Espresso English Podcast

I'm sharing my tenth and final tip for how to stay motivated to learn English. This one is really interesting and fun, and it can really help you keep up your motivation and desire to make more progress in your English. Tip #10 is Challenge Yourself, Then Reward Yourself When You Reach Goals Sometimes when you're studying English by yourself, it can be discouraging because there's nobody to say "N...

Today's tip for staying motivated is Find A Partner Or Join A Community Scientists have discovered that one of the most effective motivators is "peer pressure" – that's encouragement or expectation from people who are similar to you.

today's tip for how to stay motivated to learn English is very important. It's so simple, but it will make a big difference in your English learning experience. Make Learning Enjoyable You don't have to study the exact same way every time! Try to have some variation, to keep things interesting. Here's another tip for making English more fun – find material in areas of your interest. Finally, learn...

Hi there! Today I'll share my seventh tip for how to stay motivated to learn English, and that is: Plan For Breaks, But Also Plan To Come Back If you have a very busy day, it's OK to skip your studying – just make sure to come back to it the next day. If you're going on vacation for a week, it's OK not to look at English. Relax and enjoy your vacation, then resume your studies afterwards. The key...

Hello students! I'm back with another tip for how to stay motivated to learn English. This tip is for you on those days when you really have low motivation and you feel lazy, and you just aren't very interested in studying English. When You Feel Lazy, Just Take A Baby Step A "baby step" is a very small action.

Today I'm giving you tip #5 on how to stay motivated when you're learning English. This is something very practical and if you do it, you will find it very helpful and encouraging. Keep A Record Of Your Progress (Success Journal) It's very motivating to keep a record of what you've accomplished. Get a notebook, and after every study session write down the date and a summary of "what I learned toda...

Hi students! Are you ready to learn tip #4 for how to stay motivated to learn English? This one is something you can put into practice every time you sit down to study. Visualize The End Goal, And Know That Every Bit Of Time You Invest Is Bringing You Closer! Do you know WHY you want to learn English? Whatever your reason is, try this simple exercise: when you sit down to study English, spend a co...

Hi there! I'm back with tip #3 on how to stay motivated when learning English, and this is a big one – it is: Don't Take Mistakes So Seriously/Personally MISTAKES – they have the power to make you afraid to use your English… they can also make you feel humiliated when someone corrects you… they represent your failure to know the rules of English… right? WRONG! Mistakes only have all that power if...

Hi students! It's Shayna from EspressoEnglish.net and I'm excited to share with you my second tip for how to stay motivated to learn English. Tip #1, which we learned last time, is to be encouraged because your English is probably better than you imagine. Now let's consider tip #2, which is: Never Compare Your English Skills To Others'

Do you ever feel sad and discouraged about your English-learning progress? Do you sometimes find it hard to stay motivated, because learning English takes such a long time? Are there days when you  just don't feel like  studying? If you've ever experienced these emotions, then you will really enjoy the lessons I have for you this month. I'm going to teach you 10 practical ways to stay motivated in...

Today I'm going to teach you an exercise for  practicing the pronunciation of long, difficult multi-syllable words. Our example words for this exercise will be  particularly  and  individualistic . But you can use this exercise with ANY English word! I hope you'll remember the tips in this lesson next time you see a long, complicated English word! When it comes to pronunciation, practice makes per...

Today you'll learn some  common English expressions for talking about education. This lesson will also help you put these phrases into practice by asking you questions that use the expressions - so you can pause the video and say your answer, or write it down! And at the end of the lesson, I explain a very common error in English when talking about what you studied in school or college... make sur...

In today's lesson you're going to improve your business English vocabulary by learning some interesting verbs that are used in the business world. If you work in an English-speaking environment – or if you want to do so – you'll encounter a lot of words that you might not have learned in English class. This video is going to teach you  10 business English verbs  and how to use them. They're also u...

Did you know that there are at least four different ways to use the -ING form of verbs in English? You might already know one or two of these, but after this lesson you'll have a more complete understanding of  when we use English verbs in the -ING form. English grammar can be difficult, but I try to make it easy for my students! To learn grammar from me, you can get my  $1 grammar e-books  - thes...

If you frequently confuse the verbs SAY, TELL, SPEAK, and TALK, you're not alone – these are some of the most commonly confused English words! They seem like they all mean the same thing - and they are similar - but we actually use them differently in English. In this lesson, I'll teach you the difference between  say, tell, speak, and talk , and help you avoid some common mistakes with these word...

Today I want to answer a question from a student who asked how to pronounce words ending in -ILE, like the word "mobile." Words with this ending are a little tricky because there's a pronunciation difference between British and American English.  I'm from the U.S., so I'm going to teach you the way we say these words in American English.  We'll practice 20 words with the -ILE ending  - there are t...

"Time" is one of the most common words in English - but do you know all the different ways you can use the word time? In today's lesson, you'll learn  16 common collocations with the word TIME , such as: waste time, kill time, it's about time, stall for time There's also a quiz to help you practice the collocations in this lesson - you can  click here  to try it! One common problem among adults wh...

This lesson is on one of the topics that's most requested by my students – it's all about phrasal verbs with the word "get." We have get off, get by, get along, get over, get back, and lots more… and some of these have multiple meanings! These  20 phrasal verbs with "get"  are very common in everyday English, so you need to learn them. I'll make them clear with definitions and examples. Now you kn...

If you want to speak fluent English, it's important to learn phrases and expressions   - NOT just individual words. This is especially important when studying   idioms. Why? Because it's often NOT possible to understand the meaning of the idiom by looking at the individual words... instead, you must learn the meaning of the entire idiomatic expression. In today's lesson, I'll explain  10 idioms fo...

Today's lesson is a quiz to help you practice some English words that are frequently spelled wrong. These spelling mistakes are made by both English learners and by native English speakers.  Can you spell all 10 words right? It's much easier to avoid mistakes in English when you know exactly what to watch out for! You can learn to correct the most common English mistakes inside my course,  200 Com...

Today you'll learn  14 conversational English phrases about the weather . If you want to know how to talk about the weather in English, beyond the basic phrases of "It's sunny" and "It's raining," then this lesson is for you.  As you can see, these are real English phrases that native English speakers use to talk about the weather – from hot weather to cold weather, good weather to bad weather – I...

Today we're going to practice pronouncing some  difficult English words that feature the letter R , like choir, drawer, rural, library, temperature, and more. Do you have a difficult word that you want to know how to pronounce correctly in English? If so, tell me about it, and I'll add it to my list for future lessons! If you want to continue learning pronunciation and practicing with me, come che...

We've just started the month of February, and I realized it's been a long time since I did an English vocabulary lesson with pictures – so in today's lesson, you're going to learn  10 vocabulary words starting with the letter F. In addition to learning what these words mean, you can also practice pronouncing them by repeating the words after me. That's just a small sampling of the many English wor...

Today I'm going to explain the expression  "hindsight is 20/20." It's now the year 2020, so I thought this would be an interesting phrase to learn! I don't want you to have regrets about your English learning. I don't want you to get to the end of the year and then to look back and say, "Oh, I should have studied harder, or I wish I'd taken that course, but I didn't, and so my English didn't reall...

When you're learning a language, it's common to feel sad about your progress. You want to become fluent... but it seems like that goal is so far away! If you hear an expression that you don't know, or have difficulty understanding a fast conversation, it's easy to lose confidence in your abilities. You might think negative thoughts like  "My English is so bad." You might wonder,  "Will I ever beco...