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Hey everyone! 👋

Anatoly here, a communication coach on italki. I’m doing a little research to learn more about the real challenges people face when speaking English at work or in important situations.

I want to hear your story!

Here’s how it works:

It’s just a friendly chat: We’ll talk for 30-40 minutes. No pressure!
I’ll ask about:
Your experiences speaking English in interviews, meetings, or daily work.
What’s tough or frustrating.
What you’ve tried, and what you still need help with.
You’ll get:
Speaking practice (naturally!).

A FREE thank-you gift: 20 minutes of personalized tips to help you speak English with more confidence and clarity!
Important stuff:

No prep needed! ✅
No sales pitches! ❌

We’ll chat on Zoom or Google meet. 📍

Want in? Just comment “I’m interested” or send me a message, and I’ll send you the details.

Looking forward to learning from you! 🙏

– Anatoly (italki Coach |20,000 lessons| Interview&Presentation Preparation

One minute speaking challenge - Challenge yourself to speak English daily!

 ✅ I'd love to hear your story & offer you a free gift🎁

One Minute Freestyle Speaking Challenge: Work-Life Balance

The goal of my 1 minute podcasts is to have you communicate in a freestyle manner - without criticizing or over analyzing your performance.

Additional goal - building up more confidence and improve your story telling skills.

Listen to the recording and inspire yourself to speak today!

Some idioms to use in today's story:

1. Burning the candle at both ends
Refers to working excessively hard, both early and late, leading to exhaustion.

2. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Suggests that without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring.

3. Keeping your nose to the grindstone
Indicates staying focused and working hard, but can imply neglecting other important aspects of life.

4. Work hard, play hard
Encourages balancing intense work with equally intense leisure activities.

5. Finding the sweet spot
Refers to achieving the perfect balance between work and personal life.

Include some of them in your short story and pat yourself on the back for achieving another goal!

To your success
Anatoly

One Minute Freestyle Speaking Challenge: Work-Life Balance

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Praise

Did y ou know that self-prase is linked to higher confidence?

Lets go step by step.

How do you define praise in your terms?

How often 'does' it happen in your life?

Are you a praise giver or a praise receiver?

Listen to the recording and learn how you build your confidence even more!

Let me know how I can help you gain more confidence in your life!

To your success,
Anatoly

Here are some useful idioms to praise people:

1. Sing someone’s praises: To praise someone highly.
2. To be head and shoulders above: To be significantly better than others; deserving of high praise.
3. Beyond reproach: So good that it cannot be criticized.
4. A cut above the rest: Significantly better than others.
5. The cat’s pajamas: (Similar to “the bee’s knees”) Informal and highly complimentary.


I hope it helps :)


One Minute Speaking Challenge: Praise4Confidence building.

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Conflict at work

The goal for these challenges is to inspire you to express your opinions and have you think in English more.

How do you define a conflict? Why might it arise? What 'position' do you want to take in a conflict? Are you the blamer or are seeking for a win-win scenario?

Some useful idioms that you can incorporate in your story are:

1. Backlog: A large accumulation of uncompleted work.
2. Get the ball rolling: To start a project or task.
3. Bend over backward: To make a significant effort to help someone.

I hope today's topic will inspire you to express yourself more leaving no space for not practicing :)

Share it with friends and let me know how I can help you.

To your success
Anatoly

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Conflict at work

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Work/Workload

Of course you'll have plenty to share when it comes to 'work' topic and that's exactly the purpose of one these daily one minute challenges! 

To help you 'dive' into your knowledge bank so you have less excuses and all the time in the word to succeed!

Few idioms regarding the 'work' topic that you can use in your story':

1.Swamped/snowed under: Overwhelmed with work; having too much to do.
2. Up to my neck/eyes in work: Extremely busy; deeply involved in a large amount of work.
3. Drowning in work: Similar to “swamped,” but suggests a feeling of being overwhelmed to the point of despair.
4. Have a lot on my plate: Having many tasks and responsibilities to handle.
5. Wearing many hats: Having multiple roles or responsibilities.

Dive into the recording and practice listening & receive additional questions to help you expand your story even more!

To your success
Anatoly