Why Most English Learners Don't Become Fluent Speakers

get in so fast George how did you do that  all right uh I am Drew Badger the founder  

of englishanyone.com and the English  fluency guide and I will apologize uh  

in advance because I am a little bit sick so  I don't know how well I will be able to do  

this uh but let's see hopefully live should be  working good morning all right it nice to see  

you there all right live is working uh and  yeah I guess we should be okay all right uh  

so again I apologize if you hear me coughing  or something and my voice is not uh perfect  

that's why I didn't I didn't do a video  uh yesterday but I thought I would do it

today so yesterday I sent uh an email to  subscribers oh happy snail says Ohio G mus Olympia  

High teacher nice to see you guys there hope  you're feeling good I'm doing all right I'm doing  

all all right uh just a little bit uh I think my  my daughter my older daughter Arya got me sick uh  

let's see yeah yeah yeah I like oh Kaz so I'm not  not feeling not feeling too good I'm okay but my  

my younger daughter yeah I have I have a I have  some water over here well got his own [Laughter]

chimp what's up Bruno nice to see you eim all  right uh so yeah she I think she just like little  

kids you know they just kind of they just kind  of cough on you they're just like like so I will  

talk with my kids and I would say hey how are you  and they just look at me like is so that's what I  

think I got uh but I should be okay and if I  die it's for you guys just remember that all  

right um so I wanted to make this video because  yesterday uh I sent an email to many subscribers  

and asked them uh actually I just I wanted to I  wanted to ask them if they understand what their  

problem is and how they get fluent because I've  spent the past 20 years trying to explain this  

to people and I get a little bit better every  day at doing that only a little bit I think  

um I don't know if maybe I'm a slow learner uh  or it just takes me a while but this is a it's  

a it's a it's a complex problem with many pieces  uh but if I can really explain it well I think I  

can help a lot more people so a lot of people get  it already a lot of people understand what their  

issue is but today I wanted to talk about that  in more detail so again yesterday I sent that  

mail to subscribers and I basically said uh like  speaking from me personally my personal experience  

as a learner of Japanese and also a teacher for  many years um what I noticed uh is that all the  

things uh that I thought were were the reason why  I couldn't speak so I there were many reasons why  

I thought I couldn't speak and I'll explain  more of those uh shortly uh but none of those  

were actually the reason and the real reason was  just because I didn't understand what I learned  

it was really that simple uh so I want to talk  about that uh and I think probably uh the best  

way to explain this to people uh is is looking  at I I don't really have a good name for this  

maybe you can think of a good name for this um but  it's basically uh a cycle that keeps you stuck so  

you're continuing to learn but you never develop  fluency so I really want to explain uh why this  

happens uh and there's I mean there's basically  three pieces to this and the whole thing it's a  

it's a cycle that just goes around and around and  around so the first first part is the learning  

so how you learn uh and usually what happens in  English like traditional English classes happy to  

know you didn't get an email from me uh I don't  know may maybe I I don't know if it went out to  

everybody maybe depending on uh I don't know  maybe it didn't go out to every single person  

on the list but I I sent I sent it to a few  people because I wanted to get their feedback  

uh and then I figured I would make a video like  this uh and and explain that yes Minnie I just  

started so we're starting the video right now but  this will be available live for people or it will  

be the replay will be available for people again  pardon me I'm a little bit sick uh so if I don't  

if I don't speak properly that's that's the  reason I'm I'm really struggling in my mind  

uh but I was excited to make this video and so  that's why I'm here today anyway uh so we begin  

with learning uh everybody begins with learning  it's new information you need to get uh you don't  

know the language you need to learn the language  uh but the problem with the basic learning uh that  

most people do is they don't really understand  and they don't feel confident about what they  

learn so because they learn and usually the  learning is like it's happening through studying

rules uh and especially through

translations uh and because of this you  don't really understand so because you  

don't really understand you you don't feel  confident all right so you don't I'm going  

to have to make this box bigger over here  so you don't understand and don't feel

confident so you don't really feel confident  about what you're learning so you don't

speak all right and now usually what happens at  this point is they just think like most Learners  

think uh okay I just need to learn more and then  that's how this this process repeats itself so  

you you you learn something but you don't really  understand it and so you don't speak and and you  

think you need to speak to to become fluent so you  you don't speak but you can't get fluent and you  

really just stay stuck in this process and it's  really frustrating for people because they don't  

understand why this happen so how can they keep  learning more but not actually approach fluency  

how can they keep learning more and more and more  but they never feel more fluent but this is the  

reason why so I really wanted to make this clear I  didn't explain all this uh in the email yesterday  

uh but this is basically uh again the learning  process we'll just call this English as a second  

language which is what usually people are doing  so they're learning English through their cretive  

language and so they're studying rules they're  getting some translations and they're not really  

getting the real language so another thing I  forgot to put up here uh we'll just say real

speech so often the language that you get even  like right now the way I'm speaking to you is  

different than how people would speak in a regular  conversation all right so the speed is different  

I'm being more clear speaking more clearly uh and  also like I'm I'm not you know mumbling as I just  

explained but the vocabulary is often different  so even if I'm trying to explain something uh it's  

just so you can understand but it is different  than the way people normally speak so if we've  

got all of these things here uh it's almost like  there's a filter between the real language and  

what you're learning all right if that makes sense  so like here's you uh and you're trying to learn  

and there there's like a filter there between  you and the language I just put this over here  

so here's like a person uh actually I'll put  the person over here so what'll just say like  

here here is like here is the lesson so here's  the lesson and then there's it's almost like

a some kind of filter between you and the  language so you're not learning the real  

language you're learning like a a form of it a  kind of the language the uh like the textbook  

English uh and you're not you're not you're  you're you're trying to analyze the rules but  

you're not actually understanding the rules so  you can use them without thinking all right does  

everybody get this idea all right I really want  to make it clear why why this happens because  

a lot of people think uh that they can't get  fluent because they don't speak or they don't  

learn they don't learn enough or they're not  young enough or you know they don't live in an  

English-speaking country or they're not married  or they don't have a boyfriend or girlfriend or  

something uh who's a native speaker or who speaks  fluently but my point is that you can have all of  

those things so you could be uh living in an  English speaking country like many people do  

uh you could also be married to a native English  speaker and you could try to speak every day but  

you could still not be fluent if you're learning  this way okay so before I go any further and just  

just talk about those uh like the the kind of  response to this I want to make sure every body  

understands what I'm talking about hello hello  Nadia says hello from Argentina I'm hearing you  

with my son he is 10 years old and he loves  to learn English that's nice very cool yes we  

have actually uh lots of students in Argentina  hello from Morocco dream and make it is anyone  

want to learn English to more advance I feel  stuck in intermediate I'm an Ask ASP I wrote  

my ey out once let's see I just want to improve  my speaking yes so so that's what this video is  

about it's about improving your spooking G shim  is so the traditional way of learning it's really  

painting in the ass what do you think yes and  so I'm I'm trying to explain why uh where the  

trouble is coming from but I want to make this  as simple as possible the basic idea is that how  

you learn is how you speak so if you're learning  and you're studying rules and translations and  

you don't really understand then you won't feel  confident speaking and this is the same thing  

for native English speakers as well so if a  if a like a native child is maybe learning  

some grammar or something they heard from an  adult and they don't really understand that  

they might repeat that but they don't really  understand what they're saying okay let's

see yes so like the the traditional method yeah  people people get it though Drew can you please  

teach us more idioms and slang uh so I teach  like thousands and thousands of things like  

that influent for Life uh if you're a member of  that uh but also you can just find lots of that  

on my channel already so you can find many  videos talking about slang and other things  

uh on the channel so just search that if you're  looking for slang idioms I started a like a slang  

alphabet series of videos but I didn't finish  it that was years ago uh but there are a lot  

of videos in that series that will teach you some  great slang and idioms as well all right so let's  

again I really really really want to make sure  everybody understands this because if you don't  

understand this you will just stay stuck doing  this thing now I want to contrast this with how  

natives are learning the language I want to  contrast this with how natives are learning  

the language so let's see if I got enough space up  that so uh let's just put natives up here if that

fits

so what natives are doing when they learn is  they're actually trying to to learn the real  

language uh that people are you know are using  in real life and the main difference between  

Natives and English Learners who are trying to  learn especially as adults uh is they're not  

learning through translations so if you think  about when you're teaching a child a language  

it's not possible to learn or teach them through  translations because they don't know the other  

language so you couldn't use translations anyway  so if it's not possible to learn translations the  

only way to teach them is to make the language  understandable all in the language that they're  

learning all right and so if you if you look at  the way they learn uh the way they learn actually  

helps them understand what they're learning and  because they understand they feel confident and  

that's why they speak so in both of these cases  you've got the way that a native speaker learns  

and the way that a student learns and a native  actually feels confident and they feel confident  

first so this process is the same whether you are  a learner or an English student or a native you  

know it doesn't matter uh and I want I want to  make it clear that the people usually say that  

natives get fluent because they speak and it's  actually the opposite they actually understand  

and feel confident because of how they learn  and that's why they speak all right so the  

process goes like this it it doesn't go the  other way around you don't start speaking to  

learn the language you learn the language and  then start speaking and even native speakers  

if they don't understand something they will not  feel confident speaking about it it doesn't matter  

if it's regular conversation topic that you don't  know much about or if it's a child uh that they're  

again trying to maybe they hear a grand grar point  or something but they can't quite use it they  

don't feel confident using it and so they don't  speak and I noticed this with my own children and  

and any children I've taught over the years uh  that you can see them they want to say something  

but they feel shy about saying it and this is  native English speakers or native speakers of  

other languages so even children native speakers  don't like making mistakes they don't want to  

say the wrong thing and embarrass themselves or  whatever so this is not just for English Learners  

that that have this problem all right but I want  you to really understand here that speaking is  

the result of this process so if you can learn  and you understand what you learn and you feel  

confident about learning then you speak okay  but there this this process here of you actually  

understanding uh you know the way to speak how  you feel confident about something do you do you  

think you'll use it correctly if you think about  that uh then you're actually knowing whether you  

can whether you can speak fluently or not all  right so the fluency is actually developed over

here so the process of fluency development it's  actually like this it's how you learn and then  

do you feel confident I should actually make this  like it's really more like this and then there's a  

little bit of practice you get from the speaking  but uh you can tell like people don't get fluent  

from speaking because speaking doesn't really  it doesn't like really teach you anything new  

it's just using what you know so if you can  learn more and you feel more confident then  

you speak all right does everybody get that so  even if you speak you might live in an english-  

speaking country and have lots of opportunities to  speak but you still won't communicate confidently  

and fluently if you don't understand what you're  learning all right so that's really the the main  

idea of this uh and I wanted to make sure people  understand that so the the reason most people uh  

struggle to speak it's not because of how much  speaking practice they get or it's not because  

of how much they study or where they live or  how old they are it's really just how they learn  

that's the main difference so native children  and adults are learning the learning the same  

way okay uh and hopefully this makes sense that  like the the thing you you really need to focus  

on is the learning not on the speaking because  the speaking is the result of how you learn it's  

a it's a natural process a natural result of  you understanding what you're saying and you  

can again remember this in your native language  as well you probably would not feel confident  

speaking about something that you don't know much  about it's the same way in English all right so  

let me answer some questions see if people are  getting this uh let's see excuse me uh yes my my  

voice will probably sound a little bit different  because I am a little bit sick it happens all  

right El says I need a group uh for have English  conversation every day Elaine no you do not no you  

do not you just need to learn the right way you  need to understand what you're learning so even  

if you have a like a group of people to practice  speaking how is that going to help you improve  

if you don't really understand what you're saying  all right so speaking is the result and what most  

people do they don't understand what they learn  so they don't speak and they think well I guess I  

just maybe I don't I don't know enough words and  I just have to keep learning more so that's why  

most people just go through this process again  and again but what natives are doing natives  

learn they understand so they speak so children  are getting all of this input they're really  

learning a lot uh they're getting all these  different examples from different people uh  

in different ways different grammar tenses and  all of those examples are really helping them  

understand the language and that's when they feel  confident speaking all right all right let's see

here uh all right suck says sometimes my teacher  says even between native speakers there are good  

and bad English speakers well sure yeah you you  will find like people who are good at speaking  

and and just like there are people who are  professional speakers some people are very good  

at speaking other people not so much you know  it's a skill you can improve even with native  

speakers all right uh so my dream is to be fluent  says elain that's it you change how you learn and  

you change how you speak it's really that simple  Lucas says Brazilians everywhere yes they are all  

over the place all right uh Unice says teacher  Drew to improve my English do I really need to  

practice it every day at least listening so again  the practicing is really here it's how you learn  

that gets you fluent you don't need to practice  speaking because let's imagine what that is what  

do you mean by practicing speaking like I'm just  repeating things that I hear is that really going  

to help me that's not going to help me learn  more that's not going to help me improve my  

understanding of the language uh it might help me  just like practice moving my mouth in the right  

way but that's a very small part of speaking if  you don't understand what you're saying even if  

your accent is maybe not perfect uh then you're  not going to feel confident speaking it's really  

that simple so the practicing every day yes  you should be learning that's why members of  

fluid for life they do that a little bit more  every day so if they're learning the right way  

they will naturally feel confident and want  to speak when that opportunity comes okay so  

that's simple so you don't need to spend time  practicing speaking you don't need to find  

like a group of uh English-speaking I don't  know Partners or whatever the the speaking  

is not the way to improve it's a way to use  what you know once you have it improved all  

right so speaking is like is the last the last  part in this process it's not the it's not the

first uh let's see yeah so again Unice don't  worry about about like finding time to like  

practice speaking or whatever the practice  the practice is the learning that's how you  

get Flor so again sometimes I try to think  in my own language and translate to English  

but my teacher says to think in English not in  your own own language yes so again the reason  

people translate is because they don't actually  understand what they're learning all in English  

if I'm teaching my daughters English I don't use  Japanese to teach them to teach them English and  

like Japanese parents don't teach English to their  kids using Japanese like you don't you don't mix  

up the languages like that you just learn English  in English so that's what natives do and it's very  

easy for you to do the same thing all right  so that's what I teach so that's uh again  

learning English as a first language where you  go directly to the language rather than trying  

to learn through your native language so if you're  thinking and translating in your head it's because  

you're learning through translations all right  hopefully that that's clear for people so how  

you learn is how you speak if you learn through  translations you will think through translations  

when you speak okay hopefully that's clear so  if you would like to stop doing that you just  

learn more in English and naturally you will  stop translating in your head all right Ian  

says hi Drew I have a problem with live session  because I never know at what time it starts uh  

well don't feel bad about that Ian uh I don't I  don't have a schedule for these uh usually I do  

them on Thursdays uh and sometimes Mondays as  well Japan time uh but I don't have a schedule  

for them but it doesn't matter if you miss the  live video you can just watch the replay and  

then you can still make comments on the replay if  you'd like uh D noes says some people think that  

teaching grammar is becoming not important I mean  you can learn language without learning grammar  

vocabulary what is your opinion uh I don't know  what that means like the the language is grammar  

and vocabulary that's what a language is so the  the important thing is how you learn the grammar  

so for example uh if I'm trying to teach you  grammar like word order and what what words do  

we use to express certain things it's much easier  if you can learn that directly and you understand  

it intuitively and naturally rather than trying to  study a bunch of words and what usually happens is  

you need to get a lot of varied examples before  you understand something so if I get one example  

of a grammar point I don't really feel confident  using it uh like there's a uh a textbook I have  

for it's just for like the Japanese language  proficiency test uh and I don't really like using  

it but again I don't I don't have anyone to teach  me Japanese the way I teach engl Eng so I have to  

like create these lessons for myself and it takes  me more time to do that but usually what happens  

in these textbooks uh is they will give you like  a new grammar point and and they will give you  

some maybe even new vocabulary and they will tell  you only one or two examples and then move to the  

next thing and so they're telling you the rules  it's like okay I understand the rules logically  

but I can't actually use what I'm learning in  conversations so I can't use it fluently and  

that's because I don't really understand what  I'm learning it's like I know it but it's not  

and I don't I still don't know the best way to  describe this um maybe if you think of a good  

idea let me know but basically the the I it's it's  like you know the grammar like you know vocabulary  

but it doesn't come to you automatically and  correctly when you need it in conversations  

so uh it's important to remember uh grammar is  essential but how you learn learn grammar is is  

is really the difference uh so maybe if I give  an example of this it will be easier for people  

uh but if I'm trying to explain like I could  I could explain uh like the grammar of I don't  

know let's just say like to remove something like  just basic basic verbs like like and I I could I  

could explain a lot like so we want to remove the  cap of the marker by uh like pulling this way and  

doing that I'm trying to explain a lot but it's  much easier if I just show you how it works okay  

and this is a basic example but you learn more  uh higher level examples through stories and and  

really just getting lots of examples of things and  it's the many examples that push that information  

deep into your brain so you understand it like a  native and that's really the point the point is  

not to think about it like a language student like  you know the grammar rule name so a lot of people  

are like oh well that's the present continuous  or whatever but a native speaker doesn't usually  

know the term present continuous but they know  how to say like I'm going somewhere you know so  

again the point is is not uh it's not it's not  to try to like learn and study grammar it's to  

understand grammar naturally so you can use it and  that's why like the speaking part that tells you  

if you're learning correctly or not because if you  learn if you do all this and you still don't speak  

then how you're learning is actually stopping you  from speaking okay so the traditional way it's  

giving you the translations and you're not really  learning the real language and also you just don't  

understand what people are saying and that why  and that's why you don't feel confident speaking  

so the traditional language learning system the  traditional like English as a second language  

approach it actually stops you from communicating  okay so you might know the the language logically  

but you're not actually expressing yourself  confidently and fluently all right so grammar is  

essential but how you learn grammar is important  and if you notice with children I'm not I'm not  

giving my children a textbook or a grammar uh  like exercise or something like that I'm just  

giving them lots of examples like take off the  cap take off your shirt take off your hat take  

off your glasses okay and as they learn that  they learn like oh look take off and they're  

learning grammar that's an example of grammar  and pronunciation and vocabulary listening uh  

and because you're doing all those things you're  building speaking confidence and fluency that's  

how it works all right so yes uh grammar  is essential but how you learn grammar is

important uh all right let's

see all right teacher speak more formal than  ah like the word asks Lucas like the word  

speak more formal than talk no not necessarily  remember that and this is another Point that's  

related to this uh when you're learning English  as a first language you stop thinking about the  

vocabulary by itself like the word Talk versus  the word speak because they mean different things  

in different situations and so it's important  to always connect the vocabulary with uh with  

some kind of situation so right now I could be  giving a talk this is like giving a talk about  

learning English I'm not like we don't say giving  a speak I'm giving a talk I'm giving a talk about  

something so I'm explaining something uh but in  general if you're like speaking or talking with  

your friends uh both of those they really could  mean the same thing so that the vocabulary by  

itself uh doesn't actually doesn't mean anything  it's the vocabulary connected with some kind of

situation uh let's see ran says confidence is  not about knowing it all yeah I think like a  

good yeah I I think I understand what you're  saying the the basic idea is if you if you  

don't feel confident about what you know then you  won't feel confident saying it all right so the  

the speaking part comes from feeling confident so  if you don't feel confident that's why you don't  

speak that's why a lot of people are nervous and  shy about speaking because they're thinking about  

translations and grammar rules and all these  things in their head when they're trying to  

speak and so they get stuck they forget words  and they're worrying about making mistakes and  

all these things going on in their head after  the conversation is finished then later they're  

like oh I I remember the word I wanted to say  in conversations and I know this because it's  

happened to me before it's happened to me a  lot uh and so when I change the way I learned  

and started learning Japanese as a first language  instead that's when it finally made sense ah like  

I just need to understand what I'm learning  and then I will feel confident about using it  

all right uh Adan says what is the best way to  understand learn a single word well you learn uh  

like an individual meaning for a word comes from  a situation and so you you don't think about the  

vocabulary by itself you think about when we use  something okay so like even the word go it could  

have lots of different meanings depending on the  situation so it's a short word a simple word a  

very common word but the meaning can be different  depending on when we use it uh so I might say  

like I'm going uh to the park you know like I'm  actually like moving from one place uh to the  

other or I can talk about like the computer  won't go or like the car won't go it means  

there's a problem like it won't move it won't  start all right so it's the same word but the  

meaning is slightly different so we always want to  connect situations with vocabulary and this is how  

natives are this is how natives are learning  the vocabulary let me make this a little bit

clearer a big part of this like the learning the  learning process for non-natives so the E uh SL  

English as a second language approach as we begin  with a word in your native language and then you  

translate that into English so whatever we'll  just use Japanese as an example uh so if you  

have a Japanese word and you want to say something  uh then you first think in Japanese and translate  

in your head and then you think of the words in  English and then you speak okay but what natives  

are doing and people who speak fluently so they  learning English as a first language they begin  

with a situation and then what are the words that  you might use to express that so here's like this  

English word here's another word or a different  phrase or whatever all right so just like this  

example of like take off the cap or put on the cap  so take off put put on I could remove the cap I  

could take away the cap I could throw off the cap  there are lots of different ways I could express  

that so it just depends on what is the situation  and I might think about different ways of doing  

this so when I mentioned before that natives are  getting lots of different examples what happens is  

like you know maybe one day they get this example  so there's a situation like I'm greeting someone  

and then someone says hello and then the next day  I'm greeting someone and they say hey all right so  

just to make this a bit easier so hello hey hi and  that's how are you so all of these are different  

ways of expressing the same situation and natives  are learning these and that's why they're they're  

prepared for conversations because people say  different things in different conversations but  

over here the ESL way it only gives you one way  to speak so you you have like there's one word  

you're thinking it's like you know Japanese  would be kich and you think like if you look  

in the textbook it's just hello so kich hello uh  and because you get that you're not prepared for  

how are you hi hey how's it going how you been  all these other things that you hear in a real  

conversation so instead of learning like this if  you want to understand vocabulary like a native  

and be prepared for situations uh in real life  so real life communication you have to learn like  

this you have to get lots of different examples  listen to different native speakers so not just  

one teacher like this and this is again why I  don't teach private English lessons even though  

I get asked you know people ask me for these all  the time um people have like have tried to get  

me to like fly down to their country or whatever  and teach them privately and I say like it it's  

not it's not going to help you like I mean I'll  you know be able to teach you a lot but you need  

not just one person not just one native giving you  example examp you need to get real examples from  

lots of different people okay so if you hear the  real language from lots of different people that's  

how you're learning you're learning the grammar  and pronunciation and all of that you're learning  

it naturally instead of trying to study the rules  or different pieces of The Language by themselves  

all right hopefully that's that's making sense  these are good good questions though uh let's  

see all right hopefully I think also answered  that other question there let's see so you says  

I would say that your live stream is one of the  best interactive ones I've seen on YouTube I like  

the way that you control your class thanks well  I guess it's easier because like I'm I nobody  

is like you guys could be yelling at your screen  right now but I can't hear it so I I don't know if  

this is much about like controlling the class over  here but I'm I'm trying to teach something and the  

the only difficult thing about live classes like  this is I can't see the reaction in your face as  

I'm saying something so usually if I'm talking  with my kids or if I'm in a live classroom I can  

see the students and I can see if they understand  something or not so it's very clear in their face  

but here I need to ask people I need to look at  your chats and see what people are saying okay do  

they understand what I'm saying or not all right  uh but usually it's easier to do uh it's easier  

to do in a live class but also you get people  making noise and things like that Sor Joe says  

Drew uh your lives unlocked my English glad to  hear it I couldn't understand anything now I'm  

able to understand people speaking fantastic yep  glad to hear it yeah so there's nothing uh there's  

nothing magical about this process it's really  just like do what natives are doing and you will  

start speaking more like a native okay so stop  learning English as a second language and learn  

it as a first language all right uh Mala says it  is the first time I heard from you you are 100%  

right thank you well you're too kind let's see  oh you didn't wear my favorite verbal shirt yes  

this is actually a new shirt I got a new a new  white shirt you says can you teach us a little  

bit how to control a class Unice what what do you  what kind of class are you teaching you that you  

have trouble controlling your lesson or whatever  uh explain more about that uh predatory squirrel  

uhoh chasing those nuts over there the predatory  squirrel uh what do natives learn well they learn  

the same things that non-natives learn but they  also learn the way people really speak so native  

speakers are also learning textbook English and  that that same kind of thing that you would learn  

in a classroom but they're also learning the real  speech the idioms and the phrasal verbs and all  

of that that you hear in real conversations uh  and also they're learning it in a different way  

so they're getting lots of examples and it's all  of those examples that really make the language  

intuitive and easy for you to use so it's not  trying to learn the learn the grammar logically  

you really just need to see it or to get lots of  examples or hear stories or other things like that  

that make the language understandable for you when  will you finally expect how to learn properly what  

do you mean by that predatory squirrel let me  know uh what do you think about American pranks  

sometimes my spare time I watch pranks yeah it's  fun to fun to prank people uh let's see Abdullah  

Raman says uh please uh press like everyone  if you may thank you oh well thank you very  

much yes click the like button uh it's always  appreciated Ron says the good news is that we  

can change how we are learning yep and you can  change that anytime all right s says I try to  

remember five words idioms and some other grammar  part every day and then I try to use them when I  

speak but I forgot things very easily is there  an easy method to learn English Dre plays out  

yes what I'm explaining here is the easier method  so in this method like it's really on me to teach  

you so you become fluent so if I teach you well  then you will use that Lang language because you  

understand what I'm saying and you're getting lots  of examples not from me only uh but from lots of  

other people as well so that's how you learn so  you learn English uh as a first language rather  

than learning it as a second language sand says  I learn a lot with your class thank you very much  

Drew is it my pleasure can you please recommend  a good grammar book no I will [Laughter] not so  

again like a a good grammar book is not not what  you need to learn English it's more like uh Gra  

grammar by itself is a little bit trickier because  you're beginning with a grammar Point rather than  

like when would you use something so a native is  thinking they're not thinking about grammar points  

they're just thinking when do I use something  and then the grammar is is the result of that  

so again they're thinking about the situation and  then what would be the grammar what would be the  

English you use for that so as an example if I'm  doing something right now then I would use the  

present continuous so I would like we use the  term present continuous but a native doesn't  

think about it like that they're just like oh  well I'm doing it right now I'm walking I'm  

talking I'm eating I'm sleeping I'm playing I'm  going okay so all those things they understand  

it from the situation because they've seen lots of  examples of people doing things right now and this  

is the vocabulary they use and they're usually  contrasting that with some other tense so maybe  

yesterday I played basketball but right now now  I am not playing basketball okay so if I could  

give you a hundred examples you would probably  understand that very well and you would understand  

it the same way a native does it would be it would  be like intuitive it would be understandable it  

would be again I don't have like the perfect word  for this I don't know if anyone has has thought of  

that yet what like what we call this like people  talk about acquiring a language but that doesn't  

really explain exactly what's happening like you  are a acquiring the language but it doesn't it  

doesn't make sense to people other than like  learning something uh the difference is just  

like do you know something logically so you're  like yeah I understand how it works but do you  

live that do you own that do you really understand  that thing so you could use it fluently that's the

point uh all right let's see nasb what about those  been accent because they haven't been practicing  

speaking Oh you mean like they they're in an  accent so they can't speak most people don't  

speak because they sound horrible even though  they understand perfectly there's a gap there  

uh I mean if you if you're talking about a person  like they their mouth broke or something like or  

their mouth is soed shut uh and they can't move  their mouth then yeah like you could like it I  

could that could happen to me maybe I get I don't  know punched in the face and my I can't I can't  

speak fluently I can't actually express myself  because I can't move my mouth but that that has  

nothing to do with my fluency uh and I don't  practice by uh by moving my mouth I practice  

by learning more so I understand the language  better as I learn more uh not by me speaking so  

it doesn't matter if I'm moving my mouth or not uh  all of the practice really comes from how you're  

learning because if you don't understand then you  won't speak even if you can move your mouth or not

all right uh let's see from Pakistan I love  your lectures glad to hear it so let's see  

I'm Brazilian says Lucas Nelson hi Drew I  like the I like your way to teach English  

uh only listen and listening can help you  learn English right yes again it's not just  

it's not like only listening the point is do you  understand or not all right let me let me make

this so when people are saying you you only need  to listen to learn English I wouldn't say that  

because that's not how you learn your native  language like if I if I only listen it's like  

imagine if if I have like a here's a a lemon like  the put a little leaf on there just so it it's  

like a it's supposed to be a lemon you know now I  could describe this for you and you could listen  

to me talking about what a lemon is but it's much  easier if you just taste it and experience it for  

yourself all right so listening by itself is not  not the only way you should be learning you should  

learn in in many ways so there's the listening and  speaking and uh even writing and reading all those  

things are going to give you better understanding  and with better understanding comes a speech all  

right but the point of this video is showing  that speaking really is the result of how you  

learn it's not because you uh you like you spoke  first and that's how you got fluent you you speak  

because you're fluent it's really it's so it's  it's the opposite of what most people think is  

happening all right um Saku again and there are  and the other thing is native speakers short their  

conversations most of the time especially they  are sometimes lazy to open their mouths to spit  

out the full word yeah so the way people speak  in the real world is different than how people  

speak in the classroom and and teach teachers  aren't doing anything bad they're just trying  

to make the language clear for you to understand  and usually that's because you only need to take  

some kind of written test in a classroom you don't  actually need to speak with natives to have you  

know like the get a good score on your test or  something like that uh yes you are true that's  

why I want to learn more especially the grammar  says Lord yeah so remember uh it's not about  

learning more grammar it's just what situations do  we use something in and that's how you understand  

the grammar and so don't worry about the grammar  Point names or whatever I use those just so if  

people want to look them up people can do that  but it's it's more about understanding why we  

use things all right dlan says D says what is the  best way to learn vocabulary and is it better to  

learn words individually or in context what's  effective uh what to do with the student who  

didn't do homework how to make that I see all  right so the best way to learn vocabulary yes  

uh is in cont context you really want people to  understand what they're learning and that they  

feel confident about you know they that they  understand something so I I like to uh make  

sure that that there's some kind of Discovery like  you sound like a teacher or a parent or something  

maybe you're asking for somebody else like how to  teach how to make kids you know actually do their  

work um but the like the the actual process  of learning some new vocabulary is quite easy  

when you make it understandable and then you  give lots of examples all right so I I want

to and again it it it's It's tricky to explain  this because I don't want you to just focus on the  

vocabulary itself because the vocabulary is always  connected to something else so usually we begin uh  

with a situation like this because that's what  happens in our lives like something happens and  

then there's a way to describe that but usually  there are many ways to describe something so if  

I could have like let's say uh I don't know I  meet someone and I need some help all right so  

the situation is like I got hurt I need I need  help I could just say like help you know I could  

yell that out to people help and this is you know  in context because it's that situation so I'm not  

focusing on the word help I'm focusing on like  in in what way do we do this and so when we're  

watching a movie or something usually we see that  like someone's yelling like help help me help me  

so I might hear like help help me or I might hear  like help anyone you know so like is anyone out  

there can anyone help me uh or depending on like  the level of help maybe it's just I need a favor  

from someone like could you please help me do  something like I'm lost I don't know where the  

train station is is something like that all  right yeah Unice is SOS so SOS is a little  

bit different from you know like that but again  like you you understand it from the situation and  

it's more memorable that way uh but this is  it's it's like the it's almost like a like a

crossword if you guys know a crossword

puzzle so if we have usually you know they'll  there there will be like a word like this and  

then there's another word here and then another  word like this and then we might have you know  

something longer and so there are letters in  each of these but they're all connected to each  

other um and and so you might have like c a uh  B and then e BB and b a g and n g e r like that  

something like that uh and so all of these things  they're connected and as you look at them it's  

like oh look at that like like at this point I've  got like this thing and that thing here and this  

is you know just for vocabulary or for letters in  this case uh but the language works the same way  

when we're when we're actually teaching uh and so  like if like in the example of helping someone so  

first we have like I'm I'm I'm yelling out for  help but I might also help someone so we begin  

with the situation and then we have help but help  could also be used in a different situation and  

then here's a different vocabulary in a different  situation like that and so they're all connected  

to each other all right so when you're learning  uh or you're trying to teach as a teacher really  

the point is to to focus on something and then  give lots of examples of that thing uh because  

that's better than than like teaching uh like 10  vocabulary words that that people don't really  

understand okay so focus on something make sure  people can really understand it very well that's  

why we do that in uent for life to make sure  people really understand things we spend a lot of  

time uh because we really want you to understand  something like a native and you only get that by  

spending time with the language and and learning  systematically so it's not just taking a whole  

bunch of traditional English lessons you need to  understand it the same way natives do all right  

and again the other question what do we do with  the student who didn't do homework how would you  

make them uh I don't know the exact situation  like if this is in a classroom in your student  

student didn't do it I don't know you could  make him sit outside or do do something else  

but like remember that the job of the teacher  is to make something easy to understand and so  

if the student like if they're not doing the  homework because they don't understand what  

it is then that's your fault as a teacher and I  don't mean like just you but in general that is  

the teacher's fault like it's my fault if I'm  teaching something and people don't understand  

what I'm saying that's my fault it's not the  student's fault uh and so you know depending on  

the reason why the why the student isn't doing  the homework if they're just lazy or whatever  

then you know maybe you can and they have to do  it you know find find find a reason for them to  

get it done maybe they get like a you could reward  them for doing a good job or you could you know  

explain yeah you know it's actually valuable for  you to do this work even if it doesn't seem like  

it is you know there's lots of things you could  do I don't want to get uh too much into detail  

about that uh without knowing the situation  but those are the the kinds of things I would

try lookas says connected words again shame  again A friend of mine told me I joined the  

spoken English classes I asked her how they teach  English she told me Hindi to English then I gave  

her your video link and I told her she should  stop that class well yes remember like it some  

people they just need to learn the language  to pass a test and it doesn't matter if they  

actually can speak or understand fluently or  not so in some classes like it could be faster  

for those people to learn some vocabulary maybe  they're really good at memorizing and and give  

them a list of words in Hindi and then here are  the words in English just memorize that for the  

test but for the people who want to speak you  definitely do not want to learn that way you  

want to be learning the same way a native does  as uh with English as a first language so take  

off your glasses and the plane took off yep  exactly IR right so again these are these are  

two different things where the more connections  you can make the easier it is for the student to  

understand and think oh like look at that like  I took off the cap and I took off my glasses and  

the plane like took off like it's like actually  you know removed from the ground so there's a  

disconnect happening there all right so the  plane took off or you can say like my career  

took off we get even more figurative with the  meaning of it so like my I'm doing doing very  

well something you know good is happening  uh something like that so something takes

off perhaps you should take some days off to visit  other countries I could you could take off some  

days that's right Lord says now but just remember  R like not all like the vocabulary doesn't always  

mean the same thing so there will be you know some  like the vocabulary will mean one thing in this  

situation but it will mean something different  in another situation I love the way you teach us  

says Lord Lord lordes why why do you like the  way I teach you let me know I know people say  

that often but uh un says I'm a beginner computer  science teacher oh well make it fun whatever it  

is if you make it fun and understandable then  that's how they learn I know a lot of people  

they think making a class fun is like you get  gold stars or something like that's what they  

think gamification means but it really means you  just understand something intuitively it's like  

a puzzle and you feel good the puzzle itself can  be challenging but it's fun and when you find the  

solution you feel good about that all right that's  why we designed Frederick uh to work that way so  

it's a it's like a puzzle that you discover and as  you go through the app you really feel confident  

about learning because you understand it all all  right um let's see Andre hello everyone I'm from  

Brazil Rose official learning method is that any  book of methods for learning learn method is an  

any book of methods for learning English I don't  know what that means Rose explain more Daniel says  

hi this is the first time I catch up with your  live streaming your class is helping me uh a lot  

in learning English thanks a lot it's my pleasure  if you know other people who would benefit from  

the lessons let them know Joseph says can you  learn a language in just a few months uh sure  

you could yeah if you focus but remember like uh  remember that you learn a language in pieces so  

when people talk about about like like if I'm  going to teach you a new a new word or phrase  

or something like that uh I can get you fluent  in that phrase in a minute or five minutes or  

something it doesn't take that long and so you  learn this piece of the language and then you  

learn another piece and another piece and another  piece so you can become fluent in a language like  

in the pieces of it but I mean you you would  probably not become fluent in the whole thing  

I mean that's that's not very if it's not really  uh essential it's not useful to do that because  

most of the vocabulary isn't used anyway so if you  look at regular uh like newspapers and uh TV shows  

and regular conversations it's like I don't know  two and this is even that's too big really but  

it's it's about like 2% of the the total number of  words that are in the in the language like let's  

say I think it's something like 170,000 words I  don't know the exact number and new words created  

all the time but this is the number of words in  like in in common use that that like are in the  

uh the English language but very few of them are  actually used in real conversations all right uh  

and so like the word the' is I don't know it's  like seven 7% of all printed text something like  

that like people use the wordthe if you go back  and and listen to the like in my even this one  

video you'll hear it a lot so all of those words  here if you just learn these different pieces of  

them you can get fluent in the language very  quickly but you have to understand it like a  

native you have to learn like a native you have  to get fluent uh the same way a native does all  

right that's what this video is really about so  instead of learning English as a second language  

and the second language approach is what creates a  lot of the problems people have because they don't  

really understand what they're learning so they  don't feel confident speaking all right yeah so  

only 2% of people can find uh Goda on a map yeah  I'm sure like lots of people lots of people can't  

I mean they can't do all kinds of things you know  that that's not surprising for for anything really  

uh most says uh can we learn to speak without  visiting an English speaking country or meeting  

a native yeah sure and again like the the point is  to get the native input it's like right now you're  

not actually visiting me you're just listening to  me speak you're watching me you're listening to  

me speak but we're not sting sitting in the same  room you don't need to travel anywhere to watch  

this video and there are lots of great videos just  made for native speakers right on YouTube that you  

can watch so the the benefit of something like  fluent for life which is what my program is uh  

is that I actually help you understand all of that  in simple steps but you could you could certainly  

try to learn by yourself and learn English as a  first language by yourself but you don't need to  

live in an english- speaking country especially  now uh with the internet and all the connections  

and all the materials that people have available  oh you just learn like a native that's all you

do

uh let's

see right s says good idea teacher take some water  with lemon yes I need get my I don't have any

lemon I do have some water I think listening  also improves your vocabulary there are lots  

of instances I use words I heard subconsciously  yes so all these skills work together the more you  

listen the more input you get the better you are  and that's what's really developing your fluency  

the actual speaking is a very small part of that  so I I'd actually like to do an experiment where  

I learn a language if somebody could teach me the  way I teach uh English if someone could teach me  

a language I would do that without speaking and  then after a week I would I would start speaking  

just to show people how it works all right Nas  says what do you mean by I practice by learning  

more I know people that learn a lot of English but  the pronunciation is horrible it is difficult to  

understand them even though they know a lot uh so  you you have to it's not about like what you know  

it's how well do you know that information so  do you know that information like a native can  

you use the vocabulary do you understand it like  a native or are you thinking about it through a  

translation like a student would so there's lots  of people who know a lot a lot of people actually  

who watch my videos they know a lot of English but  they still have trouble uh speaking confidently  

because they don't really feel confident about  what they know so they have lots of hesitation  

lots of doubts about pronunciation or grammar or  vocabulary and that's what keeps them stuck all  

right so it's not about knowing the information uh  but the the listening the the the input that you  

get and that can come from like the I mean you can  get it from writing as as well which is kind of  

output actually uh but that's the actual practice  that gets you fluent so the practice comes from  

the information that helps you understand like  a native it's not from uh and I really I really  

wish I had an even simpler explanation for this  but it's really just learn like a native now the  

reason I don't I I don't just say people uh people  should learn like a native is because people just  

think that's unbelievable so they're like well  Drew I can't learn like a native native like I'm  

not a native I don't live in America I wasn't  born in America or whatever and and I'm so I I  

I I try not to use that even though that's what  I'm telling you telling you to do so when I say  

people should learn English as a first language  it's like learn the real language the same way a  

native would that that's what I'm talking about  and if you do that it becomes much easier uh but  

that's where the practice comes from uh Jenny  says uh what about if we want to learn English  

as an academic purpose like toor do you have any  suggestion about the learning method no you would  

learn it the same way it's just if there's  specific content you need to learn uh because  

especially if you have a like a speaking component  and I think you do for I um then you would need to  

be able to communicate you know the same way so  what what I tell people to do uh they would learn  

English as a first language and that will help you  for anything it will help you in your job it will  

help you on IELTS it doesn't matter what you're  doing but often people who are learning English  

as a second language the traditional way they  can only take some written test and they can't  

enjoy communicating people in with their you know  co-workers or whatever or their spouse or somebody  

like that or to get better jobs or anything so  the like my way is the way that natives learn  

and that's why they become fluent speakers so  it doesn't matter if you're learning English  

for a test or for a job or to communicate in your  everyday life uh it's all learning the same way  

that will get you Liz says I struggle to speak in  English even though I know the word I understood  

the question but I don't know how to reiterate  my thoughts yeah and so a lot of that it comes  

from learning English as a second language so if  you know things but you have trouble putting it  

all together it's because you're still learning  English as a second language you're still not  

understanding it like a native would so a native  it's just it's it's automatic it's easy because  

they they've just gotten so many examples they've  mastered it uh without even thinking about it all  

right so that's how you need to learn uh yes  I'm a teacher still learning methods I see uh  

let's see s so all right Mo says can we watch  mixed Australian videos was American videos and  

British vide yeah and that's what we do in fluent  for life so you listen to Australian speakers and  

American and British and even you know within  those different countries you've got different  

accents so you need to hear lots of different  people because even in the United States you will  

have British speakers and Australian English and  Canadians that speak a little bit different uh so  

again it's it's important to be prepared for all  of that uh SAA says I'm getting better but need to  

practice more on daily speaking uh sa no you don't  again like people think you think that you need to  

practice speaking I think maybe maybe it's it's  I I can try to do this in a different way um but  

people have been told for so many years that you  need to practice speaking to get fluent but even  

though they keep practicing they don't get fluent  so there's something wrong with that something

wrong so let's just look at uh a  typical learner so we'll just put  

uh let's see like a learner like  an adult English learner versus a

native and let's just look at what's different  between these two things uh so both of them are  

learning let's just say learn and this native  is also learning new things all the time uh  

and they might like let's say let's say both of  these people live in the United States just for  

this example so live in us uh same thing live  in the United States uh and like they speak  

every day speak every day over here again same  thing so speak speak so both of these things are  

learning uh they're living in the US they're both  speaking uh let's say they're both young they're  

like I don't know we just say let's say 20 years  old maybe some people don't think that's young I  

think it's young now so they're both 20 years old  uh and let's see like has a we'll just say has uh  

like has a girlfriend and same thing over here  so both of them have a girlfriend and so looking  

at all these things like all these things are the  same but the learner is not fluent and the native  

is why so what's so what's really what's really  different about these things so both of them have  

a girlfriend they're the same age they both get  some speaking every day uh but clearly the uh  

the learner is not speaking as well as the native  uh and they both live in the United States States  

so they spend time around United States you know  people speaking English probably uh but how they  

learn is a real difference here so you can you can  be in the United States and speak and be young and  

have a girlfriend and still not be fluent because  of how you learn okay so the native is in the  

United States and is Young and has a girlfriend  or whatever uh and they speak FL L the only real  

difference is this one it's how they learn so if  they are both in the United States and they are  

both young and they both even you know have like  some kind of speaking every day uh but a lot of  

people don't they don't spend their time speaking  all day you know some people maybe they go to work  

and they're just typing on a computer all day they  don't actually spend a lot of time speaking maybe  

they speak with their family in the morning and at  night uh and they have a lunch break or something  

but people aren't aren't just talking all day so  they get let's say they get the same amount of  

time speaking but it's because of how they learn  that changes everything about how they speak all  

right so the difference here like these are it's  the same thing they both live in the United States  

they both speak they're both 20 years old both  have a native English-speaking girlfriend but  

how they learn is different they understand the  language differently and so that's why they use  

it all right so like when when people say like  I have no one to talk with it doesn't matter if  

you have people to talk with or not when I came to  Japan I spent about a year living in Japan living  

with Japanese people trying to speak every day  even though I didn't feel comfortable speaking  

and the problem was because how I learned that's  why I couldn't communicate all right so it's not  

that I like I didn't need more speaking practice  more speaking how is more speaking practice going  

to help me it won't and the reason is because  speaking doesn't help help you learn anything  

it's just using what you know when you speak uh  the only way you learn something is by hearing  

things from other people so in a conversation I'm  saying something I'm not I'm not learning any new  

information from myself but I'm hearing that from  other people so the other person I'm speaking with  

is helping me understand new things that's where  I'm getting new information from all right and if  

that's true then I don't need to speak then I'm  just I really just need to get that like hear  

other people speak I need to listen to other  people speaking and that's how I improve all  

right but I don't I don't like improve more by  repeating vocabulary like let's say I learn the  

word marker in Japanese and I just I just like  repeat marker marker marker again and again and  

again MAA MAA MAA I could repeat that but I'm not  I'm not really improving my ability to communicate  

much I'm not because I'm not learning anything  new from from the output it's the in inut it's  

actually teaching me something so I'd rather hear  like 10 other people say marker and that's what's  

going to help me really develop my pronunciation  okay so the main difference here when people are  

like well I really need somebody to speak with  you don't it's nice if you have somebody but  

speaking is the result of how you learn it's not  the it's not the way to get fluent it's because  

you are fluent you feel confident speaking so  fluency if you think about fluency is like wow  

I really understand something very well so I can  speak about that thing okay so if both of these  

people the native and the learner everything else  is the same it's really just the difference in  

the way they're learning so if the learner learns  the same way that a native does they will become  

fluent also they would have to of course they  would everybody everybody gets fluent the same  

way all right so stop worrying about needing a a  person to speak with because that's not going to  

help you learn more and many people are trying to  speak already so you don't need to learn more or  

to speak more you just need to learn the right  way okay hopefully this is clear again like I  

I've spent years trying to explain this to people  and I I still don't feel I have it like perfectly  

simplified so I'd love if someone can if someone  can take what I'm saying and say oh like this is  

what you mean and then then I then I get it all  right uh yeah so don't worry about uh like finding  

people to practice speaking with that it's like  the the thing you find uh after you've already  

learned and you can improve by yourself for that  reason Ceda Hello nice to see you there all right  

uh please your friends give Drew likes it helps  a lot Drew does a great work uh here every week  

he deserves our likes well thank you very much he  deserves yes all right Drew is the best teacher  

ever well I don't know about the best teacher ever  but uh I appreciate that about says Ohio Ohio zus  

nice to see you there guys name again yesterday  I watched your how to make espresso video and  

afterwards I watched other videos on how to make  espresso I learned a lot of those videos yeah so  

you learn a lot from those videos and of course  like it makes sense like if you're understanding  

like a native you're like ah look at that I  continue to get more you you really build up  

the fluency in layers as you learn more and more  uh but that's how natives are doing it and that's  

what you are also doing in your native language  as you learn uh how do you think about or you say  

what do I think about Justin Bieber he just posted  a wrong photo of Israel and said pray for Israel  

but it's actually a photo of Gaza just wondering  can some famous people even Find Gaza on the map  

well I mean there there's a lot of information  that's probably like either inaccurate or like  

lies about stuff not just about uh like this  recent situation but about all kinds of things  

but yes uh in general people talk about things  that they don't know much about sadly uh let's  

see D no says being strict for students does it  matter for a teacher because some students prefer  

strict teacher but I'm naturally gentle kind of  is difficult for me to be strict uh I mean you if  

you make the lesson fun and the students actually  enjoy learning you don't really need to be strict  

about anything it just help people help people  learn and make it fun and the fun comes from  

them actually learning something it's not just  like like I often see math problems like you do  

a math problem and you get like a point it's like  that's not really fun you're just you're trying  

to take something boring and and and giving it  like a fun you know like a fun reward but that's  

not actually making the learning itself fun uh  let's see I'm at work now it's the night where  

I live let's see Jesus well Jesus is there oh my  goodness what uh is the method you use to teach  

English could you please give us an example uh  please yes so here it is take off the cap put  

on the cap take off the shirt put on the shirt  take off the Eraser put on the Eraser that's one  

very simple example of how I'm taking one thing  giving you lots of examples of it and that's one  

example one one situation uh and that learning  in different ways I call that naturally varied  

review because you need to be prepared for all of  these different situations in a real conversation  

you need to be prepaired for real like native  speakers that have different pronunciation uh  

or that maybe they don't speak clearly or they  use different vocabulary uh but that's how you  

do it well let's see here so obviously like  in in something like fluent for life we go in  

a lot more detail and cover many more topics uh  but that's the basic idea to help you understand  

legga native uh I remember the time when I found  Drew's videos on YouTube it was a good time for me  

glad to hear it motion uh a myriad of examples  from for the same situation yeah so that's one  

uh like that's like it's it's getting examples  but it's also just understanding them like like  

a native so I could give you a I could tell you  a grammar point and like you would probably get  

it with enough examples but if I teach you well  you can understand it sooner that's that's really  

the value of a good teacher Nas says I have you  thought about doing an Instagram live stream uh  

I've done yeah I've done some Instagram live  you can find those on there you could add one  

subscriber at a time and have conversation about  their questions that would be more enjoyable  

experience yes I've done that also I think I can  actually do that on uh YouTube as well possibly uh  

but usually we get like a lot of people on these  uh a lot of on these videos uh YouTube is enough  

for him I guess yeah but I I'm on Instagram I  I haven't posted anything on there for a while  

um like part of that is because I can I can make  a a YouTube video and more people will find that  

more easily than finding something on Instagram  Instagram is kind of like uh something enjoyable  

for the moment but YouTube is a resource for  people so they will go to YouTube and be able  

to search for things easily and and find the  videos later I recommend yall watch wild and  

out I'm sure y'all going to improve a lot just by  listening how different Native speak yep you can  

get information from lots of different sources TV  shows movies that kind of thing but uh it's nice  

if you can understand it again all right yes again  like listening it's not just like listening I want  

to make it clear uh listening by itself is not uh  the only thing you need you need to the point is  

to understand and part of that understanding  comes from listening uh but part of it comes  

from watching things too like you need to connect  as many things as you can see what time it it is  

all right uh Abdul zamad I struggle speaking long  long sentences without mispronouncing a word when  

I want to say a long sentence with multiple words  I might just pronounce mispronounce a word and  

once that happens it's crazy yeah so try to speak  more clearly uh and slowly with smaller sentences  

and and build up your ability to do that and also  get more examples of those kinds of sentences and  

that will help you understand those as well so  what we do in fluent for life we have a like a  

lesson uh or a lesson type about this specific  issue and this is where we take a sentence and  

kind of Build It Up over time uh learning is  a natural process but in the very few in the  

very near future we can make it unnaturally easy  well we'll see uh it might be possible for you  

to plug a wire into your brain and and understand  something that would be cool I would I would love  

to do that if that was possible yeah speaking as  a result when you understand extremely well but  

people often just go outside and speak even though  someone who doesn't know anything why would they  

suggest nonsense thing well again like lots of  people think that you need to speak it sounds like  

the reasonable thing to do like if I want to learn  how to ride a bicycle I should ride a bicycle if I  

want to learn how to I don't know play baseball  I should go play baseball but speaking is a  

different kind of process where if you don't  understand something you won't feel confident  

speaking and that confidence is very important  because humans generally are nervous about making  

mistakes in front of other people so you really  need to like because you could have people like if  

I could remove that part of your brain where you  have no fear then you would just go out and just  

say whatever you like and and maybe people don't  understand but you don't really care and so it's  

important to actually uh understand what you're  saying to be able to communicate confidently and  

to know what you mean like it's like if you don't  really understand something then you won't feel  

confident using it that's really the problem uh  FIA says hello from Anor wat uh pal says good  

morning morning I'm from India and your way of  teaching how to speak English is really awesome  

glad dear I recommend you says Lucas glad dear  greetings from Chihuahua Mexico all right let's  

see it's great to be with you NSF hello teacher  do you have private classes no I do not I answered  

this earlier but I'll answer it very quickly  again the reason I don't offer private lessons  

is because you really need to get lots of examples  from many different native speakers in order to  

become fluent and to prepare yourself for real  convers ations all right so if you only listen  

to me you will get used to the sound of my voice  so you really need to listen to many different  

natives this is why we put that in fluent for  life so it's actually a much better use of your  

time to go through fluent for life rather than  to learn with me personally or you know like any  

other individual teacher all right uh let's see  TH or Tha from Vietnam nice to see you there Jesus  

again my experience learning English as a Mexican  is that we try to pronounce each uh and every word  

in a sentence and then notice that there are lots  of reduced sounds yeah it becomes our reference  

connected words yeah all right I think people are  getting it but we've gotten to the end of comments  

which is nice because I don't have to keep talking  I'm going to and to pass out over here in just a

moment so yes I'm I'm still always thinking  about what is the best way that I can explain  

to people and George is there the beginning  and the end nice to see George there uh so  

I'm always thinking about what is the best way  to explain that it's really about like you know  

something so well we say we know it like the back  I know it like the back of my hand all right like  

I know it's so well it's just a like a it's  automatic it's easy for me and you get that  

by getting all the different examples learning  like a native understanding like a native and  

because you have have that understanding you  speak so don't worry about trying to speak  

first I'll make this very clear for this last  section just to uh talk about what we talked

about the traditional way that people are  learning uh usually you begin with learning  

something uh but because you don't understand  so to say don't understand you don't speak  

don't speak and because you don't speak all  you can really do is learn more and then you  

just continue this process again and again but  notice uh we have learning first and then we have  

trouble with communication so we don't speak but  when you're learning English so this is learning  

English as a second language but when you're  learning English as a first language uh again  

it's the same process of learning so we start  with learning over here and then I understand  

or just put a u here for understand and because  I understand I speak so speaking is the result  

of this process you begin with learning and that  takes you to speech we don't begin with speech you  

don't learn anything from speech you learn things  just by hearing lots of examples of natives doing  

that because that's the only way you can learn  you don't learn from speaking how does it how  

does speaking build your fluency how would that  happen but you do learn a lot from hearing lots  

of different people speak pretty simple uh all  right let's see final comments here uh thanks for  

your willingness to take Learners out of the  running wheel yes the the hamster wheel that  

people get stuck on long time ago I was Chinese  now I'm a complete Japanese I forgot all of my  

Chinese from a Japanese funny game all right the  sound very low says okay yeah maybe turn up your  

uh turn up your your volume again sham some  days ago I watched the video I don't remember  

that video after the video I commented I wrote  what you do think about efl and naturally very  

review didn't reply me well I get lots of comments  so don't feel bad or offended if I don't respond  

to everyone but uh thank you for leaving comments  again Jam you especially you know what's going on  

you know how it should be learning uh so feel  free to tell other people and just say let's

see uh and so I don't know if that's talking about  a video I did or of somebody else's video but yes  

uh telling more people learn English as a first  language and they're like oh what is that it just  

means understanding like an all right Sanders says  thanks again take care and jel says Hi teacher and  

I think that's a good time to stop but thank  you all for joining me remember keep learning  

English as a first language if you want to speak  fluently and I'll see you in the next video byebye