Get Active

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As I have mentioned many times on this blog, and in my free email course 7 Strategies for English Fluency, listening is really important – and repetition is key!! But in order for you to become fluent in English, you are going to need to get active. Listening to a story is passive. Watching a […] Read more »

Learning with Stories

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One of the best ways to learn new idiomatic expressions and vocabulary words is to read a short story. Stories that are funny, scary, surprising, silly or that in some way invoke emotions, help your brain learn and remember new information better. Let’s take for example the idiomatic expression “it’s like pulling teeth”. It is […] Read more »

How to Talk About Being Sick

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For about the past five days I have been sick. It hasn’t been too bad, luckily for me, but I am getting tired of it and I am looking forward to feeling 100% better again as soon as possible. However, it did occur to me to write a blog post about how to talk about […] Read more »

Podcast Episode 28 – Trip to Kaua’i

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Hi Folks, Well, it took me longer than I had expected, but I was finally able to finish the podcast about my recent trip to Kauai today. As many of you already know, I went to Kauai for a 10-day vacation and I had a great time. I posted many pictures on the English Fluency […] Read more »

Waves Crashing Up Against the Rocks – Kauai, Hawaii

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Hi Folks, As you probably know, if you listened to podcast episode #27, I am on vacation in Kauai for 10 days. It has been an amazing trip so far and I have been posting some pics on the English Fluency Now Facebook page. I plan to create a new podcast when I return home to […] Read more »

Podcast Episode 27 – Planning a Trip

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Hi Folks, As some of you may have heard, I am flying to Kauai, Hawaii tomorrow for a 10-day vacation! Yahoo!! So in podcast episode #27, I tell you some of the things I did to plan the trip. You will listen to me telling you the story of how I booked my flight, found […] Read more »

Podcast Episode 26 – River Trip in Utah

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Hi Folks, If you have been following me on the EFN Facebook page, then you know I recently spent a week with my 10-year-old daughter and her class on a field trip to the state of Utah. We went there to float down the San Juan River and learn about Native American history and desert […] Read more »

Podcast Episode 25 – Income Taxes in the United States

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Hi Folks, I am just about to leave on a weeklong river rafting trip in Utah with my daughter and her classmates – the Adventurers! But, before I sign off for a week, I put together a brand new podcast episode which I hope you find interesting and educational. The topic of the podcast is […] Read more »

Podcast Episode 23 – NuttZo – A Business Case Study

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Hi Friends, Today I have released another new English Fluency Now podcast. In this episode, I talk about a company called NuttZo. This company was started by a mom who was trying to figure out a way to feed her two adopted sons a complete protein, since they would not eat animal products, and were […] Read more »