How To Get Comfortable Using New English Vocabulary

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here all right I think we are working I am  Drew Badger the founder of englishanyone.com  

and welcome to another live video here on  YouTube today we're going to talk about  

getting comfortable saying new words  this is actually a very specific topic  

but it's a rather deep one what suasa  nice to see you there Ohio goth all

right all right I wanted to make this video  oh Nils nice to see you there I wanted to  

make this one because uh we do get lots of  questions from people specifically about  

uh how can they kind of use vocabulary that  they know this is a slightly different topic  

than uh what I covered last week which is uh  what did I talk about what was that Thursday  

uh I thought I was just talking about like  expanding your vocabulary simple ways to do  

this uh but this topic is specifically about  knowing the vocabulary and then getting that  

extra step of working things into conversations  so I want to talk about why that's a little bit  

difficult uh and then actually the steps you  can use to improve your vocabulary by working  

these things into the conversation now this  is basically a psychological problem uh after  

you already know the vocabulary so this video  assumes I will assume in this video that you're  

trying to use something in a conversation that  you already know very well well so you don't  

have any doubts about using that vocabulary so  we'll just put this uh at the top here so we

assume so I assume I think uh  for people that are that are  

having this problem this is not about  learning the vocabulary this is about  

applying the vocabulary working it into  conversations so I assume you know it

well and in fact you know it well enough to use  it confidently and correctly in conversations  

okay so you've already gone through the process of  learning as a first language or you just know the  

vocabulary well enough to feel confident using it  uh but hopefully this should make sense um this is  

really for people again who already know this so  you can think about this as like the second part  

of using vocabulary so the first part uh is  knowing the vocabulary well enough and that's  

what we cover in most of the videos that I teach  uh where we're talking about learning English as  

a first language that's really going to be the  fastest way you can learn and uh if you struggle  

because you you don't understand people or you  have doubts about the language then you need  

to focus on that which we talk about in other  videos so I'm not going to spend a lot of time  

unless people have specific questions about  that but most of the other videos uh I have  

on the channel are talking about step one which  is actually learning the vocabulary I'll just  

mention very briefly about this just in case  anyone's uh wondering at the beginning of the  

video so you don't really become fluent by just  repeating vocabulary to yourself you really need  

to get lots of examples of these things uh by  hearing things in different contexts or hearing  

them from different speakers and that will really  prepare you uh just getting you used to using that  

vocabulary and to understand it like a native  because the way to speak is actually to remove  

the the doubts and questions that you have that  stop you from speaking okay so it's not repeating  

stuff you don't get fluent by just saying things  to yourself over and over again you have to feel  

really confident that you'll speak correctly and  then you speak all right so this the the first  

part of this uh I'm assuming you already have this  ability for the specific vocabulary you want to  

use in this video I want to talk about kind of  part two which is how to use the vocabulary if  

you're feeling maybe a little bit worried or  you have certain struggles or questions about  

that I want to talk about why this can be uh a  little difficult for the five steps that we're  

going to talk about in this video uh for part two  but this is about using the vocabulary in your  

conversations okay so you already know something  really well you don't have any doubts about it  

but why you actually struggle uh maybe it's a bit  more difficult to use these things uh and so one  

thing I'll I'll talk about very quickly before we  get into these steps is why this can be difficult  

and why I call this a psychology problem so it's  not really about knowing the vocabulary because  

you already know the vocabulary but there are a  few different a few different related issues that  

can stop you from using things in conversations  or that can just make the process more difficult  

I want to use an analogy uh about how much money  you earn just as an example so most people have  

like a comfortable range of the amount of money  they like to make or uh they want to make and you  

will you will kind of naturally go up and down  within this natural kind of band or range of of  

money so let's just say uh you like the lowest  amount you like absolutely must make is I don't  

know like $1,000 a month or something uh and the  interesting thing is like most people like if they  

get up to like let's say this is just just an  example it doesn't matter what what the actual  

numbers are uh but let's say it's like $5,000 a  month so just as an example so if you start with  

a th000 as soon as you start you look at your bank  account if it's getting down here or going below  

here then you will work very hard to try to get  your bank account back up in this range maybe you  

will cut some expenses or you will do something  else but like once it goes down here this is where  

you start to panic oh no I'm like I'm low on money  I need to figure something out we need get this  

number back up into this range and there there  might be a logical reason for this maybe you think  

like I have this money or I need this amount of  money to pay my rent or buy you know whatever um  

but it's still basically like a just some random  number that you pick you it doesn't really matter  

what it is and then the same thing the interesting  thing is up here if people try to if people try to  

earn more money often they will get stuck at a  certain level as well so like the higher level  

and the lower level can get you stuck as well  now the reason I'm mentioning this it's just  

an interesting thing because you will find this  same level of comfortability with uh vocabulary  

as well and part of the reason is that we get  used to just using the same words and phrases  

again and again because generally we don't like to  think thinking requires effort and effort requires  

energy so we're just like well let me just say  the same things uh over and over again so this  

is a typical thing now another reason that some  people might not consider is what other people  

will think of your new vocabulary okay what other  people will think of your new vocabulary so this  

is it could be a deeper psychological thing that  many people don't think about uh but some people  

do you actually could be worried that if I start  like let's say I go to college all of my friends  

do not go to college but I go to college I start  learning more I don't know Advanced vocabulary if  

I start using that vocabulary with my friends  what will they think of me so these are things  

that people might think about and so they can stop  you from using the vocabulary so part of it could  

be just like laziness uh or part of it could be  like actual worries about using the vocabulary but  

if if this is okay if you actually feel confident  and certain about the vocabulary then typically  

it's a psych like a psycholog iCal issue rather  than a like a fluency issue or an issue with the  

vocabulary itself hopefully that makes sense so  before we talk about what these steps are and how  

you can do this I just want to make it clear why  we have issues like this and there could be more  

I just want to make like even even just one or  two issues this should be like a pretty simple  

uh thing for people to understand but there's  typically some reason why like we just either  

feel comfortable we're kind of lazy it's harder to  work work in the vocabulary uh and this is a good  

phrasal verb for you I'll just put this up here  to work in work in to work in vocabulary like to  

get that new vocabulary into conversations all  right so the most basic reason people don't do  

this is because well I'm just lazy about it and  and not like you're like logically thinking about  

that but if you're speaking it's a new thing you  want to say you're not comfortable yet you're not  

used to using it and that's why you won't use it  but you could also have maybe fears that stop you  

from using the vocabulary so these are steps  you can actually use to just help you solve  

that so that's what we'll talk about in this  video uh again if you have questions about any  

of this stuff uh we could talk about number one  which I talk about in most videos which is just  

actually how to learn the vocabulary but today I  really want to focus on this which is using the  

vocabulary in your conversations all right but  before we do that let me take a look at comments  

let me see all right so YouTube I reinstalled  the app and Now comments are working again so  

let's see nice to see everybody see over there  hello from Wisconsin again uh Nils what part of  

Wisconsin do you live in I was in Appleton aren't  you like near Madison or am I in correct about  

that finally I catch you live in the beginning  yes welcome to the party uh I did not think I  

was actually doing a live today but I found out  I was so I checked my schedule and I did in fact  

have that on the schedule for today so it should  be uh the lives are this week uh today happening  

right now if you're watching right now and then  also Thursday I think all right uh and I see you  

there hi everybody oh my God found you online  says Elson welcome welcome M says I love to use  

new words but like you said we need to know what  the word really means with no doubts yes and so  

a lot of people are very excited to learn new  vocabulary I'll just make a quick point about  

this often people they're trying to learn more  new words before they actually feel fluent in  

the vocabulary they already have okay so it's  really important if you don't already feel  

fluent with your current vocabulary don't try  to learn more I talk about this often but the  

basic idea is it's not going to help you speak  more fluently by learning more you will probably  

understand more but that really won't help you  understand enough to speak fluently because you  

have to remove the doubts and questions that  stop you from speaking that's how you actually  

communicate so that's what I'm talking about here  with number one where you actually feel confident  

enough to use the vocabulary and then we can  talk about how you work that vocabulary into

conversations all right let's see anyone from  Brazil here yes I'm sure there are quite a few  

people necess so uh repeated use with various  Contex is important to be fluent or more fluent  

while speaking or conversing right well the point  is just you understand the you understand the  

vocabulary well enough to feel confident about  using it I I'd really like to find a simpler  

way to express this but if you're not confident  you won't speak I'll just say that if you're not  

confident you won't speak all right and so if  you have a doubt about how to say a word maybe  

you're worried about the the actual meaning of  it or you're worried about the pronunciation or  

something else any worry or any doubt you have  that will stop you from communicating just as  

a very simple analogy here imagine you have a boat  uh and and like it's probably not the best analogy  

I'll give it very quickly anyway uh but the boat  is tied to uh the dock over here there are like  

many ropes that are holding the boat together and  if any of these ropes is still attached you can't  

move the boat forward Ward okay and you can think  about each of these ropes as a doubt you have so  

you could have a doubt about pronunciation a doubt  about grammar uh or understanding maybe like if  

someone has a difficult accent that could be more  difficult for you there are lots of reasons why  

you might worry about using conversational you  know whatever the vocabulary is it could be any  

kind of vocabulary uh or even a word where you're  just worrying about maybe you'll say it wrong for  

whatever reason so if you have any doubt so maybe  you you like remove the doubt about pronunciation  

or grammar or something else but you're just not  quite sure you're not quite sure about something  

whatever that reason is and if you have anything  that will stop you from using the vocabul so this  

video is about assuming you have no doubts so  there's really nothing stopping you you know the  

vocabulary perfectly well you feel very confident  about using it but you get stuck at this point  

because either you're just lazy you're very used  to saying one word and not some new word you're  

trying to use uh or maybe you could be worried  about what other people will think if you use  

new vocabulary there are different reasons for  this but it's more of a psychology problem so  

it's just how you you know whatever either your  mind your again just the two basic reasons are  

like fear or laziness okay so you don't feel bad  about that it's just naturally what happens so  

really what you need to do is stretch yourself to  begin finding like ways to use new vocabulary in  

conversations uh and doing this I'll show you how  to do this uh with a couple of steps but just to  

make sure people understand so we are all on the  same page here hopefully this idea makes sense  

so yes you erase the doubts that stop you from  speaking and usually what happens is people are  

learning languages and they're they're learning  vocabulary but at the same time they're they're  

getting doubts from teachers or from uh textbooks  or whatever so you learn something but you don't  

really feel confident about using it and that's  the number one reason why people wouldn't say  

something in a conversation but if you do feel  confident that's where we talk about these other  

issues down here all right I want to make this  very clear it's it's a very uh specific issue  

for uh communication but this is again for people  who know a lot but uh maybe they're just trying to  

work in uh new like new vocabulary whatever that  is how to stretch and expand your vocabulary and  

use that fluently all right let's see I'm from  braz okay you're also from Brazil good to know  

all right uh C says I learned new vocabulary today  which is evade I found it similar to dodge though  

so how do you use it properly Mr Andrew yes so  that's a good example so there are different  

kinds of vocabulary you could uh you could learn  I'll mention that briefly as well so you could  

learn like something we'll just say something  completely new like it's a new grammar point or  

something it's just a more advanced thing you're  not like you've not heard of it before you just  

you're just learning it uh or there's something  else where you're so this is like completely new  

uh or this is where you're you're kind of learning  a different way of expressing something that you  

already know so if you have a word like Dodge  and you're trying to learn a new word like evade  

they mean exactly the same thing and really you  could you would get more confidence about using  

that just by getting more examples and that's  what we'll talk about in this video um but in  

this case uh I'll show you how you can do that  but yes this so these are kind of two different  

examples about something so the vocabulary  could be completely new you're describing a  

new situation a new context like if I learn about  traveling in space and I'm learning vocabulary  

for that so that's that's new vocabulary that  I'm not using for any anything else all right  

or I could be learning some vocabulary that's  replacing something else all right so even like  

you could have something like it's kind of in  the Middle where you learn some vocabulary and  

the meaning is actually a little bit different and  you can start making connections and you learn U  

like you might have uh like different ways of  describing someone or something in like a more  

polite or more casual way so in that case the  context is actually a little bit different so  

I might say like if I go to a uh a restaurant and  I'm at a like a nice classy highquality expensive  

restaurant they will speak with me different you  know they will say different words uh than they  

would if I'm at you know McDonald's or whatever  so uh if I'm in a more casual conversation like  

uh like would you like fries with that like they  might ask me that like or but a kind of more ele  

ele at elegant expensive place they might say like  oh are you interested in anything else or could  

we you know could we give you anything else this  evening so people will say different things it's  

about it's like the same general situation but the  context is slightly different because one is more  

polite than the other so you learn these subtle  nuances as you again learn English as a first  

language and you're connecting more with different  situations and understanding the vocabulary for  

those situations but in any of these cases you're  still taking new things and you're trying to work  

them into your conversations but yeah those that  was a good point so it could be something that  

you already know in this case like there's no  difference like I could evade something or I  

could Dodge something uh but you will you will  typically hear like the slightly different uh  

like contexts for something like that so often  you will find vocabulary and you can think about  

it like if we have the word Dodge and evade over  here so a Dodge is typically like a quick movement  

where I'm I'm getting out of the way of something  all right so here like I could be talking about a  

quick movement uh where both Dodge or evade could  also be used so someone asks me a question I'm  

evading the question I'm dodging the question in  the same way but like let's say I'm a large like a  

military Battleship uh in that case I can't really  move very quickly I can evade something so I'm  

trying to move out of the way but it's a slower  process so typically a large Battleship would be  

evading rather than dodging something all right  so you hear like there there are times when the  

vocabulary could be used in the same way like I'm  dodging someone throws a a marker at me I dodge  

the marker or I evade the marker all right but if  I'm talking about something like uh typically like  

a faster quicker movement uh shorter like shorter  spacing something like that that would be a Dodge  

but a longer wider movement would be more of an  evade okay now people they they probably aren't  

thinking about it that carefully or that that  deeply but like in the news you will probably  

not hear about uh like Dodge and the military at  the same time all right also Dodge can have more  

of a it's like like the quick movement and evade  is like it's more it doesn't sound like it's it's  

like cowardly or whatever so like if you dodge  something that could be saying like oh you didn't  

like why didn't you answer the question why did  you dodge the question why didn't you uh answer  

the question so again you will learn as you get  more examples of those things uh it's really up  

here so helping you understand the specific  meaning of Dodge rather than evade all right  

and so when you get these different examples as  you see them in context and that's why it's so  

important to get lots of examples okay so if  you just if you get a a dictionary definition  

of something you will feel maybe 50% confident  or 60% confident but if you get 10 different  

examples and you really understand oh like I can  see why I understand why someone said Dodge over  

here but they said evade over here okay so it's  a long explanation uh but again this idea is it's  

kind of up here for part one where we really  want to feel confident about using the vocab

uh let's see okay uh let's see edin Edson says hi  there from Brazil it's hard to practice English  

when you don't have a practice partner to do  that uh I'll mention this again just talking  

about practice because it's related to number one  up here uh and that is you don't really practice  

your English by speaking with other people I know  that sounds like a weird thing to say uh but you  

actually practice like I just explained before  by getting lots of varied examples so I call  

this naturally varied review but in the same way  that you need to get lots of examples and it's  

varied because if you just get the same example  again and again that's just repetition and it's  

not helping you understand the vocabulary any  better what you really need is a very strong  

understanding and that's why when we get a whole  bunch of examples like Dodge versus evade then we  

really feel very strongly and very confident that  we know that vocabulary well okay so the goal is  

again number one this video assumes you're taking  some vocabulary that you already know very well so  

if you have a doubt about it like do I should I  use Dodge or evade that is a doubt okay so that  

would mean you just don't know that vocabulary  well enough to use it and you should get more  

examples of that thing all right so I'm trying  to lay this out logically for people so they  

understand kind of what what part or what what  section they are uh for developing fluency so  

again fluency implies that you know something well  enough to use it but you still might struggle to  

use it for various psychological reasons all right  let's see Elder says you draw some kind of sinuso  

or camel hump yes uh so that that that was just  an example before about like the kind of range  

where we feel comfortable we we typically feel  comfortable within a range of doing something all  

right I was just using money as an example because  a thing that most people deal with even if you're  

not learning a new language all right uh let's  see I've improved a lot following throughs advice  

so you would say like advice advice uh to unlock  my speaking glad to hear it all right hello from  

Brazil yeah lots of people from Brazil what time  is it there uh what time is it here it is 10:30  

on Monday morning in Japan CED says hi from Saudi  Arabia in the Middle East but teacher is clearly  

speaking uh an idea very like this for me yes  I'm I'm being intentionally uh clear so people  

can follow what I'm saying all right xdl is back  all right just back my homeland kind of Spring  

Festival the Chinese New Year yes uh actually  in Nagasaki we have uh lanterns that are being  

put up for the Lantern Festival that's uh early  February I think Andre says question about on  

the other day you explain that we should think in  situations not rules and you gave us the calendar  

example how about when it's an app calendar isn't  the calendar in a squared box all right uh Andre  

that's a good question and uh I'll I'll explain  it very simply like this uh often the vocabulary  

we use it comes from like older situations but we  still continue to use it as an example you might  

have uh a radio or even we'll just draw like an  old television set now I don't know how old you  

are but but old televisions they used to have we  there was no remote control and you would have  

little dials on the television that you would turn  there would be one dial for the channel maybe one  

dial for the volume and you would you would turn  something on or off or change the channel that way  

all right so that's why you hear people talking  about turn the channel so turn the channel or  

turn the TV on or off because we're physically  turning a button now even though we might have  

a smartphone does that fit in there so you have a  smartphone and you're just swiping your finger on  

that you swipe something or Tap a button we don't  say tap it off we just say turn it off okay same  

idea but this is why we would have vocabulary  where uh even if we're talking about something  

being on a certain date I mean typically even in  an app you would have uh like calendar days like  

this and something would still be happening on  a certain date okay so we could have something  

within a certain time but typically on a certain  date all right but again this is why we would  

have vocabulary it seems weird that we would say  like turn something even though we're not turning  

anything but that's how we develop the vocabulary  and typically the vocabulary stays even though the  

situation might change a little bit all right  so when you uh I try to teach people about the  

history of things like that so they understand why  happen uh studying phrasal verbs is a great way to  

learn that as well all right let's see Sam says  anyone here who wants to be my partner can learn  

spoken English we can talk express our opinion  yes uh you're welcome to meet each other uh as  

certainly fine if you want to do that but if you  really want to get fluent as fast as possible just  

get more examples that's really going to be the  fastest way you get fluent like if I'm trying to  

become a professional basketball player I would  love to like practice with a professional coach  

uh or someone who can you know give me lots of  examples of how I should be playing the game or  

playing with really good people uh rather than  people at my level I want to be going up to a  

higher level of people uh and then that that's  going to help me improve much faster uh Pleasant  

Prairie on the Illinois border 50 minutes from  Chicago says Nils oh okay from Morocco teacher  

I want to know how to think in English well all  right so this video is kind of talking about  

thinking in English uh and part of that is again  knowing the vocabulary really well so what most  

people do is they're learning English through  their native language and that's why they don't  

feel confident and they have doubts and questions  about the language and they often still think in  

their native language but if you learn English  as a first language and you erase the doubts  

about vocabulary or pronunciation or grammar then  you're thinking like a native so the whole point  

of this like I'm giving you these examples here um  rather than me giving a definition of something I  

want to show you different examples and help you  understand the vocabulary like a native because  

that's when you think like a native so when you  think like a native you speak like one uh let's  

see Charles again uh from Spain finally be able  to watch a live in years welcome Charles uh let's  

see uh Ellison says I understand pretty much  everything Drew says event in speed two uh even  

in speed two but I was trying to watch Mission  Impossible and sometimes there are a lot of words  

I can't pick yes so I'm speaking differently than  how movies and uh like TV actors or even people  

regular natives in everyday life would would  be speaking and so what we do in a program like  

fluent for life is we take you from understanding  what I say to understanding what natives say and  

actually being able to understand that vocabulary  and communicate fluently uh all right let's see  

yes Brazil a lot of Brazil over here Milton uh you  are totally right sometimes we learn learn a new  

word and the meaning but not know how to use it in  a phrase and which preposition it goes with yes so  

again the the point is to know the vocabulary  so well that you feel confident about using it  

all right that's that's like the bare minimum for  good communication and most people do not get to  

that level and that's why they continue to learn  more but struggle to speak all right uh let's see  

ello says teacher I live in lot lots people in  Brazil over there I think half of Brazil is on  

this video right now look at that all right uh  look at that uh Nikita from Siberia wow it must  

be cold up there uh hello everybody uh let's  see I remember you also enjoy the movie called  

The Man From Earth I have a doubt about these  sentences a touch of senility a scholar of all  

we spoke about yes uh I don't I don't really want  to take time to explain those but you can you can  

Google those things to find them out typically  I just want a quick example like to be scile  

means you're getting a little bit older and more  forgetful all right but look for those things wow  

Rosetta Stone is watching this oh my goodness I  think we are very few even though you have more  

than a million followers well I also don't uh I  don't tell anybody these are happening so YouTube  

tells people they're happening uh and most people  just watch them later they don't watch them live  

so yes a tax evader that's right so there there  are different legal definitions for Words too  

you could be like tax uh tax avoidance or tax  evasion those are two different things one of  

them is legal and the other is not kayada says  hello nice to see you there big big love from  

anag Kumar hello from Rock and Roll City all right  Juan Carlos all right let's get into it then so uh  

as I mentioned there are a couple of simple steps  you can use to start it's almost like exercising  

a little bit where you're stretching yourself  you're getting comfortable using vocabulary

in your sentences and in your conversations and  in your writing so let's talk about that very  

simply we're going to go through five things  and you can do this anywhere you don't need  

a speaking practice partner really to do these  things obviously if you're if you're trying to  

speak usually it means uh you have some way or  some some situation where you would be speaking  

maybe you're speaking at work or you talk with  uh customers or some people online however you  

speak with people uh but in general you can  get pretty comfortable with using vocabulary  

by yourself all right so as I mentioned very  quickly so step number one this kind of pre-step  

is really to make sure you know the vocabulary  well enough to feel confident about using it  

if you have any doubts about the vocabulary uh  this stuff is is going to be less less helpful  

uh because you don't really have these problems  the actual problem is up here okay all right let  

me make sure all right we're still working  over here all right uh as I mentioned in uh  

what was that like two videos ago I was talking  about visualization which is the first thing I

recommend so I learn uh learn a new word uh let's  say I learned the word evade just was we had that  

earlier if you have any new words you're learning  or things that uh even if you're still stuck up  

here with them where you really don't feel very  conf about it that's fine but if you have uh  

some new vocabulary you're feeling uncertain  about like the touch of senility uh let's say  

I hear something like that I have like a touch  of something like that so there there a couple  

different pieces of that specific vocabulary a  touch of means a little bit of something just a  

just a touch of something I don't I don't want  to have like a big amount of that I don't have  

a really big problem with forgetting things like  I'm getting too old just Just a Touch just a just  

a little touch of senility so the first thing I  want to do is visualize myself using these things  

all right very simple I could visualize like  even if I feel nervous in the visualization uh  

I'm like if I'm visualizing myself speaking  with someone else all I want to do first is  

just visualize myself saying these things very  simple so I'm I'm I could be practicing anything  

I could be practicing saying like evade or a  touch of cility or any other word or phrase  

that I'm learning uh but this is before I even  start saying anything so I'm going to make it  

very easy for my mind just to get used to this so  in the same way we talked about visualization for  

pronunciation Improvement you can do the same  thing with vocabulary so I'm trying to take  

things that I know and just I could I could  take examples that I get from other people or  

from a textbook or something it doesn't matter uh  uish is another good way to get lots of naturally  

varied review and varied examples of things and  you're just listening to yourself or you could  

be listening to other people say those things in  your mind okay so I just want you whatever the new  

vocabulary is you can do this anytime even if you  don't have anyone to speak with it's just a nice  

simple relaxing way you're not putting too much  pressure on yourself to like like typically the  

you might know a vocabulary whatever whatever the  word is uh but if you have to stand up on a stage  

and start saying that thing you will probably  feel very nervous about that so again we really  

want to make sure we take this step by step make  it very easy for you to re to recall something  

to to use it to feel confident that you will say  it so if you can visualize yourself saying that  

thing like watching yourself on a movie screen  and you actually see wow like you're doing that  

thing okay so you could you could see yourself  doing that thing or you can actually like imagine  

yourself doing it not like you're on a screen but  you imagine yourself doing that so these are all  

different ways I can practice saying something in  my mind all right just to get my mind used to like  

yeah look at that like I'm able to do that kind  of thing I think I told a story uh years ago about  

uh a guy I forget what book I read this in but  it was a guy who uh when he was young he didn't  

have much money and like his mother would like to  take him shopping and she would look at you know  

nice stores uh and just do window shopping this  is where you look from the outside of the store  

through the window at some kind of display so  maybe they have some coats or something like that  

and you look at the display of the window and  you see the the nice things that they have but  

this mother was always saying you know we can't  go in there uh because we don't have any money  

so the boy kind of learn this lesson about oh I  guess we don't have much money uh as he got older  

though he realized I need to Now train my mind to  think the opposite way and as an example like he  

would go to a like a really nice hotel even if he  couldn't stay at the hotel yet he would just sit  

down in the lobby or he would get some food at the  restaurant at that hotel and he felt like wow look  

at that like I'm actually here so it's it's a a  similar way of of kind of preparing your mind to  

accept something uh and we're doing the same thing  just with vocabulary hopefully that makes sense  

all right see if I uh missed any comments up here  as we continue to do this uh but hopefully this  

makes sense where we we really want to just take  the vocabulary we already have and we're kind of  

rehearsing mental rehearsal where we're watching  ourselves do this or we're mentally uh again like  

you're seeing yourself on a movie screen or  you're actually imagining yourself doing that  

yeah both of those are fine all right uh let's  see wow nice teaching is good glad to hear it  

all right you know uh what we got listening test  and University exam but was way much formal like  

news talker that involves many subjects such  as military politics sound really tough uh does  

that kind of test help well if you're learning  specifically that vocabulary for you know if like  

you're if you need to understand the news then  you should understand that kind of vocabulary  

but if you need to have everyday conversations  with people then you need to learn a different  

kind of speech but you'll notice it's different  English it's different vocabulary different way  

of speaking uh so it just depends on what your  what Your FOC is uh well uh but guys back here  

your video on speaking about such a seemingly  simple subject like a pen for 20 minutes is a  

great way to practice fluency I certainly would  start doing this yes uh so even even this like  

it's a pretty small like subtopic but you could  expand it into quite a bit of a lesson which is  

what I'm doing here uh but I have a few few videos  I think I talked about that where I was talking  

about shoes or a pen or something like that just  showing you that you actually can take something  

in expand your ability to speak about it uh okay  some other examples over here so we got Serpent  

versus a snake uh a wimp versus a Cy word merge  and combine yeah so again those are other things  

where I would recommend you get more examples  of them uh and typically we have this like like  

I gave the example before this is called a ven  diagram a ven diagram where we have something  

like Serpent and then snake over here so this  knowing what the what the vocabulary means and  

what would be appropriate for the situation  that's what we get up here that's why it's  

so important to spend a lot of time getting many  examples about things hearing them from different  

speakers seeing them in different context and  this might not always be possible you know if  

you're in a conversation and you hear something  you can always ask the person uh but again uish  

is a good example uh that's a site you can use  for that but in fluent for life this is what  

what we do also we want to give you different uh  examples different context of things especially  

with grammar uh because that's more difficult  typically than uh even learning vocabulary like  

this but when you compare different things like  this uh chat gbt Google can also help like what's  

the difference or when would we say uh serpent  rather than snake so as an example uh a snake  

is like a particular kind of animal but a serpent  might be something even like a mythical creature  

like a Dragon someone might call that a serpent so  like a large snake so you can think about like uh  

serpents and then a snake is like a subcategory of  that all right so there's sometimes when you can  

use both or just one or just the other all right  so if you're looking for things like that if you  

have specific words like that's a great thing to  ask chat GPT or Google uh like when would you use  

this word or what is the difference between  a serpent or a snake but I would I would go  

deep like even having a conversation with chat  GPT about something like that so if I say hey  

chat GPT what's the difference between a snake  and a serpent and they you know chat gbt might  

explain something and I say oh that's interesting  like tell me more about this or could you give me  

examples of when uh I would say serpent but not  snake or the opposite all right so again this  

is the kind of training you can do uh most of the  hard work excuse me uh excuse me most of the hard  

work is done up here uh where if you really get  good lessons or you get good examples that help  

you understand something very well then it's much  easier to work in the vocabulary but if you still  

have doubts I would go back up here uh let's see  all right hi I think I'm in the English bottleneck  

at the moment what would you like to take some  positive advice for in thing I don't know quite  

if you're offering advice or if you're in the  uh if you're looking for help hi from France  

it's the middle of the night over there nice to  see you MC over there all right Alberto says my  

vocabulary started improve in the moment I watched  movies with Legends in English well it sounds like  

something you're interested in if you like movies  with different Legends then keep watching more of  

that uh you will also find that that vocabulary  can be useful in other subjects so if you find  

something you're interested in uh continue to do  that there all right hopefully this makes sense uh  

so visualize uh is the first thing we're going to  do the next thing we're going to actively try to  

add this vocabulary by writing so this is going  to be writing one where we just take examples  

and we just write one simple sentence with that  thing in it and we could do this multiple times  

uh with different examples but just to keep  this video moving here it's actually a pretty  

simple thing uh where we want to just write the  example so let's say like I saw a giant serpent  

in the sky now we could take an example that we  find from somewhere else and just write it the  

exact same way or we could change the sentence  in some way uh let's see or let's see I saw  

a giant serpent uh I don't know in the ocean  all right so just to change it Ocean or in the

sea this is just to get confident and comfortable  of using comfortable with using the vocabulary so  

we just want to try writing those things down  all right should be pretty simple to understand  

all right next we're going to do writing again  I wanted to break these up into two different  

things just because I really want to make these  steps easy for people to use so number three  

we want to do writing again but this time  we want to practice responding to someone  

with the target vocabulary so you could think  about someone else as like uh like what did  

you see because we want to prepare ourselves  for the kinds of things people would use in  

conversations and again just like we're doing  this uh which we could do with visualization  

as well but we're just getting examples what  did you see so that could be a question from  

someone else uh and this it doesn't need to be  a question like a person could say something  

and we're just responding to that so it could  be an answer answer or we're just responding  

this is just an example of a question  and answer what did you see I saw a giant

serpent I saw a giant serpent I saw a giant  serpent so we could get a couple of different  

uh things like this the only difference here is  that one for writing one we're just trying to  

practice writing something uh just so we get  used to using it and then writing two we're  

trying to simulate more how we would respond to  someone else in a conversation and you could keep  

this going you could imagine like person a says  something and you are person B so you respond  

uh and then you're just doing this in writing  you could even have a conversation in this way  

about that thing but the point is it will get  you used to using these things okay so very

simple any questions about  that let me check chat here all

right uh right uh let's see takumi says hi  I'm just walking and attending your class  

as a podcast glad to hear it enjoy the show or  I guess enjoy the the audio the audio program  

all right see says I am trying to implement your  teaching method in my daily routine so I always  

make a list of questions right after I watched  a movie uh so I can imagine the situation what  

do you think yes so that's a great way to do  it anytime you can Implement so you can use  

something that's what we're talking about like  working these things into our conversations uh  

this is where we would start trying to do that  so you can after you watch a movie or if you  

have questions about some TV show or a podcast  or whatever uh yeah it's a great idea to write  

things down so writing is also helpful up here  as well this is the same kind of thing but uh  

this is really focused practice where we just  want to get we want to break that psychological  

uh barrier or that issue we might have with just  feeling uncomfortable or feeling lazy or feeling  

nervous or whatever about using vocabulary but  remember it's really really important up here  

first to know that vocabulary very well if you  have doubts go back to the vocabulary itself  

get more examples of it make sure you really  understand the vocabulary when to use it when  

you would not use it those kinds of things uh  and again chat GPT or Google uh would be helpful  

for that uh chat GPT is uh it's in it can make  mistakes sometimes uh so if you have questions  

you can ask like Google is better just because it  can direct you uh typically to people who already  

have answers for those things uh but again like  if I go to Google or chat GPT I will probably get  

like some interesting you know explanation  about something like that all right see if  

anything else yeah so chat chat GPT can be good  for learning English but again it's a different  

thing for like learning the language rather than  just getting good examples from native speakers  

so if I see something that's only text that's  going to help me learn some of the language but  

I really need examples from natives so I can hear  how the vocabulary sounds from different people  

in different tenses at different speeds um all of  those things contribute to me understanding the  

language better uh let's see I've been learning a  lot from you says Edson glad to hear it all leis  

says a lot of Brazilians in your live yes yep uh  we have a lot of Brazilians follows Alberto say  

okay answer that question already Maria says  hello from Dominican Republic nice to see you  

there Elena nice to see you there hello Drew when  are you going to let me let's see know your dad  

so I will practice a lesson with you Joseph says  uh when you mean writing is it writing sentences  

or paragraphs as a short story uh even just just  something very simple make this easy for yourself  

just write uh even something simple like I saw  a serpent or you could make the sentence kind of  

and this is something I do like just personally as  I'm learning Japanese is make funny sentences that  

are just it seems crazier and I do this with my  kids as well so instead of I saw a serpent like  

I ate I ate a serpent so I can imagine myself  like ah like look at this giant snake that  

I'm I'm about to eat all right now a serpent it  doesn't necessarily need to be giant but I'm just  

again visualizing it that way so I start using it  more confidently in my conversations okay so keep  

it simple if you want to write more that's fine  you could write a whole story about something uh  

but the point is just to use it in your writing  because that's really the first step to feeling  

confident about saying something and even really  simpler than that is just to imagine without even  

doing anything you just close your eyes imagine  all of this so I just want to practice writing  

it down I'm saying these things as I write them  I could be saying them in my mind or saying them  

out loud uh but that's going to help me feel more  confident about using them that's why I've really  

got kind of these two separate steps here uh for  two and three all right uh now number four now  

we should be feeling quite confident about using  these things in conversations and this is where  

we start speaking uh and at this point I really  want to look for ways to force this vocabulary  

into conversations so I will ask people like uh  like hey like you know I had a pet serpent when  

I was a kid so like people might not be asking  me about a particular vocabulary but I will  

force this vocabulary into conversations and I  will even explain that to people I just say oh I  

heard this new word and now I'm using it uh often  or using it a lot you will see this with kids too  

uh I think there's actually a video on YouTube uh  it's like a it's like a kid who's using the word

actually if you search like actually actually  kid that should come up actually let me see if  

that if that comes up I'm just going to look  for that myself here that was years ago but  

it should be available still yeah oh no no the  word is apparently appar make sure this fits over

here apparently so it's like a word that this kid  learned recently or something but he's just using  

a lot uh over and over again apparently this  apparently that apparently this you know uh but  

it's a funny video so if you look for not actually  apparently uh but you will find videos of of like  

kids especially if you watch kidss talking about  that uh as I talked about in I think my last video  

looking for kids so if you search video examples  of something rather than just like people talking  

about something kids talking about something so  kids talking about snakes or kids talking about  

something you will see simpler easier examples  of native speakers it's just kids but it's still  

native speakers talking about stuff and then you  can go up to higher levels so I I would do that  

like if I'm looking for information about how to  say something so kids talking about gardening and  

then adults talking about gardening okay so  this is uh it's a funny video where this kid  

is just saying apparently again and again uh  but you can do this in your conversations and  

so we want to try to force conversations uh or  not necessarily conversations but this is how  

we uh work in new vocabulary so it's it's more  difficult for you to try to be prepared and wait  

for some someone else to talk about something  so if my if I'm learning a word about like the  

word serpent or Dodge or evade uh I I want to  find ways to to do that that's that's part of  

this like simulation process up here so once  we've done this we can think about ways that  

we might use vocabulary in conversations how  would we work something in to a conversation  

so I could start a conversation and begin with oh  I saw an interesting movie about serpents I saw  

an interesting movie about serpents or uh and I I  could just make something up just like a I could  

I'm not lying but just like a friend a friend  of mine wants a pet serpent as an example all  

right A friend of mine wants to so you're you're  looking for ways to start conversations or because  

if you can control that it's much easier for you  to practice those things and that will get you uh  

much closer to feeling confident and comfortable  with the with the vocabulary all right so you  

notice the actual speaking is the last thing  we do number five up here is really just to

celebrate I want you to feel very proud and happy  that you used vocabulary don't ignore this step  

Don't evade it okay don't Dodge this step you  should be doing this thing and you should feel  

good when you say something even if you don't  say it perfectly don't worry about that ideally  

you would uh but if you don't just be have yeah  I I use that vocabulary so me as an example uh  

just thinking about something for like I I went  through all this when I was learning some new  

grammar point in Japanese uh what's an example  recently like like m versus m and so like for a  

long time I was I was I was just confused about  it like do I use them correctly so I want to  

visualize myself saying it I want to get examples  write them down make sure I understand what's a  

good way to use it and then I start speaking I  look for ways uh to use the vocabulary okay and  

then after I do it I feel great yeah nice work I  did it okay and so all of this will come together  

and slowly actually it can happen pretty quickly  uh but you will feel much more confident about  

using the vocabulary if you go through these  steps all right so this really should cover  

everything like everything you would need to to  speak fluently from learning uh not knowing the  

Vo vocabulary at all to feeling comfortable and  confident saying something in a conversation uh  

most of my videos talk about part one up here  but I thought this would be helpful for people  

especially if you're learning new vocabulary and  you want to just use more interesting things in  

your conversations or say something different  than you usually do so all those examples that  

we got so far in this video are great but this  is how you would apply that okay let me know if  

we have any questions I'll go back and check chat  again but this really should be a pretty simple  

process the point is to you're almost tricking  your mind into feeling confident about something  

so that when you actually do speak uh you really  don't feel nervous at all all right let me see if  

anybody had any questions let's see uh all right  the problem learning through movies is there a bad  

words yeah I don't know what you mean by that but  you mean like Cur curse words or whatever uh but  

yes like quote unquote bad words uh yes a part  of natural speech it's interesting cuz a lot of  

people actually like learning those words first in  a in a different language I remember Japanese kids  

when I came to Japan they were asking me like  all like what like tell us all the dirty words  

you know uh move says you're a good teacher  well I try the point is to make the language  

understandable so you feel confident about using  it all Bruno says uh Drew uh can you believe it  

I'm in a live concert but your class is way more  interesting what's the concert hopefully you're  

like a like a rock concert or listening to some  piano music or something I don't know what I'm  

more entertaining than but that's interesting XD  again I've learned a bunch of black slangs quite  

different from its original meanings yeah well  that's what that's really what slang is also a  

way to learn spoken English uh it's cool isn't  it uh it's cool yeah what you would say isn't  

it yes yes langang is useful uh slanging is what  connects you as a uh like a member of a particular  

group because that group uses that vocabulary  all right Alberto Drew has a good tone of voice  

with his pronun and his pronunciation is Crystal  Clean yes you would say crystal clear but very  

good crystal clear so Crystal if you think about  like holding a crystal glass you can see through  

it so it's Crystal Clear you can see through it  uh it's very easy to see through so it's easy to  

understand uh see again as actually as a matter  of fact yes you can use those as well apparently  

uh you're following what I'm saying all right I  want to raise my 15-month-old toddler bilingual I  

address to him in English and describe what I am  doing a around in English only what else should  

I do see one day to talk me back well I would get  more examples than yourself uh especially correct  

examples for kids are really important like little  kids have them watch uh the same things that  

native kids would be watching so like Coco melon  music videos or whatever so songs for kids shows  

for kids that will help kids especially watch  like old stuff like I recommend that more than  

newer newer content um but you can certainly find  lots of good music right on YouTube to do that uh  

and anything where you're learning like Frederick  will help you with that as well you can get that  

in the link uh in the description below this video  uh and yeah just get lots of good examples and and  

I as as a parent the most important thing you  can do is is learn with your child so a lot  

of parents in Japan as an example they just tell  their child hey you should learn English and the  

child is like why don't you learn English uh and  so like me like I'm telling my kids hey you need  

to learn English and learn Japanese and I show  them like I'm like learning Japanese and I write  

Japanese and things like that in front of them so  that they see I'm not being a hypocrite you know  

cuz kids kids are very smart like that um so like  a child like your child is pretty young uh less  

than 2 years old but those are important times to  uh listen to that music or those more basic sounds  

just make sure it's correct examples of things  uh mil says I thought a serpent was a fancy way  

to say snake well uh again get more examples go  go deeper into it I don't want to make this like  

the serpent video uh but you you will get any  and again when you when you answer questions  

it's like I thought this but it's actually this  that's where we're up here where we're really  

trying to understand vocabulary very well and even  natives will continue this process so you might  

know like you hear a serpent and then you hear  it in a different way and you think wow that's  

an I didn't know about that or that's a new usage  for me and so you continue to learn these things  

and you continue to deepen your understanding and  that's what enables you to speak more confidently  

and fluently all right Neils welcome back Among Us  episode says you are the best teacher in the world  

I appreciate your job thank you so much I learned  listening from your videos and your lessons more  

clearly glad to hear I don't know about the best  teacher in the world but uh if you find someone  

better let me know I'd like to learn from that  person if a serpent entered your house it's a  

bad Omen yes it could be or even just a regular  a regular little snake uh sylvana says I'm very  

grateful to you perfect Professor teacher a hey  hey yes yes I'm not a not a professor I don't call  

myself a professor I'm not a professor Joseph says  after doing that to learn a new word do I have to  

go over it again again from time to time yeah  typically uh if you if you learn something and  

you've gotten many examples if you don't review  it ever then you could forget the vocabulary but  

if you know it really well like me uh there's lots  of English that I don't use because I don't live  

in the United States but if I go back I would  the vocab vocabulary would come back to me very  

quickly so yeah if you if you know the vocabulary  well enough you should probably remember it  

without repeating it but uh I'm not suggesting you  like look at flash cards every day uh you really  

should be just getting lots of varied examples of  things to help you understand them very well and  

you should usually feel a kind of aha moment in  your mind when you know something really well when  

you really understand it you think ah like now I  got it and I will remember that forever you know

uh XD again uh somehow I just uh see say I'm just  wondering why American and British talk the same  

in different words and senses culture difference  so interesting yes well it's different places and  

we speak differently so there you go uh same  thing in in any place I mean even Japan has  

different ways of speaking uh United States has  different ways of speaking within the different  

areas and even older people and younger people  speak differently so that's part of the language  

part of life rapael says in Japanese schools are  computer labs used to practice English uh yeah  

there could be some people that do that I think  um and or some people use like apps or something  

like that they do what technology is good for  learning English uh like just the technology  

that's already available getting lots of YouTube  is a really great way to learn but I recommend  

you spend more time learning with real native  examples rather than lesson videos so you need  

to find vocabulary uh that natives are saying  and getting different examples of that so that  

you can understand what vocabulary really means  by getting different examples so as an example  

for me learning Japanese as I'm learning uh kanji  so kanji is like the written Chinese characters  

that now are part of Japanese written language  uh if I if I try to just get a translation of  

something like I learn like just like one kanji  and try to understand what that means it's like uh  

okay I could get an English definition of that or  translation but it's better for me to try hearing  

that same Kani in in different contexts or seeing  it in different words and after I do that oh look  

at that I understand I get the kind of core  meaning of that vocabulary as I learn it uh  

so this is the same thing you develop when you're  learning English as a first language rather than  

trying to learn it through your native language um  and so it's the the technology is not so important  

it's more how do you get examples of stuff and I  have not found an app really that helps and there  

could be something available I just don't know  um that's that's helping you do that but I it's  

most of the apps are they look pretty similar and  function in the same way where they're just giving  

you uh like translations of things and helping you  memorize the vocabulary I guess uh but they're not  

really helping you learn the vocabulary I mean  native English speakers are not using apps to  

learn new vocabulary unless it's you know studying  for I don't know some test or something like that  

but even that like that's usually not a very  good way to learn the vocabulary uh so I would  

look for real examples that's why we have videos  in fluent for life because we want people to see  

actual Natives and see like physical moving  examples of vocabulary so you understand it  

the same way native does that's how you start  thinking in English speaking in English all right  

all right looks like maybe we got to look at that  gather collect summon yeah so those like summon  

would be that's a different thing than Gathering  collect so if I want to if I'm like Gathering you  

know acorns in the forest or whatever or I could  be collecting them remember that there are going  

to be times where we where we use something  like if I'm gathering something uh I might  

gather something and then I'm going to use it for  something like if I gather some some seeds in a uh  

in a forest and then I and I eat them but if I'm  collecting something I could be collecting in the  

same way where I'm collecting some seeds to eat  them but I could be collecting something to keep  

that thing as well so gather gather typically is  like just the meaning of of of putting something  

together but uh collecting could be putting  something together and keeping that thing at  

the same time like if I collect stamps so people  who collect uh Pokemon cards or or collect you  

know baseball cards or something like that so we  don't talk about Gathering baseball cards because  

the point is not just to put them together we want  to like keep those things and display them or put  

them in a book or something like that so these  are the slight differences in the vocabulary as  

you learn them uh where you start thinking oh like  again up here now I have a stronger understanding  

of what that word means okay so then you know  know like oh okay I don't like people don't  

talk about like Gathering sports cards they talk  about collecting sports cards because the more  

important idea is keeping it not just like pulling  them towards you or or or putting them together  

uh and I think the other word you have was summon  uh and that's also a different thing where you're  

like calling something to you like I summon my my  child like hey come over here I'm summoning them  

so I could gather a group of people by summoning  them but those are two different ideas one is like  

the call of things and the other is actually like  having them be in the same place if that makes  

sense all right uh but I think hello to teacher  Drew says Bridget nice to see you there and eelen  

and nice thanks all right look at that I think we  got through everybody fantastic all right I'll go  

through a very quick recap if you have any final  questions let me know but the basic idea here is  

we have these two general periods of learning and  they could over lap a little bit but I I wanted to  

put this in some steps to make it a little bit  easier for people to understand this but the  

most important thing the foundation is really  understanding the vocabulary and you know you  

understand when you don't have any doubts so  if you feel confident about saying something  

then you can move on to step two which is how  do we integrate new vocabulary how do we apply  

new vocabulary how do we use new vocabulary in  our sentences okay and so these are the steps  

for doing that I recommend making this very  easy for yourself because people are lazy you  

know I know we get lazy sometimes and we're like  a don't like I'm used to saying the same thing I  

know I say it correctly it's very easy there's a  little bit of risk involved when people try to do  

something new and so that's why these steps here  should make it easier for you to use these things  

to begin applying them in your conversations but  it also assumes you already feel confident that  

he would say it correctly so if you don't have  any doubts just be uh visualize something try  

writing it you could write just simple sentences  but also have like a a response to someone else  

so how you would anticipate someone else saying  something in a conversation and that's when you  

can start speaking when you actually feel okay I  have this new vocabulary today I'm going to talk  

with my friends and I'm going to look for a way to  introduce this vocabulary into the conversation I  

could ask them a question about it I could make up  a story about it just to use the vocabulary or I  

could even say all right uh I need your help I'm  trying to like integrate some new vocabulary into  

my into my vocabulary my like active vocabulary  uh so I'm going to say this word a lot and like  

you could actually ask the other person like  hey I want to see how many times we can use  

this vocabulary and they will like turn it into  a game with you and start using it even more so  

if you're not feeling nervous about it you can  be confident saying hey like I learn this cool  

word I want to use it more they will play the game  with you okay and then obviously uh celebrate you  

should feel confident when you do that thing when  you use the vocabulary yes I did it even if you  

don't say that out loud in your mind take a moment  and congratulate yourself for using the new word  

or phrase all right hopefully this makes sense  uh these are the kinds of things that we do in  

uh fluent for life where we're really trying to  help you understand the vocabulary and then you  

can apply these same steps to start using things  we also teach a whole bunch of ways for people  

to meet native English speakers if you don't know  how to do that we show people how to do that the  

native way uh because lots of speakers are again  they do the typical kinds of things where they're  

looking for other Learners to practice with uh or  they're going to English language learning forums  

and these things are helpful but they're not as  helpful as actually practicing with natives uh  

and so once you feel confident you should be  feeling confident first but then we show you  

how to go out and use the vocabulary with natives  uh in the program so if you'd like help with that  

you can click on the link in the description below  this video and learn more all right uh last couple  

of questions here XD again uh for someone here who  want to learn English as a second one and want to  

translate don't do it yes I think probably most  people who are here are probably not trying to  

learn English as a second language but you never  know uh as for chinesey chinesey Fu I want to say  

the word cool and the Chinese word is nebi which  means the bum of a cow yes I would imagine I've  

never tried to study Chinese I know some of the  characters because as I mentioned those are also  

in Japanese U but yes if I'm trying to learn  Chinese I would probably want to get lots of  

examples in learn Chinese as a first language  and make sure I'm uh really pronouncing things  

well because you do have these different tones  in Chinese uh that are not in other languages all  

right uh if bad good egg refers to a person may  also use a spoiled naughty goodlook egg Al well  

we wouldn't talk well I mean you could actually  talk about like a spoiled a spoiled egg meaning  

like the egg is old and you wouldn't want to  eat that thing that's for any kind of old food  

uh but we wouldn't talk about like a naughty or  good-look egg like bad egg you have to think about  

the origin of vocabulary so if something is coming  from like we look at like oh that's like a good  

thing or a bad thing it might just come from that  uh that's where we get the the expression um and  

so in that case you could jokingly say oh that's  like a naughty egg but people probably wouldn't  

understand that reference because they are used  to and that's that's kind of what this is talking  

about as well like you introduce new vocabulary  people begin using it they all get comfortable  

using it and you can play with that vocabulary  a little bit um but if you say something that  

nobody has ever heard of and it doesn't sound like  it would fit like if I just randomly say like oh  

that's a naughty egg over there that people will  especially if I'm like a not a native speaker they  

will they will think what is he talking about but  if you're talking about in a conversation you're  

talking about Good Egg Bad Egg and I say oh well  that that's like a naughty egg in that way you're  

you're connecting that in the same conversation at  the same time and so you could do that so you have  

to be careful about how you're using vocabulary  because you want to make sure people understand  

what we're saying all right well says teacher you  I'm late yes we're we're almost done and let's see  

Abdul Kadir says teacher we want uh we went to  learn new words please no don't learn new words  

get to know the vocabulary you already have until  you feel confident saying it I know people always  

wanted to learn new words and this is why most  of the YouTube videos about learning English or  

learning about teaching new vocabulary because  people want new vocabulary but if you can't  

already speak fluently new vocabulary won't help  you okay so I know the natural thing part of this  

video is talking about the natural laziness we  have about using new things even though that's  

what everybody wants to learn it's h the mind  is a is a funny thing you know uh yes so focus  

on the vocabulary you know and then get really  good at using that by erasing the doubts that  

you have about that vocabulary all right Milton  says thanks for the live it's great to hear you  

speak and you gave us good examples and I learned  that you if you insecure so if you are insecure  

or if you're insecure about saying a word maybe  you need more examples of it before using it yes  

that's correct so like the the conversation is  not the time to start using words that you don't  

feel confident about okay that's what you're told  everyone tells you that like the typical advice  

is go out and speak even if you make mistakes  it's okay and I think that's bad advice because  

when we can actually like why wouldn't you  want to know the vocabulary well first it's  

easy to do because you can do this by yourself  you don't need to wait for uh you know for any  

anything like a person to speak with or to be in  a particular country or anything you can do this  

by yourself especially on YouTube but just get  lots of examples of the target vocabulary and you  

should get enough examples that you feel like ah  now I got it I really understand what I'm learning  

and I understand what the vocabulary means and  how to pronounce it how to say it when is the  

right time to say it you can get all the answers  to that just by getting lots of examples so you  

learned something very important today remember  that idea if you don't yet feel confident don't  

try to move on to this step where you're using  things just get more examples you should really  

feel confident first all right I highly recommend  that because if you don't do that you certainly  

can speak before you're ready but you will just  make yourself feel nervous and bad and and you  

will remember less and it will just make the whole  experience much worse you will get bad memories  

about speaking English rather than knowing the  vocabulary really well than getting into the  

conversation after you already know and practice  it then you really feel confident about speaking  

all right so take the time it's easy to do it by  yourself so just do that uh let's see yes unspoil  

can also mean like uncovered yes or it could mean  like unspoiled like like people have not been  

there like unspoiled jungle so it's like a natural  environment without uh kind of human contact or  

human influence can I download the vocabulary from  your pages for free I don't understand what you're  

what you're asking for if you just want vocabulary  lists just go find them just go to Google and  

type vocabulary list or go to chat GPT and get  vocabulary lists but those will not help you most  

likely become a more confident speaker all right  Tex says how many words have to learn per day when  

who is beginning learner uh it's not about how  many words you know it's how well you know the  

vocabulary so I I would rather learn one new word  a day but understand that word really well then  

try to learn 10 words but I don't remember them  or understand how to use them so the important  

thing is to really know the vocabulary well then  you can speak all right so don't worry about the  

number of words you should learn the point is to  understand the process of how you learn and then  

apply that to more vocabulary but you should feel  uh more confident if you're learning the right way  

uh ever watch Family Guy yes I know that show  uh if we can learn some words or sentences from  

it is apparently impressive and kind of help you  remember uh ever want to talk or speak funny fact  

at least for me yeah family guys I haven't seen  that show in a long time but I remember like one  

one joke that I remember from that show there  was uh like the main character Peter Griffin um  

he was talking with his wife and he said what did  he say he was like uh he's like my my father is  

a great philosopher my father is a great Phil my  grandfather was a great philosopher and his wife  

and you know they just show these like okay we're  going to go into the past and they show him his  

grandfather sitting in a in a chair while his  wife like his grandfather 's wife is holding a  

baby and trying to clean the house at the same  time and she says why don't you get a job and  

he says [Laughter] why I don't know why that's so  funny to me but yeah like I studied philosophy in  

in college and why why don't you get a job why  anyway I found that funny all right uh among us  

again sometimes I am confusing you would say I am  confused uh for this let's see Miss in un uh for  

example lucky unlucky misunderstanding yeah so I  hope you will understand my question yes the point  

is to get more examples of that uh rather than me  telling you that go get more examples like actual  

examples use chat gbt Google uh there's lots  of ways to get that like give me 10 examples  

of Miss and then something of un or whatever  that those are called prefixes and suffixes  

and you get more examples all right uh I think  we've covered everybody here thank you all for  

joining me hopefully you've learned something uh  really at least one person uh got got the really  

important idea that you should really feel  confident before you speak all right yes you  

found that funny because you understand him well  again like the the point of like a philosopher  

is like asking people it's like asking deeper  questions about that but he was just asking he's  

just saying why when his wife said why don't you  get a job so he was being a pH he's like why my  

grandfather was a great philosopher or something  I don't remember exactly what he said but anyway  

it was funny all right have a fantastic day uh  if you would like to learn more about fluent for  

life or Frederick you can click on the links  in the description below this video but get  

out remember number one is going to be the most  important thing I really want you to get lots  

of examples the whole goal is to understand the  vocabulary very well so that you feel confident  

about speaking let's see so learn 10,000 words a  till 10,000 you can speak 100% like a serpent yes  

you can try that and see how it works all right  have a fantastic day we'll see you next time

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