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Limited time. Welcome to the Age is English podcast.
My name is Jack, and today I have another solo episode, and today's episode is a topic talk episode.
The question we're trying to answer today is how can I learn English alone?
How can I learn English alone?
and my answer to that i'm going to answer that with a an english expression or an english saying it's very it's a very old expression and it goes like this we say no man is an island okay no man is an island and i think what that means is that we are all connected or no one person can completely disconnect
from other everyone else you're always connected to some person through your work through your family through your friendships um whatever it may be we're we're all connected uh we can't we cannot help it um it's just one of and i think that's why you know we use those expressions on social media you
know making connections on facebook how many can you How many friends do you have?
Oh, I connected with this person on Facebook.
And then that person connects to another person who connects to another person that connects to maybe somebody else that you know.
And it's all about connections, right?
So when students ask me, you know, Jack, how can I learn English alone?
My answer is you can't.
you can't learn English alone any better than you could learn how to be a friend without talking to any people you know like reading a book called how to be a friend chapter one be kind chapter two listen to your friend you know chapter three i mean it's ridiculous right um trying to you know learning
to learn how to be a friend i think learn how to learn you know learning english alone um is almost as ridiculous as learning how to be a friend alone i mean you learn how to be a good friend by by befriending people and having relationships and experiencing those things.
And the exact same thing can be said about English.
It's about interacting and using the language with other people creatively, trying to communicate, trying to be understood.
now obviously there are times where you could study certain things by yourself like you could learn some new vocabulary or you could do some reading by yourself you could listen to a podcast by yourself you could do some grammar exercises but if you don't if you don't take all of that work, that homework
type stuff, you know, grammar exercises, listening to the podcast, and you don't apply that to some kind of actual real life speaking situation where you're talking with other people, it doesn't have to be native speakers.
It could be other language learners.
If you don't take that next step and actually use the language creatively, then all the other stuff is pointless there's no there's no point in practicing grammar if you're not going to go out and use the language and that's you know the hardest part and we're making that easier here at the aid is english
podcast because we are associated very closely with something called world english and world english is a a community that um i that i started with another youtuber robin shaw and we started this this community so that students can join the whatsapp group they can come in there they can talk to each other
now talking to each other It doesn't necessarily mean you're talking using your voice.
You could be typing and communicating that way through text messages or voice notes.
But we also have Google Meets classes, and you're allowed to go to the Google Meets classes for several weeks for free.
And we have Google Meets classes almost every day.
So at 1 p .m. GMT, that's Greenwich Mean Time, we have a free class.
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To everyone who loves the taste of tradition, come enjoy a classic Wisconsin fish fry at Culver's.
I'm Genesis from Culver's in Claremont, Florida.
And here, family fish fry is a part of who we are.
We've been serving up fish fry favorites for over 40 years.
All thanks to the Culver Family Roots and Wisconsin Supper Club, the place where the fish fry was perfected.
If you're craving something crispy on the outside and flaky on the inside, you've got to try our hand -battered North Atlantic Cod.
It's perfectly seasoned and my personal favorite.
Or, if you're in the mood for a little extra crunch, our lightly breaded butterfly jumbo shrimp hits the spot every time.
Whatever you order, I promise it will be made with love by a team who cares.
because we want every guest to feel like family that's just how we do it in wisconsin dive into delicious with all your fish fry favorites at culver's from wisconsin with love welcome to sunday saturday sunday monday tuesday wednesday and thursday every day every week the only days we don't do our fridays
and then we also have monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday um we have another class that is uh that that takes place at uh that would be 1 a .m grenwich meantime okay and so we've got these two you know so that's 44 classes that you can attend and what we do in these classes is students get together
in Google Meets on Google Meets.
So you have to have a Google account and you need a smartphone.
And then in the Google Meets, you get together and you join other members of our community in breakout rooms and you discuss a topic.
And sometimes the native English speakers are in there.
Sometimes I'm in there.
Sometimes our teachers are in there.
and you're, you know, talking and having a conversation.
And this is the final piece of the puzzle that's the most important part that so many people skip.
Okay, I'm going to study for my IELTS test.
I'm going to study for my Duolingo test.
And I'm just going to memorize this grammar.
I'm going to memorize this vocabulary.
I'm going to, but when it comes to speaking, I'm just going to say, oh, it's too hard.
How can I find anyone to talk to?
So I'm just not going to do that part.
Well, that's the whole point of all of the work that you're doing is to speak with other people.
That's it. Like I said, no man is an island.
You cannot be a language learner and be an island.
You need to be connected to other people.
You need to use the language creatively in a social setting.
That's it. It has to be that way.
And if you're not doing that, then you're not really learning English.
You might be studying some of the rules.
You might be picking things up, but you're never going to actually be able to communicate and function as a bilingual speaker until you actually put yourself in social situations where you're using English as the target language to communicate ideas and listen to other people's ideas and share opinions
and go back and forth and do that, you know, that tennis match, which is a conversation.
That's it. That's the ultimate goal, or that's what your ultimate goal should be.
Not some score on an exam, not getting some kind of grammar questions correct.
It's a totally different ballgame when you're actually using the language to communicate with other people.
so I gave you if you're interested in joining our whatsapp group and want to learn more about our google meets classes um you can uh you can contact me you can leave a comment on our our website a to c english podcast dot com you can send me an email a to c english podcast at gmail dot com you can join our
whatsapp group I put the link right in there and that'll take you right to our Google Meets classes, or if you are using WeChat, you can communicate with me that way, and I will point you towards the Facebook link for the Google Meets class.
So you still need a Google account if you want to participate in our online classes, because we're using Google Meets to have these classes.
But like I said, you can do it free for several weeks and see if you like it.
If it's, if it's good for you, if the time works, then you may want to think about joining.
Joining costs $10 a month.
That's it. $10 a month.
And you get almost 50, 50 classes a month.
So you do the math.
It's, it's such a good deal.
Uh, it's amazing. So, all right, guys, with that said, I will see you next time.
So thanks everybody.
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To everyone who loves the taste of tradition, come enjoy a classic Wisconsin fish fry at Culver's.
I'm Genesis from Culver's in Claremont, Florida.
And here, family fish fry is a part of who we are.
We've been serving up fish fry favorites for over 40 years, all thanks to the Culver Family Roots and Wisconsin Supper Club, the place where the fish fry was perfected.
If you're craving something crispy on the outside and flaky on the inside, you've got to try our hand -battered North Atlantic Cod.
It's perfectly seasoned and my personal favorite.
Or if you're in the mood for a little extra crunch, our lightly breaded butterfly jumbo shrimp hits the spot every time.
Whatever you order, I promise it will be made with love by a team who cares because we want every guest to feel like family.
That's just how we do it in Wisconsin.
Dive into delicious with all your fish fry favorites at Culver's.
From Wisconsin with love, welcome to delicious.
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