The Secret To Fast Fluency Is NOT What You Think

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Students often ask me what they should do to become a fluent English speaker much more
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quickly…
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Should they learn more words, write more, read more, study more grammar, or do one of
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a hundred other things?
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Well, my answer always surprises them because the BIGGEST SECRET to fast fluency actually
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has nothing to do with vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, or even language learning at all…
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But this secret explains why some learners become confident speakers in months while
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others struggle to express themselves for years…
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This is Taylor swift, a world-famous singer, songwriter and winner of more than 200 awards.
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She’s also been the voice of a cartoon character, and she wrote her first song, "Lucky You,"
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at the age of 12.
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I’m highlighting Taylor Swift today because she reveals the surprising key to fast fluency.
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See if you can guess the secret from the following three stories from her life…
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Long before it was popular, Taylor Swift was using texting, and the social networking site
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MySpace, to promote her music. This was very non-traditional for a country music musician,
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which she was before she began producing pop music, because country music was typically
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for older audiences. But swift knew teens were using MySpace, and she was creative about
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testing music on the platform before it was released to the public. The track ‘Our Song’
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made it on a record because of its popularity first on MySpace.
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Next, in 2015, when Apple was launching its Apple Music service, the company decided to
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offer a three-month free trial period to subscribers. But during this period, Apple said it would
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not pay musicians when their music was downloaded.
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Taylor Swift was very unhappy that she and other musicians would lose revenue during
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this period and she refused to allow Apple to stream her album 1989. She also wrote a
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letter to the company, and within 24 hours, Apple reversed its decision and said it would
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pay artists during the trial period. Many artists had complained about not being paid
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during this period, but only after Swift said something did Apple listen.
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Finally, in 2019, Swift combined the power of her fans, other artists and even politicians
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in a fight for the rights to her music. In June of this year, Taylor Swift’s record
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label was sold, meaning that the master recordings of Swift’s earlier music became the property
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of a new owner. Swift was unable to purchase the rights to her recordings herself. What
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was initially a private business situation became very public when Swift told fans and
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other musicians to say this was wrong, and that it hurt other artists. And after generating
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enough support on the Internet, Swift and other artists won some victories for controlling
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their performances.
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So what was the secret to Taylor Swift’s success?
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There are many popular musicians and songwriters, but Taylor Swift has become one of the biggest
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musicians on the planet because she used LEVERAGE.
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Leverage means doing MORE or FASTER work with LESS... Especially LESS TIME.
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In the same way that I leverage videos here on YouTube to teach millions of learners online,
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instead of only a few people in the classroom…
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Taylor Swift leveraged technology and her star power for her career.
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Now, the reason leverage is so important for language learners like us is because learning
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“leverage points” can save you months or even years of study time…
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And the less time you need to learn, the faster you get fluent!
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One example for us language learners is vocabulary leverage...
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Did you know that some words are used in conversations many, many times more often than other words?
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When you understand this, you know to spend your time learning only the most commonly
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used conversational speech for YOUR life and career, and not all of the rarely used textbook
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words most teachers make you study.
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If you want even MORE leverage, think about all of the vocabulary and grammar errors you
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make…
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Most likely, there is a small number of mistakes you make again and again. So if you simply
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fix these few errors, you can improve your communication skills and confidence in a very
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short time.
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And pronunciation? Likely, there are just a few sounds you could learn to say more smoothly,
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which would make you sound much more like a native and natural in no time!
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Pretty cool, right?
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So instead of worrying about grammar or pronunciation or vocabulary, think about what you can leverage
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and you will become a confident, fluent English speaker much faster!
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I’ve discovered many fantastic learning “leverage points” over 15 years of helping
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learners…
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And if you’d like to learn the ONE that has proven to be the MOST powerful for my
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students because it lets you improve ALL of your communication skills - and fluency - by
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doing just ONE SIMPLE THING...
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Click on the link in the upper right of this video, or on the description below this video,
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to watch a FREE video training that really can change the way you speak, almost instantly.
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I’m Drew Badger, the Founder of EnglishAnyone.com, and thanks so much for learning with me today!
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To learn hundreds more great ways to improve your speaking confidence, sound more native
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and become a more fluent speaker, just do these three simple things, RIGHT NOW.
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1. Click on this link to subscribe to my YouTube channel for over 500 free videos.
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2. Click on this link to download my #1 eBook guide to fast fluency, FREE! And…
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3. Click here to watch the most popular video on English fluency here on YouTube!
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