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Ep.197: Don’t Be Afraid to be an Englishera With Alvin Santos a.k.a. Pepe Word Smith

Ep.197: Don’t Be Afraid to be an Englishera With Alvin Santos a.k.a. Pepe Word Smith

You Can Do This! vor 1 Jahr

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Do you hesitate speaking up in meetings or spend too much time
perfecting an email over the fear of committing grammatical
errors or mispronouncing words? There’s so much bad English
everywhere—in mass media, social media, business correspondence,
and even everyday conversations. With Taglish taking over as our
lingua franca, AI doing all the writing, and the prevalent
smart-shaming of English speakers, does being fluent and
articulate in English and upholding high grammatical standards
still hold weight? Can communicating clearly and confidently in
English still level up your life and career?

Tik Tok’s “Grammar Nazi,” a.k.a “Pepe Word Smith” weighs in. With
over 1 million followers on social media, he creates content to
provide free, innovative, and unconventional English lessons to
Filipinos. A former corporate executive for industry giants like
HSBC, Globe Telecom, GCash, and Home Credit, he now does
one-and-one English coaching, teaches courses in IELTS
( International English Language Testing System) proficiency
and has a column in The Manila Times called “Grammarama.”