English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English

It's time for Part 2 of our most common mistakes people make when learning English.

Learn about why you shouldn't worry about grammar, why 'survival' listening isn't the answer, why you don't need to go to an English-speaking country to learn English, and how to set yourself effective goals and not get disheartened.

Full transcript, key vocabulary, and bonus episodes available on www.leonardoenglish.com

Show Notes

 

It's time for Part 2 of our most common mistakes people make when learning English.

In today's episode we cover:

  • Recap of Part 1
  • Why you shouldn't focus on grammar (and how to actually learn grammar)
  • Why you shouldn't just do 'survival' listening
  • Why you don't need to go to an English-speaking country (and how to create your own immersion course)
  • How to set aside time for English learning
  • Why you should set yourself goals
  • How to set yourself goals
  • How to avoid getting disheartened


Key vocabulary: Hacks, Rid, Right up your street, Standalone, Discipline, Tricky, Bonus, Genders, Conjugations, Discouraged, Motivation, Heads down, Masochist, Classify, Base, Conjugated, By all means, Embrace, Quirkiness, Pet peeve, Combat, Gist, Core, Starting out, Purely, Turn of phrase, Switch, Interaction, Close to my heart, Hats off to you, Assuming, Immersive, Enroll, Hate on, Setting foot, Kudos, Dedicate, Postpone, Skip, Overused, Shinier, Chore, Motivation, Vicious circle, Slot, Routine, Ambitious, Penultimate, Motivate, Annotate, Flowing, Elaborate, Disheartened, Roller coaster, Uphill, Pack everything in, Uplifting, Interlude, Pointless

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