5 Ways to Improve your English with Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)

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Hey do you ever feel as though you cannot express  
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your thoughts and feelings as clearly  as you would in your native language? 
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I’ve found it is true for virtually  every student I’ve ever had,  
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and I can sure say it has been true for me in  every one of the six languages I’ve learned.
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No matter how much time you’ve spent  learning a language, being concerned  
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about how other people react when you speak  can have a huge impact on your confidence. 
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Perhaps the fear of making a grammar mistake,  misunderstanding, or mispronunciation is causing  
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you to miss out on precious opportunities. So in today’s lesson, let’s look at 5 things we  
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can learn from Sofia Vergara and her incomparable  character, Gloria, on the TV show Modern Family  
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about how you can overcome these fears and  be a confident and natural English speaker. 
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But before we get started, if this is your  first time joining us, welcome! Each week we  
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help millions of learners like you understand  fast-speaking English without getting lost,  
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Earlier in this scene, Gloria became very upset  because Jay had allowed Manny to take French  
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lessons when she would have prefered that he  study their mother tongue, which is Spanish.
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How about you? Have you ever experienced  a situation where it was difficult to  
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express your thoughts in English? Share your  experience with us in the comments below.
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All right, so in this scene, Gloria and Luke  have to find the Christmas angel ornaments.  
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However, Gloria is afraid to go into the  attic because there might be spiders,  
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so Luke goes up to look for them.
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It can sometimes feel like there are so  many rules when it comes to pronunciation.  
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Using outdated, ineffective and boring  methods to learn a language can only  
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make it feel more frustrating and hopeless. This is why we created our Fluent with Friends  
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course, where we will guide you to understand  native pronunciation, connected speech, as well  
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as the cultural context so that you can laugh  along with every joke. What’s more, you can try  
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it for free right now with our 3 part masterclass!  Simply click here or in the description below. 
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Now before we continue with our list  of 5 things we can learn from Gloria,  
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let’s have a look at how connected  speech is used in this scene.
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Awesome! Andrea and I recently  recorded a podcast where  
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you can learn with a bunch more  fun tongue twisters like these.  
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You can download that absolutely free by clicking  up here or down in the description below.
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Have you ever felt scared that  people will laugh at your English?  
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We made this other lesson with Sofía Vergara to  help you out. Let’s check out a clip from that…
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