31/10/2024
Lead the way 🤍
English teacher living in Italy since 2006. Pronunciation expert and speaking facilitator.
31/10/2024
Lead the way 🤍
05/07/2023
🤩🤩Surprise!🤩🤩
Thanks 🙏🏼 to all you lovely people who have written to me over the last 6 months asking if I’m ok…sorry for disappearing but I’ve been (unexpectedly) a bit busy growing a human being 😂
The start was difficult 🥵 so I had to prioritise: school & the speaking club, with the occasional shower in between! Then I got covid (again!) and at that point I was actually kind of glad to keep as much of my pregnancy as possible private and didn’t want to share anything publicly. I’m ready now, at least to let you know I’m happy, healthy and am looking forward to this new chapter in my life! 📖💙
18/01/2023
❓Qual è il misconception più diffuso sulla pronuncia e lo studio della pronuncia?
❓Hai mai detto ‘non riuscirò mai a togliermi l’accento italiano!’ ?
❓Perché è difficile capire un native speaker per gli italiani?
❓Pronuncia 🇺🇸 o pronuncia 🇬🇧?
❓Su cosa vale la pena lavorare in termini di pronuncia? E come lavorarci?
Io e parliamo di tutto questo e altro nel suo ✨fabulous✨podcast, (Un)ordinary English Teacher!
🎙️Ascoltate l’episodio di oggi qui:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mOeYnzo0mODlKT5eJJXCM?si=S2iUFOzBRVaFi9aeGV6wiA
👉🏼 Dopo aver ascoltato, torna qui e condividi i tuoi pensieri! ♥️
06/01/2023
If I had a € for every time I’ve heard “I want to improve my English”, I’d be posting this from a beach 🏝️ in Hawaii 🌺 with a mojito🍸in my hand!
👉🏼 It’s a totally understandable goal (I’ve lost count of the times I’ve said “I want to lose weight”) but you need to understand that it’s NOT a goal.
👉🏼 English isn’t a goal, it’s a MEANS to reaching a goal.
👉🏼 If you’ve ever said “I want to improve my English”, you need to:
✅ re-educate yourself to set yourself REAL goals
✅ create language habits that lead you to ACHIEVE your goals.
❌ If you do, 2023 will be yet another year in which you feel dissatisfied with you English.
❓Can you think of any real goals related to English language learning?
👉🏼 I will be talking about how to set your goal and create language habits together with special guest Laura Michielin .homemadeenglish in the January online workshop!
👉🏼 Saturday 14th January at 4pm.
✨Link in bio to join the Speaking Club - don’t miss out on this GAME-CHANGER workshop!
31/12/2022
Happy New Year everyone! 🥳🥳🥳🥳
#2023
30/12/2022
The full nursery rhyme of Monday’s Child 👧🏻
👉🏼 What day were you born on? Leave a comment! ♥️
23/12/2022
🚨MOMENT OF TRUTH🚨
❓How often do you practise speaking English 🇬🇧??
🫵🏻Let’s be honest:
👉🏼your grammar is already pretty good
👉🏼you can read & write in English, perhaps with some help from T9 or autocorrect - but thankfully 🙏🏼 they’re here to STAY
👉🏼You sometimes watch tv series & films in English
👉🏼You listen to English/American music.
🫵🏻BUT…when do you actually speak English❓❓❓❓
🫵🏻If your answer isn’t ‘regularly’ then put that grammar book on the shelf with all the other books you already had. THIS is where you need to be.
✅ Weekly conversation classes online, with feedback, give you the chance to speak naturally and COMMUNICATE with other people without the fear of being judged
✅ Monthly workshops online on a variety of different topics, from business English 📉 to quizzes! Practise your English, have fun 🥳 AND learn something new!
✅ Monthly social events.
These are simply ✨FABULOUS✨. I can’t stress this enough.
They allow you to really let your hair down and have endless amounts of fun 🤩 over a glass of wine 🍷and a plate of sushi 🍣 or whatever we’re eating that specific day. This is by far the part of the speaking club preferred by all members. It is the part where you will say ‘oh, I don’t need to speak English perfectly!’
🫵🏻Maybe you are an English native expat looking to make new friends and have a good time?
👉🏼This is such a great opportunity to do so (coming from a fellow English native expat!🤪)
👉🏼Click on the link in my BIO for information on joining.
✨Enrolment will officially open on 1st January 2023 but you can join the waiting list from today.
⚠️⚠️⚠️This is the last time I will open Enrolment until the autumn of 2023 so if you’ve been in two minds before, this is the time to make your mind up!⚠️⚠️⚠️
🔗Link in bio.
20/12/2022
Another one of my favourite words ❤️
👉🏼 Can you guess the synonym?
09/12/2022
Just how important IS your mindset 🧠 to your learning?
👉🏼 Well actually it’s CRUCIAL. As a teacher, I believe that nothing is more important.
👉🏼 Learning a language (or anything for that matter) requires a growth mindset. One that leads you to say “I f***ed up, but that’s OK, I’ll do better next time”. A mindset in which you believe in your ability to learn as something that requires effort and hard work, NOT something that you either can or can’t do.
👉🏼 Which mindset do you have?
💫 Save this post and leave a ❤️ and a comment if you want to find out how to change your mindset in part two!
07/12/2022
🏛️There are a lot more Latin words and phrases used in English than you’d think!
👉🏼Do you know any others?
06/12/2022
BEEN vs GONE, a common mistake when learning English.
🔥Join to practise your speaking skills! Link in BIO.