The Fearless English Podcast

In today’s lesson, we go to the pharmacy to learn sentences commonly used by the pharmacist.

Do you have a prescription?

I'm picking up my prescription.

I have to refill my prescription

I'm sorry, we're temporarily out of that antibiotic.

Don't take these on an empty stomach. Take them with a meal.

over-the-counter

generic brand

comb

hairbrush

shampoo & conditioner

deodorant

shaving cream/foam/gel

razor

sanitary towels

Simon Paine of the Rebel Business School shares his top tips for speaking more clearly,

What is the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset and how can it help you make changes in your life? In this weeks episode, I talk to Rebel Business School co-founder and SEO about how your beliefs about change can impact your ability to make change.

Today I talk about Stephen Krashen's Input Hypotheses and I make it super simple to understand and implement. 

Let's talk about reaching fluency. In today's episode, I talk about how to reach fluency when it comes to speaking English. The reason I recorded this episode is that I recently did a survey on if people were happy with their English and the reason for the unhappiness is that they can't reach fluency. 

Curiosity is the strong desire to know or learn something and that’s why I’ve created a simple method to help you start becoming curious about language. We cover my notetaking method to help you which has the following sections.

• Chunks
• Word families/synonyms and antonyms
• Meaning and extra information
• Sentences

You can use the following dictionaries and websites to help you.

Welcome to this week's episode all about taking notes. Is it important? Find out why?

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Writing a book is a dream of mine. That’s why I invited Tom to talk about the challenges he went through in publishing his awesome book.

Hello fearless learners,

This week's episode is divided into two parts. I'm going to post next week's episode next Tuesday.

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Confidence is an important part of your English journey and it's important for you to start working on it because it can help you develop your English fluency. Today I have invited Roda who is a mindset coach and she gives incredible tips and advice about how to deal with situations when you're feeling scared or worried about speaking English. 

Most of us have experienced school and every person who went to school has a different whole story about life and experiences. That's why in this episode Martin from Rock ’n’ Roll English and I compared our school thoughts and experiences.

The topic we discussed:

• Where and what school we went to.
• Our thoughts about school uniforms
• Our favourite subjects
• Gap year
• School lunch stories
• Difference between catholic and regular school
• Learning language
• Our worst experiences as students
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As individuals, we have problems and we often seek advice from others but what language do you use? In this episode, we discussed three problems and suggested solutions. Listen to the conversation and at the end, you have homework to complete.

Problems:

• Can’t say no when someone invites me to restaurants
• How do I become motivated to go to the Gym
• How do I build confidence so I can do more presentations

Homework answer:

We used 2nd conditional sentences to give solutions to the problem

If I were you, I would…

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Learning a new language is very challenging and it gets even more difficult when you face discrimination or have low self-esteem because of past experiences. You might start to think that it's a requirement to start sounding more American, British, Australian to be fully accepted.

In this episode, Hadar and I talked about learning pronunciation without identity loss. She shared various insights that help with shifting your mindset when it comes to pronunciation. 

What you’ll learn:

• Why do students feel the need to change how they sound
• How to utilize your bag of sound
• Imposter Syndrome and how it affects your confidence
• Steps on how to improve your accent without losing the identity
• Priorities to obtain clarity of sounds
• How acceptance helps to improve your pronunciation
  

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Reading helps you build your vocabulary, prevents cognitive decline and helps you improve your concentration and that’s why in today’s episode, I help you with a few of my tips to read more books.

Here’s the link to discover all the genres and book examples

Today I spoke to Dr Chris Korten about speaking partners and here's what we covered:

• Why is regular conversations a good thing?
• What’s important for students to know before they try to find a speaking partner?
• Is it important to figure out what level  you are before looking for a speaking partner?
• Do you need to find a native English speaking conversation partner?
• What happens after you find a speaking partner?
• Understanding cultural differences
• What are some of the things you recommend to give the meetings more structure?
• How to become successful when it comes to finding the right speaking partner

New Words

wending - go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route.

willy nilly - in a haphazard or spontaneous manner.

tease out - to obtain by or as if by disentangling or freeing with a pointed instrument

novel - interestingly new or unusual

fortunate - favoured by or involving good luck; lucky.

ignominious - deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.

head around- to succeed in understanding or accepting something such as a new idea

Source of definitions by Oxford Languages.

How to check your level?

This week I talk about food with Papa Teach me. Listen to the podcast then do the activity at the end of the episode.

Hello fearless learner,

This week I speak to my friend, Adam! We speak about movies. I want you to take a look at the following list of words and try to understand them while you listen to the episode. Enjoy!

• a genre of its own
• action film
• be in the mood for
• underdog
• drama film
• romantic comedies
• horror movies
• gory horror films
• with a bit of action
• Plot
• censored
• trailer
• mixed feelings
• overpriced snacks

This week we're learning about how to learn grammar with my friend Khatuna. Khatuna is Delta qualified, has a Masters in English as a Second Language, and has over 20 years of teaching experience. Today she shares her knowledge about how students should learn grammar.

Dear Fearless learners,

Welcome to my very first episode of the Fearless English Podcast. The first episode is about my English learning journey. I chose this topic because I believe that sharing my story will help you feel inspired about learning English. I’ve been learning English for 27 years now and I haven’t stopped learning. Thank you so much for tuning in and listening to my English learning journey!

What I share in this podcast:

• The biggest English learning misconception
  
• How  I learnt English
  
• What I  didn’t like about my English learning journey
  
• What I would do differently, if I did it all again
  

Check out my website for more information