Fluency Is NOT The End - Nikki Lubing | 21st Century Expression 010

In today's episode, Nikki Lubing talks about her journey to fluency in Spanish as a non-native speaker, sharing some of her best tips to find motivation, become a confident and fluent speaker, and where you should start if you're just beginning your language journey.

Nikki is the owner of Skillabration, an online foreign language school. Skillabration takes kids' foreign language skills from zero to fuego 🔥 to enhance their skill toolbox for brighter future endeavors.

Since she's started her own business, she's learned a lot about not only entrepreneurship, but also the best ways to make her students succeed.

Stay until the end of this episode, as Nikki shares some practical advice on where you should start your journey, as well as how you can develop your skills to become more conversational in English.

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🔗 Find Nikki:
Website: https://skillabration.com/
Blog: http://teachernikki.com/
LinkedIn:   / online-spanish-teacher-nikki  
YouTube: ‪@skillabration-school‬

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Hi! I'm Marty, I'm an English coach and mentor, I help people from all over the world develop their English personality and transform into their confident selves!
In my years of teaching English, I've realized that grammar and vocabulary is NOT enough to get you to speaking comfortably, like a native. I've realized that language success can be boiled down to these 3 things:
1. Mindset
2. Knowledge
3. Structure

Together, these 3 key points make up the III Pillar Program, a system I've developed to help people around the world break through their language and mindset barriers to finally start speaking the English of their dreams!
Learn more about how I can help you here: https://marty.education

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Timestamps:
00:00 Meeting Nikki
04:56 Nikki's take on leadership
08:39 How did Nikki become fluent in Spanish?
14:08 What do people most struggle with?
16:30 Mistakes = fluency!
18:44 Find a language partner!
23:43 How language + culture connect
28:30 Becoming a better communicator
29:49 Is fluency the end?
33:25 Nikki's most valuable lesson
34:22 Building relationships (practical tips)
38:34 "Where should I start?"
41:26 Final wisdom
42:05 Where you can find Nikki