This Advice is Ruining Your English (Especially at B2)
From English with Thiago by Thiago Alencar
May 13, 2026 · 11 min · Episode 173
About this episode
Thiago Alencar discusses common advice that hinders English learners at the B2 level and offers insights on how to improve.
⭐Stop Feeling Lost! Try The B2 Edge App: https://studio.com/thiago 📓Get This FREE GUIDE to start upgrading your vocabulary: https://www.englishwiththiago.com/pl/2148770947 There is a piece of advice that has spread across every English learning YouTube channel, every podcast, every app, and every classroom. You've heard it. You've probably followed it. And if you're stuck at B1 or struggling to break into B2 — there's a good chance it's part of the reason why.In this video, I'm not going to tell you the advice is completely wrong. I'm going to tell you something more important: it's incomplete. And at the wrong level, incomplete advice doesn't just fail to help — it actively holds you back.You'll learn:1) What the "just be imperfect" narrative gets right — and exactly where it breaks down2) Why advice designed for beginners is quietly damaging intermediate learners at B1 and B23) The truth about mistakes: when tolerating them helps you and when it starts to hurt you4) Why grammar and accuracy aren't the enemy of fluency — they're the engine of it5) The 60/40 rule: how to balance speaking confidence with precision at B2 level and above6) The three concrete behaviors…
People in this episode
Host: Thiago Alencar
Topics covered
- English learning
- B2 level advice
- language fluency
- grammar and accuracy
- vocabulary improvement
- intermediate learners
Keywords
- B2 level
- English advice
- language learning
- fluency
- grammar
- vocabulary
- intermediate learners
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: English with Thiago, YouTube, studio.com, englishwiththiago.com
Products: B2 Edge App
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