Weekly emails to help you say goodbye to fear and speak English fearlessly. Learn effective and practical tips to help you prepare for and conquer the CELPIP Exam. I also host The CELPIP Success Podcast.
Where does confidence with English come from?
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Happy Saturday friend! Have you ever stopped to check if the path you're following each day is actually taking you where you want to go? I'm not trying to get deep or woo woo on you. But this past week, it's something I've been thinking carefully about for myself and the path my feet are walking on. By path, I mean the things we do each day. Or the things we don't do. Much of the time those things are repeated over and over again. The work we go to, and the tasks we engage in during our work day. The things we get up to when we get home, the tv shows we watch, the people we spend time with...all those repeated activities turn into a kind of path - a direction our life moves in. So back to that question...is your path taking you in the right direction? Second, and maybe more important question that I'm also pondering: if you don't like where the path is taking you, today might be a good time to begin shifting it in a different direction. **** Don't forget: confidence and fluency with your English don't come first so that you can begin practicing. That's backwards. Confidence and fluency actually grow when you do this. An 87 year old friend of mine, who is also a fellow introvert, taught me a valuable conversation strategy this week that might just help you speak with more self-confidence. It worked great for her! **** This newsletter is brought to you by the CELPIP Success School - THE most introvert friendly spot on the internet to get ready for the CELPIP! My next small group cohort won't open until August. But if that's too long to wait, you can dive in and begin working on your CELPIP with me right now - minus the super small group! :) Have you used AI to help you practice your English?So far using AI as a conversation and writing buddy is winning the survey when it comes to how you are (or not) using AI with your English skills and CELPIP prep. Would you like to vote?
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Learn How To Speak English Fearlessly + Effectively Prepare for the CELPIP Exam
Weekly emails to help you say goodbye to fear and speak English fearlessly. Learn effective and practical tips to help you prepare for and conquer the CELPIP Exam. I also host The CELPIP Success Podcast.
Hello Reader, Something unwelcome happens when many people who take the CELPIP. Maybe it has even happened to you. The moment you sit down for the speaking section of the exam, and see the microphone, and the faceless computer in front of you waiting to record your every word, your nerves and anxiety shoot through the roof. Then the timer begins. And something worse happens: your ability to think quickly in English vanishes. Poof. Gone. And you sit there frozen. It's a terrible feeling, isn't...
Hello Reader, You know what I find hard to do? Stay focused on one conversation when there are MANY conversations happening around me. Example? I can't talk on the phone (easily) if there are other people in the room talking at the same time. I end up having to leave the room so I can stay focused on who I am talking with. On the speaking section of the CELPIP, can you guess which tasks are the most difficult to stay focused on? If you're thinking task 3 and 4, where you need to describe an...
Hello Reader, You know what? Opportunities to practice for the CELPIP are all around you every day. But most people miss them because the opportunities are disguised in the plain clothes of regular life. Here's an example: Yesterday I had to pick up some milk for an event at work, so I quickly made my way to the nearby convenience store. I found the milk, and noticed the price at around $6. (Ouch.) I grabbed it and made my way to the checkout counter. Beep. The cashier scanned the barcode of...