by EFL Listening Teacher | mindset and motivation |
The 80/20 Rule For Subtitle Freedom Do you aim for 100% in what you do? I’m a recovering perfectionist. I used to want 110%. Not in everything. But in my work and studies, yes please. Nothing brings out the perfectionist in us perfectionists like learning another...
by EFL Listening Teacher | mindset and motivation |
Now, there’s a content piece that’s really popular in the English learning world, whether on YouTube or other English learning blogs. Maybe you’ve seen it around too. Maybe you even like this type of content and are searching for it. What is it? Well, it’s those lists...
by EFL Listening Teacher | mindset and motivation |
Have you heard of the 10,000 hour rule? It was popularized by the author Malcom Gladwell in the 2008 book Outliers – The Story of Success. He reported on a study by Anders Ericsson, to explain what separates top performers in certain fields from the rest. And it...
by EFL Listening Teacher | mindset and motivation |
Watch the video: Listen to the post: Hello Leo Listeners. It’s Cara here from Leo Listening, where I help advanced English learners fall back in love with their favourite films and TV series by getting rid of the subtitles. Today we’re applying some of my...
by EFL Listening Teacher | mindset and motivation |
Watch the video: Listen to the post: Have you seen this quote before on the internet? “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Apparently Einstein said this. It reminds me of my approach to watching French films...
by EFL Listening Teacher | mindset and motivation |
What Does It Mean To Be Subtitle Free? Isn’t it annoying when people have different definitions of the same thing? Take “fluency” for instance. This simple word is the origin of a lot of angry tweets and comments. Benny Lewis’s definition (his site is...
