Learn English With Josh

One of the best ways to learn English is to practice! Sounds simple, right? But practicing English a few minutes each day will help you improve your English consistently. What happens when you stop practicing? You start to speak English like I play guitar: you are stuck at the same level and you never progress! Practice makes perfect, but practicing English a little bit every day will keep it fun and engaging. It will also help you sing the lyrics to those songs you love to play in English!

E não esqueça: To err is human. Embromar é brasileiro!

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Discover the POWER of reading in this episode! When my students ask me how they can improve their English quickly, I always tell them to read! Read as much as possible, but not just any book or any article in any newspaper. No, read Graded Readers - specially edited books designed to help English students learn English.

In this episode I read three versions of the same book called “The Lady, or the Tiger?” written by American author Frank R. Stockton. I read the first paragraphs from the original work, in the original English.Then I read the same portions from an elementary-level graded reader, then finally, a third, intermediate-level graded reader. You will see the clear differences between the various levels, and just how you can improve your English vocabulary by reading!

And which do you think the princess chose? The lady or the tiger? 

Enjoy!

E não esqueça: To err is human. Embromar é brasileiro!

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Fluency is a combination of that comfort level and a relatively high degree of accuracy or precision in using the language. Fluency exists on a spectrum of communication, from the simplest, most basic phrases, to the most complex and sophisticated combinations of language. In this episode on fluency, we’ll talk about HOW to reach fluency, what steps you can take to get closer to a place where you feel comfortable communicating with others. Spoiler alert: it’s not easy. Big surprise, right?

Step 1: You have to want it!
Step 2: You have to practice EVERY DAY! 
Step 3: SPEAK! 
Step 4: Pay attention and compare your English to native English! 
Step 5: Begin learning only what you need to know. Step 6: READ at your level! 

E não esqueça: To err is human. Embromar é brasileiro!

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What is fluency?

What is accuracy? What is precision?

How do you become fluent?

Do you need to become fluent?

Who cares if you are fluent or not?

If academics knew the answer to this question, don’t you think they would have already solved the problem of teaching people to speak English fluently? English learners would cease making mistakes and no one would ever have to point and mime and gesticulate to get their point across. But no. Academics and grammarians and linguists have not answered that question. In fact, NO ONE has been able to come up with a good, working definition for what fluency actually is.

In this episode of “Learn English with Josh”, we will discuss what the consensus is surrounding “fluency”, how people try to attain fluency, and what fluency means to English learners on an individual level. And Josh will give you his own personal opinions about fluency, both as a native English speaker, and as someone who has spent the last two decades of his life trying to locate the “holy grail” of second-language learning: fluency.

Enjoy the podcast!

E não esqueça: “To err is human. Embromar é brasileiro!”

Welcome, everyone! Welcome to the Learn English With Josh podcast. My goal, my objective is to help you improve your listening comprehension skills in English. Each episode will be full of real, mostly unscripted (I did not write down what I am going to say), natural English.

This podcast is for everyone, but it’s focus is more for the pre-intermediate / intermediate English learner, but I guarantee everyone will take something important away with each episode.

Topics will include everything from personal stories, important topics affecting us today, gossip, parenting, balding and being human (all while learning English!). I hope these episodes will be fun, funny and informative. So, enjoy!