Maria Portillo

The English Coach

It's easy to progress early in your English learning journey, but your progress will slow down as you learn more English. This situation is called a 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗮𝘂, and it usually happens once you reach an intermediate level of proficiency. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡! So, now, you can speak well when you need to, but you still: 🟡 are still translating from your native language, so you constantly feel uncomfortable or doubt yourself 🔵 want to understand native speakers without asking them to repeat what they've said, so ask them to send you an email 🟠 can't find the words to express your thoughts precisely the way you intended, so you are unsure if you've given the right impression or offended anyone 🔴 lack confidence when you speak, so you don't speak up in meetings or conference calls 🟢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, so you miss the opportunity to build effective relationships with customers, colleagues or suppliers losing out on business. 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙; 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥. My goal is to help you 🟡gain confidence within different cultural contexts and build relationships 🔵use appropriate English Sounds so you will understand others and improve your speech 🟠expand your Business English vocabulary and understand how formality is articulated in English 🔴express yourself confidently during meetings and conference calls 🟢𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 at your job, and 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚. 🎯𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜.. 🗓️ 📩 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.