What does it take to overcome your fear in English and express yourself freely and completely?
In this episode I interview my student, Daniela Vašinková, who lives in the Czech Republic. We talk about Daniela’s story of learning English (without having ever lived in an English speaking country), and how she went from avoiding all conversations, to becoming the outgoing, influential and incredible speaker that she is today.
Daniela was a student of mine in my signature program, New Sound (get on the waitlist here https://bit.ly/48NUVSP), and a pillar in my membership community, Beyond!
Beyond is now closed for registration, but you can join the waitlist here: https://bit.ly/3ujoc8I

376. How to stop avoiding conversations and start conquering them – an interview with my student, Daniela

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. 

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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.
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396. The refrigerator story | My Relocation Diaries

I got really sick. In this episode I talk about why it was different to be sick in a different country, what was the hardest thing for me, and the funny thing that happened at the pharmacy

395. Sick | My Relocation Diaries

Do you know the 5 most common words in English? Are you actually pronouncing them the RIGHT WAY? You might be surprised! Tune in to this episode to learn about how to actually pronounce the most common words that appear in the English language.
Practice more of these words in phrases and sentences on my website: https://bit.ly/3THEdOw

376. How to stop avoiding conversations and start conquering them – an interview with my student, Daniela

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