Is There a Rule for Cracking On?

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Don't try and learn one single rule that you can apply to all of them. Instead, it's just like learning case by case, learning the feel of English. If we're dealing with crack, like crack on, it's a very common phrased or verb. It ends up making sense to you, but it's not an immediate thing. So those kind of collocation, the phrased orverb, that logic, it has to be is one of the most tricky things probably from learners coming from a more structured kind of learning.

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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