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Hi,thisisKristinDodds,oneofthedirectorsofLearnRealEnglishandI’mgoingtotalkaboutRule#6.

Rule#6tospeakexcellentEnglish.SowhatisRule#6?Rule#6istouserealEnglishmaterials.We’ve

mentionedbeforethatyoushouldstopusingtextbooks.Infact,inRule#2,Joeeventalkedaboutburning

yourtextbook,burningyourgrrbooks.Soifyoucan’torifyoudon’tstudyEnglishfromagrror

textbook,howcanyoustudyEnglish?

HowcanyoulearnEnglishwithoutagrrtextbook?Byusingrealmaterials.NowwhatdoImeanby

realmaterials?Well,Imeanrealmaterialsfornativespeakers,ormaterialssimilartowhatnativespeakers

woulduse.Forexample,ifyouliketoread,andIhighlyrecommendthat.Readingisverygoodforlearning

English.Ifyouliketoreadandyou’regoingtoreadEnglish,don’treadtextbooks.Don’treadtextbooks.

Makesurethatyoufindsomethingthat’seasyenoughtoreadandreadsomethingsuchasanEnglish

storybook.OranEnglishnovel,justmakesurethatyoupicksomethingthat’sinterestingtoyou…thatyou

like.

Also,forlistening,andifyou’llrememberwe’vetalkedabouthowlisteningshouldbe80%ofyourlearning.

Don’tlistentotextbookCDs.Don’tlistentopeopleactingoutadialogasifthey’retalkinginareal

conversation.Why?WhywouldyounotwanttolistentoatextbookCDorlistentoactorsactingouta

dialog?Becauseit’snotrealnormalEnglish.Youwanttolistentopeoplewhoarespeakingnaturally,

normally.Agreatexamplearepodcasts.Now,youcaneitherlistentoapodcastaboutEnglishorfinda

podcastthatisaboutatopicthatyoureallyenjoyoryou’rereallyinterestedin.Couldbeapodcastabout

adventuresorwhatever…motorcyc,whateveryouhaveani