Tell me more! If you chose 'Fluency,' what specific situations make you feel the most nervous? A job interview, a phone call, or something else? If you chose 'Vocabulary,' what's your best tip for remembering new words? Do you use flashcards, an app, or something else? For those who voted 'Grammar,' which rule or structure do you find the most confusing? Let's discuss it! And for 'Listening,' what kind of content do you use to practice? Do you prefer podcasts, movies, or news programs?
3 weeks ago | 5
Hi, Teacher Thiago! I really enjoy your usual podcasts; I listen no matter what the topic is. What I love most is the way you share so much useful information and the encouragement you always give your audience. If you ask me what kind of listening content I need the most, I’d say the “listen and repeat” exercises. They’re super helpful! I’ve already memorized all 50 everyday conversation phrases from Episode 72, and I’ve even studied the sentence patterns so I can adapt them to other situations. Lastly, thank you for creating this channel and for everything you do. Your work really makes a difference!
3 weeks ago
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Hi Thiago! As far as fluency is concerned, the most complex thing for me is that when I need to speak for a certain amount of time, I may have clear ideas and also some useful words in my mind, and I may even be able to express them out loud. But then I begin to accelerate in order not to lose my thoughts, and that’s when I start making mistakes and pronunciation errors. If I consciously slow down, however, I lose the ideas — the flow of concepts I want to deliver — and I begin faltering or running out of words. In other words: the faster I go, the more I can express myself by using my basic vocabulary or paraphrasing. But when I go too quickly, as I hear when I record myself, I mispronounce a lot of words. On the other hand, lowering the speed makes me more confused about what I need to say, and the humming tends to prevail. That’s my main problem...
3 weeks ago
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Hi teacher Thiago, That was interesting survey. I think that the difficult part for fluency is that pronunciation and the way we talked. Since English is not my first language, it is hard for me to pronounce some words accuratly , also the way I think is different from natives so it might come with Chinese style English sometimes. And nervous, it is also one of the reasons.
1 week ago | 0
Hey teacher! I'm from Brazil too and I choose Speaking because I feel anxious about forgetting any words during a meeting, job interview, visa appointment etc. I do conversation classes once a week and I don't need to use English at work nowadays, and I feel weird, ashamed, when I talk alone at home.
2 weeks ago
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For me, the hardest thing is fluency. Specifically, translating an idea from my native language (Czech) to English.
3 weeks ago
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All I need are confidence, clarity, accuracy & awareness 😍
3 weeks ago
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I find it hard to incorporate new vocabulary into my active speaking practice. I try to revise them time to time but still I’m struggling with it. For fluency, I want to sound smart but I fail :’)
2 weeks ago
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Hi Thiago, in my personal case I feel pretty nervous when I have a job interview.
3 weeks ago
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Speaking, I'm Latin American and it's difficult for me to make sentences quickly when I start to speak 🙊
2 weeks ago
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