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The 45-Minute Learner Talk Time Model: Revolutionizing English Speaking Practice
Why do so many English learners struggle to speak fluently, despite years of study?
As a teacher, this was the biggest question I faced in my classroom—and I know I’m not alone. To tackle the common challenge of limited speaking opportunities in English lessons, the 45-Minute Learner Talk Time (LTT) Model was a fast-paced, teacher-friendly approach designed to maximize learner speaking time in every lesson.
This book provides a practical, step-by-step guide to implementing the 45-Minute LTT Model, with a particular focus on Pre-beginners, Beginners, and Business English learners—groups often facing the most difficult dynamics in language learning. While the book is tailored to these groups due to their unique challenges, the model is adaptable and effective for learners at any level.
You'll find techniques for overcoming these challenges, along with lesson plans and strategies for integrating technology, such as WhatsApp and WeChat, to enhance the learning experience.
Whether you're new to teaching or experienced, this book will help you create engaging lessons that encourage speaking from the start, leading to more confident and fluent learners.
Key Practical lesson plans for Pre-beginners, Beginners, and Business learners. Tips on integrating technology into language learning. Insights into maximizing learner talk time. Bonus materials via QR codes. Perfect for teachers looking to make speaking practice the heart of their lessons, no matter the learner level!
As a teacher, this was the biggest question I faced in my classroom—and I know I’m not alone. To tackle the common challenge of limited speaking opportunities in English lessons, the 45-Minute Learner Talk Time (LTT) Model was a fast-paced, teacher-friendly approach designed to maximize learner speaking time in every lesson.
This book provides a practical, step-by-step guide to implementing the 45-Minute LTT Model, with a particular focus on Pre-beginners, Beginners, and Business English learners—groups often facing the most difficult dynamics in language learning. While the book is tailored to these groups due to their unique challenges, the model is adaptable and effective for learners at any level.
You'll find techniques for overcoming these challenges, along with lesson plans and strategies for integrating technology, such as WhatsApp and WeChat, to enhance the learning experience.
Whether you're new to teaching or experienced, this book will help you create engaging lessons that encourage speaking from the start, leading to more confident and fluent learners.
Key Practical lesson plans for Pre-beginners, Beginners, and Business learners. Tips on integrating technology into language learning. Insights into maximizing learner talk time. Bonus materials via QR codes. Perfect for teachers looking to make speaking practice the heart of their lessons, no matter the learner level!
146 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 15, 2025
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About the author
Kami Mahmud
1 book4 followersKami Mahmud is the author of The 45-Minute Learner Talk Time (LTT) Model, a practical and innovative guide for language educators who want to help students speak more fluently and confidently in the classroom.
With over a decade of teaching experience in China, Kami has worked extensively with Pre-beginners, Beginners, and Business English learners—groups that often face the biggest challenges in language acquisition. His teaching journey began in Economics, Management, and Finance, where he taught ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) courses before transitioning into language education. This unique blend of analytical thinking and practical communication has shaped his dynamic approach to teaching English.
Kami is the developer of the 45-Minute LTT Model—a structured, high-impact teaching system designed to maximize learner talk time and minimize teacher talk time. The model was born out of real classroom experience, frustration with conventional methods, and a deep desire to see students actually speak English, not just pass tests. It emphasizes real-world communication, engaging lesson design, and the use of digital tools like WeChat and WhatsApp to enhance participation and feedback.
Beyond the classroom, Kami is an adventurer at heart. He finds inspiration in the wild landscapes of China’s remote provinces, especially Qinghai and Xinjiang, where the rugged environment reflects the spirit of discovery that fuels his work as an educator.
Whether you’re a new teacher or an experienced one looking to refresh your practice, Kami’s book offers a practical roadmap to make speaking the centerpiece of every lesson.
With over a decade of teaching experience in China, Kami has worked extensively with Pre-beginners, Beginners, and Business English learners—groups that often face the biggest challenges in language acquisition. His teaching journey began in Economics, Management, and Finance, where he taught ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) courses before transitioning into language education. This unique blend of analytical thinking and practical communication has shaped his dynamic approach to teaching English.
Kami is the developer of the 45-Minute LTT Model—a structured, high-impact teaching system designed to maximize learner talk time and minimize teacher talk time. The model was born out of real classroom experience, frustration with conventional methods, and a deep desire to see students actually speak English, not just pass tests. It emphasizes real-world communication, engaging lesson design, and the use of digital tools like WeChat and WhatsApp to enhance participation and feedback.
Beyond the classroom, Kami is an adventurer at heart. He finds inspiration in the wild landscapes of China’s remote provinces, especially Qinghai and Xinjiang, where the rugged environment reflects the spirit of discovery that fuels his work as an educator.
Whether you’re a new teacher or an experienced one looking to refresh your practice, Kami’s book offers a practical roadmap to make speaking the centerpiece of every lesson.
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September 23, 2025
Many individuals who learn English as a second language (ESL) frequently have difficulty speaking their new language fluently, even when they have mastered the ability to read and write it. This has long been a major problem in American hospitals where foreign doctors can be difficult to understand on occasion, and where critical information the doctor has given a patient can be poorly understood or misinterpreted to the patient’s detriment.
More than one concerned American doctor has brought this problem to the attention of colleagues in various medical journal articles and social media posts. Requiring foreign physicians to pass English proficiency and fluency exams as part of their medical licensing process has been previously proposed as a solution.
Unfortunately, this problem extends far beyond the walls of hospitals or medical clinics. Many people have experienced difficulty understanding some of the foreign customer service representatives they have phoned to solve problems with products or services they have obtained from the companies that employ the agents.
Kami Mahmud’s “The 45-Minute Learner Talk Time Model: Revolutionizing English-Speaking Practice” is exactly what the doctor and a legion of consumers ordered. In essence, this book allows teachers of English as a second language to significantly increase the amount of learner speaking time in their lessons.
Using the 45-Minute LTT Model, ESL teachers are able to adapt their instruction to the individual needs of every learner, including pre-beginners, beginners, and Business English learners who are most apt to experience difficulty learning and speaking English. Mahmud’s book is a step-by-step guide that instructs teachers how to use the LTT Model.
Kami Mahmud has written a logical, comprehensive, and effective book that contains lesson plans designed to help ESL teachers do a more thorough job of teaching English. As a result, his well-conceived book should allow individuals who have learned English as a second language to speak their new language more fluently, significantly improve their communications skills, and become more valuable members of their individual companies, professions. and communities.
More than one concerned American doctor has brought this problem to the attention of colleagues in various medical journal articles and social media posts. Requiring foreign physicians to pass English proficiency and fluency exams as part of their medical licensing process has been previously proposed as a solution.
Unfortunately, this problem extends far beyond the walls of hospitals or medical clinics. Many people have experienced difficulty understanding some of the foreign customer service representatives they have phoned to solve problems with products or services they have obtained from the companies that employ the agents.
Kami Mahmud’s “The 45-Minute Learner Talk Time Model: Revolutionizing English-Speaking Practice” is exactly what the doctor and a legion of consumers ordered. In essence, this book allows teachers of English as a second language to significantly increase the amount of learner speaking time in their lessons.
Using the 45-Minute LTT Model, ESL teachers are able to adapt their instruction to the individual needs of every learner, including pre-beginners, beginners, and Business English learners who are most apt to experience difficulty learning and speaking English. Mahmud’s book is a step-by-step guide that instructs teachers how to use the LTT Model.
Kami Mahmud has written a logical, comprehensive, and effective book that contains lesson plans designed to help ESL teachers do a more thorough job of teaching English. As a result, his well-conceived book should allow individuals who have learned English as a second language to speak their new language more fluently, significantly improve their communications skills, and become more valuable members of their individual companies, professions. and communities.
October 10, 2025
As an English teacher working in China, I picked up this book to see if there were any new ideas I could use in class. Even though I’ve studied and trained for this job, it’s always good to keep up with different methods and hear how other teachers deal with the same classroom struggles.
I really appreciate the learner-centered approach. It's kind of how I teach and I haven't seen too many other teachers take this route. Instead of the teacher doing all the talking, the model puts the spotlight on the students, which is something a lot of us are constantly working on.
I also found it useful that the book looks at different levels, including pre-beginners and business learners. Those groups need very different kinds of support, and a lot of resources ignore that. Reading about how other teachers balance these challenges gave me some fresh ideas for my own classes.
Of course, not everything will fit every situation. For lower-level students, you still need to give enough input before throwing them into speaking tasks, and some of the topics might need adapting depending on your students’ interests. It also takes more prep time to plan this kind of lesson properly, but if you can manage it, the payoff is worth it.
Overall, this was a solid and refreshing read. It’s great for teachers who want to keep their methods sharp and give their students more room to speak. I’ll definitely be adapting some of these ideas for my own classes.
I really appreciate the learner-centered approach. It's kind of how I teach and I haven't seen too many other teachers take this route. Instead of the teacher doing all the talking, the model puts the spotlight on the students, which is something a lot of us are constantly working on.
I also found it useful that the book looks at different levels, including pre-beginners and business learners. Those groups need very different kinds of support, and a lot of resources ignore that. Reading about how other teachers balance these challenges gave me some fresh ideas for my own classes.
Of course, not everything will fit every situation. For lower-level students, you still need to give enough input before throwing them into speaking tasks, and some of the topics might need adapting depending on your students’ interests. It also takes more prep time to plan this kind of lesson properly, but if you can manage it, the payoff is worth it.
Overall, this was a solid and refreshing read. It’s great for teachers who want to keep their methods sharp and give their students more room to speak. I’ll definitely be adapting some of these ideas for my own classes.
October 9, 2025
A Thoughtful Pedagogical Intervention
Mahmud’s work directly addresses a critical inefficiency in language education: the disparity between knowledge acquisition and oral fluency. The book is less a collection of activities and more a coherent methodological framework. The 45-Minute LTT Model is compelling for its structural approach, systematically re-engineering lesson design to treat student speech not as an outcome, but as the central medium of instruction.
The book’s strength lies in its recognition of communicative confidence as a function of practice density. By providing a scalable model for maximizing articulative acts within a constrained time period, it operates on a sound principle of skill automatization. The focus on pre-beginners and business learners is particularly astute, as these groups most clearly expose the limitations of traditional, input-heavy methods. This is a pragmatic contribution to the literature on communicative language teaching, offering a replicable system for making the classroom a workshop for the spoken word.
Mahmud’s work directly addresses a critical inefficiency in language education: the disparity between knowledge acquisition and oral fluency. The book is less a collection of activities and more a coherent methodological framework. The 45-Minute LTT Model is compelling for its structural approach, systematically re-engineering lesson design to treat student speech not as an outcome, but as the central medium of instruction.
The book’s strength lies in its recognition of communicative confidence as a function of practice density. By providing a scalable model for maximizing articulative acts within a constrained time period, it operates on a sound principle of skill automatization. The focus on pre-beginners and business learners is particularly astute, as these groups most clearly expose the limitations of traditional, input-heavy methods. This is a pragmatic contribution to the literature on communicative language teaching, offering a replicable system for making the classroom a workshop for the spoken word.
October 1, 2025
This book was very interesting and informative. The book was about teaching the English language or other languages to business groups and school or college students. The 45- minute Learner Talk Time method was used. The method involves not just structural, word meaning and usage of sentences and words but teaching fluency or oral usage of the language. It gives the students 45 minutes to practice these oral language skills instead of the teacher controlling the entire class period. There were many guides, directions and a lot of advice for the teachers also. This method was started in the business sector, was carried over to schools and colleges It was a great book for understanding the complexity of learning another language. And this method taught not only structural, word meaning and basic rules but also fluency or oral speech processes or training. A great read!
October 10, 2025
The 45-Minute Learner Talk Time Model is a must-read for any English teacher who wants to make speaking the true focus of their lessons. The author tackles one of the biggest problems in language classrooms — students not getting enough real speaking time — and offers a clear, practical solution.
The book is easy to follow, full of ready-to-use lesson plans, and especially helpful for beginners and business learners. I loved how it also shows simple ways to integrate tools like WhatsApp and WeChat to keep students engaged outside class.
It’s practical, modern, and immediately applicable — perfect for teachers who want to see real progress in their students’ fluency. Whether you’re new to teaching or experienced, this approach will transform how you run your lessons. Highly recommended!
The book is easy to follow, full of ready-to-use lesson plans, and especially helpful for beginners and business learners. I loved how it also shows simple ways to integrate tools like WhatsApp and WeChat to keep students engaged outside class.
It’s practical, modern, and immediately applicable — perfect for teachers who want to see real progress in their students’ fluency. Whether you’re new to teaching or experienced, this approach will transform how you run your lessons. Highly recommended!
October 15, 2025
The 45-Minute Learner Talk Time Model is a short but incredibly useful read for anyone teaching English. Kami Mahmud keeps things simple and focused, showing teachers exactly how to make their students speak more and rely less on passive learning.
What makes this book stand out is how realistic it feels. The examples and lesson plans are easy to apply, and the strategies for using WhatsApp and other tools make it modern and adaptable. You can tell the author has spent real time in classrooms, solving real problems.
It’s refreshing to see such a clear, hands-on approach to improving fluency. Whether you teach beginners or business professionals, this guide helps you turn every minute of class into meaningful practice.
A fast, insightful read that delivers real value in under an hour.
What makes this book stand out is how realistic it feels. The examples and lesson plans are easy to apply, and the strategies for using WhatsApp and other tools make it modern and adaptable. You can tell the author has spent real time in classrooms, solving real problems.
It’s refreshing to see such a clear, hands-on approach to improving fluency. Whether you teach beginners or business professionals, this guide helps you turn every minute of class into meaningful practice.
A fast, insightful read that delivers real value in under an hour.
September 13, 2025
Really helpful book and quite easy to follow. The ideas are explained in simple steps, and the book makes it clear why the speaking practice matters so much. I liked how it also included practical tips and even ways to use apps like WhatsApp to keep learning fun. It feels very straightforward and not overloaded with theory. Definitely worth reading if you want to get better at English and feel more confident speaking.
October 19, 2025
It is completely transformed how I practice speaking English. The 45-Minute Learner Talk Time Model is simple but incredibly effective, it keeps you talking, thinking, and improving in real time. I love how it focuses on natural conversation instead of memorization. It feels like having a personal coach guiding you toward fluency every session. Perfect for self-learners and ESL students who want real progress fast!
August 31, 2025
This book is well written and has super amazing ideas for ESL teachers to get their students talking. It even has examples you can easily repeat in the classroom with any age or level of students. As an ESL teacher, I appreciate the hard work and ideas that went into this book. It gave me a basis to get creative with my classes. I highly recommend reading this for inspiration and fresh ideas. 🙂
October 10, 2025
This book gives a really clear and practical approach to helping English learners speak more confidently. The 45-Minute Talk Time model makes a lot of sense and the examples are easy to follow. It’s especially good for beginners or anyone teaching online. I just wish there were a few more real-life examples, but overall it’s a very useful and motivating read.
October 13, 2025
This book offers a practical framework for increasing student engagement by shifting more talk time to learners. The strategies are useful and easy to understand, though I would have liked more real classroom examples. Overall, a helpful resource for teachers who want to make lessons more interactive.
September 26, 2025
This book is a game-changer for English teachers! The 45-Minute LTT Model makes lessons engaging and effective by maximizing student talk time. With clear strategies, lesson plans, and tech tips, it’s practical for any level. A must-read for teachers who want real results in fluency.
October 18, 2025
This book introduces a smart and practical way to boost English speaking in class. This 45-Minute Learner Talk Time Model helps students talk more and teachers talk less. It’s filled with real examples, easy steps, and ready-to-use handouts. This is a great guide.
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