You know, you said that paying attention to certain details, so I thought we could actually test how well you pay attention to these details. Oh man, I'm scared. You know what? I'm done.
I have to get back to studying English because I'm out. So I'm joined here in the Global Studio by the one and only Axel Poze, aka Thiago. How's it going, Thiago?
Hey, Ethan. I'm doing well. Thank you.
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So if that sounds like something that you want for your English, then be sure to hit that subscribe button and the bell on below. And that way you won't miss a single new lesson. Thiago. So I've had a lot of students who, you know, pretty much all of them get frustrated at one point or another because they feel lost when they listen to native speakers at normal speed, if they don't have subtitles, you know, and actually, if this is the case for you, if you're listening, and that's the case for you, then If you're not already, you might want to try listening to the podcast on a real life app because you have an interactive transcript so you can follow along.
And that's really going to help you to not get lost. But anyways, I know that I've observed that you have really no issues or very, very rarely have issues understanding natives at full speed. So I was wondering if you could let our audience know what's your secret. The secret. Well, first of all, thanks for the compliment.
I appreciate that. Yeah, I mean, I would say that for me, Ethan, understanding native English, right? It comes down to two things, right?
Listening to a lot of English over the years. And I've always had that habit of listening to movies and series back in the day. Nowadays, I listen to podcasts as well, listening to a lot of music.
So I've been doing that for many, many years now. So it kind of compounds, yeah? If you do that a lot every day over the course of many years, it compounds.
So you get better and better. So listening to a lot of English was definitely a part of it. But a second point, and most importantly, is whenever I listen to something in English, a native speaker speaking, for example, I always pay attention to specific things. You know, there are certain specific things that I always pay attention to as I'm listening.
So I would say these two points have helped me to, you know, have good listening skills. So before we move on, I did want to ask you, you used an interesting word there, compound. Something compounds, what does that mean?
It gets bigger and bigger or larger and larger, especially as time passes. This is a very common word in investing, for example, when talking about investing your money. Let's say you invest in some stocks, they pay dividends.
And then, you know, if you keep investing over the course of 10, 15, 20 years, your money compounds. That either compound interest or, you know. So yeah, something that grows as time passes.
Yeah, it stacks up, right? Yeah, it's like an exponential curve even, you know, of how it grows. So that's really great.
And, you know, you said that paying attention to certain details. So I thought we could actually test how well you pay attention to these details, how well. And so we're going to have our producer who's in the studio with us, the one and only Ice-T.
We'd like to call him T around the office. Share the clip with us, so let's roll that. I'm scared.
The pressure is killing me. It's not like in the lambs and the sheep. It's not like in the sheep. It's not like in the sheep. What is that?
Did you understand 100% of that? You know what? I'm done. I have to get back to studying English because, you know, my listening skills are not as good as I thought.
So it's OK. I didn't understand that either. I have no idea what he's saying. It is English, apparently, but it's like a very like a dialect from rural Ireland.
So obviously that was just a joke. Even for most natives. I think if you're not from Ireland, it's probably near impossible to understand. I think I heard the word sheep somewhere in there.
But. we actually looking at the title of the video helped also i saw there missing sheep okay he's talking about sheep that's it a good lesson right is is use the context that you have available Absolutely. Yeah. So you look for verbal clues or yeah, you make some predictions. Yeah.
Because I know sometimes they don't understand 100% per se. Right. But you can use certain devices to help you make sense of what's being said. Yeah.
Exactly. So now we have an actual real test and got this from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which I'm sure that, you know, you and I would have no trouble understanding him. It's an American accent, although. It is, you know, like could be considered a difficult American accent, especially, you know, for someone who has more intermediate or even advanced English could have some trouble understanding it. So let's watch that.
And then Thiago is going to let us know how he understood it. OK. You know, actually, this works out better for me.
You know, the slimmies of summer come to class wearing next to nothing. You know what I'm saying? Well, it's all right to be angry. Hey, why should I be mad? I'm saying at least he said goodbye this time.
I just wish I hadn't wasted my money buying this stupid present. I'm sorry. You know, if there was something that I could do. Hey, you know what?
You ain't got to do nothing, Uncle Phil. You know, ain't like I'm still five years old, you know? Ain't like I'm going to be sitting up every night asking my mom, when's daddy coming home, you know? Who needs him? Hey, he wasn't there to teach me how to shoot my first basket, but I learned, didn't I?
All right. That was much better. Thank you.
All right. So do you want to... Just to prove that you actually understood this, do you want to just like kind of paraphrase what that, it was a pretty short clip, but what it was about?
Yeah, just paraphrasing quickly here, Will's character, he's expressing his frustration with the fact that apparently his dad is absent. He lives with his uncle, Uncle Phil, and he's expressing this frustration that apparently the father doesn't really care about him or doesn't try to get in touch with him. And he even bought a present, I guess, because I think he was hoping to...
to see the father in person, but you know, he never bothered to show up. So yeah, he's angry. Yeah.
And he speaks in a very peculiar way, I would say, which is kind of, I think in the series, he's from Philadelphia. So, you know, he's a street kid from Philadelphia. So there's a lot of slang there.
But the idea is pretty much that, yeah, I mean, he is expressing his frustration about his absent father. Yeah. Perfect.
So, you know, you and I don't have too many issues understanding that, even though there's some old slang in that clip like for example he said the word slimmies which yeah i i can't say that i recall anyone saying that but yeah uh i assume from the context i assume from the context of me he's talking about like girls you know uh he's talking about like slimmies down at the beach or something like that so right yeah but why is it that a lot of learners might have felt a bit lost there you know if they didn't have subtitles yeah it might be worth maybe a Playing it again, certain parts. But what I can say now is he uses a lot of ain't, the word ain't, which is a slang word. Yeah.
And he does some things. For example, he reduces the preposition to, to a da. Yeah. I forgot exactly what he was saying, but I think it was something like trying to do something, trying to do something.
He goes like that, trying to, trying to. Even a na or a da, yeah, depending on the word that precedes. He also reduces the age for him. So there's a part that I remember that instead of saying him, he says him.
I don't know if it was about him or to him. Yeah, instead of about him or to him. Who needs him?
But yeah, there are certain connected speech patterns there that he uses, which if you're not familiar with as a learner, you will struggle to understand that segment because he also speaks quite fast. Because remember, he's. frustrated he's emotional he's emotional yeah so he's speaking fast using slang and disconnected speech patterns there so yeah uh that's why it can be tricky yeah yeah and you mentioned like ain't for example and the thing with ain't if it's followed by what we'd call the function word so like you said like two is a function word or of is a function word the t can even drop and the ain't can connect to the next word so if you said like um you I don't know, for example, ain't nothing.
Nothing's actually, I think is a content word, but like the, the first syllable could be reduced. So it'd be like, ain't nothing, ain't nothing. And those, the T is gone, the N's linked together and everything. So, you know, a lot of things like that are happening that if you become more familiar with some of these different connected speech patterns, your brain would be able to process that because you kind of have like the puzzle pieces you need. But if you're not familiar with those, then you're just going to feel lost.
It might even sound almost like another language, right? Absolutely. And I think connected speech is such a huge deal here.
Because if you combine listening to English every day and that idea of compounding, the more you listen to it, the better your listening skills get. With deliberately learning about and studying connected speech, and that's exactly what we do. I mean, in our Learn English with TV channel, most of what we teach there is related to connected speech. So learning these patterns is going to definitely help you.
Better understand native speakers. And I think this clip that we just listened together, yeah, is also a good example of... You don't have to speak exactly as you hear someone, a native speaker in this case, speaking, right?
Because in my case, for example, I would never speak like Will Smith in this clip. I would never speak like that. No, right. Yeah, that's not how I view myself speaking English, right?
But, you know, I have my own way of speaking English, my influences, right? But I'm still able to understand pretty much all of it, right? So being able to understand doesn't mean that you have to necessarily speak.
Like that person you're listening to unless you want to yeah, unless you want to sound like that. Yeah Yeah So as Thiago mentioned we help you to do exactly this on our learnings with TV series channel And that's one of the most fun ways that you can do it And in fact, the reason that I thought about this clip is because we did a lesson with it It was a long time ago But you know if you're a fan of Will Smith of Fresh Prince if you want to better understand that clip We just watched then you know, you can check that out. We'll link it down in description below in the show notes as well and One thing that Thiago mentioned before too that's really important is like creating this own immersion experience for yourself.
There's an expression we say in English that if you don't use it, you lose it. And this is very true for languages. You know, if you're not constantly using it, if you're not constantly immersing yourself, even if you can't go live in the country, just like Thiago's never lived in the States, never lived in the UK.
But you can create your own immersion experience by Thiago was explaining to me the other day, for example, that he had to do some spring cleaning and he listened to an entire audio book because, you know, he was cleaning for. for several hours. So it's like things like this, that you can find all these different convenient ways to create your own immersion experience, where you're just listening to hours and hours of English, even without living in a country where it's the native language. And this whole thing about, you know, don't use it, you lose it, it's really important. Because you know, if you're not constantly keeping it sharp, then you know, it might be like you become a zombie.
And speaking of zombies, I've heard people are like talking all about this new series, right? The Last of Us. I'm curious, Tiago, have you caught any episodes of that yet? Yeah, yeah, sure. I have been watching it.
It's been on HBO Max every Sunday. And there are three episodes out. And yeah, I've been watching. I've seen the three of them.
And, you know, I play the games. Yeah, I'm a fan of the games. Yeah, I think the games are really well made.
I don't know. It's based on a game. It is, yeah. It is.
Super popular game from PlayStation. Yeah, so. I'm really out of the loop with this.
I've never been really a big fan of like the whole zombie genre. Can I stop you here very quickly? Because I know you just said I'm out of the loop, right? First of all, the definition, what does it mean to be out of the loop? If you're out of the loop, it means you're not informed about something.
You haven't been following that thing. You're not current with a certain trend or certain, I don't know, pop culture information. Yeah.
So that's definitely the case for me with this series. And the second point. that I wanted to bring up is the connected speech that you used there, right? You said out of the loop, right? Out of the loop, yeah.
You say like out of the loop. You didn't say it like that, right? Can you repeat how you said it?
Out of the loop. Out of the loop. Yeah, so, you know, for the listeners out there or for our viewers, it's important for you to pay attention to this.
If you have the opportunity to talk to a native speaker, like I'm talking to Ethan right now, he's American, or if you're watching something, yeah, pay attention to how people... say things yeah it's about recognizing this pattern so oh if he said out of the loop out of becomes outer maybe i can use outer in other sentences and other situations too out of the loop out of the place out of the and then you you work on it like that right so it's important for you to pay attention to those word chunks right uh sorry yeah i digress a little bit here uh now so could you please uh say what you're saying about The Last of Us and being out of the loop. There's a very appropriate digression.
No, I was just saying that I'm not a huge fan of like the whole zombie genre. Although like a few years back, actually now it's probably quite old, but there was a movie I really enjoyed with Woody Harrelson called Zombieland. And actually, you know, maybe we could watch a clip from that and we could break down some more connected speech, right? Let's do it.
Yeah, sounds fun. Right. Can you roll it, T? I had to get that out. I don't mean to gush.
This is so surreal. I mean, you probably get this all the time. Maybe not lately, but I'm such a huge fan of yours.
You see, he says something interesting here. He says, I think to Bill Murray, I'm such a huge fan of yours. Right at the last part there.
So first, I noticed that he doesn't pronounce the H for huge. I imagine that certain areas in the US, people don't pronounce it like that, right? Is that correct? I would say huge, but my dad's from New York and he says, he even, he almost says it like there's a why there, like huge, huge.
It's kind of how he says it here, right? Donald Trump says it as well. Like Donald Trump has the thing with his hands, like he's going to be huge. Huge.
He does the same thing. I think that's like a New York thing. It's a huge problem. It's a huge heroin problem. Huge believer.
Huge problem. It's a huge problem. It's a huge problem. That is a huge problem.
And he also says, I'm a huge fan of yours. So, I am a huge fan of yours. Of yours. He says, I'm a huge fan of yours. Fana.
Fana yours. Fana yours. I think he might have even said fan of yours, right? Like reducing the yours to a year.
Fanny years, maybe yeah fit. Can I say that again Fanny years Fanny years Fanny years. All right Yeah, and he said something else at the beginning. I think I had to get that out But he spoke very fast that part right? Maybe we could play that part again because I noticed that too.
Yeah Could you play that again to you? I had to get that out. I don't mean to gush.
This is so surreal. I mean you probably get this all the time Maybe not lately, but i'm i'm such a huge fan of yours I mean, I swear, you know, I've seen every one of your movies a million times. Every one of your movies. So there's some other interesting things there, you know.
So what we were saying at the beginning there, he says, I had to get that out, which he said really fast. And it's kind of, we were saying before, outer, right? And you mentioned before, also with like Will Smith, with the reduction of two. So the had to, and this is interesting because it's a D and a T, but oftentimes when we have...
That happened to D and T together. It's kind of like the D trumps the T, like the T goes away. So it's like, I had to, I had to get that out.
And then again, you have get and that has like two Ts. So those go together. Get that. Had to get that out.
And then you have an American T there with the that out. I had to get that out. I had to get that out.
And then he says, I don't mean to gush. Do you know what that means, Thiago? I'm going to, I'm going to give it a shot here, but I'm not sure. Okay.
I don't mean to gush. I mean, I think. when you gush you um maybe you show how much of a fan you are uh towards a person like you know you you fan boy is it fan boy yeah is that correct or if you got you're gushing it's like you're uh i don't know what would you call you're being a brown noser maybe as well you're brown nosing that's another way we could say this like you're complimenting someone but like a lot right right oh my god you're just which you know people might do they might you know gush to like you could do it you know if you're a big fan of someone of course but you could also like maybe you're gushing too much to like your boss or to your to your teacher or something like that to uh to try to you know gain some favor or something in general it's seen as a negative thing right okay so it's a suck up or over complimenting yeah it reminds me on a tangent that there used to be a candy price dog is this when i was a kid called gushers okay and it was like these um it was these gummies gummies like they're kind of like chewy things we can even maybe show a picture of this with like a liquid inside uh and it's called a gusher because if something gushes another thing is this like when you bite into these gummies they gush like the liquid would kind of like spurt out so that's another use of gush just like when a zombie bites you it gushes blood is that it blood gushes out of your brain maybe ethan just going back a little bit uh you used a nice word there you said On a tangent. On a tangent, right?
On a tangent. What does that mean, on a tangent? And earlier before you said digress, so it's the same thing. You can say that you're digressing, you're saying you're going off on a tangent. That's expression to go off on a tangent.
Or you can say like tangentially speaking. Wow. It would be another way to say that, so that you're going off of the topic.
That sounds really cool. But it was kind of off the topic, but it was related, right? Yeah. We made it about the time of a tangent.
All right. So we have our question of the day for you. So let us know if you're watching us on YouTube, let us know down in the comments. If you aren't, you can email us at fluency team at real life, global.com. If you're just listening and we would love to hear your answer, but our question is, do you think that you would survive along in a zombie apocalypse and tell us Why or why not?
You know, why would you be able to survive for a long time? Like what resources do you have at hand? Or what skills do you have that would help you to do that? Or, you know, would you be one of the first people to go?
Why do you think that is? So we're curious to hear. your answer and it's a way to practice writing your english right and some of the vocabulary that we're learning today all right so we want to actually bring back this word we want to gush at one of our fans uh and for maybe they were also gushing at us i don't know uh but with today's shout out so let's check out who our shout out is for today all right the shout out today goes to yo or ul and uh Yoel, I believe, says, The RealLife English app is the best app I have ever seen.
It really works well when it comes to practicing and improving your listening skills. I would recommend it to all learners of the English language. Thank you so much, RealLife coaches, for your hard work in helping people.
Thank you. Thank you so much, Yoel, for... gushing about our app, right? Yeah.
I'm glad that you're enjoying the experience there. And dear listener or dear viewer, if you haven't checked it out yet, what are you waiting for? We talked about that you get an interactive transcript, but you're learning a lot of words today as well.
So, you know, you'll be able to get vocabulary flashcards so that you never forget them because that's one of the big issues here that we hear from learners is that they, you know, get into conversation and they know that they know a word, but they can't remember it in that moment. They know they've learned it, but it's just... doesn't come to them.
And this is because you haven't, you know, we have like special technology that works the way your memory does so that it becomes long term memory. And of course, as well, another big problem that a lot of learners say is they don't have enough opportunities to actually use what they're learning. And so it's the only place where by just pressing a button, you can connect to another learner and have a conversation for four to eight minutes. And this is really great because you get to meet people from all around the world that are learning English, just like you.
And we have one more fan. that we want to send, we want to get shot. We use that word all day.
I think I haven't used that even in a long time, but in line with Woody Harrelson, who commented on one of our recent lessons. So I'll let you read that, Thiago. All right. So this viewer here left us a nice comment.
Here it goes. Along with Rachel's English YouTube channel, these are the best in the world ever created. Seriously, everything you might be looking for, it's all here packed. All the succulent nutritions that'll kickstart your day in a better way.
I admire your channel and especially this video you've touched on proficiency rather than fluency and this was the missing link for me for years. Now I certainly know that I have to immerse myself in this topic so I'm able to pass it on to others. Keep up the good work.
Best regards Nazari from Ukraine. Amazing! Thank you.
Thank you so much, Nazaree. And if we're butchering your name, I'm so sorry. We should have checked before we have a teammate actually, who's also from Ukraine.
So we could have asked her how to say that correctly, but you could also let us know if we got that wrong. But okay, Nazaree, you obviously have a very ample vocabulary base. So you mentioned that, let me read that line again, all the succulent nutrients that'll kickstart your day in a better way.
It even sounds like poetry. So what does succulent mean, Thiago? I think about it as something juicy, like when talking about food, like a succulent fruit, for example. It's something juicy, right?
It gushes when you bite into it. It seems like gushing is the word of the day today, right? It's all about gushing. Our listeners are not going to forget that word.
Absolutely not, yeah. And nutrients, if something's full of nutrients. It's full of vitamins and minerals, you know, all the good things you need to remain healthy. Yeah. And if something kickstarts your day, what does that mean to kickstart?
I think it starts, you know, to start your day in a productive, energetic way. Like, you know, your kickstart. Yeah.
Like it's kind of a quick, exciting or. That comes from like a motorcycle, right? There's like a, like a kickstart, like the ones that you kick, you start them with like an action with your foot, maybe. Kind of like that, but yeah, but that can you kick start a car too?
Or not? Or just the bike? I don't think so. Just the bike. Maybe if you have like really strong legs, I don't know.
I think it's like a special, like something that I want to say motos, because that's what we call them here. Motorcycles have, have like some, have a Kickstarter. Maybe I'm wrong there though.
Okay. Yeah. But yeah.
And. It's really great to hear that, you know, we're one of your favorite channels alongside Rachel's English. We really admire Rachel.
I've used her a lot in my teaching. I know that like all of her content is super valuable for learners. So it is really an honor to be considered in the same league as such an extraordinary teacher and YouTuber. And the podcast, in case people were curious, in case this is maybe the first one you're watching or you missed it, we did one, I believe, episode 322. Tiago and I talked about this idea of why fluency might not be the best goal for you and why proficiency is actually could be a more powerful goal for you to have, a more effective goal. So if you haven't yet, you might want to check out that episode.
We'll link it in the description and in the show notes. And now we have some special wisdom as promised from a very famous pirate. So we have our Real Life Way moment and today we're going to talk about the last component of the Real Life Way which is Activate It. And if you are unfamiliar with what the Real Life Way is, it is our method to guide learners to learn English outside of the classroom. So we talked all about this in our last episode of the podcast.
If you missed that, it is episode 324. You might want to give that a listen because it can definitely transform the way that you are learning English. But I'm digressing a little bit here. So what exactly is activating it all about, Thiago?
It's about practicing your English in a more deliberate way, in a more intentional way, maybe more structured way. While living your English is a... is a core part of it and also connecting it to your goals, to your vision of yourself for the future, you also need that moment where you are a little bit more active, a little bit more proactive or curious in order to pick up stuff or learn stuff. For example, in this episode, we are talking about how to understand most of what you hear from native speakers.
And part of that is about identifying patterns, paying attention to the patterns of connected speech of sounds. In order for you to do that, you have to be paying attention in an active way, for example. Yeah, you can't just listen to something for the sake of listening. Yeah, in a passive way.
Yeah, you have to be a little bit more interested in it. Like, oh, you said that. I mean, can you say that again?
What does that mean? Or what sound did you make there? Or if you are alone with a movie or a TV show, for example, pausing, checking it out, or maybe taking notes so that you can ask your English-speaking friend later.
at another opportunity but um i think that this topic today you know about understanding native english uh is very connected to this component of the real life way yeah deliberately activating or listening in this case yeah so exactly what we've been doing today you know breaking apart these different scenes and stuff being curious going back watching again again mimicking too we didn't really do that right but uh i mean it's it's maybe easier for us to do that but when you're learning obviously it's something that you can challenge yourself to do is even listening to this podcast you know if maybe there's a certain part that something that chiago or i said that's interesting you like the way that we said it go back and like listen a couple times repeat it yourself try to say it in the same way like really work out those muscles of articulation and that's basically what activating is about is you know not just passively sitting on the couch and watching something in english but actually turning everything that you do into an opportunity to get a little bit better even if it's just with something really small like re-watching a certain part or taking note like chiago said So where did pirates come into this, Thiago? Yeah, actually, I found this really cool quote from Captain Jack Sparrow. And I don't know in which Pirates of the Caribbean movie that was spoken, but the quote goes, the problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem, you know? So why did I choose that?
Because, you know, I hear many learners sometimes complaining about it like, oh, It's so difficult. It's so hard to understand movies or series or the news or native speakers in general. They speak so fast.
Okay, that's a problem that you have. I get that. Yeah, it is a real challenge, right? But remember, the problem is not that. It's not the problem.
Jack Sparrow says the problem is your attitude about the problem. So try to have a more positive attitude towards it. Like, okay, this is not easy for me understanding that, but I know I can do it with practice. And if I dedicate myself to understanding, I will understand eventually. So having this more, let's say, positive outlook on your learning and not be so negative about it.
I think that's the wisdom that Captain Jack Sparrow is trying to instill in all of us here. Yeah. And I'll just add on that, that a lot of times we're so focused on, because we're learning a language, we're really hard on ourselves.
So if you really pay attention, even when you're watching something or listening to something in your native language, you don't always understand 100%, especially if you start if you got in the habit of watching in your native language with subtitles in your native language, you'll start to realize that even in your native language, there's you're not hearing every one of those words, but you're so used to it, you're able to always put together things through the context. And we gave, you know, a couple examples today that like that Irish farmer, like I can't understand what he's saying. And that's like a very extreme example. But I've talked before about the show Peaky Blinders, for example. Like I had to watch that show with subtitles.
This is very common, you know, that even when it's your native language, you're not always getting 100 percent. Or even, you know, when you're with a friend, sometimes you might ask them like, oh, I didn't catch what you said. Could you say that again? So but when we're learning another language, a foreign language, a language that's not our mother tongue.
we tend to set very high expectations for ourselves and we're much harder on ourselves when we don't understand something and it's all a process and sometimes when you're at the start you don't have all that experience that you have with your mother tongue and everything and you're going to feel sometimes you know a bit infantile you're going to feel like a you know a baby and everything you're going to feel it can feel frustrating you know that you're not understanding because it throws you back to like when you were a kid and you know you didn't always understand everything but if you keep at it and you're deliberate you you do this kind of like active learning and you know I think what we were doing today, you can even like have fun with it. Like going back, Oh, what an interesting word gush this guy was using, or, you know, so interesting how he said the word huge. He didn't say the H there and, you know, just having this kind of curious mindset, you'll have a lot more fun actually improving and little by little, you know, the greatness is built, not in the moments, not in the days, but, you know, over time, over much, much time, just like Tiago was saying at the beginning, that he's been doing this for a long time and that's helped him to get to where he is today.
So if you start building these good habits. then you'll get there too. But you have to take into consideration that it's step-by-step.
And we have a challenge for you. So let's move into today's daily challenge. All right, Thiago.
So I'll let you do the honors. What is today's daily challenge? All right, everybody. So the daily challenge we have for you is try to practice this by yourself at home too. And also...
Maybe play a little clip of something in English, maybe a movie or TV show, yeah? And try to identify some connected speech patterns, yeah? Just like the examples we listed here today, you know? Maybe this aura or ta or da, you know, how the function words are reduced or how some sounds are cut.
So do that. That's the challenge for you today, okay? Deliberately try to identify some patterns of connection or reduction when you listen to something in English, all right? And then, you know, maybe let us know in the comments.
Come back here later and say, hey, I did that and it was amazing. I noticed this, this, and this connected speech aspect. Yeah.
So, yeah, we are curious to see how it goes for you guys. Yeah. Or if you're just listening, feel free to pop over to the video, leave us a comment, or write us at fluencyteam at reallifeglobal.com.
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Today, we are talking all about something that is very near and dear to our hearts, the Real Life Way. And the Real Life Way is our method that we help learners from all around the world to improve their English. We've talked about this on other podcasts, and it's actually something that we've, you know, we know it at our core, but we're kind of defining and coming up with a framework so that we can better explain it to other people, better use it to train new teachers and new team members, better use it to create content. and courses and things like that. We've been working on this a lot the last