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Yesterday I talked about that feeling of learning English for a long time but still not feeling like you're getting anywhere. |
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Here's why I think that's happening. |
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Think about how you've learnt English so far. Probably a bit like this:
- some grammar from school
- a few new words from an app
- a couple of phrases from a TV show
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Maybe a course that taught you the basics but didn't really go much further. |
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Every one of those things taught you something. They weren't a waste of time.
But here's the problem. None of them gave you the full picture. They each gave you a small piece, but nobody showed you how all the pieces fit together.
So you end up with this strange feeling. You've studied a lot. You know many pieces of English but they don’t connect. The times that you actually want to use your English (in a conversation, at work, on holiday) it doesn't come out the way you want it to. The words are in your head somewhere, but you can’t find them fast enough.
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One of my students said something that really stayed with me. She said her English felt "chaotic and disordered" – like a messy room where you know your things are somewhere, but you can never find what you need when you need it. |
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And that's not her fault and it’s not your fault either! That's what happens when you learn in small pieces from lots of different places. A bit here, a bit there, hoping it all comes together one day. |
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But it doesn't come together on its own. You need a clear path. Something that takes grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening and reading and connects them all, step by step. Where every lesson builds on the one before it. |
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That's what actually works. Not more apps, random word lists and videos here and there (well, maybe a few of my videos!). A clear path from where you are now to where you want to be. |
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I've seen it work for so many students. People who felt exactly the way you might be feeling right now – stuck, frustrated, not sure what to try next – and then everything changed. |
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Tomorrow, I want to tell you about some of them. |
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