The Importance of Motivation and Attitude in Dealing With Challenges in Learning English

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Santi Ruiz de Velasco is the managing director of English language teaching at Oxford University Press. He learned English mostly as an adult when he moved to London after studying at university in Spain. Santi had some very challenging experiences being immersed in the English language and eventually found his way to a top job, not as a teacher, but in publishing.

How do we know when someone's English is good? Is it just about having a "British accent", knowing lots of big words, or speaking with no errors? In fact, there is a lot more to it than that. IELTS can show us how someone's level of English is assessed by looking at a wide range of skills and sub-skills and there is a lot more to it than making no errors while speaking with a "British accent". This episode should help you consider your own level of English level, get some perspective on what language competence really means, and hopefully cause people to think twice when making snap judgements about other people's English.

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