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Starting with our next lesson bundle, I will be adding a new lesson to Effortless English (for members).   I'm calling this lesson the "Mini-Story POV".  POV stands for "Point Of View".

In this lesson, I will use the same story I tell in the regular Mini-Story lesson.  However, I will retell this story using 2-3 different points of view.  Mostly I will focus on the major conversational verb tenses used everyday in English.  Of course, I will not discuss grammar terms or give a grammar lecture.  I will simply change the time reference of the story and use the appropriate verb and phrase forms. 

For example, if the original story is told in the present (happening more or less now)... I might retell the story with the following time introductions:

Ten years ago.....
Since 2003....
For 3 years now....
In the year 2015....

By listening to the different version, members will get an intuitive understanding of different points of view in English, and how to change the language for each one.   In this way, members effortlessly "learn grammar" without studying grammar or analyzing it in any way.  With time, members will internalize these points of view and will be able to use them effortlessly-- without thinking.