Hola mi Conlanger, primero que nada una disculpa, bueno ahora dos, la primera por no hacérte llegar esta edición más temprano el viernes como es de costumbre, y la segunda por no incluir el link del audio correctamente, no es excusa pero esta semana estuve desaparecido y complicado porque mi pequeño se enfermó y yo casi me enfermó y entre eso, actividades y trabajo me dieron las 11 de la noche en viernes y así ya pasó otra semana y no sé cómo.

En fin, here I am, another friday, another week to boost your skills.

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So, this is a topic I’ve actually discussed with my students, in which the main opening questions is:

What does tolerance mean to you?

And it’s incredible to listen all the different perspectives that each of them have told me. Y eso es lo rico de traer temas de conversación a las clases porque a partir de un tema central se desarrolla toda la práctica.

I actually want you to think about the question and answer it for yourself. The reason behind this topic is that I fell that now in days we have like both extremes of the tolerance, people who are as they call it “generación de cristal” and also the ones who simply accept / tolerate everything in front of them.

On one side you have those who get mad, offended or simply affected by the actions, words or guesses of others without deeply questioning, analysing or even understanding why is THAT making THEM feel that way.

Here is where my second question arise.

Do you think we, society, have increased or decreased our tolerance?

‘Cause maybe we have decreased our tolerance to certain things that affect us and on the other side we have increased the tolerance towards things we weren’t used to before.

Anyway, is just a topic I wanted to bring and discuss with you.

Feel free to hit reply, ill be more than glad to read you.

Vocabulary, Phrases and Tools

Esta semana te quiero traer frases útiles para tu fluencia.
Lo primero es una lista de alternativas para decir “I think..”

Una de las claves para no sonar monotono, seco o robotico es agregar frases casuales mientras hablas, ya sea al inicio a la mitad o al final, el propósito de estas frases es sonar natural, casual que se sienta conectada la conversación.

Un ejemplo que siempre les digo a mis alumnos es que, por ejemplo, cuando estés hablando y de pronto te diste cuenta que dijsite algo mal, que no lo estructuraste bien o que no dijiste exactamente lo que querías decir en lugar de congelarte, tartamudear o terminar de hablar puedes perfectamente insertar:

• “I mean…”

• “What I wanto to say is….”

• “What I mean is…”

And this will help to sort of “erase” what you just said and just continue with what you wanted to say, what you remember or simply restructure your idea.

Some opening phrases for you to use are the following:

I hope you find this useful.

Recommendations

This week’s recommendations are:

To read:

Would you like to feel the words while you are reading?

Then I recommend you to read the following poem from Edgar Allan Poe

To watch:

This week I finished the TV series “Painkiller” on Netflix and OH MY GOD, you should definitely try it. It will give you an insight about the opioids crisis.

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