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

Hey do you ever feel as though you cannot express  

your thoughts and feelings as clearly  as you would in your native language? 

I’ve found it is true for virtually  every student I’ve ever had,  

and I can sure say it has been true for me in  every one of the six languages I’ve learned.

No matter how much time you’ve spent  learning a language, being concerned  

about how other people react when you speak  can have a huge impact on your confidence. 

Perhaps the fear of making a grammar mistake,  misunderstanding, or mispronunciation is causing  

you to miss out on precious opportunities. So in today’s lesson, let’s look at 5 things we  

can learn from Sofia Vergara and her incomparable  character, Gloria, on the TV show Modern Family  

about how you can overcome these fears and  be a confident and natural English speaker. 

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Earlier in this scene, Gloria became very upset  because Jay had allowed Manny to take French  

lessons when she would have prefered that he  study their mother tongue, which is Spanish.

How about you? Have you ever experienced  a situation where it was difficult to  

express your thoughts in English? Share your  experience with us in the comments below.

All right, so in this scene, Gloria and Luke  have to find the Christmas angel ornaments.  

However, Gloria is afraid to go into the  attic because there might be spiders,  

so Luke goes up to look for them.

It can sometimes feel like there are so  many rules when it comes to pronunciation.  

Using outdated, ineffective and boring  methods to learn a language can only  

make it feel more frustrating and hopeless. This is why we created our Fluent with Friends  

course, where we will guide you to understand  native pronunciation, connected speech, as well  

as the cultural context so that you can laugh  along with every joke. What’s more, you can try  

it for free right now with our 3 part masterclass!  Simply click here or in the description below. 

Now before we continue with our list  of 5 things we can learn from Gloria,  

let’s have a look at how connected  speech is used in this scene.

Awesome! Andrea and I recently  recorded a podcast where  

you can learn with a bunch more  fun tongue twisters like these.  

You can download that absolutely free by clicking  up here or down in the description below.

Have you ever felt scared that  people will laugh at your English?  

We made this other lesson with Sofía Vergara to  help you out. Let’s check out a clip from that…