Natural English @ Work
What is Natural English?
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Natural English is the English native and fluent speakers use to communicate in everyday situations:
1. set phrases: I was supposed to | You might want to
2. phrasal verbs: Catch up on | Come Across
3. expressions: So far so good | Let's call it a day
4. word combinations: Miss the point | Meet the deadline
How to learn Natural English
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PRACTISE
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Repeat out loud your own short examples imagining the situations
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Practise using the Fluency Routine flashcards
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USE
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Identify situations in your daily life where you can apply these set phrases
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Create the opportunity to use them
The Natural English @ Work videos
The Natural English @ Work flashcards
Go through the flashcards once a week. Based on the Neuroscience of Learning, forgetting and then making an effort to remember ensures new language sticks into long-term memory.
How to use the flashcards:
1. Read the prompt
2. Say the answer out loud (at least make an effort to remember it)
3. Check the answer
4. Say it out loud again imagining a real situation you could use it in