You Might be More Fluent than you Think...
Nov 28, 2024
Welcome to our very first issue of The Lighthouse. Do you feel like you need some guidance in your English learning journey? Do you feel like you want something to start your week off on the right note? If so, I'm thrilled to announce that The Lighthouse is here to brighten your Mondays and your whole week with tips and tricks to help you navigate the murky (dark, difficult to see through) waters of the English language. I bet you've just learned a new word!😉
Because The Lighthouse aims to help you level up your English fluency, it's important to start out by answering a fundamental question: are you a fluent English speaker? How do you even know you're fluent in a language? Surprisingly, it's much easier to decide whether or not you're a fluent speaker by looking at a list of what fluent speakers DO NOT do. Fluent speakers:
✅ Do not speak without mistakes, interruptions, hesitations, etc. If so, native speakers would never be considered fluent! I'm sure you do all these things in your native language.
✅ Do not always remember words or expressions and do not know everything about a language.
✅ Do not always understand when people talk and are not always understood by others.

When we think about achieving fluency in a language, body language is probably one of the last things that comes to mind. But there's a reason it's called body language! Our bodies, just like our words, communicate. In today’s post, I want to explore how paying attention to the gestures of English speakers can actually help you learn more effectively (when possible, of course!).
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"A journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single step." ~ Chinese Proverb
This past week marked another important celebratory season for my family. On Sunday, we gathered with friends to celebrate Easter with a delicious Mexican meal (guacamole and chips included… yum!). On the way there, I told my husband how much I’ve come to value creating celebratory rhythms for our family, especially now wi...

A few weeks ago, a dear teacher friend asked me, while we were recording an episode for her amazing podcast, if I had an antenna for phrasal verbs. What she meant was: am I always noticing when people use them? Ever since she asked that question, I can't help but think about all the times I notice people using phrasal verbs... all the time! So, the answer is yes - I definitely have a phrasal v...
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