7. Confused about English? Here's what to do!

05/10/22 • 11 min

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English is confusing, so a lot of the questions I get are from people trying to sort out things they are confused about.
As a teacher, it's important for me to help my students untangle the confusion, but there's more to it.
Your attitude towards being confused can affect how you learn and remember English.
I know from experience that confused students are better at learning the things they are confused about. I also know that if they hold on to the 'confused' feeling a little longer, it helps them to retain that information.
Listen to this episode to find out how I use this when I'm teaching, in my BOOST membership and in my Lightning Grammar System program.
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https://lightningenglish.com/boost
https://lightningenglish.com/lgs
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6. Becoming a Wizard of Languages with Maria Pinto from Venezuela

This episode is a conversation with María Pinto from Venezuela. She's a lawyer, teacher, business owner, and renaissance woman. She shares her story and how she was able to recover from a traumatic early experience with English and go on to love English, and eventually start a company with her twin brother, helping others with their English.
María is a treasure trove of tips and inspiration for anyone looking to improve their English and make changes in their lives.
If you want to contact her, she can be reached at [email protected]. Wizard Languages is also on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wizardoflanguages/ (although, as she says in the conversation, they aren't very active there at the moment).
Near the end, María tells us how to use Google to show us videos of someone pronouncing words in English. In Google, type, "How to pronounce ____________ in English" and it will show you the pronunciation, with an animated drawing of a mouth. When you click on the animation, it will show you how it looks and sounds. You can even try it yourself and it will tell you what you said. Let me know how it goes!
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8. Katka Csényi shares her experiences learning and teaching English in the Czech Republic and Hungary

Katka Csényi has years of experience as both an English learner and an English teacher. She started learning English in school in the Czech Republic, and her thirst for English led her to spend time working and studying in England. The problem is, what she learned in school didn't prepare her for what happened when she got there!
Listen to her tell the story of how she went from not even being able to buy a train ticket in English to where she is now, teaching English to others in Hungary.
If you're in the south of Hungary and would like to contact Katka for English lessons, you can email her at [email protected].
If you want lessons from me, book a free consultation at lightningenglish.com/teachat, and we'll see what you need and if I'm the right person to help you with it.
I mentioned in the podcast episode that you can join my mailing list and get a free download with 5 mindset tips for improving your English. That's at lightningenglish.com/tipsIf you enjoyed this episode, take a minute to give it a 5-star review wherever you're listening to it, and drop a note in the comments. If you have any suggestions for what I can do to improve, or what you'd like to hear in future episodes, email me at [email protected].
I'm always looking for guests for my podcast as well. If you would like to share your story about doing business in English, email me and let me know. I'd love to talk to you!