 
Have you ever considered giving up on your English practice because you felt it was going nowhere? Or maybe you have been studying for so long, but you don’t see any progress, and you wonder why you do it?
Learning a language and trying to reach fluency can be a challenging process and sometimes we might lose our hope and motivation.
In this episode I talk about this common feeling that creeps up on us, and why it happens. I will also share what you can do to change your situation, gain back motivation and not lose hope.

Find out more about New Sound, my signature program: https://hadarshemesh.com/join/
Join our Facebook community to connect with non-native English speakers from all over the world: https://hadarshemesh.com/influency-community/
The Illusion of learning episode: https://hadarshemesh.com/podcast/165/
Episodes about mindset:

Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset
What to do when someone criticizes your English
Feeling stuck in English? Here’s why
Do you hate your voice in English?


249. Hope

The InFluency podcast is your go-to resource for learning, speaking and teaching English.  
Hadar Shemesh is a pronunciation expert and fluency coach with thousands of students around the world, though she herself was an intermediate speaker of English once. 
In this podcast she will share her best strategies for learning English, speaking English with confidence and mastering the American accent. 

Discover how becoming fluent has everything to do with acquiring the right mindset, setting goals and learning how to overcome challenges. 
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Oh, the horror of pronouncing the word horror!! Today, I’m teaching you how to pronounce words that end in -RROR. Words like error, horror, mirror and more. Join me for this fun practice.

400. How to pronounce words like horror, mirror, error and more

Last week, we visited our family and friends back home. Today, I’ll share about how it was to return home, the way I tried to maximize our time there, and what it felt like returning back to Barcelona.

399. The first visit back home | My Relocation Diaries

In today’s episode, we’ll practice connected speech in 25 of some of the most common, daily expressions that you can use in your everyday conversations. Wadaya-think?
Download the free practice sheet with audio here to see the transcript and follow along: https://bit.ly/49SSm1s
Check out my other episodes to learn the basics of connected speech:

Connected speech in English: How to use it to sound even clearer: https://hadarshemesh.com/podcast/274/
How to Connect Words and Sounds in English: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/connected-speech/

398. Practice connected speech in these 25 daily phrases

I hit a million followers on YouTube!  Today, I want to share some of the lessons I’ve learned over the past several years, with hundreds of videos later, and how I view this milestone.

397. Lessons learned from 1 million subscribers on YouTube 

I’ve been promising I’d tell you this story for several weeks now…and I won’t hold you in suspense any longer.  Here’s the story of my refrigerator, and a much bigger story about dealing with circumstances completely out of your control.
If you’re living in Spain and looking for a moving company, this is the company that I can’t recommend enough! http://www.mudanzasdiagonal.com/

249. Hope

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