This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 2607, Connection 101.

Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times.

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection,

with your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl,

coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.

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One amazing way to connect is to show your vulnerabilities, like what you don't know,

but you think you should know by now. Today, get a fun and native way to express this

by using a number.

Many English learners focus on grammar.

They want their sentences to be correct.

But fluency isn't just about correctness. It's about sounding natural, choosing the right

phrase, responding quickly without translating every thought in your head. That's why someone can know

a lot of grammar rules and still feel uncomfortable in conversations. Real fluency comes from understanding patterns, tone, and natural expressions.

Our free two-minute fluency quiz helps you discover your level and what skills will move you forward.

Go to all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score. That to all earsenglish.com slash fluency score. That's all

earsenglish.com slash f-l-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.

Hey there, Michelle. how's it going today?

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