“The more mistakes you make, the faster you learn!”

Welcome to another episode of The Broughton English Show, where I talk to the best teachers, learners, and motivators of the English learning world to give you the best tips, tricks, and techniques to help you learn, practise, and master English on your own.

Today’s guest is Zoë Owen, a fantastic and highly experienced English teacher. Zoë is also a very talented singer-songwriter and she provides us with the intro music for today’s episode. Check out that voice![thrive_leads id=’1049′]

Show Notes

• Zoë talks about her experience as an English teacher and explaines how we met (I was her fitness coach in a previous company that I owned with a friend. More on that another time!).
• Zoë describes what her favourite thing about teaching English is.
• We chat about the importance of students identifying how they learn best.
• Zoë talks about how learning Greek and Latin at university helps her teach English.
• Zoë talks about a language that she is currently learning (Swedish) and the difficulties that she’s having in the language learning process.
• Zoë gives some great advice on how to practise speaking English.
• We talk about fear and how it stops us from getting what we really want.
• Zoë shares a technique she uses to remember vocabulary and how it can be applied to learning phrasal verbs.
• She teaches us the various meanings of the phrasal verb put up.
• Zoë takes on the lightning round! She talks about the importance of finding time to practise and how to find time.
• Consistency is key!
• How to be active in your learning to make great progress.

Connect with Zoë

Check out Zoë’s Facebook page where you can find her music https://www.facebook.com/MarloweMadrid/

Marlowe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marlowemakingmusic

Twitter: @Zoenmadrid

Recommended resources

• • • Quizlet https://quizlet.com/es
    • Penguin graded readers Penguin Readers 3: Billy Elliot Book & MP3 Pack (Pearson English Graded Readers) – 9781447925378
    • The Marshmallow Test

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