Clubhouse: A New Social Platform that will Skyrocket your Communication Skills

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Accent's Way English with Hadar


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Hey everyone, it's Hadar.
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Thank you so much for joining me.
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Today I want to tell you about a new social platform called Clubhouse.
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And Clubhouse is the ideal place to improve your communication
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skills, especially if English is not your first language.
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Think of Clubhouse as one big fat Zoom call: with a lot of breakout rooms,
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without the video, and without the chat; so it's only based on audio.
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Now, there are a few downsides to Clubhouse that I'm going
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to talk about at the end.
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But before that, I want to tell you a little bit about how it works, so
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you can try it out and use it to boost your fluency confidence, and of course,
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clarity; and also why I think it actually helps develop a new way of communication.
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And that requires people to step out of their comfort zone.
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If you're new to my channel, by the way, my name is Hadar.
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I'm a non-native speaker of English.
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And I am here to help you speak English with clarity, confidence, and freedom.
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You can find me at @hadar.accentsway on Instagram
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if you want to connect even more.
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Okay.
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So, when you think about Clubhouse, it is basically like you are walking into this
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party, and in the party there are a lot of small rooms that you are kind of like
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walking around between with your martini.
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And then on the door of each true room, there is a sign with the name of the
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room, like what's happening in the room.
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So, in one room, people might be talking about learning languages and
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in another room about science, and in another room about podcasting,
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and another room - YouTube Q&A.
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So, every room is really different, and the rooms that you see are actually
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based on your preferences, and what you love to learn about and talk
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about, and what you're interested in.
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So, then you just walk around between the rooms and you're like,
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"Okay, I wanna go into that room that talks about podcasting."
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I like talking about podcasting because I have a podcast, if you don't know.
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It's called the InFluency Podcast.
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Just saying.
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And you open the door and you walk into the room.
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Now, don't worry.
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It's not like the moment you walk into the room there is a spotlight
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on you that requires you to speak.
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No, you enter the room and then you are still the audience.
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You're observing what's happening on stage.
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Now, on stage - it's like separated - on stage you'll find a moderator, the
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person who actually opened the room and decided to name it whatever name that is.
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And other people who were invited to the stage.
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And the people who are on the stage, they can unmute themselves and have
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a free conversation about that topic.
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So, when you're just the audience, then you can't speak, but you can raise your
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hand and ask to get called on stage.
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So once they bring you on stage - and the person who brings you on stage is
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the moderator - once they bring you on stage, then you can simply unmute yourself
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and speak; they can invite you to talk.
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It depends on how many people are in the conversation.
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Sometimes people are having a free conversation between
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three, four or five people.
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Sometimes there are like 15 people on stage, so the moderator calls on people.
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Sometimes they'll invite you to ask a question and then answer you.
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So it's really, really cool, especially in the small rooms where you end
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up finding four or five people that are passionate about the same topic.
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And then you just simply have a conversation.
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And you can be in your pajamas because there is no video.
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And you shouldn't be afraid of typos because you don't have to chat.
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So it's all about you and your voice.
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Scary?
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Maybe.
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Useful?
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Absolutely.
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Now, here's the thing.
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And here's why I think this form of communication is really powerful.
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Because when you speak, think about it, when you speak to people in front
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of you, you are used to seeing their reactions, right, like how they respond
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to what you're saying, they usually nod, they say things like 'uh-huh'.
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And that makes it easier for us to be engaging and to stay in the conversation.
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You even have that when you are in a Zoom call - even though they might be muted, if
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you're speaking, you can still see them.
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But here you can't see people's faces.
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So you really have to muster up all your courage and to believe that people
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are interested in what you have to say.
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And to speak confidently in a way that gets people to listen.
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So I think that the communication skills required from the moderators or the
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people who are speaking are unique.
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And if you are able to do a good job on this platform, it can
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definitely level up your way of communicating in the day-to-day life.
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And also it's really interesting as a listener or as the audience.
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It's really interesting to see how people deal with this challenge.
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How they communicate; how they're able to keep us engaged and interested, even
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though they can't see us, it requires another level of energy I believe.
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And I think that it's a really great and interesting lesson to learn.
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So, I think that is really telling, and you can learn a lot about communication.
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And of course, If English is not your first language, then when you listen to
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different speakers, you hear different voices, different accents, right?
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English is not just standard English, like what you know from YouTube.
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So, it's so great to expose yourself to that.
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It's like an interactive podcast - when you listen to the podcaster,
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but then all of a sudden people ask questions and they answer.
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So it's really cool, and if you get bored, you simply walk out of
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the room, so out of the chat, and then you go into another room.
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And the best part is that once you join, you can open your own
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room and start a conversation with your friends or choose a topic.
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And you can be the moderator.
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And think about what an amazing opportunity that is for you
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to improve your English.
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Now, I want to tell you about my first interaction on Clubhouse,
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the first time I spoke there.
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Because it was not at all glamorous, not at all.
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And I want you to hear it so you get comfortable if your first
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experience speaking is not that great.
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So, I was sitting on the couch Saturday night in my pajamas,
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very tired, and I'm listening to this conversation about YouTube.
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And I was like, "Should I ask a question?
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Nah, I don't feel like it."
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And then I said to myself, "Okay, Hadar.
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What you're feeling now is resistance.
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You don't want to do it because it's going to require you to feel a
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little uncomfortable and to speak in front of people that you don't know."
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But here is the thing.
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I always tell my students to get out of their comfort zone and to do
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the things that are uncomfortable.
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And every time they recognize that resistance, they need
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to still do it anyway.
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And I said, "If you can't do what you preach, then, you know, how can you
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even ask your students to do that?"
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So I was like, "Okay.
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Okay, Hadar."
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I had that conversation with myself.
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And I asked to be called, so I raised my hand.
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And a few minutes later they invite me to go into stage.
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So I'm like, "Oh no!
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I didn't think that they're actually going to call me.
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It's a big room with hundreds of people.
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I don't feel like it."
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So I was playing with the idea of leaving and then I said to myself,
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"No, Hadar, you'll do it anyway.
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So, you'll be over it.
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And then it's going to be easier."
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Cause I knew that once I have that experience of speaking
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once, it's going to be easier.
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And it's so crazy because I once had a live in front of more than 1000 people.
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Right?
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And I'm making videos, I have no problem going live on Instagram or on Facebook.
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But all of a sudden speaking to a hundred people was scary to me.
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And I think it's because it's a new platform and these people don't
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know me, and it's not comfortable.
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Right?
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Like you get into that, "What are people gonna think?"
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Anyway.
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So I was waiting to speak and then I spoke.
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And, you know, I wasn't at my best, I was a little confused.
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And my daughters were sleeping, and I was having all these
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things going through my head.
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But hey, I did it.
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And I got my answer and it was great.
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And then I was like, "I don't know why I made such a big deal out of it."
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And of course, I shared it with my students, and now I'm sharing it with you.
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So you know that you might feel a little anxious before speaking,
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but you have to do it anyway.
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Ask questions, participate, go into small rooms, even though it might feel awkward
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because you know, it's a small room, and "I don't know what to talk about."
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Do it anyway.
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Because as I said, it's an excellent opportunity to practice.
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Now, there are a few downsides to Clubhouse, as I told you.
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The first one is that it's not that available to everyone.
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Which is part of their marketing strategy, they want to create FOMO.
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And you know, this video is not helping because it gets people excited about
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something that is not really available.
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But at the same time, I understand that in order for them to build a strong
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community that will support more and more people, they have to keep it small.
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That's the beta version.
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So, I get it.
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Now, first it's available only on iPhone or iPad, but I'm sure that pretty soon
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it's going to be available on Android once they're out of their beta version.
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Now, even if you have iPhone or iPad, you can't get in right away, you need to sign
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up and you can even save your username.
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But you need to get an invite.
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And you can get an invite only from someone who has your phone number
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and who has an invite to give.
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But here's what happened to me.
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I just downloaded the app, saved my username, and then I got an invite a few
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days later because my friend saw me on the list of people and sent me an invite.
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Which was really cool.
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And as I said, soon enough it's going to be available for everyone.
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Also, right now, there aren't a lot of rooms that are there for just English
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conversation and fluency, but I'm sure that the more we get people from this
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community, the more interest there's going to be around these topics.
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So make sure to join and start creating your own rooms around
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English practice and fluency.
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Okay.
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So if you do join Clubhouse, make sure to look me up at @hadarshemesh.
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And put in the comments your ID because that's how we can connect as a community.
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Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you next week in the next video.
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Bye.
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