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EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 12 MIN

Your English is Better Than You Think. That's The Problem.

from English with Thiago · host Thiago Alencar

⭐B2 Edge Spring Sale (20% OFF): https://studio.com/thiago📓Get This FREE GUIDE to start upgrading your vocabulary:https://www.englishwiththiago.com/pl/2148770947You've been putting something off because your English didn't feel ready. A job application. A conversation. A project at work. An opportunity that came and went while you waited for your English to reach some imaginary threshold. In this video, I want to tell you something I've said to hundreds of students over 20 years of teaching — and then challenge you with something most encouragement videos never say.You'll learn:1) Why the gap between how you see your English and how it actually lands with other people is almost always bigger than you think2) Why you've been measuring yourself against the wrong benchmark — and what the right one actually is3) The complacency trap: what happens to learners who confuse the courage to start with the permission to coast4) The 60/40 framework — and why fluency without accuracy is a plateau waiting to happen5) A student story that has two halves — and why the second half is the one nobody talks aboutThis video will tell you to stop waiting. It will also tell you to keep pushing. You need both.

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