Quixotic Football Manager?

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Quixotic means having or involving ideas or plans, which show imagination, but are not practical. It comes from that character, it was like looking, you know, living in the clouds. I can't think of a quixotic football manager off the top of your head. People who have been trying to imitate Guardiola in terms of like their passing all of our... Pep Guardiola from Manchester City. He is not because he actually quixotic, because he actually managed to get it through. Some of the Spanish teams who have been tried to imitate his way of playing, passing,. But to be honest, it's not very realistic, you know.

Santiago has a top job in the English teaching industry. He is the managing director of English teaching at Oxford University Press. But English is not his first language. He learned it as an adult when he moved to London in his twenties. This conversation explores how he progressed in his English learning and in his career, while dealing with daily challenges and failures in English.

The conclusions are that motivation and positivity are vital, you have to keep going through the difficult times, and you can achieve great things in your career in English even if you're not perfect. This episode should be a boost for the confidence of all English learners! Keep an open mind, keep your eyes on the prize, keep going and your English WILL improve!

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