🧸 How to Escape from ANY socially awkward situation🫧when you speak English as a foreign language

Ever felt like a Polite Prisoner with a non-stop Sticky Talker?

🎧 Hit that play button to learn to escape from 3 common social nightmare situations like an Exit Ninja

Share these 3 "Exit Ninja" scripts with people worth saving

1. To an oversharing colleague:

"Man, that sucks! Let me know if you want to talk more later — I gotta hop on a call."

2. To an old classmate who wants to catch up forrreverrr:

"It's so wild running into you! I've got to run, but maybe we'll cross paths again!"

3. To a pushy networker who won't stop pitching:

“Thanks for sharing — I'm going to circulate a bit. Good luck with the launch!”

Glossary

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to hop on a call

— to get on a call quickly

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to catch up

— to share news after "long time no see"

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to cross paths again

— to meet randomly again

Who're you in most of your conversations?
👑 Sticky Talker
🤪 Polite Prisoner
🥷 Exit Ninja

📈 Which situation do you want me to break down next?
And did you notice 1 editing fuck-up with the captions? :D

🪴 We'have hosted 3 Open "Speak English For Impact" meetings for Intermediate-Advanced learners and here's what we've heard:

📌"I'm happy with the structure of the meeting"
📌"I wish the meetings lasted longer than 1 hour"

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☕️ "Is There a Black Purse In Here?" 💓TOP 1 Feature of "Connected Speech" or Why You DON'T Understand Native English Speakers

Ever wondered why you understand the text while reading and cannot get the same text when you hear it?
The answer is: 5 features of "Connected Speech"

1. Linking
2. Elision
3. Assimilation
4. Intrusion
5. Weak Forms

Today, we demonstrate #1 Top Feature of "Connected Speech" — Linking

🐐 LINKING is when words "hold hands" in speech — the end of one word connects to the start of the next

Linking Formula: Consonant + Vowel = smash them together

Linking Examples:
👁‍🗨"Turn off" sounds like "Tur-noff"
👁‍🗨"Not at all" sounds like "No-ta-tall"
👁‍🗨 "Big apple" sounds like "Bi-gapple"

🎧 Now play the video again. Congratulations! You recognise Linking in action!
Crazy thing: pronunciation and listening are linked too ;) As you start pronouncing words linking them, you'll get better at recognising others doing it.
Quick profit: better listening skills

Which feature of "Connected Speech" should we deconstruct next?

🪴Send this to friends dreaming of a trip to Africa. Or just like designer purses. You can never be sure!
🪴Come to a Wednesday Open Sub Meeting to drill that pesky "Connected Speech" together

⭐ Time Flies, but so Does your English with @EnglishForImpact 💓TOP 4 posts that you appreciated in July

This Friday, August, 1, 2025, take a moment to thank yourself for commitment to your English learning goals. Take a pause to review the materials that you've liked the most over last 30 days. Commit them to memory by applying the vocabulary and learning tips to your speech right now.
And if you don't have anyone around to practice with — start up a conversation in comments! There're 600+ like-minded people to respond and help you to sustain your English growth

☺️ Top July post by views, post #333

1 question Intermediate+ English learners can ask themselves to build meaningful connections when speaking English
🫧Review to shift your focus from pure grammar drills to communication mastery

🌷 Top July post by comments, post #326

Which dog has a chance to learn English?
🫧Review to have a minute of light-hearted fun and... adopt better learning strategies

🎀Top July post by reactions, post #351

Your personal angel-guardian
🫧Review to get to know our team member, an S2S assessor delivering personal feedback reports after your speaking sessions with other learners

🐄 Top July post by shares, post #348

10 common slack abbreviations
🫧Review to get confident with American work communication culture

Great work, keep going! You've got this, @EnglishForImpact reader! You're here, and we believe in you

💓Have you been a good reader this week? The Quiz below will show!

Check if you remember vocab from this week's Post Glossaries

💷 English Level of 125 Richest English Non Native Immigrants to the US - Forbes List broken down to you

These 125 people have been crazy enough to become "unrealistic" and "unreasonable"

These 125 people — men, predominantly, ha! We love men and working with them, any business-minded girlies reading this, though? Give us a shout-out!

Key Stats:

36 countries of origin
Age of Immigration ranging from 1 to* 40
25 Industries ranging from Aviation to Tech
3 English Proficiency levels:

- 6 Intermediate (B1-B2) speakers ❗️
- 5 Advanced (C1) ones
- 112 Fully Fluent (C2) ones

Which proves: you shouldn't delay using English to your advantage* till later

💅 Access the Full Break-Down on 125 Richest Immigrants to the US [spreadsheet]

English Speech Samples of 4 Non Native Immigrant Billionnaires
📌Sergey Brin, Russia 🇷🇺 Fluent, a public figure*
Speech sample: Why I returned to Google
📌Peter Ma, China 🇨🇳 Intermediate. A public figure, uses the services of an interpreter
Speech sample: The core difference between Tencent and Alibaba
📌Vinod Khosla, India 🇮🇳 Fluent,a public figure
Speech sample: The Future of Work in an AI-driven world
📌Dieter Schwartz, Germany 🇩🇪 Not a public figure
Speech sample: Not found

*Post Glossary. Pay attention: we'll quiz you later
🫧a public figure — a well known person with a strong media presence
🫧to range from ... to... — to vary between 2 things
"125 immigrants' net worth ranges from $30M to $110B"
🫧use (sth) to your advantage — use (English) in your best interests

🫧 Share this with your most ambitious friend
PS: spent 4 hrs prepping the materials - hoping more people than usual will see and like them!

☺️ What do you think: would these people still become billionnaires if they hadn't left their countries of origin?
I can't wait to learn what you think in comments!