Speak English Now – Mini-Stories with Georgiana

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• Today, we'll take a look at the phrasal verbs created with the word "look."
• After that, I will tell you a short story called the Point of View lesson, to help you with grammar and to review the vocabulary you will be learning.

Remember, a phrasal verb is just a verb and a particle. For example, "get in." By the way, I recommend you to check out the previous episodes about phrasal verbs.

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• I'm going to give you seven ideas you can use when you perform repeated listening.
• After that, I'm going to read a Point Of View story. It's an excellent technique for improving your grammar.

As you may know, I always encourage students to listen on a daily basis. Listening is the best way to deeply learn the different sounds, words, and expressions you find in English. It's how we learn our mother tongue.

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• I will discuss certificates and real progress in learning English.
• After that, you can practice your speaking with a Question & Answer story.

As you may know, certificates in English are something important. For example, everybody knows about the Cambridge University Certificates. The First Certificate is probably the most famous one.

If you prefer American English, you have the TOFL certificate, which is also quite popular.

You'd be amazed about how many students prepare themselves to get one of these certificates.

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• I'll be discussing some more about some of the most common phrasal verbs.
• After that, you'll be able to practice your grammar skills with an interesting Point of View lesson.

Ok, let's continue with the phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb is just a verb and a particle. For example, "get in". If you haven't checked out the first episode about phrasal verbs, please do it.

Remember, you only need to learn the most frequently used phrasal verbs.

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Today, I am going to talk about a very interesting topic. Plateaus when learning English.

Ok, so…what is a plateau? A plateau occurs when you stop your progress despite continuing to do "all the right things". An interesting expression for this situation is: to hit a plateau. For example:

It seems I hit a plateau, because I can't see any progress with my English, and I'm still studying really hard!

More literally, a plateau is a large flat area of land. This definition makes total sense, because if you are walking on a plateau, you are not going up or down. You stay at the same height.

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Today, we're going to practice some common phrasal verbs with the verb turn.

Phrasal verbs can feel overwhelming.

You know the verb, but then you add a small word, and suddenly the meaning changes.

And sometimes the same phrasal verb has more than one meaning.

So, how can you learn all of them?

Well, you don't have to.

You don't need to figure out hundreds of phrasal verbs at the same time.

A better idea is to learn the most useful ones in context.

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Hi, everybody! I'm Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com. Welcome to a new episode of the Speak English Now podcast!

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Today, we're going to talk about something many English learners get wrong.

Should you speak more… or listen more?

Should you write more… or read more?

And after that, we'll practice speaking with a Mini-Story.

Okay. Let's get started!

When people want to speak English, they often hear the same advice:

"Just speak more."

"Find a conversation partner."

"Write every day."

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Have you ever met someone who knows a lot about English grammar?

Maybe they can explain verb tenses.

They know the difference between the present perfect and the past simple.

They know many grammar rules.

But then, when they try to speak English, something strange happens.

They hesitate.

They translate.

They search for words.

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Today, we're going to talk about something very important:

How many times should you listen to the same English audio?

Once? Twice? Ten times? Twenty times?

And after that, we'll practice speaking with a Mini-Story.

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Hi, everyone! Welcome to a new episode!

• I'll talk about why is the American accent is so different from the British accent.
• After that, I'll use the Question and Answer technique for helping you develop your speaking skills