Monday Pep Talk 💅

Reference: IG shakedhadad

Glossary:
🫧Appraisals based on politics - performance review & promotions depend on who likes who
🫧Pep talk - a talk to make someone feel courage/motivation
Eg: A coach gives a pep talk to the team before a game

You think the girl is...
🌷 Infantile & immature
🌼 Truthful & sincere

3 Challenging to Pronounce B2/C1 Level Adjectives

This week, on Wednesday 6PM MSC time, our most ambitious readers will be summarising and sharing opinions on Pavel Durov's most controvercial quotes from the latest interview.
We anticipate a problem: some words will be challenging to pronounce during our meeting. But not after this post 💅

🫧Undecipherable - impossible to read and/or understand
/ˌʌndɪˈsaɪfərəbəl/
"Without the keys, Telegram messaging data remains undecipherable."

🫧Entitled - to have the legal or moral right to get something
/ɪnˈtaɪtəld/
"All my children are entitled to a share of my estate."

🫧Paralyzed - unable to move
/ˈpærəlaɪzd/
"When paralyzed by fear, you stop trying"

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9 Popular Ways to Learn English

The world of teaching and learning keeps changing. We’ve made an attempt to catalogue most common learner behaviors today. What should we add?

1. Textbooks and Self-Study Guides
Classics like English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy

2. Private Lessons with a Tutor
One-on-one with a teacher, either by recommendation or a marketplace platform like Italki, Preply, Profi

3. Online English Schools and Structured Courses
Skyeng, Yandex Practicum, or EnglishDom

4. Gamified Learning Apps
Duolingo, Memrise, Quizlet

5. AI Tutors and Chatbots
Chat GPT, Praktika AI, Fluently

6. Watching English Content
YouTube videos, Netflix shows, or movies in English

7. Social Interaction
Language exchange (HelloTalk), dating apps, online chat platforms (like Chatroulette or Omegle)

8. English Clubs (Online and Offline)

9. Working in an international team
Learning while swimming

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📹9 favourite YouTube channels of @englishforimpact

Watching educational and entertainment videos in English isn't just about passive language growth. It's about widening your definition of what's normal, sparking new ideas, and soaking up the world's culture

1. Lex Fridman Long interviews with people who put a dent in the universe (Elon Musk, Pavel Durov, Mr Beast)
2. Startup Pitches YC demo days and applications from unicorns and beginner founders
3. Headspace Guided meditations & mental health awareness
4. Kleiner Perkins VC fund's interviews with portfolio company founders
5. Lenny's Podcast Interviews with world class product leaders to uncover actionable advice to build & grow products
6. Brendan Kane Tips on engineering viral content
7. Vox Making sense of complex issues
8. Team Coco Comedy with Conan O'Brian (North Korean border episode is especially fun)
🪴 English For Impact by Yulia Beymlina Videos to learn vocabulary and pronunciation from successful founders & Forbes’s billionaires

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Can money buy a 'penis? Pronunciation matters!

This joke isn't a joke! @ybeymlina lived in Perpignan, France for 7 months, teaching Russian to school kids back in 2009 and she knows - the pronunciation struggle is real!

The funny thing the "H" struggle in France is 180 degrees opposite to the one Mother Russia fights. If @ybeymlina's compatriots overpronounce /h/ - to the point of it become a /g/ - French guys & gals drop it like it's hot altogether

Great news: when you know these things, you can understand people around the world better, without much surprise. Stay tuned and connect with diverse people around the world in English

IG reference kseniia.kod

You turn
💷 I choose money
🧛 I choose a 'penis
🪴 I choose English pronunciation