? [The objective of this question is not the food itself, but to see your English speaking ability.]

- How do you start a conversation with a complete stranger (hiç tanımayan kimse)?

I’d use Should questions: [Burada ‘Should’ yani ‘Öyle...yaparsak daha iyi olur mu?’]

- What should you forget that you still remember? What should you remember that you often forget? Example: –I should forget.../ And I should remember...

- Inspired by the movie Eat Pray Love, does ‘having a broken heart’ mean ‘we tried for something’? Should we stop loving for the fear of broken heart? Or should we keep on loving to get to know a larger image of self? –Well, I think... [Use ‘I think’ a lot.]

- Should we watch horror movies to be braver?

I’d use inspiring stories in my conversation: ‘The Important Things In Life – Author unknown’ [>First time, I’d read this story silently to get the whole idea. Second time, I’d look up the words.<] A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks(kaya), about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles(taş) and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The professor picked up a box of sand (kum) and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous ‘Yes.’ ‘Now,’ said the professor, ‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things –your family, your partner, your health, your children– things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter –like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff.’ ‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued ‘there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life (Hayatınızla ilgili aynı şey doğrudur). If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. Take care of the rocks first –the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.’ [Excellent story!]  Psalm 62:2 Truly He is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Fortress and Defense, I will never be shaken.

I’d use Quote(Quotation) and if there is a better idea, I’d even disagree. Eleanor Roosevelt says, ‘Great minds discuss ideas.

Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. (Büyük düşünceler fikirleri tartışır, orta düşünceler olayları tartışır, küçük düşünceler ise insanları tartışır.)’

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Sometimes I wish I had never met you. Because then I could go to sleep at night not knowing there was someone like you out there.

(Bazen keşki seninle asla tanışmasaydım diye diliyorum. Çünkü o zaman dışarıda senin gibi biri var olduğunu farkında olmamış olup, gecede rahatça uyuyabilirdim.) –Good Will Hunting My job is to build beautiful houses with words. I find some quotes ‘strong’ houses.

Never underestimate the power of words. Especially in hard times, they can change perspectives and that’s the engine we need to keep moving forward. Heroes and legends did and do that. The quotes we like show who we are. And great movies are full of great quotes.

Kid, there are heroes and there are legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. (Evlat, kahramanlar var, efsanelerde var. Kahramanlar hatırlanırlar, ancak efsaneler asla ölmeyecekler.) –Babe Ruth (The Sandlot)

Matthew 12:36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak.

Nourish the mind like you would your body. The mind cannot survive on junk food. (Vücudunu beslediğin gibi, aklını besleyin. Akıl, besin değeri az olan yiyeceklerle uzun yaşayamaz.) –Jim Rohn - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Change is the order of the day. (Değişme günün emridir.) [Wow] (inspirational/change quote) - Rodney Williams: Your purpose may not be obvious but always remember that you do have a purpose. (inspirational/purpose quote) - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did them wrong. (inspirational/funny quote) - Joseph Campbell: The cave you fear to enter hides the treasure you seek. (Girmekten korktuğun mağara, aradığın hazineye saklanıyor.) [Wow] (inspirational/fear quote) - Marie Curie: Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. (fear quote) [More knowledge = Less fear?]

- Joseph Chilton Pearce: To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. (creativity/fear quote) - Napoleon Bonaparte: Men take only their needs into consideration, not their abilities (İnsanlar kabiliyetlerini değil, sadece ihtiyaçlarını önem veriyorlar). (inspirational/ability quotes) Napoleon Bonaparte: The BIBLE is not merely a book; it is a Living Being, with an action, a power, which invades everything that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This Book, surpassing all others; I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.

- Martin Luther King Jr.: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. (inspirational/friend/enemy quote) - Aesop: It is easy to be brave from a safe distance! (inspirational/bravery quote) - Benjamin Franklin: The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn’t make the biggest mistake of all –doing nothing. (inspirational/mistake quote) - Edmund Burke: Hatalar miras değildir; savunmaya değmez. (Mistakes are not inheritance; they are not worth defending.) (inspirational/move-on quote) - Anonymous: When your past calls, don’t answer. It has nothing new to say. (Geçmişin seni ararsa, cevap verme. Yeni söyleyecek bir şey yoktur.) (inspirational/move-on quote) - Richard Bach: Argue for your limitations, and sure enough (=be enough sure) they’re yours. (inspirational/no-limitation life quote) - Justin Herald: Winners make it happen –losers let it happen. (Kazananlar gerçekleştiriyorlar –kaybedenler, başkaların tarafından kontrol olunmayı izin veriyorlar.) (inspirational quote) - George Bernard Shaw: The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. (Çoğu kişinin bilmek istedığın konu genelde onlarla hiç ilgisi yoktur.) (inspirational quote) - Madeline Bridge: Give the world the best you have and the best will come to you. (inspirational quote) - Proverb: A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. (Bir mum başka bir mumu yakmaktan hiçbir şeyi kayıp edemez.) (inspirational quote) [light=knowledge. candle=person.]

- Fortune Cookie: Reach for the high apples first; you can get the low ones anytime! (inspirational/ perspective quote) - Johann Friedrich Von Schiller: Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. (inspirational quote) - Ellen Goodman: The things we hate about ourselves aren’t more real than the things we like about ourselves. (inspirational quote) - Ralph Waldo Emerson: People see only what they are prepared to see. (inspirational quote)

- Denis Waitley: The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. (inspirational quote) - John Cassis (American motivational speaker): It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice. (Önemli olmak hoştur ama hoş olmak daha önemlidir.)

Abraham Lincoln: “I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.”

- Lou Holtz: I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. [Wow] (inspirational quote) - George Washington Carver: When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. (inspirational quote) - Anonymous: Don’t die wondering (Merak ederek ölme)! (inspirational quote) George Washington Carver: The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the BIBLE, ‘In all your ways, acknowledge Him and He will direct your way.’

- Anonymous: If the going seems easy, check to see if you are going downhill. (Gitmek kolay gözükürse, bir bakin belki yukarıdan aşağı doğru gidiyorsunuz.) (inspirational quote) - John A. Shedd: A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. (Bir gemi, limanda güvendir fakat onun için yapılmamıştır.) (inspirational quote) - Marlon Brando (legendary actor): The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them. (inspirational quote) [Could it be true about other jobs?]

- Steve Jobs: I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates! (inspirational quote) - Socrates: I will never fear or avoid a ‘possible good’ than a ‘certain evil’. (inspirational quote) - Aristotle: It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

[Excellent!] (wisdom quote) - John Wooden (the American basketball coach of 10 championships in 12 years of college basketball, unmatched with any other coaches): Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. [Wow] (inspirational quote) - Muhammad Ali: The man who has no imagination, has no wings. (Hayal gücü sahip olmayan kişi, kanat sahip değil/ yükselmiyor.)

[EVERY winner has great IMAGINATION!] - Dale Carnegie: It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. [Clap!] (inspirational quote) - Venus Williams: You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That makes you a winner right there (Tam bu düşüncede, öoktan kazandın). (inspirational quotes) - Ingemar Stenmark: I ski to win. When the day comes that I can’t get myself into a fighting mood anymore, I’ll stop racing. (inspirational/fighting mood quote) - Robert Schuller: Someone once said to me, ‘Reverend Schuller, I hope you live to see all your dreams fulfilled.’ I replied, ‘I hope not, because if I live and all my dreams are fulfilled, I’m dead.’ It’s unfulfilled dreams that keep you alive. (perspective quote) - Babe Ruth [the man who made it(başarıdı) from orphanage to U.S. baseball Hall of Fame, the Sultan of Swat]: It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. (Vazgeçmeyen kişinin yenmek çok zor.) (never-give-up quote) - Sally Field (American actress): It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes. (self-confidence quote) - Abraham Moslow: If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as nail. (Eğer sahip olduğun tek şey çekiçse, genelde her sorunu çivi olarak göreceksin.) (inspirational quote) - Abraham Lincoln: Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. (happiness quote) - Gandhi: An eye for an eye only ends up the whole world blind. (revenge quote) - Mark Twain: The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. (wisdom quotes) Ronald Reagan: “Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”

- Jimi Hendrix: Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. (wisdom quote) - John Dewey (the American philosopher and educational reformer): We only think when we are confronted with a problem. (think quote) - Samuel Grafton: A penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. (perspective quote) - Leonardo da Vinci: Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. (art quote) - Simonides: Dancing is silent poetry. (dancing/art quote) - Isaac Bashevis Singer: The wastepaper basket is the writer’s best friend. (funny/writing quote) - E. M. Forster: The historian records, but the novelist creates. (writing/perspective quote) - Confucius: Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. (beauty quote) - Marcel Proust: The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. (travel/vision quote) - Marva Collins (the American educator): There is a brilliant child locked inside every student. (Her çocuğun içinde, perlanta bir çocuk kilitlenmişdir.) (education quote) - Linda Conway: It is not what is poured into a student, but what is planted. (Öğrencinin kafasında ne doldurduğun değil, ne yetiştirdiğin önemlidir.) (education quote)

- Lemony Snicket: Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. (trust/reading quote) - Jim Rohn: If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. (work-on-self quote) - John Ilhan (Mustafa İlhan): This may seem simple, but you need to give customers what they want, not what you think they want.

And, if you do this, people will keep coming back. (customer/business quote) - Robert Orben: Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work!! (work/funny quote) - William Hazlitt: Just as much as we see in others, we have in ourselves. (Başkalarda gördüğün kadar, tam BİZİMDE de var. (jealousy quote) - Chinese proverb: A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. (business quote) - Theodore Roosevelt: There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. [Amazingly true!] (hard work quote) - Henry David Thoreau: Success usually comes to people who are too busy to be looking for it. (success/hard work quote) Manafest: I just want to shine His light wherever I go and whatever I do.

- Bill Gates: Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose. (success quotes) - Eldridge Cleaver: If you are not part of the solution, you must be part of the problem.

[Paraphrased version of: ‘What we’re saying today is that you’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem.’] (inspirational quote) - Ambrose Bierce: Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret! (anger quote) - Marshall Rosenberg (the creator of Nonviolental Communication): It’s never what people do that makes us angry; it’s what we tell ourselves about what they did. (‘anger management’ quote) - Warren Buffet: I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful. (money quote) - J. Materi: So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health. (health & wealth quote) [ALL of us are ALREADY RICH!] - Dwight Eisenhower: If you want total security, go to prison. There, you’re fed, clothed, given medical care, and so on. –The only thing lacking is freedom! (responsibility/freedom quote) - Nelson Mandela: Money won’t create success. The freedom to make it will. (freedom quote) - John F. Kennedy (JFK): Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. (Ülkenin size ne yapabileceğini sormayın. Siz ülkenize ne yapabileceğini sorun.) (patriotism/inspirational quote) - Alphonse Karr: Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. (character quotes) - Patricia Fripp: It is not your customer’s job to remember you. It is your obligation and responsibility to make sure they don’t have the chance to forget you. (customer/behavior quote) - Gordie Howe: My philosophy is to never start talking about ‘if’ or ‘but’ or the past, because 90% of what follows will be negative. (positivity quote) Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

- Dr. Robert Anthony: When you blame others, you give up the power to change. (Başkaları suçlandırınca, değişme gücünden vazgeçeceksin.) [Wow] (blame/change quote) - Anonymous: You cannot change what you refuse to confront. (destiny quote) - Max L. Forman: Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level. (pride and humility quote) - George Washington: Be courteous to all, but intimate to few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; true friendship is a plant of slow growth. (Bütün insanlarla nazik olun ancak az insanla samimi olun ve o azlara da güvenini vermeden önce iyice deneyın; hakiki dostluk yavaş yetişen bitkidir.) (friendship quote) - Baltasar Gracian (the Spanish philosopher): A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. (friendship quotes) - Plutarch: I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. (friendship quote) - Elbert Hubbard: Your friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you. (friendship quote) - Roderick Thorp: We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies. (friendship quote) - Dr. Wayne Dyer: You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with!! (Yalnız olduğunla kişiye seversin, yalnız olamazsın!!) [Wow] (friendship quote) - Friedrich Nietzsche: It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. (marriage quote) - Sakıp Sabancı: Eşini iyi seçemeyen, işini de iyi seçemez. (One who cannot choose a good spouse, cannot choose a good job either.) (marriage quote) - George Herbert: He who cannot forgive others, destroys a bridge over which he himself must pass. (forgiveness quote) - Mother Teresa (Nobel Peace Prize-winner): Peace begins with a smile. (peace quote)

- Lucille Ball: The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age! (young/funny quote) - Vernon Law: Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lessons afterward. (experience quote) - Aldous Huxley (the writer of Brave New World): Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you. (experience quote) - Brandi Snyder: To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world. (love quote) - Brendan Francis: A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him. (love quote) - Albert Camus: Charm is a way of getting the answer ‘yes’ without asking a clear question. (communication quote) - Victor Hugo: He who opens a school door, closes a prison. (education quote) - Frederick Douglas: It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. (children/ education quote) John Quincy Adams: So great is my veneration for the BIBLE that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens to their country and respectable members of society.

- Robert Fulghom (American author): Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. (Çocuklar size asla dinlemediğin değil, ancak her zaman size izlediğini merak edin.) (children/parent quote) - Robert A. Heinlein (American author): Don’t handicap your children by making their life easy. (children/parent quote) - Dorothy Nolte: Children who receive a lot of approval learn to accept themselves. (children/ self-confidence quote) - Haim Ginott: If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. (children/ selfconfidence quote) - Jimmy Johnson: Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be. (encouragement quote) - Oprah Winfrey: The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. (attitude/destiny quote) - Anonymous: No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. (help/happiness quote) Anonymous: Yielding to the will of God is not bondage, but blessing.

- [Movie] The Godfather: Never hate your enemies, it affects your judgement. (Düşmanlarından hiç nefret etme, kararlarını etkilenir.)

- Nadia Comaneci: I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. (inspirational fear quote) - Princess Diana: Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. (kindness quote) - Les Brown: If you don’t program yourself, life will program you. (life/objective quote) - Vivian Greene: Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain. (life quote) - Charles R. Swindoll: Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. (life/ behavior quote) - Tehyi Hsieh: Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve. (action quote) - American proverb: The more arguments you win, the less friends you’ll have. (wisdom) Anonymous: God has made for man a path to walk in. In His will there is order and purpose.

Some pictures of faith... Albert Einstein. Princess of hearts Diana. Abraham Maslow. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Helen Keller. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Nadia Comaneci (the generator of Perfect 10 in gymnastics).

2 Corinthians 5:7 For we live by faith, not by sight.

Rebecca St. James – Song Of Love lyrics: Jesus, King of my heart - Father, my peace and my light - Spirit, the joy of my soul You are - Jesus, to you none compare - Father, I rest in Your care - Spirit, the hope of my heart You are - The heavens declare You are God And the mountains rejoice - The oceans cry Alleluia - As we worship You Lord - For this is our Song of Love - Jesus, You save my soul - I'll thank You forevermore - Jesus, the love of my life You are - The heavens declare You are God - And the mountains rejoice - The oceans cry Alleluia - As we worship You Lord - For this is our Song of Love - Jesus, I am in awe - Of the love that You have shown - Jesus, how precious You are to me - The heavens declare You are God - And the mountains rejoice - The oceans cry Alleluia - As we worship You Lord - For this is our Song of Love

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all-the-time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit –so is losing. (Kazanmak bir kez olduğun olay değil, her zaman olduğun olaydır. Siz ara sıra kazanmayacaksınız, işleri ara sıra doğru yapmayacaksınız, onları her zaman doğru yapacaksınız. Kazanmak bir alışkanlıktır –kaybetmek de öyle. –Vince Lombardi

Speaking English is like building a house of my own. I’d need the simplest item: ‘Brick’. One ‘brick’ is one ‘word’, some bricks in a row are a sentence. If I know some words but can’t make sentences yet, I haven’t wasted even a second of my learning time, because I already have the bricks. But I’d need a new WAY, a new PLOT, a new DESIGN, a new FOUNDATION! I suggest Movenglish! By watching a lot of English-sub movies, I turn my grammar self into natural English speaking self. So let’s see what I need for my English SPEAKING house: Manforce: Me (>I’m not alone. Love, passion, joy, strength, positivity, hope, and action are with me.)

Plot: Mind (>The plot is on paper. Can I make it fun and give it some ‘motion’? Movenglish appears!)

Column: Faith (>Faith is what keeps this house strong and makes me trust in my abilities.)

Brick: Word (>Chapter 2 includes 20% of up-to-date-designed, practical bricks.)

Cement: Grammar (>When I’m building the floor or the walls, I only think of them, not the cement!)

Some bricks in a row: Sentences (>I’d start with learning ‘simple sentences’: The floor.)

Short wall 1: Reading (>This filebook + movie subtitles!)

Short wall 2: Writing (>Notes in the movie notebook!)

Long wall 1: Listening-watching (>English-sub movies! Understanding the actors is half of speaking!)

Long wall 2: Speaking (>After these walls and half of speking wall, I’d NATURALLY accomplish it!)

Ceiling: Self-confidence (>When speaking English, I’m ‘safe’ from my thoughts –rain, heat, cold!)

Door and Windows: Speaking to foreigners through the Internet, traveling, etc. (>I can go out!)

Curtain: New visions (>By learning English, I’d have new perspectives to deal with things in life.)

Flowers, a dog, a computer, a fridge, food, sofa, etc.: The NEEDS: FUN! Different movies are the fun! Now I accomplished the house! What a joy! I’d also want to help someone else have the same joy!  Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you not to (İnanç, genel hissi sana inanmamaya söylediğince, inanmaktir). – Movie: Miracle on 34th Street Life changes every second, so do the words (Hayat her saniye değişiyor, kelimeler de). I’d try to watch more movies and grab the most practical, newest words! I miss movies every every day!!

I miss you like the sun misses the flower; like the sun misses the flower in the depths of winter. (Güneş çiçeği özlediğin gibi, güneş çiçeği kışın derinliğinde özlediğin gibi seni özlüyorum.) –A Knight’s Tale The saddest people I’ve ever met in life are the ones who don’t care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there’s nothing to make it last. (Hayatta tanıştığım en hüzünlü / üzgün insanlar, asla hiçbir şeyi derince umursamayanlardır. Tutku ve memnuniyet birlikte gider ve onlarsız, her tür mutluluk geçicidir çünkü onu sürdürecek bir şey yoktur.) –Nicholas Sparks; Dear John Actions speak louder than coaches!–Speedo ad [Originally: Actions speak louder than words. Babylon: Ayinesi iştir, kişinin lafa bakılmaz.]

Knowledge is great, but it’s much greater when combined with passion and joy! Accomplishment is a heart-felt, spirit-filled job.

Louis Kahn. He made outstanding buildings like Kimbell Art Museum, Salk Institute, Esherick House, Dhaka National Assembly, Philadelphia Richards Medical Research Laboratories, Phillips Exeter Academy Library, and Yale University Art Gallery. Make me go WOW!

And the amazing part is he did all these with some simple ‘bricks’! At first they were a couple bricks! It’s amazing what these little bricks can do! Now, is SPEAKING English harder than making these extraordinary, out-of-this-world buildings? Aren’t our ABILITIES stronger than BRICKS? WE made these bricks, WE control bricks, WE control words, WE can be the architect of our English speaking, the architect of our FORTUNE! James Baldwin says, ‘Those who say it can’t be done are interrupted by others doing it. (Yapılamıyor/Olamıyor diyenlerin söz, yapanların tarafından kesilmiştir.)’

Some ordinary people with extraordinary MINDs and ACTIONs made Dubai Burj Khalifa(828 meters), Toronto CN Tower(553 meters), Malaysia Twin Towers(452 meters), Empire State(381 meters), and Eiffel Tower(300 meters).

You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can’t have it. (Sahip olamayacağın inanmasını bırakmayı isteğiniz varsa, istediğin her şeyi sahip olabilirsiniz.) –Dr. Robert Anthony Language is a thing. WE should take control of the thing! If making simple sentences is hard, staying quiet is harder! Zig Ziglar says, ‘You are the only one who can use your ability! (Kabiliyetini tek kullanabilen kişi sensin!)’ Les Brown says, ‘You don’t have to be great to get started. But you have to get started to be great. (Başlamak için büyük bir insan olmanız gerekmıyor. Ancak büyük bir insan olmak için başlamanız kesin gerekıyor.)’ See how GREAT sentences they made with SIMPLE words, SIMPLE bricks? If I wanted to learn this art, I’d start! Zig Ziglar also says, ‘If we don’t start, it’s certain that we never reach!

(Biz başlamazsa, asla ulaşmamamız kesindir!)’ Will Smith in his secret of success says, ‘‘You don’t try to build a wall. You don’t set out and say ‘I’m gonna build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that has ever been built’. You say ‘I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid’. You do this every single day, and soon you have a wall. (İlk, bir duvar yapmayı denemezsın. Hazır olup ‘Ben şu an kadar yapılmış olduğun en büyük, en harika, en muhteşem duvarı yapacağım’ demeyeceksin. Ancak ‘Ben bu tuğlayı, en mükemmel yapabileceğin şekilde öreceğim’ diyeceksin. Bunu her sahip olduğun gün yapacaksin ve yakında duvarı sahip olacaksın.)’’

A year from now you may wish you had started today. (Bir sene sonra keşki bugün başlamıştım diye dilebilirsin.) –Karen Lamb People search their whole life waiting for a miracle to happen, but the real miracle is in US and what we DO. We just need to stretch our hand and grab a movie every day! As possible as that!

Sometimes we don’t even need to stretch our hand ’cause the movie is in our laptop!

When hope grows, miracles blossom. (Umut yetişirse müziceler çiçeklenir.) –Elna Rae Mehdi didn’t have a university degree but could speak like Americans. He is no exception. Ömer is no exception. My carpenter friend is no exception. The students mentioned in this filebook are no exceptions.

The non-English city of Dubai is no exception. Europe is no exception. They all learnt English speaking through Motion Pictures (Movies). And what’s more fun than holding the back of that bike, English movie with English subs? The time when my teacher asked, ‘Understand?’ and I answered ‘Yes!’ but I really didn’t, is OVER! This is SPEAKING TIME! This is the time for me to move with the WORLD. This is the MOVIE TIME! What a fundamental FUN!  Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. (Hayatınız, şansla değil, değişme ile daha iyi olacak.) –Jim Rohn 1 Chronicles 29:14 Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!

A wise man said, ‘Technology is passing the man! (Teknoloji insanlardan geçiyor!)’ That’s so true!

Scientists predicted that by the year 2050, we will have no computers like today’s –with wire and cable, no laptop like today’s, and nothing like we have today. How will it be? Well it’s like we’re just walking in the street and we need the newest information on the Internet, so through a micro-switch, an ‘imaginary screen’ appears in our mind. We don’t even need to open our eyes to see it, ’cause it’s all happening in our brain! Gee! I can imagine people walking with closed eyes! NASA discovered that when the sun – high in the sky- is too hot, planktons deep in the sea can help make clouds! Wow to this, wow. Scientists will be able to control the weather and make clouds, so that they will be able to make rain wherever they want, whenever they want, and however they want!

People are buying and selling lands on the moon for future possibilities. Tom Cruise already bought! Just a few years later, we, as people of today, must know at least two major languages apart from our mother tongue, because human beings won’t have ‘time’ for translating this and that. [That’s why I need to learn many languages by just watching their movies with their subtitles!] So many languages will be extinct ’cause the world is developing. [We need to take this seriously.] As the guy in the movie, August, says, ‘HTML is dead.’ [People laugh at these arguments but no one imagined Touchscreen (dokunmatik) phones a few years back either!]

When the new technology arrives, we can’t fight it. When we have to learn two languages, we can’t fight them either. Look at this picture of jetpack. The American team is testing it. And this’d be the future of transportation. Every now and then there is the news of new inventions on the Internet. Today this one and tomorrow that one. Seems like technology is getting out of human beings’ control!

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom...

By all these changes, I’d look where the world is going, and what? I can’t just learn a language? WHO said that? I’d STOP this story in my mind and say: SURE I can. SURE we can. SURE. You can’t change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

(Gidecek yerini bir gecelik değişemezsin ancak yonunu aniden değişebilirsin.) –Jim Rohn Just a small change in the learning way makes a big difference in the result. Just a small turn of the steering wheel makes a big difference in the driver’s way. Here is the way: This filebook and the follow-up watching movie. No matter how many pages this filebook has, it’s just ONE filebook! No matter how many miles I drive, it’s just the JOY OF DRIVING that matters. It’s FUN that matters!

Let’s just ENJOY the ride!

Now how is ‘being in Turkey’ but ‘living in America’ possible? Well, I’d go to a DVD shop and buy one, two, three DVD movies each time. (200 DVDs multiplied by 2.5 Turkish Liras make 500 Turkish Liras, two friends, each 250 Turkish Liras, five friends, 100 Turkish Liras each! [I’d buy movies together, WATCH movies ALONE –on headphones. Very important.] I could even borrow movie DVDs from my friends –no money needed! When WE are watching an American movie putting on headphones, WE see what the MOVIE CHARACTERS see, hear what they hear, watch what they watch, feel what they feel, laugh when they laugh, cry when they cry, smile when they smile, fear when they fear, dream when they dream, get excited when they get excited, expect what they expect, go where they go, and with those characters, we’re actually LIVING in THEIR country, in THOSE moments, in THOSE excitements, and THAT’s how we live in America! When we’re watching an American movie putting on headphones, all the world disappears, all our thoughts and concentration are RIGHT there, RIGHT with movie characters, RIGHT with movie events IN the movie, so we’re NOT in Turkey for about 2-3 hours, we’re LIVING IN the movie, IN America, WITH those characters, IN those moments, and THAT’s how we’re living in America! My carpenter friend traveled to every continent by himself, 20 times just to Turkey. Once I asked him if he had ever been to the U.S. and he said, ‘3,000 times!’ I said, ‘Whaaat?? How is that possible?? I always see you in the COUCH!! HaHa.’ And he said, ‘YEAH, IT’S POSSIBLE. BY MOVIES!’ He’s absolutely right. He goes to the U.S. EVERY DAY and given that he had watched each movie 3-4 times, by now, he already went there 10,000 times: By movies! This is his habit to watch ONE movie EVERY NIGHT –after work. He says when he speaks with Americans, they CANNOT BELIEVE he’s NOT American!! He watched so many movies –lived so many times in America- that he’s one of them, he’s a perfect American speaker! If we can understand American movies, we can understand real Americans in real life as well and we can SPEAK like them too. ’Cause when we WATCH movies EVERY DAY, it’s as if we’re LIVING in America EVERY DAY –the BEST way to learn ENGLISH SPEAKING. We see and hear what they say in cafes, see and hear what they say when traveling, see and hear what they say at work, see and hear what they say at the university, as if we’re LIVING in the U.S. A person who lives in America can SPEAK AMERICAN as well, so ‘you’ my friend become a Turk who knows American language LIKE A PRO, wow, LIKE A PRO! FANTASTIC! It’s INCREDIBLE! Movie is ALL THAT WE WANT, ALL THAT WE NEED, ALL THAT WE HAVE EVER BEEN LOOKING FOR, TO LEARN ENGLISH SPEAKING! MOVIE IS THE REAL DEAL, THE REAL THING, THE REAL JOY, THE REAL ANSWER, THE REAL ENGLISH LEARNING, ‘LIVING’ RIGHT IN THE U.S. Psalm 103:1-20 Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Here’s the point: To learn American language, if we had the chance to actually live in the U.S., we’d have this filebook with us and GO, we wouldn’t wait but just GO. That’s the place where we could make our dreams of speaking English come true! No matter if

we’re students or teachers, surgeons or scientists, carpenters or taxi drivers, lawyers or managers, doctors or nurses, hotel receptionists or chefs, if we wanted to learn English speaking, in my idea, the BEST OF THE BEST ways, IS to LIVE in the U.S. But if we don’t have this chance, ANY OF US (bizden her kimse olsa olsun), instead of going to America, we’d BRING AMERICAN LANGUAGE TO OUR HOUSE, WOW, BRING THE JOY OF LEARNING AMERICAN LANGUAGE TO OUR HOUSE! With a little money, we’d have sooooooo much FUN, REAL AMERICAN TUTORS IN OUR HOUSE, 24/7 WITH US! It’s about LANGUAGE; it’s about KNOWLEDGE; it’s about JOY OF LEARNING; and when we LEARN, and when we WIN American language by American movies, it’d bring a lot of HOPE and ENERGY to our hearts and our souls! How amazing is that!

And how many more benefits? 

Watching many movies gives us NEW VISIONS to see things from DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES which SOLVE problems in life.

A certain student was supposed to go to Poland to continue her studies in Erasmus. Although she watched a lot of movies and had a tutor to speak English with, she thought she might not succeed to speak English with them. Her tutor asked, ‘Did you watch American movies everyday?’ She said, ‘Yes. 1 or 2 or 3 movies everyday!’ ‘Great! Could you understand Americans in the movies?’ ‘A lot of times, yes.’ ‘NICE! IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THE AMERICANS, WON’T YOU UNDERSTAND THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING POLES (Polonyalılar/Lehler)?’ And suddenly she was like, ‘Oh my gosh! Yeahhhhh!’ WHO SAID ENGLISH IS JUST A LANGUAGE? The more we watch American movies, the more we live in the U.S. (Ne kadar daha Amerikan filmleri izlerseniz, o kadar Amerika’da yaşıyorsunuz.) And THIS WAY is the most important point of this filebook! (Ve işte BU YOL bu dosyakitabın en önemli noktadır!)  The secret to achieve true success is found in your daily routine. (Gerçek başarıya ulaşma sırrı, günlük yapacak rutinizdedır.) –Anonymous And what better deal than this? We sit in a comfy couch, have some snacks, have some tea or coffee, watch movie, have fun, and enjoy learning American RIGHT FROM STREETS OF AMERICA! Isn’t it fascinating? The successful author Albert Gray says, ‘The secret of success of every man who has ever been successful lies in the fact that he formed the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do! (Şu an kadar her başarılı olduğun kişinin başarıma sırrı bu gerçektedır ki o başarısızların yapmayı sevmediğin şeyleri yapmanın alışkanlığını şekilleştirdi.)’ So let’s make fun-learning a habit of ours!! Let’s make true-English fun-learning a new habit of ours!! 

World champs were not born that way, they practiced that way. They were ordinary people who chose mind toughness(fikir dayanaklığı) and did extraordinarily well. If I wanted to become a pro, not like Ronaldo or Arnold Schwarzeneger (Arnie), but even a simple one, it’d all be the story of musts and mustn’ts! I must do this and I mustn’t do that. I must lose weight and I mustn’t eat chocolate and cake. I must run every cold and hot day and I mustn’t eat junk food. I must do bodybuilding exercise and I mustn’t drink much beverage. And hundreds of musts and musn’ts. And I must get out of my comfort zone! Oh... my... gosh! BUT... haha... in Movenglish, we not only have NONE of these pressures and musts and mustn’ts, but the mandatory must is: WE.. MUST..

HAVE.. FUN! Isn’t it AMAZING? We MUST have FUN! So let’s get tough at ‘having FUN!’ :D It’s important to have fun in life, of course, but when you’re out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard, someone is getting smarter, and someone is WINNING. (Hayatta tabii ki eğlenmek önemlidir, fakat dışarıda olup parti yaparken, at koştururken, başka biri aynı zamanda çok sıkı çalışıyor, başka biri daha zeki oluyor ve başka biri de KAZANIYOR.) –Arnie Proverbs 13:18 He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

‘A good athlete will practice until he does it right. A great athlete will practice until he never does it wrong. (İyi bir sporcu doğru yapacağıne kadar pratik yapıyor, ancak olağan üstü sporcu, asla yanlış yapmayacağıne kadar pratik yapıyor.)’

We don’t start practicing FUN Movenglish for nothing, but we practice it to WIN! How should we practice? WINNERS say that. Nadia Comaneci, the originator of ‘Perfect 10’ gymnastic score practiced HARD.. EVERYDAY. In her secret of success, she says, ‘Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. (Benim sıkı çalışmak işimi kolaylaştırdı. Sırrım budur. Kazanma nedenim budur.)’ ‘Thank you, Nadia!’ She became

seven-time world champ with PERFECT SCOREs at the age of 13! [Clap] Who said nothing is perfect? Her videos are there! She proved that IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING (imkansız diye bir şey yoktur). Sergei Bubka, 6-time world champ in pole vault (sırıkla yüksek atlama) practiced HARD.. EVERYDAY. Roger Federer, the winner of 16 Grand Slam titles, practices 12 hours..

EVERYDAY. Michael Schumacher, 7-time world champ, practices 12 hours.. EVERYDAY. Did they ever fail? Yes, they did! A lot! But everytime, but EVERYTIME, they TURNED BACK and EVEN FOUGHT HARDER! They turned back and EVEN. FOUGHT. HARDER! This is the SPIRIT of WINNING. It’s ALWAYS THERE. It’s ALWAYS WITH THEM. It NEVER LEAVES THEM ALONE. It’s ALWAYS ALIVE! The REAL spirit of winning I found in the American legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. If any of us had the same winning spirit as Muhammad Ali has had, we’d ALREADY be perfect English SPEAKERS, ALREADY WINNERS! Know some of his beliefs? WOW, he said, ‘If you ever DREAM of beating me, you better WAKE UP and APOLOGIZE! (Eğer yendiğimi HAYAL edersen bile, UYANIP ÖZÜR DİLERSEN daha iyi olur!)’ Wooh! Psychologically, he SCAREd his opponents! Who IS this guy? Look what his ‘spirit’ does! He also said, ‘I’m so fast that I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark! (O kadar hızlıyım ki otel odamda ışığı kapattım ve oda karanlık olmadan önce yataktaydım!)’ [It means ‘I’m FASTER than light!’ This also scared his opponents! THIS is also PSYCHOLOGY.] When we are psychologically ready and do the hard work in the right way, SUCCESS IS THERE... RIGHT WITH US EVERYWHERE WE GO! He has a famous saying: ‘I’m gonna show YOU how great I am! (Ne kadar büyük olduğumu SİZE göstereceğim!)’ Yeah he didn’t just say it, but did it, and won 56 gold medals, wow, making him the greatest fighter(boksör) of all times!

If learning English speaking is not a battle, why do some defeat and some others get defeated? (İngilizce konuşma öğrenmek savaş değilse, niye bazı insanlar kazanıp, başkalar yeniliyorlar?)

English speaking is our OPPONENT! With a MIND TOUGHNESS, we need to BEAT it UNTIL we WIN it! We need to show English LANGUAGE how great and powerful WE are!

But honestly? Practicing it everyday is NOT enough, wanting it is NOT enough, showing it how great we are is NOT enough, beating it is NOT enough, we must practice it, want it, beat it, and win it BADLY (=very much) with all the cells in our heart, with all the power in our mind, with all the desire in our SOUL. HOW badly? So I’d REMEMBER this name: Kerri Strug! She’s the true inspiration, the true lesson, the true pride: 1996 Olympics. There’re 7 U.S. gymnasts named Magnificent 7. The tension was so high. And the gold medal of ONE country depended on ONE person in two attempts.

Kerri’s first vault(attempt) was unsuccessful because she hurt her ankle. It seemed the U.S. had no hope. John Tesh the famous sportscaster shouted, ‘Kerri Strug is hurt. She is hurt badly.’ Kerri could have quit ’cause she was injured. With that pain, with that massive pain, with that horrible pain, she was almost crying, asking her coach ‘Do we need this (İkinci denemeye yapmak gerekiyor mu)?’ Her AMAZING coach Karolyi replied, ‘Kerri, we need you to go one more time. We need you one more time for the gold. YOU CAN DO IT. You better DO it.’

And she WENT and she TRIED and she DID her BEST (en iyisini yaptı/gayretini gösterdi). In her second and last vault, with that massive pain of her bad ankle, she wanted it BADLY to win... she wanted it BADLY... SHE WANTED THE GOLD BADLY, SHE WANTED TO WIN and to ONLY WIN BADLY! And, oh my gosh, she WON the gold medal! The whole team chanted in happiness and joy and rejoice –so did the whole country. She WON the gold medal for her, her family, her team, and her country.

So many people had the cry of joy –still they have, when they see that day’s video on YouTube! She gave a lesson to the world: The word ‘badly’ has two opposite meanings, ‘in a bad way’ or ‘VERY MUCH with ALL the heart and mind and soul’. Kerri Strug chose the strong meaning of that. Bravo Kerri and Karolyi for the magnificent lesson! If I wanted to learn to speak English, I’d want it BADLY, I’d BE like that, I’d BE strong, I’d DO my BEST, and I’d put my HEART and SOUL to ONLY WIN! I firmly believe: What she had, ALL OF US can have too: ‘Winning badly.’

Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life. (Kayıp etsen bile, kısa bir sürüde aşırı derece mutlu olmak, hayatın boyunca sadece sıradan iyi olmaktan daha iyi olduğunu düşünmüyor musun?) –Time Traveler's Wife Here’s the deal: If I have the habit of practicing English with books for many years but can’t speak it yet, I’d try Movenglish fun-learning way for a year and see the results for myself! It has changed the life of so many! If after 3 months and with 10% knowledge of this filebook, ONE student speaks more fluent English with more self-confidence, what’ll happen to MANY people who will read the WHOLE filebook? At least it’s FUN! There’s nothing to lose (Kaybedecek bir şey yoktur)! So I’d just GO for it to ‘see the miracle and be the miracle!’ Henry Ward Beecher says, ‘One’s best success comes after their greatest disappointments. (Birinin en iyi başarı, onun en büyük hayal kırıklığından sonra geliyor.)’

Proverbs 24:14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

In our pocket, there’s no cellphone, but someone else’s bravery. In our briefcase, we don’t have a laptop, but someone else’s hard work. In our children’s hands, there is no PSP, but someone else’s hope. What do ‘you’ have in your mind and hand and heart? More importantly, what do ‘you’ have in your ‘soul’? Do you have the ‘winning spirit’? (Cebimize cep telefon değil, başka birinin cesaret var. Çantamızda dizüstü bilgisayar değil, başka birinin sıkı çalışmak var. Çocuklarımız elinde PSP değil, başka birinin umut var. ‘Sen’ aklında ve elinde ve kalbinde ne var? Daha önemlisi, ‘sen’ ruhunda ne var?

‘Kazanma ruhun’ var mı?)

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. (Becerikli pilotlar itibarlarını fırtınalar ve boralardan alınır.)

[Excellent!]–Epictetus Everything you want is one step/move beyond fear. (İstediğin her şey korkunuzdan bir adım öteyedir.)

>> >> > Bertrand Russell:To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.(Korkuyu yenmek aklın başlangıcıdır.)

Clear your mind of can’t. (‘Yapamayacağım’ demeye aklinizden silin.) [Clap!] –Samuel Johnson You can do anything you choose to do. (Yapacak seçtiğin her şeyi yapabilirsin.) [Marvelous!] – Maya Angelou Abraham Lincoln is the true example of perseverance. How many times a man can fail and never give up? He failed in business in ’31 (1831), was defeated for State Legislator in ’32, tried another business in ’33, failed again, his fiancé died in ’35, was defeated after running for (adaylığını koymak) Congress in ’43, tried again in ’48 and was defeated again, tried running for the Senate in ’55 and lost, ran for Vice President in ’56 and lost, ran for the Senate again in ’59 and was defeated, and finally, in ’61, the man who signed his name as ‘A. Lincoln’ was elected as the 16th President of the United States. 30 years of perseverance!! 30 years of hardship is just easy in words!! Incredibly beyond words!! What was the result? According to wiki, ‘He successfully led his country through its greatest constitutional, military, and moral crisis while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization.

He has been consistently ranked by scholars and the public as one of the three greatest Presidents of the United States.’ 30 years of suffering surely changed him and maybe it all happened to make him stronger and to feel the suffering of black people to abolish (=end) slavery. But what kept him going and never giving up for 30 years? An outer effect? Don’t think so.

It was all INSIDE, it was INSIDE. One word: FAITH. [Faith in winning is more important than hard work to win. Faith, seeing the unseen without a single doubt, the self-guarantee that what you do –Movenglish- gives you the best result.] Abraham Lincoln says, ‘Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. (Gelin doğruluk güç yapacağını inanalım ve inançta, gelin anladığımızca görevimizi son derece cesaretle yapalım.)’ It’s a quote to live by. This faithful, mighty man has been and will be the true motivation for all nations, the true role model for all the right people to STAND STRONG against problems and to KEEP FAITH and to KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

Abraham Lincoln: Without Divine assistance, I cannot succeed; With it, I cannot fail!

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

Doubt stops people, faith moves them. And who knows? Maybe when they stopped, they were so close to success! Thomas Edison says, ‘Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. (Hayatta bir sürü başarısızlar, vazgeçtığınca başarıya ne kadar yakın olduğunu fark etmeyen insanlardır.)’ It’s a wow lesson that we mustn’t give up. From 1920 to 1953, seven major expeditions (fethetme amacıyla yolculuklar) failed to get to the top of the world’s tallest mountain, Everest. They were so close when they gave up! Finally Edmund Hillary PERSEVERED and DID it, despite the bone-chilling cold and frozen boots.

By Pastor Ittai Chadoka: Great people work better under pressure, so no matter how hard things get, don't ever allow the pressure to kill you. Instead, let it mould you into a masterpiece for the Lord, let it squeeze out your greatest potentials. In 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Paul says, ‘‘We are hedged in (pressed) on every side [troubled and oppressed in every way], but not cramped or crushed; we suffer embarrassments and are perplexed and unable to find a way out, but not driven to despair. We are pursued (persecuted and hard driven), but not deserted [to stand alone]; we are struck down to the ground, but never struck out and destroyed.’’ From today, let this be your testimony, your conviction and your confession... you might not always know why things happen as they do, but refuse to give up and quit. Maybe right now you are being hunted down, experiencing trials and tortures, mockeries and murder, but brothers and sisters, God has not abandoned you. No matter how many times you get knocked down, GET UP AGAIN and KEEP MARCHING forward in the name of Jesus.

Tony Robbins in one of his seminars explained how one millimeter in hitting the golf ball or doing a plastic surgery can change the result. He uses the examples to say, ‘When it seems impossible, when it seems nothing is going to work, you’re usually just a

few millimeters away from making it happen. (İmkansız gözükünce, hiçbir şey işe yararlı olmadığınca, genelde onu gerçekleştirmeden birkaç milimetre uzaksın.)’ See? Many fail because they don’t realize how close they are to success. But many others don’t know they are ALREADY successful! Everybody KNOWs some English. Actually, everybody KNOWS MORE English than they THINK they know. (Aslında, her kes ne kadar İngilizce bildiğini zannettiğinden daha biliyor.) Let me ask you some question: ‘What’s the meaning LIKE?’ You’d say: ‘Hoşlanmak/ beğenmek/ sevmek.’ ‘What’s the meaning of WANT?’ ‘İstemek.’ ‘What’s the meaning of HAVE?’ ‘1.Sahip olmak. 2.Yemek/İçmek.’ ‘Easy?’ ‘YES!’ ‘And trust me, you know more than 100 nouns! If I MULTIPLY these three verbs by 100 nouns, there’d be 300 sentences that you ALREADY KNOW!!’ You ALREADY KNOW!! Isn’t it incredible? WOW. Dale Carnegie says ‘Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. (Dünyada önemli şeylerin çoğu hiç umut görünmediğince, denemeye devam eden/bırakmayan insanların tarafından tamamlamıştır.)’ That is VERY true. When Jack Canfield wrote his first book, it was rejected by more than 100 publishers! Rejected more than 100 times! They thought his book was stupid, as he says! And rejection is tough so he could give up! But it all was the ‘TEST of his COURAGE, the TEST of his STRENGTH’ to finally getting it published, so it sold more than 33 million copies in the world! EXCELLENT EXAMPLE!

Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

Now, my friend, how many sentences can YOU make? 100? 1,000? 10,000? Ok. But trust me, one day, these sentences were in your WISH LIST, you dreamed to make them! (Fakat güvenin bana, bir gün bu yapabildiğin 100, 1.000, 10.000, cümleler, sizin dilemek listedeydi, onların kurmayı rüyasını görüyordun)! But you CAN make them now(Fakat şimdi onları yapabilir siniz), YOU CAN MAKE THEM NOW, YOU CAN SPEAK THEM NOW. If you COULD learn 100, 1000, 10,000 sentences, YOU CAN DO MORE! YOU.. CAN.. DO.. MORE. Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it. –C. JoyBell C. How many times have I said to myself that I can’t learn English speaking? How many times have I discouraged myself? How many times have I surrendered? I would NOT take this anymore (Artık bunu dayanamayacağim). Just ONE time I’d find the courage, ONE time I’d say to myself: ‘I CAN.’ And I’d GO DO it. I’d NOT stay down this time.

I’d give my hand to my new coach ‘Movenglish’ and would RISE AGAIN, I’d RISE IN GLORY. But HOW am I going to Play this time? HOW am I going to CONCENTRATE? HOW BADLY am I going to WANT English speaking? HOW am I going to PROVE my SUPERIOR POWER to English language? HOW am I going to WIN and to ONLY WIN and REJOICE this time? If one side of me throws bricks of hopelessness and says, ‘You can’t!’ I take the ‘t’ off, take the bricks, and make a tremendous garden fence for my soul, climb the fence and fist pump and happily shout, ‘YESSSSSSS! I CAN!’ I’m gonna MAKE English speaking my OWN, I’m gonna TRAVEL with it to the WORLD, I’m gonna go to the top of the world and shout, ‘YEAAAAH, I DID IT (Başarılı oldum).’ It’s a fantastic feeling... this... WINNING! When you are under the water, the only thing you think of is getting some air to breathe. When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. (Su aşağıda olunce, tek düşündüğün şey nefes almaya biraz havadır. Başarılı olmayı nefes alma gerektığıne kadar istediğince, başarılı olacaksınız.) [CLAP]–Eric Thomas Why me?? –Cause you saw me when I was invisible. (Niye beni seçti?? –Çünkü görülmeyen olduğum zaman beni gördün.) [THE BIGGEST SECRET OF SUCCESS.]–Mia and Micheal off / from Princess Diaries Greed is bad but it can have a good meaning. I’m greedy to ‘LEARN’ English EVERY DAY! I don’t have English breakfast, but English language IS my breakfast, IS my brunch, IS my lunch, IS my dinner, and IS my supper!

I wouldn’t read this filebook for nothing, no, never. I’d read it to turn it into SPEAKING English by watching a lot of MOVIES EVERY EVERY DAY! Greed is bad, but when it comes to LEARNING English, I’m, oh, GREEDY. I’d keep this filebook with me all the time. It’d be the shirt I wear.

It’d be my friend, I’d laugh with it, cry with it, dance with it, drink with it, eat with it, live with it, link with it, love with it, and be loved by it!

The reason why everyone wants ‘love’ so much is because it's the closest thing to magic. (Herkes ‘aşk’ı çok istediğin sebebi onun büyüyü en yakın şey olduğundur.) [CLAP]–Aquamarine I’d let this filebook talk to me until it makes me talk! I’d feel it, I’d believe it, and I’d never ever quit until I WON. ‘Winners never quit; qitters never win.’ I’d be sensitive about winning (Sizin yerinde olsaydım, kazanmak konusunda hassas olurdum)! Vince Lombardi says, ‘If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? (Eğer kim kazandi ya da kaybetti önemli değilse, niye tabelada puan tutuyorlar?)’ The Scottish soccer(football) manager Bill Shankly says, ‘Some people believe football – English language- is a matter of life and death (yaşam ölüm meselesi). I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much much more important than that!’ Wooh! REAL WINNERS of the world have the SPIRIT OF WINNING, JUST LIKE Bill Shankly, JUST LIKE Muhammad Ali, JUST LIKE Vince Lombardi. I’d go for 101%, for 200%, for 300%, even for 3000%! VINCE LOMBARDI says it all: ‘WINNING ISN’T EVERYTHING. IT’S THE ONLY THING! (KAZANMAK HER ŞEY DEĞİL. TEK ŞEYDİR.)’ [WOW. When he first said that, they made posters of it and attached them EVERYWHERE!] If I think of ‘maybe’, I’ve already lost. ONE second of ‘doubt’ means failure. Real winners THINK of winning and they are pretty(çok) DETERMINED to WIN BADLY and BIG. They might not be big people, but they dream BIG, they act BIG, and they ONLY WANT BIG WINNING. I’ve never seen a giant dinosaur in my real life but I MUST see a giant success of speaking English in myself. And the secret is two words: EVERY DAY! I’d watch English-sub movies EVERY DAY and EVERY EVERY DAY, like the sun that shines EVERY DAY. Ski resorts are made by LOTS OF snow flakes. I MUST watch movie EVERY DAY. Movie is my addiction, every day, every night, be it early, be it late, be it in season, be it out of season, and I badly LOVE to LEARN English inch by inch, word by word, sentence by sentence, passion by passion, love by love, greed by greed, and fun by FUN. I’m ADDICTED to FUN! I’d enjoy all the laughs and happy tears, all the coffees and cupcakes, hehe, like a dream-come-true! Whatever English speaking dreams I have for tomorrow, I’d create them TODAY! In Rocky III, when Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) is practicing boxing with his coach, he remembers how fearful his opponent is, so he quits defending and suddenly gives up. His coach SHOUTS, ‘WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU (Sana neler oluyor/Niye vazgeçti)?’ And Rocky says, ‘We’ll practice tomorrow.’ And his coach SHOUTS LOUDER three times, ‘THERE IS NO TOMORROW! THERE IS NO TOMORROW! THERE IS NO TOMORROW!’ WOW. This IS success. This IS for English learners. This IS for me. This IS for my students. Robert De Niro in ‘Wag the Dog’ says, ‘A good plan TODAY is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. (Bugün iyi bir plan, yarının mükemmel bir plandan daha iyidir.)’ Life is a running race. In this technology life, no one stops there for me and you my friends, THEY move, THEY pass! I’d be respectful, be helpful, but PASS! I’d BE ahead in this ‘Play’, in this GAME! I’d be sure that somewhere, somehow, when I’m sleeping, some other people are watching movie, are having fun, and are learning real English speaking, and better techniques for life. THEY are finding better jobs, THEY are getting better salaries, and THEY are getting AHEAD in this race! I have dreams. I wouldn’t let them be snapped up! (Ben hayalların var. Onların kapmış olmayı izin vermeyeceğim!) I’d Play well, or others will! (İyice Oynatırdım/oynardım yoksa başkalar yapacaklar!) It’s a good thing ’cause sometimes, the only thing that can make me go is to see others are going! Les Brown says, ‘When Roger Bannister ran 1 mile in LESS THAN 4 MINUTES, 20,000 people, including school kids, could run 1 miles LESS THAN 4 MINUTES! It happened because of the CHANGE of the BELIEF system.’ SO TRUE. I’d CHANGE my belief system, I’d BREAK that rule, BREAK the impossible.

When others are sleeping, ‘I’ would watch movies, ‘I’ would learn, ‘I’ would move. A Turkish student I know who sees DREAMS in English! Wow. This is SUCCESS. The day when I realize that being second is being the first loser, is the day I’m actually learning English. (İkinci olmak, birinci kaybeden olmayı fark ettiğim gün, gerçekten İngilizceyi öğrenediğim gündür.) As of a famous quote, ‘Your biggest competition is in the mirror. (EN büyük rakibin aynada).’ So I’d compete with myself, be better than myself, be better than my yesterday’s! I’d accept NOTHING but WINNING, because WINNING IS MY BIGGEST BIRTHRIGHT (KAZANMAK EN BÜYÜK DOĞUM HAKKIMDIR), to GET this right, I’d JUST PRESS PLAY to WIN the English speaking GAME! Movenglish moves our English speaking with movies! Have a Movenglish life!

Mazel(Good luck)! [And Salute to greatness, Salute to power, Salute to fist pumps, and Salute to WINNING English speaking.

WOOHOO!] 

Titus 3:5 He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

I cannot stop wondering if you’re constantly thinking about me. (Bana daima düşünürsen, sana merak etmeye durduramıyorum.)

I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you. (Seni bulacağım. Ne kadar uzun sürürse olsun, ne kadar uzak olursa olsun, seni bulacağım.) –The Last of the Mohicans [Picture] You think this story’s gonna have a happy ending? –Happy endings are just stories that haven’t. finished yet. (Sence bu hikayede mutlu sonu var mı? –Mutlu sonlar ancak henuz bitmediğin hikayelerdır.) ***************************************************************************

You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play. (Ne yapiyorsun şeyi iş olduğun ya da oyun olduğunu fark etmediğin zaman, iş bölümünüzde başarıyı ulaştınız.) [Clap!] –J. M. Barrie They say, ‘Magic starts at the end of your comfort zone.’ I say, ‘‘BE in your comfort zone and MAKE THE MAGIC OF SPEAKING ENGLISH HAPPEN by JUST pressing the ‘PLAY!’’ [And Kermit is still a star! :D] You don’t have to be a MOZART – If you just play it from the HEART. (Eğer müziğini sadece kalbinizden çalsın, bir Mozart olmanız gerekmıyor.) –Natasha Bedingfield I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all FUN! (Hayatım boyunca asla bir gün de bile çalışmadım. Hepsi eğlenceydi!) [LOVE!]–Thomas Edison I believe life is to be lived, not worked, enjoyed, not agonized, loved, not hated. –Leland Bartlett

Just PLAY. Have FUN. ENJOY the game.–Michael Jordan

TODAY IS THE DAY – Lincoln Brewster Use what talents you possess. The woods will be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. (Sahip olduğun yeteneğini kullan. Orman en iyi ötebilen kuşlar dışı hiçbir kuşun tarafından ötmeseydi, çok sessiz olurdu.) –Henry van Dyke  ON PRONUNCIATION * First time we pronounce the ‘words’ right, for ever we have the chance to do it right.

[ALL of these will be EASY by WATCHING MOVIES, ALL of these.] // How’d you react if I pronounced ‘Ayakkabı Tamircisi’ as /A:.ya:k.KA:.bı-ta.MİR.ci.Sİ/? [Pronounce the Capital letters with stress or higher voice (Büyük harfları vurgu ya da daha yüksek sesla okuyun).] You’d say, ‘No, it’s pronounced /a:.yak.KA:.bı-TA.mir.ci.si/.’ The same thing is valid in English. // EVERY word of English with two syllables or more has stress on only one syllable, just like every other language. Emin/e.MİN/ has two syllables and the stress is only on one syllables: /MİN/. Şüphesiz /şüp.he.SİZ/ has three syllables and the stress is only on /SİZ/. Now, do we have any rule which syllable of a word gets the stress? No. We pronounce it the way we listen-watch repeatedly and understand. The same is true about English. ‘Democracy/di.MA:’K.rı.si/’ has four syllables and the stress is only on one syllable /-MA:’K-/. [Dosyakitapta /i/i, /i/ ve /ı/ arasında okuyun. Okunuşta /’/ işereti gördüğünce, soldaki harfı birazcik uzun okuyun.]

‘Excited’ /ık.SA:Y.dıd/. ‘Unique’ /yu.Nİ’k/. ‘Shiny’ /ŞA:Y.ni/. Etc./et.SE.dı.ra:/(v.s.) [I’d listen on Redhouse.] // This is the most important part of pronunciation for Turkish people: In Turkish we pronounce the words the SAME way we write, but in English it’s normally DIFFERENT. How can we memorize all the pronunciations by reading books?? I’d go for MOVIES! 

// We DON’T give stress on double letters of a word. ‘Hello’ with double ‘l’ is NOT pronounced /HELLLO/ but /hı.LO’/ or sometimes /HE.lo’/. ‘Umbrella’, /a:m.bRE.lı/ NOT /a:m.bRELLLA:/. ‘Villa’, /Vİ.la:/ NOT /VİLLLA:/. ‘Passenger’, /PA’.sın.cır/ NOT /PASSSın.cır/. ‘Manner’, /MA’.nır/ NOT /MANNNır/. ‘Mirror’, /Mİ.rır/ NOT /MİRRROR/. ‘Hammer’, /HA’.mır/ NOT /HAMMMER/. [If I wrongly pronounce one’s name in Turkish, they would correct me. The same is valid in English: ‘Madonna’ /mı.DA:’.na:/ NOT /ma.DONNN.na:/. ‘Rihanna’ /ri.YA’.na/ is NOT /ri.HANNN.na:/.] // IMPORTANT: There are Turkish loanwords in English (İngilizcede, Türkçeden alınan kelimeler var) such as ‘Coffee’ /KA:’.fi/ (aslında ‘Kahve’den geliyor), Turquoise/T3R.koyz/* (aslında Türkuaz), and Yogurt /YO’.gırt/(aslında Yoğurt). We also have English loanwords in Turkish that need to be pronounced CAREFULLY, like: Burger /B3R.gır/, NOT /BUR.gır/. [/3/ gırtlaktan /E’/ gibi.] Charge /ÇA:’Rc/, NOT /ŞA:’Rj/.

Technology /tek.NA:’.lı.ci/. Final /FA:Y.nıl/. Modern /MA:’.dırn/. Ideal /a:y.Dİ’.yıl/. Boycott /BOY.ka:’t/. So WHENEVER there’s a word of English ‘similar’ to Turkish, I’d remember: Its pronunciation is normally DIFFERENT. Again, MOVIE comes to rescue! Oh, movie! // Attention! The pronunciation of –ful at the end of words is always /-fıl/, NOT /-ful/. I wouldn’t pronounce ‘Beautiful’ as /bYU.ti.ful/ /beauty+fool/ but /bYU.dı.fıl/, /.fıl/, NOT /.ful/. Successful /sık.SES.fıl/. Awful /A:’.fıl/ (berbat).

Joyful/COY.fıl/. Hurtful /H3RT.fıl/ (incitici/acı veren). Lawful /LA:’.fıl/.

// MOST words starting with Com-/Con- are pronounced /kım-/kın-/. Computer /kım.PYU.dır/ NOT /KOM.pyu.ter/. Community /kı.MYU.nı.di/. Confess /kın.FES/ (itiraf etmek). Connect /kı.NEKt/. But ‘Congress’ is pronounced /KA:’N.grıs/. Contact /KA:’N.ta’kt/. Again, watching movies makes all pronunciations natural. // MOST words ending with –tion /-şın/ have stress on one syllable BEFORE –tion. Communication /kı.myu.ni.KEY.şın/.

Population /pa:’.pyı.LEY.şın/. Meditation /me.dı.TEY.şın/. Motivation /mo’.di.VEY.şın/. Vacation /vey.KEY.şın/. Education /e.cu.KEY.şın/. [/u/, /o/ ve /ı/ arasında.] // MOST words ending with –on are pronounced /ın/ at the end, NOT /ON/. Horizon /hı.RA:Y.zın/. Person /P3R.sın/. Common /KA:’.mın/. Reason /Rİ’.zın/. State(Eyalet) of Boston /BA:’S.tın/. Also Freedom /fRİ’.dım/. Wisdom /WİZ.dım/. // MOST words ending with –or are pronounced /-ır/ at the end, NOT /-or/: Professor /prı.FE.sır/. Visitor /Vİ.zi.dır/. Neighbor /NEY.bır/. Actor /AK.tır/. Sailor /SEY.lır/. Janitor (bina bakıcı/ kapıcı/ temizlik görevlisi)/CA.ni.tır/. Operator /A:’.pı.rey.dır/.

(Street) Vendor (işportacı) /VEN.dır/. Behavior /bi.HEY.viyır/. Advisor /ıd.VA:Y.zır/. Embassador /ım.BA.sı.dır/. But: Mentor /MEN.tor/. Realtor /RİYIL.tor/. MOVIE solves it! // LOTS OF words starting with O- are pronounced /A:-/ or /A:’-/, NOT /O-/.

On /A:’N/, NOT /ON/. Onion /A:N.yın/. Online /A:’N.la:yn/. Off /A:’F/.

Often /A:’.fın//A:’F.tın/. Observation /a:’b.zır.VEY.şın/. October /a:k.TO’.bır/.

Offer /A:’.fır/. Odd /A:’D/. Office /A:’.fis/. Olive /A:’.liv/. Option /A:’P.şın/.

Oven /A:’.vın/. But: Oil /O’YL/. Over /O’.vır/. Owe /O’W/. Oyster /OYS.tır/.

Organ /OR.gın/. // ‘K’ in words starting Kn- is SILENT. Knowledge /NA:’.lıc/. Know /NO’/. Knight /NA:YT/. Knife /NA:YF/.

Knee /Nİ’/ (diz). [‘Know’ and ‘No’ have the same pronunciation but different in the sentence: ‘I know him.’

NOT ‘I no him!’]  // The letter ‘B’ after ‘M’ is SILENT. Plumber /pLA:.mır/. Climb /kLA:’Ym/. Climber /kLA:Y.mır/. Tomb /TU’m/. Lamb /LA’m/.

Dumb /DA:M/. Comb /KO’m/. Womb /WU’m/. Numb /NA:M/. ‘B’ is also SILENT in: Subtle /SA:.dıl/. Doubt /DAWt/. Debt /DET/ (borç). // ‘H’ in some words starting ‘H’ is SILENT. Herb /3Rb/, NOT /HERB/. Honor /A:’.nır/. Honest /A:’.nest/. Hour /AWır/. [But ‘Home’ is pronounced ‘HO’m/ as we know.]

* We pronounce ‘sentences’ the way we understand them (Cümlelerı anladığımız şekilde okuyoruz). There ARE some things we ought to know: // Words like ‘Love’, ‘Hate’, ‘Always’, ‘Never’ and ‘Like’ normally have stress in the sentence: I love my parents. >She hates liars. >He is always on time. >I never gossip. >You like her! // Words with contrast have stress: Is this black shirt YOURS? –NO, the BLUE shirt is mine. (Black and blue have contrast and stress.) Or: WHERE’s my BOOK? I CAN’T find it. –It’s under the BED. –WHAT? It’s on the DESK? –NO, it’s UNDER the BED! [‘Under’, ‘on’, ‘bed’, and ‘desk’ have contrast and stress.] // ‘Yes or No’ questions normally have stress on the LAST WORD: Excuse me, do you have a PEN? >Can you spell your NAME? > Is there any pharmacy AROUND? > Does he have an ATTITUDE? // Wh- questions normally have stress on Wh- word: 1. [Someone knocks the door, he says] WHO is it? 2. WHAT time is your soccer practice? 3. WHERE did you go?

The earth without art is just eh. (Dünya sanatsız ‘eh işte’ gibidir! / Dünya ‘earth’ kelimesinde ‘art’ ‘sanat’ı alırsan, ‘eh’ kalıyor.) [>Bazı güzellikler çevirisizdir!<]  QUICK TIPS ON INTERPRETATION [TRUE INTERPRETATION IS ART.] First, let’s see a small difference between English and Turkish structure. [NOT useful for speaking!]

English: I(1) go(2) to gym(3). Turkish: Ben(1) spor salonu(3) gidiyorum(2). [Numaralara dikkat! Türkçe tercüme için: Özne + İngilizce cümlenin son başa doğru!]  E: I(1) go(2) to gym(3) everyday(4). T: Ben(1) her gün(4) spor salonu(3) gidiyorum(2). [Özne + İngilizce cümlenin son başa doğru!]

E: I(1) go(2) to gym(3) with my friend(4) everyday(5). T: Ben(1) her gün(5) arkadaşımla(4) spor salonu(3) gidiyorum(2). [Özne + İngilizce cümlenin son başa doğru!]

E: I(1) go(2) to gym(3) with my friend(4) everyday(5) to(6) stay(7) fit(8). T: Ben(1) formda(8) kalmak(7) için(6) her gün(5) arkadaşımla(4) spor salonu(3) gidiyorum(2). [Özne + İngilizce cümlenin son başa doğru!]

[Not: Bu öneri sadece yardımcı olmak için bir tekniktir ve KONUŞMAK için DEĞİL çünkü cümleler daha uzun olunce, nasıl numaralanabiliriz ki?]

E: We drank tea. T: (Biz) çay içtik. E: We drank tea in the cafe. T: (Biz) kafede çay içtik. E: We drank tea in the cafe until 5 and then said goodbye. T: (Biz) 17:00’e kadar kafede çay içtik ve ondan sonra ayrıldık. [‘And’, ‘then’ v.s. cümleyi kesiyor.]

Her şeyin bir şeyini, bir şeyin her şeyini bileceksiniz. (Of everything, you need to learn one thing; of one thing, everything.) – Sakıp Sabancı I WOULDN’T try to figure out the meaning of a sentence ‘WORD FOR WORD’, but the MESSAGE as a whole (genel olarak).

Example: T: Bu resim hala evde duruyor. E: WORD FOR WORD: This picture stops in the house! >Incorrect< [Kelime kelime olmuyor!] E: [Burada ‘duruyor’ ‘hareketten değil’.>] This picture is still in the house.

T: Taksim’de bir ev tuttum! [Burada ‘ev’ derken ‘daire’ anlamında gelebilir.] E: WORD FOR WORD: I held a house in Taksim! >Incorrect< E: I rented a house in Taksim./I rented an apartment in Taksim.

T: Nerede ise uyudum! E: WORD FOR WORD: Where if slept! >Incorrect< [Nerede ise= Hemen hemen= Almost] E: I almost slept.

T: Diğerleri iyilik yapıyorum, ama karşılık için yapmıyorum. WORD FOR WORD: I good to others, but don’t good for opposite! >Incorrect< E: I do good to others, but don’t expect the same. [Karşılık için yapmıyorum yani aynı şeyi beklemiyorum.]

T: Onun vazgeçtirmeye çalıştım. E: WORD FOR WORD: I worked give up her! >Incorrect< [The message?> Onun fikrinin değiştirmeye denedim.] E: I tried to change her mind.

T: Bunu göz önünde bulundurmam gerek. E: I should find it in front of my eyes! >Incorrect< The message: I should remember it./ I should not forget it./ I should have it in mind. E: I should keep it in mind.

T: Nereden biliyorsun? E: How do you know?

T: Tamam. Haberleşiriz! WORD FOR WORD: Ok. We’ll news! >Incorrect< [Anlamı: Telefonlaşırız. İrtibat kururuz. Temasda oluruz.] E: Ok. We’ll call each other!/ We’ll talk./ We’ll let each other know./ We’ll keep in touch./ We will inform each other. [‘Inform’ daha resmi konuşmakta kullanılır.]

T: Ben Kızılay’da işim yok! WORD FOR WORD: I don’t work in Kızılay (=Ben Kızılay’da çalışmıyorum)! >Incorrect< E: I have nothing to do in Kızılay.

Look how one word ‘göre’ plays in the sentence!! The best way to learn it is to JUST PRESS PLAY! T: Kafama göre takarım! [Anlamı: Ne istediğimi yaparım!] WORD FOR WORD: I do according to my head! >Incorrect< E: I do whatever I feel like (Canım ne isterse yaparım)… I do whatever I want (İstediğimi yapıyorum)... I do whatever comes to my mind (Aklımda geleni yaparım)... I do what I think (Düşündüğümü yaparım)... I do what I think is right (Doğru şeyi düşündüğümü yapıyorum)... I do what I like –to do (Ne hoşuma giderse yaparım)... I do things the way I think/want/like (Düşündüğüm/İstediğim/Hoşlandığım şekilde yaparım).

T: Orada her kes kafasını göre yaşıyor! [Burada kafasını göre yani sevdiğini/istediğini/dileğini/arzu ettiğini göre] E: Everybody lives there as they like/want/wish/desire!

T: Bana göre bu iyi! [Anlamı: Bence bu iyi!] E: I think it’s good. [>According to me it’s good.> Pek demiyorlar. Bir şarkıden başka hiç duymadım, fakat ‘I think’ ‘Bana göre’ olarak her gün duydum.]

T: Duruma göre değişiyor! E: It depends on the situation./ It changes (from situation to situation).

T: Bu tam bana göre iş! WORD FOR WORD: This is job according to me (=Bence/Bana göre bu iştir)! >Incorrect< E: This is just the right job for me! E: This is the kind of job I exactly want/like. E: This job suits me so well/so right/totally/absolutely/certainly/entirely well. E: This job is just for me! E: This is the job I was looking for! E: This is the job I always wanted!

T: Bu iş için gerçekten emek harcadı. E: He worked on it so hard./ He spent much time to do it. / He tried hard to finish/accomplish it. / He put his heart and soul into this. [Movie ‘Purple Violets (00:17:27)’: You put your heart and soul into that book!]

T: Hani bu işte emek vardır. Bence bu kadar kusur bulmak adil değil. E: You know, there’s a lot of effort to do this. I think this much criticism isn’t fair.

T: Sana bir işim düştü. [Anlamı: Senden bir iyilik rica edeceğim./ Bir iyilik yapabilir misin?] E: I fall down you a work! >Incorrect< E: I need you to do me a favor./ I need a favor./ Can I ask you a favor? / Can you do me a favor?/ May I ask you a favor?

Yahoo Türkiye: ‘Şahan ve Selin’in Yakınlığı Herkesin Dilinde.’ Everyone Is Talking About The Close Relationship of Şahan And Selin./ Close Relationship of Şahan And Selin Is On Everyone’s Tongue.  QUICK TIPS ON TRANSLATION To get to the castle, we need to pass the gate. To get to the translation castle, we need to pass the gate of reading and writing. With English sub movies and the movie notebook, we not only have these, but also we enjoy listening-watching-learning English speaking ‘naturally’ like a native English speaker!!

All the tips above on INTERPRETATION are valid for TRANSLATION. Words ending –ing have two forms: 1. mastar 2. – eken / –eyken 1. Walking fast is his habit (Hızlı yürümek onun alışkanlığıdır). [Türkçe gibi, mastar aynı cümlenin parçasıdır.] 2.

Walking down the street, I knew I belonged to this city. (Sokakta yürürken, bu şehire ait olduğumu biliyordum.) [Türkçe gibi, eyken sonra bir tam cümle geliyor.]

To my understanding, the hardest part of translation for Turkish people is ‘CLAUSES’.

I’ll explain about it in Chapter 2. If you dear friend learn it, there wouldn’t remain any complication.

The best way to make translation easier is to FIND THE MAIN VERB: ‘The realization of the fact that a large number of people think something cannot be done and someone else, out of nowhere and even unaware of it, shows up and does it, makes us believe that even some extraordinary geniuses have failed to attempt something that the ordinary man with a random action is capable of.’

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. – Anonymous Sometimes a good translator can use different styles/ways to express one thing: While ‘Why do we still have mountains?’ can be ‘Niye hala dağlarımız var?’, a good translator can say ‘Niye dağlar yok olmuyor?’

Same meaning, different style.

I think even proverbs shouldn’t possibly be translated word-for-word: Nerede hareket, orada bereket. Closest in English: Where there is a will, there is a way.

Q: With all the numbering, different styles of translation, grammar, clauses, vocabularies, finding the main verbs, and avoiding word-for-word translation, how can we come to this point to translate anything easily? A: MOVIE. I’ve seen too much hate to want to hate myself, and every time I see it, I say to myself, hate is too great a burden to bear. Somehow we must be able to stand up against our most bitter opponents and say: We will match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you. But be assured that we’ll wear you down by our capacity to suffer, and one day we will win our freedom. We will not only win our freedom for ourselves, we will appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory. –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Holy Spirit as God’s Creative Power [A compilation of various books by John W. Ritenbaugh, Richard T. Ritenbaugh and David C. Grabbe.]

What is the Holy Spirit? It is the essence of God’s mind. Is that not simple? And when we accept it, what is its fruit? Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, meekness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. He sends His Spirit purposefully.

Psalm 139:1-10 It is beyond our ability to understand how a Being could be at the center of His creation—and we know a little bit about the awesome size of His creation. We are able to see the earth and the billions of people on it.

How does God keep track of all that? It is too great. It is too high. But He does it, we know, by His Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the power of God. It is the means through which He accomplishes His will. It is His Spirit— which emanates from His mind—that enables Him to be everywhere all at once, if He so desires. It gives Him the ability to keep track of all of us. It gives Him the ability to be with a person in Charlotte or someone in Los Angeles or another in Chicago. Wherever we are, He can be there because by His mind He is able to concentrate His attention in those areas. We lack power like that. We have limited imitations of it. We can concentrate our attention in a very limited way on certain things, events, or places. But He can concentrate His attention in many areas at the same time by the spiritual power that emanates from His awesome mind.

Zechariah 4:6 The work of God is not going to be done through feats of arms, military victories, or anything that requires physical fighting or contention. Nor can it be accomplished by any amount of physical activity. As much work and effort as men put into it, they are not what will get God's work done properly. They will be helpful, certainly, because God works through men, and men must exert themselves in order to do God's will. Nevertheless, He says clearly here that all the credit goes to His Spirit. God Himself is at work!

Our job is to submit, to do the things that must be done. We must do what the Spirit directs us to do, but God will receive the credit, not us. We could do none of these works by our own means. God gives the ability. He gives the inspiration, the strength, and the endurance. He opens the doors. He supplies the manpower, the money, and the other resources to go through those doors. He supplies favor so that the doors can be opened.

We merely walk through them. We could say that God's work is an act of grace. God grants favor and gives gifts, then the work is done. So where is the glory? It appears in the grace. The effort comes afterward and accomplishes God's will.

Zechariah 4:8-10 Christ is the true King. We could go back even as far as Creation and recognize that He was the One who created everything. He started the process that will end in salvation. He will complete the job and bring God's purpose to pass. He gave Himself as a sacrifice for our sins to establish our relationship with God. Philippians 1:6 says ‘He who has started a good work in you will finish it. He will complete it.’

Luke 1:31-38

The angel is actually quoting or paraphrasing Scripture to her, particularly two Messianic prophecies from Isaiah that many religious Jews probably had on the tips of their tongues. They were expecting Messiah to come soon, and knew these prophecies had to come to pass for Messiah to be born.

The first is from Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the LORD Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel." Immanuel means "God with us." Gabriel inserts a different name, one that God's Son would normally be called: Jesus, which means "Savior." It is really not so different since only God Himself can save.

The second part of Gabriel's paraphrase comes from Isaiah 9:6-7: For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder.

And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of peace.

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

How did the angel convince Mary of what was happening? He quoted Old Testament prophecies to her! In effect, he tells her, "Look, Mary. God has chosen you to fulfill these prophecies."

In response, she asks a very practical question: "How can this be? I can't have a baby. Joseph and I have not consummated the marriage." He replies to her in a parallelism, a form of speech that Hebrew and Aramaic speakers often used to add detail to their statements: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you," and then he defines what he means: "And the power of the Highest will overshadow you." Putting these two clauses together, he defines the Holy Spirit as the power of the Highest; it is God's ability to effect this miracle. Nothing happened unless God allowed it. Through Gabriel, God was telling Mary, "I'm going to take care of all of this. There is no need to worry." And apparently, her anxieties disappeared. God then gives her a sign to confirm what He has just said. He tells her to visit her cousin, Elizabeth--an old, barren woman, who she would find to be six months pregnant! This was also a sign to show Mary that everything would be fine. When she went to see her cousin (Luke 1:39-42), the as-yet-unborn John the Baptist leaped in Elizabeth's womb, confirming to both Elizabeth and Mary that everything that they had heard was true. Moreover, Elizabeth repeats what the angel said to Mary: "Blessed are you among women. Blessed is the fruit of your womb" (verse 42).

Verse 37, "For with God nothing will be impossible," is another comforting reference to the Old Testament. A more literal translation of his statement would be, "For no saying from God shall be void of power," or "For no word from God shall be powerless." This makes it a paraphrase of Isaiah 55:11: "So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."

In effect, he assures her, "This is certain because God has said so." Her response reflects that she is completely convinced by this: "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38). This is reminiscent of Hannah's attitude in I Samuel 2. Like her, Mary submits unconditionally to God's election of her for this task. She says, "I am the Lord's servant. He can do with me what He will." She gives her life to it.

John 20:22 When God, in Jesus Christ, wanted His disciples to understand what was going to happen on the day of Pentecost (50 days after Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; resurrection), He did not blow a dove out of His mouthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;He breathed! This illustrates a great deal about whether the Holy Spirit is a personality or an inanimate thing. Wind is inanimate; it has no personality.

Acts 1:8 "You shall receive power" This occurred, as recorded in Acts 2. That power arrived like the sound of wind, a mighty, rushing wind, a great gust of air. Connect this with Genesis 2:7, where God breathed air into Adam. In that act, God was giving the man a spirit. When God gave His Holy Spirit to men, He duplicated it on a majestic scale, and the Spirit came to mankind like the sound of wind or air moving. Mankind, then, is given power, the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 62:11 says, "Power belongs to God." The context deals with a person going through trials. We have a natural tendency to turn in every direction for help, to reach out to other people, to think up solutions, to grasp for the power to solve our problem, but the psalmist informs us that God is the source of salvation. In Him resides the power to save in a right and good way.

Jeremiah 32:17 reads that "God creates by His power," and John 4:24 says that "God is a spirit."

Putting these together, God is a creating spirit of the greatest power. When He creates, things of positive function and awesome beauty emerge. What a difference between man and God! By comparison, man in God's image creates destruction; almost everything man makes seems to produce negative results. But when God creates, God creates functional beauty.

Acts 2:2-11 The day of Pentecost is typically associated with stupendous signs and miracles. Acts 2 records that when the Holy Spirit was given, the display of ability and power astounded everyone present. There was a sound like a mighty rushing wind (verse 2). It appeared that fire rested on the apostles (verse 3), and when they spoke, every person present could hear what was being said in his own language, even his own dialect (verses 4-11).

Before this event in Acts, Jesus Himself explained to His disciples the importance of their receiving the Holy Spirit, as well as what signs would be shown as a result (Acts 1:4-9). The very last thing the resurrected Christ said before He ascended to the Father was, to paraphrase, "You will receive power when you receive the Holy Spirit, and this will enable you to be witnesses of Me." Through the giving of the Holy Spirit, Christ's disciples would have the necessary means to be lights to the world and to demonstrate a way to live that glorified God. Acts 2:2

When the Holy Spirit was given, it came as a mighty rushing wind. It is interesting to notice that this power not only filled the people but it also filled the house.

1 Corinthians 12:7-11 How does the manifestation of God's Spirit work? God gives His Spirit to a person, and out of his mouth flow words of wisdom.

The Spirit itself is not part of these words of wisdom, but the Spirit is working with the speaker's mind, and the person himself speaks the words. Nevertheless, who gets the credit? Godâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by working through His Spirit!

We do not see the Spirit itself flowing into the churches, guiding and directing individuals. What we see are the works that the Spirit produces when it flows into individuals who are receptive to it through faith. We see things such as sermons given and articles written. We see healings. We see people able to use their gift of languages to help others to understand the truth in translating God's message into another language. We see whatever the Spirit inspires people to do for the good of the church, to further people's understanding, and to prepare them for the Kingdom of God. Even though the Spirit works in so many different ways, all these works come from one God. It is He who wills them to be manifested in each individual.

END OF BOOK/CHAPTER 1