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If you're new to the methodology of achieving Native-Like Fluency in English, here are the links to my FREE courses and exercises to help you get started.
Use this post to save time searching for good exercises. Invest it in doing them.
Free courses
"Daring Learner" - a welcome video course for everyone for wants to wants to learn more about the approach and build effective practice routines to achieve native-like fluency. I recommend starting the course as soon as you start your free 7-day trial in the community of practice so that you immediately try all the tips shared in the course.
P.S. If you prefer to pay in RUB, start your free trial using this link
"Nine Essential Skills to Achieve Native-Like Fluency" - a free course that will help you learn the fundamentals of a different approach to learning. I will walk you through all the nine skills. You will learn the theory behind each skill and do creative exercises to practice each. The course is free and comes with individual feedback. You must apply to join.
Free exercises in the Community of Practice (for Upper-Intermediate+ level students and for ESL teachers )
The exercises bellow are open to everyone. You don't need to be a paying member in the Community of Practice. To get access to the exercises and request feedback, it's enough to create an account.
Articles
Brevity
- NEW episode on BREVITY. What is it and how to practice it
- How to practice Brevity
- How to find the main idea of a text? Demonstration
Clarity in Speaking
- VIDEO: Ramble it toward CLARITY. Achieving clarity in spontaneous conversations
- What is Integrity? Connection? Vulnerability? Perfectionism? Look at these definitions and practice clarity
- Exercise: What is "grit"? Let's practice #clarity, #brevity, and #attentiveness
- Exercise: Connect your Ideas in English to Achieve Clarity. Spontaneous & Prepared Speech
- STRONG VERBS and how to use them
- How to replace Weak Verbs with Strong Verbs. Examples
- A great exercise to improve your spontaneous speaking skills in English
- SPOKE or WAS SPEAKING?
Listening
Practice Routine. Main principles
Pronunciation
- The disappearing "H". An exercise for everyone. Let's practice💪
- S or Z? Does it sound like ExcuSe or ExcuZe? CloZe or CloSe?
The Rhythm of English
- FREE exercise for all to practice using the rhythm of English and delivering the meaning (includes feedback)
- Neither UP or DOWN. Gliding forward in English 🤨 What does this even sound like?
- arTIculate or articuLAte? wAInd or wInd? More confusing words and how they should be stressed
- Exercise: read a quote out loud and find the FOCUS word
- A quote worth reading today
- Yulia Reads - a new reading video from a student
- ONLY three minutes of reading out loud. Three liberating truths
- EXERCISE: Is there a Santa Clause? What do you say to an 8-year old? Read out loud with me
Variety
Vocabulary
- How to make good vocabulary stick? Demonstration
- Do this exercise to improve your Listening Skills and Build Your Vocabulary. (For coaches who want to work with English-speaking clients and for everyone who is learning to tell their story in English )
Writing
Free interactive exercises on my website
You can start practicing right here, on my website. All video forms are anonymous. I do not collect your data. I will not ask you to leave your email address in exchange for an exercise. You can do the same exercise as many times as you want, and you you can do as many exercises as you want.
However, if you feel stuck and you do want to contact me, you can leave your email address and your question in the text field (available in every video exercise), and I will get back to you.
All video instructions are no longer than two minutes. I recommend that you do each exercise a few times. To learn about the power of iterations (as opposed to repetitions), watch this video
- Self-correction
- Spontaneous speaking
- Attentiveness
- Vocabulary (coming soon)
- Clarity
- Articles
- Rhythm
- Brevity
- Writing
Free exercises in Instagram stories
You can find them in highlighted stories- Reading
- Read aloud
- Vocabulary
- Writing
- Many more various exercises
Your feedback would help me a lot.
If you tried the free exercises, let me know if they were helpful/not helpful, clear/confusing, easy/difficult....
Tell me if you needed feedback. Tell me if you didn't because it was self-explanatory.
I would love to hear back from you so that I can create more engaging exercises to help you practice your meta-skills (your learning skills).
At the center of each exercise is YOU rather than the rules of English.
My methodology is human-centered, and my job is to show you that native-like fluency is possible, that the method to achieve it exists, and that real people have already done it. You can do it too.
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