hey there Aubrey how's it going today I'm great how are you Lindsay I am feeling excellent I'm
super excited that we're in January now it's the chance it's it's our chance right to launch the
year in a solid way and get a fresh start how you feel absolutely I love that opportunity to just
start fresh right set some exciting goals the 2023 is behind us it might have been amazing it might
have been tough 2024 is a chance to start fresh oh my God it's good really I generally feel this
usually in January and sometimes in September even though I don't have kids kids are going
back to school the weather's getting cooler but January is the true beginning right it's the true
time when everyone is talking about something new they want to start or change so it's a chance to
reflect abely have you started any exciting goals are you what goals are you setting for 2024 oh my
gosh 2024 so I've been kind of honing in on my exercise routines this year but next year
or this year rather what I want to do is start moving in different directions so I go to Orange
Theory a lot lot do a lot of forward movement on the treadmill lifting weights that's great
walking but it's always forward right it's only forward I don't play tennis anymore so I don't
move diagonally so I want to work on my muscle tone when I move diagonally and laterally so
some kind of a kickboxing class or dance class or something where I'm moving in different ways is
what I want to do what about oh I love that idea to like switch up the workout routine right make
sure that we're still improving all of those different mov movements and and muscles and
that's exciting I am setting a goal to spend more one-on-one time with my kids I did that
a few times last year it's hard when you have four children to take that time to do something
with just one of them but it's so vital I see I see it really affect them I see them love that
and feel cared for and loved and so I need to do that more often this year 2024 it's the year yeah
that's amazing and would you do like specific activities that just they like like choose an
activity like a baseball game for one of them for example something like that yeah I let them
choose usually you know they know it's within a certain budget but we'll go and do something they
enjoy it might just be going to the park with the twins you know doing something especially
the twins honestly because so often it's both of them together it's rare that I just take one of
them and that's so important that they have their independence and they see themselves as a single
person and not just one of two twins so yeah I always wonder what it would be like to be a
twin it's true right really different experience I would imagine yeah it's interesting so I'm I'm
on that for but it's exciting to sort of have this moment this beginning of the year to push
me to make that goal to start fresh and do that because otherwise I don't know if I ever would
sit down and like decide to do that no do you believe in vision boards have you ever written
a vision board I don't know if we've talked about this we have talked about it it's been a while I
feel like maybe last January I know you do vision boards I never have I could see the benefit I'm
just not such a visual per really I'm not the type of person to sit down and take the time to
do that yeah yeah yeah yeah I think actually we talked about another bonus episode the writing a
future email to yourself things like that these are things we can do that we've talked about in
December but today we're really getting into some vocab right some clear vocab that we can use when
we kick off a new year Aubrey yes because this is such a strong connection skill to ask just
like the conversation Lindsay and I just had you want to be able to have this conversation with
friends co-workers family ask them about their goals motivate each other and get excited about
what you're going to do to start fresh this year yeah I love it so this is clearly vocab you guys
are going to want in your back pocket this you know in January mostly the whole month of January
that's when all the offers are available on the gyms and the new classes and all these things
toally uh last night I was in Orange Theory and it was packed or two nights ago absolutely packed
in there or in my yoga class that's what it was I went in the gym it's the limit is 32 people
that were uh 39 or 40 in there and people were literally working out in the hallway they're
putting their yoga mat down in the hallway they weren't enforcing the limit they don't care they
don't this gym is kind of kind of crazy um they don't care so they put people in the hallway
they move uh mats back and forth to put people horizontally between the mats it is January it
is the time to get into it so today we have some vocab for our listeners and then we have we want
to let them know about a special offer right Aubrey yes and this is exciting guys stay till
the end so you can find out we are making a very exciting offer so we'll teach you some vocab and
then we'll share an exciting something that you can do to really jump start your 2024 yes okay so
what is the first phrase that our listeners must know when they have any conversation in January
yes the first phrase is fresh start you heard Lindsay and I use this a few times as we were
chatting at the top here and we also swap it and sometimes we'll turn it into a verb and say start
fresh you heard us say that a few times too and this just means to put the past behind you to
start with a clean slate you and Michelle taught that vocab recently in allers English 2128 when
you were talking about New Year's and this is so great to just talk about forget the past might
have had some struggles we can start fresh we can start clean in 2024 yeah it really does feel that
way you know I really like to usually spend New Year's Day kind of doing more of a reflective
activity rather than being out and socializing just to kind of think about what I want in my
new year right love that yeah so an example you might say I'm excited for a fresh start
this year and you can say this to anybody and and jump start that conversation about like hey
what are we doing what goals are we setting yes love that or 2023 was kind of rough but
I'm starting 2024 with a fresh start that's the good news about the new year you always have a
chance Absolut always be looking to the Future and I love this phrase to call something kind of rough
because it's not so negative right you're not saying it was extremely difficult we don't need to
get into that this is a little more light-hearted to be like it was kind of rough but we're moving
forward going to do better this year and as a bonus for our listeners I like how you said Aubrey
2023 was kind of rough kind of rough you didn't say kind of rough you said kind of rough what did
you do there with the pronation we dropping the F right there's some elision of the sounds there
we all we often when we're speaking quickly when we're speaking informally we're squishing words
together and it's just more native and natural yeah kind of rough and the intonation right we go
kind of rough kind of rough kind of rough and guys that you know hang out for the end of the episode
because pronunciation might be a key piece of your lofty goals for this year and we'll talk about
that in just a minute on how you can get there to those goals but the next phrase is lofty right
we're going to highlight this word lofty where do we go from here Aubrey yeah so you lofty means an
ambitious or elevated goal right so this is not just like I'm going to try to work out once a week
this is a goal that's difficult to reach a lofty goal so you might say I really want to turn over a
new Leaf this year so I'm setting some lofty goals this will mean goals that are difficult to attain
and a little bonus idiom there turn over a new Leaf what does that mean Lindsay let's make that
one the bonus I love it yeah all right so to turn over a new Leaf is to put the past behind you and
to improve your habits another opportunity to do that is exactly right now right Aubrey yes exactly
right that's very synonymous interchangeable with fresh start turn over a new Leaf start fresh have
a fresh start all of these mean right put the past behind you improve habits you could ask someone
what are you doing this year to turn over a new light a turnover a new Leaf that's such a great
way to start this conversation and it's such a motivational conversation to talk about like hey
how are we going to improve together as friends as co-workers I love that idea why do you think
it's important to set lofty goals I mean why not set like easier goals that we know we can achieve
oh yeah it definitely pushes you to improve more to try harder you never know what lofty goal you
might actually reach you might surprise yourself so definitely set ambitious goals and then you're
going to push yourself harder to reach those yes I love it and guys we want to let you know now
Aubrey what is the you know if our listeners do have those lofty goals what do you think could
be a fluency goal for a listener of all what do you amazing course you guys our B1 course and we
are giving you a special chance here to sign up for the personal coach plan it offers the
most support here it's a different level where you get one-on-one coaching with a teacher you
get a lot of feedback on your work and so this is a lofty goal you're not just signing up for
an online course where you're sort of on your own to do it on your own this has more teacher
feedback more live classes and also we've got some other amazing speaking practice built in
where this is how you're really going to push yourself to improve yeah and you know for all
of our listeners who responded to our survey in December we heard you loud and clear you said you
want a way to practice your speaking all right and so we have built in some amazing ways to do
that in the allers English courses especially the personal coach plan Aubrey what are some aspects
of our community that our listeners get when they join this offer this course yes this is
amazing we have an open conversation Club weekly where you are able to meet speaking partners
and chat with us all's English hosts and it's such a great chance to practice speaking with
no pressure so that you are ready and confident when you have a chance to have those one-on-one
in-person conversations with co-workers or friends you've had the practice talking on about lots of
different topics we use conversation starters so that you can meet speaking partners that you can
chat with whenever you have time and also get that confidence so that you're ready to speak in person
yeah that's something new that we've added in the last six months and I love that students show up
they get a chance to connect with each other and then you can stay on for as long as you want with
your with the other students in the group right Aubrey it's such a cool way for students to get
that practice for you guys to get that practice in and then we also have monthly fluency parties
now which is a whole other level yes these are so we play english- speaking games we'll learn
a little bit of vocab and then practice speaking like a deeper conversation where we really can
deepen those connections while practicing maybe an idiom a little bit of vocab these are very fun
fluency parties and also just a great opportunity again to meet meet speaking speaking partners
and stay and practice speaking English yeah I love it right and so now there is so many there
are so many more ways for you guys to speak and connect and practice with allers English courses
and this particular particular course is the B1 personal coach course so we're working on things
like grammar reading vocabulary pronunciation writing you're even getting interviews with
native speakers which is a Hallmark of the allers English courses right Aubrey what do you think
about that these are unscripted so this is really how natives speak you know in their daily lives
there's a big difference between like listening to a scripted podcast or TV show and then actually
hearing conversations with native speakers and then from those we pull out the interesting
vocabulary they're using and build these amazing lessons so that you're learning so much you got
it and then I love that at the end our listeners get a chance to take that final exam and get your
B1 certificate right that is what I love about this course we can tell you you have achieved that
level by the end so good and then of course you get your your homework right your teacher feedback
which is what's different about the personal coach plan Aubrey you're in there responding to students
sending video responses to them right exactly you have amazing speaking and pronunciation practice
and then you get feedback from us so that you know what to improve what you're doing well and also
where you can improve so it is such a different this personal coach class that it really improves
how you can find out what you need to improve because often you are practicing you're trying
to listen you're speaking but you don't know what you're doing wrong what where you need improve so
that really makes a difference yeah you really do need that feedback right languages are not
meant to be learned in isolation so Aubrey tell us about the special offer that is going to expire on
January 14th what what can our listeners get with this special offer you guys are going to save $100
off the B1 course and we're very excited about a free bonus that is included here our International
Accents in English course this will help you better understand other International Accents
in English and can also help you if your accent your L1 you need a little help in understanding
the phones that you can improve in order to be better understood as well I love it so guys go
to alls english.com fresh that is your link where you're going to find this special deal
but it does expire January 14th Aubrey one more time where should they go right now yes
go to allers english.com fresh F to sign up today and Save that $100 all right Aubrey I
am really excited to welcome new students into our course to guide them into this key month
right it really does matter how we start 2024 it sets the tone for everything we're going to do
this year don't you think absolutely right start fresh turn over a new leaf with some lofty goals
amazing vocab today excited we're excited to see you in our course you guys all right guys allers
english.com fresh offer expires January 14th so go and grab it now we'll see you there Aubrey
thanks for St on the mic with me today thank you see you guys in there right talk soon [Music] bye