AEE 226: How to "80/20" Your English to Make More Friends with italki Teacher Nick Vance

<p><strong>What should be your focus when learning English?</strong></p> <p><strong>How can you make the most of the time you invest in studying?</strong></p> <p><strong>Today Lindsay talks with Nick Vance about the 80/20 principle, and how it can improve your English conversations!</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Taking IELTS?</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://www.allearsenglish.com/training">Get our free IELTS video training course now</a></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p>Nick believes that 80% of the positive benefits of something come from 20% of the input.  In business, some customers are more valuable than others.  With friends, though you may have many, only a few are truly close.</p> <p>In learning English, most of the grammar mistakes a new learner makes are really the same mistake over and over.  Correcting these most common 20% of mistakes would eliminate 80% of all grammar mistakes.  The best way to identify these is by working with a teacher who can help point out your mistakes.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Are you looking for a professional, native English teacher online?</strong></p> <p><strong>Get a native English teacher online in seconds at </strong><a href="http://promos.italki.com/allearsenglish" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">italki</span></strong></a><strong class="alignright wp-image-3887 size-medium">.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Another way to work with the 80/20 principle is to prepare answers to the most common questions you might get from native English speakers.  This will help you comfortably get conversations started — which is probably 80% of the work!</p> <p>You might prepare answers to questions like:</p> <ul> <li>Where are you from?</li> <li>How long have you lived here?</li> <li>What do you do for a living?</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Do you see the 80/20 principle working in your life?</strong></p> <p><strong>How so?</strong></p> <p><strong>Share your thoughts wi