Your specific plan to go from intermediate to advanced English--by a Neurolanguage coach.

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Business English with Christina


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- If you could become fluent in English,
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you could feel so much more comfortable
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in business situations like a new you in English.
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But what if you're tired and busy
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and you just don't know what to do to improve your English?
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Well, in this video, I'll show you a specific daily routine
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that makes it easier to become better at English.
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Hi, I'm your English coach, Christina,
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and welcome to Business English with Christina,
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where you become better at English and better at business.
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In today's lesson, I'll give you an exact daily routine
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that you can do in English
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to help you get off the intermediate plateau faster.
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Now, you remember last week,
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we talked about the intermediate plateau,
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how it's normal that you feel frustrated and stuck,
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and what we can do about that.
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And we saw that you need some specific strategies
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for becoming a new you in English in this new year.
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To do that, I have a secret weapon
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and it's super powerful
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and it's called the virtual immersion.
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It's super powerful because it helps you
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practice lots of English, all day, every day
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with short, easy to do activities.
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And it helps you become more regular with your English,
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build those good habits.
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And in the end really like switch your brain
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over to English.
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And that means that you're going to remember things better
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and faster and just become more confident
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and comfortable using English
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because it just becomes normal for you.
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You know, like I know from my personal experience,
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just like how frustrating it can feel
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when you can't like have the career that you want to have
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because of your English skills.
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You know, that's where I was
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maybe a few years ago in French,
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but as a neuro language coach,
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I also know how to solve that problem.
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And one of the things that you can do
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is to live the language,
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to immerse yourself without ever leaving your home.
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So, here's an example of one daily routine
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that you can do to make it feel easy to work on your English
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in this new year,
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because if you follow me on LinkedIn
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or anywhere like on social media,
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you know that I am a big believer
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in the power of habits and routines.
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And it's something that I apply in my own life.
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So anyway, for this routine,
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we're gonna use one main resource,
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and it's a podcast in English because I love podcasts.
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A lot of you guys love podcast, and they're so convenient,
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especially if you're very busy.
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Oh, and before we get into that, just a quick reminder,
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my virtual immersion program, Business English Mastery
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opens on Thursday, January 20th,
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and the enrollments will only be open
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for two weeks, I think,
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but you can find all of the details and the exact dates down
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in the link below this video.
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Okay, let's look at your daily routine.
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First thing it's to choose a podcast in English
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that has a transcript.
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For example, my Faster Fluency Conversation Club podcast
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has free transcripts available to everyone.
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So, we can use that as an example, but on the blog,
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you'll find others if you just want to have other options.
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So the first thing that you'll do in your day is simply
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listen to the podcast, just listen to hear the sounds,
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to understand what you can, but just listen to it.
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Like maybe while you're taking a shower
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or getting dressed, whatever.
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Then during breakfast,
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we're gonna do a little deliberate learning.
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So you're going to read the transcript
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and maybe just look for some useful expressions for you,
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then maybe before you sit down for work
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or on your way to work,
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listen to the podcast again and try to catch
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those expressions that you identified
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during your work with the transcript at breakfast.
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During your lunch break,
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take a few minutes and make some flashcards
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to learn those new expressions that you identified.
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You can make, five flashcards, two flashcards,
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maybe just one flashcard.
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It doesn't matter, just do something,
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even if it's very, very, very small.
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And then during your day, like when you take a coffee break
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or you get up from your desk to go to the bathroom,
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I don't know.
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You can quickly just look at one of those flashcards or two,
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or again, it doesn't matter how many,
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it just matters that you're doing something.
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And then after you finish your work,
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let your brain relax a little bit
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and just listen to that same podcast
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that you listened to at breakfast.
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And again, try to catch those expressions
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that you've been working on all during the day,
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and maybe pay attention to pronunciation this time also,
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if you can.
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Then, in the evening, test yourself,
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from memory, try to write down the expressions
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that you learned today
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and congratulate yourself on the ones that you remembered.
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And then maybe just have a quick look at the ones
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that you forgot.
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And then maybe in the evening also,
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you can connect with a conversation partner,
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if you're, for example,
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in the Faster Fluency conversation club,
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maybe you have your lesson with your teacher,
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if you're doing that.
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But the idea is that you're trying to use those words
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that you worked on during the day.
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And then here's a bonus step to really just
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wind down to close, gently close your day,
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have an English journal where you just take a few minutes
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to write something in English about what you learned today,
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how you felt about that and how it will help you
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in your life, or just why you enjoyed learning it.
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That's kind of a bonus step for those of you who enjoy,
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journaling in the evening,
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maybe you are Superman or Superwoman
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and you can do all of that right now,
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but maybe you're like me, and a lot of other people,
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you're just kind of normal and you can't really like
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change everything all at once,
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but maybe you can start with one small, simple thing
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just to get started.
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Remember, that's the most important thing
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is just getting started.
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And then once you take that small step to get started,
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another day, you can take another step,
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and then another step and your progress will come
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when you continue regular taking those steps
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to move you closer to your goal, I promise.
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And as I always say, if you don't use it, you lose it.
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So here's what you can do
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to start applying the things that you learned today.
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In the comments on the blog, tell me the one thing
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from this daily routine that you would like to do today
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or tomorrow.
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And maybe tell me when you're going to do it?
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Because that's important as well,
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projecting yourself into the future and saying,
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this is what I'm going to do.
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This is when I'm going to do it.
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And then you just have to take that first step and do it.
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It's a perfect opportunity to practice what you're learning
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and also to take that first step to building your new habits
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for the new year.
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And remember, if you are interested
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in my virtual immersion program, Business English Mastery,
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where we will help you put all of this in place
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and become fluent and comfortable doing business in English,
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enrollments for that program open on Thursday, January 20th.
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And you can go over to christinarebuffet.com,
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join my email list and get more information
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about that program.
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All right, thanks a lot for improving your English
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with Business English with Christina,
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and I'll see you next time.
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