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.
We’re back with The Science of Clear Pronunciation series. Last year, I kicked off this series without realizing just how many changes were ahead of me and how long of a pause I needed in order to recalibrate. Well, I'm back now full force (except that my children gave me a mild cold, but I'm doing alright. Aren't they generous?).
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For many of us, this is that time of year when we sit down and start jotting down plans and goals for the year ahead. One of these days, I caught myself thinking about what I would like to improve in my English, and one of my goals for 2026 is to refine my speech so that the words fly off my tongue effor...
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