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My Bilingual Routine, Day No. 1
For those who understand English but can’t speak naturally.
Well, the first thing that I wanna address is not meant to be mean. But you really need to start practicing those things that you wanna accomplish… Not to be the best — you’ll make mistakes — and somehow, after a few months, you’ll see yourself being fluent in those things that you practice (for better or for worse).
If you’re thinking that the best thing that could happen to you would be learning how to have an accent, a way to copy the one you like the most (a British accent, for example), then show it to your colleagues, be seen as a real bilingual person, not just on paper, get an interview, move abroad…
You must pick that accent and repeat. Get a person who knows that accent, read something while recording yourself, and give it to that person. And don’t forget to pay if you want their constant feedback (you can use AI as well, but I believe it only has one accent).
What you don’t want is to believe that you can copy anything and get the results that you want. If you start watching and copying (shadowing) any YouTube video, sure, you’ll become a fluent speaker, but you won’t obtain the accent that you want.
Is that a bad thing? It all depends on your goals, aspirations, and preferences. It’s always a great idea to start slow when you are starting to be disciplined. Therefore, I would recommend that you start like that for the first month so that you get…
