Interview with Jesús Florez, a Colombian improving English with an American accent. Topics include strategies for mastering pronunciation, benefits of learning from non-native teachers, and tips for language fluency. Insightful discussion on visual aspect of pronunciation and watching anime without subtitles for language learning.
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Moving For Love Changed Everything
Jesús moved from Colombia to Michigan in July 2015 to marry his now-wife after a long-distance relationship started online.
He left his life in Colombia and calls July 1st, 2015 the day his life changed completely.
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Prioritize Listening Before Speaking
Do a lot of focused listening (input) to discern all English phonemes before trying to reproduce them.
Once you can identify sounds, drill them repeatedly to make them part of your speaking repertoire.
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Accept The Physical And Psychological Shift
Try to accept that speaking a second language will feel physically and psychologically different from your first language.
Embrace the discomfort as part of training new mouth and tongue movements.
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Episode description: In this episode, Andrew interviews Jesús Florez, a Culips listener originally from Colombia. Jesús talks about his journey of becoming a highly proficient English speaker with an American-like accent. He discusses his background story of meeting his wife online and moving from Colombia to the United States. He tells Andrew all about the intensive work he did to improve his pronunciation and the resources he used to achieve fluency, plus he shares some valuable tips with English learners! If you want to know how to become a fluent English speaker and perfect your pronunciation, this episode is for you!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
Effective strategies for mastering an American-like accent.
The importance of input (listening) in working on pronunciation.
Helpful tips for improving pronunciation in a foreign language.
Benefits of learning from both native and non-native English teachers.
The importance of the visual aspect of pronunciation.
How this episode will help improve your English:
Expand your vocabulary related to language learning
Improve listening skills by following a natural unscripted conversation.
Learn useful expressions like “get [something] off the ground” and “take precedence”.
Improve speaking by discussing your own language learning journey using the study guide questions.
The best way to learn with this lesson:
Culips members get an interactive transcript, helpful study guide, and ad-free audio for this episode. Take your English to the next level by becoming a Culips member.
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