Focus and Fluency - How to Speak English Fluently - Advanced English Listening Practice - 51

hi there I'm drew badger the

hi there I'm drew badger the world's number one english

world's number one english

world's number one english fluency guide and it is a

fluency guide and it is a

fluency guide and it is a pleasure to welcome you to

pleasure to welcome you to

pleasure to welcome you to another advanced listening

another advanced listening

another advanced listening practice lesson well i will be

practice lesson well i will be

practice lesson well i will be speaking to quickly in this one

speaking to quickly in this one

speaking to quickly in this one but I think it's just important

but I think it's just important

but I think it's just important for you to listen to

for you to listen to

for you to listen to well not only my speech at this

well not only my speech at this

well not only my speech at this regular speed but also I try to

regular speed but also I try to

regular speed but also I try to give things that are even faster

give things that are even faster

give things that are even faster on occasion just because this is

on occasion just because this is

on occasion just because this is really trying to Train

really trying to Train

really trying to Train individual parts of your fluency

individual parts of your fluency

individual parts of your fluency and this is how i teach so it's

and this is how i teach so it's

and this is how i teach so it's part of the things like when

part of the things like when

part of the things like when you're you know learning to

you're you know learning to

you're you know learning to improve a particular muscle

improve a particular muscle

improve a particular muscle group it's important sometimes

group it's important sometimes

group it's important sometimes to just focus on that one thing

to just focus on that one thing

to just focus on that one thing or you approach that muscle

or you approach that muscle

or you approach that muscle group from different areas or do

group from different areas or do

group from different areas or do different exercises that are

different exercises that are

different exercises that are trying to focus on one

trying to focus on one

trying to focus on one particular thing so obviously i

particular thing so obviously i

particular thing so obviously i don't want you to just listen to

don't want you to just listen to

don't want you to just listen to really fast speech because

really fast speech because

really fast speech because people don't normally speak like

people don't normally speak like

people don't normally speak like that but when you stretch

that but when you stretch

that but when you stretch yourself by trying to listen to

yourself by trying to listen to

yourself by trying to listen to something that's faster they

something that's faster they

something that's faster they want then what you would

want then what you would

want then what you would normally listen to then that's

normally listen to then that's

normally listen to then that's going to train you and be more

going to train you and be more

going to train you and be more comfortable train you to be more

comfortable train you to be more

comfortable train you to be more comfortable i should say when

comfortable i should say when

comfortable i should say when you get into actual conversation

you get into actual conversation

you get into actual conversation with people and they're speaking

with people and they're speaking

with people and they're speaking at a much more kind of everyday

at a much more kind of everyday

at a much more kind of everyday and more normal and regular

and more normal and regular

and more normal and regular speed kind of speech anyway just

speed kind of speech anyway just

speed kind of speech anyway just wanted to throw that out there

wanted to throw that out there

wanted to throw that out there just to say that right before we

just to say that right before we

just to say that right before we begin this lesson set for this

begin this lesson set for this

begin this lesson set for this lesson i should say but today

lesson i should say but today

lesson i should say but today what I wanted to talk about is

what I wanted to talk about is

what I wanted to talk about is developing your fluency kind of

developing your fluency kind of

developing your fluency kind of in the same way i develop mind

in the same way i develop mind

in the same way i develop mind by focusing focus focus focus

by focusing focus focus focus

by focusing focus focus focus lately I've been making quite a

lately I've been making quite a

lately I've been making quite a few videos that have been

few videos that have been

few videos that have been describing various things in the

describing various things in the

describing various things in the basic intermediate and more

basic intermediate and more

basic intermediate and more advanced way and the reason I've

advanced way and the reason I've

advanced way and the reason I've been doing that is because while

been doing that is because while

been doing that is because while people were asking for it but

people were asking for it but

people were asking for it but also it's a really great idea

also it's a really great idea

also it's a really great idea for you to just see how you can

for you to just see how you can

for you to just see how you can take something and when you

take something and when you

take something and when you focus on something simple that

focus on something simple that

focus on something simple that will restrain the wave kind of

will restrain the wave kind of

will restrain the wave kind of your options for what you can

your options for what you can

your options for what you can talk about and actually make you

talk about and actually make you

talk about and actually make you much more creative

much more creative

much more creative so you look for ways to explain

so you look for ways to explain

so you look for ways to explain things and to describe things

things and to describe things

things and to describe things when you don't have the

when you don't have the

when you don't have the opportunity to just talk about

opportunity to just talk about

opportunity to just talk about anything you want to you get to

anything you want to you get to

anything you want to you get to focus and it really draws your

focus and it really draws your

focus and it really draws your creativity out so i think i was

creativity out so i think i was

creativity out so i think i was i am i've been like making so

i am i've been like making so

i am i've been like making so many lessons lately that i only

many lessons lately that i only

many lessons lately that i only remember what lessons that I was

remember what lessons that I was

remember what lessons that I was talking about this in or what

talking about this in or what

talking about this in or what lesson i was talking about this

lesson i was talking about this

lesson i was talking about this in but the costume ball example

in but the costume ball example

in but the costume ball example where you're having like a

where you're having like a

where you're having like a costume party and if you say I'm

costume party and if you say I'm

costume party and if you say I'm talking about having a costume

talking about having a costume

talking about having a costume party about you know people that

party about you know people that

party about you know people that are having

are having

are having yeah or maybe eighteen nineteen

yeah or maybe eighteen nineteen

yeah or maybe eighteen nineteen eighties TV show characters so

eighties TV show characters so

eighties TV show characters so you're making it very specific

you're making it very specific

you're making it very specific and the more specific you make

and the more specific you make

and the more specific you make something while still giving a

something while still giving a

something while still giving a little bit of freedom there

little bit of freedom there

little bit of freedom there that's what's really going to

that's what's really going to

that's what's really going to help you improve so what I'd

help you improve so what I'd

help you improve so what I'd like to talk about today in this

like to talk about today in this

like to talk about today in this advanced listening practice

advanced listening practice

advanced listening practice lesson is and how I got fluid

lesson is and how I got fluid

lesson is and how I got fluid and how you can use the same

and how you can use the same

and how you can use the same principle yourself for trying to

principle yourself for trying to

principle yourself for trying to learn lots of new things and

learn lots of new things and

learn lots of new things and actually develop the ability to

actually develop the ability to

actually develop the ability to speak in the way I'm speaking

speak in the way I'm speaking

speak in the way I'm speaking right now so when I was first

right now so when I was first

right now so when I was first came when i first came to Japan

came when i first came to Japan

came when i first came to Japan I really struggled it was really

I really struggled it was really

I really struggled it was really like a serious pain in the ass I

like a serious pain in the ass I

like a serious pain in the ass I almost thought about returning

almost thought about returning

almost thought about returning to America it was that

to America it was that

to America it was that depressing for me because I'm

depressing for me because I'm

depressing for me because I'm living in a small town and

living in a small town and

living in a small town and nobody else spoke English really

nobody else spoke English really

nobody else spoke English really except maybe one teacher and one

except maybe one teacher and one

except maybe one teacher and one other person that I didn't even

other person that I didn't even

other person that I didn't even meet until a couple of months

meet until a couple of months

meet until a couple of months after i had moved there so I'm

after i had moved there so I'm

after i had moved there so I'm talking to people and even kind

talking to people and even kind

talking to people and even kind of just getting along when I was

of just getting along when I was

of just getting along when I was first learning language i really

first learning language i really

first learning language i really struggled I did all the typical

struggled I did all the typical

struggled I did all the typical things that people do when

things that people do when

things that people do when they're trying to learn a

they're trying to learn a

they're trying to learn a language and they're they're

language and they're they're

language and they're they're trying to use textbooks and

trying to use textbooks and

trying to use textbooks and flashcards and you're you're

flashcards and you're you're

flashcards and you're you're basically trying to build like a

basically trying to build like a

basically trying to build like a wide vocabulary because when you

wide vocabulary because when you

wide vocabulary because when you get into like a new country to

get into like a new country to

get into like a new country to learn the language for the first

learn the language for the first

learn the language for the first time you're thinking like oh my

time you're thinking like oh my

time you're thinking like oh my god there is so much information

god there is so much information

god there is so much information I need to know I need to know

I need to know I need to know

I need to know I need to know how to go shopping I need to

how to go shopping I need to

how to go shopping I need to know what to say at the bank i

know what to say at the bank i

know what to say at the bank i need to know what like how to

need to know what like how to

need to know what like how to get my internet turned on and

get my internet turned on and

get my internet turned on and you know what to say when i go

you know what to say when i go

you know what to say when i go to the coffee house to get my

to the coffee house to get my

to the coffee house to get my particular morning coffee and

particular morning coffee and

particular morning coffee and you get overwhelmed by all these

you get overwhelmed by all these

you get overwhelmed by all these things and that's why I really

things and that's why I really

things and that's why I really like you to return to the idea

like you to return to the idea

like you to return to the idea of focusing and so you kind of

of focusing and so you kind of

of focusing and so you kind of pick a few things or pick maybe

pick a few things or pick maybe

pick a few things or pick maybe ideally just one thing to focus

ideally just one thing to focus

ideally just one thing to focus on and you go really deep with

on and you go really deep with

on and you go really deep with that thing and you develop the

that thing and you develop the

that thing and you develop the ability to speak fluently about

ability to speak fluently about

ability to speak fluently about that particular thing because

that particular thing because

that particular thing because typically whether you're talking

typically whether you're talking

typically whether you're talking about coffee or you're talking

about coffee or you're talking

about coffee or you're talking about like getting an airplane

about like getting an airplane

about like getting an airplane ticket or getting your haircut

ticket or getting your haircut

ticket or getting your haircut or any of these other particular

or any of these other particular

or any of these other particular things you might be doing

things you might be doing

things you might be doing there's a particular way of

there's a particular way of

there's a particular way of talking where you're all you're

talking where you're all you're

talking where you're all you're doing is really exchanging

doing is really exchanging

doing is really exchanging vocabulary when you move from

vocabulary when you move from

vocabulary when you move from one subject to another so

one subject to another so

one subject to another so actually learning to connect

actually learning to connect

actually learning to connect your words and speak fluently is

your words and speak fluently is

your words and speak fluently is quite easy to do if you just

quite easy to do if you just

quite easy to do if you just focus on one thing but if you

focus on one thing but if you

focus on one thing but if you try to learn about the bank and

try to learn about the bank and

try to learn about the bank and the coffee shop and the

the coffee shop and the

the coffee shop and the haircutting and all these other

haircutting and all these other

haircutting and all these other things at the same time you're

things at the same time you're

things at the same time you're going to get a very you get kind

going to get a very you get kind

going to get a very you get kind of a wide range of things where

of a wide range of things where

of a wide range of things where you have

you have

you have a good vocabulary but you won't

a good vocabulary but you won't

a good vocabulary but you won't know how to connect that

know how to connect that

know how to connect that vocabulary because you haven't

vocabulary because you haven't

vocabulary because you haven't focused on that

focused on that

focused on that so the focus happen for me

so the focus happen for me

so the focus happen for me because i was able to focus on

because i was able to focus on

because i was able to focus on gardening and I spent a lot of

gardening and I spent a lot of

gardening and I spent a lot of my time like two days a week

my time like two days a week

my time like two days a week just like doing nothing but

just like doing nothing but

just like doing nothing but gardening and talking about that

gardening and talking about that

gardening and talking about that and of course at the beginning I

and of course at the beginning I

and of course at the beginning I wasn't very good i was just

wasn't very good i was just

wasn't very good i was just learning individual words but by

learning individual words but by

learning individual words but by even just learning like okay

even just learning like okay

even just learning like okay this rock goes on that rock or

this rock goes on that rock or

this rock goes on that rock or we put this plant behind that

we put this plant behind that

we put this plant behind that thing something like that

thing something like that

thing something like that I'm starting to learn how we put

I'm starting to learn how we put

I'm starting to learn how we put phrases and sentences and Colin

phrases and sentences and Colin

phrases and sentences and Colin whole conversations come

whole conversations come

whole conversations come together just by focusing on a

together just by focusing on a

together just by focusing on a particular thing so in the same

particular thing so in the same

particular thing so in the same way that I'm making these

way that I'm making these

way that I'm making these lessons now that are helping

lessons now that are helping

lessons now that are helping people describe things the way

people describe things the way

people describe things the way they needed speaker would

they needed speaker would

they needed speaker would understand them or the way about

understand them or the way about

understand them or the way about native speaker would say them

native speaker would say them

native speaker would say them I'd like you to do the same

I'd like you to do the same

I'd like you to do the same thing just pick your number one

thing just pick your number one

thing just pick your number one interest and you'll be able to

interest and you'll be able to

interest and you'll be able to come back to the other things

come back to the other things

come back to the other things that you want to learn but just

that you want to learn but just

that you want to learn but just pick one thing that you're

pick one thing that you're

pick one thing that you're really interested in and it

really interested in and it

really interested in and it should be something that you

should be something that you

should be something that you enjoy studying or enjoy doing in

enjoy studying or enjoy doing in

enjoy studying or enjoy doing in your own native language so if

your own native language so if

your own native language so if you like skateboarding then

you like skateboarding then

you like skateboarding then learn about skateboarding in

learn about skateboarding in

learn about skateboarding in English whatever that thing is

English whatever that thing is

English whatever that thing is but you should be focusing on

but you should be focusing on

but you should be focusing on that thing and learn to go deep

that thing and learn to go deep

that thing and learn to go deep with it so learn lots of

with it so learn lots of

with it so learn lots of vocabulary learn how to work

vocabulary learn how to work

vocabulary learn how to work with different grammar points

with different grammar points

with different grammar points within that topic and then it

within that topic and then it

within that topic and then it will be much easier when you

will be much easier when you

will be much easier when you move to something else because

move to something else because

move to something else because really the grammar doesn't

really the grammar doesn't

really the grammar doesn't change and this is why people

change and this is why people

change and this is why people are like asking me like and I

are like asking me like and I

are like asking me like and I learned some like more advanced

learned some like more advanced

learned some like more advanced grammar and other things and

grammar and other things and

grammar and other things and really if you think about

really if you think about

really if you think about fluency like a tree the grammar

fluency like a tree the grammar

fluency like a tree the grammar kind of goes up to a certain

kind of goes up to a certain

kind of goes up to a certain point and then it stops the

point and then it stops the

point and then it stops the grammar doesn't get infinitely

grammar doesn't get infinitely

grammar doesn't get infinitely more difficult i mean you could

more difficult i mean you could

more difficult i mean you could kind of make more interesting

kind of make more interesting

kind of make more interesting language but it's more about

language but it's more about

language but it's more about interesting phrases and

interesting phrases and

interesting phrases and metaphors and other things like

metaphors and other things like

metaphors and other things like that it becomes more about

that it becomes more about

that it becomes more about different subjects so out here

different subjects so out here

different subjects so out here like the grammar is the same for

like the grammar is the same for

like the grammar is the same for all these different subjects

all these different subjects

all these different subjects that come out but the vocabulary

that come out but the vocabulary

that come out but the vocabulary is the thing that's really

is the thing that's really

is the thing that's really different

different

different so if you can focus on the

so if you can focus on the

so if you can focus on the grammar and then focus on one

grammar and then focus on one

grammar and then focus on one particular subject then you can

particular subject then you can

particular subject then you can you know once you've mastered

you know once you've mastered

you know once you've mastered this thing it's much easier to

this thing it's much easier to

this thing it's much easier to move on to different subjects

move on to different subjects

move on to different subjects and learn about those different

and learn about those different

and learn about those different things in the same way that a

things in the same way that a

things in the same way that a native speaking college student

native speaking college student

native speaking college student they already have a good

they already have a good

they already have a good understanding of the language so

understanding of the language so

understanding of the language so that they can learn economics or

that they can learn economics or

that they can learn economics or social studies or you know

social studies or you know

social studies or you know whatever the other thing is they

whatever the other thing is they

whatever the other thing is they happen to be learning in their

happen to be learning in their

happen to be learning in their particular classes so I'd like

particular classes so I'd like

particular classes so I'd like you to do the same thing and

you to do the same thing and

you to do the same thing and that's what the this lesson set

that's what the this lesson set

that's what the this lesson set is all about this lesson i

is all about this lesson i

is all about this lesson i should say

should say

should say and when you're thinking about

and when you're thinking about

and when you're thinking about something again find something

something again find something

something again find something you're interested in really go

you're interested in really go

you're interested in really go deep with it and try to learn as

deep with it and try to learn as

deep with it and try to learn as we do with these descriptions of

we do with these descriptions of

we do with these descriptions of things we're taking not just the

things we're taking not just the

things we're taking not just the object itself but the pieces of

object itself but the pieces of

object itself but the pieces of the object trying to ask

the object trying to ask

the object trying to ask questions about it how can you

questions about it how can you

questions about it how can you describe that thing more and

describe that thing more and

describe that thing more and this is what's going to help you

this is what's going to help you

this is what's going to help you get from much faster so you

get from much faster so you

get from much faster so you might have to sacrifice a little

might have to sacrifice a little

might have to sacrifice a little bit of time like knowing about

bit of time like knowing about

bit of time like knowing about all these things in a small way

all these things in a small way

all these things in a small way but the people that succeed are

but the people that succeed are

but the people that succeed are the ones that go deep with

the ones that go deep with

the ones that go deep with something and this is how you

something and this is how you

something and this is how you can master the actual art of

can master the actual art of

can master the actual art of speaking before you start

speaking before you start

speaking before you start learning more things like

learning more things like

learning more things like vocabulary so it's much easier

vocabulary so it's much easier

vocabulary so it's much easier to master the art of speaking

to master the art of speaking

to master the art of speaking first and then add more

first and then add more

first and then add more vocabulary to that than to try

vocabulary to that than to try

vocabulary to that than to try to do the opposite

to do the opposite

to do the opposite we're trying to learn a bunch of

we're trying to learn a bunch of

we're trying to learn a bunch of different vocabulary words for

different vocabulary words for

different vocabulary words for different things and you don't

different things and you don't

different things and you don't really know how to connect them

really know how to connect them

really know how to connect them very well

very well

very well so practice doing that find

so practice doing that find

so practice doing that find something interesting that you

something interesting that you

something interesting that you liked learning and go deep with

liked learning and go deep with

liked learning and go deep with that thing focus on that thing

that thing focus on that thing

that thing focus on that thing learn a lot of aspects of that

learn a lot of aspects of that

learn a lot of aspects of that vocabulary and then try to

vocabulary and then try to

vocabulary and then try to practice different grammar

practice different grammar

practice different grammar points within that thing and

points within that thing and

points within that thing and you'll be much more motivated

you'll be much more motivated

you'll be much more motivated and excited to learn well that's

and excited to learn well that's

and excited to learn well that's it for this lesson if you have

it for this lesson if you have

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whatever i'd be happy with whatever that is and then well

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