When little details make a big difference

Micro-learning. Is it good or bad?

I keep saying that the learning process is infinite. Yet, each exercise should feel and be finite.

I know how long an exercise takes me. I know what it means to complete it, and I know how to measure my results.
I like working with short movie clips, super short texts, and I rarely listen to the entire podcast episode in one go.

I organize my own "micro-learning" process, and I can be creative, daring, and curious.

Why do people sign up for apps that promise to organize their routine for them? It's tempting - to never have to think...

But how can people learn to be creative, i.e. to CREATE their routines and their lives (which are merely a collectiion of daily habits) when they are so eager to delegate their own thinking process to soulless tech?
https://youtu.be/B9saFwWGLao

In 2006, a group of students at Xavier High School in New York City were given an assignment by their English teacher, Ms. Lockwood, that was to test their persuasive writing skills: they were asked to write to their favourite author and ask him or her to visit the school. It’s a measure of his ongoing influence that five of those pupils chose Kurt Vonnegut, the novelist responsible for, amongst other highly-respected books, Slaughterhouse-Five; sadly, however, he never made that trip. Instead, he wrote this wonderful letter. He was the only author to reply.

Have you read any of these books? https://www.chattersource.com/article/kurt-vonnegut-books/

Please note that the event on Nov 14 was canceled.
The next meeting in Moscow is on Nov 21, 2021
The topic: The difference between volume, pitch, and stress. How to understand the rhythm of English
See you at the usual place!

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I'm reading an excerpt from "Will".
A new book by Will Smith
https://soundcloud.com/natasha-tokar/natalia-reads-will-a-memoir-by-will-smith?si=2502b141aeec42db98da98efa0d3e64f

The practice in Moscow is tomorrow.

The rhythm of English + attentiveness game

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Не будет Black Friday скидок.
Просто присоединяйтесь к диалогу, если тема для вас важна.
Вебинар бесплатный, и на нем не будет продаваться никакой курс.

Язык вебинара - английский.
Запись будет доступна зарегистрированным участникам три дня.

Это то, что действитльно важно. Не скидки, не количество "дорогих" знаний, которые отдают раз в год за бесценок - а умеем ли мы вообще учиться? Можем ли мы передать этот навык? Есть ли он в нас?

Столько взрослых людей так болезненно переживают ошибки, что страшно... какой пример они показывают молодым поколениям.
Делать вид, что все хорошо, то есть врать?
Истретить "вы не видите во мне гения?"
Наказывать себя, истязать себя морально и физически за каждую ошибку?
Стоять на месте, потому что мне сказали "я плохой", или потому что "я до сих пор делаю такие ошибки"?

Мы сами управляем процессом своего обучения.
Действия, которые сделаны сегодня, создают условия для следующих действий, более точных, более качественных.

Множество маленьких упражнений дают сумасшедший эффект в перспективе при условии регулярности и погружения в их многослойность.

Управлять процессом своего обучения - звучит сложно. Но это просто, если смотреть в масштабе одного дня. Что я делал сегодня? И как в моем "сегодня" создать для себя же благоприятные условия для роста качества навыка (например, английского)?

Это не "рутина"... В русском значение этого слова какое-то удручающее.....
Practice routine в моем понимании должна быть наполнена новизной, потому что невозможно бесконечно повторять present perfect в той же редакции - можно свихнуться.

Методология работы по системе упражнений native-like fluency подразумевает, что каждый студент доходит до уровня "создавать". Create переводится именно так - создавать. Не ждать упражнений, а создавать для себя условия и возможности.
Покажу на примере конкретных упражнений, которые делаю сама. Буду рада диалогу - то есть вашим мыслям и историям тоже.

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What to expect:
- Ways to organize your learning routine. Examples of exercises and strategies to adapt them
- How to lead by example if you have children who are learning English too
- Strategies to add novelty and creativity to what should be a routine
- The milestones we need to look out for when working on native-like fluency in English
Teachers, parents, and English learners who are driven by the idea of reaching native-like fluency in English are welcome to join.

https://courses.nataliatokar.me/courses/webinar-practice-routine

- I don't care what others think! I'm going to do what I WANT anyway! I will stop expecting approval and finally do that thing that I want to do!
- That's right! Don't listen to anyone! Don't care about what others think or say.
So many similar conversations have taken place in the world over time, and so many people got themselves trapped.
Anyone who says that it's possible to NOT care about what other people think doesn't understand human nature or human biology. We are social species. We become conscious of ourselves only through interactions with other humans.
It's not possible to not care what other people (especially those who matter to us) think of us.
It's not going to work... if your plan is to have that be the prerequisite for finally doing what you want.
You are always going to care what others think. Humans are wired that way.
The question is - to what degree is it going to paralyze you?

Download a list of good resume verbs here https://pages.nataliatokar.me/resume-verbs

We're meeting in an hour. Grab your seat and join the conversation. It's free https://courses.nataliatokar.me/courses/webinar-practice-routine

Building a deliberate practice routine to improve your English skills means committing to a certain behavior.

Many people are good at starting new routines. Very few are good at following through on their words and commitments with actions.

I see two main reasons why people sabotage their effort (consistent effort is required when you have made a commitment to acquire a new habit, i.e. change your existing norm):

1. People bite off more than they can chew. They plan more than they can handle. They are delusional about how much work it takes and how much time it actually takes them to accomplish what they think they have to accomplish on each given day.

Start small.
Your practice routine must bring joy.
Your results need to be measurable so that they can be improved.
Your new routine needs to be in alignment with your lifestyle. If it disrupts your lifestyle, you'll keep quitting.

2. People plan their new life as if tomorrow is going to be their best day ever. As if every next day is going to be their best day. The question I encourage you to ask yourself is "What am I ready to commit to even on my worst days?"

Consistency matters more than intensity when it comes to building new routines.

Every day feels different.
I choose to adapt my routine and make conscious decisions to keep my word and stick to behaviors that will make me a better person - even on bad days.

And yes, the way I choose to learn English and the way I practice new skills tells me a lot about who I am. My goal is to consciously work on developing myself and unlocking my potential. You don't have to meditate all day to become a better person. It's enough to start keeping your word to others and to yourself. It's enough to start being honest with yourself about where you are now and how much you can handle today.

A very different video today


https://youtu.be/dRnsHBC0TFc

From our recent session with the Native-Like Fluency group. I think I need to do a whole episode on Creative Learning and how it is different from doing random stuff. We need to separate "ALL content" and "the content that I need", habits from clear instructions, generalizations from individual applications. Many people have many negative projections on the idea of "consistent deliberate work". They dissociate it from JOY.

And that's the work we're doing here - we're bringing these together, intergrating them, learning to own the concept of joy and the sense of our own progress. Many people think that JOY is something that just happens to them. Their base assumption is that only lucky moments bring joy. In fact, you can absolutely be in change and create joy in your life and in your learning routine. Discipline is the baby of joy that comes as a result of meaningful work. People want to do meaningful things. Yet, they find the idea of looking for meaning boring. They want to instantly know what adds meaning to their life, i.e. what they should be doing with their time. This is a path to stuckness because they are depriving themselves of the joy they will feel once they have found out.

Check out example answers here https://www.instagram.com/p/CXi92jfMm8_/