Speak with Vanessa on Skype Testimonial from Lorena
hi i’m vanessa from speak English with
vanessa calm today you are gonna meet
one of my awesome english students in
this video i’m gonna talk with a student
on skype and we’re gonna talk about that
students english experiences how they’ve
learned english the things that have
been useful or maybe some things that
haven’t worked and i hope that you will
learn a lot from other English learners
experiences let’s get started hi Lorena
is that the best way to pronounce your
name yes is a perfect way I mean yet
realization is very good so Lorena and
we’re in Italy are you living at the
moment at the moment well actually since
I was born and I have been living in
Ancona
is a small city on the Adriatic Sea on
the eastern part of of Italy so we live
on the coast and is wonderful city I I
love this city elevator in general let
me say that I love a little bit less
Italian Italian as as a culture and that
we are changing we are changing
sure-sure becoming more international
and you’re trying hard to do that
yourself with English and learning about
other cultures yes yes and actually I am
after you and you’re a wonderful
community just as let me say just as a
surprising case we we just met each
other as a surprise and let me say that
I spent a lot of money in my English
courses
what I’m in this moment I’m living is
the right balance between the time and
the resources I can I can live and I can
I can try to develop from this community
because I have the opportunity to just
to to practice in some way English but
wherever that I want whenever I want and
as I am really relaxed so it’s it’s
really it’s really it’s an effectiveness
I’ve never met this wonderful
so because you’re learning online it’s
more flexible for you and it’s aptly you
can balance your time a little bit
better that’s that’s a that’s the right
pointer yes and you know when I spend
money and you have some courses at the
fixed time sometimes I’m a mom and I
have two kids I have a job and I have
the house my husband and some different
interests and sometimes it’s really
complicated to cross them to match ol
older the stuff I have to manage and in
this in this case what I I live is a is
I mean I feel that I can I can do more
and I think as any one of us I can do
more but with the time I have available
I really I really founded the right turn
around that pathway let me say even is
sure your time is limited and really
valuable you’ve got a busy family busy
life you need to be able to fit your
interests and their learning exactly and
what I like a lot and I try to now to
understand and I try to to take from the
community is the difference in the
culture
the different culture from all around
the world because I would like to let me
see to pass this information to my kids
not only about the English but let me
say about the Japanese people about
Spanish Argenti from Argentina and it’s
unbelievable because it’s likely to be a
family to speak each other like if we
knew each other from I don’t know since
since when
yes you have a chance to meet people
from all around the world and that’s a
beautiful idea that you’re sharing that
with your kids they’re so lucky to have
a mom who’s so open-minded and
interested in meeting other people and
our community is great for that yes your
eyes you’re right and you know what the
we we can also not only about the
English but we can also share each other
some information about the travels or
accommodation and it’s really working
it’s really working because our real
information you have from from the place
you are interested of in so it’s yes yes
I think you could probably travel to
almost any country and someone in our
community would give you some advice or
ideas about ladder to go and I exactly
Vanessa yeah that’s a wonderful thing so
you are really involved in meeting other
kinds of people around the world and
improving English in your own time when
you can fit it in exactly when Islam yes
and I’m really I mean I really love with
the interviews from I mean with your
interviews because you interview you
made and you you like available for us
are so different and take take some
different issues and arguments
that we we are really involved in so
it’s that’s great I’m glad that it’s
interesting for you because there like
you said there’s so much boring
information but I tried to interview
people and have a conversation with
people who are passionate about
something and when you talk about
someone’s passion it’s gonna be an
interesting conversation because they’re
excited exactly when it’s seven yes and
today’s this special day because the day
we’re talking is the first day of the
month so soon hopefully you can
experience the new lesson set new
material exactly and I’m really curious
about the information you let in our
community yes so hopefully it will be
yeah so for you so far you’ve had a
great experience learning online being
part of the community and what about
your future goals what would you like to
to do in the future with English are you
interested in traveling or meeting other
people in real life what’s your idea and
actually my idea is I said is to let me
say to to let available my background
and my practice and my experience to my
kids in order to to share with them
travels as it possible economically
speaking and not only travels but also
information on the cultures because I
would like to let them understand that
in general the word is is easier to
understand if they approach the in the
right way with the English because I
really believe that English can open a
lot of doors so this is my first time
it’s really difficult because you know
we are not talking about todos sir and
it’s I needed to understand how to
which could be the right way to let them
really involved but for example during
the day your Saturday video my kids are
really I really I really involved
because they understand that we are
talking you are talking to us from New
York from the other side over the world
and they all the time there they are
asking me I mean who is it who is that
with with this pair so he do know is
Paul Louisa and I let them understand
that’s wonderful so they’re kind of
participating in the live lessons on
Saturday exactly like lesson is
unbelievable that’s so wonderful and
that’s the cool thing about learning
online if you went to a classroom
there’s no way your kids could go there
and enjoy it exactly when we have the
time all together we we live really the
life lesson all together and sometimes
in fact I ask you please Vanessa say
hello to me yes yes so next time in a
couple days in two days when we have the
live lesson tell me that again and I
will certainly say hi to them I tried
because in today’s we will be in you are
going to be alright so you’re gonna go
on vacation kind of a little vacation
this weekend yes we are going to ski
that’s perfect so you know is it really
winter time where you’re at right now
actually yeah right now it’s very very
cold but because just arrived in let me
say two days two days ago yes so on the
mountain now is very is very really cold
under the sea so we have the opportunity
to ski yes that’s the perfect
temperature for skiing but maybe not the
whole year so for you winter’s coming
and Inc
is part of your daily life I’m Kherson
have you ever visited an
english-speaking country before actually
I had the opportunity let me say just
remembering in 1998 so many years ago I
spent the four months in Winnipeg in
Canada Manitoba yes because I lived the
traineeship with the Chamber of Commerce
and I spent four four months during the
winter and I kind of - I can see and I
can say that the winter in Italy is like
a summer time so yes it’s unbelievable
then yes I spent some days in here and
there during the deficit the job my job
life
so in the United came down my Europol
all around the world because travelling
yes I used the English and not now
because I just changed the position but
I need the English as I said before in
different day yes yes so your first
experience with real-life English was in
Winnipeg or in the UK oh it’s so unusual
there’s a nickname before Winnipeg
sometimes yes so after experiencing
winner in Winnipeg or winter peg Italy
is nothing no problem
yes it’s nothing
let me say just because we understand
that I mean you
I understand and you understand all the
people from the community karin-sama but
just the question you left us about in
the last interview I thought about with
the bag but yes I think if I asked
because the the next interview is with
my friend who lives in one of the
coldest places in the u.s. if I said
Canada
I bet Winnipeg would be number one place
yes she she doesn’t live in Winnipeg she
used to live in the US but you’ll see
pretty soon where she lives
yes oh I’m sure you’ll understand her
stories and realize what it’s like to
live in this really cold environment and
for for her for the December lesson set
she moved to my city which is kind of in
the south so it’s much warmer and
yesterday that’s 18 degrees today is a
Tina it’s great today is kind of colder
maybe 10 or 8 9 10 degrees but it’s not
like North Canada that you experienced
is not is not that not Canada winter
back because on I mean is in the south
of Manitoba but you know isn’t and also
we use us because is is above Chicago
and is really in the North yeah yeah I
think the area in the world where that’s
at is so far north it’s in the middle of
the continent such a really unique place
that you got a chance to live yes and it
was a surprising you know what when I
said they just the changing because I
arrived in
I mean in the end of September and when
I arrived the decline it was a
completely different because it was warm
and because the continental climate the
weather and just provides a very big
Ranger so from was in the end of October
maybe there I remember just the middle
of November maybe the cheese I mean the
climate change a lot and during the
night was uh wasn’t no winger as I don’t
know never seena and I would seen before
variety yes yes I think people there
must be really strong or just adaptable
to be able to change to different
weather all the time
no not very adaptable that in optimal
and I mean they found them very really
brave because with the snow and the real
cold they were by kinga to get to the
officer I was astonished very story
twenty twenty degrees under the zero
they were biking over wow that’s
incredible I can’t imagine that wow you
really got to experience a completely
different culture and yes richer and
thanks for sharing that story with me
because now that you had that experience
you’re sharing it with your kids and now
you’re sharing it with me and our
community so you are passing along your
knowledge that’s your goal that’s
wonderful thank you money set thank you
oh it’s my pleasure and thank you for
your participation in the course in the
community you’re really valuable and I
bet people would love to hear about your
hometown and just your experiences in
general so really thank you so much
thank you guys and thank you money that
you are wonderful oh it’s my pleasure
have a beautiful weekend stay warm
the wife oh my pleasure to see you later
Lorena see you guys bye
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