Natalia Tokar | Native-Like Fluency

All my work is about learning to achieve extraordinary levels in very ordinary conditions. I teach strategies to develop meta skills and apply them in very practical ways. Once you've built these skills, no one can take them away from you. You saw my pistol squats in the previous reel. They took years! I spent many years practicing the wrong way. Then I spent months working on my ankle mobility because that was the problem. And only then I stated seeing consistent results. I can take long breaks. The skill stays with me. It has never been a chore. It's a game. Hm...What else can I learn?

I want to remind those of you who are getting ready for a job interview in English that I have a practice routine to help you practice your answers to the most typical and tough job interview questions. You will receive professional feedback from a human, not from a chatbot or AI. In this practice routine, you will find sample answers in English (both text and video), my video recommendations for some questions, as well as video answers of other members and my feedback to them. When you submit your answer, you will receive feedback too. You can use the feedback and try again as many times as you need to. We pay attention to the structure of your answers, as well as your delivery. When people ask, "How long do I need to practice?", my answer is "Until it works" How many job interviews do you need to go to? Until you get the job that you feel you deserve. To access this practice routine, you need to be a member. https://newsletter.nataliatokar.me/job-interview-14questions

I finally finished this work. Everyone can learn what they want to learn and get to a level where they want to be. 1,5 years ago I drew like a 5-year old. I don’t draw every day. I work on many skills at the same time. When I take a break from drawing to work on my mobility or pick up a new skill (such as tennis), I notice that my drawing skills get better after a break. I come back more focused and attentive. I can concentrate better, I feel my body more and become more aware of my own thoughts. Consistency always beats intensity. Learning is a lifelong pursuit. People who are hoping to learn EVERYTHING during ONE expensive mastermind program or ONE online course are delusional. You can learn HOW to do something in an online course. But how to do for at least 2 years to see results? That’s the biggest question. We live in a society where everything is upside down. Learning is associated with academic achievements whereas learning is a natural human ability. Learning is a lifelong process of unfolding your potential. Whatever you learn (be it relationships, foreign languages, honesty, or writing a resume), you must practice the skill. Most people stop after they’ve learned a little bit about the skill. At least 2 years of practice are necessary to get to a new level, where the breaks you take only improve your concentration, and every new skill takes less time to master. This is why I don’t sell online courses. I develop practice routines instead so people have clarity and certainty about the things they need to practice today and next week. A practice routine is what will keep you going for a year or two. Then it becomes second nature. P.S. I am learning from one of the best art teachers. Choose to learn from the best.

Your WEAKNESS... How to talk about it at work or in a job interview? Your weakness is also the source of your strength. What you want to show in a job interview is that you know yourself. You know your weaknesses, and you're working on them. Show HOW you're working on them or how you're using them as strengths. Tell a story. Practice telling such stories in English in the community. You will always receive feedback. * People have always told me that I romanticize life and people. They told me I was idealistic and naive, that my poetry was not grounded in real experiences, and that writing poetry was not serious. What people failed to recognize is that my experiences WERE real, and they inspired my poetry. When I did the BIG 5 personality test, it showed that my biggest strength is openness ... because I'm an "empathic idealist". I use my insight and creativity to help others in practical ways. What some people see as a weakness is in fact my biggest asset. I'm a creative innovator and educator. I have strong analytical skills, but I feel people very well too. I see the hidden and the invisible, which allows me to help my students change their unconscious speaking patterns. I see them as clearly as I see the student's potential to change. If I hadn't felt that I could build a different, better world of learning, I would have never dared to start this business. Your weakness can easily be the source of your strength. Your trauma can easily be the source of your purpose.

What do you still believe to be true? What have you never questioned ever since your teacher told you it was the only correct answer? Share your stories in the comments. Have you questioned your teachers?

Thank you Dela for your amazing work! If you didn't work on your pronuniciation with Dela, you missed a great oportunity! We just finished 12 weeks of practice with a native-speaking coach. Members are getting ready for the pronunciation exam so we can measure their progress. And I'm bringing a new native speaking teacher soon! The first small group project was successful, and I want to continue creating opportunities for the members so that they learn how to learn from the BEST humans. If you're a member and would like to learn from the feedback that Dela has given to others, we will make it accessible to people on the Daring Learner + tier soon. If you're not a member yet, what are you waiting for? 🙂 Apply here https://nataliatokar.me/community

Did you know this?

Develop the skill of SCANning sentences for the subject and the verb. Many people try to guess what the sentence is about without even trying to make sure they do. I want my students to replace "I think I understand what this is about" with "I'm confident that I understand the meaning of the text". Instead of repeating "I believe it's correct" we practice saying "I know it's correct" When students are not used to scanning information, they find it difficult to see relationships between words and ideas. Do this practice: scan every sentence you read for the subject. Then, when you're ready, make sure that every sentence you say has a subject too. Too many people start their sentences with random words, adverbs, prepositions...anything but the subject. This problem becomes obvious when people practice explaining big, complex ideas in English. A subject in English is not always one word. It can be a whole phrase. Can you find a subject in these sentences: 1. Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ( Albert Einstein) 2. Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office. (David Broder) 3. The majority of my blood is Asian (Tiger Woods) 4. Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. ( Woody Allen)

Watch the interview with Linda! Do you also think that you’re a disorganized learner? https://youtu.be/5LsRE_HFa3c?si=SLCyMpOrICDK9qN4

I say "NO" to "Learning a new skill in 30 days". That's not what I practice or preach. However, I say YES to consciously changing an existing pattern through deliberate, focused practice. This idea is at the heart of my work. You CAN change the way you speak in English spontaneously. You can change the way you structure your thoughts and influence people with your ideas. I develop practice routines that help you get what you want. I create the environment, in which it becomes possible. I unite people who practice the same because they need the same. Watch the full video in the community of practice. If you're not a member yet, and you want to be in a small group with a native-speaking pronunciation coach, apply today. If you watch my videos from only 2 years ago, you will see that my vowels were a mess. I didn't see what I didn't see. You don't know what you don't know. That's why professional human feedback is so powerful - it brings your unnoticed patterns into the light of consciousness. You can't learn this from AI. Humans learn best from each other. nataliatokar.me/community

https://youtu.be/L9Gpr7PEnbs?si=rEmI3M1hgE4uC12G Unfortunately, this is true.

They say "it's not that simple" but it is. FOCUS means you do ONE thing while voluntarily ignoring all the other things. I created the community of practice NOT because I wanted to add to the industry of distraction, but to help people practice in the absence of distraction of social media. It's that simple. You are already committed to something. Many people are committed to checking their feed every 10 minutes. To make progress, I had to FOCUS on one thing and ditch everything else that was not working and eating up my energy instead. Stop scrolling. Try to focus on ONE exercise every day. That is more than enough to make meaningful progress. Make it your goal to do one exercise every day and to listen to the feedback. The progress will come in no time. It IS that simple: you focus on what matters. You stop doing the things that don't matter, such as: - Watching Netflix hoping that it is practice. It is not. It's entertainment - Watching endless English lessons on Youtube and never opening your mouth to repeat anything - Listening to "successful" people who sell you English courses that you will watch. Watching doesn't help with speaking! Please read this again - Watching native speakers on Youtube who say "English is easy". I say "of course it's easy when it's your first language. Try making the same videos in a foreign language" - Paying for English classes and hoping for the best... if you need exercises and feedback, apply here and choose specific practice routines to improve specific skills with caring human feedback. nataliatokar.me/community