Fix the Biggest Mistake in Your English
This podcast series is based on the idea that fixing just one or two of the biggest mistakes in your English will have the largest effect.
I noticed that students from the same countries always made the same mistakes in English, so let’s go around the world and share the biggest mistake made by learners in that country based on my teaching experience.
Was your country mentioned? If not, leave a comment and share what you think the biggest mistake is there.
You can listen to part 1 in Episode 385.
German Speakers 🇩🇪
W and V sounds often get mixed up as German pronounces W like an English V
Russian Speakers 🇷🇺
Prepositions are often confused or dropped because Russian and English phrases look similar but work differently
For example: "depends of" instead of "depends on", or "tired from" instead of "tired of"
Korean Speakers 🇰🇷
F and P sounds get mixed up as Korean does not have a native F sound
Thai Speakers 🇹🇭
Sentence order often follows Thai structure, so "You go where?" instead of "Where did you go?"
Negation works differently too, leading to "I no find" instead of "I can't find"
Italian Speakers 🇮🇹
Vowel sounds get added to the ends of words because Italian words rarely end in a consonant
Swedish Speakers 🇸🇪
Fun and funny are often mixed up, along with similar words like entertaining and enjoyable
Polish Speakers 🇵🇱
GReflexive pronouns can trip people up
For example: "I am learning myself" instead of "I am teaching myself"
Kurdish Speakers
Prepositions cause confusion, and articles like "a" and "the" are often missed or misplaced
For example: "I want to be kind of teacher" instead of "I want to be a kind of teacher"
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