How To Make Fluent English Sentences AS You Speak (Instead Of Hesitating Or Translating)

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uh this should be a fun video but  it's going to be a little bit more um

a little bit more kind of tricky than  usual so nice to see everybody there  

uh uh basically what we're going to talk about  is how to make fluent sentences as you speak so  

let me give you just uh two very basic examples  I thought this would be a good way to explain  

how this works so when you are speaking your  native language or someone is is just speaking  

fluently in a language actually before we do  that let's let's contrast these two different  

things here so I'm going to draw uh let's we're  going to pretend this is a like a train over here  

so like a like a steam a steam train here's  a train like that very simple uh so what  

uh what we're doing here as uh as a native  speaker is if you imagine you're the person  

like we call this the train conductor or the  engineer so you're the person driving the train  

and as you move the train forward so here's the  track like that you're you're almost like reaching  

out in front of you and putting more track in  front of you as the train moves forward okay this  

will make more sense in a moment but I thought  this might be a good way to explain this to people  

so you're in the train and the train is moving  forward and as you move forward you are actually  

laying the track in front of you so the train  moves forward you put some more train track down  

here and you keep moving forward like that  okay so this is this is like the the fluent

fluent communication experience so when you're  in a conversation you're speaking with people  

the conversation is moving forward and you're  continuing to lay down the things you want to  

say as you're having the conversation okay now  the opposite of this is what we might have for  

like a typical learner so a typical learner  has a train it's like the same kind of train  

make another steam train like this and the person  is inside so this is the English learner or the  

the learner of that second language uh and the  difference here is that this person is trying to  

like they get out of the train and they want to go  like lay down a bunch of track first and then move  

the train forward all right so instead of moving  the train and laying the track at the same time  

what they're doing is thinking about what to say  translating it probably thinking about grammar  

rules they're wondering about pronunciation and  so they think about all these things first so  

that's like laying this train track down here and  then they move the train forward so communication  

that's fluent means that we're actually moving  the train while we lay the track so we're able to  

think of what to say as we're speaking okay so I'm  thinking of something new and I speak I'm thinking  

of something new and I speak and I keep moving  forward but for the non-fluent person they're  

thinking first about what to say and then they're  like okay let me get out of the train and I gotta  

lay all this track down here first I get back in  the train and then move the train forward does  

this make sense I know this is a I'm not I've not  explained it in this way before but I thought this  

would be like a good way to explain this to people  so this is the non or not fluent so non-fluent  

so this is the fluent experience up here this  is the non-fluent experience down here it would  

probably be better with an animation I guess but  hopefully this makes sense again I'll explain this  

one more time then I'll go back and look at chat  and then we'll talk about how to do these things  

all right so again the fluent experience you're  in the train and while you're in the train you  

are driving the train and you are laying the  track so you are communicating and you were  

thinking about what to say all right so you  can think about these two things like this is  

the speaking part you're moving the train forward  and you're still thinking about what to say next  

so it's a very fluid uh a fluid level where you  can communicate and think at the same time and  

communication flows smoothly but here uh you're  you're you're trying to like trying to say some  

words but first you have to think about everything  you want to say so first you have to lay down the  

track you have to organize the sentence in  your head and then you speak so you put down  

the track you move forward a little bit then you  put down some more track and you move forward a  

little bit but there's all this hesitation that  happens because you have to stop and think and  

you're worried about things in conversations  let me know if this makes sense I'm going to go  

back and check chat uh but we're going to talk  about how to do this up here in this video all  

right hopefully this makes sense let me check  chat uh see how everybody is doing out there  

it's so nice to have this back on my phone  again so let's see Hello Professor good  

evening my name is you'd say my name is Julio  I am from Brazil nice to see you there hi there  

let's see hi people nice to see everybody I love  your videos and you have helped me a lot glad to  

hear it yeah please like the video share it with  other people say come watch this video Everybody  

click that like button right now interested sir  watching from Qatar it's 4am here oh my goodness  

when I speak I forgot everything why says uh Lika  if I'm pronouncing that correctly well there are  

a couple of reasons why that happens I'll talk  about that in this video actually but typically  

it's because you're learning English as a second  language rather than learning it as a first  

language which is what I teach and so learning  English as a second language makes you do this  

and it means that you're you're learning to think  about rules and you think about English like kind  

of as a linguist or theoretically or trying to  trying to think about rules logically rather than  

just enjoying communication okay and so what we  want you to do is actually communicate fluently  

up here and so forgetting words is part of the  problem of of like what happens when you learn  

as a second language so this is learning English  as a first language up here learning English as  

a second language down here all right now you see  more people coming in click that like button all  

right let's see here all right so happy to catch  you live again a second time says Eric hey glad  

here Arturo is back here with a nice uh Smiley  heart there hildar says glad to see you this  

morning tomokos is a low it does good morning  Bruno what's up yo uh what is the level of this  

lesson well the level of my lesson is I mean in  general I'm not using very uh like Fast English  

or very difficult English it's probably stuff that  most intermediate speakers would know even if you  

can't speak so you can still learn a lot from  these lessons and my training is supposed to get  

you from this level to this level up here hello  from Argentina a long time no see all right hello  

from Korea nice is here from Sri Lanka Tsubasa is  in the house I learned a lot from my videos sir I  

am from India nice to see you there thank you very  much why I forget words in English after one day

to remember a word if they if they review it one  time it's like okay I had a lesson today and I  

forgot the lesson the next day well of course  you're going to forget the lesson like the mind  

doesn't remember information like that you have  to think about how you learn and how you review  

and most people don't get those things very well  and that's why they uh they have trouble speaking  

so Andrew says could you please explain the  difference between adjacent and neighbor uh  

you can Google that I'm going to talk about this  in this video but we can come back to something  

like that maybe uh remind me again uh Tony  says hello sir watching from Kuwait sometimes  

I speak perfect in my mind but I cannot say it  orally what is the issue here this is the issue  

now it could be that maybe people are thinking  about maybe they're worried about other people  

thinking about their pronunciation or something so  there are different reasons why maybe you you can  

think of something in your head or you can talk  to yourself but you feel nervous when you get  

in front of other people so that's a problem that  happens but it's easier if you think about um like  

rather than trying to organize sentences or worry  about you know your like the individual pieces  

of the language like pronunciation or grammar or  something we want to help you start thinking more  

like a native so that you can lay the track as you  speak and even if you don't do it perfectly I want  

you to not really think about doing it perfectly  it's more like uh it I don't want to like tell you  

to make mistakes but I will tell you that there  are many ways of expressing yourself all right  

so one of the reasons that people have trouble  with this is is just like how they learn uh and  

part of that comes from translating through  their native language rather than learning  

everything in English but it's really important  even if you learn in English like how exactly  

you learn so that you always have something to  say all right and the important thing here is  

like when you always have something to say you  can lay the track As you move the train forward  

okay you can lay the track so you can think about  what to say as you're speaking just like I'm doing  

right now so I don't have like a planned lesson  I don't have a script that I'm reading right  

now I'm just laying the track as I move the train  forward all right now if you want to do this too  

how I'm able to do this I'm going to explain that  right now all right so I talked just a minute ago  

about learning English as a first language and  a big part of that is that we begin again with a  

situation so whatever that is like if I if I have  like a marker in my hand I'm holding the marker  

or I am grabbing the marker or the marker is  resting on my hand there are different ways  

that I'm able to express this and so a native  speaker they see many many times like a situation  

might happen like their mother says come on  it's time for dinner and uh someone might  

say it's time to go let's get ready there are a  couple different things that you can say in this  

situation and when you have all these different  things I don't want to make another like analogy  

here but it's almost like having having like a  gun where you've got many bullets in the gun and  

if one bullet doesn't work you can easily switch  to the next one and then see everybody able to  

express themselves just fine without thinking  about it all right so what usually happens when  

you learn English as a first language is you  begin with something in your native language  

that you want to say and then you try to translate  that into English and that's what's causing a lot  

of this so you're thinking about grammar rules or  how do I organize the sentence when you should be  

just thinking about the situation because when  you're in a conversation either you're you're in  

like that same situation and then you can use that  same vocabulary again where you're talking about  

some situation so everything in a conversation  is like that either I'm doing something right  

now like I'm uh swinging a baseball bat so  that's the situation I'm in right now or I  

could be talking about swinging a baseball bat but  because I've Heard lots of people talking about  

swinging baseball bats and I know the different  Expressions they use for talking about that it's  

much easier for me to to say something in  a conversation without thinking about it  

so I'm not thinking in my head like okay I want  to organize this sentence and say that I actually  

am able to think about things as I speak and  that's what it means to communicate fluently  

so without having to think about everything before  you start speaking all right hopefully this makes  

sense so uh I gave the example of like swinging  a baseball bat but this is really easy to do  

even with something simple so again what I want  to I really want people to understand that it's  

the situations that if you pay attention to what  natives say in situations then when you are in  

that same situation that vocabulary will come  to you naturally all right it's how you learn  

the vocabulary so I'm looking at that I'm in a  situation like I see someone they say hello to me  

and another person says hi and another person  says howdy and another person says hey how are you  

so even if you look at like the the people  in this chat if you go up and look at the  

messages the different greetings that people  have people are greeting me in different ways  

uh Tom is there too nice to see you Tom thank you  very much for uh sending us those videos as well  

Tom made some some shorts for us and we're going  to try to make some uh try and I I put one up  

yesterday if you have not seen that you can go to  the channel but because these videos are long and  

I answer lots of questions I thought it was a good  idea to take some of those pieces of videos and  

just release them as their own thing all right  so even something very simple like sitting down  

so sitting down we can describe that in  different ways so the situation is like  

a person on a chair or something like  that what can we say in that situation  

so the situation is this person sitting  in a chair we might say sit down

what else could we say what else have you  heard natives say in this situation so that  

again we want to have like many bullets in the  gun have a seat perfect says around have a seat  

so I could say sit down I could say have a seat  

what else could I say have you heard anybody  use anything else in this situation so someone  

comes to my house I want to like uh yeah take  a seat there you go you can say take a seat

now there is a [ __ ] a slight Nuance here  between have a seat and take a seat have  

sounds a little bit more a little bit more  polite and take is because usually when people  

take something it's just kind of it's like a  little bit more casual uh like you're taking  

something rather than just oh like please please  have a seat so usually if people are being a bit  

more polite you can say have a seat but take  a seat it also sounds a little bit more like  

an order like take a seat like if you till  some students or children or something like  

that typically you would hear that more for  take a seat and for like maybe more polite  

situation you would tell people to have a seat  all right you can also say like take a load off

take a load off or you can say uh  you could just tell someone to relax  

so take a load off it's like you've got like  imagine you're carrying something and you've  

been walking for a long time you're going to put  your bag down I'm going to take a load off and now  

I'm just going to sit back and relax all right so  take a load off so what happens as native speakers  

are getting all these different examples so they  hear these you know their mom or dad or teacher  

tells them to do these things then when they're  in this situation and they're in that situation  

in a conversation then these Expressions will  naturally come out they'll just naturally pick one  

all right good you have a seat yeah same thing  so a slight difference so you could say could you

so could you have a seat or would you have a seat  so could you have a seat or would you have a seat

or would you like to sit down there are slight  variations of all of these things but we're  

we're learning them as a native so right now  I'm teaching you the same way that I would  

teach a native child these different things so  a child would sit down and I'm pointing at the  

chair like have a seat sit down so I say this  to my own children all the time they want to  

climb on the chairs at dinner time I say no  no have a seat relax take a load off have a  

seat so even if they don't know exactly what this  means they're learning this as a complete phrase  

and now they understand what it means okay so  again if I'm thinking about things as a first  

language I'm thinking about a situation  like sitting down and there are lots of  

different ways I can do that then I don't need  to remember all of these but I will be probably  

prepared for a lot of them and I can just you  know pick one that I use a lot that's fun so I  

could tell people have a seat so I like using  have a seat sit down sounds a little bit more  

um you know so it's a little bit more of a like  a command you're telling someone to do something  

or you could say please have  a seat please take a seat  

so often if you have a group of people you will  hear like a principal at a school or something  

they will say please take your seats yes the  imperative I'm not trying to use like a difficult  

yeah I I really don't like using the typical  grammatical terms in lessons because you don't  

need to know that but you do need to know you  can understand emotionally say take a seat  

take a seat if I'm being a little bit angry a  little bit forceful sit down so if I'm being  

a little bit more angry but it's different  from oh please have a seat please have a seat  

so I don't need to explain to you well this is  the imperative and this is this other thing you  

don't need to know about all that okay so yes a  lot of like the people who watch my lessons yeah  

can I have a seat so you can ask you can ask  if you're asking someone else for permission  

can I have a seat or uh typically and this  is this is like an actual grammar point but  

typically you would ask someone for permission is  may may I have a seat may I have a seat so people  

conversationally in English they will say can I  do something but that's really asking for like the  

ability just to do something and so many years  ago teachers would often correct students yeah  

look at Bruno grab a chair dude grab a chair grab  a chair pull up a chair pull up a seat have a seat  

all right Tony says why is it that some are  good at at pending down things than speaking  

you mean writing yes can I have a seat you can ask  that all right but typically if you're asking for  

permission may I may I have a seat so it sounds a  little bit more formal just because the language  

gets worse over time people get uh like the  the standards of using the language get worse  

and lots of young kids are using phones and they  don't type full sentences in their grammar and  

pronunciation get worse so the language gets worse  over time if you don't maintain the standards of  

the language that's why you will hear can I have  a seat rather than may I have a seat but you can  

use both of those in a conversation oh can I  can I sit down can I sit down may I sit down  

but isn't this interesting just for this situation  of sitting there are all these different ways of  

expressing that and you're learning it as a  first language Park your keister there you go  

yeah put your put your butt in that seat sit  your ass down if you want to be angry people  

man sit your sit your ass down okay so a lot  of different ways to do it and you notice as  

you hear these different things there are slight  differences in how I'm saying it so I might say  

like again you notice that a slight difference  if I'm being polite or if I'm being casual  

all right yeah take a load off uh it's  uncommon yes okay yeah Park your keister yeah  

yeah Park here park your ass in a chair sit your  butt down depending on how different you want to  

express and you will notice the slight nuances  so we've got sitting and politeness together  

as one idea so the situation is not just sitting  it's sitting and how polite do you want to be am  

I angry at my child and want them to sit down or  do I have a guest in my home all right when will  

you might might and shallots a whole whole other  lesson I don't I don't want to get into too much  

detail about uh about like specific grammar types  okay so will you sit down like if you're being  

uh more forceful with someone will you please sit  down so my kids you know they're jumping around in  

a restaurant or something and I say will you sit  down and they can hear from the tone of my voice  

so it's not just my words they watch my face and  they can hear the tone of my voice what I'm saying  

but again the point of giving you all these  examples is that so you have all these bullets  

in your in your gun when you want to actually  Express something so when someone comes to your  

house and it's like oh I don't remember which  one of these to say you're not thinking about  

it like like an English learner you're just okay  I just you know have people come in and sit down  

please have a seat and you're also prepared  when other people say these things to you

is this making sense so if you want to be able  to to actually communicate how you learn is how  

you speak and that's why I'm trying to trying to  make this connection with you here where we have  

the situation either you're in a situation or  you're talking about a situation and that's how  

you're able to communicate but the the ability  to to communicate comes from how you learn  

so if you're down here and you're trying to  learn things by translating or study grammar  

rules then of course when you're here you will  think about grammar rules when you speak so  

here I'm not really I'm not trying to get you to  think about grammar rules I'm trying to get you to  

think about situations and then slight nuances  like if I say please have a seat you can tell  

I'm being polite but if I say sit your ass down  that I'm not being very polite I'm a little bit  

angry or frustrated or something so the the  situation is slightly different but you're  

learning it as a native you can connect with what  I'm saying rather than me telling a rule about it  

okay all right let me go back and check the chat  see if I missed anybody or if people have any  

questions but let me know if this idea makes sense  the whole point here is that how you learn is how  

you speak so if you think about translations and  grammar rules and other things when you learn than  

when you are in a conversation that's why you will  hesitate and forget words and struggle to speak  

Park here keister no that is not a polite way  to speak and so you all and people don't really  

use that expression it's kind of an older  expression uh like from western movies or  

something but I mean you don't you don't  really uh don't really hear that so much  

all right uh let's see I think I answered those  questions already I take a lot of screenshots of  

perfect sentences I just collect and collect  and it's getting stored but never ring a bell  

while talking it says say it yes like getting  just collecting information isn't isn't really  

going to help you speak so you notice like  I'm not trying to cover every situation in  

this video we're just talking about one something  very simple like sitting down but the the point is  

that like all of communication works like this  so even if I'm not talking about sitting down  

I could be talking about anything else and I can  give you more examples of a variety of things to  

say but that's again when you're thinking about a  situation natives will always have different ways  

of expressing things and even if we just look  at grammar like we have like May and can and  

should and why don't you those are all different  grammar constructions but we can use them in the  

same situation and so when you learn something  like that like if I ask someone why don't you  

sit down why don't you sit down so someone might  be like oh they're looking a little bit tired I  

say oh please have a seat why don't you sit down  so I'm asking them I'm inviting them to sit down

all right uh orange says it is passive knowledge  we forget the word at the same time we can  

recognize it yes so recognition is much easier  than recall I made a whole video about that too  

fried star how to not translate English into our  native language when we read English books well  

the key to doing that is to read books that you  understand and so you shouldn't be reading books  

where you have to translate the information you  should be reading things that you can understand  

and then you will get better at reading and then  you can move up to something much more difficult  

all right uh what is your idea of a of a good  review sometimes I listen to the same audio so  

many times they can get burned out yes as Bruno um  like again that's why I recommend naturally varied  

review the whole point is to be varied about  it because the mind is naturally interested  

in new information all the time so the mind is  like okay I heard that grammar already Drew I  

don't want to review that again but you still  can't use it fluently so that's that's that's  

like the the core problem of language learning  is you have to learn vocabulary and then review  

the vocabulary but your brain doesn't want to  so this this is this is the the actual problem  

of language learning like the learning of  stuff is pretty easy like even like this  

I can teach you a bunch of phrases but you  need to review those in different ways and  

see natives using them and then actually hear  different natives saying those same expressions  

okay so it's the review that gets you fluent  it's not the vocabulary by itself all right uh

uh let's see I don't know the chat  see now this chat skips down too  

all right uh uh let's see Tau fixes why can I  understand English teachers but I don't understand  

normal people who speak fast and informal well you  just answered your own question so normal people  

are speaking differently than English teachers  and that's why like you can't you can't just  

watch an English video or many English videos  and then jump to fluency it doesn't really work  

that way you have to be exposed to lots of actual  native speakers that's why we put all those native  

speakers into fluent for life so you have to be  learning the same way I mean think about learning  

your native language if you only were in school  learning things and you didn't hear real people  

on TV or radio or in your community talking uh  then it would be really difficult for you uh Lalu  

says did you use did you use so you would say did  you use images for memorizing words particularly  

adverb or adjective word I find it difficult  for memorizing adjectives and adverbs he he  

let's see um I I mean I I don't really use  like an image like a picture of something so  

much as I just use this situation so if I have  somebody that's like walk walk walk walk walk  

walk like I'm teaching a child the language look  that person is walking I want to contrast that  

with like with junk or run or something like that  but if I want to use an adjective or an adverb or  

something just to give like the adverb example  so we've got walk and then we have walk slowly

okay moving very slowly or we gotta walk quickly  walk quickly so I'm not running I'm just walking  

quickly and so as you see those again it's  the situation so what vocabulary do people use  

like when the person is moving quickly they use  the word quickly so the situation fast movement  

here's the vocabulary quickly so that's your  adverb but people don't like a native a native  

speaker if you say hey what is an adverb they're  not going to be able to tell you what an adverb is  

but they can use them fluently and so this is why  like like a person learning English as a second  

language will like study a list of adverbs but a  person learning English as a first language they  

will see a bunch of different examples here's  a person walking slowly here's a person walking  

quickly here's a person walking without looking  where they're going and so I can change the  

example slightly and still people will understand  what I'm talking about but I'm teaching them as  

a first language the same way I would teach my  kids all right uh Mariella says good evening from  

Ecuador nice to see you there all right that's  John says that's actually my worst nightmare I use  

pre-arranged sentences on a lot uh I literally am  always stuck yes so again like trying to organize  

this and this is this is a similar thing like  like if you if you're trying to learn how to  

talk to women like as like young men you know they  want to meet women or whatever A lot of them are  

trying to learn about talking to talking to  women this way so they're trying to learn a  

bunch of lines or sentences that they should say  to women when they approach them but really if you  

learn how to communicate like the conversation  flows much more easily it's the exact same way  

okay all right uh let's see if I missed anybody  all right I think I got those questions over there

all right yes yes yes all right pardon me is  like read through these quickly yes all right  

uh let me get back to the all right Aransas  wuss equals slang for what is and popping  

his slang well you'd say I mean we wouldn't say  like wuss it's not like wuss popping I mean it's  

you kind of pronounce it like that but it's like  again this is this is slang for like younger  

people would use that like what's happening  what's popping but you still you don't really  

I mean I guess maybe some people could pronounce  it what's what's popping uh could we use images  

for recreating situations well you can I mean you  can you can use that but like video is even better  

because it's showing you the movement so that's  why like when when I made Frederick there's some  

animations and some uh just still images so if you  see a picture of a cat you can guess what a cat  

is but if I'm showing a cat like doing something  that's a much more tricky idea to understand with  

just an image and so that's why like having  someone sit down you need to get the tone of  

voice uh you need to get the vocabulary you need  to get just the general look of their face so do  

I look angry do I look kind and hospitable do I  look like I'm welcoming a guest or am I angry at  

somebody so all of those different things they  come from learning English as a first language  

because we're really trying to get the like the  subtleties of a situation so it's not just sitting  

down but are you being kind or angry or whatever  so it's different than learning like this where  

we're getting a translation for the word sit  and then we try to just say like you know like  

if I'm if I'm speaking Japanese it's like like sit  down I'm being angry at something or it's like uh  

which is different you know it's like a  nicer way of asking someone to have a seat  

all right let's see so what's  popping yes may I come in he  

uh yes you may go well you would  just say come on in all right uh

yes plant your butt yes you can hear that too  again like these are all interesting things  

you will hear but you learn the subtle nuances of  like plant yourself go plant yourself over there  

it's like like a plant like you're like planting  a plant in the ground so put your butt so plant  

yourself Park yourself over there and these are  all again quite casual things that people would  

use maybe to a friend or children something like  this all right could you like this video please  

yes please do like the video yes click that like  click that like button uh let's see Tom says tell  

me the difference between should and ought to  Tom that's that's all the way like a longer a  

longer kind of thing to cover uh the online book  I recommend is Animal Farm yes that's a good book  

excellent classes Jose Fabio I prefer using  Frederick yes so you can learn individual words  

and phrases but also it's connecting situations  so watching what natives do and then listening to  

what they say so I could be describing someone  or I'm in the situation I'm doing something  

and even right now as I speak so if I'm if I'm  hesitating for a moment what do I do and I say  

maybe um or uh I try not to use filler words  like that but it's okay it's not not a big big  

problem to do that especially if you don't have a  script but you'll notice I I'd rather just pause  

and think the only reason I try to say something  is because some people listen to these videos like  

while they drive or something like that and  if there's no audio for a while then people  

might think there's something wrong so I like  to have some audio continuously going all right

uh let's see John says how can someone overcome  fear of speaking or lack of confidence so good  

question John it depends on the reason for the  lack of confidence they're basically two things  

in I mean kind of two categories of things one of  them is that you just don't know the language very  

well so you're thinking about words and phrases  and grammar and vocabulary and pronunciation and  

all of these things are going on in your head  and that's what causes you to lack confidence  

and this is why I tell people that you don't get  fluent by just repeating things or speaking to  

yourself or even speaking to other people you  get fluent by really knowing the language well  

so imagine if you had to give a speech even if  it's just a speech in front of your friends and  

you have two topics the first topic is you need  to talk about something you know very well and  

you love it it's like a passion for you or your  hobby or something like that so whatever that is  

and then the other thing is you need to talk  about something that you don't know anything  

about even in your native language if you had to  do this of course it will be much easier for the  

first topic and it will be more difficult for the  second because you don't have confidence about  

that topic so that's the first reason the second  reason is because you might just have it's really  

a psychology issue where you're worried about  being judged by other people or you're maybe not  

I don't know you don't feel like your ability  to say something or communicate perfectly or  

whatever uh but it's it's typically those reasons  but learning English as a first language really  

solves all of those problems because when  you learn English as a first language you  

understand the language well and so you  feel confident about using what you learn  

okay so if I'm learning this like and I'm learning  all these different things when I get into a  

conversation the the person who learns English as  a second language is worried what if I forget my  

vocabulary and then they forget the vocabulary  but here like I've just given you a whole bunch  

of different ways to even talk about sitting down  and so you will likely remember one of those and  

when your your friend comes over and you just say  oh please sit down have a seat or whatever and  

these things will naturally come out because  you've experienced them over and over again  

and so this is I really try to make this uh make  this very important so people will remember it  

uh but the point is that you you don't become  fluent by just like trying to memorize more  

vocabulary you get fluent by really learning and  knowing that vocabulary well and that comes from  

getting the review of the vocabulary it's how well  you know the language that lets you speak it's not  

how much of the vocabulary you know so I could  take two people like one is a person who knows  

a thousand words and they can't speak very well  and the other is my my own child who doesn't know  

as many words but they can speak more fluently  so the fluency doesn't come from the amount of  

words that you know it comes from how well you  speak okay so hopefully this makes sense let me  

go back check a few more comments over here uh  what's the best read or listen audio well it's  

it's not like one is better than the other  you should be getting both you need to get a  

mix uh of different different media from Reading  Writing listening and even you know being able to  

say things as you feel comfortable with them but  the more input you get and so even that like if  

you imagine this is this is how you're learning  something you might like read write watch listen  

or even teach something to somebody else but  there are different ways you could do that like  

for for reading I could read an online article  I could read a newspaper I could read a book  

or I could watch a movie I could watch a clip  about something I can watch a live thing watch  

the news so there are many different ways like  you see like the the connections for this it's  

the same idea so we have one situation whatever  that is and there are lots of situations but many  

different ways of expressing yourself and so when  you learn there's there's like one connection here  

there's the native language and then there's the  English and so you're taking vocabulary from here  

and then vocabulary over here and then trying  to translate it and if you lose this connection  

if you forget the word or if you you just  can't think of it or whatever then you're  

stuck and in the conversation  uh then the conversation stops  

but here like if you forget one of these it  doesn't matter you just move to the next one  

so right now when I'm speaking you don't notice me  making mistakes but I'm not I'm not really making  

mistakes I'm more changing the way I want to say  something so if I want to say like uh like I did  

do something but I accidentally say the word  don't then I have to reorganize the sentence  

in my head to say the opposite so as an example  uh yesterday uh let's let's say like the real  

sentence is the the idea the situation I want  to express is like I went to the park yesterday

so the situation is I went to the park

I went to the park but let's say I'm telling  a story or I'm explaining something right now  

and I accidentally say I I didn't so I like if  I if I start speaking like I want to say this  

this is this this is the idea the situation so  I'm telling you what happened yesterday I went  

to the park but let's say I start speaking and  just accidentally use the wrong word like didn't

so I wanted to say I did do something but  let's say I I like I just accidentally say  

this word again now a non-native speaker at  this point would like freeze oh no I said the  

wrong word but me I just re like reorganize  the sentence and say I didn't stay home

I went to the park so I can keep talking and it  looks like that that was what I wanted to say  

but it's not what I wanted to say all right but it  still expresses the same idea so the situation is  

I want for I went to the park see right there  like I just like I made a mistake in what I  

wanted to say so I looked at the word it was like  I want oh no no I meant I went I went to the park  

okay so natives can still use the wrong word or  think about something and the the fluency comes  

where you're able to fix sentences or change them  and still say what you want to say but it's just  

using different words and when you learn like this  you always have something to say so that's why I  

always have something to say so I don't sit here  or I guess I'm standing here and think like well  

I I don't know what to say next you never seen  me do that and I've spoken for like hours and  

hours in these videos but it's just because I can  think about something like the train is moving oh  

I I didn't mean to say that I didn't want to  say I didn't I want to say I did do something  

but instead of stopping the conversation  or stopping my sentence I just change it  

reorganize it on the Fly okay it's another good  expression for you I'll put that up here too on  

the fly and see if you can understand what that  means so right now I'm doing something and I I  

made a mistake but on the Fly I change it so in  that moment I'm able to do something different  

on the fly so right now right while I'm able  to do something so I went to the park that's  

what happened yesterday and today I'm telling  you about that but I say I didn't ah and in my  

mind I'm like oh no I didn't want to say that  I wanted to say I did something all right so  

I changed the sentence and instead of saying  like I did so I wanted to say I did something

something fun so if I want to introduce it  like that so in my mind I'm thinking I did  

something fun yesterday but I accidentally say  the word didn't so now I can't use this anymore  

because I didn't I I like use the wrong thing so  I changed the sentence on the fly as I'm speaking  

and so I say oh I didn't I didn't stay home that's  the opposite thing so I didn't stay home and this  

is again I'm just taking a sentence like this I'm  moving the track I'm laying the track as I move I  

don't stop the train and get out and think about  that so I didn't stay home I went to the park

I didn't stay home I went to the park so he  noticed like I came back to the thing I wanted to  

say but I didn't stop myself and think ah like  what did I what do I do I use the wrong word  

so I don't freeze in conversations  because I always have something to say  

okay remember that non-native speakers are  usually learning like one or two ways to say  

something but there really are lots of ways to say  things there's I mean there's really an infinite  

number of ways to say something I could probably  think of maybe like 100 ways to tell someone to  

sit down and it would be using slightly different  you know vocabulary or grammar or whatever but I  

could do that just because I've I've just had the  the practice of seeing all this again and again  

okay hopefully this makes sense I I want to give  examples of how I'm speaking as I'm speaking so  

while I'm speaking just so you can see what's  happening in my mind as I'm doing this so even  

if I make a mistake it doesn't look like one  you don't notice it because I just changed it  

on the fly so while I'm speaking like I'm in this  video I'm talking about something and I can easily  

change to something else and as you become more  fluent you can notice other people doing this too  

so you can see them like if you notice my eyes you  could go back and probably watch the video like  

oh look at that on the Fly he made a mistake or  something like that but easily changed and and was  

able to keep speaking so that's I'm a lot of this  like the videos is trying to give you examples of  

what fluent speech looks like so that when you're  in a conversation okay if you forget one word  

that's fine use something else explain it in a  different way keep laying the track and as you  

get better at doing these two things your fluency  will improve and so the fastest way to do this is  

like you keep learning as a first language and  you keep learning more situations and seeing how  

natives are talking about certain things what do  they say what do I say when I'm holding a marker  

I'm holding a marker I have a marker  in my hand there is a marker in my hand  

I could express this very basic idea  look it's a marker and it's in my hand

I could say it's on my hand you know it's still  on my hand right here now it's in my hand it's  

in my hand now it's on my head and so when  you're teaching people like natives who are  

teaching their children they're just doing this  naturally they're connecting the situation with  

you know with the vocabulary that's all they're  doing all right uh let me go back here I want to  

make sure this is very clear uh and and show you  again I'm laying track as I'm speaking so I'm not  

thinking about it first waiting a minute and then  speaking I'm laying the track as I speak so I'm  

thinking about what I want to say as I do it but  it's just kind of like a natural unnatural thing  

all right uh Tom says Fabio I'd rather prefer  using Frederick yes so if you can uh if you  

enjoy using that app also leave us a review uh  go to the app store or the Google Play Store and  

leave us a review all right uh let's see all right  click the like button yes uh Bradley says thanks  

a lot Mr Badger for your significant help it's  my pleasure all right teacher Drew speaks at a  

good Pace I can understand most of the words  he says you'd say most of the words he says  

all right bunny is that bunny bunny nice to be  here nice to see you there Toki says would you  

explain what Frederick has it is pronouncing words  only or more thanks uh so basically what Frederick  

does I'll give you a quick explanation of that  I just actually told people about it yesterday  

because we released a new uh update a new feature  for the app it's actually a very simple feature  

but I call it a quality of life Improvement where  it just makes it a lot easier to use but the basic  

idea of Frederick is that rather than learning  vocabulary or pronunciation in a random way where  

often like you can go on YouTube so right here  on YouTube you will find you know 10 phrases  

in English or 10 interesting words or something  like that but it's a bunch of random Expressions  

that that don't really help you pronounce things  or understand uh kind of systematically how the  

language works and so what we're doing when we're  teaching children vocabulary or teaching children  

pronunciation especially teaching them to read  we begin with basic things like the alphabet  

and then we start with actual reading sounds  so we have like the short vowel sounds and  

the way to learn these is not by just getting  like random pronunciations it's by learning  

them systematically by comparing these different  pronunciations okay so as an example I've got an  

in in on and on so I'm able to compare these  and that's what you can do in the app so you can  

actually look at all these different combinations  of letters and see what happens it's the same  

thing I'm talking about here so the situation is  this letter combination and then the sound is what  

so just like you changing like the the movement of  your mouth or the shape of your mouth like wow so  

I'm still making the same sound but I'm changing  the shape of my mouth which changes the sound  

so I'm still just ah wow it's still the same  sound but I'm changing the shape of my mouth  

and you can hear and learn the pronunciation  that way by comparing these different sounds  

so as I begin with these and and in on on and  I'm learning them like a native speaker because  

you're just getting to compare them rather than  learn through the IPA or get a translation like  

uh Japanese kids are learning these things  it's like they would hear it's like like  

um like oh no like you don't want to learn that  pronunciation you want to learn it all in English  

in English so these this combination of letters  makes what sound and once you learn this now you  

can start putting more letters on there and  understand how that changes so now we have a  

can and then we put an e on the end of that  and we get a Kane Kane and so you learn all  

of these things and now we can learn  a longer word like hurricane hurricane

hurricane okay so the point of Frederick is  to help you learn uh pronunciation listening  

vocabulary grammar but all of those things as a  first language so we want to do the same thing  

that you would be doing like in a university  uh like if you if you had a person who was  

specifically doing like pronunciation with you or  whatever you would just repeat after them after  

saying certain words so the teacher would say uh  hat and then you would try to repeat after that  

person so you can do that in the app as well  but the important thing is you can actually  

compare and make the words and sounds yourself  to see how they work and then you go up through  

the levels systematically to learn over 2 000  Words which teaches you how to pronounce I don't  

know hundreds of thousands of words really I mean  really like all the words in the English language  

uh 84 of those are covered by phonics and you  will still learn like the kind of rules that we  

teach in the app you will you will know how to  pronounce most things by going through the app  

okay hopefully that makes sense let  me know if it does not though uh was C  

okay Frederick is amazing you ought to try yes  and so you can certainly try the app just get  

it for free install it and it's only like  20 bucks if you if you want the whole thing  

uh so hey Drew just wanted to say Konichiwa  glad to see you here and I see you there  

thanks uh I assume so but it's a bit costly for  my pocket so I wish to know more before purchase  

yes and so again it's like for what you get if  you were to go to regular pronunciation training  

or get someone to actually help you with that  that would cost you hundreds of dollars easily  

but I've made like I mean we've spent like over  I don't know probably over like I don't know  

a quarter of a million dollars building  the app and then you get it for 20 bucks  

and so yes it's like it's very very cheap for what  you get uh let's see Arlene from the Philippines  

and I see you there Tom great uh you should say  before purchasing but teacher Drew will probably  

talk more about Frederick yes a great app to  learn English hope you enjoy but thank you for  

the recommendation uh we have the same idea on  the fly in Portuguese we say or Vu I guess yeah  

I'm sure and a lot of these things like you will  recognize that and because people are thinking  

the same way in a lot of situations it's just  different vocabulary that's it right Lala says I  

like almost your learning methods and I saw I like  almost your learning methods and your idea about  

less speak and more understand through situations  but to be honest I had stuttering a lot because of  

uh because lack Oh you mean lack of speaking  yes well I mean you have to think about why  

you're why you're stuttering exactly uh is it is  it because you don't know the vocabulary well or  

you actually have a problem like do you stutter in  your native language as well if you do then it's  

not an English problem but if you don't stutter  when you speak your native language then it means  

you just don't know English as well as you should  to communicate so yes you can take the pressure  

off of yourself please relax just get lots of  understandable messages and naturally varied  

review it's really that simple so as you learn  more like a native speaker you will start speaking  

more like one so you will start recognizing oh  look in this situation people say this if I drop  

something on my foot I say ouch okay very simple  and so the same thing if I do this in Japanese  

I've like notice what Japanese people say in  certain situations and I just say the same thing  

so I've learned uh oh 20 that was fantastic I  thought it's 300 what 300 no so the way the way  

the app works is if you if you install the app uh  and you get it and you like and you you actually  

pay for the whole thing within 30 minutes it's  just 20 bucks uh but if you wait uh and you want  

to like pay for the whole thing at regular price  it's about 80 bucks but it's still even at eighty  

dollars it's and people like often will will  pay that uh just because it's worth it because  

you can get so much out of the app and it will  improve you so much for just like for how how  

cheap it is but yeah it's really cheap uh um all  right hey hope I'm not late and remember you can  

watch these videos later so you don't have to is  on the fly a baseball expression uh I suppose it  

could be I mean it could be from any kind of  sport really so like while something is moving  

like I can I can catch something on the Fly and  you can think about that just means like doing it  

while you're moving so on the Fly while I'm moving  rather than I stop and think about something so I  

do something on the Fly that person can think on  the Fly he can think quickly you also hear people  

talking about thinking on their feet so instead  of sitting down and relaxing I can think on my  

feet so I'm standing up I like to move around  stand while I'm speaking I can think on my feet  

because can you explain the use again you mean  usage of apostrophe when talking about possession  

well that's a whole you can just Google that  really I mean that it's just like it's it's just  

the uh yeah it'd be much better just to Google  that rather than the the thing I'm I'm best for  

in these videos is explaining something that you  don't logically understand but just learning the  

rules for apostrophe is like you know apostrophe  s or whatever or if it goes after uh you know if  

you have a group something like that but you  can just learn the learn the rules of that and  

especially something like apostrophe you can  you have time when you're writing so you don't  

have to think about like using apostrophe  on the Fly it's just while you're writing  

uh let's see can anybody tell me the name of  the app to download him yes if you're talking  

about Frederick just click on the link in the  description below this video it's right down there  

and you can get it there so it's focused on  improving pronunciation am I getting it right yes  

but it's not just pronunciation like when you're  learning like a native you learn pronunciation you  

learn vocabulary you learn grammar uh you learn  all these things together so it will improve your  

listening and it will improve your fluency as  well all right uh Aaron says I think learning  

IPA is the best and most straightforward way  of pronunciation is your ultimate goal yeah  

see I would disagree with that because natives  don't know the IPA and so you don't like the the  

way I try to explain things of people is this is  you let's just imagine this is you here and this  

is the language you want to learn go directly to  that language don't put anything between you and  

the language so trying to learn pronunciation it's  like why would I learn the IPA first and then go  

to trying to learn English pronunciation the only  reason to learn IPA is really if you're like a  

linguist and you're trying to pronounce a bunch  of different languages but you still need to do  

some translating in your head as you learn IPA so  IPA will tell you how to pronounce things but it's  

not necessary and native English speakers don't  do that because they go directly to the language  

now this works not just for pronunciation  but notice it's also for grammar learning  

vocabulary real situations seeing how people  actually communicate so if I learn only slow  

English from an English teacher then of course  the real English is going to be more difficult  

so it's the same idea so you want to go directly  to the language and learn that as fast as possible  

rather than trying to learn something else first  so I'm not telling people like learning the IPA  

won't hurt you I don't think it would but it's  just not necessary and it will it will it will  

just give you more to do when you could just  go directly to the language and learn it the  

same way natives do so no one had a like a system  like Frederick before I made that and I made that  

because I wanted a system that anybody can use so  native English speakers are also using Frederick  

even like little kids in America or Canada are  using the app to improve their own reading and  

writing and listening and all of their skills  as well so it's it's one system anybody can use  

uh uh let's see hi teacher from Indonesia Phil  walline walline uh if I got that correctly I'm  

trying to learn English as a first language so  you would say I'm trying to learn I'm trying  

to learn English as a first language but even  if I learn words in English my mind still try  

to connect to my native English unconsciously does  this happen to you um it depends on how you're how  

you're doing it like when you say learning English  as a first language like are you you're looking at  

uh like a situation or you're just getting some  English vocabulary because if you if you learn  

through a situation like you see something happen  and then you you understand the vocabulary without  

someone giving you a definition or a translation  then the vocabulary should be easier to remember  

but the the two steps of learning the vocabulary  first you have to understand it and then you get  

review of that vocabulary so if you understand  something maybe logic like okay I understand  

native should say this but I'm still thinking  in my native language it means you need to get  

more review with that vocabulary so I would get  different vocabulary like different sentences that  

have that same vocabulary in it or you're hearing  different people talking about that these are the  

kinds of things we do in fluent for life because  the point of the program is to work you through  

that understanding and review process so we don't  want to just teach you one word one day and then  

you don't see it again you should see the the  vocabulary and the grammar things like that again  

and again and so even as you finish one lesson  set and you move on to the next one you will  

get more examples of those things in different  ways so all of these all these different things  

are working working together to get you fought  all right uh Maria says thank you okay Keego  

says hello teacher I haven't watched your live  stream in a long time because I'm off today yes

but welcome togei again says I noticed the  pronunciation of a word can be different depending  

on the words before or after it do you agree yes  it's the same thing with letters so what you find  

in Frederick is also sentences and typically the  way sentences work like even the pronunciation  

for a native English speaker like we have the  even some examples in this chat people say  

what's up what's up so I might take something  like what is up and shorten that into sup  

and so the words change pronunciation can change  and again like Frederick is one piece uh of of  

learning English like a native but it's a very  big part of that because natives are doing the  

same thing so if you do more what natives are  doing you will get fluent faster the same way  

natives get fluent so that's why I like the  the things I do now to learn Japanese I've got  

my ears open all the time what are people saying  to each other how are they talking to each other  

what are they talking about what words are they  using in those expressions and that's how I learn  

uh let's see Eunice says is it okay to say  pennies since a one of or one out of 100  

of a dollar doesn't it's sound awkward pennies  sorry for this question yeah you people use that  

you can use the word pennies that's fine and again  like to when people have questions like is it okay  

to say something you just you know you can either  Google that just to see if natives are using that  

if you see English examples of that or if you  listen to what natives are saying so if people  

are talking about money yeah I hear the word  pennies that's not uh that's that's common sure  

uh deep places about reductions  in casual speaking do you reduce  

the th sound to a true D or a true T sound it  depends and again like I don't native speakers  

don't have specific rules about this and that's  why each person will sound a little bit different  

so an English teacher will tell you they will try  to give you a rule because students want rules  

but like you don't again like a rule is like  trying to get one example of something when  

native speakers are actually getting many many  many examples of things so just like this if  

I just say oh yes like the th always has this  sound but then you will hear it from other people  

differently and so native speakers they know like  you know if they hear all these different examples  

of a sound and then they understand how to say it  because of that all right so that's how it works  

uh how can I learn phrasal verbs uh well we have  a whole phrasal verb program you can just Google  

our uh or just right here on YouTube actually  just search for a visual guide to phrasal verbs  

and we show you how to do that it's also in  fluent for life let's see hi Drew says Gennady  

and everyone here I am good night uh let's see  from java and this is my first time joining this  

live chat I'm super glad being here with you  all glad to hear it and um hello sir I want to  

learn your class how can I follow you regularly  uh well you can just watch our videos here or  

you can join fluent for life and get Frederick  as well so that's in the link or the links in  

the description below this video if you'd like  to do that so most of the things I do in these  

YouTube videos is kind of explaining about how  people should be learning and I also teach some  

vocabulary just like we talked about different  ways of sitting down or you know other random  

vocabulary like on the fly but you're learning it  contextually so you learn it the same way natives  

do but if you're looking for a full program that  actually leads you step by step to get you fluent  

automatically even if you don't have anyone to  speak with that's what we do in fluent for life  

uh uh let's see uh how can I increase my  vocabulary well the part of increasing one's  

vocabulary is is again learning this way but  I really want to remind people if you're not  

already fluent in your current vocabulary don't  try to make it bigger so people always want to  

learn more words but they can't use the vocabulary  they already have so if you can speak fluently you  

already have a good vocabulary then you should  be learning more but if you can't speak fluently  

then focus on the vocabulary you already know and  this is why I tell people you don't need to learn  

more vocabulary to become fluent you can take  the vocabulary you already know and get better  

at using that all right it's not always like the  new thing you have to protect yourself from the  

natural desire to look for new stuff all the  time so YouTube will keep you in a trap of  

looking for new information all the time you find  something new you learn it you forget it you find  

something new you learn it you forget it and you  go through this cycle and it's really frustrating  

and that's why I don't watch a lot of uh like  YouTube videos about learning Japanese on YouTube  

because I I know like it's just going to  teach me a bunch of random stuff so I might  

find a particular video about about a topic  I'm interested in like I need to know about  

something and I want to learn about that but  most of the time I'm just watching content it  

could be in Japanese but it's about something  you know whatever that whatever that topic is  

uh and Iran says consider  presenting us a lecture half an hour  

in the history of Japan why would I do that  I don't think I mean I've made I've made some  

videos about Japan on my channel but people  don't really come to my channel for that  

um and there are also lots of channels that  already talk about Japanese stuff so as people  

already do that I want to contact you please give  me the way well you're contacting me right now  

if you have a question for us though you can  send an email to Intel info englishanyone.com

says hi sir could you recommend a book on Latin  or Greek Roots prefixes and suffixes in English uh  

uh I don't know if you need a book for that you  can just Google that kind of stuff prefixes and  

suffixes but you can find lists of them all over  the place Eunice says I just asked about the  

word pennies is just one example of many other  examples of situations I'm afraid to get when  

I talk to a native speaker that's when I can make  misunderstandings yes so that's a good example of  

you needing to pay more attention to what natives  are saying or you need to have someone like me  

like teach you what natives say in different  situations so either way you need to get that  

knowledge so if you if you learn something and  you wonder do natives really say this then yes  

that that will make you unconfident in situations  but if you watch what natives are saying then you  

know for sure like if you any any words that  I'm saying right now you know for sure that  

natives are using that because I am a native  and I am using that and I'm just using regular  

vocabulary that most people would use all right  so if you're if you feel uh like unsure about  

vocabulary uh really pay attention to where  you're learning and and who you're learning  

from so if you're learning from natives then the  vocabulary should be fine but if you're learning  

from textbooks then you will probably be nervous  about that so in fluent for life we actually take  

people through real conversations so you know  for sure that natives are using the vocabulary

uh uh let's see amazing world after  reaching B2 or maybe C1 I feel like  

cannot improve my English skill  anymore cannot cram English words  

reach the plateau how can I fix that  issue yes so that like let me answer

so I'm noticing like there are mistakes in  your in in your writing so that means your  

English is probably not as good as you think it  is uh but that's where you you need to actually  

improve the vocabulary you have uh I I want I've  said this already a few times but I want to make  

it very clear very clear so you can learn more  vocabulary like I could continue like this is  

one word one one one one one I'm continuing to  learn more more and more and more but fluency  

is a different thing than vocabulary so you  can learn more like I'm continuing to learn  

more and you hit what you what you found here  is that plateau in your fluency so the plateau

the plateau so you've improved and you're kind  of learning more and learning more vocabulary  

but you're not moving up in fluency but natives  when actually natives are taking taking something  

like they're actually getting fluent in the  vocabulary much faster so even without knowing  

a lot of words you become fluent and I think wait  someone else maybe just asked me that question too  

how long does it take to fluent like a native all  right so like to become fluent or to get fluent  

like a native so here's the answer to both of  those questions so fluency and vocabulary are  

two different things and the reason is because you  become fluent in individual words and phrases so  

what's really happening is you can become fluent  in this word or that word or this word or this  

word but these other words maybe you don't know  them very well maybe you're still thinking about  

translations and wondering about what to say in  conversations or you're worried about grammar or  

pronunciation or whether natives really use that  vocabulary or not and so as you continue to learn  

more you can learn more vocabulary but not become  fluent in that vocabulary so this means you know  

that information maybe a native says something  and you can recognize it but you're not actually  

using it fluently you don't feel comfortable using  it but natives they become fluent as they learn  

individual words and phrases and they review them  so many times that's how they become fluent in the  

vocabulary so it's not more words more words don't  guarantee fluency they don't make you fluent it's  

only being fluent in vocabulary all right and  this is by knowing the vocabulary really well  

and that that's that's the whole that's the whole  answer to your question so if you if you know  

a lot but you plateaued it's it's probably  because you're still learning English as a  

second language rather than learning English  as a first language so native speakers learn  

English as a first language and you can become  fluent almost instantly in individual words and  

phrases so if you learn something you're like ah  I get it you have that aha moment where you feel  

I really understand something now now I can use  it so when you have that moment then you become  

fluent in that vocabulary you won't forget it  in conversations you will feel confident about  

using it but it happens for each individual  word and phrase so that's why you can have it  

and most people like they have a vocabulary  where like here's your total vocabulary and  

there's a part of your vocabulary that you're  you're fluent in but the rest of it you are not  

because you don't you don't know the vocabulary  very well you haven't reviewed it very well  

so again you can Plateau here like really from the  start so you start learning things you're getting  

translations and grammar rules study all of that  and so even if you have a large passive vocabulary  

so you know the vocabulary but you still can't  speak okay it's because you lack fluency you  

actually haven't taken more time to review that  vocabulary to understand it like a native so  

instead of trying to learn it through your native  language you have to learn it as a native wood  

you have to understand it the same way natives do  okay so if you want to become fluent like a native  

like have whole conversations like a native then  that means you have to learn individual words and  

phrases the same way natives do okay so you learn  like a native and you get fluent like a native  

and the process can be very quickly very quick  so in fluent for life we take people through like  

each month you just focus on a set of vocabulary  and you get fluent in that that's what we do and  

then you learn another set and then you learn  another set and as you grow then you leave this  

plateau and you actually start speaking that's  how it works all right let me know if you have  

any questions about that specifically though  all right uh and and says hello sir from India  

sir I can understand English even by the native  speaker but in able to speak yes and again after  

everybody has a different way of expressing  this same problem but everybody has it because  

everybody's learning English as a second language  rather than learning English as a first language  

it's really that simple if you learn it as a  second language so if you think about translations  

and grammar rules when you learn then you will  think about that when you speak but like this  

the train example over here I'm not thinking about  grammar rules I'm not thinking about if something  

is the imperative or some other you know name  for like it like technical vocabulary or whatever  

I just connect the vocabulary with the situation  and that's how I speak and so you can do the  

same thing too no one is born native I wasn't  born native I had to become native by learning  

English as a first language does this make sense  hopefully let me know if if this this message is  

getting getting clear getting through to people uh  but that's that's why I I continue to make these  

videos because they're they're like billions of  people that have this problem and so I'm trying to  

help you and show you like stop learning English  as a second language start learning English as a  

first language and you will start making a lot  more progress uh talk is it exactly as you told  

in replaying uh replying uh to Eunice I wish to  make an app to accelerate optimize this process  

what do you mean ah like trying to make well you  don't need it you don't need an app for that if  

you want the reason I made an app for Frederick  is because it's teaching you to read and it's  

teaching you the vocabulary and the app is a good  format for that but you need actual real examples  

of people speaking so like Duolingo or whatever  it's not giving you real examples of people  

speaking it's it might have some real speech  but it's not real people actually communicating  

all right so that's how uh how people can you can  learn more vocabulary but you're not getting the  

review you need with real English you need to have  that so that's why I didn't make an app like that  

myself like I made fluent for life because that's  the system you need to get that all right you need  

to get that input so video works really well  for seeing examples of how natives communicate  

all right uh two C's could you tell me where I  can find courses in only in English grammar I  

can speak uh wait I can speak but I can't write at  all my native language is Ukrainian I'm 58 years  

old thank you uh but I don't know what I don't  know a course like specifically about what when  

you say about grammar what do you mean by that  like you want to know the names of grammar rules  

or something that's not going to help you write  it will just teach you the names of grammar rule  

what you need is examples of how natives  actually communicate so that's what we do  

in fluent for life so you can look for like I  mean there's lots of grammar uh you know rules  

or whatever online you can get a grammar textbook  anything we'll just tell you more about like the  

actual rules of a language but if you want  to use that fluently that's what we teach you  

all right uh and it's sitting sit along  if I'm pronouncing that correctly how's  

it going Drew I have a question usually kids have  a silent period and after thousands of hours of  

listening they are trying to speak they need to  elicit sounds and articulation I think it's the  

same with us who are trying to practice English  are you saying that we don't need to practice  

all right I want to make it clear that's a  good question like the silent silent period  

uh so like crashing talks about this too and  I really want to make it clear what this means

um you get a drink of water losing my  voice over here what time it is all right

all right let's do this so let's imagine this  is your first English lesson and you are a child  

and I'm teaching you now we We Begin this is like  hour zero we're now starting to learn the language  

I know I'm using my my blue marker so  much it's running out let me see the  

red is working yeah red is okay so if we  begin I'm teaching a child like the silent  

period comes it's really just how long  it takes for you to understand something  

and when you feel like you understand something  quickly then you can use it so like you don't  

like the silent period really it's only as long  as the teacher is like good or bad at teaching  

so the silent period for most like regular  English Learners in school is many many years  

because like they don't feel confident speaking  because they don't really understand what they're  

learning no pardon me again we got a fire truck  as usual all right but what I do like the silent  

period actually should be very short I mean like  a few minutes and that's for each word or phrase  

that you're teaching so if I'm sitting with  a child and I'm giving them like my you know  

my kind of Japanese lesson that I've given before  many times so if I'm going to teach you something  

I think Tom just like wrote it up there as well  but if I'm trying to teach you Japanese and we  

can imagine like a silent period the silent  period is really just how long does it take  

for you to understand what I'm saying and if I'm  a good teacher I can explain something very well  

in Japanese or in English or whatever the language  is and you don't need like months and months of of  

quiet time or whatever because kids want to  speak people want to express themselves but  

they don't feel confident about doing so because  they don't really understand what they're saying  

so just very quickly maca Maca maca Akai Akai  akka akka Akai Maka Kuro kuroi Maka kudos

kudo akka AO

kudo kudoi saifu saifu kuroimaka kuroi saifu

kuroy Maus kudo kuroimaka kudoi Maus Mouse

so if I'm giving you a uh like a lesson in  Japanese like that how quickly do you need  

to to understand what I'm saying so most people  they don't understand quickly because I'm just  

giving you a translation akka means red Kudo  means black AO means blue and I'm trying to  

help you remember that but I'm actually making it  worse I'm teaching you to think about translations  

yes so you got it so this is a black  wallet and this is a black marker  

you got it and again it's like you don't need  a quiet period uh the point is that you really  

understand something when I'm saying it to  you and that's the same thing with Frederick  

okay and same thing like uh Muhammad just asked  the pronunciation between like old wood and wood  

those are the kinds of questions you can ask  Frederick and it will just tell you the answer  

how do you pronounce this like the  pronunciation is right in there  

that's why I made the app so even if I'm not there  you can listen to me pronounce over 2 000 words  

and sentences okay but going back to this example  uh the whole point of having a quiet period or a  

silent period it just means how long does it take  for the person to understand what you're saying  

and if I spend many many years teaching you  grammar rules and you don't really understand  

the language then your silent period is going to  last for years okay so again like the the point  

of learning English as a first language is the  the silent period should be there but only like  

it's my fault if I can't get you fluent because  I'm not explaining it as like a first language  

and not helping you understand that now this  video and the kinds of stuff that we that we  

teach in fluent for life it's because people  already have a good level of English so the  

people in the program are usually intermediate  Learners uh but they just don't know and they  

don't have like a high strong level of fluency  so I can take people from intermediate to fluency  

because of how well I can teach because of  how well I help you understand the language  

that's why like I can I can I guarantee what I  do because like it's it's all it's my fault if  

you get fluent or not okay so yes like the the  practice actually comes from you getting review  

so if I if I give you an example like you probably  already forgotten what red blue and black are in  

Japanese and that's okay like I don't expect you  to remember that but tomorrow if we had a lesson  

again and I could go back and review those things  and not just a marker but like something different  

you know whatever like a red shirt or a red other  thing whatever now Tom has seen like many of these  

uh many of these lessons so he knows what's going  on yeah so siphon it yeah so that's your your what  

all right but I could do I could do uh anything  let's see if I have anything over here like  

I don't I don't really have enough actually  I don't have anything that's really like like  

Japanese that doesn't have an English like  like the microphone in front of me it's like  

my you know like a microphone or the computer  or anything else like that like a lot of these  

things are just like in English or whatever but  please give a short explanation of how to practice  

the language to get fluency so the the the the  short explanation is you need to get lots of you  

need to understand like a native and get lots of  naturally varied review that's how you get fluent  

that's how you get followed so you need to hear  you need to hear me or somebody so you understand  

what something is so I've just given you  example of learning Japanese as a first language  

and then I need to have a review time with  you where I'm like where you're hearing me  

say something and you're hearing other people  talk about these markers or other things in  

different colors and you will naturally develop  fluency because you will understand how it works  

okay so that's it you need to understand like  a native and you need to review like a native  

so it's the is really the opposite of what  everybody does in a traditional lesson so  

traditional English as a second language  lesson is where you're trying to uh you  

want to like to learn something a little bit  and even if you don't understand it you try  

to repeat after the teacher but repeating the  lesson doesn't make you understand something  

you have to get more reviews so  you really understand something  

now I can again like teaching you something  simple like red marker and you understand okay  

this is red and this is marker and in Japanese  like Akai akka akka Akai Maka so you're learning  

oh like an adjective comes before the noun  but I'm not explaining that to you you're  

just understanding it naturally the way a child  does so you understand like a native and then you  

review like a native so even if I just if I just  give you one lesson in Japanese you will probably  

forget it but if you come back again tomorrow even  for a few minutes I will help you start speaking  

and you will understand the language well enough  to start using it confidently that's how it works  

so you don't you don't get fluent by trying to  repeat or talk with other people you get fluent  

by understanding then you speak when you feel  confident about using the language that's when  

you speak that's when you feel good about speaking  if you don't feel good then you will be in a  

conversation and you will just feel nervous about  speaking okay so that's how you do it all right uh

let's see sometimes since I don't like Duolingo  at all right uh let's see Orson says do you do  

we have a free trial of your program actually  you can go on YouTube and see different samples  

of lessons uh from from uh from fluent  for life so the program was originally  

called Master English conversation before I  put all the lessons together as one program  

uh uh let's see the portal deep gate what about  music to learn English yeah music is certainly  

fine um you can you can listen to music that's  another good way to learn Max says greetings  

teacher I am preparing myself in order to apply  for a customer service or yes for customer service  

jobs in English do you have any advice uh I think  I gave this advice in the previous video previous  

live video but you should try to find people  who are actually hiring and then like talk  

with them personally about how you can uh what  kind of value you can provide to the company  

our answer is thank you for enriching  our view of how to learn more English  

Tom says yep Morrison said do  we I can't answer that already  

all right what's my mother telling you're  asking me so my my native language is English  

uh Melissa but also I want to make it clear that  I could be like I'm becoming native in Japanese  

as well so it just means I'm learning like a  native rather than learning through English  

that's how I get fluent in Japanese and I'm in the  fluent process the fluency getting fluent process  

it's continuing all day every day as I learn  more speaking and again that's because I get  

fluent in individual words and phrases so I will  hear maybe some new vocabulary and think oh that's  

interesting but maybe I don't hear it again and I  forget it or I don't get to review it or I don't  

really understand it perfectly so I never use it  fluently so I have to I have to work at that I  

have to have to get like lots more review of those  things because I don't have a teacher to teach me  

Japanese I have to do it myself uh Melissa says  what did you mean no vocabulary really good I  

mean really well I know the words and I recognize  them but it's the kind of passive storage how do  

I get learn to ex extract them uh Melissa watch  the video I have about like the three levels of  

understanding so that I made a whole video just  talking about that specifically the basic idea  

is that you begin with exposure to the language  so I just gave an example of that right now so  

maybe a friend of mine a Japanese friend uses  some vocabulary and I maybe I don't I don't  

quite understand what it is or I don't yet feel  confident using it but I'm exposed to the language  

now it's it's it's in my brain at a very low level  but maybe the next highest level where I have  

awareness of it now I can recognize it when other  people are using that but I still don't feel very  

confident about using it myself but once I get to  the ownership level that's where I have fluency  

in that vocabulary because I know it's so well  I can use it I recognize the patterns of the  

vocabulary or pronunciation or grammar or whatever  and then I can use it fluently and the to get from  

the awareness level to the ownership level that's  where you have to get a lot more review and spend  

more time with the language until you get that  aha moment where you really understand something

uh uh okay so I'd like to know if it's a good  idea to learn English by vocabulary level  

uh well again it doesn't matter like what  vocabulary you're learning uh but how you  

learn the vocabulary is what's important so I  could learn any kind of vocabulary but if I don't  

actually understand the vocabulary I can't use it  fluently so like you know I wouldn't I wouldn't  

worry about specific vocabulary I mean often like  if you're looking at different levels like A1 A2  

or whatever lots of people still make basic  mistakes even at the lowest level of that but  

they're still trying to learn more new vocabulary  so they're making like the really big mistake  

that language Learners make and that's learning  more vocabulary when they're not already fluent  

in their current vocabulary so you really should  be taking more time I promise you if you actually  

spent more time reviewing what you already know  and naturally varied review is is what gets  

you fluent in that way then you would become  fluent in that vocabulary that's how it works  

so don't worry about getting getting to  new stuff and Tom again with the keishigomo  

uh are we getting benefits of Japanese well you  yeah there you go that like the the benefit of  

me giving you the lesson in Japanese is I don't  think many Japanese people are watching this video  

um I live in Japan but I'm not like really  popular in Japan or I guess I wouldn't say  

I'm not popular but I'm not well known in Japan  um and so I can use Japanese examples because most  

people will not understand that but the point is  to to teach you something in a language and help  

you understand that in in the language rather  than you thinking about like translations or  

something so I'm trying to remind you or show  you what it's like to learn as a child again  

and then you think oh wow look at that I learned  something without using my native language  

and that means you learned it as a native  speaker you learned it as a first language  

all right uh let's see well uh what a helpful  approach says Eunice Glenn here Raphael  

Frederick email update I made a typo Frederick  update email I made a typo up there uh okay  

uh thanks for answering my question yes my  pleasure Ms David I've just started I've I've  

just learned the grammar of conditionals I find  it very hard to apply to my speech what would  

you recommend to use it in order to use them  fluently uh stop thinking about conditionals  

so native speakers don't don't know what  a conditional is the only thing they know  

is like what the word condition means it's  like well I guess if you do this then you do  

that thing over here but non-native speakers are  like well there's a first conditional and a zero  

conditional and people they're trying to think  about all these different uh grammar points rather  

than thinking about just like when you would  do something so natives think about situations  

and then what vocabulary we use in that  situation that's what natives are doing  

so a native will think okay I have uh like  like if I if I had something like if it if  

it's raining I will bring uh like bring an  umbrella so if it's raining I will bring an  

umbrella and then you get lots of examples of  people or like those kind of basic conditionals  

where it's like if something happens then this  other thing happens over here so you don't try  

to study all of the conditionals you just pick one  situation and get lots of examples of that thing

uh my comment but post your comment  again Raphael I got too many  

sorry about that um [Music] okay what do you  think about learning English through pictures  

yes you I mean you should learn English through  any medium you can that helps you understand  

the language and this is why like people will say  you should learn with your ears or something why  

native speakers don't only learn with their ears  they learn with everything it's like if I try to  

tell you what an orange is or try to describe the  flavor of an orange it's much easier to just let  

you try the orange and you can you experience  it directly so I gave the example before about  

going directly to the language you don't want to  put steps in between you and the real language  

you want to get to the real language learn  directly understand it by direct experience

uh okay yeah so Raphael post that comment again  let's see cam says I'm from Thailand nice to see  

you there all right Eunice says I think natives  have also little knowledge of grammar yes so they  

understand they understand what grammar is like  they're using the language correctly because they  

just they have like a like a crashing calls this  a sense of correctness I would call it the same  

thing uh they speak without thinking about grammar  however they do think about grammar and academic  

or professional situations yes and so you you  want to know if you're using something correctly  

but they won't they probably will not know the  name of a grammar point or something they're  

not thinking like what's the first conditional  versus a zero conditional or whatever they're  

just thinking like okay in this situation what  words do we use so I'm trying to get you to think  

more like a native speaker all right and if we  have a settling again thanks for responding I  

agree with you about almost everything but  point of contention is speaking practice for  

example kids who reach point where they start  to speak after a silent period and period when  

they start understanding messages they make a  lot of mistakes and grammar pronunciation but  

with practice they're getting better recently  I lost my speaking dude was my speaking dude  

or is that a typo and I noticed how my ability  to speak became worse than before you mean like  

a speaking partner speaking dude uh so when I had  this practice yes so you can you can like I'm not  

saying don't practice speaking the the goal  is to get to having conversations with people  

so that like we want to go to the same place  but I'm suggesting that like most of the  

practice comes from getting all of the varied  input uh rather than like studying more rules  

and grammar so once you start feeling confident  then you can start using it but like you should  

feel quite confident about something uh usually  much more confident than I don't know than than  

you would be in a typical English class so you  should really learn something and understand  

and think like ah I really got it and then after  that there's like a little bit of practice you  

get maybe pronouncing something correctly or just  feeling comfortable having the words come out of  

your mouth or something like that but you should  be spending uh like I don't know I would say  

you'll get most of most of your improvement if  we look at my like Iceberg example so here's  

the iceberg floating in water so the tip of  the iceberg is up here this is the speaking  

part and the understanding part is down here  so if you can understand like this the the  

practice comes from getting lots of different  and varied examples okay this is the naturally  

varied review so that's why I said there are  two parts to understanding this the first is  

just understanding it like a native uh and then  the second part is getting lots of review so if  

you hear a hundred different examples of how to  say something you're going to feel very confident  

about using it yourself and then when you're in  a conversation it should come out naturally okay

all right and I think that answers that all  right so speak fluent equals being addicted  

to the language yeah I don't feel addicted to  Japanese I'm just trying to learn it like a native  

speaker rather than a student all right uh uh  hello Drew from Nigeria talking a lot in English  

Yips his time and let's see how do you pronounce  that he he he sometimes I do think in English when  

I'm speaking but somehow when I focus on that like  when the heck do I think in English when I then I  

start translating yeah you gotta like don't don't  that's why if you if you spend a lot of time just  

reviewing the language and somebody just asked I  think how to do it without being bored that's the  

whole point of naturally varied review so I'm not  saying uh like repeat something again and again  

and again don't do that all right like the point  is like that you really feel confident because  

you got lots of varied examples so you don't  take just like the one example and repeat it  

because that example doesn't help you understand  anymore but if you get lots of different examples  

of different people and different time periods  so you get different tenses uh like all those  

different all those differences about those  examples that's what gets you fluent because  

you understand the language so well now and then  you know you can actually go into the conversation  

and and with very little speaking practice you  would be feeling very confident about something  

and you know this because like you can learn a  new word or a new phrase without practicing it  

at all and then just use it in a conversation  okay so what happens with like young kids when  

they're learning a language just to go a little  bit deeper into this is they're they're they're  

they're still learning the like all of the all of  the various rules and patterns of the language and  

so they think they're using something correctly  when there's like an irregular verb or something  

but that's not really a speaking mistake it just  means they didn't learn the rule about that so if  

I tell a child like they're they're learning some  different verbs in English and and they learn walk  

and they learn a play and then they  learn uh let's see what's another uh  

like okay we'll just do this and then and then  go so when a child learns the pattern it's like  

oh you if you're talking about something you  did before we put an e d on the end of that  

and now you get walked you put an e d on the  end of that you get played and then they get  

an ed on the end of that it's like goad okay so  this is where like we think a child is making a  

mistake it's not a mistake they just didn't learn  that rule so some rules you learn as you're in the  

conversation and you're making that I mean there  are like maybe you just forget a word you don't  

hear it often enough but like it is possible to  teach these things and prepare people for them  

uh or prepare people to use these before they get  into the conversation so that's the whole point of  

fluent for life or the way I teach is if I can  make you understand all these things but in a  

natural way and then we can review them again and  again in different ways then you will be prepared  

to use them correctly in conversations and then  you won't feel nervous about speaking all right  

so this is not this is not like a typical mistake  it's just like a variation on the rule and it's  

like all right we have an irregular verb but a  child uh should not feel bad about that it's like  

if I say something and then even in Japanese I use  something and people are like oh in this situation  

you don't use that so now I I you you get like  ever more fine rules about how language works  

okay but you didn't make a mistake you're just  learning like a a subtler uh rule about something

hopefully that makes sense uh

uh let's see Lewis says why is a fried potato  called french fry uh I don't know I think it  

might it's from like the French cut I think it's  like the thin like long thin uh like that kind  

of cut for the for the way you cut the potato  so they're different kinds of like you get like  

waffle cut or French cut or julienne or other  things like that I'm not an expert on cooking  

or even cutting potatoes but you know you can you  can look up where something like that comes from  

uh so again and again how to do this without  being bored is like it's amazing so I made a  

whole video about uh making espresso in English  just to show one example of naturally varied  

review so if you're watching something if you  have an interest in it you will watch or read  

or listen to all of that different information  like people who like comic books you know they  

read lots of different comic books you don't  need to tell that person like to keep reading  

it they probably would not read the same comic  book again and again but they would read lots  

of different ones and they're all pretty  similar it's like romance novels it's like  

all the same story but you know the characters  are a little bit different or the setting is a  

little bit different but people like reading  the story so that's naturally varied review  

so it's a little bit of the same thing with  a little bit of something new and that keeps  

your brain interested so you understand things  well and that builds your fluency automatically

all right uh Aaron says translating is kind of a  hindrance yes it's more than hindrance it stops  

you from speaking it's it's a pain in the ass yeah  it's exciting and you just uni says it exactly is  

acquisition before practice so the the practice is  the acquisition it's like two different things so  

people think there's like a learning phase and  then a practice phase but language acquisition  

doesn't work like learning to play the piano all  right have I I think I've spoken about this before  

um I don't know maybe it's been a while I  can very quickly touch on this again but if  

I'm trying to learn let's say I want to learn to  dislike emotion like this like taking a a cap off  

of a marker there's a specific way I can do this  and if I have to practice it in a certain way like  

tying my shoes or something more complicated  like playing the piano I'm really trying to  

take like a song and then and then use it  like practice it like again and again and  

again because I have to move my fingers the same  way at the same time each time I play the song  

but in a conversation when you're speaking each  conversation is different it's like trying to  

play the piano but it's a new song each time  you play all right and so when you're trying  

to practice something like that the learning  is the practice and then you start speaking  

whenever you feel comfortable that's really how  it works so the opposite is is like to continue  

just studying more but you never feel very  confident and fluent about what you're learning

all right uh

here's my comment again says Reva I don't did you  pose it somewhere uh sakimon can you recommend me  

another podcast apart from podcast you got on your  YouTube channel greetings from Panama my English  

is a mess yet sorry for my writing no you're  great uh again like I don't I don't recommend  

people watch or even listen to like English  learning stuff think about something you're  

interested in and then do that in English that's  all you have to do all right I just made it easy  

to do that with like a whole program that teaches  you the language and helps you learn about things  

like for specific topics but you could do the  same thing by yourself it's possible to do it's  

just harder and it just takes more time but it  certainly is possible but rather than trying to  

watch more English learning content you should  be just looking for things you're interested in  

like the espresso video I made so if I want to  learn how to make espresso and I want to be able  

to talk about that then I should watch a bunch of  people making espresso and I will start learning  

the vocabulary for that I will learn it quickly  and I will become fluent in that as I learn that's  

how you do it so don't look for more like more  English you know learning content or whatever like  

if you if you can understand me uh but you can't  speak fluently either join fluent for life or just  

start learning that same way by yourself with more  content but like just look for stuff for Natives  

and if you if you're not feeling very confident  it's hard to understand then do something easier  

like maybe watch it like a child or a kid make  coffee or do something like that but you can find  

stuff for all levels like that if you want to uh  and then Keiko says but I'm scared because I'll  

get it wrong yes and so if you if you don't feel  confident then of course you don't have confidence  

you don't really you're you're worried you're  going to say something incorrectly but if I see  

10 different natives say something I'm going to be  pretty confident I could say that same thing too  

because okay in this situation that's what  people say so I know I'm going to say it  

correctly Betty says morning coach Drew overall  you mean deliberate practice is key no I mean  

understanding like a native is key and and  practicing like a native if you think about  

how natives learn the language they're getting all  these different examples from different people and  

you can do the same thing so it's just learning  it systematically so it's actually learning better  

than a native would learn the language because  some people they learn something and they don't  

hear that vocabulary again and a lot of people  are especially children they're either they have  

a good teacher or someone that can explain things  to them or they do not and they have to try to  

learn things on their own but you can certainly  get that information and continue to learn  

uh uh let's say hello from Jamaica says raimondo  hello I would like to know which days of the week  

you are live streaming uh typically Mondays and  Thursdays Japanese time but next Monday I will not  

be here I think a hundred ways to say oh my says  Keiko yes so if you're prepared but in Japanese  

it's the same thing so I could I could say like  I could express something in many different  

ways and then I can just say whatever I'm  comfortable with and keep the conversation moving  

actually I've learned much from using a language  translators and sentence structures yeah so if  

you if you feel fluent then great most  people are not getting fluent using that  

but typically people are learning if you're  if you have to think about grammar rules  

in a conversation unless you're just very quick  mentally and you know it very well uh then you're  

probably not going to be able to communicate  very fluently Tom says associating things yes  

that's that's connected to that zakiyama says how  can I measure my English level is it affected to  

take some English exams like TOEFL well I  mean what do you need English for what why  

are you learning English if you just needed to  communicate with people then that's your level  

can you speak with people or not and that's  again like the the the real thing you might  

be able to take an English test but how are you  in real conversations that's that's the real test  

all right injured oh no someone is injured  over here do you see that learning language  

with grammar rules at the beginning good method  because I did it with English and I think it works  

so do do you see that learning language with  grammar rules at the beginning good method  

because I did it with English and I think it works  but there there are grammar errors in your in your  

writing so if you're like if you think using  grammar rules is helpful uh and again like you  

should be learning grammar the point is do you  understand the grammar or the rules or the it's  

really just language patterns do you understand  them like a native or are you trying to think  

about them like a student and if you still have  mistakes in your in your writing it's probably  

because you didn't really understand it like a  native so when you understand it like a native  

you won't make those mistakes all right Peter  again says hello from Vietnam yes kids do make  

mistakes in any language but mistakes are part  of the learning process okay to make mistakes  

and Mr dilip says uh watching Hollywood movies  actually improves our English I think it's very  

lengthy process to learn can you please say  other ways to learn um well again I actually  

don't recommend like trying to watch a Hollywood  movie to try to learn I would I would focus on  

a much shorter clip of something so that's again  what we do in fluent for Life uh it's maybe like  

it could be 20 minutes to a half hour or something  of a conversation but that's broken down and you  

learn that whole thing over a month so you really  take the time to know it the same way natives do  

so find something short you know not don't read  a long novel or watch a long movie it should be  

something shorter CN says even though I'm not  able to understand completely is it beneficial  

to watch TV series Without subtitles uh yeah I  mean if you can if it should be something you  

can understand pretty well though fried star do  we need to differentiate the usage of speaking  

English from writing in terms of word choices  uh yes in in and again you learn situationally  

like what stuff is good for writing and what's  good for speaking or both yes I also try to look  

closely at the native's mouth Yes I mean even  you can you can certainly pay attention to how  

people's mouths are moving but even just listening  to examples of things that will help you as well  

hi everyone welcome says Tom all right uh press  synth says I am fluent in English while talking  

through phone but I've but live conversations I  couldn't what is the reason I don't know you'd  

have to think about what that is like do you have  trouble speaking in person in your native language  

you know like try to try to isolate what  the problem is because it could be a lack  

of confidence or you're just worried about how  you look or something there are lots of reasons  

why people could be shy about that uh let's  see next some teachers in my country teach us  

consider pattern first then add in vocabulary  which is translate from my mother tongue to a  

native speaker think pattern before they speak  well I mean natives are like I look I've given  

these examples up here situations are connected  with vocabulary that's what natives are doing  

so they're looking at a situation and looking at  like the various patterns that they could use in  

that situation so all these things over here about  sitting down these are each a different language  

pattern and so you can communicate in a different  way or use different vocabulary depending on the  

situation but I would not be mixing any like  like grammar rules or anything from uh like  

a different language or whatever rough against  us that's it you skipped it again I'm definitely  

buying you some serious glasses just kidding  though no just post the whole comment what what  

is what is the comment about other than friends  is a good series of watch for English learners  

how to build confidence while speaking English yes  you you actually build confidence before speaking  

English that's what this video is about so you  become confident in vocabulary as you understand  

it really well and that's how you get flown  uh Yosef says hi good morning from Indonesia  

I'm Joseph I really like your method how you  teach English conversation things everyone that  

says why do recorded English conversations on  the phone sound different from in-person ones  

hmm I don't know I guess that mean I mean the  the communication itself would be a little bit  

different because you're you can't see the  other person um and in in that way like it  

would make you make a like a conversation I'm  having a little bit different like I can see  

what the other person is doing uh like if they're  pausing or doing something else laughs all right  

let's see here I will take a few more before I  lose my voice let me see her May read this here

so citaline let me know if I'm pronouncing  that incorrectly where are you from Lee  

are you from China or someplace else  

uh Drew in your opinion what is the best way to  go from beginner to Advanced student for those who  

don't have the opportunity to buy your program  you just just get examples the same way native  

kids get examples so that's how you would do it I  mean you would you're basically looking for like  

levels of information that's understandable to  you so what would a child watch uh and not like  

little babies or whatever because a lot of that  is it's not actual language it's just like blah  

blah blah blah not not real language but like  starting from zero I would just get Frederick  

and also watch the beginning English playlist uh  that I have on my channel so I take people from  

absolute beginner to understanding the language  like in in it's all learning it in English so  

those are the two things I would do and then you  can just continue going from there looking at  

usually it's it should be some kind of situational  learning where you're you're you're watching  

people do something or you're talking about  a particular thing but especially if you're  

if you're either teaching kids or new people you  need to have something physical where people can  

show you where things are uh or what's happening  and it's easy to understand like that and that's  

why like in the visual guide to phrasal verbs I do  that so you can actually see me doing stuff like  

I play with little Legos and you can actually  see see like how things work like that [Music]  

um let's see uh let's see and Simon do you have  social media well this is this is social media  

so here in Instagram you can look at links for  those things in this uh description below this  

video oh it's just a nickname don't worry about  pronunciation I'm from Uzbekistan now living in  

New York okay what would stop you from joining  fluent for life like the price of it or what are  

you or you don't believe it would be helpful  or I'm curious like anybody out there that's  

like you know I'm I'm thinking about this but  maybe Drew is lying to me I don't know we'll see  

says I agree friends is good teaching material  yes and so you can watch that but I would I would  

really recommend like taking an episode and  focus on it a lot and what I mean by that is  

watching maybe other YouTube videos where people  are talking about the episode or read something  

about it and getting getting that kind of thing uh  so kids make mistakes in other languages too let's  

see I think we got that yeah and then Tom says  learning material yes so you can do this on your  

own like you can it's it's possible to do that's  how I did it uh but it was just it's a pain in the  

ass because if you don't understand something then  you're frustrated and you have to find out what it  

means and and you know if you're trying to do that  like all in the native language it's just more  

difficult but if you have a teacher who can show  you how to do it then it's much faster because you  

don't spend your time looking for answers you  just get the answers and keep moving all right  

well that's it I think uh we should be at the end  of our video here but if you do have any questions  

about the programs or anything else you can just  send us a mail at info englishanyone.com and we  

can help you uh learn yes it's frustrating do it  by yourself but that's why that's why I made the  

whole program all the stuff that I do is to solve  problems that I had um and you know wanting to  

make sure that other people don't make those same  mistakes so I can help people do that that's why I  

do what I do but you can click on the links in the  description uh definitely get Frederick especially  

if you either buy yourself are trying to learn and  you want to get more information about learning  

like a native or you want to help somebody  else like a child or someone that doesn't know  

any English at all and they can actually teach  themselves the language that way uh but let's  

see again got one more question here uh now I can  understand your English and can write well without  

grammar mistakes but I couldn't speak fluently  without grammar mistakes which I do what should I  

learn more right now well think about the grammar  mistakes you get and then and then go to uh like  

like you know just get more examples of that that  specific thing so whatever you usually know what  

particular things like I'm good in this grammar  point but this one I need help with um but then  

you know you can uh you can easily get that just  by looking for more examples of stuff teaching  

you are great glad to hear it price living in  New York is expensive rent food Etc uh can you  

please remind me how much is your program if you  click on the link in the description just send  

us an email send us an email uh and we'll we'll  help you out all right Toki says thanks heaps  

Drew yes it's my pleasure all right now before my  voice completely dies on me again I want to wish  

you all a fantastic day thank you for joining  me and I'll see you in the next video bye-bye