Natalia Tokar | Native-Like Fluency
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My method will work best for two kinds of people:

1. People who are building their English
2. People who are building a LIFE in English.


Two different tracks that are connected and will both take you to authentic spontaneous expression in a foreign language.
https://youtube.com/shorts/U5i5fhMO42U?si=zgo-8ceHIks-6WZw

A reminder from 2022.
I sound so different in this video.

Yet, the idea is mine. I still stand by it.

And here is what’s true too: you might have a lot of great ideas and valuable opinions to share. But if your voice, accent, vibe, energy, and confidence haven’t caught up yet, the ideas won’t sound as profound as they sound in your head.

We live in the attention economy. Sadly, the loudest people get the attention.

You’re already competent.
Now practice being SEEN and HEARD.

Practice CLARITY and AUTHENTICITY in a foreign language.


Because the truth is….

Now when I watch this video, I think to myself: “I wouldn’t buy from this person”.

If you make money in English, if English plays a big role in how much money you can make, invest in clarity and spontaneous speech.

Your ideas make sense to people only when you share them out loud.

“WHAT you say” matters a lot.
“HOW you say it” matters even more. People either engage or disconnect.

“WHO’s taking” makes all the difference.

Become someone worth listening to. In English too.
“Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it’s the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.


—JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE”
Here is a digest on CLARITY to help you learn more about it.

1. Understanding Clarity
Explore what clarity means, why it matters and how it influences the way you think and communicate. Learn about different levels of Clarity and how to practice them in English.

-Here Is What I Mean by CLARITY
-Aspects of CLARITY
-The Three Master Skills
-5 Levels of Clarity
-CLARITY Is When You See the Reality of Things, Not the Potential of Things
-One of the Reasons Why We Focus on Mastering CLARITY
- Three Levels of CLARITY
-Five Levels of CLARITY and How to Practice Each in English (archived version. Now we have 3 levels)

2. Clarity in How You Speak
Discover how to organize your thoughts, connect ideas, and communicate with clarity, consistency, and flow, even under pressure.

-What Does the Main Idea Look Like?
-Clarity Under Pressure
-Clarity on Demand
-How Do You Connect Your Ideas in English to Achieve Clarity, Consistency, and Flow?
-Clarity in Spontaneous Conversations in English
-Presence Is Where You Begin Practicing Clarity

3. Practice Clarity: Exercises and Examples
Put Clarity into practice through guided exercises, speaking techniques and examples.

Exercises
-CLARITY. Level 1
-The Main Exercise to Practice This Skill Is “Summarize It”
-Exercise “Think Out Loud”
-If You Want CLARITY in Your English Speech, You Need to Do This Exercise
-Do This Exercise With Me to Practice CLARITY
-How to Practice Clarity: Level #2
-Make Clarity Your Everyday Practice
-How to Improve Your Speaking Skills by Yourself? The Shadow Boxing Technique!
-The First Step to Restructure Your Speech Mechanism
-Mistakes That Native Speakers Notice
-What Is “Would” Communicating in Each Sentence?
-What Is “Grit”?
-The Enemy of Clarity

Examples
-Example 1
-Example 2
-Example 3
-Example 4
-Example 5
-Example 6
-Example 7
-Example 8
-Example 9
-Example 10

4. Clarity Through Stories, Books and Listening Practices
Explore how stories, books, and spoken ideas can inspire reflection and support your Clarity practice.

-Practicing Clarity Through Stories
-The Daily Stoic: Seneca on Groundless Fears
-Kate DiCamillo on the Magic of Reading Aloud
-Books to Practice Clarity

Understanding Clarity is only the beginning. The real progress comes from learning to apply it to your own thoughts and speech, with personalized guidance and feedback.


If you'd like to express your thoughts more clearly, communicate with greater confidence and develop your spontaneous English, consider the
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From my new Youtube video on how we were never taught to LEARN skills.

My work is about helping people learn complex human skills. To go from a beginner to virtuoso when there's no textbook and no exam at the end.

We need learning skills more than ever.
But all we have right now is a culture of endless online courses that creates urgency and fabricates curiosity.

We need to teach young people to be aware of their mental processing, to master BASIC communication skills, to help them find their confidence, to keep track of time, to see the difference between speaking correctly and giving a thoughtful response, and a LOT more...

And it all starts with mastering attention. This is skill #1 in The Unscripted Method. And I'm never tired of training it.

Every day we're getting more distracted. Every day AI generates volumes of information that we need to process, filter, and make decisions about. That's a distraction too - you're distracted from your inner knowing, from your body, from your truth, and your potential.

What's stealing your attention? Declutter your desk. Your inbox. Your feed.

Go outside. Listen. What's the sound of your goosebumps?
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The NEW Writing Session is on Nov 9 | 10am CET.

We will write by hand!

If you're not a community member, join us!

If you're a seasonal member and want to upgrade to annual membership, please send me a DM.

The annual members will get a lot more support starting from November.

The seasonal members will also enjoy additional coaching calls where I model the exercises for the month.
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Now, about my experiments with using AI for content creation