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Apply for group coaching here https://nataliatokar.typeform.com/to/FU1XcHkM.
Join LIVE coaching sessions twice a month. As a community member, you also get access to the American Accent course by Amy Walker and very specific exercises and practice routines carefully designed by me.
Join us in the community and practice what you have learned from 21Accents and their awesome content. Everyone in the group receives individual feedback and a personalized practice plan.
Join us, and your accent will improve.
Like wildflowers, you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.
You’re looking at a woman who used to be terrified of the camera.
She tried to look her best, tried to perform, until she got exhausted and learned to let go.
You look most beautiful when you don’t need to control how you look.
They say, “Dance like no one is watching.”
I say, “Dance as if everyone is watching,” because your dance will be the same.
Your beauty is just as powerful when the world sees you.
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Learn to see the beauty in everything. Begin with yourself.
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We also have A LOT of self-correction exercises. We do it LIVE every Sunday. Join and see for yourself.
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You’re looking at a woman who used to be terrified of the camera.
She tried to look her best, tried to perform, until she got exhausted and learned to let go.
You look most beautiful when you don’t need to control how you look.
They say, “Dance like no one is watching.”
I say, “Dance as if everyone is watching,” because your dance will be the same.
Your beauty is just as powerful when the world sees you.
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Learn to see the beauty in everything. Begin with yourself.
P.S. I wrote the captions myself. One person I don't have on my team and probably never will is a copywriter.
I write my own copy in English. Learning to write for native speakers of English has been a long journey. I'm still on it, and it's unlikely that I'm going to be done one day.
We have two workshops in the community with 40+ self-editing and self-correction tools for language learners. Use them when you practice writing and speaking in English better.
We also have A LOT of self-correction exercises. We do it LIVE every Sunday. Join and see for yourself.
nataliatokar.me/community.
📌❤️ Leave a comment with the word TRIAL and a 30-sec audio message that explains your motivation to join, and I will send you a message back, as well as the link to start your 3-day free trial in the community (for new members only)
Video by @ponomareva_nika
“To love someone long term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be.
The people they’re too exhausted to be any longer.
The people they don’t recognise inside themselves anymore.
The people they grew out of, the people they never ended up growing into.
We so badly want the people we love to get their spark back when it burns out;
to become speedily found when they are lost.
But it is not our job to hold anyone accountable to the people they used to be.
It is our job to travel with them between each version and to honor what emerges along the way.
Sometimes it will be an even more luminescent flame.
Sometimes it will be a flicker that disappears and temporarily floods the room with a perfect and necessary darkness."
- Heidi Priebe
The people they’re too exhausted to be any longer.
The people they don’t recognise inside themselves anymore.
The people they grew out of, the people they never ended up growing into.
We so badly want the people we love to get their spark back when it burns out;
to become speedily found when they are lost.
But it is not our job to hold anyone accountable to the people they used to be.
It is our job to travel with them between each version and to honor what emerges along the way.
Sometimes it will be an even more luminescent flame.
Sometimes it will be a flicker that disappears and temporarily floods the room with a perfect and necessary darkness."
- Heidi Priebe
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From my Youtube Video "Native-Like Fluency in English | What is an exercise?"
Also, watch my other video "How to measure fluency in English"
Also, watch my other video "How to measure fluency in English"
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A fragment from our Sunday Practice Session on June 16. How to do the self-correction exercise correctly.
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Become a member and watch the full video.
Even better, join us next Sunday and do it LIVE with me.
If you're a member of this channel, you've been following my work for a while.
How about you skip the application process and start YOUR FREE TRIAL right now?
Look around, do the exercises, watch the replay of this lesson and start practicing differently.
Become a more conscious learner and make lasting progress.
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What we do every Sunday. A fragment from the Sunday Practice Session.
Have you done the new synchronization exercise?
Practice your listening skills.
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Practice your listening skills.
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A lot of people confuse “practice time” and “entertainment time” hoping to get both out of entertainment time.
Be deliberate with what you watch.
Be ruthless with your time when you practice.
Be yourself when you want to watch a movie. Enjoy it!
Be deliberate with what you watch.
Be ruthless with your time when you practice.
Be yourself when you want to watch a movie. Enjoy it!
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Sign up to get instant access to my free self-study resources and my course “9 essential skills to get to native-like fluency” with very specific exercises. Every skill is will be explained and modeled for you.
Also, you’ll see my progress over the years. I do the exercises that help me be clear and spontaneous in English. I can’t wait to share them with you!
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Warning: to get to this new level of fluency, you will need to reverse engineer the learning process. You won’t need to do this alone. You’ll get guidance and feedback as you learn.
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Sign up to get instant access to my free self-study resources and my course “9 essential skills to get to native-like fluency” with very specific exercises. Every skill is will be explained and modeled for you.
Also, you’ll see my progress over the years. I do the exercises that help me be clear and spontaneous in English. I can’t wait to share them with you!
Sign up today and start practicing the new way.
Warning: to get to this new level of fluency, you will need to reverse engineer the learning process. You won’t need to do this alone. You’ll get guidance and feedback as you learn.
Don’t sign up if you just want another online course and you’re not ready to practice 🤪
How to achieve mastery:
1. Seek a mentor/coach who has mastered the skill that you want to learn and can give you the necessary guidance
2. Practice constantly
3. Surrender: both to the mentor and the demands of your discipline
4. Be intentional with your practice. Pay attention to what you’re doing
5. Don’t half-ass your practice. Commit to improvement
1. Seek a mentor/coach who has mastered the skill that you want to learn and can give you the necessary guidance
2. Practice constantly
3. Surrender: both to the mentor and the demands of your discipline
4. Be intentional with your practice. Pay attention to what you’re doing
5. Don’t half-ass your practice. Commit to improvement
Every day I ask myself "Is my practice supporting the person I am becoming?"
Every time you open your mouth to practice speaking differently, remind yourself of the things you want to sound "different".
We do this exercise with all my students: I ask them to make a list of qualities that they want to embody when they speak in a foreign language. Funny enough, usually half of these qualities are the same that they want to possess when speaking in their first language too. Everyone wants "confidence". Few know what confidence feels like in their body. They only know what they saw in other people's videos, carefully curated Instagram posts, and thoroughly prepared TED talks.
Becoming truly fluent in another language means becoming a different person. On one hand, it sounds scary. On the other hand, it’s empowering because you get to choose what person you’re becoming.
Again, “fluent” is such a fuzzy term. I teach “native-like fluency”, and I that’s what I mean.
Many of my students want to sound warm in English, i.e. warmer than how they sound now. Many want to sound more empathetic, influence others when they speak, and always know what to say because they feel what needs to be said. People want this…. but all they practice is learning more words and relying on apps to give them good words to learn. People want to sound better, but all they practice is watching Netflix and YouTube where they get to see others sound effortlessly natural. People want to speak better, but all they practice is reading what’s easy to read and watching what it’s easy to watch and understand.
This is not the practice of becoming a different person. This does not lead to improvement.
Decide which qualities you want to embody and do the practice routines that support your vision. If you want to become someone others would ask for help, stop acting cold. Learn to show genuine interest in people in a foreign language. If you want to sound more powerful and convincing, practice precise wording. Do the “summarizing” exercise in my community of practice. You will find many examples. If you want to come across as someone friendly and straightforward, practice getting jokes, making jokes, giving/receiving compliments, being attentive to people…. and work on your melody.
If you want to be seen as authentic in a foreign language, practice expressing your authenticity. This is the most challenging practice because you need to learn to become a full expression of what you are in a foreign language. Most people want to control how they are seen, and they practice expressing only their “professional” side while ignoring their human need for connection and their humanity in general. They know how to perform in English at work, but they suffer because they can’t really connect with people at work or outside of work. It’s not that they “can’t”. They just never practice these skills. They practice talking to the same circle of people who understand them.
Own your learning process and do the practice that supports the person you’re becoming. No textbook in the world will have the right practice for you. You have to choose it and self-assign it.
For the last couple of years, I’ve been in the practice of being myself in the presence of others. My body knows very well what qualities I possess and should hone in on even more. I used to struggle expressing those in the presence of others. My mind would start running fast, and I’d end up hurrying, worrying, and fidgeting when I was around new people and was expected to say something important and meaningful. A big part of my practice is slowing down because my body knows how to be relaxed. It knows the power of making the right decisions that comes with relaxation.
Every time you open your mouth to practice speaking differently, remind yourself of the things you want to sound "different".
We do this exercise with all my students: I ask them to make a list of qualities that they want to embody when they speak in a foreign language. Funny enough, usually half of these qualities are the same that they want to possess when speaking in their first language too. Everyone wants "confidence". Few know what confidence feels like in their body. They only know what they saw in other people's videos, carefully curated Instagram posts, and thoroughly prepared TED talks.
Becoming truly fluent in another language means becoming a different person. On one hand, it sounds scary. On the other hand, it’s empowering because you get to choose what person you’re becoming.
Again, “fluent” is such a fuzzy term. I teach “native-like fluency”, and I that’s what I mean.
Many of my students want to sound warm in English, i.e. warmer than how they sound now. Many want to sound more empathetic, influence others when they speak, and always know what to say because they feel what needs to be said. People want this…. but all they practice is learning more words and relying on apps to give them good words to learn. People want to sound better, but all they practice is watching Netflix and YouTube where they get to see others sound effortlessly natural. People want to speak better, but all they practice is reading what’s easy to read and watching what it’s easy to watch and understand.
This is not the practice of becoming a different person. This does not lead to improvement.
Decide which qualities you want to embody and do the practice routines that support your vision. If you want to become someone others would ask for help, stop acting cold. Learn to show genuine interest in people in a foreign language. If you want to sound more powerful and convincing, practice precise wording. Do the “summarizing” exercise in my community of practice. You will find many examples. If you want to come across as someone friendly and straightforward, practice getting jokes, making jokes, giving/receiving compliments, being attentive to people…. and work on your melody.
If you want to be seen as authentic in a foreign language, practice expressing your authenticity. This is the most challenging practice because you need to learn to become a full expression of what you are in a foreign language. Most people want to control how they are seen, and they practice expressing only their “professional” side while ignoring their human need for connection and their humanity in general. They know how to perform in English at work, but they suffer because they can’t really connect with people at work or outside of work. It’s not that they “can’t”. They just never practice these skills. They practice talking to the same circle of people who understand them.
Own your learning process and do the practice that supports the person you’re becoming. No textbook in the world will have the right practice for you. You have to choose it and self-assign it.
For the last couple of years, I’ve been in the practice of being myself in the presence of others. My body knows very well what qualities I possess and should hone in on even more. I used to struggle expressing those in the presence of others. My mind would start running fast, and I’d end up hurrying, worrying, and fidgeting when I was around new people and was expected to say something important and meaningful. A big part of my practice is slowing down because my body knows how to be relaxed. It knows the power of making the right decisions that comes with relaxation.
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