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Read in English at the beach! Introduction Summer is a great time to try something new and challenging. One of the hardest language barriers to overcome is learning to speak English fluently, but summertime is a great time to cross that barrier. In only three months you can really improve your level and your confidence speaking English! Here’s how: Summer provides a perfect opportunity to learn English. Summer provides a perfect opportunity to learn English. It’s the time when we can relax, enjoy ourselves and do things that we enjoy. Use your free time to read or listen to English-language ... Read more

Do you have an upcoming job interview in English? How confident do you feel about it? Are you worried about sounding unprofessional? Maybe you’ve got the chance of a lifetime and don’t want English to be the reason you miss the opportunity to advance your career. I can help. I’ve been helping my individual clients prepare clear, effective responses to common interview questions, using professional-sounding English. After our course, my clients feel more confident and fluent when entering the interview room. English no longer stands in the way of landing their dream jobs. I’ve recently decided to offer the same ... Read more

We all know we should practice speaking to build fluency, but what if you’re still lacking the confidence to actually talk to another human being? I mean, what if they don’t understand or I don’t understand them or what if they laugh at me? I had one client who was very embarrassed about her fluency and felt that all her colleagues spoke English much better than her. She felt her coworkers were annoyed by her slow English, so she stopped contributing to conversations and even stopped trying to socialize with people at work. She told me she knew she needed ... Read more

Have you spent years studying another language, but don’t feel confident enough to even practice speaking it? I did, too. I studied French for 15 years. I majored in it at university. I could read 14th-century literature, translate poems and write essays citing dense philosophical texts. Then I arrived in France for the very first time as a 19-year-old college student. I didn’t understand anyone and I didn’t try to speak to any real French people. What if they laughed? I became shy and antisocial. I avoided speaking to anyone but my English-speaking classmates. Then one evening, we had to ... Read more

I seemed to develop a new fear overnight. My husband and I had been hiking for hours and we only had a hundred meters left to reach the summit. The last section involved climbing over large boulders and rocks. In my peripheral vision, I caught sight of the edge of the mountain and the terrifying cliff that led to a body of water called “Abyss Lake.”. My body instinctively froze and I dropped down to hug the rocks. I was paralysed. I couldn’t move forward or backwards. That’s when I knew I had developed a fear of heights. This had ... Read more

Is your job title self-explanatory or do you need to explain what your responsibilities are? One of my clients, who works in the sales department of his company, wasn’t sure how to introduce himself at an upcoming conference. The problem was that he isn’t a sales representative because he also manages a small team of people, but he isn’t technically a sales manager either. He didn’t think his job title as Sales Leader was very clear, so we worked with the following 5 phrases so he could describe his roles and responsibilities instead of using his job title. Here are ... Read more