More confusing words and how to pronounce them correctly. Listen to the primary stress!

P.S. I pronounced advoCAte the first time for the purpose of demonstrating the vowel sound. The primary stress is on the first syllable.

The examples in this audio include:

Advocate
Estimate
Approximate
Deliberate
Associate
Articulate
Elaborate
Graduate
Moderate
Separate

And one more set of words that people see often, but forget to consider the context. The pronunciation will change depending on the context, i.e. depending on what the word means.

Polish
Live
Wind
Wound
Bass
Tear

On Aug 30, we're doing another workshop on English articles. The last meeting didn't get recorded, unfortunately. So we will do it one more time! FREE for active community members. If you're not a community member, a fee applies.


I do 3 exercises.
I ask myself 5 questions. I'm gonna show you how you can include these exercises in your own practice routine.

If you seem to know a lot about articles, but you're still confused, join us and make it all clear for yourself.

Learn more in the event description https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/calendar/community-live-call-understanding-english-articles-practice-56e7b6

Test yourself

See more options (EASY and ADVANCED) here https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/updates/english-articles-an-example-exercise-easy-intermediate-and-advanced-options

From the exercise that I did today (I transcribed au adio):

"This process of continuously sorting through the contrast so as to transform the unwanted into what is wanted, means that we are constantly in the process of appreciating what is, while also continuing to create improvement. We let go of the idea that the goal is to get to a place in life where there is an ended-ness; because everything is perfect and there is nothing more to improve upon. We enjoy this game of exploration and change around consistent improvement. We begin living with the attitude of the better it gets, the better it can get."

My practice routine is an infinite process of consistent improvenement.

I appreciate what is, and at the same time, I create improvement every day.

⬆️The focus of the next 2 weeks is going to be “inner state”.

The voice message above expands on that.

Applying metacognitive strategies allows you to consciously self- regulate your learning process.

But it’s vital to be able to self-regulate your inner state DURING the learning process and at other important and less important moments in life too.

The ability to self-regulate builds inner confidence that I personally need to create change in my life.

I want to continue learning. This weekend, I’m attending a seminar on self-regulation.

Maybe someone needs this now too and wants to learn with me.

My mentor speaks Russian, and l I’ll be doing consecutive interpretation because my friends from Europe will be joining too.

This time, I’m going to be a student. If you speak English or Russian, let’s learn together.

More information is here http://collectivecreation.space/self-regulation

The Community call on English Articles for advanced learners is tonight! 8p.m. Moscow time (GMT+3)

You only need to attend this workshop once. Do it and use the replay to deepend your practice.
To continue practicing, you can use a collection of exercises in the Community after the workshop OR you can use your own content. I will show you how tonight. I always create my own exercises.

See the event details, the exercise, and the correct answers here (check out the comments too) https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/calendar/community-live-call-understanding-english-articles-practice-56e7b6

These books will introduce you to a completely different structure and a whole new world of exercises. ​​​​​​​​
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If you want to finally understand what makes a good sentence, how “this” is different from “it", when we should use articles, and why punctuation matters, include the exercises from these books in your weekly practice routine. ​​​​​​​​
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All these books are available in our Community Library.​​​​​​​​
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Books for ESL students get you ready for a test. These books focus on helping you understand. ​​​​​​​​
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Join our Community LIVE Calls where we do exercises from these books together. Check out our schedule and sign up to receive notifications about new events -

https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/how-things-work-here/how-to-use-the-community-and-where-to-begin

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Read the full post and join the next reading session in Moscow here https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/updates/feedback-reading

Here is a fragment from our previous reading session in Moscow.

Everyone receives personalized feedback on their reading skills.