20 minutos de CONVERSAÇÃO NATURAL em INGLÊS para praticar

RESPOSTAS:

1) Where is the teacher from, and where is she now?
She's from the northeastern part of the USA, and she's in NY. But she travels a lot, she's a nomade.

2) What does the teacher know about Manaus?
It was a big rubber manufacturer, it used to be a prosperous area. She knows about Amazonas and indigenous people. She can't remember the name of an opera house there.

3) What's new about Cambly?
Now we can share our screen.

4) Where exactly is she?
In Long Island.

5) How many countries has she been to? What was her favorite?
40 countries. She doesn't have a favorite one. Her favorite place is always where she is at the moment.

6) What has Carina done to get to this English level?
A lot of practice and pronunciation studies.

7) What does the teacher think about accents?
She's against the idea of losing 100% of your native accent when you speak English. You don't need to sound British or American, you can sound like yourself. Also, she thinks that you should not listen to only British and American accents, as it doesn't prepare you to the globalized world we live in.

8) Why has she decided to become an English teacher?
She wanted to travel. She moved to Japan to teach English, and she noticed she had to study more ro help her students pronounce the difference between /r/ and /l/. So, she got her CELTA and DELTA degrees. Years later, she became a teacher trainer.

9) Why did Carina laugh?
Because she's good at self-corrections. She makes a mistake and quickly corrects herself.

10) Why did they laugh again?
The teacher lost her train of thought.

11) What's nice about Cambly, according to Carina?
The feeling of accomplishment when you make an effort to communicate 100% in English, and you get your message across. And students what to practice more.

12) What's the funny situation she mentions?
Her first time in a public toilet in Tokyo. She pulled a chain, thinking that was flush. But it was an alarm!


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CARINA FRAGOZO: Doutora em Linguística pela USP, professora de inglês e apaixonada pelo universo das línguas e da linguagem humana.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introdução
02:47 Conversa - Pergunta 01
04:47 Pergunta 02
05:29 Pergunta 03
05:55 Pergunta 04
06:09 Pergunta 05
07:27 Pergunta 06
08:26 Pergunta 07
12:59 Pergunta 08
16:56 Pergunta 09
18:02 Pergunta 10
18:42 Pergunta 11
21:50 Pergunta 12
24:02 Conclusão