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>> Hi. Hi. How are you?

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>> Yeah, I'm really good, thanks. Nice day

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today, right?

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>> Right, so sunny.

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>> Yeah, really sunny. And how are you

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today?

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Good, good. What are you up to?

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We've been studying and now for coffee

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break. Yes, very important.

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Well-deserved coffee break.

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>> Yeah, hopefully well-deserved.

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Hi. Hi. How's it going? Very good.

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Yeah, we're kind of nervous because

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we're going to finish the exam today.

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Yeah. Today's the last day, is it?

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>> like 1

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hour we have an exam. Yeah. And we

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studied like for He said for the past 1

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week, I studied for the past 1 month.

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Jesus.

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>> So, it's a little bit crazy, but we I

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[laughter] think we're going to make it.

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And

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it's the last for this semester. Hi. Hi.

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Hey, how's it going?

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>> Oh, I'm good. I'm a little bit stressed.

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I have to go. Oh, yeah?

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>> To learn, yeah. Okay. Are you studying?

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Yeah, I'm studying musicology and

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anthropology. And I

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have to

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write my bachelor thesis. What are you

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up to? I'm out getting interviews with

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nice people like you.

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>> [laughter]

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>> How's your day going so far? What are

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you up to today? I'm writing my bachelor

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thesis right now.

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Right, are you a student of the building

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behind us?

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>> Yes.

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How's it going? It's good.

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>> It's fine.

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>> How's your day today? Oh. A little bit

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busy. Busy? Busy. Are you in a rush?

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A little bit.

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>> Not really.

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A bit, but not really. Okay, fine. And

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where are you rushing to later?

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To the hairdresser. And to the

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hairdresser?

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>> To a hairdresser, yeah.

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>> Nice, okay.

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>> Yeah, we both do the masters of

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education with different subjects.

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I'm doing sports and English. I'm doing

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Spanish and sports, as well. You were

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studying the same thing?

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>> Economics.

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Wow, yeah, and you did 1 week of

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studying. And you're Yeah, I had like I

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had like a couple of exams, and Okay.

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Yeah, I sometimes work work, so um

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there was not much time to prepare this

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exam.

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>> Okay. But it's all right. It's going to

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be all right. But you you are confident?

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I'm always confident. You seem

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confident.

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>> [laughter]

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>> You look like a confident person. Did

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you say you're doing musicology? Yeah,

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yeah.

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>> Wow. Is it the theory of music or

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something? Yes, it's like always the

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thing that when I say to people I'm

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studying musicology, they're like, "Oh,

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what instrument are you playing?"

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>> [laughter]

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>> You're clearly a lot into music, but

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then I have to say,

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"I'm just doing theory." Mhm. In order

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to get into what profession? Like

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business or Um it depends. Yeah, there

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are a lot of like areas you can go to,

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but for me I want to go into like the

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opera and concert sector. All right. And

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um

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doing like

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next month an internship at the opera in

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Stuttgart. And how how about you? What's

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your plan for the day? Uh I think I have

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one of my friends has a birthday party,

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and I'm invited there. That's why. I

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still need to get a present

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>> [laughter]

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>> and write a card. That's that's kind of

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busy, yeah. And to find something to

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eat. And to find something to eat.

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That's another thing. Yeah. Yeah, lunch

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is important. Lunch is important.

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I hear [music] that your English is both

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very good. Thank you.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Obviously you are studying English, but

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We still make mistakes, though.

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>> [clears throat]

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>> Because I'm not in that language. I

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study English, but um

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it's not the same.

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>> How did you learn English? You're

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obviously in school you learn a little

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bit. I wasn't Bali for like 6 months, I

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think.

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I spent like 6 weeks in America, but

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and 2 months in Bali.

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An exchange or something? No, I just

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went there for holiday.

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I kind of like worked from there. Yeah.

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And how did you find it? Like going to

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like a native English-speaking place?

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You were fine with it?

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Yeah, sure.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Yeah, the confidence.

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Yeah, sure.

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I was really bad until like I think

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11th, 12th grade. Yeah. But then you

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start watching TV shows, films in

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English. How old is that? 11th, 12th

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grade. How what kind of

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age?

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16, 17. So, it took some time to get

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going.

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>> I remember that we had like tests in

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vocabulary, and I had like two points

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Wow, yeah. out of 15, so

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I think we both have made a semester

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abroad. Oh, really? Yes.

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And that has Where did you go? Canada.

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To Canada, oh really? Nice. I was on

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Vancouver Island with a couple of

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friends,

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and also um

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like

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school teach me some kind of English,

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and

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at least to a certain level that um

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I was able to watch movies and and

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series. And I think that's where

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yeah, my English really improved. Nice.

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Yeah, same for me. Especially I think

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the semester abroad was really helpful

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because there were people from all over

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over the world. Yeah. So, we were just

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speaking English all the time. Are you

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doing speaking much English in your

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day-to-day? Um from time to time when I

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like play games, I when I'm

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international like they they just need

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to uh

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um

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and I watch TV shows in English.

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>> Yeah, okay. I mean, I'm still a student,

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that's why I still have English in

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school. When I was in New Zealand

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a year ago, my English was much better.

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And now I'm still like, "Oh my god, what

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can I say? And is that really right?"

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And

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Do you know what? The whole time you're

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speaking, I was thinking you have like

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an

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I [laughter] kind of know, but I don't

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know where from. But yeah.

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>> say it's Australia. No, no, no, no.

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Yeah, I'm not sure.

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>> It's softer, like Kiwi accent.

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>> Like the Kiwi accent.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Accents, yeah.

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I love that. Their

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Their language is so sweet, yeah. Okay,

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but and how are you outside of like

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studying? How are you Are you still like

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sort of maintaining your English level?

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Are you watching or Yes, sometimes.

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You're [laughter] not.

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I do, yeah. And

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the series on Netflix which are

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originally in English, I try to watch in

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English because it's more authentic.

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Mhm. Yeah, sometimes, not always.

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>> And would this be your tip for people

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who are maybe not at the same level as

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you to make that to get their English

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level higher? To

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like watch

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media in English or

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>> Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely. It could

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could be helpful, but maybe watch

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familiar series that you already know,

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because then you know the the context,

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and it's not so hard to follow the the

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line of the structure. Watch it first in

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your native language, and then in Yeah,

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maybe, or something like Gossip Girl, or

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something you have watched before, and

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like

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something easy, something light. I think

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like the most useful way to learn

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English, but it's the difficult to get

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like the access to it is just surround

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yourself with English speaking people.

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Mhm. So, I think that would be the

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easiest way, but other than that

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surround yourself with like

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media in English. I mean there is like

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simple ones too with that are not that

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complicated in the language, but you get

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into it and

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even with like words you don't get just

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Google and just get the translation.

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Yeah. And then you will get used to it.

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>> Yeah, yeah. It sounds obvious, but it's

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it's useful, very useful. You have this

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confidence to say yes to make an

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interview in English. Yeah, why not?

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Yeah, but some people do not have this

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confidence, right? So,

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what kind of advice would you give for

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people who are maybe a bit more anxious,

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a bit shy to speak in like

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>> Just speak. Just go for it.

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>> Yes. I love that.

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>> Like what can go wrong?

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>> Yes, because I'm also doing a lot of

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mistakes, but

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I don't care. Mistakes are all part of

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it. Yeah. I

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I sometimes just think, okay, what's the

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worst thing that can happen? Yeah.

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>> And

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if it's not like death or

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I lose everything, I I just go for it.

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Yeah, this is a good metaphor for life,

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I think. Yeah. Nice. Okay, well, nice

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speaking to you, too. Good luck with

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your exam.

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>> Thank you. Thank you. Amazing. Well,

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it's certainly nice to meet you, too.

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Thank you. Have a nice rest of your day.

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Thank you.

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>> Thank you. Thank you for your time. I

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appreciate it and have a nice Have a

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nice time studying.

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>> You're welcome.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Okay, thank you for your time. I really

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appreciate it. Off to the hairdresser.

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You're welcome.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Thanks very much for watching this

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week's episode. Let us know in the

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comments below any tips and tricks you

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might [music] have for improving your

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speaking and listening skills, and as

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always, we'll see you next time. Ta-ra.

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