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How to Keep Your English Fresh When There Is No One to Talk to

Maintaining proficiency in a foreign language without regular speaking practice can be challenging even for advanced learners. Original English books are a good solution, but they can sometimes be overwhelming and frustrating. For this reason, you might get stuck with it for a long time and have little or no progress whatsoever.

An alternative to this would be podcasts and streams. It is important to find a topic that would genuinely resonate with you. For me, this has been English football and one particular football club. There is just one specific hazard of this approach – improper use of English grammar by native speakers. This will largely depend on the cultural background and education of the speaker, but you can very often hear Brits and even Londoners use incorrect verb forms among some other things.

For this reason, you might be misguided by the inaccurate use of grammar by the speaker. But at the same time, you will get exposure to diverse vocabulary and intricate idiomaticity. This will help you to maintain your passive lexicon, make it fresher in your memory, and it may allow you to learn new words and usages of the words that you already know. Therefore, such practice would work best for English learners who have a good command of English grammar unless you do not care about using grammar correctly.

If the topic is really interesting to you, you will be able to listen regularly without getting bored. Otherwise, it will not be sustainable and enjoyable. And at the same time, you will be nurturing the neural connections in your brain responsible for your English word stock and establishing new ones, allowing yourself to become even more proficient.

So, for those of you looking to have the Advanced proficiency level or higher, my recommendation would be to find a podcast or video blog that would align with your interst in life. You might benefit language-wise as well as expand your knowledge on the subject.

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#language_advice
How to Keep Your English Fresh When There Is No One to Talk to

Maintaining proficiency in a foreign language without regular speaking practice can be challenging even for advanced learners. Original English books are a good solution, but they can sometimes be overwhelming and frustrating. For this reason, you might get stuck with it for a long time and have little or no progress whatsoever.

An alternative to this would be podcasts and streams. It is important to find a topic that would genuinely resonate with you. For me, this has been English football and one particular football club. There is just one specific hazard of this approach – improper use of English grammar by native speakers. This will largely depend on the cultural background and education of the speaker, but you can very often hear Brits and even Londoners use incorrect verb forms among some other things.

For this reason, you might be misguided by the inaccurate use of grammar by the speaker. But at the same time, you will get exposure to diverse vocabulary and intricate idiomaticity. This will help you to maintain your passive lexicon, make it fresher in your memory, and it may allow you to learn new words and usages of the words that you already know. Therefore, such practice would work best for English learners who have a good command of English grammar unless you do not care about using grammar correctly.

If the topic is really interesting to you, you will be able to listen regularly without getting bored. Otherwise, it will not be sustainable and enjoyable. And at the same time, you will be nurturing the neural connections in your brain responsible for your English word stock and establishing new ones, allowing yourself to become even more proficient.

So, for those of you looking to have the Advanced proficiency level or higher, my recommendation would be to find a podcast or video blog that would align with your interst in life. You might benefit language-wise as well as expand your knowledge on the subject.

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