This week on the show, I answered a question from Twitter user @akalious:

I’m so curious how you learned English to IELTS 9* even before you went to UK... Could you talk abt that a little bit in future episodes?

In this episode you'll learn:

If there is an actual secret, it is this: Yes, you can simply decide that you're going to be awesome - you don't have to tell anyone or proclaim your amazingness online or with friends. But you can know it on the inside and carry the confidence into everything you do in language.

Oh, and grammar drills are effective. 😅

Thanks to Ashley Williams (husband of co-host Lindsay for this week's podcast intro.

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Links:

• High Fidelity by Nick Hornby | Goodreads
• IELTS 9-band Scale
• Free Music Archive: JA Milton Perera — I found my calculating music on the free music archive.
• ESA Programmes - ESA — Intensive "business administration" course I took in foreign languages. This course was HUGE in helping me improve my French and English, and teach me conversational Spanish.
• Kerstin | The Fluent Show (@thefluentshow) | Twitter