
We pack our bags, hop in the car, and head to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in search of a lighthouse. Our newly turned 2-year-old sleeps in the back while Jonathan and I try to decide on a name for our newsletter. Our brand-new small (tiny?) business, Lighthouse English, wasn’t even at its newborn stage yet. The trip was long, and our minds longed for inspiration. What should we call our weekly new...

I can't wait for you to read today's newsletter because it's the last post of our Pillars of Fluency series. Have you noticed how often we say "I can't wait to (insert something)," as in "I can't wait to start speaking English more fluently"? Sure, this phrase denotes excitement and expectation, but how often do we find ourselves anxiously wishing we could bypass the process that will actually...

If you’ve been faithfully following this fluency series, you’ll remember some terms we’ve covered so far:
Input – The language you receive/ are exposed to (through listening or reading).
Output – The language you produce (through speaking or writing).
Automaticity – The ability to use language quickly and effortlessly, without stopping to think about every word.
This week, I was thinking abou...
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