This is an All-Eirs-English podcast episode, 1053.

Do native speakers feel annoyed when I talk?

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forward slash subscribe. Today our listener Bill asks us a key question. How do most native speakers feel when

English learners have conversations with them? Today we give you some winning tips

to get straight to connection when you talk to natives.

Hey Jessica, how's it going today?

It's going great, man.

I'm having a fabulous day so far.

James and I just had some French toast this morning and now he's at school he gets to go to a sleep over tonight.

Oh, that is so cool. That is so cool. Well, the weekend is coming. Actually, as we speak as this episode is going to be recorded, I will be in Paris. Yes, or I will be going to Paris tomorrow. So we talked about this in a prior episode but yeah taking a week in

Paris and so excited. That's so amazing okay but here's the big question have you

implemented the study plan that we decided?

That's the big question.

And I don't know yet because we're recording this three weeks

and events.

But yes, I have my lesson scheduled on I-Taki and I've been listening to a little bit of French on

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