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This channel educates non-native speakers to advance their communication skills in the English language.

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I'm Natalia, and I am not a native speaker. I don't create "unique programs", I don't advocate for "secret methods", I don't promote myself as an English teacher. There is no "secret" approach. On the opposite, all the tools are simple, transparent, and publicly available.

I fundamentally believe that non-native speakers can advance their English skills and reach native-like fluency in their home country, without having to take private lessons for the rest of their lives, and without having to buy expensive programs for "advanced" students.

I teach a self-study exploratory practice approach to learning a foreign language and I show HOW to actively learn from people (many native speakers, not one special person who is currently playing the role of your English teacher)

The challenge is to learn to learn. Instead, people wait to be taught.

Mastering a foreign language always means developing your cognitive and metacognitive skills. No textbook and no teacher in the world can develop these skills for you. No one can teach you to THINK differently about the language, to THINK IN a foreign language, and to self-correct your thinking and your speaking patterns. This is your job. You're the one who can do it best.

I don't believe that paying a teacher twice a week for a lifetime is a sustainable strategy to master a foreign language. I don't think that taking one course after another and not knowing what to do when no more courses are available (or once you can't afford new courses anymore) is sustainable either.

Many non-native speakers believe it's ok to depend on somebody's lesson plans, on somebody's unique teaching method. I disagree. I know that every person is unique. Any teaching method in itself is useless and not important. It only matters if people can apply this method to their own unique situations, their individual learning abilities and if they can get the result (better English skills) WITHOUT having to depend on this method (or the one who promotes it) forever.

It's totally ok to use a combination of methods and learn from a lot of people. It's not true that one special person knows better than others....but since we live in the era of "personal brands", every teacher tries to convince their audience that they are the ONE.

My programs do not promise English "levels".
My courses are individual mentorship programs that help non-native speakers learn the skill to learn independently. Here people learn to THINK in English (instead of translating words in their head) and continuously advance their thinking and communication skills in English.

If I can do it, if people around me are doing it every day, I don't see a reason why other non-native speakers can't do the same.
You can move beyond "advanced", "proficient" or any other academic levels. Language is about understanding people, not about passing tests or scoring levels.

You don't pay for "unique" content. Content is free and should be free. Content doesn't matter as much as the strategies to work with content.

I teach the strategy to apply knowledge and develop cognitive skills in a foreign language. It's a system of simple exercises that every person can do on their own and in any life situation. My job is to help people master the exercises, and I always give individual feedback. Once a person has learned to do them, they can keep practicing on their own time and they can always reach out for feedback and support.

Your thinking process defines the quality of your speech. You're not only improving your language skills. You are inevitably learning to self-correct the way you speak (in any language).

On average, it takes an adult 9-12 months to acquire these skills.

I don't teach English. I help you learn English as a skill.... because you can do it yourself.

I don't charge by the hour (feedback is unlimited), and you never pay extra for my feedback and our communication "once the course is over". There is no such thing as "the end". The learning process is infinite. All my students continue practicing for at least 1,5 years (I keep creating educational videos for them at no extra cost) and they help other people with their results.

All you need is an internet connection and a desire to learn.
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