Hola mi Conlanger! Ya regresé de vacaciones y regreso con toda la energía para poder cerrar el año lo mejor posible.

I hope you are doing great as well and in case not please feel free to reply this email I’ll be more than happy to read you!

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I wanna start off by sharing this hilarious reel a dear student shared with me, thanks Juan!.

This reel clearly portrays what we all go through when being in the actual scenario of speaking in english and not understanding a single thing.

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Keep calm, if this has ever happened to you, you are not alone, I know that horrible sensation of knowing that YOU KNOW english but ordering at the restaurant or understanding the cashier turns to be your worst nightmare.

These situations DO NOT, read it again, DO NOT mean you don’t know english or that you are not fluent or so. This has to do with other skills and abilities to work on like emotional control, nervous control or hearing acuity.

I know, I know, you are now going to ask me “Professor Pablo how the F*** am I going to work or improve that?” Well, that’s the thing, there is no secret formula, hack or overnight activity. It requires practice, discipline and learning to understand yourself.

Everytime to face a situation like this you gotta be completely aware and conscious of the situation so you can actually pay proper attention to your sorrounding, and get your brain ready ahead of any speech your may hear.

There are of course other activities to enhance these skills for example forcing yourself to listen certain audios at a higher speed, start with 1.25, then 1.50 and so. Don’t worry if you can’t get anything at the begining, remember that practice makes perfect.

Vocabulary, Phrases and Tools

Esta semana te quiero dejar un ejercicio que te puede servir para practicar esa agilidad mental.

La idea es que en el menor tiempo posible intentes INTERPRETAR el siguiente diálogo. Lo que se dice en español interpretarlo a inglés y lo que está en inglés interpretarlo a español.

OJO no se trata de traducir, para incrementar la agilidad es buscar cómo entregar el mismo mensaje dicho sin necesariamente traducirlo tal cual.

Recommendations

Aquí te dejo las recomendaciones para esta semana, algo para ver, algo para leer o algo para escuchar.

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I’ve aready recommend this to some of you but if you haven’t heard of it, here it is. Is a Newsletter called “Morning Brew”. You receive world digested news from trusted sources and in a quick concise way, and the best of all it’s in english so you can consider it as your daily english reading practice. Click on the picture to subscribe and start getting the newsletter.

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