In today's edition of : You might not know this about Americans. Questions from Alice. A native English speaker born and raised in the United States. True or False: Everyone born and raised in the United States must speak business or technical English for their job. (I mean ALL JOBS. From flipping burgers to working in a clothing store.) True or False: Everyone born and raised in the United States is knowledgeable about business/technical English vocabulary. True or False: Everyone born and raised in the United States speaks business English on a regular basis. True or False: Only certain jobs in the US require professional business English speaking at their job. True or False: Public schools in the US teach all kids/teens about business/technical English. True or False: Small talk/casual English speaking is more common than business English. True or False: All United States public universities require students to learn business/technical English, no matter what the degree chosen by the student is. True or False: Native English speakers from the US speak using complex sentences with advanced words on a regular basis. If you're not a native English speaker and are wanting to learn English, how would you answer these true or false questions. The real answers most likely will shock you.

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American English Language Learning students.... Do you feel 'Limited' when you speak? Do you feel like you know how to say a bunch of stuff in American English but in the moment you forget? Or maybe you don't know a lot to say.... Maybe you only know a few phrases when people ask you a question. Maybe you say the same few phrases to someone when they ask you a question. Maybe you want to move past the idea that, "Well my listener at least will be able to get the 'main idea' of what I'm saying." But that can lead to mis understanding, assumptions and confusion. How do you absolutely know for sure that they understand the main idea of what you're saying to them in American English if they themselves are American English speakers from the US? If you really want to work on improving your spoken American English not just learning more things to say so you don't sound repetitive or have awkward silences where you have no idea what to say...that way your listener will say more to you and interact more with you. The conversation will be more smooth and less awkward. So you can really communicate. Not just say one or two sentences in response to someone. Let me know. I have been tutoring since August of 2018.

What changes when you stop waiting for perfect. You speak first. You present without apologizing. You sound like the leader you already are in your native language. Not because your English improved overnight—because your identity shifted. That’s the work.

You’re not bad at English. You’re stuck in “student” identity. You know grammar. In meetings, you freeze. Your brain says: “Not fluent enough.” That’s not a language problem. It’s an identity problem. Leaders don’t wait for perfect. They speak before ready. Harvard Business Review found it through analyzing women & men in career transition. The pattern is the same.