AEE 226: How to "80/20" Your English to Make More Friends with italki Teacher Nick Vance
All Ears English Podcast - Un podcast de Lindsay McMahon and Michelle Kaplan
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What should be your focus when learning English?
How can you make the most of the time you invest in studying?
Today Lindsay talks with Nick Vance about the 80/20 principle, and how it can improve your English conversations!
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Nick believes that 80% of the positive benefits of something come from 20% of the input. In business, some customers are more valuable than others. With friends, though you may have many, only a few are truly close.
In learning English, most of the grammar mistakes a new learner makes are really the same mistake over and over. Correcting these most common 20% of mistakes would eliminate 80% of all grammar mistakes. The best way to identify these is by working with a teacher who can help point out your mistakes.
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Another way to work with the 80/20 principle is to prepare answers to the most common questions you might get from native English speakers. This will help you comfortably get conversations started — which is probably 80% of the work!
You might prepare answers to questions like:
- Where are you from?
- How long have you lived here?
- What do you do for a living?
Do you see the 80/20 principle working in your life?
How so?
Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below!
How to book a lesson with Nick!
Step 1: Go to our special italki link to get $10 USD off of your second lesson
Step 2: After you have enrolled through the promo page to get your discount, search for NickVance in the teacher search bar