Don't know about you guys, @ybeymlina spends about 30min per day on average chatting with AI on personal and professional topics combined. Sometimes 0 min, sometimes up to 3 hours. She prefers her conversations to be short and to the point, and hates when AI shows signs of sycophancy*.
Check the images to learn new vocab — we'll quiz you on Saturday, you know it ;)
“Open AI” and “Anthropic” disagree! Both of them put a premium on the emotional bond developing between their AI models and users. However, for different reasons...
“Open AI”'s making an effort to make the GPT experience feel friendly for users. Meanwhile, “Anthropic”'s enabling Claude to protect itself against abusive users and will end chats in extreme cases to protect the model, not the user. They say they're mitigating risks "just in case"
The good news is that with us you're mastering communication skills in English to communicate with anyone, even Claude 😎
⭐️ Resources🫧 TechCrunch, Anthropic says Claude can end ‘harmful or abusive’ conversations🫧 TechCrunch, GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now
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Job titles keep changing fast. In the battle to stand out, job seekers, experts, and mentors come up with creative namings for their mundane job functions. Now you can hire a Chief Vibes Officer, Digital Prophet, Cybersecurity Ninja and more
@EnglishForImpact helps you to stay coolheaded and see the true meaning behind the buzz. Let's dive in!
Followers: 4K
Geo: US 🇺🇸
Job function: HR
Title deconstructed: “Talent” is a synonym for employees or human resources
“Wrangler” is someone who herds or manages unruly animals
“Talent Wrangler” emphasizes HR’s role in skillfully organizing, and guiding people at work
Followers: 3.3K
Geo: Singapore 🇸🇬
Job function: Career Mentor
Title deconstructed: "Whisperer" is a person who whispers, speaks very softly
"Horse whisperer" is someone who can calm and train wild horses by using gentle voice, patience, and understanding instead of force
“Clarity Whisperer” is a career mentor who gently guides people toward clear decisions and direction
Followers: 4.1K
Geo: France 🇫🇷
Job function: Expert, visiting professor, board member
Title deconstructed: Advocates for AI to be aligned with humans based on respect, not dominance
Followers: 5.2K
Geo: US 🇺🇸
Job function: Business developer in crypto
Title deconstructed: Leads the spread of memes to build community, attention, and deals. Highlights how humor and viral content are central tools in crypto business growth
Followers: 10.3K
Geo: Vietnam 🇻🇳
Job function: HR
Title deconstructed: Creates a workplace where employees feel satisfied, motivated, and cared for. Highlights that HR is not just about rules, but about employee well-being
Followers: 0.8K
Geo: Turkey 🇹🇷
Job function: Product Strategy
Title deconstructed: "Wizard" is a magician, someone with special powers to make amazing things happen
"Light bulb moment" is the image of a 💡 turning on, meaning a sudden new idea or insight
"Wizard of light bulb moments" is someone who magically sparks or guides big ideas that shape the product’s direction
Which job titles do you find exciting? And which confusing?
What creative job title would you give to yourself? @ybeymlina goes for "Human Flourishing"
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3 Pronunciation Hiccups that we Fix for You Today
90% of S2S users have mispronounced these 3 words in August. Good news is our assessors have caught this and brought to the learners' attention in personal feedback reports. Now we share this with you so that you learn from others' mistakes
🔠 Genuine — real, honest, or authentic
"When you say you don't know something, it makes the dialogue more genuine"
🔠 Indigenous — The first people who lived in a place, before others came
“The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand”
🔠 Pejoratively — in a negative way to make fun of or belittle someone
“Some people use the word ‘nerd’ pejoratively to mock smart kids”
[P again! Attentive readers'll get the insider joke]
🫧 Tap the video to listen, repeat, and use these words with the confidence you're capable of
Well done, you've taken a small step towards your big English goal. We're rooting for you
90% of S2S users have mispronounced these 3 words in August. Good news is our assessors have caught this and brought to the learners' attention in personal feedback reports. Now we share this with you so that you learn from others' mistakes
"When you say you don't know something, it makes the dialogue more genuine"
/ˈdʒɛn.ju.ɪn/
“The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand”
/ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ə.nəs/
“Some people use the word ‘nerd’ pejoratively to mock smart kids”
[P again! Attentive readers'll get the insider joke]
/pəˈdʒɔːr.ə.tɪv.li/Well done, you've taken a small step towards your big English goal. We're rooting for you
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TIL: "Tradwife," "red flag," "skibidi" and others have made their way to the Cambridge Dictionarry officially. If you're a millenial or even a boomer, pray, do not let your heart be heavy 😂 @EnglishForImpact is your source of youth and timely updates
6 words to keep abreast with the times ;)
Origin: Popularized by K-Pop fan communities to describe unrealistic fantasies about idols.
Origin: "Cap" has been African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) slang for "lie" since the early 1900s. "No cap" became a popular phrase in Atlanta hip-hop and rap music before exploding on social media.
Origin: Coined by streamer Kai Cenat.
Origin: Comes from streamer Fanum, who was famous for taking food from his streaming friends, especially from Kai Cenat. His community began calling this act the "Fanum Tax."
Origin: The term is a literal description of its function. Its use as an office slang term exploded with the rise of remote work, as employees looked for ways to maintain an "active" status while stepped away from their desks.
What do you want us to break down to you next? Let us know, and we will oblige
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Anyone still interested in offline education? Weirdly enough, @ybeymlina is. She's even looking for an offline Vietnamese teacher in DN. Could be of Russian, English, or Vietnamese origin, the main requirement is a strong methodological approach. So if you know one, please recommend. With this in mind, she has attended 4 local English speaking clubs to compare their vibes to online offerings. Here're her findings
Overall, there're 5 Pros and 4 Cons of offline English clubs 😂 If you set out to make new friends and socially unwind, opt for offline clubs. If your goal is to boost up your vocabulary and speaking skills from Intermediate+ level and above, our online club is the choice
As 1/9 is approaching, and there's only 4 more months left before making and breaking new New Year Resolutions, we have a special offer for you, readers of thsi channel💅 Get 1 month of high level English practice in our Wednesday club absolutely FREE for bringing in 1+ subscriber to this channel
Conditions: You can start from any Wednesday until the end of September if you bring in 1+ new sub to @EnglishForImpact until 1/9
How to get: Text @ybeymlinaWednesdayand the name of the person you brought in. She'll confirm and give you access to the meetings
Wishing you a great weekend from the Never Ending Summerland
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We've heard that the phrases we select for S2S weekly speaking plans are not "the most obvious ones."
May be. But we believe you can still be quite clear what the core of the discussion is about by having a look at them ;)
Can you guess this week's discussion topic from the 11 phrases in the carousel?
⭐️ During our Wednesday Open Meeting for subscribers, 6-7PM MSC, you can:
- integrate the 11 phrases into your speech
- meet motivated driven people to get energy from
- expand your horizons beyond your routine
To join, text @ybeymlina "Wednesday" before Tuesday midnight
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English for Impact (S2S + PitchUp)
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Yesterday @ybeymlina ran an offline workshop on Public Speaking in Da Nang for an international audience. After American and European attendees left with rave reviews, it's time to face the reality and acknowledge: what we do here is way way beyond English learning
It's about communication, clarity, connecting with others and getting heard
After watching the video, you walk away with:
Timecode:
00:00 Why now is the best moment to record this video. Sleep deprivation and perfromance, unexpected relationship
03:10 Video overview
03:45 Meet Yulia. Her life in 5.5 figures
05:59 Your why: gains and losses in public speaking
10:18 Getting ideas for public speaking. Internal and external sources. Formats
15:30 Execution: the 3 step approach that will kill procrastination. 1 common pitfall to avoid
22:37 Your SMART goal
23:26 Wrapping up
2 spots left in the 1st online PitchUp Club group. Prices will go up in September for the 2d group. Apply now to @ybeymlina
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Execution: disambiguation (3 use cases)
Yesterday, after publishing the video "Public Speaking: from ideas to execution," a friend of @ybeymlina reached out asking:
"Execution is killing something, right? You wanna kill ideas, wtf?"
Here's our public clarification. Spoiler:No, we don't kill ideas
Let’s break down execution:
🫧 Etymology
From Latin exsequi = ex- (“out, completely”) + sequi (“to follow”)
Core sense: “carrying out, following through”
🫧 Key Meanings
1. Carrying out a plan / order
execution of a contract, plan, duty = putting it into action
2. Legal punishment, death🧛
the execution of the prisoner = killing as a penalty
3. Computing
program execution = running code on a computer
So the core thread = “carrying something through to the end" Sometimes it ends in a result (contract done, program runs), sometimes in a death (punishment)
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Yesterday, after publishing the video "Public Speaking: from ideas to execution," a friend of @ybeymlina reached out asking:
"Execution is killing something, right? You wanna kill ideas, wtf?"
Here's our public clarification. Spoiler:
Let’s break down execution:
From Latin exsequi = ex- (“out, completely”) + sequi (“to follow”)
Core sense: “carrying out, following through”
1. Carrying out a plan / order
execution of a contract, plan, duty = putting it into action
2. Legal punishment, death
the execution of the prisoner = killing as a penalty
3. Computing
program execution = running code on a computer
So the core thread = “carrying something through to the end" Sometimes it ends in a result (contract done, program runs), sometimes in a death (punishment)
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