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The InFluency Podcast

The InFluency podcast is your go-to resource for learning, speaking and teaching English. Hadar Shemesh is a pronunciation expert and fluency coach with thousands of students around the world, though she herself was an intermediate speaker of English once. In this podcast she will share her best strategies for learning English, speaking English with confidence and mastering the American accent. Discover how becoming fluent has everything to do with acquiring the right mindset, setting goals and

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00:45:03

15. How Small, Smart Choices Can Transform Your...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/02/06

Taking small actions every day leads to great results. Author Darren Hardy calls it “The Compound Effect”, and it holds for a lot of things in life. In this episode, I’ll discuss how I’ve realized it’s deeply relevant to English learning and speaking. I experienced it in acting school, in the accent training courses I took, and in the past decade in teaching and building my business. I see it in my students as well, as they put in the work day in day out, not seeing immediate

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38:42

14. Contractions in English: Your Essential...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/02/04

Download the English contractions practice sheet and the audio: https://hadarshemesh.com/contractions-freebie/ Contractions are words and phrases that are shortened by dropping sounds (in writing and in speaking). Contractions are all the you'd, she'll, we're, isn't etc. These contractions allow us to signal our listeners what is more important and what is less, and that makes our communication in English clearer. For non-native speakers these contractions might be a bit confusing. Have you ever

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00:38:41

14. Contractions in English: Your Essential...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/02/04

Download the English contractions practice sheet and the audio: https://hadarshemesh.com/contractions-freebie/ Contractions are words and phrases that are shortened by dropping sounds (in writing and in speaking). Contractions are all the you’d, she’ll, we’re, isn’t etc. These contractions allow us to signal our listeners what is more important and what is less, and that makes our communication in English clearer. For non-native speakers these contractions might be a bit

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13. How to effectively practice your intonation in...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/30

In this podcast episode I elaborate on how to practice it effectively and integrate it into your day-to-day speech. Because forming a sentence is not enough. And making the right sounds isn't enough. It's the intonation that determines the meaning of the sentence: is it a question or a statement? Is it a joke and you're just being sarcastic? This is also where culture and your inner feelings are thrown into the mix. Intonation conveys ALL of that. To do that you need to know how to practice! This is

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00:39:48

13. How to effectively practice your intonation in...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/30

In this podcast episode I elaborate on how to practice it effectively and integrate it into your day-to-day speech. Because forming a sentence is not enough. And making the right sounds isn’t enough. It’s the intonation that determines the meaning of the sentence: is it a question or a statement? Is it a joke and you’re just being sarcastic? This is also where culture and your inner feelings are thrown into the mix. Intonation conveys ALL of that. To do that you need to know how to practice! This is

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00:21:22

12. American Intonation: What They Don’t Teach You In...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/28

Why is it SO HARD to understand native speakers? And what do you HAVE to know to improve your spoken English and get your point across clearly and confidently? In this episode, you will learn the 3 fundamentals of American intonation: melody, rhythm, and stress. You’ll learn how to use melody and rhythm to stress words, you’ll learn the difference between content words and function words, why we need to stress content words and how we reduce function words. This episode will also help

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12. American Intonation: What They Don't Teach You In...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/28

Why is it SO HARD to understand native speakers? And what do you HAVE to know to improve your spoken English and get your point across clearly and confidently? In this episode, you will learn the 3 fundamentals of American intonation: melody, rhythm, and stress. You'll learn how to use melody and rhythm to stress words, you'll learn the difference between content words and function words, why we need to stress content words and how we reduce function words. This episode will also help you understand

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11. Why do I feel like a fraud every time I speak...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/23

How does the Impostor Syndrome affect us when speaking English as a second language? And why do we feel that even when we do a good job in English – we, in fact, failed and we can't seem to understand how others haven't noticed just how bad our English is. Thinking that our English is a lot worse than what other people perceive it to be makes us feel like impostors. The Impostor Syndrome is a universal psychological pattern where you may doubt your accomplishments and have this fear of being

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00:38:36

11. Why do I feel like a fraud every time I speak...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/23

How does the Impostor Syndrome affect us when speaking English as a second language? And why do we feel that even when we do a good job in English – we, in fact, failed and we can’t seem to understand how others haven’t noticed just how bad our English is. Thinking that our English is a lot worse than what other people perceive it to be makes us feel like impostors. The Impostor Syndrome is a universal psychological pattern where you may doubt your accomplishments and have this fear of being

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26:36

10. Ten Pronunciation Mistakes Brazilian Portuguese...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/21

In this episode, you'll learn the 10 most common mistakes Brazilian Portuguese speakers make, and understand why these sounds are difficult for you, but more than that – you'll learn how to improve your American English pronunciation. Download the FREE English pronunciation guide for Brazilian Portuguese speakers: https://theaccentsway.com/brazil-freebie/ Not a Brazilian Portuguese speaker? I bet that as a non-native speaker of English you can find at least THREE mistakes that are relevant to you

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00:26:35

10. Ten Pronunciation Mistakes Brazilian Portuguese...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/21

In this episode, you’ll learn the 10 most common mistakes Brazilian Portuguese speakers make, and understand why these sounds are difficult for you, but more than that – you’ll learn how to improve your American English pronunciation. Download the FREE English pronunciation guide for Brazilian Portuguese speakers: https://theaccentsway.com/brazil-freebie/ Not a Brazilian Portuguese speaker? I bet that as a non-native speaker of English you can find at least THREE mistakes that are

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00:38:36

9. The Schwa: How One TINY Sound Can Make a HUGE...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/16

I mention the schwa almost every time I speak about American English. That’s because this vowel is all over the place, and once you hear it, you never stop hearing it The schwa is a very short and “relaxed” kind of vowel. It’s a pretty tricky vowel for non-native speakers but if you get it, you get the secret to American English pronunciation and you become SO much clearer. Also, you will find yourself investing much less energy in speaking, which is also important Tune in and learn more about

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9. The Schwa: How One TINY Sound Can Make a HUGE...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/16

I mention the schwa almost every time I speak about American English. That's because this vowel is all over the place, and once you hear it, you never stop hearing it The schwa is a very short and "relaxed" kind of vowel. It's a pretty tricky vowel for non-native speakers but if you get it, you get the secret to American English pronunciation and you become SO much clearer. Also, you will find yourself investing much less energy in speaking, which is also important Tune in and learn more about

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09:56

8. Google corrects your pronunciation and tells you...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/14

Learning to speak a new language can be challenging, no doubt about that. Especially English. All those funky words like knight, laugh, paradigm and psychology that have all these letters that are not pronounced. And what about the confusing pairs like celery-salary, back-buck, pool-pull that if we confuse them, we may sound unclear? Or words like beach, focus, spreadsheet and fox that if we mispronounce them, we might get a face-palm moment ?‍ Even when you know how certain words should sound like,

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00:09:55

8. Google corrects your pronunciation and tells you...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/14

Learning to speak a new language can be challenging, no doubt about that. Especially English. All those funky words like knight, laugh, paradigm and psychology that have all these letters that are not pronounced. And what about the confusing pairs like celery-salary, back-buck, pool-pull that if we confuse them, we may sound unclear? Or words like beach, focus, spreadsheet and fox that if we mispronounce them, we might get a face-palm moment ?‍ Even when you know how certain words should

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51:18

7. 13 Lessons I've Learned in Ten Years of Teaching...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/09

I've been an accent and fluency coach for over 10 years. It hasn't always been easy but it was always gratifying. I've learned new things about English and about my teaching, and I want to share these things with you. Learn more about my English teaching training. 00:00 – My teaching journey in the past decade 06:30 – Being flexible – there is more than one way to explain something. Follow your student's needs 12:46 – Be open – your students are your best teachers so look for what's working and

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7. 13 Lessons I’ve Learned in Ten Years of Teaching...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/09

I’ve been an accent and fluency coach for over 10 years. It hasn’t always been easy but it was always gratifying. I’ve learned new things about English and about my teaching, and I want to share these things with you. Learn more about my English teaching training. 00:00 – My teaching journey in the past decade 06:30 – Being flexible – there is more than one way to explain something. Follow your student’s needs 12:46 – Be open – your students are your best

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6. How To Teach Pronunciation

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/07

FREE PDF Download: Download my 8 P's pronunciation teaching framework: https://theaccentsway.com/freebie-8ps/ Whether you're an English teacher (native or non-native) or an English learner, my pronunciation teaching and learning framework will help you understand what are the steps you need to take in order to teach and learn pronunciation in the simplest, most effective way. This framework has served me in over 10 years of being an accent and fluency coach and has helped thousands of students

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6. How To Teach Pronunciation

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/07

FREE PDF Download: Download my 8 P’s pronunciation teaching framework: https://theaccentsway.com/freebie-8ps/ Whether you’re an English teacher (native or non-native) or an English learner, my pronunciation teaching and learning framework will help you understand what are the steps you need to take in order to teach and learn pronunciation in the simplest, most effective way. This framework has served me in over 10 years of being an accent and fluency coach and has helped thousands of students

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5. 10 Things You Should Stop Doing if you Want to...

The InFluency Podcast ·

2020/01/01

Like any other challenge or thing we need to work on, improving your fluency is first and foremost about developing the right mindset. In this video, I'll discuss some of the things that hold you back and that you really need to let go of if you want to achieve a breakthrough in English in 2020. 04:25 – Stop judging other speakers – appreciate what they have to say and that they're doing their best, just like you do 06:18 – Stop waiting for the right opportunity to come – Focus on your English now

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