I sent this message to one of my students today, and I feel that many learners are in the same situation.
People find themselves in a repeat situation hoping that this time the outcome will be different.
We have to find ourselves in repeat situations to understand what behaviour we need to change or stop for the outcome to be different.
You can see the new only in the repetitive and the familiar. People want the curriculum, the teacher, the book, the exercise, the technology to be newer, better, more effective… and I’m not saying these elements are not important. They are.
However, it’s equally important to make decisions with your free will to change your own detrimental behaviours.
Here are examples of behaviours that prevent people from progressing faster (instead of moving forward, they are stuck in a repeat situation):
1. “I don’t have time for my homework”
2. “I don’t want to learn. I just want to instantly know”
3. “I get upset when I realize how many mistakes I’ve made and it demotivates me to continue”
4. “I don’t want any corrective feedback. I want my teacher to only praise my efforts, because a good teacher is someone who helps me feel good”
5. “I want the change to be easy, I want my results to be perfect, I want learning to be effortless”
6. “I just need to endure this one course so that I never have to do any exercises again”
7. “I don’t need to learn to do it myself. I have a teacher who gets paid for correcting my mistakes and making me feel good about my progress”
The question is not “How can I learn English better?”, but “How can I become a better learner?”, which is inseparable from “How can I become a better person?”
What behaviors can you change in repeat situations to start moving toward a different result?
Here is an exercise for you:
Write down your behaviour pattern (who do you see yourself do in repeat situations?) If you don’t see your behavior in the examples above, write your own.
Then write the opposite behavior next to it.
For example, if your behavior is “I don’t want to hear any corrective feedback because all I want is to feel good”, the opposite would be “I can listen to the feedback and ask my teacher to help me correct these mistakes. I can ask for an exercise that I can do with the intent to replace those speaking habits with better, natural-sounding phrases in English. When I see the change, I will actually feel good about myself and my results”.
The next step of the exercise is to practice this new behavior in a repeat situation.
What do you need to change?
We have to find ourselves in repeat situations to understand what behaviour we need to change or stop for the outcome to be different.
You can see the new only in the repetitive and the familiar. People want the curriculum, the teacher, the book, the exercise, the technology to be newer, better, more effective… and I’m not saying these elements are not important. They are.
However, it’s equally important to make decisions with your free will to change your own detrimental behaviours.
Here are examples of behaviours that prevent people from progressing faster (instead of moving forward, they are stuck in a repeat situation):
1. “I don’t have time for my homework”
2. “I don’t want to learn. I just want to instantly know”
3. “I get upset when I realize how many mistakes I’ve made and it demotivates me to continue”
4. “I don’t want any corrective feedback. I want my teacher to only praise my efforts, because a good teacher is someone who helps me feel good”
5. “I want the change to be easy, I want my results to be perfect, I want learning to be effortless”
6. “I just need to endure this one course so that I never have to do any exercises again”
7. “I don’t need to learn to do it myself. I have a teacher who gets paid for correcting my mistakes and making me feel good about my progress”
The question is not “How can I learn English better?”, but “How can I become a better learner?”, which is inseparable from “How can I become a better person?”
What behaviors can you change in repeat situations to start moving toward a different result?
Here is an exercise for you:
Write down your behaviour pattern (who do you see yourself do in repeat situations?) If you don’t see your behavior in the examples above, write your own.
Then write the opposite behavior next to it.
For example, if your behavior is “I don’t want to hear any corrective feedback because all I want is to feel good”, the opposite would be “I can listen to the feedback and ask my teacher to help me correct these mistakes. I can ask for an exercise that I can do with the intent to replace those speaking habits with better, natural-sounding phrases in English. When I see the change, I will actually feel good about myself and my results”.
The next step of the exercise is to practice this new behavior in a repeat situation.
What do you need to change?
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A message for teachers and students: when students fall behind and show low results | Native-Like Fluency. The Community of Practice
[Copy of Steven Pressfield 1.mp4]
A message for TEACHERS:
Can you tell WHY a student is unsuccessful? Invest in clear instructions. Encourage the practice of talking about the assignments to check understanding.
A message for STUDENTS:
Do you reco...
A message for TEACHERS:
Can you tell WHY a student is unsuccessful? Invest in clear instructions. Encourage the practice of talking about the assignments to check understanding.
A message for STUDENTS:
Do you reco...
The replay of today's Grammar Practice session is already up! Do the exercises and share your results https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/grammar/english-articles-what-we-learned-from-grammar-books-sep-2022
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The exercise that I did today to feel the beauty of the written word
https://soundcloud.com/natasha-tokar/natalia-reads-think-again-by-adam-grant
Have you read the book Think Again by Adam Grant? You can find this post and the book itself in the community and practice with me.
https://soundcloud.com/natasha-tokar/natalia-reads-think-again-by-adam-grant
Have you read the book Think Again by Adam Grant? You can find this post and the book itself in the community and practice with me.
SoundCloud
Natalia Reads "Think Again" by Adam Grant
To see the full text and practice reading out loud with me, please find this post in the community of practice
https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/read-out-loud/think-again-by-adam-grant
https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/read-out-loud/think-again-by-adam-grant
Audio
I just had to read it out loud for you....Here it is
A new exercise to practice brevity and storytelling skills.
Listen to my result here and find the algorithm to achieve this result for yourself in the Community of practice
https://nataliatokar.me/blog/tpost/r5gk4lr041-exercise-83-how-to-always-know-what-to-s
Listen to my result here and find the algorithm to achieve this result for yourself in the Community of practice
https://nataliatokar.me/blog/tpost/r5gk4lr041-exercise-83-how-to-always-know-what-to-s
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Exercise #83: How to Always Know What to Say?
America's biggest problems today (according to StandTogether):
- Education that fails to help students succeed
- Economic Opportunity that’s increasingly out of reach
- Health care that costs too much and delivers too little
- Partisan Division that pits people against each other
Pay attention:
1. Syntax: all bullet points are parallel. When you write copy for your website or your presentation, make sure it is easy to read. Keep your sentences parallel.
2. Meaning: every point is spot on..
Education should help students succeed. Instead, it provides access to the content and the curriculum.
The biggest question must be NOT "How are going to teach it? How are we going to selll the course? How are we going to package the course?" but "How can we help people learn this?"
Becoming a better learner is a life-changing skill indeed.
For me, what works is:
- seeing where I'm NOT a good learner and starting a practice routine to change it
- applying metacognitive strategies
- focusing on knowledge application, not on knowledge aquisition
- practicing rather than studying
- Education that fails to help students succeed
- Economic Opportunity that’s increasingly out of reach
- Health care that costs too much and delivers too little
- Partisan Division that pits people against each other
Pay attention:
1. Syntax: all bullet points are parallel. When you write copy for your website or your presentation, make sure it is easy to read. Keep your sentences parallel.
2. Meaning: every point is spot on..
Education should help students succeed. Instead, it provides access to the content and the curriculum.
The biggest question must be NOT "How are going to teach it? How are we going to selll the course? How are we going to package the course?" but "How can we help people learn this?"
Becoming a better learner is a life-changing skill indeed.
For me, what works is:
- seeing where I'm NOT a good learner and starting a practice routine to change it
- applying metacognitive strategies
- focusing on knowledge application, not on knowledge aquisition
- practicing rather than studying
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The Community of Practice is going to change on October 10, 2022.
There will be more cooperation, more results, more focused work, and less wasted effort.
We’re adding weekly focused practice challenges where micro-effort brings wow-results. Every week we choose ONE focus and do ONE exercise to show you how the methodology works, and how you can learn to apply it in your life situations.
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3. You choose what you pay for the first month in the community after your trial (you will see this opportunity if you take the video course)
The membership tiers and the prices will change on October 10, 2022.
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You can cancel any time too.
The new conditions will apply starting from October 10, 2022.
If you are already a member, or if you join the Community before October 10, you can keep the legacy tariff (which is only $30/mo and $300/year || 2500 RUB/mo or 27500 RUB/year). It gives you all the privileges of the Daring Learner + tier, which is $65/mo.
Join today, start your 7-day free trial, try the new weekly challenges, and see if you want to stay and contribute!
You choose what to pay for the first month because we’re building a community, where everyone contributes, not a service where everybody pays.
We do NOT study the language here. We practice it, just like you practice any skill. What the community does is it helps you organize a structured, deliberate practice routine that brings you JOY and brings you closer to native-like fluency in English every day when you practice. How do I know? Because I’ve been doing these exercises myself. You can listen to my results on Youtube, you read my texts on my blog (I write everything myself), you can join my programs…
You’re basically looking at my own practice routine when you browse through the creative exercises. They have been tested by me and many other real people who dare to set higher standards for themselves. I don’t need to prove that they work. I need to keep my doors open for people who are looking for something real and practical, for those who are understand that it takes guts to change their existing speaking habits. if you need feedback on your effort. Once you become a member, you get mentored by me daily.
The Community of Practice is going to change on October 10, 2022.
There will be more cooperation, more results, more focused work, and less wasted effort.
We’re adding weekly focused practice challenges where micro-effort brings wow-results. Every week we choose ONE focus and do ONE exercise to show you how the methodology works, and how you can learn to apply it in your life situations.
If you joined and felt lost, overwhelmed, and clueless relative to where to begin…. I have exciting news for you:
1. I’m releasing a new video course in the next couple of days. If you’re a member, you can get yourself on the waiting list today. It’s free, and it is designed to help new members navigate the community.
2. I’m launching Weekly Focused Practice tomorrow! To read more about it, swipe ➡️. If you’re an active member, you have been already added to the space. If you’re new, join now and try it for free (3-day trial).
3. You choose what you pay for the first month in the community after your trial (you will see this opportunity if you take the video course)
The membership tiers and the prices will change on October 10, 2022.
• Bold Explorer (access to the creative exercises only + feedback) • Daring Learner (access to all exercises, lessons, workshops, events, 50% off all the SPRINTs and feedback) • Daring Learner PLUS (all the benefits of Daring Learner + Weekly Focused Practice + Resource Library + Exclusive accountability calls with these members only) • Team Player (only Weekly Focused Practice where there is a new task every day and a new focus every week. You can suggest your own content, focus, and exercise. You can participate in as many challenges as you like) • Gritty Mindset (access to EVERYTHING, including SPRINTs and RESUME course for life, 90-min sessions with me every 6 months, 50% off all the future courses, access to the Resource Library, help with building YOUR practice routine) You can upgrade/downgrade any time.
You can cancel any time too.
The new conditions will apply starting from October 10, 2022.
If you are already a member, or if you join the Community before October 10, you can keep the legacy tariff (which is only $30/mo and $300/year || 2500 RUB/mo or 27500 RUB/year). It gives you all the privileges of the Daring Learner + tier, which is $65/mo.
Join today, start your 7-day free trial, try the new weekly challenges, and see if you want to stay and contribute!
You choose what to pay for the first month because we’re building a community, where everyone contributes, not a service where everybody pays.
We do NOT study the language here. We practice it, just like you practice any skill. What the community does is it helps you organize a structured, deliberate practice routine that brings you JOY and brings you closer to native-like fluency in English every day when you practice. How do I know? Because I’ve been doing these exercises myself. You can listen to my results on Youtube, you read my texts on my blog (I write everything myself), you can join my programs…
You’re basically looking at my own practice routine when you browse through the creative exercises. They have been tested by me and many other real people who dare to set higher standards for themselves. I don’t need to prove that they work. I need to keep my doors open for people who are looking for something real and practical, for those who are understand that it takes guts to change their existing speaking habits. if you need feedback on your effort. Once you become a member, you get mentored by me daily.
Join before October 10 and save 55%.
If you would like to pay in RUB, start your free trial just like the website suggests. You will find the instructions to send your contribution in RUB inside the new video course (and I highly recommend you take it!) https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/how-things-work-here/how-to-use-the-community-and-where-to-begin
If you would like to pay in RUB, start your free trial just like the website suggests. You will find the instructions to send your contribution in RUB inside the new video course (and I highly recommend you take it!) https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/how-things-work-here/how-to-use-the-community-and-where-to-begin
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At the center of each exercise is YOU rather than the rules of English.
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At the center of each exercise is YOU rather than the rules of English.
My methodology is human-centered, and my job is to show you that native-like fluency is possible, that the method to achieve it exists, and that real people have already done it. You can do it too.
https://nataliatokar.me/blog/tpost/i1k6dm59a1-the-entire-collection-of-free-exercices
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Interactive exercise to help you get to know the methodology and start practicing
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