Tired Of Making The SAME Grammar Mistakes Again And Again? TRY THIS

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Accent's Way English with Hadar


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"I worked at this comp...
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Um, I have worked at a company...
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I have been working at this com...
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Can I just email you my answer?"
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If you're the kind of person who much rather write and communicate over email
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than speak because you feel that there is this huge gap between how you speak and
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the language that you know while writing - especially when it comes to grammar
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because you know the rules, but you can't seem to freaking use them when you speak
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spontaneously, then this video is for you.
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But before that, if you're new to my channel, then
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allow me to introduce myself.
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My name is Hadar.
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I'm a non-native speaker of English, and my job is to help you feel confident,
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clear, and very expressive in English.
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So come on over to my website at hadarshemesh.com to check it out and
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get a lot of resources that are going to help you get the results that you want.
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And consider subscribing if you like my content.
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And click the bell to get notifications so you know when I release a new video.
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Now, here's the thing.
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I always say that knowing English, the English that you know and
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the English that you speak - is like two different languages.
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And we need to treat it as two different languages.
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You cannot expect yourself to use all the things that you know when
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speaking, as you do when writing.
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Because when you write an email or when you journal, you have
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time to think and to retrieve the rule or to make sense of things.
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And when you speak spontaneously, there's so much that goes into what
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you are doing, right, like you're communicating, you're thinking about
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what the other person is saying; you're trying to retrieve words, you want to be
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clear, you're thinking about your body language, maybe you want to be heard.
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So it's kind of like your brain doesn't have a lot of space to
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retrieve the right rule because it hasn't become automatic just yet.
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So, what happens when you're speaking, instead of using all the things that
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you know, is that because there are all these things that are going on, you
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are simply going back to old patterns.
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And it could be old patterns from the time before you even started
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learning or improving your English.
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So what happened here between the time that you just started speaking English
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and you were just trying to get by and survive, and you pretty much translated
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the grammar of your native language.
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And now you know so much more, but you still go back to these old patterns.
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Why?
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The reason why is because you haven't created new patterns.
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And the way to create new patterns is through consistency and repetition.
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And if you're not using while speaking these new tenses because of the
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old patterns, then it's a catch 22.
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Because there is no way for you to create consistency and repetition
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using those new tenses or grammar rules, because you're not using them.
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So, as a result, what happens is that you're going back to old patterns,
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you're going back to your autopilot.
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Right?
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And even though you know these things, you need a little
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bit of time to retrieve them.
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This is why it's easy while writing, but harder when speaking.
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Which leads us to the question, "Okay.
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So if I don't use it, how can I create new patterns?
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How can I create this repetition, this consistent repetition that
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kids have, right, like when learning a language because they
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use it again and again, and again?
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How can I create it if I never get to use it because I don't have
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the right circumstances for that?"
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And my answer would be you create those circumstances.
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Now, my entire method, my pronunciation confidence method, is based on that
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concept that you can't change not your pronunciation, vocabulary, nor grammar
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without building pronunciation confidence, which means without creating new patterns.
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Now, the common misconception is that people say, "I don't have a lot
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of opportunities to speak, and this is why I can't create new patterns.
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And when I do" - usually it's the case that I've illustrated before,
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you are really trying to get by and put in all these elements and
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information into the conversation.
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So it's not just about that right tense that you need to use.
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Right?
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So, the misconception is that like, "I can't change it until I use
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it in a real-life conversation."
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However, your subconscious mind does not know or does not care if
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when you're speaking and saying something again and again and again
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is to a person - or to yourself.
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But the act of consistent repetition is the way for you to
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start changing your old patterns.
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And I have learned that doing this work while I was working on my
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pronunciation, right, as I was trying to learn the new sounds of English
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- sounds that I was not born into.
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But then I realized that that's the case with vocabulary as well, as you can
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see in this video, if you haven't yet.
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But it's the same with grammar.
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And in the near future, I'm going to create some drills and share them
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here with you to show you how to do that and to help you how to do that.
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But for now, I just want you to understand that concept, that for you
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to create the new grammatical patterns and the new structures, repetition and
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being consistent is the way to do that.
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So one of the things that I do with my students is I create drills
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and exercises, like my Sprints.
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If you don't know what a Sprint is, then I will link to it in the description.
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So I create those repetitions of tricky sounds, grammatical structures for people
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to repeat them again and again and again until they change the old patterns, okay.
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So for example, if you struggle with the present perfect continuous, then I
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would recommend to create a list of many, many, many different sentences that have
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the present perfect continuous tense and then say it again and again and again and
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again, and repeat the different sentences.
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And then again and again, and again and again, and again, and repeat
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it and repeat it and repeat it and repeat it until your subconscious mind
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understands how to use this tense.
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And because it's always in context, it's always in context, then the
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brain will know also when to use it, even if this tense does not
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exist in your native language.
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That's how babies learn the language.
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That's how they form these grammatical structures in their brain.
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And it shouldn't be any different.
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So think about it.
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Learning a certain grammar rule and then expecting yourself to use it effortlessly
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and spontaneously while speaking is like reading about how to ride a bicycle
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and then expecting yourself to get on a bicycle and then to ride without falling
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right away, even if it's your first time.
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It doesn't make any sense, right?
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Like you can't learn how to swim by reading a book about swimming.
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You can't bake a cake simply by buying the ingredients.
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You have to put it together and you have to put it into practice and you
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have to get it into your body, okay.
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You have to create the new patterns.
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So if you don't have the opportunity of doing it while speaking to other
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people, then I would recommend to fake it and to create this
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repetition, even if it's just you.
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But be very focused, only do it with the things that you'd
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like to change and improve.
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So, reading out loud will help you with general things, but it's not
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going to help you with certain tenses.
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So you've got to have repetition of the same thing and of the same tense.
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And by the way, this is exactly what we're doing with the Sprints and in
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my membership, because we help our students build the confidence that
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they need - whether it's pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar - through
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consistent repetition, and only of the things that they really need to change.
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And by the way, if you want to find out more, cause you don't want to do it alone
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and you want guidance and help, and to save time, then click on the link below to
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find out more about Beyond - my membership for English learners, and my Sprint
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challenge, which is 30 Sprints for 30 days to boost your pronunciation confidence.
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Okay.
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So let's wrap it up.
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First, remember that if you know a certain grammar structure or rule, the
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fact that you know it doesn't mean that you'll automatically use it when speaking.
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In fact, it's impossible without building consistent repetition.
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Okay?
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So that's the first thing.
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The second thing is that you need to understand what is your biggest struggle.
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So, not what your pattern is, but what can't you change about your pattern?
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What is that one tense that you keep failing to use, or that grammar
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rule that you keep forgetting?
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Even though if you were to write an email, you would use it correctly.
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So you got to understand that pattern, and then focus only on that rule or
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tense, and create consistent repetition.
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So start repeating the same thing again and again and again, and again, and again.
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Like the same idea, same sentences, same examples, like we did with the vocabulary
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drills in the video that I recommended.
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Okay?
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And then do it enough times and then try to use it intentionally in a conversation.
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So you come very aware to a conversation that you want to use that specific
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thing that you have practiced.
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Okay?
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And of course, if you want my help and resources, and my community
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and my coaches, then check out my programs in the description below.
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Okay.
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Now let me know in the comments, what is the one grammar rule that you keep
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failing to use, even though you know it - grammar rule or tense, whatever that is.
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And that's it.
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If you like this video, click "Like" and share it with your friends.
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I will truly appreciate it.
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And remember, speak up, always speak up, whether you use the right tense or not.
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Because mistakes is the only way to learn.
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Have a beautiful week, and I'll see you in the next video.
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Bye.
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