How To Use Advanced English Fluently

party started all right I am Drew Badger  the founder of englishanyone.com and the  

English fluency guide and today uh we're  going to continue what we did last week  

people enjoyed that video so I thought I would  do another one with a different kind of mix of  

vocabulary here this is a bit more advanced  than what we did last time but the principle  

is the same basically you should be looking at  uh two things the first one is what I call flu  

y triggers and this means really understanding  the vocabulary uh even just individual words  

and phrases by themselves uh making sure that you  really understand like a native rather than trying  

to use a translation or just getting a definition  of the word uh and then the second part of that  

is the naturally varied review where you you take  things that you understand pretty well and then  

you start seeing them in different contexts and  the whole thing works together to develop your  

fluency automatically so we're not just going to  look at like one or two of these things uh as we  

go through each one of these uh little cells this  is called a matrix or a table uh but as we look  

at each one of these uh different combinations  you will understand them individually better but  

you will also understand the whole picture a lot  better as well so nice to see everyone here make  

sure YouTube is working I believe we should be  uh yeah I think we are okay all right uh so last  

time we did uh verbs and uh what was that verbs  and prepositions so we we were contrasting that  

so if you not seen that video I recommend you go  back and watch that one as well again the idea is  

basically the same uh but we really want to make  sure people understand all these things uh what  

we'll be doing today these are called collocations  uh and collocations just refer to uh groups of  

of words so maybe particular phrases uh in this  case we'll be looking at two word uh phrases just  

something nice and short simple uh but these are  things that natives commonly use together and one  

of the things you learn as you start understanding  the language more like a native is you start  

recognizing patterns like this now if you have  someone like me who can actually just tell you  

what these patterns are help you recognize these  things a lot faster then you get fluent faster but  

uh typically the way people learn uh even native  speakers learning The Language by themselves uh  

like a child will hear one example of something  and then maybe they will hear a different example  

but they're not really getting these examples  as quickly as possible and if you can get them  

quickly then you're going to get fluent faster  all right uh so who would like to pick I'll let  

you guys start with any space on the board here  uh again we don't necessarily need to do them in  

any particular order because it's not really the  order that gets you fluent it's seeing how things  

work together that develops your ability to speak  so again natives might learn like having a strong  

view or having a strong emotion or something like  that like a child might hear that uh so Tom says  

reason reason with what let me get my my big head  out of the way over here so we have uh we can have  

reason we have a strong reason a complex reason  a negative reason and a clear reason all right  

so these are all different examples different  combinations of things that natives will use all  

right but let's take reason uh let's start with a  complex reason all right Tom has the same idea so  

a complex reason over here so here we're going to  read this word is complex meaning you've got uh  

like kind of different things or something could  be complicated so if we imagine a person here  

I'm just going to draw a little person here uh and  they're thinking maybe they have let's see so they  

actually have like you know many different reasons  for wanting to do something like here's number one  

here's number two here's number three so when I'm  thinking about like should I buy a house maybe I  

don't have just one particular reason why I might  do something maybe if I go to a restaurant I don't  

really care I just need something quick or I want  a particular kind of food but maybe if I have a  

complex reason for doing something it could have  have you know many reasons for that or I could  

have uh maybe different ideas about things and I'm  I'm still trying to figure out like maybe what is  

the correct way to think about something uh but  this is to have a complex reason so I might have  

a complex reason about like why I love my wife or  something like maybe I think like well just I just  

think we fit together like I could think I didn't  list it here but I could have a simple reason so  

the the contract with this would be having a  simple reason for this but having a complex  

reason means wow I have to think about things  maybe uh it's a little bit more complicated or  

there are more pieces to this same idea to have a  complex reason a complex reason so typically like  

a complex reason why you're doing something you  have to make a choice that's why you might have  

a complex reason so you can again contrast that  with something like simple to have a simple reason  

for doing something yeah so in this case uh simple  would mean the opposite of complex so you have a  

complex reason uh and a simple reason but remember  we we don't we can't always just like use Simple  

with everything else like to have like a simple  view or a simple emotion we probably wouldn't  

hear those and and you'll see why as we go through  these examples okay so the point is not to learn  

like every combination working with everything  else but as you see more examples and see more  

conversations uh using using things like this then  you will naturally develop the understanding of  

these kinds of patterns and what sounds natural  and what doesn't so the more you hear something  

the more it will naturally sound like the right  thing to say and you will just use it naturally  

and automatically when you speak all right uh  let's look at another one so if we looked at uh  

like a complex reason let's look at a complex  emotion yeah comp complex is like a little bit  

uh a little bit different like if you're talking  about like like the Japanese like comp like if  

you that's that's taking actually the the English  word like you have a kind of you know like you're  

you're worried or you're self-conscious about  something like that it's a slightly different  

idea but uh again like sometimes we use the same  word and it comes out in a in a different way or  

it means something slightly different but let's  look at a complex emotion what might a complex  

emotion be so a complex emotion like let's say  uh I'm trying to like I I have maybe like an  

interesting mix of emotions over here uh or I  have so it's another you just put like another  

little kind of face over here uh and we're we're  just going to put a kind of maybe puzzled look  

on his face so he's thinking H like it's kind  of a a complex emotion I don't I don't really  

know how I feel about something so let's say  uh like the the the the I don't know my first  

child is born and I'm I'm kind of worried but  at the same time I'm very excited and I love my  

child and all these all these different things  are happening to me at the same time so I could  

be feeling a complex emotion about something like  that uh but some way that maybe it's difficult for  

me to describe a complex emotion so anything like  that like again we can contrast that with simple  

we don't really talk about having a simple emotion  because it's more like do you have something  

specific here the contrast would be like with a  clear emotion so we'll look at that uh and like  

compare these two at the same time so here like  I might be thinking like wow like I'm happy about  

something but I'm also maybe sad or a little bit  nervous you know here's me over here like little  

tears are coming down or I'm sweating something  like that so I could be experienced something  

and feeling a number of different emotions at  the same time or it's hard for me to understand  

how I'm feeling so it's a uh maybe I'm having a  complex a complex emotion I can't really describe  

it very well all right so sometimes you feel that  way so to contrast that with a clear emotion it's  

typically you have one specific thing that's easy  to see all right so if we just have let's say we  

draw a person over here who has a clear happy  face this is a clear emotion you know exactly  

what the person person is thinking or exactly  what the person is feeling uh and it's obvious  

now it doesn't just mean happy it means that  you're being clear about what the emotion is so  

it's not like having a complex emotion where it's  hard to understand the difference this is looking  

at oh I actually understand what's happening I  can I can feel something it's a little bit uh  

it's it's easy to express what the thing is I'm  very happy I'm very sad so it could be sad if we  

just put like a sad face over here uh or you could  be angry you know different Expressions you might  

feel but whatever that expression is it could be  one of those things it's typically just one thing  

and you have a clear emotion all right so you  have a clear feeling about something all right  

let me know if this is making sense so so far I'm  giving you fluency triggers to help you understand  

these things individually but as you compare them  you're also getting this naturally varied review  

that helps you understand these things better it's  really the contrasting or the comparing uh between  

these different things and then further uh if  you were also to hear these used by different  

speakers and in different contexts then you would  really feel very confident about using all these  

things okay so it's the many examples you get not  you trying to repeat something it's seeing all of  

the different examples that develops your fluency  rather than just repetition okay all right which  

one is next I'm going to try to go through these  pretty quickly to see if anybody has any uh any  

specific questions I think everybody let's see  all right I think we're going we're going well  

nice to see everybody there though I'm trying  to go through these things faster if I don't  

get get one in the next 5 seconds if you don't  choose one I will choose one for you all right  

no no question for now uh body says hello there  all right well let's look at Clear View since we  

got another clear example will go around this way  so a clear view of something now uh we could look  

at this in two ways we could look at uh a clear  view of something like let's say I'm just looking  

out the window uh I'll draw a little window  over here and and here's a a sun up here so I'm  

looking out the window it's clear there's nothing  stopping me from seeing it in the same way that I  

could have a clear emotion I could have a clear  view of something like I'm looking at something  

uh and I'm noticing something I can see it very  easily I have a clear view of something so nothing  

is blocking me or nothing is in my way so this  is understanding it in a physical way to have a  

clear view so let's say I go to a like a baseball  stadium I'm trying to look you know see there's a  

bunch of people so this is me but I'm I'm trying  to look over here but there are a bunch of people  

in my way and I can't see anything this is not a  clear view this would be an obstructed view or a  

blocked view okay but so this is the physical  example of something being clear like I have a  

clear view I can look out my window and see the  ocean I have a clear view of the ocean but I can  

also talk about having a clear view like talking  about my personal values or beliefs so I could be  

thinking like I have a clear view on you know some  political idea or something about my company or  

my family I have particular values that I think  are important all right so I have a clear view  

about that some people might have unclear views  where maybe they're still not exactly sure what  

they believe about something or they're they're  trying to learn about something but they don't  

know exactly what it would be so that's having  an unclear view but you can see how these two  

things are related so we have a physical example  where we're looking at something and I I can see  

something clearly uh but we also have the example  of having uh like particular values or beliefs  

about something where I have I I know exactly  what I believe or or I have a very uh definite  

or clear or specific view about something all  right making sense pretty good all right I think  

what did Tom mentioned before negative reaction  negative reaction let's look at that one though  

all right so this is an interesting thing and  again you can probably contrast this quite easy  

easily uh let's say I eat uh so this is me and  I try uh I don't know some well I I'll tell I'll  

tell you a story from my childhood uh when I  was I don't remember how old I was let's say  

I was I don't know five six years old something  and I found one of my favorite little little uh  

candies or sweets uh it's a a peanut butter cup  so it's it's peanut butter with chocolate on the  

outside so it kind of looks like I'm going to draw  draw one if you know what this is it kind of looks  

like so it's a little a little chocolate thing  with some with some peanut butter on the inside  

of it a peanut butter cup and this is one of my  favorite uh sweets and even when I was a kid it  

was one of my favorites as well I don't I can't  really find them very easily in uh in Japan but  

but uh well it's it's supposed to be a little  round if you look at it from the top it's like

this so it's it's because of the paper it gives  that that like in andout shape or whatever but  

that's what it looks like um so it's hard for me  to find in Japan although I did find one recently  

I was excited about that so I had one uh it was  like I haven't had one in I don't know I had not  

had a panut butter cup in five years or something  I think but I had one it was great anyway  

so I was four or five years old and I found one  of these things uh under my couch so just as a  

kid I don't know how it got there but it was just  like sitting under under a couch I was playing  

under under a sofa and I and I looked under and  I saw it there I said oh my goodness there's a  

peanut butter cup there and of course it was old I  didn't really think anything about it but I was so  

excited to find a peanut butter cup I guess maybe  somebody was they had opened it and it fell on the  

floor or something I don't know but it's a little  bit embarrassing to tell the story now but I tried  

so I tried eating it and I had a negative reaction  I I bit into it it was all powdery I I I didn't  

eat the whole thing but so usually a peanut butter  cup a fresh good peanut butter cup it's got nice  

chocolate on the outside and some kind of smooth  creamy peanut butter on the inside uh but I tried  

it was all dry and and powdery so I I quickly spit  it out I had a negative reaction to that thing you  

can also talk about this uh casually people will  often say they had a bad reaction to some food all  

right so to have a negative reaction uh you can  talk about that or a bad reaction as well a bad  

reaction to some food all right so that's having  a bad something I tried and it's like I spit it  

out why did I eat that a negative reaction to  something now you're saying sneakers you're  

talking about snickers n s n i c k e RS Snickers  is a long uh kind of rectangle chocolate bar like  

that so it looks different than a peanut butter  cup but that's there a different brand of candy  

thing called a Snickers bar Snickers all right so  we've got a negative reaction and you can imagine  

the opposite of this thing would be a positive  reaction to something and typically we don't talk  

about like a positive reaction to food we talk  more about positive reactions like someone does  

something for me uh and like I can just see it in  their face or they see it in my face that like oh  

I I'm I'm feeling good about something I'm happy  about something I'm having a positive reaction a  

positive reaction okay so here I had a negative  reaction like I could have a negative reaction  

to some food or maybe I eat something poison and  like I'm having a a bad reaction to something so  

another bad reaction could be I eat something and  and I start I get like a bad rash or something or  

something happens to me and quickly I get a  negative a negative reaction to that thing so  

it's something happens and then I react so I I  react I act against that thing in a negative way  

so either I try to push that thing away from  me or it's it's causing some problem with me  

it's having a negative reaction so when we touch  each other like I touch this uh ugly or old or  

some kind of like bad thing like like a bad kind  of food some old food I react negatively to that  

thing I have a negative reaction to that food  so this is me like oo I kind of spit that thing  

out that that old peanut butter cup all right  so negative reaction we're starting to fill  

in the board hopefully you should be noticing uh  these things I'm going to try to keep going here  

I'll keep my eye on comments see if anybody has  any questions there but uh nice to see lots of  

different people visiting over here yes to sub  spit so if I spit especially to spit something  

out so I I eat something and I I shoot it out of  my uh mouth quickly I spit that thing out to spit  

that thing out all right now uh let's look at like  negative reason because we're having a negative  

reason for doing something so I could have like a  negative reason like I don't like doing something  

uh let's say I don't know like my my dad wants  me to do something and and I think well that's  

like a bad reason to do it you know or he has  like like a negative reason for doing something  

like it's not like a good reason to do something  it's a bad reason to do something as an example uh  

I might think what's see what's a good example  for this if I have a uh like I want I want to  

I don't know let's say I want to eat a peanut  butter cup under the sofa so I'm I'm I'm hungry  

uh but it would be a bad reason like eating  this thing would be a bad reason uh for like  

me me like you know deciding to eat that thing  because I was hungry so I'm hungry but a bad  

reason to eat this thing is because I'm hungry  if that makes sense so I I see the the peanut  

butter cup and when I'm you know four or five  years old uh I I think oh like that's a good  

thing to do I should eat that peanut butter cup  under there but actually it's a bad thing to do  

so I have a bad reason uh to eat that peanut  butter cup so when you have a good reason to  

do something it's usually like a positive or  helpful thing like uh I'm very tired right now  

or my my throat hurts so that's a good reason  uh or a like a positive reason a good reason to  

drink some water so I should drink some water  I my my throat is dry that's a good reason to

drink but just because I'm hungry doesn't mean  I should I should eat some uh some candy that's  

under under a sofa all right all right very  good so we can have a a negative reason for  

doing something let's I'm trying to think of a  good image for this uh but basically it's like  

let's see uh I'm trying to think what's what's a  good like another can you explain outward outward  

what do you mean outward it just means like facing  facing out some way or or or moving moving outside  

like I'm I'm going out out in that way outward  so as opposed to uh inward I could be thinking  

like inside myself versus outside myself so if  I have a negative uh reason for doing something  

you could just think it's like a bad reason for  doing something uh like a bad reason for I don't  

know let's say a bad reason for uh divorcing my  wife a bad reason for or a negative reason for  

divorcing my wife uh might be because she doesn't  like I don't know I don't like the way she chews  

her food or something like that so let see if  I can draw it it's like a picture of this you  

know here's a person they're kind of like they're  eating some food and maybe they I don't know they  

chew really loudly something like that so I could  have a negative uh a negative reason uh for doing  

something like that so I I don't like something  and so I decide well maybe I should do uh  

something instead or like divorce my wife because  she just choose loudly all right so I should have  

a good reason to do something or if I have a bad  reason or a negative reason for doing something uh  

typically it's not going to be very helpful for  me all right let's continue here uh let's say I  

have let's take a look at strong over here because  I could have a strong reason to do something as  

well so let's just say I have a a regular reason  uh for doing something like I should go to uh the  

store right now so the reason I'm going to the  store why I'm going to the store is because I'm  

hungry I want to get some food all right so I'm  looking for not not some old peanut butter cups  

but I want to get some new uh some new peanut  butter cups some new good food so that's a reason  

for me to go to a store but if we want to take  that to a higher level we can have a strong reason  

for doing something okay so the strong reason for  doing something let me get my head out of the way  

here so if I have a strong reason to do something  it means it's like a very important thing for me  

or it could be very helpful for me uh but I have  a a like really strong reason to do something so  

I'm looking at like let's say I'm going to I'm  going to draw kind of a like a mountain over here  

with a flag up at the top of it so that's me like  for me to get to the top of this mountain I have  

to have a strong reason to get up there all right  if I don't have a very strong reason I'm probably  

not going to try to climb a mountain uh but in  the same way like you can think about me going  

to the store just to buy a snack for myself that's  not a very strong reason to do something it's just  

a reason like I'm hungry or I want a snack but  that's not a strong reason to do something but  

let's say my child is dying and they really  need some food very quickly I need to run to  

the supermarket or something that's a very strong  reason I'm highly motivated to do that thing so  

I have a strong reason to do something a strong  reason okay so looking at these things together  

if I have like a negative reason for something  or a bad reason for something maybe I don't  

again it's contrasted with a good reason I'm just  like it's not really like a particularly helpful  

thing it might even hurt me somehow but that's the  reason why I'm doing something a complex reason is  

where I'm thinking about something and like there  actually many many many things I'm thinking about  

I have a complex reason like people say why do you  love your wife I say well you know because of this  

thing and that thing I have a complex reason for  that it's not just one idea and if I have a strong  

reason for doing something it means we know for  sure I have a like you could even say a good or a  

very good reason that's another way of saying you  have a strong reason to do something so typically  

people for learning English for example uh the  people who have a strong reason to learn English  

like I need to get a job or you know my promotion  at work the boss told me that I need to be able to  

speak English or I can't get that promotion that  is a very strong reason to learn the language okay  

but if you don't care you don't really need to  learn the language then you don't have a strong  

reason to do something all right so the last one  we'll look at we'll just fill out this column over  

here to have a clear reason this is like okay  I have a uh you know this is me over here and I  

got my thumbs up I know exactly what I'm trying to  do I have a very clear reason for doing something  

like a clear purpose a clear reason all right  so just like looking at these other examples of  

clear over here we know exactly what's happening  there's nothing stopping us or blocking us or some  

way there's nothing uh kind of unclear or unsure  about any of these things it's all talking about  

something being clear all right so I can have a  physical clear view of something or I can have a  

actual like a figurative value or belief that's  very clear I could have a clear emotion and I  

could have a clear reason for doing something  sometimes we you know you might see a criminal  

or someone uh do something bad and and they can't  really explain why they did it they don't have a  

clear reason for doing something maybe they just I  just felt like doing something so it's not exactly  

a clear reason for doing something but because  someone felt like doing something that's what they  

did all right but if you have a clear reason you  are definite you know exactly what you're going to  

do I have a clear reason why I'm doing something  okay so uh as an example for for teaching you this  

way my clear reason for doing this is because  if you can understand these things individually  

and see how they connect with each other you will  develop fluency much faster all right so what I'm  

trying to do is help you erase doubt on multiple  levels so if you don't if if you feel unsure like  

a person says I have a clear reason or a complex  reason or something like that in a movie or a  

conversation and you don't exactly understand what  they mean then that's causing you doubt or or uh  

if you're thinking like how can I connect these  different things maybe I heard this but I and I  

understand this example but not this other one  then that's also going to cause you doubt so the  

more doubt we can destroy or remove from your  life the more you're going to feel confident  

about speaking all right so again looking at  all these we have a strong reason a complex  

reason a negative reason and we could go into  other examples as well but I just want to give  

you these so you can understand and this should  be enough uh at least to understand these eight  

words all right looking good so far let's do what  have we not done so far I think we've done one  

of each uh let's do a strong emotion now knowing  what we know so far so we've got a strong reason  

and we've got other kinds of emotions we could  have a clear uh emotion or a uh complex emotion  

where you don't know exactly how you feel so if  we talk about like having a strong emotion about  

something a strong emotion just means uh we know  exactly what that what that thing is all right so  

let's say like we're going to contrast this here  uh a strong emotion like here's a person if they  

just look like that you can't really tell what the  emotion is it's just I don't I don't really know  

so a strong motion would be like here's a here's  a person with like a really big smiley face like  

that wow that person that person has a very strong  emotion all right remember this is not just about  

being positive you could have have a negative  emotion as well that's also very strong so it's  

similar uh to being clear but we can describe  like here we're describing the intensity of it so  

how strong the emotion is and here we're talking  about how clear or how easy it is to tell what the  

emotion is so if I look at a happy child I can  see oh that child is clearly happy but I could  

look at like an angry person and see well that  person is clearly angry or they could have some  

other emotion and even if it's not like a clear  emotion I can tell it's a very intense or strong  

emotion so typically when people are learning  strong uh especially native speakers as well so  

they're learning a word like strong uh and they  have uh typically they're they're thinking like  

strong versus weak like a strong person with big  muscles or like a machine that could do something  

very well uh but here we're talking about strong  like the intensity of something yep Tom's got it  

over there so talking about doing something uh  with intensity so it's not about being happy the  

point is how strong do you feel that emotion all  right so how strong do you feel about something  

like how strong do I feel about my wife all right  or whatever uh whatever the example is all right  

so notice the difference here I can be talking  about a strong emotion like I could have a clear  

emotion as well but maybe it's not very strong  like you can just like my my emotion is clear  

I don't care uh but maybe I'm you know it's not  very strong all right so you can see how these  

things are connected they are related but they're  still a little bit different so we uh use them in  

slightly different situations all right uh and  let's look at a negative emotion as well so a  

negative emotion and that's only going to be some  kind of uh in the same way that we have a negative  

reaction to something clear just means obvious  it's not neutral like I could be very happy and  

you could see like it's clear that I'm happy all  right it just means like you know what's going on  

it's not it doesn't mean neutral like it could  mean any of these things over here I could be  

clearly sad or clearly happy or clearly upset or  something so if you you destroy your parents car  

and you come home and say hey I I destroyed your  car driving I'm okay but the car is broken like  

they're going to be clearly angry with me like it  will be obvious I can see that uh that they're not  

happy okay so clear doesn't mean neutral it means  it's obvious what the expression is it's kind of  

complex the difference between strong and clear  so clear just means it's obvious like you can  

think about it like let's say uh I could have  a strong reaction like uh in the example of a  

clear reaction I could have I don't know I could  I could have like a neutral reaction where I don't  

I I just don't care like this face it's not a  very strong reaction but it's a clear reaction  

okay so this is a uh even even if I don't I  don't have a strong reaction here so I could  

have a strong and clear reaction or I could have  a strong reaction or I could have a clear reaction  

okay so uh you can see how they're related I  could have a a neutral reaction that's clear  

so I here like it's like I you wouldn't  call this like this one is is not a strong  

reaction it's it's not really reacting much at all  it's more of a neutral reaction so I could also be  

I could be like very angry as well let's see I get  very angry like you know I'm like I'm steaming mad  

over here I'm very angry so that's another strong  reaction so it just means how intense the reaction  

is but here we're talking about is it obvious can  we see what the person feels so here we can talk  

about like this person is clearly angry okay but  here like any emotion you could feel even if it's  

not a very strong emotion you could still see that  it's obvious all right so if a person looks sad or  

tired or something like that like maybe it's not  very intense but you can still see or feel or or  

know what that emotion is all right so the idea  here we're talking about something being clear it  

means it's obvious you can see it very like there  there's no uh uncertainty about that thing have a  

clear a clear response or a clear emotion a clear  feeling about something strong is perhaps about  

the uh intensity and clear is probably about how  easy it is for the other people to see it just  

summarizing sir yes that's exactly what I'm saying  so again you could have a like all of the emotions  

if you have a strong emotion it's like wow like  I'm really feeling something very deeply so I'm  

very sad very angry or whatever that kind of thing  but here I don't maybe I could be very happy or  

very sad but also I could just be neutral but the  point is can you understand how I feel by looking  

at that by looking at my face uh maybe I don't  have a strong reaction to something or a strong  

emotion but you can still tell how I'm feeling  and in that case it's still clear so obviously a a  

strong emotion is going to be clear like you would  see the person but here we can have a neutral emot  

as well that can still be clear all right so  there's some overlap here uh let's see what should  

we do next why don't we do a negative emotion  so we'll just finish up this uh this column  

over here so obviously a negative emotion I think  we were starting to do that uh but this is where  

we're going to feel like sad uh or very angry  something like that uh where we we know for sure  

uh so it's not going to be a positive emotion like  feeling happy or proud or whatever that thing is  

it's only going to be the negative things that you  feel a negative emotion negative emotion makees

sense so I thought today I would do something a  bit more advanced and and this is again talking  

about how we feel or having or uh how we might  respond to different things rather than just  

some kind of physical thing that you can see uh  down is a negative emotion sure yeah you could be  

feeling down you could be feeling sad or tired  or upset all of those things would be negative  

emotions negative all right so let's do the last  one here a negative view of something a negative  

view a negative view so I could have a negative  view of something it just means I I don't like  

that thing or like let's say someone asks me  uh what do you think about having children like  

as an example should should people have children  I say no I have a negative view uh of that thing  

I have a negative view of having kids so again  when I'm talking about a view like I in this  

example I don't mean looking at something I'm  talking about my values and what I think about  

something so I think for example uh I don't know  like I could even take something basic like should  

should you put pineapple on Pizza all right yes  so it's the same thing as a point of view or a an  

opinion or a value a negative Insight would be  a little bit different but people don't really  

get like a negative Insight it's more just like  an Insight which is typically a positive thing  

usually uh or it could lead to something positive  so a negative a negative Insight I don't know I  

don't really know what an example of a negative  Insight would be but an an Insight in general  

is typically you discover something uh that's  teaching you a lesson or it's helpful in some  

way so it usually wouldn't be negative all right  so if I have a negative view of something like  

you're going to put a a guy over here and he's  got kind of a sad face and he's got his arms  

crossed over here he's like nah like I don't  I don't like that thing I disagree with that I  

have a negative view of that thing all right  a negative view look at that we've only got  

five left but hopefully you should be seeing  the similarities and the differences appear  

as we fill out the whole chart let's do a uh a  strong reaction now what do you think a strong  

reaction might be using the information we have  so far what would a strong reaction be a strong  

reaction kind of hinted at this already but what  might be an example of a strong yes it's so like  

you know like the guy has like a negative reaction  so shouting yeah shouting could be like a strong  

reaction so typically like a strong reaction to  something again anytime we have a reaction there's  

some action that happens and then we react to that  thing so we could think about this like uh someone  

says something to me and I shout uh back at that  person yeah if you have a like a strongly negative  

view of something you could strongly disagree with  something as well yes you could punch someone so  

if someone someone does something to you and  you have a a strong strongly uh negative or  

a strongly positive but any kind of thing like  strong like it's intense whatever that thing is  

Raging Raging laughing as well yes you could have  a strong reaction again we're talking about the  

intensity of something not being physically strong  all right so it's a similar idea so let's say uh  

we could talk about this with chemicals as well so  let's say I have some kind of chemical over here  

and I have a another chemical in a little bottle  and I'm going to drop uh like a drop of this on  

this chemical and mix these two chemicals together  so I drop this one on here and I drop it and then  

nothing happens no reaction no reaction to that  thing at all all right but let's say I take a  

different chemical going to take a a different  chemical and drop it on this thing as well yes  

like like actual chemicals like physical chemistry  so I dro a different chemical on this and boom wow  

look at that a huge explosion that is a strong  reaction to that thing soda and mint yes so that  

like if you put uh like a Mentos or whatever in  a in soda can or something like that whatever so  

you can have a very strong reaction to something  all right so you can see how we might use this  

in various ways so I could see a I could have a  strong reaction to something uh yes so it could  

it doesn't just mean making some kind of explosion  but it means that there is some kind of response  

to that thing that's obvious and everyone can see  what that is but uh for people again we can react  

to Something in different ways I could say uh like  being happy about that thing or being angry about  

that thing but this is talking about how intense  I feel so how strong is the reaction so I have a  

strong reaction to something just like these two  chemicals are reacting against each other nice  

beard yeah yes I I will I will probably shave  this off I I don't really like having a beard  

but I haven't done a video for a while and I and  I thought well I'm kind of too lazy to shave so  

uh that's why I have a beard but anyway some  people might have a strong reaction uh like  

a strong reaction to to my my beard maybe my wife  like if she sees it like she's like oh I hate your  

beard I don't like that at all so she has a strong  reaction or maybe my kids they don't care they  

have a you know they have a neutral a neutral  reaction they don't they don't care about it at  

all okay all right so last one if you can think  about what a strong view would be yes to have a  

blast would mean to have fun all right to enjoy  something have a have a blast have have a oh you  

have a beard also so have a have a blast of if I  have a strong view about something again like I'm  

uh it's the intensity of how much I believe about  something so like I I think like let's say I like  

really really think like yes I got my hand up you  know like this this thing uh this is like what I  

really believe I have a very strong view about  that thing so I have like especially in politics  

you could have strong views about immigration or  strong views about abortion or strong views about  

uh Freedom or or whatever a belief yes a belief  that's a new word for you A belief all right so  

again yelling that might be a a strong reaction  but remember it's a it's a reaction to something  

else so if I just see a person like yelling  outside in the street that person is not uh  

it's not having a strong reaction it's like the  reaction is something happens and then you react  

to that thing so if someone else uh like almost  hits me with their car and maybe I have a strong  

reaction of that thing I I take out like a hammer  and I start hitting their car it's a very strong  

reaction to that to that situation okay so it's  not just me doing something it's a reaction to  

something else yes so a belief is the that's  the noun what you believe so I have a belief  

about something so so I could have a strong value  or a strong belief or a strong ideal uh anything  

like that so like yes I like I believe in this  thing and so typically in politics uh you will  

see people having very strong beliefs or strong  views about things like that okay so it means  

they hold that view very strongly very intensely  uh and again like it could be a positive thing or  

a negative thing or whatever it doesn't matter  what you believe it's just how strong do you  

believe that so if you have a really strong view  maybe you would be willing to die for your belief  

maybe if you have a very strong view of something  like that so strong reaction angry situations  

well it could be a strong reaction in anything  like let's say uh my my first child or any of my  

children are born uh and I and I see my my child  for the first time and I start I start crying  

I think I oh my I'm just overwhelmed uh in that  case I'm having a strong reaction to my child but  

I'm not yelling at my child I'm not angry about  that I'm I'm crying tears of joy okay so strong  

reaction like all of these things they don't mean  only negative or only positive or something like  

that it's how strong how intense that thing is  okay so hopefully I I want your brain to have  

a strong reaction to to these video so I don't I  don't want you to look at it neutrally and just  

think oh this is boring or whatever I want you to  feel oh I I actually actually understand something  

better and I feel more confident about it now you  should have a strong reaction to these kinds of  

things all right see if I'm getting all these  questions over here so yes like if if I cry a  

lot like let's say my I have a pet hamster and the  hamster dies and and I don't really care very much  

that's not a very strong reaction it's a pretty  weak reaction to that thing actually or I have  

no reaction at all but if my hamster dies and I  loved that hamster and you know we went for walks  

together and you know whatever I don't know uh  but like in that case I see the dead hamster and I  

think oh my God like the hamster and in that case  uh yes like that's a very strong reaction to that  

okay so it could be positive it could be negative  we're not talking about positive or negative we're  

talking about how intensely I feel that emotion so  do I feel strongly about that thing do I feel weak  

or do I not think anything at all about something  uh let's see I've been listening I just wanted to  

react to you loud wait great I'm glad to hear  a strong reaction get uh middle I get my finger  

burnt cooking yeah so if you if you like burn burn  your finger at all you know whatever that thing  

like even a little bit maybe you have a strong  reaction to that thing yes if you fail a test  

you might have a strong reaction to that thing  too or your parents might have a strong reaction  

if they hear that you didn't do well in school or  whatever okay all right we've got a couple more  

let's finish this up and then we can look at the  whole chart uh so let's talk about a complex view  

of something you can probably guess what this  might mean uh here we're talking about not a  

physical View where you're looking at something  we're actually talking about again your values  

and this is similar to having a complex reason or  having a complex emotion so if I have a complex  

view of something typically in the same way it  might be thinking like well here's one reason uh  

here's another reason here's something else like I  I might be thinking like uh instead of just should  

we do something yes or no I'm thinking well there  are probably some good reasons we should think  

about all these things together I have a very  complex view about something okay so it could be  

different points about it and some of these might  be even the opposite or I'm thinking about about

something well L is a bro you speak clearly but  natives doesn't speak like that you would say  

natives don't speak like that uh and in this  case yes I'm speaking intentionally clearly  

so you can understand what I'm saying but uh in  programs like fluent for Life uh this is where  

we uh actually help you understanding going  from my level of speaking to understanding  

natives so if you only listen to uh just  teachers like this people who are speaking  

intentionally slowly and clearly it's going  to be more difficult for you to understand  

natives all right so you can think about that  I'll just put this view here or this example

this is supposed to be a staircase even though  it's not very well drawn uh maybe you have some  

strong emotions about that uh but right now I'm  giving you like the lowest level the easiest  

level of spoken English so I'm speaking clearly  all right we got that word clear again so clear  

speech I'm speaking slower than I usually would  and I'm uh not using a lot of difficult vocabulary  

so if you want to get up here to where natives  are talking about you need to get practice seeing  

examples of that native speech all right you don't  want not not just just like if you only spend your  

time listening to teachers it's going to be much  more difficult for you to understand natives in a  

real conversation so I'm giving people uh again  these lessons I don't know who's watching these  

so it could be people who've never seen me before  or some people who have seen many of my videos uh  

but the things that we do in fluent for life is  actually preparing you to move up getting you  

to understand native speakers as well so part  of those lessons is you're getting getting to  

hear clearer examples but you're also hearing how  natives speak and you're getting lots of different  

examples of that all right so that's the naturally  varied review that actually builds your fluency  

you need to get experience and exposure with lots  of different Native examples if you want to be  

prepared for that in real conversations  I'll be talking actually about all this  

in my new book which I'm working on right now I  know people keep asking me when it's going to be  

out and should be I don't know exactly but I want  to release it uh at least the digital version of  

it will be released uh this year so hopefully I  want to get it done soon so we'll see how quickly  

I can do that but uh this is a big part of that  where a lot of people get stuck and they say like  

they're talking to a teacher and say uh Hey like  I can understand you drew but I can't understand n  

and the reason is because well you're not  spending time trying to do that in a systematic  

way you might be able to listen to some people or  understand some but if you're just listening to  

random podcasts or watching movies or something  like that it's going to be more difficult for  

you to understand natives you need to compare and  contrast this so if we if we imagine like I did  

this in a different way with uh with different  examples instead of looking at vocabulary you  

had different native speakers giving these same  kinds of examples examples okay so that would  

be training you very well to understand different  natives like here's someone who's saying the same  

thing that I'm saying but they're less clear so  maybe they're they're not they're not enunciating  

or expressing themselves clearly the way I do  okay uh let's see did I miss anybody else before  

I finish these last let's see so s k says kakito  nice to see you there let's see and please get  

Frederick yes uh Tom is on the case yes if anyone  is uh trying to improve their pronunciation and  

you'd like to do that the same way uh where  you're comparing and contrasting things and  

learning them the same way natives do that's what  we do in Frederick you can click on the link in  

the description below this video to get that out  and as you see it there let's see uh let's see

I miss a different interpretation of the  same situation could be a complex view uh  

yeah I mean it's it's more it's more like an  internal thing for you personally how how you  

feel about something like some people have a very  simple opinion or a simple idea maybe they didn't  

think about that or maybe they just thought  about something a lot and they just made a  

decision they have a clear idea but some some  people maybe it's it's just a complex view of  

something so they might see like what do I think  about people taking drugs as an example so I might  

have a complex view of that where it's not just  like yes or no we have to talk about it there  

could be different pieces of this thing that are  important or maybe some of them are good or some  

of them are bad it's a complex thing so maybe I  have a complex view of that thing as well uh let's  

let's see I need new and real examples they help  me a lot yes and so not just getting examples from  

me you really need to get examples from a wide  variety of different people uh mostly natives  

but if you can do it strategically not just  getting a bunch of random examples but hearing  

the same thing from different native speakers uh  or just getting lots of examples of like maybe  

different speeds of different people or hearing  different accents different dialects all those  

things things this is the same way natives get  fluent but it's more efficient than what natives  

do if you're learning that way so that's what we  do in fluent for Life uh let's see Louis says the  

most uh English speaker aren't native so a lot of  them talk clearly I believe that aren't native so  

a lot of them talk larly well I I think a lot of  I mean there there's certainly a lot of people  

who are non-native who speak English and I've  met lots of them who don't speak very clearly  

as well so it depends on the person I guess  Rising as you see there from the Philippines  

uh and then let's finish this up so we've got  uh reaction we have a complex reaction you can  

probably guess what this might be like again  the birth of my child like I could be feeling  

you know here's me feeling like like a little bit  happy uh or I also feel like a little bit nervous  

or maybe you know something like that I could  have like a complex reaction to something like  

me emotionally I might feel that or you could have  a complex reaction in the same way that you have  

a like chemical kind of thing like maybe one thing  happens and then something else happens as well it  

could be a series of things a complex reaction in  that way uh and then again we'll do this last one  

over here to have a clear reaction to something  where this is the same kind of idea I bet you  

can guess what this means if we have a clear  emotion you know exactly how the person feels  

if we have a clear view you know what your beliefs  are if you have a clear reason for doing something  

know for sure why you're doing something and if we  have a clear reaction to something uh even if it's  

not very intense this is still just talking about  ah like I know exactly how I should be responding  

or we know something happened and we can see  what that thing is so if we talk about like uh  

a chemical reaction to something like that or uh  let's say I like say something uh to a to a woman  

I say like M I don't know like that like that that  dress makes you look fat let's just just say I I  

use this example so I say something like that to a  woman I say I'm sorry uh that dress makes you look  

fat and she has a clear reaction to me maybe she  uh slaps me in the face she's very angry that's  

her that's her hand or maybe she punches me that  looks more like a punch okay so she is giving me  

a clear reaction uh even though I uh like it could  be a positive reaction or a negative reaction but  

the point is it's clear I know how she feels all  right so just like she could have a clear emotion  

like I could see oh this this woman is angry  with me I can clearly tell that but wow she  

did something she has a clear reaction to what  I said okay so remember a reaction so we've got  

action and then reaction like you're you're doing  something against or responding to Something in  

some way a rea action I'm reacting to something  so if I'm just if I'm just standing uh in the  

middle of the street yelling for no reason I'm  just like ah yelling at people I'm not reacting  

to anything people might react to me but I'm  not reacting I'm I'm starting the the action  

okay so hopefully uh this is making sense if you  joined us late I recommend you go back and watch  

this video from the beginning uh also the video  previously uh where we did uh a similar kind of  

thing with uh verbs over here and prepositions  so we made some different phrasal verbs but you  

don't have to think about it as uh phrasal verbs  it's really just using uh seeing how different  

words can connect and how the meanings change a  little bit but you can see how things are similar  

as well uh but the point is we're we're looking  at the whole thing and it's the the whole network  

of things working together uh that that really  develops your fluency so it's not just learning  

one thing or hearing one teacher or something  it's the whole network that develops your ability  

to speak all right so we need you to be prepared  for the wide range of communication in real life  

rather than just like only hearing a particular  teacher all right let me go through and see if  

I missed anything here let's see Alexander says  can you explain about reductions uh I think I've  

covered that elsewhere and it's also been done  a lot like there there are plenty of YouTube  

videos about reductions already uh Jose says  my struggle is when native speakers blend the  

sounds of their words together with contractions  and with different accents yes and so if you if  

you this is that that stair example if you don't  learn with a lot of examples of natives speaking  

in different ways like blending their sounds or  using reductions or whatever then it's going to  

be more difficult for you when you you are in  a conversation with someone okay so you need  

to spend more time and you can do this in like a  stressfree safe comfortable way just by getting  

lots of these native examples along with having  someone like me uh explain to you what things mean  

okay so this is going to be the fastest way for  you to learn and prepare for real communication  

so that when you do like watch a movie or you do  have a conversation with someone you will feel a  

lot more confident about that all right so if  you're you you but you'll notice this pattern  

of of people having that problem and it's because  they spend a lot of time listening to natives or  

or excuse me listening to even natives who are  uh like teaching so I am a native speaker of  

the language but I'm I'm teaching you in a slower  clearer easier way all right and not using a lot  

of uh tricky slang or idioms or other vocabulary  that you might not understand so if I'm going to  

teach you something I want to make sure I uh  express it clearly so people understand what's  

happening all right uh let's see ryzen says I  found using emotions while speaking really helpful  

to become fluent glad to hear it let's see uh  let's see and by is hello Drew just curious how do  

you build Japanese fluency with naturally varied  review U so in this case like I'm looking for uh  

not repetition but I want to get lots of varied  but related examples so I've talked about this uh  

like a few videos ago one example is I'm reading  different versions of the same story so I brought  

uh I don't know if I showed I think I did show  like some examples of uh like sikin no kuta  

which is the Three Little Pigs so I'm looking  for number one something that's that's pretty  

common or pretty obvious or you would have lots  of different um examples of something so another  

example would be a popular song that's sung by  different people so that's where I can listen  

to how is the pronunciation or the dialect or the  accent or whatever how are those things different  

one of the First videos I did on YouTube is is  just listening to different people say the same  

thing uh just so you can hear that for example so  when I'm getting naturally varied review for uh  

for myself like a lot of that is is uh like for  Japanese is getting um number one exposure to uh  

the same thing but in slightly different ways so  like the book example uh or the same situation and  

hearing different people in that so let's say  I go to a hotel uh I might hear like a person  

check me in in one way and then I go to another  hotel and then a different person is checking me  

in or I go order some food at a coffee shop and  this is one of the stories I tell in my book uh  

where I'm sitting in a Japanese coffee shop and  I'm sitting near the cash register so I can hear  

all these people ordering and that's what teaches  me about naturally varied review so I'm hearing  

different ways of people order the same thing or  they might be even ordering different things but  

it's that natural variation of the language that  I need exposure to so that's going to help me  

understand things better uh but it's also going to  prepare me for the kinds of patterns that natives  

use in real life okay so it's you you don't want  to just uh repeat stuff there's a a very like  

very quickly the the repetition will stop being  helpful for you because it's not giving you any  

new information but if you can hear things in a  different way or see different examples of things  

that will help you much faster so good question  but the the same things I do in Japanese that's  

what people can do in any language uh so what we  do like we specifically structure that in fluent  

for life where you're getting to hear different  people saying the same thing or you're hearing  

people talk about related things so you're hearing  maybe like here's uh like one person talking about  

two different things or we have you know two  people talking about the same thing there are  

lots of different combinations of this and and  again like this the point is to develop a network  

in your mind and it's the network that gives you  the understanding that lets you speak uh maybe we  

should try yes it's like you could I mean even if  you if you felt like speaking to people like could  

walk and just ask Japanese people I could just  say like hello how are you or something you know  

some interesting thing actually like yesterday was  a good example for me I was out uh get I was out  

like a local at a local hardware store like just  a home center they call it here in Japan and uh I  

come back from that place and I went by my friend  school and he makes uh like cookies and and bread  

and he's really good uh cook good chef and so I  I just went in there AC not accidentally but I  

wanted to see if he had any cookies so I went in  there uh and I I opened the door and just peaked  

my head in just kind of popped my head in a little  bit because I didn't know if they were open but I  

saw some cars in the front uh but it was Sunday  so I was a little bit surprised so but I thought  

okay I'll just check because I'm over here I'm in  the neighborhood as we say in like native speakers  

like oh I was in the neighborhood I was around  this area I was in the area so I open the door  

and I see a huge table full of cookies and like  well it wasn't cookies but you know different  

kind of dessert little sweet things and I got so  excited and I said oh my goodness like often you  

don't have stuff when I come by like if I'm late  in the day or something but wow like I come one  

day and you got all like a beautiful plate of you  know actually lots of plates of food on the table  

and they were having a party in there and I just  I didn't realize they were it was kind of like a  

special event uh I but I I just opened the door  and then all these people are looking at me so  

it's a bunch of Japanese people in this room uh  and and they were like oh why don't you come in  

and join us and so I did uh and then at at that  time uh I had to give a self- inroduction in  

Japanese in front of like 20 people in the room uh  but that was an example like seeing other people  

people like I don't know I must have seen maybe 10  people give an introduction that's a common thing  

like in a group meeting like that in Japan people  will introduce themselves uh and so we went around  

the room and I had to do that just like without  I didn't have anything prepared or whatever but I  

had to do that all in Japanese uh but I got a lot  of good naturally varied review before I did that  

because I'm seeing a bunch of different people  introduce themselves and like how they do that so  

some people are going to say something simil ilar  but obviously they will have different stories or  

something uh but I did just fine I actually made  a joke I said oh I'm here to learn some English  

you know said I didn't intend to come in here but  they thought that was very funny you know because  

I'm a foreigner coming to the English school but  I mean it's it's kind of part English school part  

uh kitchen it's an interesting place uh anyway  that's the kind of thing I do uh when I'm like  

when I'm getting naturally varied review and I  might hear the same thing from different people  

or I might seek that out so I might like if I  hear one example I might ask a few different  

people to say that thing as well just so I can  hear these different examples of that all right  

uh let's see if I missed anybody else I have  a crappy connection oh no uh all right Anette  

is back did you tell them all you were an English  teacher yes I did I in the introduction I said yes  

that uh let's better make uh let's see all right  I think I think we got through everything look at  

that fantastic all right uh hopefully this makes  sense uh again if you joined us late or if you  

had a crappy connection go back and watch it again  uh and also go back and watch the previous video  

where it's the same idea uh but I'm doing it with  different vocabulary but the principle is the same  

this is where we want to not only learn individual  things but connected as a larger group or as a  

larger Network because it's the network it's the  connections that allow you to speak me being able  

to speak right now is is me making connections  as I'm expressing things it's like a conductor  

like a train conductor putting the track down  on the ground in front of me as I go so I don't  

know exactly what I'm going to say but because I  know how to make these connections very quickly I  

can speak fluently okay so that's what that means  and I develop that uh ability in Japanese as well  

in the same way that I developed it in English  which is understanding things and making these  

connections so the more you do that the faster you  will become a confident speaker if there are no  

more questions I'll give uh another 10 seconds to  see if anybody has any uh interesting or different  

questions of things that we have not covered yet  uh but other than that I hope you have enjoyed  

this video if you have uh click on the uh like  button and do share the video with anyone else  

who might enjoy this kind of learning as well  especially if they know a lot of English but  

they struggle to speak oh no 10 seconds is up says  Tom the time counter uh but it looks like that's  

it and fantastic that means I can go enjoy lunch  last thing roll is is I don't understand strong  

view uh so strong view here like try not to think  about this as as me looking at something it's how  

I uh how I how I believe like how intense how  intensely I believe in something so if I think  

like like let's say about immigration like I don't  care about immigration let's just say for example  

I don't care uh that's not a very strong view  about immigration uh or I could have a strong  

positive idea or a strong negative uh a strong  negative a negative view about something so that's  

what we mean by a strong view so a strong belief  a strong opinion about something uh rather than  

only like just yeah I don't really care about  something does that make sense uh Mr Drew what  

does a long overdo mean could you please put in  a sentence please uh well that question is long  

overdue that question is long overdue it means  like it should have arrived or it should have  

should have done that thing a long time ago but uh  we did not like let's say you're meeting a friend  

of yours and wow we should have met a long time  ago our meeting is long overdue all right or it  

was or it had been long overdue but now we did  meet then here we are meeting okay so something  

long overdue anything overdue if it's due it means  it needs to be completed or done by that time but  

if it's overdue then it's taking too much time  all right well your your profile picture is long  

overdue ah you would say uh in this case you would  say like an update to the profile picture is long  

overdue uh but the uh the profile picture itself  is not overdue because there is a profile picture  

all right hopefully that makes sense so like  you could say like a new or an updated profile  

picture is long overdue that would make sense  well look at that uh you used it or at least uh  

you got you got the idea all right well if you'd  like to learn more uh instead of just you know  

however people are learning out there I imagine a  lot of people do the typical thing which is just  

watching a bunch of random content or trying  to study things by yourself but if you'd like  

a systematic way of doing this to get fluent as  quickly as possible that's what we do in fluent  

for life you can also use Frederick in the same  way it will help you discover things like this  

where you're getting to compare different sounds  and learn things the way natives do if you'd like  

to do both of those you can click on the links  in the description below this video uh I should  

have a book coming for people pretty soon uh  still thinking about the title but it will  

probably be get fluent then speak where I talk  about how really you should be learning things  

uh and and understanding the language well so  that when you do have speaking opportunities  

you use them well all right have a fantastic  day and I'll see you in the next video byebye