- If you could become fluent in English,
you could feel so much more comfortable
in business situations like a new you in English.
But what if you're tired and busy
and you just don't know what to do to improve your English?
Well, in this video, I'll show you a specific daily routine
that makes it easier to become better at English.
Hi, I'm your English coach, Christina,
and welcome to Business English with Christina,
where you become better at English and better at business.
In today's lesson, I'll give you an exact daily routine
that you can do in English
to help you get off the intermediate plateau faster.
Now, you remember last week,
we talked about the intermediate plateau,
how it's normal that you feel frustrated and stuck,
and what we can do about that.
And we saw that you need some specific strategies
for becoming a new you in English in this new year.
To do that, I have a secret weapon
and it's super powerful
and it's called the virtual immersion.
It's super powerful because it helps you
practice lots of English, all day, every day
with short, easy to do activities.
And it helps you become more regular with your English,
build those good habits.
And in the end really like switch your brain
over to English.
And that means that you're going to remember things better
and faster and just become more confident
and comfortable using English
because it just becomes normal for you.
You know, like I know from my personal experience,
just like how frustrating it can feel
when you can't like have the career that you want to have
because of your English skills.
You know, that's where I was
maybe a few years ago in French,
but as a neuro language coach,
I also know how to solve that problem.
And one of the things that you can do
is to live the language,
to immerse yourself without ever leaving your home.
So, here's an example of one daily routine
that you can do to make it feel easy to work on your English
in this new year,
because if you follow me on LinkedIn
or anywhere like on social media,
you know that I am a big believer
in the power of habits and routines.
And it's something that I apply in my own life.
So anyway, for this routine,
we're gonna use one main resource,
and it's a podcast in English because I love podcasts.
A lot of you guys love podcast, and they're so convenient,
especially if you're very busy.
Oh, and before we get into that, just a quick reminder,
my virtual immersion program, Business English Mastery
opens on Thursday, January 20th,
and the enrollments will only be open
for two weeks, I think,
but you can find all of the details and the exact dates down
in the link below this video.
Okay, let's look at your daily routine.
First thing it's to choose a podcast in English
that has a transcript.
For example, my Faster Fluency Conversation Club podcast
has free transcripts available to everyone.
So, we can use that as an example, but on the blog,
you'll find others if you just want to have other options.
So the first thing that you'll do in your day is simply
listen to the podcast, just listen to hear the sounds,
to understand what you can, but just listen to it.
Like maybe while you're taking a shower
or getting dressed, whatever.
Then during breakfast,
we're gonna do a little deliberate learning.
So you're going to read the transcript
and maybe just look for some useful expressions for you,
then maybe before you sit down for work
or on your way to work,
listen to the podcast again and try to catch
those expressions that you identified
during your work with the transcript at breakfast.
During your lunch break,
take a few minutes and make some flashcards
to learn those new expressions that you identified.
You can make, five flashcards, two flashcards,
maybe just one flashcard.
It doesn't matter, just do something,
even if it's very, very, very small.
And then during your day, like when you take a coffee break
or you get up from your desk to go to the bathroom,
I don't know.
You can quickly just look at one of those flashcards or two,
or again, it doesn't matter how many,
it just matters that you're doing something.
And then after you finish your work,
let your brain relax a little bit
and just listen to that same podcast
that you listened to at breakfast.
And again, try to catch those expressions
that you've been working on all during the day,
and maybe pay attention to pronunciation this time also,
if you can.
Then, in the evening, test yourself,
from memory, try to write down the expressions
that you learned today
and congratulate yourself on the ones that you remembered.
And then maybe just have a quick look at the ones
that you forgot.
And then maybe in the evening also,
you can connect with a conversation partner,
if you're, for example,
in the Faster Fluency conversation club,
maybe you have your lesson with your teacher,
if you're doing that.
But the idea is that you're trying to use those words
that you worked on during the day.
And then here's a bonus step to really just
wind down to close, gently close your day,
have an English journal where you just take a few minutes
to write something in English about what you learned today,
how you felt about that and how it will help you
in your life, or just why you enjoyed learning it.
That's kind of a bonus step for those of you who enjoy,
journaling in the evening,
maybe you are Superman or Superwoman
and you can do all of that right now,
but maybe you're like me, and a lot of other people,
you're just kind of normal and you can't really like
change everything all at once,
but maybe you can start with one small, simple thing
just to get started.
Remember, that's the most important thing
is just getting started.
And then once you take that small step to get started,
another day, you can take another step,
and then another step and your progress will come
when you continue regular taking those steps
to move you closer to your goal, I promise.
And as I always say, if you don't use it, you lose it.
So here's what you can do
to start applying the things that you learned today.
In the comments on the blog, tell me the one thing
from this daily routine that you would like to do today
or tomorrow.
And maybe tell me when you're going to do it?
Because that's important as well,
projecting yourself into the future and saying,
this is what I'm going to do.
This is when I'm going to do it.
And then you just have to take that first step and do it.
It's a perfect opportunity to practice what you're learning
and also to take that first step to building your new habits
for the new year.
And remember, if you are interested
in my virtual immersion program, Business English Mastery,
where we will help you put all of this in place
and become fluent and comfortable doing business in English,
enrollments for that program open on Thursday, January 20th.
And you can go over to christinarebuffet.com,
join my email list and get more information
about that program.
All right, thanks a lot for improving your English
with Business English with Christina,
and I'll see you next time.