In anything, there are people who get good, and people who get REALLY good. There has been a lot of research into why people get REALLY good at something. Including English. Today I'm going to talk about something else. Not English. Playing the violin. In 1993 a group of scientists (Anders Ericsson, Ralf Krampe Clemens Tesch-Römer) decided to try and find out why some violinists become good, but others become REMARKABLE. They found that people who get good practise a lot. But people who get REALLY good practise in very focused, very intense sessions. They know what to do. And how to do it. This is what having a consistent system, a structure does for you. It is like a plan, or a map. You know EXACTLY what to do, how and why. I made a video about this. I compare learning English to this research, and to muscle training. Watch it here: That's the basic idea. Cheers, Julian Northbrook Language Punk.