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We're Dan & Mari and we've been teaching English for more than 10 years. We see the English language as a bridge that connects us with the world. We created this podcast to help you, English learner, learn this beautiful language. Are you ready? For more English tips, follow us on Instagram @english.unite
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If you feel that your progress in English is too slow and you feel lost and demotivated to study, listen to this: THERE’S NOTHING wrong with you, but there is something wrong with the way you’re setting up your learning goals. You say you want to be fluent in English and this is your goal, right? Ok, but how are you going to get there? What will you do first, second, third? What exactly are you going to do? ‘Being fluent’ is a a great dream to have, but you will only achieve it when you have small achievable steps in front of you. Mari talks about the importance of small goals in this week’s podcast.
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”I don’t have anyone to practice my English with”
“I know that I should write in English, but what do I write about?”
“I never find good opportunites to improve my skills. How will I ever be fluent?”
There are many opportunites that you are not seeing and Mari wants to show them to you. She's been working with English learners for 16 years and she knows that if you make little and easy changes to your routine and the way you interact with the English language, you will progress so much faster.
If you want to know more, definitely listen to this week’s podcast episode where Mari gives you a small list of 3 Golden Opportunities (That You May Be Missing) to Take Advantage of in Your English Learning Routine.
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Sometimes it’s just better to do things slowly. When we slow down, we focus more. This is something that language learners need more: focus! In this episode, Dan will tell you all about how slowing down can actually get you the results you need faster.
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Articles in English are A pain in THE butt!
In this podcast, Mari will go over some rules with you to help you understand them better. She'll also give you some advice on how to practice them better so you can improve on your own faster.
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”There’s so much to study in English! It never ends! How can I do it all?”
“I need to improve too many things: speaking, vocabulary, grammar. I don’t have time for all of that!”
“I’m never gonna learn this language because I just can’t do all of this”
Even if you have a huge list of things to study in English, it is possible to manage it effectively. What you need to do is integrate the skills and areas you’re focusing on.
When you combine your focuses together, you can feel like you’re studying more and achieve better results .
I’ve helped students do this in just one study task. In fact, I’ve even helped them do it in just ONE SENTENCE. Want to learn how to do this in your study routine?
Tune in to this week’s podcast and I’ll tell you all about it.
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Access the free English for Life Masterclass here: https://www.english-unite.com/englishforlifeworkshopOur self-study guide is going on sale soon! Check out all the details here: https://www.english-unite.com/studyguideFollow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/english.unite?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==As an intermediate user of English, you might be feeling stuck with your progress. Does it sometimes feel that no matter what you do, your progress is really slow nowadays, and it seems that you are far away from achieving advanced levels of English? Well, my friend. Welcome to the intermediate plateau. A plateau is a period of little or no progress in your learning journey. Every language learner gets stuck here and it’s hard for everyone to go through this phase and finally reach advanced levels. Arriving at a plateau and feeling stuck with your English is completely normal but it’s possible to push past it, go through it and reach higher levels. First you need to understand why you are in this situation and this is what we will talk about today.Music by John Sig from Pixabay--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/english-unite/message
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In this podcast, Dan tells you how you can overcome all the vocabulary you need to learn. He explains the right mindset you need to do this and gives you some tips on how you can attack your vocabulary list effectively. This is definitely not a podcast you want to miss if you're serious about improving your vocabulary skills.
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In this week’s podcast Mari talks about why adult learners fear making mistakes and gives you 4 practical steps to turn your fear into a positive feeling of accomplishment.
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In this episode, Dan talks about the importance of communication in mastering a foreign language. He explains how it's essential to improving speaking skills in any foreign language and highlights how technology has made it easier than ever to communicate with people anywhere, anytime. However, it's quite clear that many English language learners still don't communicate enough. This episode offers practical solutions to overcome this problem.
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Do you struggle with English tenses? Are you tired of feeling like you can never remember the rules or use the right structure? Then listen to this episode of the podcast, where you'll get expert advice and practical tips for improving your mastery of tenses in English. Learn from the Dan's own experience of learning language and dealing with grammar and structures. Discover how exercise books, repetition, and personalization can help you make real progress. Plus, find out how to take your practice beyond boring exercises and into real-life situations, whether that means joining a conversation club or accessing a resource library filled with fun and effective exercises. Don't let tenses hold you back any longer – listen now!
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We see a lot of schools, teachers and social media posts about American English vs. British English. As if there were only these two language variants in the world. This kind of approach to English learning is elitist and it excludes the majority of English speakers in today’s world: non-natives.
This approach to English learning slows down your ability to communicate with different groups of people. It limits your fluency. In this week’s podcast I talked about the importance of becoming a global English speaker and the benefits of that in today’s international job market.
Listen to the episode here and let us know what you think.
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Does the secret to better English mean learning more grammar and vocabulary? A lot of people think this because a lot of people are told this. But here's our question to you? How much of what you know are you NOT using already?
In this podcast, Dan challenges the idea that learning more and more grammar and vocabulary will help you speak confidently. If you haven't practiced what you have already learned enough, your speaking struggles will continue.
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A great way to keep yourself motivated to learn and improve your English skills is by listening to other people’s success stories. I invited one of our students to chat with me about her learning journey and shared our conversation in this week’s podcast. This client talked about her struggles, her wins, what she did to overcome her fear of speaking and develop confidence and fluency in English conversations. After working incredibly hard on her skills, she managed to pass a difficult job interview and landed an incredible job with an international school as a Spanish teacher. If I were you, I would go listen to the podcast right now because what she did is also possible for YOU!
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Register for our How to Speak Clearly course: http://www.english-unite.com/howtospeakclearlyIn this episode, Dan discusses why pronunciation is more important than grammar and vocabulary in learning English. He shares a story of a student who faced difficulty communicating due to poor pronunciation and highlights the common English pronunciation mistakes made by speakers of different languages and how to improve them. Listen to today’s episode to found how you can improve your own pronunciation mistakes.Music by John Sig from Pixabay.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/english-unite/message
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In this podcast episode, Mari shares her own personal story about struggling with pronunciation when speaking English as a second language. She also talks about how avoiding certain words due to fear of mispronunciation can hurt confidence and fluency and how she overcame that fear to find English speaking success. Listen to today’s episode to find out how you can do the same!
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In this episode of the English Unite Podcast, Mari talks about the International Phonetics Alphabet (IPA). The IPA can be helpful in identifying sounds that are not pronounced the way they are written in English words. The IPA can also give learners a visual representation of each English sound, which can aid in remembering and fixing pronunciation mistakes. But Mari also answers a common question from our students and followers: Do you need to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to master English sounds? Find out in today's podcast!
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Do you feel frustrated when people don't understand you? If so, this podcast episode is for you! In this episode, Dan will tell you the number one reason why people can't understand you when you speak English and give the first step to fixing it. You'll find out that many English learners have little experience speaking the language and often struggle with unclear pronunciation, which can cause many communication problems . But don't worry - we’re here to help you take that difficult first step to improving your pronunciation and building confidence in speaking English. Listen today and take the first step towards clearer communication!
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Here's a 100% true fact: when you understand more about pronunciation, your listening skills will greatly improve.
In today's podcast, Mari is going to give you 3 areas of pronunciation that you need to focus on in your English practice so that you can understand people better, feel more confident using this language and have amazing conversations.
By the end of this podcast, you will have a much better direction for your English skills improvement.
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Have you ever thought about that idea before? Honestly, when we try and connect pronunciation practice and working out, we find that a lot of things are the same.
These similarities can really give you a better picture of why it can be so tiring to practice speaking and pronunciation in another language. But, they can also give you some better insights into how you can build and manage the ideal pronunciation practice routine.
In today's podcast, Dan is going to tell you all about how pronunciation can be a major workout for your mouth!
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We always hear about how English can open doors to new opportunites, but we never hear enough about why people’s voice in English, sometimes even more than in their native language, is so important.
There is only one of you in the world. Nobody can replace you and there are things that only you can communicate. Don’t you agree that English is the best language to do that in? So more and more people can hear what you have to say?
In this week’s podcast Mari talks about that and it might just be the little dose of inspiration you need today.
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It's not easy to get good pronunciation but it's also not impossible. It takes a long time but if you're not using the right strategies and techniques, it could take even longer.
In today's podcast, Dan is going to give you one of those strategies. This is something that is going to help your sounds pronunciation in really big ways. Pronouncing English sounds correctly is the first step to unlocking clearer speech.
Find out how you can start making this first big step.
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All English learners come from different countries, different backgrounds and different cultures.
They also all have different accents and different ways of pronouncing language. This can make learning and using another language's pronunciation pretty difficult.
Fortunately, Mari's going to give you the 4 steps that any language learner from anywhere needs to make sure they're studying the right way.
If you follow these 4 steps, you'll definitely see big improvements in your pronunciation and your fluency.
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Pronunciation is one of the most important things to learn and practice more if you want to sound more natural when your speak. But this doesn't only mean how to pronounce difficult words.
Maybe you can pronounce all the words in a sentence correctly, but if you can't pronounce the sentence correctly, you might still have some problems speaking clearly.
In this podcast, Dan is going to tell you about connected speech and how it can make some incredibly huge changes in your speaking.
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If you are an English language learner, then you have probably seen or heard the word "native speaker" a lot. Nowadays, it seems like everyone is saying that you MUST sound like a native speaker if you want to have good English.
But imagine if you did not have to sound like a native speaker to have good English. Imagine that you could be a very good speaker, even a fluent speaker, without sounding like a native speaker.
You don't have to imagine it because it's already true.
Sounding like a native speaker should not be your goal in 2023. In fact, trying to sound like a native speaker actually slows down your English progress.
We are going to tell you why in this week's podcast.
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In this episode, Dan talks about modal verbs and he gives you some opportunities to practice using them.
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Welcome to lesson 12 of our Quick Grammar Tips Series. In this lesson we talk about adjectives and adverbs.
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Welcome to lesson 11 of our Quick Grammar Tips Series. In this lesson we talk about the different ways we use the gerund.
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Hey guys! Welcome to another lesson with English Unite. This is our first audio lesson in 2021 and lesson number 10 in the Quick Grammar Tips Series. Today we'll be talking about indefinite pronouns.
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Hi everyone! Thanks for joining us for Week 9. This will be our last week of our Quick Grammar Tips Series in 2020. We will continue to run courses like this one in the future and we'll let you know as soon as they are ready. For this last lesson, we've decided to finish with a top grammar tip from each of us. Are you ready?
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Hello! It's Dan here and welcome to Week 8 of our Quick Grammar Tips Lessons. Last week Mari told you all about the 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals. This week, I'm going to tell you about two more special conditionals. And I promise, after this, no more conditionals. There are no more after this. If you want to read the transcript of this lesson, click here: https://www.english-unite.com/podcast-transcripts
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Hello, dear learners. Welcome to week 7 of our Quick Grammar Tips series. In this week's lesson I'll help you practice the conditionals in English. If you want to read the transcript of this lesson, click here: https://www.english-unite.com/podcast-transcripts
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Welcome to week 6 of our Quick Grammar Tips series. In this week's lesson I'll help you use the words 'all' and 'every' with more confidence.
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Hi everyone! This is Dan and thanks for joining for another Quick Grammar Tips Lesson. Welcome to Week 5. Today we'll talk about how to use so, because, but and although in sentences correctly. These words are very tricky because we use them in different situations AND in different parts of sentences. Some are in the middle and some are in the beginning. So let's get started:
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Hi there, everyone! Welcome to week 4 of our Quick Grammar Tips series. In this week's lesson we will learn how to use the words 'enough' and 'too'. If you want to read the transcript of this lesson, click here: https://www.english-unite.com/podcast-transcripts
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Hi there, guys. Welcome to episode 3 of our Quick Grammar Tips Series. In this week's lesson, we'll talk about the words quite, pretty, rather and fairly. If you want to read the transcript of this lesson, click here: https://www.english-unite.com/podcast-transcripts
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Hi there, guys. Welcome to episode 1 of our Quick Grammar Tips series. We created this quick audio lesson especially for students who have little time but still want to get some studying done. If you have 5 minutes to sit down, we recommend you listen and read at the same time to get some extra pronunciation and listening practice in as well. It'll be even better if you have your notebook and a pencil next to you, so you can take notes and write some sentences with the structures we will learn about.
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Welcome to episode 2 of our Quick Grammar Tips series.
This week let's focus on how to use the words: still, yet and already correctly in sentences. Do you have a paper and pen with you? If not, go get it.
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