Class # 2 : The power of persistence

In this class the teacher practiced with us different skills that are important when we are learning English. First of all, we described many images and he gave us different topics that we should practice to improve our fluency when we are talking about something or someone, such as prepositions, countables and uncountables, demonstratives, etc.

Afterwards, we focused on the listening skill, and we realized that it is a skill that is a little difficult for us due to the accent and the amount of information that is given in a single audio. Personally, I told the teacher that I had a hard time understanding the British accent because it is an accent that I am not familiar with. Others of my classmates commented that they got distracted or usually got lost in some part of the audio because they stopped understanding and processing the information they were hearing.

Therefore, the teacher told us that we should be very constant and perseverant because it is through practice that we can improve our skills and improve. In fact, one of the things that resonated most with me from the class was that we need to make English a part of our daily lives. For example, the teacher recommended us that we can listen to news, podcasts or anything that was interesting to us because it would allow us to become familiar with the way the natives speak. He even told us that when we were walking on the street or when we were on public transportation, we should try to describe everything we saw, that way we would become more fluid and more skilled when we are making descriptions.

Taking these tips into account, it is important that when we are learning English, we are persistent and very constant, so that in our daily lives we practice each of the skills that are necessary to communicate with a language. For this, it is essential that we are disciplined and familiarize ourselves with English through different tools such as news or readings. The important thing is to practice every day. With the power of persistance we can reach our goals. 

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