This is a podcast designed to help intermediate and advanced English learners communicate with more confidence, accuracy, clarity and awareness.
Hosted by Thiago Alencar, a Brazilian English Teacher with over 20 years of experience, this podcast deals with topics such as English pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, exam preparation, writing, listening, mindset and everything else related to English learning.
If you feel forever stuck at the intermediate level, this podcast is for you!
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Practice English Like a Musician (4 Key Principles)
⭐Download The B2 Edge App: https://studio.com/thiago (https://studio.com/thiago)🎯Join My Next Cambridge Bootcamp:https://www.englishwiththiago.com/bootcamp (https://www.englishwiththiago.com/bootcamp)📣Speak English with Real People:https://www.englishwiththiago.com/community (https://www.englishwiththiago.com/community)📓Get My Free Vocabulary Guide:https://www.englishwiththiago.com/pl/2148770947 (https://www.englishwiththiago.com/pl/2148770947)You can understand almost everything — films without subtitles, podcasts at normal speed, a fast meeting. Then someone asks you a question, and what comes out of your mouth is nothing like what was in your head.That gap between understanding English and producing English is the intermediate plateau, and more input will not fix it. In 20 years of teaching I've watched hundreds of learners try, and it has never worked once.Musicians solved this problem a long time ago. In this video I break down the four principles of musical practice that transfer directly to spoken English fluency — the same four I used to build my own English from scratch.If you've been consuming English for years and your speaking hasn't moved, principle four is probably why.
6 Oct 2026
The 5 Verbs That INSTANTLY Reveal Your English Level
🎯Join My Next Cambridge Bootcamp:https://www.englishwiththiago.com/bootcamp (https://www.englishwiththiago.com/bootcamp)⭐Download The B2 Edge App: https://studio.com/thiago (https://studio.com/thiago)📣Speak English with Real People:https://www.englishwiththiago.com/community (https://www.englishwiththiago.com/community)📓Get My Free Vocabulary Guide:https://www.englishwiththiago.com/pl/2148770947 (https://www.englishwiththiago.com/pl/2148770947)Can you explain me… suggest you to… discuss about…? If these sound correct to you, this video is your English level test. Learn the 5 common English verb mistakes that keep intermediate learners from sounding advanced.In 20 years of teaching intermediate and advanced English learners, I've heard the same verb mistakes from B1 and B2 learners all the time. Native speakers understand you, so nobody corrects you. But these small errors reveal your level instantly, and you need to fix them before you can reach C1.In this lesson, you'll learn the principle behind all five: every verb has a pattern. Knowing what a verb means isn't enough. You need to know what a verb needs after it.You'll learn:✔ explain vs "explain me": explain something to someone✔ suggest + -ing and suggest that: why "suggest you to" is wrong✔ discuss vs "discuss about"✔ remind vs remember: remind someone to, about, of✔ enjoy + -ing: why "I really enjoyed" sounds incomplete✔ how verb patterns show up in Cambridge exams (B2 First and C1 Advanced, Use of English Part 4)
30 Sept 2026
How To CHANGE Someone's Mind | 5 Principles of Influence (C1 English Conversation)
📖Join My Next Cambridge Bootcamp:https://www.englishwiththiago.com/bootcamp (https://www.englishwiththiago.com/bootcamp)📧Connect With Dr. JonRobert Tartaglione:https://www.influence51.com (https://www.influence51.com)⭐Download The B2 Edge App: https://studio.com/thiago (https://studio.com/thiago)📣Speak English with Real People:https://www.englishwiththiago.com/community (https://www.englishwiththiago.com/community)📓Get My Free Vocabulary Guide:https://www.englishwiththiago.com/pl/2148770947 (https://www.englishwiththiago.com/pl/2148770947)How To Change Someone's Mind | 5 Principles of Influence (C1 English Conversation)Why do smart people with good arguments fail to persuade anyone? In this English conversation, I talk to Dr. JonRobert Tartaglione — psychologist, behavioral scientist, and founder of Influence 51 — about the science of persuasion and what actually changes the way people think, decide, and behave.JonRobert earned his PhD in psychology at the University of Cambridge and now advises leaders at companies like McDonald's, Visa, and Nintendo. In this interview, he walks us through his Five Principles of Influence: why the human brain is not a computer, why loss aversion shapes every decision, how social norms drive behavior change, how values filter what people accept, why pushing harder makes people push back, and how framing and metaphors change the outcome of a conversation without changing a single fact.This is an unscripted, natural conversation between native and near-native speakers — ideal listening practice for B2 and C1 learners who want to understand real English at natural speed, and who want to communicate with more impact.What you'll learn in this episode:• Why humans are rationalizing creatures, not rational creatures• Why you should connect emotionally before you present your data• Loss aversion and the coin flip experiment• Why social rejection activates the same brain regions as physical pain• How social proof and social norms drive behavior change• Psychological reactance: why "Do not touch the art" makes you want to touch the art• Conversational receptiveness and self-generated persuasion• Message framing: 80% fat-free vs 20% fat• How metaphors change the way people solve problems
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