Quit your day job for your English dream!
Nyssa's son helped her to start learning English again and she has come to enjoy and even love it! In this episode you'll learn more about Nyssa's journey, not only how she improved her English in such a short time, but also how she helps other English learners improve their English. 🚀
Nyssa has many plans for the future and we are sure to hear more about her in future episodes.
Key Terms:
- It's never too late to start learning a language or to restart your language journey 📖.
- Challenge yourself by speaking spontaneously (and recording yourself) and take your language skills to the next level!
- Don't be afraid to make mistakes. It's always important to start something, even if you're not prepared. There is no ideal moment!
Vocabulary 🖊️:🎤
- Off the cuff: (idiom) Without preparation
- Pursuing your dreams: (idiom) To work toward that which one most desires or hopes to do, have, or accomplish in life.
Table of Contents / Time Stamps ⌛:
- Intro - Nyssa's English journey(0:58)
- Languages at school (3:47)
- Passion of English (4:28)
- Christian Saunders (6:52) Christian is/was quite an inspiration to Nyssa. YouTube Channel
- Off the Cuff 🗣🎙️ - Speak spontanuously and improve your English (12:39)
- Listen to Roberto, the inventor of the game on episode 66 - Speak English fluently through GAMIFICATION
- Mistakes (18:18)
- Dialects and accents of Italy (20:45)
- Pronunciation is a challenge (24:54)
- Consume different podcasts, videos etc. to get used to different ways of speaking (26:38)
- Books (29:00) 📚
- Tip: Word Wise on Kindle(30:50)
- Learning tools (37:32)
- Future English projects (38:04)
- Favorite English expression (40:28)
- Start before you are ready (42:49) 🎬
- Excuses (51:20)
- Outro (1:03:30)
Links and Resources:
Instagram: @nyssa.sbloccailtuoinglese
Facebook: Nyssa - Sblocca il tuo inglese
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LIVE | English class with Canguro English: Canguro English is a YouTube Channel hosted by Christian Saunders. With his channel, Christian is trying to change the way the world learns English. Canruo English has also a podcast, which is one of my go-to podcasts relating linguistics.
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The Chat Box: A facebook group which helps you become a more active English learner so that you speak/record more ofen. 🌍
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