Natalia Tokar | Native-Like Fluency

An example of a learner who knows what she's doing. A reminder - "Pronunciation and accent are different things" Fix your pronunciation to create clarity in your conversations. Don't worry about your accent until you've mastered pronunciation. https://youtu.be/tVqcjjuDLRQ

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Sentence stress, and how to do it correctly ✅ Sentence stress is a pattern of stressed and unstressed words across a sentence. The emphasis is on words that carry important information: - nouns - verbs - adjectives - negatives - numbers A word is stressed correctly, when the stressed syllable of that word is longer, louder, and higher in pitch. I’m showing you the software that can help you check if you’re stressing words enough. “Enough” means that you’re creating a clear contrast between stressed and unstressed words. You need to know how to measure your results and what measurement system can even apply to improving your fluency. If there are no long and short vowels in your first language, or if all syllables are stressed exactly the same in your first language (Spanish, Portuguese, etc..), it’s probably difficult for you to hear if the word/syllable is long enough. Use this tool and join the community of practice to PRACTICE the rhythm of English as opposed to reading about it 😉 Apply here Nataliatokar.me/community Doors open on July 5. #nataliatokar #nativelikefluency

How to self-correct. Watch me do it in real time https://youtu.be/Oi6_zf2_97k

Before/After: my spontaneous speaking skills and clarity in 2020 and 2023 I am updating instructions and lessons for the Resource Library, and I found this recording.... Just wanted to show you how my speaking skills have changed.

Tomorrow I'll post a new synchronization exercise for everyone to practice their listening skills. It's going to be based on a scene from the new Netflix movie - The Mother. Make sure you subscribe to the new channel - THE Exercises https://youtu.be/8BFdFeOS3oM

I created a new channel with FREE exercises for everyone to improve their listening skills. I want to show everyone the best exercises to hear every single word that people say in movies and in real life. https://t.me/THEexercises

A fool with tools is still a fool. If you can't learn, all the technology to help with learning is useless. If you can't learn, all gamification is short-term entertainment. If you can't learn from and with people, you will not learn from or with technology either. While they're trying to sell you the next productivity app, learn to take control of your attention and your time. Managing yourself and your attention is the #1 required skill to learn anything. Actively seeking feedback and learning from it is the next important skill. Watch the full video on YouTube https://youtu.be/3V5pm36eLLg

New video on Youtube https://youtu.be/3V5pm36eLLg

Can you relate? You complete a course and you think ✅"I'm done!" You do your best during the course, and once the course is over... you do nothing. Not because you're lazy. Maybe you think you don't need to, like my student in the video. Maybe you don't know how to do it yourself. Whatever your reason, you should know that it happens to everyone. We understand the value of knowledge and skills once we've lost them ... or we start feeling like we're losing them. It's okay if you've a had a long break. It's okay if you haven't spoken English for a long time, and you don't know how to get back on track. Simply get back as soon as you can. My longest break was 12 months long. I lived in Germany, and I was busy building my new life there. It was very, very difficult to start speaking English again. I felt like I had lost all of it. But it took me only a few weeks of active practice to get back to where I used to be and to start improving. I created the Community of Practice to give you THE place to practice English with other learners. ➡️ Why will it work for you? - You get individual feedback on every completed exercise - My exercises are specifically designed to help you achieve native-like fluency It's not an online course that you must complete, because no course in the world will make you fluent forever. It's THE PLACE where we practice and continuously improve. Get on the waiting list today to get in in July nataliatokar.me/community P.S. Full interview is coming out soon on YouTube.

The truth about being spontaneous, fluent, and clear in English. ❌ What you think is TRUE: "I have no one to speak English to, that's why my speaking skills don't improve. So, you get an idea! 💡I'll hire a native speaking teacher, and I'll have someone to talk to! The problem will be immediately solved!" ✅ What's actually TRUE: people waste YEARS talking to native speakers twice a week but they still can't ask a girl on a date in English, ask for a promotion in English, speak up in meetings when they disagree, sell their ideas in English.... All they do is maintain their level of comfort. They get used to their teacher, who eventually forgets about their teaching role and becomes a friend, a buddy.... But they keep paying!!! for conversations with a buddy, not knowing how to tell their new friend that they're making little to no progress. If you say what you know the same way you can to the same people, who already understand you, you will never improve. Honest, caring, human feedback is everything. Ask for it. Use it. Learn from it. And consider this: you can learn from ALL the native speakers. You're not supposed to learn ALL the communication skills in a foreign language from one person. The longer you stay with one teacher, the more time you'll spend hiding from the real-word, where you actually need to show your competencies in English. My community is THE place where you get to practice with many other people and get individual feedback that will get you to the next level. I call it "native-like fluency" Get on the waiting list today nataliatokar.me/community