The InFluency Podcast

The InFluency podcast is your go-to resource for learning, speaking and teaching English. Hadar Shemesh is a pronunciation expert and fluency coach with thousands of students around the world, though she herself was an intermediate ...more

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110

March 16, 2021 00:22:04
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110. How to find the primary stress in words

One of the most challenging, and sometimes frustrating, aspects of English is predicting where the primary stress should be in a word. Primary stress...

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109

March 12, 2021 00:07:59
109. Do we change our personality when we speak English? | ASK HADAR

109. Do we change our personality when we speak English? | ASK HADAR

In this episode I answer a question from Juan Andres from Colombia who wants to understand why he feels different when he speaks English...

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108

March 08, 2021 00:31:46
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108. Being a NON-NATIVE speaker is an ADVANTAGE | Interview with an OSCAR winning producer

Should you let your English stop you? Rotem Alima, an Academy Award-winning film and television producer, thinks that’s the last thing you should do....

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107

March 05, 2021 00:03:04
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107. How to pronounce woman/women

English words can be really confusing sometimes. In these how-to-pronounce episodes published on Fridays, I’ll help you with the pronunciation of confusing words. Next...

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96

January 19, 2021 00:14:45
96. How to ask questions in English so that people understand you | Intonation in English

96. How to ask questions in English so that people understand you | Intonation in English

Did you know that there’s almost NO DIFFERENCE between intonation of a statement and a question?? No wonder it’s hard to understand native speakers!...

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94

January 12, 2021 00:12:20
94. How to Pronounce Gal Gadot’s name with an Israeli Accent

94. How to Pronounce Gal Gadot’s name with an Israeli Accent

Gal Gadot’s name pronunciation with an Israeli accent is quite different from how most English speakers pronounce it. And now that Wonder Woman 1984...

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