tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692562198065065202.post2035890018750995769..comments2024-03-25T01:40:05.373-06:00Comments on Microblogging, Visual, PDF/PPT/MP4, Auditory, MP3/Podcast, Digital, Multimedia: Luke's English Podcast — «Breaking the Intermediate Plateau» — (MP3/Audio)Benjamin Madeirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00922695183858011908noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692562198065065202.post-23865618869421714522016-10-06T14:31:44.761-06:002016-10-06T14:31:44.761-06:00Most learners quickly reach a comfort zone.
▶ htt...Most learners quickly reach a comfort zone.<br /><br />▶ <a href="https://goo.gl/4l2EOc" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/4l2EOc</a> ◀<br /><br />Is your goal in life to be great, or is it to avoid discomfort? If we didn’t have to work hard to reach success, we wouldn’t appreciate it. Hard is what makes it great. Yet, in the back of our minds, somehow we all want to have it easy. We want to go Benjamin Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922695183858011908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692562198065065202.post-42788432049627774052016-10-06T14:31:21.139-06:002016-10-06T14:31:21.139-06:00Most learners expect their progress to be linear.
...Most learners expect their progress to be linear.<br /><br />▶ <a href="https://goo.gl/4l2EOc" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/4l2EOc</a> ◀<br /><br />The improvement of skills works on a so-called “logarithmic scale” as opposed to linear, to put it in fancy terms. What this means is that as you get better, it gets harder and harder to improve. Elite athletes, for example, expend enormous effort toBenjamin Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922695183858011908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692562198065065202.post-18028527487132780292016-10-06T14:30:21.971-06:002016-10-06T14:30:21.971-06:003 Reasons why you’re still an intermediate level l...3 Reasons why you’re still an intermediate level language learner:<br /><br />▶ <a href="https://goo.gl/4l2EOc" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/4l2EOc</a> ◀<br /><br />1) Most learners fail to set clear goals and develop healthy habits early on<br />2) Most learners expect their progress to be linear, while in fact any skill development has diminishing marginal returns<br />3) Most learners quicklyBenjamin Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922695183858011908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692562198065065202.post-52273737952093740452016-10-06T13:18:11.723-06:002016-10-06T13:18:11.723-06:00This episode is about ways you can push your Engli...This episode is about <a href="http://www.benjaminmadeira.com/2016/10/intermediate-plateau.html" rel="nofollow">ways you can push your English to higher levels even if you feel that your progress is stuck or moving very slowly</a>. This is a very common phenomenon in English learning called the intermediate plateau. It usually happens at an intermediate level.Benjamin Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922695183858011908noreply@blogger.com