The 5 Laws Of Thinking In English: How Natives Develop Fluent Speech

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I am Drew Badger the founder of englishanyone.com  and welcome to another live video here on YouTube  

today I thought this would be a very fun and  entertaining and interesting lesson especially  

for a lot of people who would like to think more  in English and the reason to do this is because  

it stops you from Tre translating hesitating those  kinds of things uh I'm going to show you why it's  

possible for you to do this that this really is  easier than most people think uh and we're going  

to talk about Five Laws uh I really call them laws  because if you follow them it's almost automatic  

that you will think more in English and if you  don't follow them you will not so it's pretty  

simple all right uh also apologies because I  was not here yesterday I thought uh I would  

be doing this yesterday but I was wrong anyway  even you know I'm I'm wrong sometimes I guess  

but hopefully everyone is doing well feel free to  post a comment uh let me know how you are doing  

this should be pretty easy to understand these  are actually the same principles I use in all of  

the videos that I make all the lessons that I make  these are the things I'm thinking about uh but I  

thought this would just be a really good a really  good chance to explain all of these things in a  

simple way that anybody can understand you can  start applying this yourself you don't have to uh  

think about anything special because your brain  is doing this already uh so let's get into it  

all right let me make sure all right I think yeah  comments I'll check comments uh in a moment make  

sure those are doing fine uh let's see all right  so before we get into uh the lesson I just want  

to explain uh about thinking in English why it's  possible to do this uh why people don't usually do  

this uh and that will lay the foundation for  these five laws that we're going to cover uh  

but very quickly let me see if anybody had any  questions AR nice to see you there Muhammad can  

you suggest me tips or techniques to enhance my  speaking well yes that's what we'll be talking  

about on this uh video uh Neils nice to see you  from Wisconsin ildo to see they good listening  

to you this morning glad to hear it all right  well let's get into the party uh this should be  

again an entertaining video so first of all the  the basic idea uh is that your brain is already  

following these laws automatically you're doing  these things in your native language and we know  

you're doing these things in your native language  because it's just kind of naturally how the brain  

operates it's not just for languages we really  apply these laws uh to everything but we're just  

talking about them specifically for languages  and I've heard uh like some people might say  

well it's it's more difficult to think of a  new word in English because you already have  

a word for something in your native language u i  talk about this but really the truth is uh most  

people have multiple words for particular things  like in English we've got many ways of talking  

about money uh or different ways of talking about  many different things we can actually that's part  

of one of the laws we'll talk about uh in this  video how you can describe things in different  

ways um so this isn't a reason to stop you from  being able to speak or learn and think all in  

English because you're doing this already uh and  even further uh rather than only maybe trying to  

have uh like different ways of describing words  you would have whole ways of speaking that are  

different so you might speak to children in your  native language in a way that's different than you  

would speak to adults or you have a formal way of  speaking speaking or a not formal way of speaking  

or you have a way of talking or the vocabulary  you would use for your profession that people  

outside of that profession would not know and  you learn all of these things the same way all in  

your native language so it's really like you're  actually knowing and using multiple languages  

already and if you simply apply that same thinking  the same laws that your brain is using the same  

automatic things your brain is doing if you apply  those to English then you will think uh think and  

speak with uh without hesitating and translate all  right so it should be pretty simple uh if people  

want to talk about talk about tprs technique I  don't know what that is but you can uh if you  

if you want to tell tell me more about what that  is uh I I try not to confuse people uh or worry  

about like particular techniques it's really just  uh what we're going to get into right now which is  

either you're learning English as a first language  or you're learning it as a second second language  

and this is where really the foundation or the  heart of the thinking in your native language  

and translating where that comes from so the  goal uh as I mentioned just a moment ago so  

in your native language you probably have multiple  ways of describing the same thing and you also use  

different ways of talking for different situations  again professionally casually with children those  

are just different examples but the main point  is that you can either do something within the  

language itself or you can try to cross over from  one language to the other one and so really the  

goal if you want to think in English you need  to learn in English because how we learn is how  

we speak all right so uh the typical way that  people are learning like let's say this is your  

your native language I'll just use Japanese as an  example uh that's not fitting up there put the J  

right there uh so Japanese is your native language  for example and this is English over here and so  

if you trying to learn English typically people  will Begin by thinking about something in their  

native language in Japanese and then they will  have a word uh and then try to translate that  

way so you're going from one language to another  one so if you learn that way again you will be  

thinking that way when you try to speak so when  you want to speak uh you will have to think about  

those same things in your native language and then  translate them in your head so the goal is really  

to learn everything within the language itself  okay that's the like the core foundational idea of  

this and as I just said you're doing this already  okay you already have multiple ways of describing  

things even multiple words for the same thing like  in English we talk about money or cash or bones or  

greenbacks or frog skins or different ways of  talking about cash uh and so that's the same  

object but we actually describe it in different  ways so this is one of the laws we'll get to in  

a moment but if you apply that same thinking just  to English so the same things that you're already  

doing in your native language if you apply these  same laws to English then you will start thinking  

more in English and then speaking more fluently  all right hopefully everybody gets that let me  

check comments before we get into these actual  laws over here uh but this should be let's see  

all right really appreciate your effort sir says  K and it says looking forward to seeing today's  

lesson glad to hear it vocabulary is somehow  lacking in my case said Leah uh yes so pretty  

much all of the problems that people have will  be solved by this all right so it's really just  

learning everything through your native language  so you're again you're you're beginning with your  

native language and trying to translate as you  learn something in English so you have a word  

you want to say in your native language and then  you translate that into English or you just learn  

it all in English Okay so very easy I'll show  you how this works all right so just uh again  

as I talk about this usually we'll call this  learning English as a second language and then  

learning English as a first language over here and  so all of the laws again I really want to repeat  

this again and again just so people believe me  they know it's possible they're doing it already  

I just want you to do it with English rather than  only the things in your native language all right  

so let's talk about the Five Laws this is actually  very simple you will see these are all connected  

uh and they do build off of each other but I  teach them in this order or I'd like to cover  

them in this order uh because I think it's a  little bit easier to understand how we learn  

new things and then expand on our understanding  so we expand upon our understanding of words as  

we learn the native way all right let's see  here yes code switching we talked about that  

before in a previous video Marcia says I'm your  I'm from Brazil God bless you thanks it's my  

pleasure glad to hear it Mohammad says learning  by storytelling what do you think about tprs I  

don't know someone tell me what that means I've  heard of that but I actually have not well I've  

heard I've heard tprs but I don't know what that  refers to but again I try to keep it simple it's  

just either you're learning things in English or  you're trying to translate as you learn them all  

right so the goal is really to apply these laws  the same way you're doing that already in your  

native language but just to English all right uh  Bridget says nice to see you there George Alo MC  

my goal is to think in English hope it arrives one  day well it does today is the day now that's it uh  

Vagner nice to see you from Brazil all I usually  complicate my way of talking well you can be more  

specific about that anyia uh but hopefully this  should simplify your way of talking by removing  

steps like thinking and translating from when you  taught Z says H low watch with subtitle with or  

without subtitle it doesn't matter I think if you  if you need subtitles that's fine to use them and  

they are good for checking your understanding so  that's that's perfectly fine to do hello I'm from  

RDC I appreciate your teaching glad to hear and  public says what's the difference between uh I  

hope to learn much English from you and I hope  I am going to learn much English from you both  

ways of them correct yeah both of those are fine  Jose says uh my technique to improve my fluent  

English speech is reading a lot is correct I  think it is correct because it is the manner  

I can get the culture and acquisition of the  language uh reading is a part of developing  

fluency and understanding but remember that uh  if you're only trying to understand things then  

reading can help but if you need to communicate  quickly and also like follow what other people  

are saying you really need exposure to lots  of different native speakers uh so this is  

how you become used to the faster speed and the  different accents and the various vocabulary so  

various idioms are slang other ways of expressing  things so we'll talk a a little bit about that in  

this video but you need all of that exposure  so you can learn a lot from reading but you  

learn a lot more when you also have all of these  influences these different examples the exposure  

to native English all right so let's get into  it so the first law we have the law the law of

Association all right so this is really the core  the foundation of really just all learning in  

general what humans are really trying to do  is make Con ctions with different things so  

we begin by making uh certain associations you  might have just as a very quick example I was  

uh many years ago living in a different part of  Japan I was in kilo um and I met a woman she had  

kind of a like a sour she looked like she looked  like she was eating a lemon all the time she had  

kind of like an angry kind of like a you know  like a like a face like this and her name was  

saah uh and I said oh like she looks like she's  eating like a sour lemon so it helped me remember  

her name so this is just one example of like a  natural Association a connection that we make  

rather than me just trying to force myself to  remember something uh like you know trying to  

repeat it many times and trying to again force  myself to remember that thing which is the  

typical way of learning so we're going to tell  it tell a student here's the word we want you  

to remember it but the brain doesn't work that  way the brain works by making associations and  

we do this naturally so what I want you to start  doing if you are not doing this already and again  

uh rather than trying to think of a word in uh in  your native language and then trying to translate  

that we would really want to learn something all  in English and then make as many associations  

or connections with that thing is possible the  other laws will also be applying the same idea  

of Association because everything is really just  about making connections anyway uh but hopefully  

the the five ways I describe this should make it  a bit EAS easier to understand and maybe a bit  

easier to to apply again you are already doing  this naturally in your native language I'm just  

really reminding you that you're doing it and  encouraging you to apply it to learning English  

all right hopefully this makes sense so if we  take a word uh let's say uh let's say exasperated

exasperated exasperated exasperated now what  we want to do when we learn a word like this  

you might not know this word maybe you do maybe  you don't but what we want to do is again keeping  

keeping the word like inside English rather than  trying to take something uh where if we don't know  

what the word is okay now we need to learn it and  understand what it is first in our native language  

and then translate it into English we don't  want to do that we want to understand it and  

typically if we if we can't if like I I just gave  an example before using a pneumonic so a pneumonic  

is a like a memory aid where you're trying to make  a connection that helps you remember something uh  

but if you just learn a new word I want you to  really try to draw on as many connections and  

associations as you can by understanding things  from the context or the situation so let's say  

I'm at home uh I am uh trying to take care of my  babies I've got two babies sitting in high chairs  

I'm trying to feed them dinner uh and the dog is  running around the house uh and I've got two other  

kids running uh like hanging on the ceiling fan  and they're causing a mess and I have things in  

the kitchen something is about to boil over I'm  getting very like very excited and I'm really  

really getting frustrated I'm getting H I feel  exasperated okay I feel very very uh very very  

stressed out very very irritated and the emotional  connection of this I can feel it oh oh this is an  

exasperation ating situation okay so I want you  to make connections with the word try to connect  

with the uh as many associations or make as many  associations as you can and this is why it's so  

important to connect vocabulary with situations  rather than connecting vocabulary with words in  

your native language okay so if we want to think  in English we need to recall that situation oh wow  

like I remember when I was uh I was standing in  line uh and I had to wait to I was at a government  

office and I wanted to get a new driver's license  so I filled out some forms and I waited in line  

for 20 minutes and I got to the the front of  the line and I was very happy and I said to the  

lady look here's my form and she said no this is  incorrect you have to you forgot to fill in this  

other thing and I said okay let me do it here and  she said no no you have to go back to the back of  

the line again so fix the form go back go to the  back of the line and then wait again and then you  

can come in and and we'll try to like take take  care of your license stuff and I was already  

pretty angry uh but I went back and okay I I fixed  the form and I went back and I waited in line and  

then I have to go uh all the way through that and  I said okay look I've got it I finished the the  

line uh or finished waiting through the line and I  showed her the paper again and she said oh no like  

there's another error on the paper and I was like  I was I was like now I'm feeling exasperated I'm  

very irritated I'm very tired I'm very frustrated  very angry I'm exasperated I'm like really really  

angry she wants me to go to the back of the line  and like after I've filled out this thing because  

she made a mistake she forgot to tell me that  I didn't notice this other error on the paper  

Okay so I've gone through the line two times  already and she wants me to go through a third  

time and now I'm like ah and I just get angry and  I leave I'm so exasperated I just go home okay so  

uh from the story I'm telling you this is a way of  understanding it within English itself you really  

understand like like and and again the goal of  doing this just like all the the things that I  

teach here uh is trying to remove the doubts  you have that stop you from speaking because  

if you don't really know what something means or  you don't really understand when you should use  

it or if you don't know how to pronounce it that  will stop you from using that vocabulary okay and  

that's why a lot of people who learn English as  a second language they Translate and they think  

about things in their native language and try to  move that into English that's why they get stuck  

because they have doubts about things they don't  really feel confident enough about the language  

maybe they could recognize it if they have someone  else tell them the word but uh the process is  

actually very exasperating for people because  they've been studying English for a long time and  

they still can't use the language fluently okay so  exasperated yes you can just look up a definition  

of the word but I encourage you not to do that  that when you hear a word you hear something new  

you should be trying to make associations look at  the situation try to make some kind of emotional  

connection with that thing understand why  people are saying that word where it comes from  

and that's going to help you understand it all in  English okay remember you probably learn new words  

in English that are part of your language in the  same way that words in Japanese like uh tsunami  

for example that's an English word so that's a  word borrowed from Japanese tsunami so if I tell  

you like oh look look at that there's like a big  tsunami coming like people know what that means  

in English and their brain doesn't recognize that  as a Japanese word even though it is all right so  

it's it's all psychological it's just your brain  making a connection between like am I learning it  

and understanding it directly or am I learning it  through another another word or another language  

okay so if like tsunami I'm going to teach you  like a very quick Japanese lesson here so this  

is like a tsunami oh my goodness and there's a  person standing down here uhoh like the tsunami  

is going to get this guy but this person over here  is looking at just like a regular Nami NAMI so we  

have a tsunami and a Nami over there so Nami just  means a wave all right but this tsunami over here  

is like what it's a giant wave okay so when you're  learning things like that if you understand it  

within the language itself you're not trying to  make any translations or get definition I of the  

word you really want to make associations that  help you understand the word and so that's why  

we begin with Association this is how we start  learning new things all in English and making  

sure uh we really understand what words mean all  right yes I apologize I know my drawing is not  

the best I'm trying to do it quickly all right let  me look at uh comments to see if anybody gets this  

or if they're not getting this uh I really want  to make sure people understand this idea because  

you can do this by yourself your brain is doing  this automatically you're always trying to make  

connections but if you break this law and you try  to learn through definitions or even worse you try  

to use translations that's what's going to cause  you to think and translate when you speak okay  

so if you learn in English and you understand  in English you will connect directly with the  

language and use the language automatically all  right hopefully everybody's getting it and so as  

you get more examples of this word it will also  help you understand it even better all right C  

says good morning your faithful follower Bruno  says love your content a lot I used to watch  

your videos when I started learning English I Was  preparing for my job interview and made it uh glad  

to hear it I'm working there for seven years now  thank you so much yeah good work you did it all by  

yourself Bruno nice work let's see uh Neil says  uh what comes first reading or listening skill  

uh I don't know you could do both of those at the  same time you don't necessarily need to do one or  

the other but typically you combine them if you  think about how a child learns a child would be  

listening first uh but you have the advantage of  being an adult who could learn and uh learn to  

read and also get like listening practice at the  same time L says give me tips on what to listen  

to while I work out you should watch my videos  listen to those all right ilder says uh look Drew  

I saw the video there where UK helicopter pilot  politely say BS the situation recognize me like  

[ __ ] exactly aha the moment works good thank you  good d nil say do I have any pets uh no I do not I  

used to have quite a few little pets that would  like what did I have uh like frogs and hamsters  

and lizards and chameleons I had two iguanas some  turtles lots of stuff all right so exasperated  

like if you if you exasperated like part of it  is like you're you're exhausted but you're also  

really frustrated so you're you're kind of angry  now you're getting really frustrated now you're  

just exasperated it's just like like ah you're  you're you're mentally going crazy uh because  

you're just so you're so angry about a particular  situation all right L says no guts no glory Deus  

says Brazil is in the house yes Milton thanks for  the explanation I thought in a totally different  

meaning for exasperated yes uh so again this is  why we want to get more more examples of it we  

want to see people in exasperating situations  if we see someone who is exasperated you know  

that we like see like ah they're going crazy we  actually learn the word and understand it the same  

way a native does and that's how I use it fluently  okay so you understand it fluently you can use it  

fluently uh yes MC says we have the same word in  my native language I guess what it means obviously  

yes so if you're coming from a language like  French or Spanish or other other languages that  

are similar s the same thing like if you're coming  from uh Chinese to Japanese a lot of the meanings  

of the characters are the same and so it makes  it easier for people to understand uh hello says  

Teresa uh how can I share this live I'm back you  are the best thank you uh I well I don't just use  

your social media I guess take the link of the URL  and post it there I guess I don't know what what  

you do with it I should probably know that n says  Namaste from India uh Brazilian is in the building  

yes lots of Brazilians over here bro says Sal oh  okay you guys are speaking to each other I found  

the word outrage isn't easy to use well I mean no  word is like intrinsically so bias itself easy or  

hard to use it's just do you understand the word  well well or not so you could be outraged by a  

particular thing like you see a a man kicking like  a little kitten down the street and you're like ah  

I'm outraged by that you know like I feel like  I feel a lot of RA like you think about the rage  

the anger that you feel and it's just it's coming  out I'm out I'm outraged by that particular thing  

so it just means you're incredibly angry but if  you look at at people you know going to protests  

or whatever and they're like they're yelling  like this ah they're outraged usually outraged  

about something or I'm outraged by you know some  some particular situation so if you're feeling  

unsure again if you have doubts about vocabulary  get more examples of those things and again the  

point is to build more associations rather than  just try to translate the word okay so we want  

to find more associations to really understand  something all in English rather than try to take  

something like a translation through our native  language uh right let's see Adriana says uh nice  

draw sounds like da vincius everything you do and  you choose daily has a response in the future yes  

that's correct all right Neil says I love your  examples glad to hear it uh anime 2 Let's see  

we can also make a connection with a short story  yes like I just did so like I'm I'm actually in  

a very good mood but if I let's say I'm you you  could watch me in a video and I slowly start to  

get more frustrated or angry like if there's loud  noises around me and I I lose my calm and I start  

getting I'm getting very exasperated like oh I'm  it's just it's exasperating I'm so tired of like  

listening to these people there's construction  noise or something like that and it's really  

frustrating the video and that's where we get  that feeling of exasperation from so I can  

describe myself as being exasperated or I can  feel something like that so as many situations  

or or examples as you need to really understand  that thing all in English but if you begin with  

a translation you are going to think through a  translation when you speak so that's why again I  

call these laws because if you break the law then  that's when you think in your native language you  

follow the law that's when you start thinking  in English all right neilton says thanks oh my  

God I'm late says Nicholas yes better late than  never Kate nice to see you there Brett nice to  

see you there too hi uh Blue Sky good morning  I'm late hin says when our brain automatically  

translate everything that we need in our second  language we're going to start being fluent the  

language no you're not going to do that you're  you're trying to do it faster so just like trying  

to translate faster is not the way to to do  everything the point is to make it easier for  

your brain your brain doesn't want extra work  your brain is lazy your brain is trying to make  

associations to help you understand understand  things and you make it more difficult for your  

brain when you translate okay so again this is  breaking the law don't break the law you will  

exasperate your brain if you break the law and it  will be more difficult for you to communicate if  

you try to translate can you can force yourself  to do this but it's much much easier if you just  

learn things all in English all right all right  Juliet says hi is nice to see you how you doing  

in your opinion how many words necessary to speak  English as a second language one you only need to  

know one word to speak fluently and that's it  uh and I've talked about this in other videos  

the basic ideas that you get fluent word by word  just like we've shown with the word exasperated  

so I can teach you one word like exasperated  and if you don't know any other words but you  

understand what that means then you're fluent in  that word and then you just need to build a larger  

vocabulary but it depends on who you're speaking  with so maybe you're speaking with kids and they  

have a smaller vocab but they're still speaking  fluently so it doesn't doesn't really matter uh  

don't look for a particular number of words the  more important thing is how well you understand  

things and that comes from how you learn all  right all right I am from India there a share  

there's a share button in the bottom of this  video uh oh okay well great yeah I don't know  

I guess maybe it depends if you're if you're  on uh YouTube yeah there's a share button on  

YouTube I don't know if it's on mobile or not  uh did I still need recite basically Awards I  

don't know what that means Sean Saudi and Raphael  hey Drew folks get exasperated over phrasal verbs  

when they learn them as ESL yes that's often  what happens to people so it becomes really  

frustrating and this exasperated feeling everybody  knows what this is like they've experienced it in  

their own life in some way and many people have  experienced it as language Learners all right  

if we don't have any more questions about  this mil says can you teach us any method  

of learning new words memorize it easily some  tool that's what I'm doing with this all right  

so the be the beginning thing uh this video is  it's also about learning vocabulary uh but it's  

about learning grammar learning pronunciation  and all of these things come from following  

these laws but the core one the foundation of  the whole thing is Association remember your  

brain is doing this naturally already and all you  have to do is apply that to learning English so  

instead of trying to think about things through  your native Lang language just apply these laws  

the brain wants to learn through associations let  it learn through associations but just do it in  

English so when you're learning something new if  it's a completely new word uh even if it's a word  

maybe you've heard before you really want to make  connections with that thing in English connect  

with the situation itself rather than trying to  make a connection so this is forcing a connection  

uh like a translation is an association but it's  a bad one because it it basically forces you to  

think about translations when you speak so if you  don't want to translate when you speak there's  

only one option left make associations in English  okay all right I think everybody is getting it  

though all right xdl back again I'm about to buy  a new phone iPhone 15 or 14 cuz I'll get some  

money package for Chinese New Year thank you for  sharing that hopefully you can play Call of Duty  

on that phone all right let's continue with law  number two law number two again you you probably  

uh maybe you can even guess some of these because  I do apply these things in all of the lessons I  

teach but I wanted to just lay them all out for  people so they they can really understand these  

things themsel you can just really ask yourself  are you doing these things as you learn all

right let me write this better I can't really I'm  going to write this clearly for people this is the  

law of substitution the law of substitution  s u St t i t b t i o n substitution the law  

of substitution states that there is usually  more than one way to express something and so  

what we want to do is as soon as we begin making  connections we want to make further connections  

to make that vocabulary even stronger and to  understand different ways of applying things  

in that same situation so learning further  vocabulary we might use to say something  

all right now uh I'm going to go back to the  ES L versus ESL connection here because it's  

really important this is especially important  for learning uh substitution and it's the the  

fewer connections that you give to your brain the  better so when your brain is trying to think of  

something if you have like a chain of connections  like this thing leads to that thing leads to that  

thing it really slows down your your mental  process and makes it more difficult for you  

to think and then speak so if I have to think of  something and then I make an association with this  

other thing and then this other thing and then  this other thing over here and then this other  

thing like the distance from here to here that's  going to take me a long time to process that so  

mentally I will be thinking about this thing  like a translation then something in English  

and something else so I'm making these these kind  of different Loops over here uh and so usually  

what happens is like like you will learn a word  let's say a word like beautiful as an example one  

of the first words that people are learning when  they're learning English as a second language so  

they learn a word like beautiful wow that is  a very beautiful woman or that is a beautiful  

car or beautiful sunset or you know whatever  you're going to describe something so people  

will typically begin with a word in their native  language uh as an example in Japanese it might  

be like k k as an example so there are different  ways of describing this I don't want to make this  

a Japanese lesson but just so I I just give you  an example so we begin with a word in your native  

language and then we learn the word beautiful and  then if we want to think of a different word uh  

typically we will think of like there's some  other like related word in our native language  

and then we try to think about that word as well  I'm I really want to make this very clear and  

simple uh because it's a it's a tricky thing to  understand how our brain is working and we make  

it more complicated by thinking through our  native language so as an example We Begin uh  

let's see I don't want to use Japanese as an  example actually let's just say I'm going to  

use like an alien language so nobody knows what  these words are uh but you begin with a language  

uh an alien language it just means like M and M  in English means beautiful as an example so om  

means beautiful but let's say we don't want to say  beautiful we want to say something else all right  

so instead of thinking in English about other ways  we could uh Express that so other substitutions  

for that thing we try to think of like uh we'll  say uh uh cut so that cut in the alien language  

also means beautiful but it's slightly different  okay and it becomes more complicated because we're  

trying to think about these different things the  relationship of these things and translate that  

into English and we don't want to do that instead  we want to understand everything all in English so  

we begin with a word like beautiful and then we  think about how are the different ways we might  

describe something and so we get that from again  connecting with the situation and then seeing how  

those things might like other people might uh  say those things in English so let's say I'm  

describing a beautiful sunset because a beautiful  sunset is it's really a different situation than  

describing a beautiful car or a beautiful woman we  would actually use slightly different vocabulary  

uh if we're talking about these things I think  somebody Nicholas just said cute so cute is uh  

quite different from beautiful and you learn  that not by trying to get a translation but by  

understanding examples within English itself so  looking at situations and the situation is the  

key so I'm really trying to get people to connect  things the English language with situations rather  

than the English language with your language okay  so we begin by associating things now we want to  

extend that by making substitutions because  this is how native speakers are ADV advancing  

uh like into new ways of talking about things or  more nuanced ways or even just different ways of  

describing exactly the same thing so I want to  see just with the help of the chat here can you  

think of some different ways we might describe a  beautiful sunset all right so pretty Monica says

pretty now just to compare these things  pretty is is is a little bit lower if you  

if you want to say kind of at a lower level  like if you and like we could contrast this  

with women as well like a pretty woman and  then a beautiful woman is like it's going  

to be like a higher level of of kind of like  like attractiveness or whatever so we talk  

about amazing so these are different  ways of describing a beautiful sunset

wonderful so we could talk about how it looks  or we could be talking about how it makes us  

feel okay so in these examples like the sunset  itself is pretty or gorgeous that's another good  

example mesmerizing breathtaking all right some  good examples of that thing over here so let's  

say I go to a like a Scenic area so I'm driving  and I and I drive over here and I see I get out  

of my car uh and there are actually quite a few  people people over here so looking at this this is  

like the sea over here and the Beautiful sun going  down and they're each describing it in a slightly  

different way they're each describing it in a  slightly different way so one person might say  

amazing that's an amazing sunset or another person  might say like captivating like it captured me

Captivate Captivate Captivate so a captivating  or arresting something like that yes you could  

talk about it being unbelievable and you'll notice  that each of these words has a slightly different  

meaning and you could get more specific like  talking about what that means like do I feel  

amazing because of the sunset or is the sunset  just amazing to look at okay so if I'm talking  

about uh just understanding something like this  this is again connecting with the situation and  

the vocabulary is everybody getting this so a  native speaker like a native child will know the  

situation they say wow look at that a beautiful  sunset and people have seen uh many sunsets over  

their lifetime so they have heard many people  talking about these things in different ways all  

right I think people are getting it though we're  still getting lots of good examples but the point  

is this is the law of substitution it reminds  you that there's not only one way to say say  

something all right remember when you translate  things you're you're kind of teaching yourself  

that there's one way to say something but there  isn't usually one way to say something there is I  

I I'll just say there's always a different way of  expressing something you might use different words  

but that's the basic idea all right so you might  not have like there might be only one word for  

saying something but we can always maybe use some  different words or describe things in you know  

like with a some other way all right typically  just different vocabulary but there are multiple  

ways to say anything and so we train ourselves  to do this when we remind ourselves oh natives  

are expressing things in different ways all right  this is the law of substitution so if you're if  

you're just thinking about a translation like  you learn uh you know some you're an alien and  

you come to the United States and you're trying to  learn some English that way you begin with a word  

in your native language no no no no you begin with  English and you look at at the situation we have  

all these people looking at a beautiful sunset and  they're all describing the same thing in different  

ways all right it's the same situation the same  context but they will describe it differently  

and that's because there are different words  there are always different words for doing that  

and as we hear these words we can make further  connections with these words to other things all  

right so I could have like an amazing dinner or  a wonderful dinner but I wouldn't talk about the  

dinner being captivating because the the dinner  doesn't like it's not holding my attention it's  

a slightly different word so I wouldn't use it in  that situation and as we get these examples we'll  

talk about that in a further law here but as we  get these different examples it's that that really  

helps us understand the vocabulary well so we use  it fluently okay I keep repeating over and over  

and over again because we get new people coming  to watch the videos but also because everyone  

should be reminded of this that you really become  fluent as you understand the language well all  

right marvelous another good example all right  everybody's getting it though if you have any  

questions about this idea of substitution let me  know remember you are already doing this in your  

native language already you probably can think of  multiple ways to describe almost anything and I  

just want you to do it in English Okay so we begin  by making associations these substitutions these  

are associations as well okay it's all everything  I'm going to share with you today is all about  

making associations but I'm trying to make it  more clear kind of how the brain is working and  

thinking about things in different ways okay but  really it's just about making connections within  

the language itself so the more connections you  make in English the easier it is to speak all  

right checking comments make sure everybody's  doing all right everybody's getting it let's  

see if you know other people who would also like  to think more in English share the video uh uh

right all right Bruno says I used to create daily  situations in my brain I would start to speak  

to myself so I could feel that I was talking in  correct form what I've heard from native speakers  

before not yep that's a good way to do it see says  uh should we put a reason case behind adjective  

we want to remember should we put a reason Case by  well you should put you should make the vocabulary  

more memorable in general it doesn't matter  if it's an ad itive or or whatever so like the  

examples I give here I don't just give a list of  things I'm I'm actually trying to give a smaller  

number of things and then help you understand  those by making associations all right so part  

of that could be just associating with the word  itself or I'm also making associations with other  

words all in English so everything I'm going to  share in this video all these laws are helpful for  

remembering vocabulary it could be adjectives  or verbs or whatever Aman says what's the  

difference between between exasperated and angry  so exasperated if I'm angry I'm just like I'm like  

I'm pretty angry but exasperated is a whole other  level so it's a much higher super frustrated super  

angry just like ah all right I'm done I'm finished  I'm finished with this video that's when you are

exasperated all right some good examples over

here all right oh my got got a bunch of got  a bunch of comments here all right here let  

me see here Lucas goes blank I think you're  talking about your mind he has a great way to  

learn English is associating with other English  words you already know yes all right jack says  

sorry teacher means of Association so you just  go back and watch the video again where we talk  

about that but the core thing is if you have a  word and you don't know what it means at all try  

really understanding the situation you find it in  and you can do that by getting more examples of  

the word or seeing it just in different different  situations where people are like I'm exasperated  

at the motor vehicle place because I want to  get a new driver's license and it's really  

frustrating or I'm at home trying to take care of  a bunch of kids and ah like there too many things  

going on I'm getting frustrated I can't handle  that and so I get exasperated okay so the more  

examples you get that's how you do it all right  hi teacher I have a question I'm asking you lend  

or borrow does it mean the same thing no uh like  lend is like you're giving something and borrow  

is something you're getting okay so if I go to the  library the library is lending me the book but I  

am borrowing the book from the library so it just  depends on uh where you're what like who who the  

perspective is all right so if I borrow a book or  I'm getting something like I'm getting that thing  

I'm borrowing that thing but the book is being  lent so the library is lending me something like  

that you can just remember it like Lending Library  that's typically we talk about something like that  

a lending library uh Delo says Hi teacher do you  know I lived in Salt Lake City today I live in  

Utah I like your class glad to hear Sean says  when you learn a new language you still need  

some common words okay I get it I can recite you  need some common words well the the point is that  

it doesn't matter what the words are you should be  learning all that in English all right so it's not  

like you begin by learning some things in your  native language and then stop translating no no  

you from the very beginning so what I'm doing  in my videos is trying to help people who who  

did not learn the language this way so they spent  many years learning English as a second language  

and now I'm trying to get them to to like retrain  their brain so they can think and speak in English  

all right all right I think more effective better  than learn longer which I man kind is you feel  

more excited relaxed and take a break for learning  30 minutes you do a little stretch all right let's  

see Hello Drew greetings everyone what about kind  amazing wonderful gorgeous mesmerizing okay lots  

of good examples over here Neil says why do  we say that women are beautiful and men are  

handsome uh I don't know the atmology of that like  the the history of that but uh like typically we  

just have different words for describing things  because it's slightly different like a handsome  

like handsome is that's an interesting question  actually uh but like the the typical like male  

like male Beauty I guess you could call it is like  it's like of a different kind than female Beauty  

and I think like sex is part of that uh let's see  but it'd be interesting to learn more about that  

uh let's see and Lucas says what are your musthave  smartphone apps uh like for learning languages I  

don't use any language learning smartphone apps  stunning my blowing Second To None easy it's see  

easy on the eyes easy on the eyes but easy on  the eyes is it's like again the like a lot of  

the examples you've get you've given are good  but they are you notice how they are slightly  

different and as you get more examples of these  things it makes the network that much better so  

you really understand things and you understand  a subtle difference between pretty and beautiful  

so if you look at like oh that's a pretty actress  she's like you know like an eight out of 10 but a  

beautiful woman is like you know I don't know  like nine or 10 out of 10 something like that  

so people typically rank that higher and a woman  I mean you know I'm not a woman but I could you  

know if a man if like if a bunch of men called me  pretty but I had a friend and and those men were  

saying she was beautiful I would feel a little bit  sad I would think oh okay like like I'm kind of at  

like a lower you know a lower rank it doesn't  mean I'm a worse person I'm just you know like  

physic physically attractiveness you know just  thinking about that Lucas says is there a quote  

or saying that you live uh your life by I don't  know I guess my quote for you would be learn  

English as a first language that's your quote you  need to live life by that I don't really have a  

particular quote I think for my life generally  uh I don't know I should think about that but uh  

how to apply this kind of laws all right remember  Muhammad your brain is doing these things already  

in your native language I'm just trying to remind  you that these things are happening so that you  

can follow follow the laws in English follow the  law I'm I should have like a policeman hat on for  

this video follow the law all right uh hello good  night teacher uh Brazil now remember when you're  

leaving a conversation you say good night or if  someone is going to bed but if it's just evening  

you would say good evening all right so subtle  difference between night and evening with this  

greeting when you see someone hey good evening  and now I might begin a long conversation with  

them but at at the end of the conversation I  would say oh good night all right uh x uh let  

me get this somebody said socialism better than  capitalism but you know what with Berlin while  

fall came to the other side xdl you you are like  your brain is always on some uh some interesting  

unrelated uh subjects over Luke says what's my  level I have no idea Brad said learning phrases  

especially the longer ones are a lot harder to  remember yes Brad uh Brett but it becomes easier  

uh if you understand the pieces of those things  and uh that's why I continue to remind everybody  

about that like an idiom for example you would  have different meanings it like an idiom is tricky  

because of each of those words uh you understand  it as kind of like a core unit by itself uh but  

the meaning changes with an idiom but uh the  the same law kind of applies here where if you  

understand the individual words then that will  help you understand the the whole of something  

uh and with an idiom that becomes like its own  core Thing by itself so whatever the smallest  

unit of meaning in a in a particular phrase or a  situation whatever that's the thing you need to  

understand from the situation and that's why we  begin with Association over here so if I have an  

idiom I might know the words in that idiom like  kick the bucket so kick the bucket I know those  

words but the idiom like what does that mean that  doesn't make any sense it just means to die but  

if we have a story about that we can understand  something like that there are examples there's  

there are reasons why we have these particular  meanings so the idiom is not as crazy or weird  

as we might think and it's not actually difficult  if we take some time to try making associations  

all right so we'll talk a little bit about that  more in these future uh further laws down here  

but I want to make sure I'm getting everybody's  questions all right uh papa says please teach  

us all the forms of the verb get no I'm not  covering that in this video uh but I do have  

videos on get and fluent for Life members uh get  lots of that as well hello from Colorado Springs  

let's say ages is good morning Lucas uh what do  you do to improve student speaking skills I help  

them understand the language very well so they  feel confident about speaking that's my job okay  

so when people ask like what do I do what's the  what what is the purpose of me like it's not to  

teach the language it's to help you understand  the language really well so feel confident you  

don't have doubts about what does this word mean  or how do you pronounce it or when do I use the  

word as soon as you like solve all of those if you  answer all those questions that's when you unlock  

your ability to speak so it's more about unlocking  the vocabulary that's what we do here at English  

anyone okay so I don't want to just give you a  bunch of like here like memorize this list of  

words that's not that's not uh teaching anything  like you could open up a book and just get a list  

of words words you get that from the dictionary  the point is do you understand that do you feel  

confident about using it that's the whole point  all right uh let's see MC says you are so patient  

and clever wow and I get an award a gold medal for  that thank you very much MC great explanation says  

Manuel ilar says yes handsome M says I liked  your point and adapted to learning English as  

my first language and not doing translation  in native language it's helping thank you  

glad to hear it yes remember you are doing this  already in your native language so if you think  

about your native language you're already making  associations when you learn new words and you're  

already learning substitutions you have different  ways of describing things so you might be having  

a conversation in your language so not English  in your language and maybe you forget a word I  

can't remember that or I don't really know what  that means let me use a different word instead  

you're simply using the law of substitution  okay so I'm encouraging you to learn this way  

but we learn substitution within English itself  I'm not trying to learn different substitutions  

in my native language and then try to translate  those things I want to understand those things uh  

all in English uh let's see Pang Lucas says how  do you motivate your students well I make the  

language easy easy to understand that's it the the  motivation comes when you when you're like oh wow  

I got it I understand what that means especially  if you discover that yourself so the motivation I  

I don't need to make you motivated I just need  to make the language easy to understand and if  

you understand it then you feel confident and you  are motivated to learn more that's like why people  

join fluent for life because they they learn with  these videos on YouTube and they want the whole  

system to get fluent faster so that that's it's  it's like self-motivation but I'm I'm really just  

my job is to make the language easy to understand  uh do you have any questions for us uh no not at  

the moment uh let's start says uh hi good morning  from Indonesia just joined here don't know what  

the topic is yet so let me see what's going on  well just look at the title of the video that  

should give you a clue all right a how long does  it take to speak English fluently about almost  

everything well I mean about almost everything I  mean even native speakers could be learning for  

many many years and can't there are many things  I I just don't know about like talking about  

biology uh or space travel or I don't know lots  of industries that I don't know anything about  

so I couldn't speak fluently about most of those  things but the good news is most people don't need  

to speak fluently about everything there's like  2% of the language 2% that people actually use  

for most communication uh and that's really what  you need to know and it doesn't take that long to  

learn that stuff especially if you learn it as a  first language all right should I write down some  

case to know when to use a precise personality  for instance Mr Andrew dropped his marker free  

frequently so he's clumsy yeah you can think of a  story like that that's a good way to make another  

Association all right so it's good good way to  good way to think about that all right says the  

YouTube content for Native slightly complicated  but good for sharpening listening skills on a  

daily basis yes and that's another reason why it's  good to have a teacher because if you jump from  

English learning content to Native content there  will be a lot of things that you don't understand  

so if you have uh if you have a good understanding  then you're okay okay to follow that content but  

if not it's good to have some help all right uh  Sean says uh why I can understand what you say  

but I can't understand other people so this is  a common question and it just the answer is very  

simple it's you are listening to a different  kind of English right now than what Native  

speak so I'm speaking more slowly more clearly  and I'm using uh just easier vocabulary that  

I think you would know so I'm not using movie  references or cultural references or difficult  

idioms or or phrasal verbs or other things that  I think you might not know all right so I make  

the language easier to understand so what we do  influent for life is we get you from this level  

so understanding me to understanding natives but  you have to do that in the right steps to really  

make it uh easy for you to understand natives all  right uh s says could you tell me about dangling  

a dangling sentence no this is not the time for  that anything like that like information you  

can just Google that you don't really need me to  explain anything like that for you Muhammad says  

when we listen to when we listen a lot we acquire  this laws well you you're applying the law when  

you when you think about it I'm I'm trying to  get you to know what the laws are so you apply  

them consciously so you think hey here's a new  word in English but I don't quite understand it  

maybe I should try to make some more associations  or get some more examples of that word so uish

docomo so if I want to know what a party is like  the word party I should look up different examples  

of that and so it could be like a party of people  it just means a group so I go to a restaurant and  

people say how many in your party all right how  many in your party and I say oh there are six of  

us all right so in that case like a party it  doesn't mean like Yay like having fun like a  

birthday party it just means a group of people  all right but we could have a birthday party or  

a pool party or something like that just means  a group of people so a party of people could be  

together on an adventure and the more examples  of that we get so if I getting if I'm getting  

as a native speaker more examples of party then  that will help me understand the word all right  

and so this is how we make associations within  the English language itself to understand the  

word better I think people uh get the idea though  all right uh alexanderson says is it okay to use  

Advanced vocabulary if the person will maybe not  understand what I say well that's that's up to  

you I I I try to the reason I'm speaking using the  vocabulary I use now is because I want people to  

understand me but if you don't care about people  understanding you then say whatever you like it  

just you know it depends on what what the goal  of the conversation is all right uh let's see  

what's the opinion about Biden required Taylor  Swift to stand with him kind of interesting well  

I I guess Taylor people know Taylor Swift and I  guess Democrats and Republicans would both like  

to stand next to Taylor Swift I I guess I don't  know uh how long are you fluently in Japanese  

as song well again when I become fluent my my  Lang my personal language learning Journey for  

learning Japanese I came to Japan in 2003 and I  started learning uh Japanese as a second language  

so what I'm telling you not to do I did that thing  so the typical thing instead of learning English  

as a second language I was learning Japanese as  a second language and that means I'm trying to  

study vocabulary I think about things in English  and translate them into my head but I could never  

speak fluently and I did that for about a year and  after that I discovered oh I should actually be  

learning Japanese the same way Japanese people  do and that means learning Japanese as a first  

language rather than learning it as a second  language and once I did that I also discovered  

you become fluent in individual words and phrases  as you understand them so uh the the process of  

becoming fluent was actually very quick and you  and it could be like you know a minute or less to  

understand even one word and feel confident about  using it and then it just takes longer depending  

on on how many words or whatever you want to learn  uh but the process is much faster when you learn  

a language as a first language rather than as a  second especially if you have someone to help you  

learn all right so with me it was a bit more  difficult because I'm basically like teaching  

myself Japanese and I continue to do that I don't  have a like a Japanese teacher right now now even  

my wife is like too my wife gets exasperated  if I if I ask her like hey what what about this  

like Japanese or whatever I'm asking a question  she's like I don't know like I'm like hey you're  

supposed to be my wife help me learn something you  know uh XD again uh he's 82 or 81 I'm not sure but  

he uh he does it again I'm moving 85 yeah I like I  don't know God help us if he wins you know he'd be  

he's all so many videos of Joe Biden is like all  what's going on here you know oh my goodness all  

right uh Happy Jesus Drew can you please recommend  an English word book for me how many words are  

there in English I always feel like I can't learn  no no don't worry about a book don't get a book  

watch my videos and this will this will get you  understanding what you should do don't buy another  

book about vocabulary the point is to understand  the language like a native so begin with like the  

video like you're watching here on YouTube think  about a topic you're interested and get lots of  

examples of that you can see an example I have on  YouTube called uh how to make espresso in English  

watch that video just search my channel for that  uh let's see all right I think all right uh how  

to improve pronouncing a difficult or new word  it just you m you just need to get different  

examples of people saying this that's it so if you  hear a word just get more examples of that thing  

that's how you do it so find other people saying  that thing uh it could be videos or podcasts or  

whatever uh Brett again do you happen to know when  we speak or think we tend to visualize the words  

by themselves it just visualize the situation  or idea it just it's like you can think about it  

like a like a unit I know you you might want to  overthink this and think like well now we get a  

really analyze the language and how we're speaking  about it it's just do I understand what I'm saying  

or not so if I'm I'm thinking about something  and I say like wow that woman is that woman is  

ugly all right now I mean beautiful but I say  ugly like because I just got the words confused  

in my mind and everyone looks at me like I can't  believe he just said that woman is ugly like and  

I was and I'm think why is everybody looking  at me I thought I'd said she and I ah I said  

the wrong word and so there that's like it's just  I'm not trying to visualize what it means I just  

understand I I I didn't understand the word I  used it incorrectly or I used one word where I  

meant to use another one okay so in that situation  like I'm not trying to visualize what like ugly or  

beautiful means it's actually the opposite like  the situation is giving me the visual and here's  

the the way I would describe that thing but I just  used the wrong word so oh I'm sorry I meant to say  

beautiful you know so like I've done that like in  Japanese where I say one thing and I meant to say  

something else just cuz I used the wrong word uh  and so I'm but it's I'm not like thinking about  

about it like consciously it just either I forgot  the word or I didn't understand it well enough to  

use it correctly all right so get more examples  of things that's really what's going to help you  

understand things especially if you're making uh  like basic errors you really want to get lots of  

examples so you feel confident about what you want  to say all right how to learn vocabul probably  

using images according to you I thought it would  be a trigger my brain when speaking uh it really  

it doesn't matter how you learn the vocabulary  it's just do you understand the vocabulary or  

not so you notice when I'm making associations  with the word it could be a visual Association  

it could be like a mental Association it could be  just like how I feel so if I'm watching a scary  

movie and someone says wow that was a frightening  scene then I I I can understand from the context  

like oh like frightening that must mean like  scary all right or like really scary and so I'm  

I'm not like I'm not trying to overthink this  it's just like do I understand what people are  

saying and do I feel confident about using that  vocabulary as well if I don't feel confident it  

means I have a question or a doubt about that  vocabulary that I need to answer okay so solve  

that erase that doubt and that will help you use  that thing fluently that's how it works uh let's  

see because we want to talk we can't talk any  politics in uh in Canada or H China I guess so  

if you are interested in history or politics it'll  be a little sad for you seriously if you criticize  

the bad action of the government you might be in  trouble yes uh increasingly that's happening more  

in Western countries as well uh mesh says your  point is absolutely right but practicing doesn't  

help real- time speaking sure it does again  like the point when I talk about practicing  

vocabulary I mean getting varied examples of that  thing until I really understand it that's how I  

speak so the reason I can speak Japanese fluently  even though I don't know the whole language and I  

I don't know the whole English language either but  the words I do know I can speak mostly like using  

them fluently um but the reason I can do that  is because I've had lots of examples and I feel  

confident that I understand something if I don't  understand something then I just you know either  

ask people questions about it or or do something  that's going to help me understand the vocabulary  

uh let's see uh M says do you still help your  wife uh with you could say help your wife with  

her English do you still help your wife with your  English uh yes I do uh and I'm teaching her and  

obviously I'm teaching my kids all the time and so  I'm like giving I'm giving them lessons they don't  

realize they're learning but they're learning  lots of things and uh my wife as well so I'll  

be I'll be kind of teaching her and often I share  many of those lessons like with with Learners or  

in these videos all right uh all right that's  enough about B all right uh Alex serson is it  

uh thinking Eng to start interpreting the world  in a different way I mean in terms of time and  

space for example using verbal tenses which don't  exist in your native language well that that it  

could be part of it but like I'm not asking you to  like change your life you know this is just again  

you were doing these things already all right I  gave the example before about learning the word  

tsunami all right so an English child learns the  word tsunami and they don't know that that's from  

Japanese or they don't I mean they don't even  know about the history of many words that are  

from French or German or Italian or Spanish or  Latin or whatever they just understand it like  

it's in English so the point is they're learning  it as a first language rather than learning it  

as a translation or thinking like oh that's a  Japanese word that I'm learning they don't think  

about that at all and so when you think about how  do I express something with a different verb tense  

or something uh all of it could be different from  your native language but this isn't like a uh it's  

not like a lifechanging thing I mean actually it  could change your life if you do it properly but  

I'm not asking you to change your life in order  to do this you're doing these things already  

as you learn but your brain will think about  English like it's your first language if you  

learn this way okay so don't over complicate  it but the point is that you should really be  

understanding things uh the same way that you do  in your native language all right Danielle says  

I've just got here teacher in your opinion which  is better to improve my journey learning English  

reading or listening because that's what I do the  most uh I would say both of those are helpful but  

it doesn't matter if you don't really understand  the content that's the most important thing you  

should understand something well enough to feel  confident about speaking all right I don't mean  

just understand something like you recognize  it you should understand it well enough to feel  

confident using it in your regular conversations  or everyday life or writing how often do you  

broadcast live uh typically ones a week I guess  all right uh it's such it's you could say it's so  

interesting to hear you live all right I decided  not to sleep tonight it's so interesting and so  

and such you should review that uh in the lessons  uh but yeah this is a common thing like it's so  

nice of you it's so interesting but it's it's  such an interesting thing so you could say and  

this is why people get confused so this is an  understandable mistake that people have but like  

it's so interesting to do something all right  but it's such an interesting thing that's how  

we would hear but yes I'm glad you're enjoying it  well Scot yes says Tucky and a little heart thank  

you very much Danielle and another question please  I'm moving to Chicago in June what can I do there  

to finally achieve my C1 level uh spend time  around Natives and listen to them in different  

situations uh an example go to the Lincoln Park  Zoo and just stand at like stand at the monkey  

cage or whatever and listen to kids talking about  the monkeys I know this seems like a silly example  

but this is a just one way where we're trying to  get associations as well as substitutions when  

we're listening to different people describing  something so they're everybody's looking at the  

monkey cage and you know little kids are talking  about things or parents are trying to teach things  

to their kids so that's like a really good place  like I I enjoy going to the zoo here in Japan  

for the same reason or the aquarium or anything  where parents are also teaching things to their  

own kids so kids are speaking and uh parents are  like oh look at that fish over there and so I'm  

listening to that like oh I'm I'm just standing  there like I'm pretending I'm watching the fish  

but I'm I'm there to listen to people speak all  right so you can apply the same thing like if I  

sit at a cafe and I listen to how people order  how people give uh like how they take orders  

different things like that so the point is again  we want to make associations and apply the law of  

substitution as well so that we can learn how  different people express the same situation in  

different ways all right and the more examples we  get the more confident we feel about the language  

uh let's see where I can have someone to talk  with me you don't need anybody to talk with  

you you just need to get more examples uh do you  like uh burning the Midnight Oil uh no I go to bed  

early I like to I like to be in bed by like 9:30  if I can how many languages do you know and how  

long did it take you all I explained that earlier  uh but I speak uh Japanese and English all right  

I don't know some of those some of those Kani  but that's good xdl you know Japanese as well  

I guess maybe if you know the uh know the the  the Japanese and you probably know the Kani as  

well M says the bad part is when someone asks you  to translate a word you only learned in English  

yes but that's like an interesting thing like if  you if you only know it so the same thing happens  

to me uh like when I'm gardening out here and  someone will ask me what the name of a flower  

is or something and I I don't know what that is  in English I only know it in Japanese all right  

Dan isn't a kind of intersemiotic translation  sometimes when you try to explain a word well  

I mean it's not about getting a definition  or something you're but the the point is I  

want to make associations within the language  okay that's that's the important thing rather  

than trying to make an association between two  different languages so I want to I want to make  

my my vocabulary in the target language Stronger  by making connections within that language I'm  

making it more difficult for myself if I try to  make connections across two different languages  

there's no reason to do that all right the whole  point is to learn everything within English and  

make those different connections there so yes  you you are making an association still but it's  

just a weaker one that's going to make it more  difficult and cause you to translate when you  

speak uh let's see alexanderson says what do you  think about those academies that offer learning  

English without any grammar uh I don't know what  that means you can't you can't really learn a  

language without understanding um like the grammar  rules would be naturally found within the within  

the vocabulary you're learning now they might be  like phrasing that a certain way where we're not  

going to study grammar rules but we'll help you  understand the grammar automatically which is what  

I do so I'm not trying to like teach you rules  or like I don't that's why I don't talk about the  

names of grammar points or like this is the past  present or the participle or other things like  

that because it's not helpful it it actually be  more confusing uh for people if a native doesn't  

know that vocabulary then you don't need to know  that vocabulary either it's only really useful  

for looking up examples of things so it's like if  I need to like okay what's like the past perfect  

of something and I need to get examples of that  and I can look up in Google like what is the past  

perfect um so that I mean that's the the the way  you would you would get examples of that thing but  

uh right aristocat says cool thing about hearing  a lot of examples of the same word but I have a  

problem with conversation service such as a chat  roulette CU in every conversation how are you and  

where are you from that's all well you can you  can definitely learn various ways of expressing  

those things if you spend more time around natives  there are lots of ways we can greet each other all  

right I used uh what kids show to learn English  you mean you used to watch is that what you mean  

yes I still watch Japanese children's TV shows  all right hopefully everybody I think everybody's  

getting it all right you are the first of what I  can understand in English language like Father all  

right well I I am your father is that what you  mean like you mean you can understand me like  

well that that should be the point I'm trying  to make the language understandable thank you  

so much for the live Corrections I'm far from  my goal no you are close because and this is a  

thing naturally that people do we will we will  remember the one bad thing that we did and not  

the 99% good that we did so everything else was  great about your sentences and those are just  

simp things that you just need more examples of  to really feel confident about using those things  

all right suan I already answered that question  uh let's see yeah I've learned Japanese for two  

semesters all right uh let's see what do I think  about shadowing I think it's less important than  

just understanding the language like a native  but let's move on because we've already been oh  

my goodness 70 minutes you guys are going to keep  me here all day I will be burning the midnight oil

if I stay here all day all right [Music]

next all right the law of extension uh and so  this is where we want to take things and start  

like broadening our understanding let me see if  I had some specific laws about this or specific  

examples now I've covered this often you'll see  me talking about this thing uh in in English but  

this is where we take V vocabulary you'll notice  each of these things is connected you will see  

four and five they are connected as well but I'm  I'm teaching them in this order because I really  

want you to to to Really make the connections very  strong within the language itself and it's easier  

to do that by thinking about it this way so we  begin by making associations within the language  

now I'm exasperated with these fire trucks over  here but I feel worse for the people who are you  

know calling the fire truck I suppose I should  be I should be grateful actually that I'm still  

having uh good health over here and I'm still  alive anyway so we begin with associations we  

want to move into substitutions that starts  broadening our vocabulary uh but now we want  

to extend our understanding of vocabulary by  thinking how else might we use this word that  

we're using as an example uh I could I've covered  many things like this but I'm just explaining to  

you what I'm doing when I'm teaching so when  I'm applying this law of extension we want to  

extend into something like I'm extending my arm  I'm applying something in a different situation  

in a new way uh even though it's related and so a  basic example of something like this is we have a  

physical understanding of vocabulary and then we  apply that to a more uh figurative uses so as an

example the word navigate so navigate you can  think about let's begin with making an association  

so if you don't know what the word means you can  imagine I'm on a like a boat over here and I have  

my the steering wheel uh and I got my like pirate  as a pirate hat right there here's my hook uh and  

I have a sword so I'm a a pirate on this ship  over here and I'm looking at the stars up here  

so I'm finding my way I am navigating to figure  out where I'm going so I'm navigating something  

I'm navigating so I'm trying to figure out like  do I want to go this way or that way or whatever  

this is too n navigate something to to figure out  where I'm going all right so the figurative use  

of that we might think like well I can physically  navigate something like if I'm walking uh on a a  

sidewalk and there are many people here I need  to move around those people I need to navigate  

my way uh through this sidewalk or I need to  navigate my way through a park like you know  

here's I'm looking at the park from the top and I  need to get from here to here to here like a map  

and so I need to navigate that thing okay or I'm  using a map for navigation navigation all right  

so the point is to make again We Begin by making  associations we're not really going to talk about  

substitutions because I've covered that already  but again we want to extend this idea to how  

can we apply this to other situations so I might  navigate like I've just given the example about  

something physical like I'm navigating with a boat  or navigating with a map but I could also navigate  

my life okay so how do I navigate challenges how  do I figure out how to deal with something to get  

around something or get through a challenge all  of these things we describe as navigating that  

thing and so as you learn more examples and this  is why it's so important to get examples you will  

get a variety of examples of things that are like  physical usage or figurative or maybe related to  

something else okay hopefully everybody is getting  the idea I wanted to use maybe a slightly more  

challenging word that some people might not know  navigate okay so a car might have a navigation  

system all right so how do we figure out where  to go that's like a physical usage of the word  

navigate but again I might navigate my life or  how do I navigate my career all right how how  

do I navigate the challenges that I have in my  life so how do I get through those things how  

do I understand that and this is what natives  are doing they are extending they are naturally  

extending the vocabulary they're thinking how can  I apply something in various ways we want to get  

more use out of the vocabulary all right another  example another way we could extend something  

where we take something from one situation and  apply it to another one all right uh so let's  

say like a baseball situation so I'm playing the  game of baseball I am the batter and the pitcher  

throws me the ball and I hit the ball out of the  par Park I hit the ball out of the park that's  

called a home run in baseball and I get one  score like one point for that and if there are  

other people on base I could also get uh points  for those people as well and so uh if we think  

about that like I hit a home run that means to do  a really good job it's like a great thing you can  

do in that sport we can take that and apply that  to other situations I did very well at my job  

presentation so I had to give a presentation to  my bosses and they said wow you really hit it out  

of the park or you really hit a home run with that  one I'm extending the vocabulary from the original  

place where it was to some different situation  so it began in sports and now it's being used in  

business I'm extending the vocabulary so people  are always thinking like how can I take this and  

apply in someplace else uh and your brain is  doing this naturally so it's it's helpful if  

you're actually like kind of using your brain and  encouraging your words uh to do to do these things  

okay so if I'm I'm I'm showing you these laws I'm  I'm just reminding you that you have them so that  

you remember oh I wonder how else or where else  what other situations or other contexts might I  

use this word okay so it could be the same thing  so I like navigate is a word or hit the ball out  

of the park that's a a like a a phrase or just  like like you hit the ball out of the park so  

you could say that whole thing but in lots of  different situations so anytime someone does  

an amazing thing they give a great speech they  deliver a great presentation they I don't know  

anything else that someone could do very well wow  you you hit a home run or you hit a like even if I  

find like let's say I I bring my girlfriend home  to my family to meet my family the first time uh  

and my dad is talking with me in the kitchen he's  like wow you really hit a home run with that girl  

you know like so you really like you found like  a you know that's like a nice she seems like a  

nice girlfriend or whatever okay so you can see  how something might be applied in various ways  

this is the law of extension so your brain is  automatically doing this I'm just reminding you  

to think consciously about these things how can I  make more associations how can I substitute this  

for something else how can I extend this to other  things all right let me check comments before we  

move on to the next one I think people are getting  it though chat is a little bit more quiet right  

now but that's good all right uh let's see I mean  every conversation in those Services Chat Roulette  

is not going further than how are you where are  you from and it's hard to hear well you should  

get out of that situation get off chat roulette  and talk talk with people elsewhere find some  

actual people that are interested in the things  you're interested in and talk with them that's how  

you do it uh let's see J say my man Hi man from  English anyone there you go I just discovered you  

recently I was looking for an English interview  cuz I was looking to be interviewed for a job  

in the US and I wanted to see what English  interviews are like y there's watch natives  

interviewing people and about interviewing for  for jobs uh I would I would encourage you this  

is not about the English language but in general  find information about the company find out what  

their problems are and explain how you can help  solve those problems all right that's a much  

better way to get a job than to just you know like  I could I could have bad English and still get a  

job um if I'm able to solve the problem that  a company has so that's making yourself more  

valuable and more likely to get hired all right  Sean says because I can't understand other only  

speak English uh only if I listen to what you're  talking about I like to listening more yeah well  

I'm glad to hear you're understanding this all  right uh very good let's see now navigate is the  

best I need yeah the best way to learn English  yeah so you're trying to navigate your English  

learning Journey or navigate like all the you  know the different ways of learning English or  

lots of things maybe you've heard on YouTube it's  uh it can be frustrating you can be exasperated or  

it can be an exasperating experience uh trying to  figure all that out uh yes Midnight Oil is also an  

Australian band it's a great experience to follow  the live for the first time I enjoyed watching  

it all right and you're navigating between your  learners and your whiteboard yes Excell usage MC  

very good so that means you got it so you should  feel that in your brain like wow like yeah I got  

it you know maybe you knew the word already but  very good excellent usage Sean says new words  

from this lesson is very soon or you mean like uh  many many many many words or they they are coming  

quickly XD again fun fact every time I speak to  someone they be like bro you from La cuz I've  

watched a lot of movies like rush hour and Jackie  [Laughter] Chan like like yes Chris Tucker talking  

in that movie that's a funny movie all those are I  like when he goes into a he's in like a museum or  

something and he sees a Buddha statue and he's  like he's like man that that Buddha would look  

good in my bathroom that Buddha would look good  in my bathroom all right my says you are amazing  

teacher you would say you are an amazing teacher  or you would just say you are amazing I guess but  

if you want to say teacher specifically you would  say you are an amazing teacher Japanese child show  

you make my day all right wow amazing teacher  yes you would say and a nice amazing teacher  

I navigate a gay become a dolphin lover  what what all right Moving On Moving On

as I get rid of this uh pirate over here  we'll navigate our way through the video  

I didn't think I would be talking  this long uh today but anyway it's

okay all right the law of deconstruction  deconstruction so now we're trying to get  

even at pieces of words and  really understand what they  

mean as we get more examples of things  so remember sometimes we will hear a

word monacle monacle monacle let's say you  hear a new word but you don't know what it  

means now don't be frustrated by that  hopefully you can make some Association  

I'm going to teach this in a slightly tricky  way just for example uh but if we hear other

examples huh that's interesting like  both of these have this word mono in  

there and a monor rail maybe we  know what a monil is a monoral  

is a instead of having two tracks or a  regular train line a monil has just one  

so the train is riding on a single rail  like that mono all right let's say I'm a

mono I'm monolingual monolingual what do  you think that means if I'm monolingual  

monolingual monolingual monolingual does anyone  know what that means anyone heard that word before  

monolingual you might be able to guess what it  means I'll let you post that in the chat so if  

we know that's interesting a monoral means one  ra so what might monolingual mean monolingual  

monolingual this means one language y you can  speak just one language so a uh if we go back  

and look at this as we we might learn a word  like this people might not know what this is  

this is monacle monacle a monacle is one eye  glass one ey glass so maybe you've seen like  

the Monopoly man like he has a he's got two  eyes like this and a little like a mustache  

and he's just got a like a monol hanging down like  that little top hat so the monole so you kind of  

you hold it in place by squeezing your eye like  that a monol yes monolith is another example so

monolith is one stone a large tall stone  or it could be a long Stone as well but a  

monolith and so again if we take the law of  extension before that we've got monolithic  

which is something that's like very big oh my  goodness this is like a monolithic problem all  

right so if a monolith it's like one big Stone  like this we are deconstructing The Language by  

understanding things as we get more examples of  them so now we learn a new word like monacle so  

monacle is just that one eyepiece instead of  glasses where we have two all right and so we  

can also make further connections if monolingual  means I speak one language then something like

bilingual it should be easier to understand oh I  

bet monolingual means one language so  we know this means Language by means

two okay so monolingual bilingual trilingual  trilingual all right so as we get examples this  

is a it's another way of making associations  but we're kind of deconstructing words and  

understanding them within the language itself  so I'm not trying to translate from another  

language I'm understanding everything within  English and I I'm the reason I'm bringing this  

up is because I want you to be uh conscious  that you're doing these things yes prefixes  

suffixes root words things like that so the same  thing it even within a word like uh will'll have  

maybe prefixes or suffixes or you could have a  situation like a phrase with a couple of words  

and you understood the whole phrase but you  didn't understand what like what maybe one  

word meant but as you get more examples as you  as you continue to expand your vocabulary and  

make more connections then you will understand  more words better and you can begin producing new  

words and even making up new words yourself okay  everybody getting it let me check comments here  

this should be pretty easy easy to understand  this is something that naturally happens as  

you learn but I'm encouraging you to think  consciously about it so that you make more  

connections all right so you start looking for  things like this like oh that's interesting look  

at that like the same part and that had the  same meaning I bet that also means the same  

thing in other situations so we're deconstructing  words we're deconstructing phrases to understand  

what individual words might mean and then we're  using that to make our own vocab ulary stronger  

so all of this is about answering questions  removing doubt learning more so that we feel  

more confident and that's when we speak fluently  this is following the laws follow the law I'm  

like Judge Dread I am the law okay I'm telling  you follow the laws and you will think more in  

English don't follow the laws fail to follow  the laws and you will struggle and you will be  

thinking more in your native language all right I  think I just saw someone mention water as a good

idea ah all right I'll check comments uh before  we go on to the next the last law but I think  

everybody let's see uh Dr says FIS nice to see  dran over there it's been a while uh no I know  

what burning no I know what burning M uh man  that can speak one language Ang yeah so it just  

means uh like anyone who can speak one language so  monolingual you could be multi or multi- lingual  

that would mean many languages all right but as  you get more examples now you start feeling ah  

like I'm I'm getting it I understand what these  things mean and you're thinking about it you're  

understanding it like a native that's the point  when you understand something like a native you  

can use a language fluently all right CA what  nice to see you there the manager all right  

I'm late but I'll watch on the replay now any  new words from chat uh now any new words from  

chat not from teaching Monopoly monograph  yeah so lots of examples uh let's see so we  

have monocycle another term for unicycle yeah  people typically say unicycle but like it'd be  

the same kind of idea uh let's see how to link  deconstructing with Association so again mamed  

these are like I'm making you're you're connecting  words together that is it's just a different kind  

of Association so that's why I said really like  language learning is really all about Association  

the question is are you making associations  within English or are you using your native  

language and making associations there so you get  fluent when you make more associations in English  

itself rather than trying to make associations  across two different languages okay so if I'm  

deconstructing things I'm still learning how  how these associations work by learning what  

the pieces of words mean okay so we go to learning  words and as we get more examples we might think  

oh these are good substitutions or this is an  extension this is another situation or another  

context when I might use a word or we might  be able to deconstruct the words and really  

understand what they mean by themselves and  we're able to do that as we get more examples  

so one word is is really going to teach us much  but if we have a few related words that's where  

we really start making these natural associations  remember your brain is doing these things already  

but I'm encouraging you to make uh make it more  active more conscious like hey how can I make more  

associations with the vocabulary I'm learning how  can I substitute this vocabulary with something  

else how could I extend my vocabulary to use it in  a different situation how can I deconstruct that  

maybe I can take this vocabulary and uh use it  elsewhere or I could even break the pieces of it  

and see how those are connected with other words  so all of this these are all associations they're  

all connections it's just here are specific ways  of thinking about that I think everybody has got  

it though uh ah monogamous yeah it means having  uh well um like a mon monogamous person is is  

uh like having one partner so a polygamous  person would me many like poly meaning many  

polygamus when I hear the sentence Follow You  Lord I think of Kanye good one explosion two  

w three ownership ah are you you're talking  about like the levels of understanding that  

I talked about before uh I'll mention that  very briefly before we move on to number

five so I'm I'm really just giving names to  things that people do already so people are  

are you're naturally doing all these things in  your in your native language and typically like  

more successful people are actively applying  these things even in their native language  

so that's how they have more interesting  writing or more interesting conversations  

or speeches or whatever they're just actively  applying these different things so when I talk  

about different levels of understanding uh you  could be exposed so be exposed to the language  

you're just hearing it somewhere or you're  reading it or you're getting it but maybe  

you don't really understand what it means so  this is the lowest level then we move up to

awareness this is where you understand  something and you can recognize it when  

people are talking to you oh I understand  what something means uh but when we go to

ownership pardon this fat marker ownership means  you understand it well enough to feel confident  

using that vocabulary all right but this is how  you can think about it so any any vocabulary  

will go through these three phases but people  typically get stuck here at awareness so they  

think they know something but they don't really  and they say why can I understand a lot of people  

but I can't speak I say oh it's because you are  able to recognize vocabulary but you don't know  

it as well as you think you do so you don't have  ownership of the vocab so as soon as you try to  

speak you'll think oh wait am I pronouncing it  correctly is this grammatically correct is this  

the right word uh if you have any doubts about  the vocabulary you don't have ownership of the

vocabulary uh let's see gu do English  is let's grow together Ahmed says only  

listening podcast and improve my  language specifically my speaking  

well I don't know why you would only  listen to podcast it's much better to  

watch video because you can see physical  examples of people doing stuff it's the  

same same way children learn all right yes  monop filament same idea all right uh last

one the law of inquiry law of inquiry and this  means we're going to take what we know and we're  

going to try to extend even further we might ask  like what's the opposite of a word or uh what  

might be like a more casual or more professional  way of saying something uh what might be the  

history of this word so the more I actively am  asking questions about that word I'm trying to  

create even more or further associations with  that word by thinking about the origin of the  

word so that's the etmy uh where the word comes  from like if it's a different language or somebody  

created that word in English I'm asking further  questions again the whole point of this exercise  

is to understand that we really become a confident  speaker when we feel certain about vocabulary okay  

so we feel if we still have questions this is  where we apply the law of inquiry our brains  

are naturally doing this anyway that's why people  ask me lots of questions all the time they're like  

oh how do I say this or is this the right word for  that situation that's inquiry and so this fills in  

really anything you might have left if you still  have questions or doubts about the vocabulary but  

these are the Five Laws you can follow and I  guarantee if you follow these laws you will  

think and speak more like a native speaker okay so  remember just as a wrap up a conclusion for this  

video you have lots of examples already of things  in your native language where you have different  

ways of saying words so you can't say like well  I I have a way to say money in my native language  

already well that's great you probably have many  ways of saying money in your native language so  

that doesn't stop you from learning new  ones and the only difference it's just  

psychological where you're where you're thinking  like oh am I translating to learn this word or  

am I understanding it all in English all right so  anything you learn as a first language you will be  

able to use as a first language if you understand  the vocabulary all right so this is why we want  

to make associations we want to find substitutes  for that vocabulary and we do all of these things  

naturally as we're paying attention but as an  adult learning you can actively do these things  

so if I learn a word and I don't quite understand  it I should get more examples of that thing maybe  

I should also learn some different ways of talking  about that same situation so if I go to a cafe and  

I listen to different people ordering food  I'm getting substitutions of that particular  

vocabulary or different ways of describing the  same situation all right I can also extend that  

by thinking how else might I apply this situation  so if I'm calling and ordering a pizza I might use  

similar vocabulary when I'm ordering I don't know  some other thing it could be other food or other  

thing off of the telephone all right I could  also be deconstructing naturally the language  

when I'm looking at different ways that people  are using the language getting different words  

and noticing their natural connections like  we talked about with mono and by before so if  

we got monolingual bilingual trilingual okay  we can talk about how many languages a person  

knows like a tricle here's a little bike for  kids uh with one two three wheels on it tricle

tricle try okay and if anything is still left  after we've gone through all of these things we  

still have just naturally again you are people  are doing this already if you look back at the  

chat it's a whole bunch of people asking me  questions the law of inquiry the brain is  

naturally trying to find enough information  until it feels satisfied until it feels sure  

and certain this is like the most uh like the  biggest thing that people are looking for in  

life in general certainty we'll put that the  big seat certainty people want to be certain  

all right people want to know like it's like if  you're making an investment or whatever will I  

get my money back people want to be certain they  want to eliminate risk they want to eliminate the  

risk of being embarrassed in a conversation and  that's why they continue to ask ask questions  

until they have ownership of the vocabulary  okay all right let's see what time it is it's  

already 11:30 look at that 100 minutes oh  my goodness but it felt good look at you

guys I thought this might be a long one but  wrapping up I'll look at last comments here  

but hopefully this makes sense remember you follow  the laws and you will think more in English break  

the laws or just don't apply them for learning  English and you will continue to struggle all  

right it's really that simple but remember you're  already doing these things automatically in your  

native language and uh if you actually do them  consciously if you apply these things consciously  

even in your native language you will become a  better speaker of your native language as well  

okay all right last uh questions over here uh  let's see XD again Mr Drew have you ever tried  

Chinese food before CU I've seen a lot of Chinese  restaurant running in Japan videos on YouTube yes  

and again I'm from the United States so we got  quite a few Chinese restaurants over there too  

uh actually I heard like a lot of Chinese food  like in Chinese restaurants it's like it's kind of  

New Year's Chinese food not what people normally  eat I have no idea I just heard that but CU I was  

wondering wow this is like it's like really kind  of fatty rich food and it's like people like I  

don't see a lot of like fat people in China but  I don't know maybe for whatever reason but they  

can't be eating like that every day all right uh  how to get ride of awareness and reach ownership  

uh you just need to follow these laws that's it  so you get more examples of things the more you  

understand something as you understand it better  you become oh wow like now I really understand  

what that means and I feel confident using it  that's when you own the language that's where  

you become a native or fluent speaker of that  language so you understand a specific word or  

phrase you feel confident that you will use it  correctly and you do use it correctly you have  

ownership of that if you have questions about it  these are the things you need to apply so either  

get more examples more associations substitutions  uh try to figure out how you could extend it to  

something else all of these things will help you  make stronger connections with the vocabulary okay  

and that's when you can use it fluently uh can  you explain more details and real life example  

of inquiry well like if just look at look at the  look at the question you just asked right there  

so you're you're uncertain about something and  you're looking for more information about it and  

this is uh inquiry just like it it applies to  to anything like your brain is naturally doing  

that you just did that with your own question  so I could ask about the history of something I  

could ask what the opposite word might be I could  say like what like a uh um like if I like what  

would be a casual way of saying this like how  might a casual restaurant say something rather  

than a uh like luxury restaurant or something  more expensive okay so when I'm asking those  

questions this is me just it's looking for even  more information to to understand vocabulary or  

to expand my vocabulary but inquiry is just for  like any general questions you might have that  

help you understand the vocabulary better that's  the idea uh thanks again we appreciate your time  

and teaching says jento it's my pleasure when  will the next live lesson be I think I think  

now I thought this last week but I was wrong I  think it's next Friday I think but if I'm not  

here don't be mad so don't plan your schedule  around me let's see all right n says thank you  

for 100 minutes that was great yes that is a long  a long time it flew by all right uh you have any  

thoughts on let's see on basketball Michael or  Lebron James I'll assume you pick Jordan rather  

than LeBron James cuz Chicago loves MJ uh the the  reason I like Michael Jordan or I would I would  

pick Michael Jordan over LeBron James as as you  know the best ever is because Michael Jordan is  

like he's just he's just tall enough so he's 6'6  I think so I'm like six like six or 61 so Michael  

Jordan is like where would he be he'd be like you  know couple couple inches taller than me I guess  

U but like Michael Jordan he's he's not like  if you imagine a basketball player that's 10  

feet tall just imagine that and the guy had like  a 100 points he could just stand at the at the  

basket and just dunk the ball in all day like that  wouldn't be a great basketball player he's even if  

he has more points than everybody else but someone  like Michael Jordan it's like he's he's almost  

like a kind of a kind of Superman version of of  regular regular people so reg like I could play  

basketball and like but he has he's not super tall  U but yeah like he just so LeBron is I think 68  

and just a bigger guy in general like physically  bigger than Mike but like Mike is he's like kind  

of crafty and to see some of the plays that that  like Mike did because I was I was you know growing  

up in Chicago when Mike was uh was was playing and  yeah just to watched like some of the moves that  

he did and how he fak people out and he wasn't  these are like larger players but he was still  

uh he was still doing people so I would I would  would pick him as like a better better allaround  

um player but it would be interesting to see them  uh play against each other America's Chinese food  

not authentic taste says George yes I imagine that  and it's the same thing anywhere really like you  

you can go to get Japanese food in America and  it's you know like California rolls and stuff  

like that is quite different from regular Japanese  sushi or whatever all right Karina says you're are  

great thanks a lot son you are an amazing teacher  guy a teacher guy I like that uh all right uh yeah  

I only understand his English if you're referring  to me I I understand okay I think I got you all  

right look at that we got to the end uh only 107  minutes but thank you uh hopefully this makes  

sense I was excited to do this video because it  really covers everything and you can ask yourself  

these questions about vocabulary like if I don't  really understand something or if I'm still trying  

to translate I should probably get more examples  of that thing and then I should figure out once  

I understand the vocabulary how else might I say  something so there could be times where you learn  

something and you don't really understand it but  you understand the situation so if I if I like  

if someone is describing a beautiful sunset and  one person says beautiful another person says uh  

like breathtaking or something and maybe I forget  the word breathtaking it's okay like I can kind  

of understand like oh it's taking my like H it  took my breath away it's breathtaking you know  

something amazing like that so even if I don't  remember a particular word I can usually think  

of some kind of substitute uh but you're able  to do that more in English so if you do that  

by trying to translate things it will be much  more difficult for it uh come to China of a lot  

of yes maybe I will I've never been to China  uh but I would like to come someday anyway uh  

go back and watch this video again if you are  joining us late or if you'd like more examples  

but remember the basic idea is we want to make  associations within the language itself just  

like you're already doing in your native language  so you can do this you're doing it already and it  

works for you you're already getting fluent you  already speak well in your native language just  

apply the same rules into English all right have  a fantastic day uh if you would like to learn more  

about pronunciation uh or even just all of this  stuff all the things like applying all this stuff  

I do that automatically for everyone influent  for life I just like do all the hard work for  

you making it uh easier for you to understand  and become a fluent speaker so if you'd like  

to learn more about that you can click on the  links in the description below this video all  

right I can listen to you for hours on in it's so  interesting well glad to hear MC uh thank you for  

the stream says H well thank you all for joining  me Papu thanks and I'll see you next time byebye