Recently, I was asked whether you should learn about someone else's culture first, or just the language you're studying. I give an in depth explanation on what the best way to learn in this instance is. This episode gives more of an insight into how you should keep learning in a story and experience setting. It gives you more opportunities to expand vocabulary and listen to how a native English speaker from the US speaks. You'll also learn about different cultures and differences in other languages.

Grammar might be holding you back from speaking more confidently. Grammar isn’t the end-all be-all, and it shouldn’t be your main focus. Sure, you need the basics, but in this episode, I break down the only grammar that you really need and explain why grammar drills and memorizing things don’t help in the long run. Listen to this episode to get a real sense on what you should be focusing on doing instead so that you can improve your English more efficiently.

In this episode, you'll learn about three important words that are used by native English speakers everyday. Gonna, wanna, and gotta. Chances are, you've heard these words before whether you knew it or not. Maybe you already use them. But what do they actually mean? This isn't something you'd typically be encouraged to use in a classroom or in a paper, these words are shortened, allowing sentences to flow and sound much smoother while speaking or texting. Use these words to sound more natural.

At the beginning of your conversation in English, you may have learned to say "I'm fine, thanks" to someone when you're asked "How are you?" But here's why you shouldn't say it and what you should say instead. To a native English speaker, "fine" doesn't mean what you think it does.

A podcast to help you improve your English learning skills. For far too long, people have taken the classroom style route to learning a language, or have used methods that don't always work. Listening to a native speaker is easier than ever. Ignore the grammar and don't worry about sounding perfect. I'm Jayson, a native English speaker from the US. My goal is to help you learn English (or any language) in the most efficient way possible: Listening, remembering, and being confident). Welcome to How We Really Talk.