How Do I Practice My English To Speak Fluently?

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all right I think we're working I am Drew Badger  the founder of englishanyone.com and the English  

fluency guide welcome to another live video  here on YouTube uh we're going to talk about  

practice today and I thought this would be a  good thing to cover because a lot of people  

ask how they can do this and a lot of people  also think uh that they need to do things that  

they actually don't need to do like spending  a lot of time speaking uh with other people  

uh which is a little bit weird for language  learners but I'm going to talk to you about how  

you can actually do a lot of your practice just  by yourself so that will be the theme of today's

video and I expect this one uh might not be very  long unless uh people have lots of questions for  

me I wanted to keep this one a little bit  shorter nice and concise uh that's a good  

word for for you concise concise uh but hopefully  people are enjoying uh the video looks like we  

do have a few people there nice to see there see  bries Hello Annette uh it over there nice to see  

everybody all right we're going to get right  into it uh so I wanted to start today's video  

talking about uh a comment actually two comments  one was from a member another was from YouTube  

video uh and both of them were talking about how  at first they didn't quite understand something  

uh but then finally they understood it and they  felt really good about that uh and so that's  

kind of what I want to talk about in this video  where uh how people can actually understand things  

better and that's what's really going to help you  get fluent so I specifically I want to talk about  

the the second comment I think it was on a video  I made about uh what What's the what's what video  

was that I think it was my video about have uh  and explaining how it worked and so this person  

commenting I'm sorry I forget the name uh but it  was it was nice to see the comment uh so they had  

learned this grammar Point talking about have I  think maybe it was the present perfect some tense  

like that uh but they said how they had studied  it or tried to learn it you know they had spent 20  

years uh trying to so they start learning English  you know let's say this this span here has been  

20 years uh and so they learned something but  finally they understand it and now they can use  

it uh so that was a basic idea so I want to show  people that uh partly you can actually make this  

process much faster but the more important part is  that you can do this by yourself so I didn't have  

a conversation with anyone nobody was speaking to  me it was simply understanding the language better  

and so both of these people uh again one was a  member the other was just a a comment on YouTube  

but it's demonstrating the same principle so I  want to talk about how practice actually works  

what you're doing when you practice the language  uh and then how you can do this by yourself I'll  

give you some examples and if there's some other  things I can help people with on this video you  

can let me know all right uh so the basic idea  uh and this is this is probably it's one of the  

most important things anyway I'll explain uh  or that people should understand about English  

uh often people ask me I don't want to write the  whole question cuz my writing is not so it's not  

so clear uh but also it takes more time but the  basic question is how can I understand you or how  

can I understand a lot of English but still not  speak so let me answer that question very simply  

for people right at the beginning of this video  uh I've explained this in a few different ways  

but I think this might be helpful just to see it  visually for people here uh let's imagine here we  

have a kind of line here about how well you know  know some information uh and usually what happens  

when you're when you're learning a language you  begin uh with zero understanding of that language  

you don't understand it at all uh and the goal is  to get to really 100% And this this doesn't mean  

like knowing 100% of the language it just means  how well you know that vocabulary so for each  

word or phrase or grammar point this this little  triangle is is basically your head in some way  

so if you start learning something at first you  might hear it in a sentence so let's say your uh  

your understanding so this is basically how well  you understand some vocabulary so maybe you hear  

it at first uh you get maybe like up to this level  here but what's Happening Here is is your St your  

understanding is increasing hopefully moving from  0% to 100% uh and the the white space over here  

we'll just call this doubt so there's something  left that you don't understand that maybe  

you're unsure about it could be grammar or the  pronunciation how to use a word exactly so you  

might understand something a little bit you can  hear native speakers talking about it maybe you  

hear it a few more times you can feel pretty  good you understand something quite well so I  

want this this really to make the idea clear  that people uh you don't just understand the  

language or not it's really a matter of degree of  understanding uh and if you if you have a little  

bit of understanding of something uh but you still  have doubt then that's what's going to stop you  

from speaking okay so this explains why you can  know information so people often they say drew why  

do I know information but I can't speak typically  you still have some kind of doubt or uncertainty  

that stops you from expressing yourself okay  this is the basic idea so uh as soon as you get  

to 100% And this process doesn't need to take  a long time but the idea is that you really  

need to remove whatever doubt is stopping you  from speaking all right so remember it's easy  

to understand like you can understand what I'm  saying right now uh but when you're maybe trying  

to think about how to express it yourself you  have a doubt about something and that's what  

stops you from speaking okay hopefully so this  is a very core idea to understanding language  

learning in general um and this is typically  because people don't like making mistakes in  

front of others okay uh public speaking is a is  a it's like the number one fear for I don't know  

for many people or most people I don't know  the exact numbers uh but if you look at the  

top things that people are scared of public  speaking is one of those and obviously this  

is talking about me speaking in front of a group  of people like if if I'm too scared I can't do a  

YouTube video something like that uh but even  just talking oneon-one with someone if you're  

nervous about making mistakes you can still  understand what they say but you might have  

doubts because for some reason whatever that is  you know so you're uncertain about something so  

these comments that I got from uh one member and  just another YouTube comment was basically saying  

how they understood something a little bit before  and then finally they were able to fill in this  

whole thing because they eliminated doubt all  right and so at the moment right when this  

happens boom you know it you feel confident and  that's when you start speaking okay so you can try  

to start speaking here and this is usually where  people make mistakes so you say something I I said  

that wrong or you remember later oh why did I say  that in that conversation this has happened to me  

it happens to lots of people it's very common all  right but as you feel more confident by removing  

doubt this is when you actually start speaking  okay so the idea of practicing something is not  

really to to repeat things that you already know  because when you repeat things it's keeping you at  

the same level so if I understand like I just  know maybe I I I remember the uh like the the  

present perfect and I know okay it's this word  and then that word and I I have like a grammar  

formula or a sentence formula uh a structure in my  mind uh but I I don't really understand what I'm  

what I mean or what I'm talking about so I can't  really use it fluently so there's still a doubt  

there I understand when other people use it but I  still have doubt and that's why I can't speak okay  

so in order to practice the goal of practice is  to increase this until you feel confident enough  

to speak all right and this could be very quick or  it could be very slow so in the the two examples  

like one example was uh like the the member uh  so they had watched like some of our videos uh  

and then watch some more on YouTube and something  clicked in their head like ah like now I got it  

okay that that aha feeling where you actually  understand something so if you do that quickly  

you can do that in a minute or five minutes it  just depends on examples so I'll give you some  

of those examples in this video in just a moment  uh but this is the basic idea so when we think  

about practicing something practice actually means  that we feel more confident about using something  

because we understand it better so you don't  need to spend time speaking in order to do that  

you just need to understand the language better  okay I'll give you some moments uh excuse me in  

just a moment I'll talk more about this with some  examples uh and if you have any questions about  

things after I do those we can cover those as  well I'll just go through the chat right quick  

nice to see everybody out there uh let's see if  anybody has any questions so far Vincente from  

sa Paulo Dr Miriam nice to see you there n uh  you put it like you are not not English native  

speaker uh well this is it's it's if you're  talking about the the title of the video uh  

the basic idea is in the same way that I would  practice my English it's the same way anyone  

would practice their English also people might be  this is kind of a funny thing when you make videos  

about things like people will be searching for  how do I practice my English so I type how do I  

practice my English so often I would just say you  like how do you practice your English but in this  

case I'm actually doing the same thing as I learn  new English so I don't know the whole language  

there are lots of words and phrases and topics  whole sections of the language that I don't know  

but because I'm able to learn more I understand  this idea that if I want to speak about something  

confidently then I need to really understand that  thing okay so not just understand it a little bit  

not understand it where I can I can just kind of  understand I recognize information but I still  

have doubt okay hopefully everybody understands  this this is why you can understand but not speak  

okay there are different levels of understanding  and it's easier to to recognize information than  

to use information yourself because then you have  to make sure you say it correctly you have to know  

that information very well and that's why it's  always easier to understand most people have a  

higher listening level than a speaking level  for this reason I've talked about this uh uh  

in the past I can just add very quickly about  this uh I've talked about like the three levels  

of understanding and you can see that this is It's  a gradient like a gradation so it's not just like  

this or that like a binary um so basically this  this level over here uh this is exposure so when  

you're just getting exposed to the language over  here so maybe you hear something or it's not very  

clear but you can kind of hear and understand  something you don't really feel very confident  

about it yet uh let me make this clearer e p o s  u r e exposure to the language so you're getting  

exposure to the language over here uh around this  area here in the middle this is where you develop

awareness to be aware of the language means you  can recognize it and understand when you learn  

okay so when you hear people okay understand  what Drew is saying right now even if I can't  

say it exactly like he can it's okay but you have  awareness you recognize information okay but you  

might still have some doubt and so what you have  to do to get to the highest level and the highest  

level is just where you can speak fluently  and all this is uh is where you get to the

ownership what I call the ownership level where  you own the language you can control it all  

right at this point you can't really control the  language that that's why you're just listening  

to what other people say and you can understand  them but you just have doubt about something so  

if you eliminate the doubt you move up here to the  ownership level okay so let me continue checking  

chat and then we will go over some examples  these are actually just some interesting examples  

I thought I would talk about uh that are just  recently from my life uh because I I often you  

know when I'm not teaching you guys I'm teaching  like doing some translation stuff for people or  

helping my own kids learn the language so I have  to do the same kind of things for them all right  

uh let's see Davidson hello from Brazil fear let's  see nice see you there Osama hello teacher from  

Morocco Sergio good night uh let's see hack  Wizards Army hello I am did I join long time  

please tell whose scheduled day oh my goodness I  don't know what that means what are you talking  

about Andre says hello Drew hi Drew where can I  find your fluent for Life programs landing page  

will there be special offer soon uh if you'd like  to learn more about fluent for Life uh and for new  

people fluent for life is a program that actually  gets you here we help you own The Language by  

removing doubt it's really that simple uh but  you can click on the link in the description  

below this video to learn more uh Pablo says Hi  teacher Brazil here Daniel says Hi teacher do you  

think students should learn many idioms or is it  okay just to learn the most useful in daily life  

uh I would think about what you need for your life  specific specifically I focus on uh phrasal verbs  

because those are much more commonly used and  much more useful idioms are fine to learn but  

it's not necessary for you to speak uh although  it is nice if you can understand um when people  

are when people are talking uh let's see what I  where was I oh no I think what like did I how far  

did I get here okay all right dark Cardinal says  hello hello open sub sub titles yeah subtitles are  

created uh automatically by Google after the  video is finished so if you are watching this  

live it will not have subtitles uh but if you are  watching it later then the subtitles will be ready  

but it's not preparing subtitles immediately all  right uh so dark Cardinal says uh learn English  

in order to learn English buddy with a little  winky face ah very tricky over there yes I I know  

this is an odd thing for many people where they  say like well you have to understand English in  

order to understand the lessons like yes that's  that's kind of the point here what I do on this  

channel is helping people who understand a lot  of English but still have doubts that stop them  

from speaking okay so yes like I'm not trying  to teach you English in Japanese or Chinese or  

some other language uh because I want to make  sure people understand well hello Tom Hanks yes  

I've got lots of people who think I look kind  of like Tom Hanks I think maybe from like the  

Forest Gump era or something I guess s says uh  hello from the cursed and most miserable country  

in the whole world Iran oh no you guys stay safe  over there and bahadi says hello Amanda one thing  

that helps a lot is to record yourself speaking  about random things and listening to it uh yes  

that can help uh this is much more helpful because  it's much faster where you simply understand the  

language better you answer whatever questions you  have that stop you from speaking that's it so you  

don't need to record yourself you don't need  to speak with anybody else you just need more  

information that helps you understand something  and typically if you're trying to understand  

something and you don't know why it's happening uh  then you need to get some like more information or  

figure something out from a different angle  I'll tell you a very quick story about this  

I shared uh when was that on some video a while  back uh I was sitting at a coffee shop and there  

was a guy next to me so I was just at a Japanese  coffee shop and uh so I'm sitting on one chair  

he's sitting right next to me and I notice he  has a tablet I'm sitting reading a book and he's  

looking at a video on a tablet and I notice every  few seconds he moves his hand like this in front  

of the tablet and so I'm I'm looking at the video  or looking at my book but then I'm noticing him  

and I think oh wow he must have some kind of cool  motion control thing for his tablet so he's he's  

moving his fingers he's not touching the tablet  he's moving his fingers is kind of in front of the  

tablet like that and so I'm very curious to know  what he's doing uh I don't ask him I don't want to  

you know he's watching he's got headphones on or  whatever I don't want to disturb him but I'm very  

curious about that because I have a tablet and  it would be nice to not have to touch it I just  

move my hands in the gesture controls or whatever  um so I'm watching that and I think that's what's  

happening but maybe a few minutes later I noticed  that there's a little fly buzzing around his  

computer or buzzing around the tablet and that's  why he's doing that so it has nothing to do with  

the screen he's not controlling the screen or  anything he's just trying to get a fly to go  

away from the screen so this is an example of like  I see somebody doing something and I wonder what  

what's happening there so I've got some kind of  doubt like why is he doing that what's happening  

uh is he able to use motion control or is there  something else but as I get full information okay  

finally I know 100% ah it's a fly uh and that's  that's what's causing the problem and so here  

like this is a this is a perfect example of how  people are learning languages and like they hear  

something and they don't quite understand it they  understand a little bit about what's happening  

uh but when you remove all the doubt that's where  you feel like ah now I got it now I can speak okay  

hopefully that makes sense I think I'm looking  at the chat people are people are getting it  

uh but this is an example of the same kind of  thing where we need to get more information  

to help us understand something so usually what  people do uh instead of getting more information  

is they will have a word and then they will just  repeat that word again and again okay so whether  

that's uh reading it again in a book or you're  repeating yourself or you have a flash card or you  

record yourself speaking or whatever all of those  things are basically repetition that keep you here  

okay so the only way to move up here is to give  yourself new information okay it's pretty simple  

so instead of repeating something this is  why repeating is not really good practice  

it's just maybe it's helpful just a little bit  for how you would move your mouth or something  

uh but the basic idea is that you want to take  you know you're learning a new word instead of  

repeating it you want to get different angles on  that thing different stories hear different people  

talking about it get more information that helps  you understand what's happening because when you  

understand you eliminate the doubt you get to  that 100% understanding that's when you speak  

okay so in this uh this fly story uh the whole  process took I don't know maybe 10 minutes okay  

now if I saw the fly like right at the beginning I  I would know like instantly what what's happening  

here so what I'm trying to do when I teach  is make this as short as possible all right  

so you don't get fluent just by repeating things  again and again the whole point is to understand  

something completely and to make this this  process as fast as possible is everybody getting  

it I think people people understand me all right  let me go through chat we're getting more people  

nice to see everybody here all right uh let's  see here uh where did I let's see all right uh  

aresto says hello from Cuba Kirby says hello good  evening teacher ingred hello from Guatemala from  

Haiti I have a question remember you don't need to  tell me you have a question just post the question  

very easy Wellington says our professor from sa  Paulo Johnny nice to see there all right I'm not  

a native speaker then there are lots of people  use different sounds uh let me know what you mean  

exactly are you talking about pronunciation or  different accents or different words or whatever  

uh nurman says hello from Egypt how can I stop  thinking in Arabic you stop thinking in Arabic  

when you start thinking in English all right  and that's why I do all my videos in English  

so I'm not I don't focus on helping Japanese  Learners learn English through Japanese that  

would be a waste of time uh even if it's popular  for people it would not really help them speak  

what I do is actually help you understand English  in English that's the whole point so when you can  

understand English in English and you remove the  doubt you don't need to translate anymore so you  

stop thinking in your native language you start  thinking in English because you understand the  

Lang language very well uh okay let's see and  Norine says how but how to be confident this  

answers that same question so if you don't  understand something that's where you lack  

confidence but when you understand something  well you have confidence okay so the doubt and  

the confidence and the fluency it all comes from  you understanding the examples or whatever word  

you're learning not from you just repeating things  or trying to understand it through translations  

that kind of thing all right uh let's see all  right uh first time here amundo nice to see you  

there Drew fin L and follow your live stream yeah  I started a little bit earlier today all right uh  

and shaa says how to eliminate the doubt you  eliminate the doubt by getting really what  

I call fluency triggers uh and the basic idea  is just more angles on something that help you  

understand something in a different way I'll give  you some examples in just a moment I'm just going  

through chat to make sure people uh don't have any  questions I'm missing over over here all right oh  

no I'm skipping Around Here YouTube YouTube stop  doing that it keeps moving the chat I have to keep  

my finger on the phone to stop it from moving all  right where did I where did I go okay so dark gal  

says think in English what is the problem people  think in slang imagine the language of slang well  

it's it's the the only thing you have to do is  just understand the language better and by the  

language I mean the word or or grammar point or  whatever that you're trying to understand so if  

you can understand what you're talking about then  you will feel confident about it it doesn't matter  

if it's slang or whatever uh let's see Dan says uh  Drew you're the one that helped me the most with  

English glad to hear if you know other people I  can help then please send them my way matri says  

I'm from Indonesia Jane I can understand you're  speaking but my struggle is to speak it myself I  

found it hard to express myself yes so hopefully  you understand understand why this happens you can  

understand but you don't have enough understanding  you're still having some kind of doubt and that's  

what stops you from speaking that's the problem  okay all right uh let's see uh es Kim hello from  

Brazil hack uh which days do you teach often  I'm here usually Mondays and Thursdays Japan  

time around this time uh listening to you talking  teaches me how to say certain sentences yes uness  

the idea all right Dan I found you in 2017 and my  English just improved so much after finding your  

channel fantastic again if you know other people  uh we can help then please send them our way so  

the it's easy to explain why that is it's just  I eliminate the doubt that people have so I try  

to make the language very understandable so you  can understand it like a native English speaker  

and that's when you speak all right hello people  from Brazil here yes that's true from India see  

people from Colombia I'm going to try to go  through these uh looks like like people enjoy  

that story all right hello and people let's see  how long did it take you to learn Japanese well  

I'm still learning it now but the difference was I  used to learn Japanese by studying it as a second  

language through English and once I started to  understand Japanese like this once I understood  

this principle that I need to understand English  or excuse me Japanese like a Japanese speaker then  

I got fluent much faster and so again the point  is to eliminate any doubt you have and do that as  

quickly as possible that's how you can get quickly  uh fluent very quickly without spending a lot of  

time uh studying rules and things like that so  the point is to to understand the grammar but  

not necessarily to study it if that makes sense um  okay look at I think I got like a bunch of bunch  

of comments over here all right oh know there are  too many too many comments now all right we got  

to be quick uh going through this all right uh  Jo says according to other YouTubers that were  

also teaching English fluency that it's essential  to know cultures in order to get fluent like for  

example American Australian and British cultures  yes but you learn that automatically when you when  

you learn like a native so you there's it's not  like a separate you don't like study culture as  

a separate thing it's you study the language  as you study the culture you study the culture  

as you study the language it's one thing so when  you're learning with me if you listen to me right  

now you're getting a little culture you're getting  a little vocabulary grammar pronunciation all of  

these things are mixed together so the same way  I would uh like teach my teach my kids so when  

natives are learning that that's how they're doing  it so you should be doing more uh learning English  

the same way a native does uh tell me about your  native language I don't know if you're talking me  

or not my native language is English Wellington  at the beginning I thought the professor is so  

slow today after I vared video speed was 1175  I put on time now way says greetings from China  

Sergio Leon says AAS espanol I know a little bit  of Spanish but not much I can understand some but  

I don't have enough confidence to speak because  I still have lots of doubt about how the language  

works all right I'm going to go through these  quickly summer good morning I was taught when  

I was at University to learn a lot of texts then  quantitative knowledge becomes qualitative and you  

start talking could you please say a phrase for me  that uh this is a compound okay uh yes I mean the  

the simple way to explain language learning is  just remove the doubt that's it you know I mean  

that's the core idea because if you have doubt you  won't speak it's that simple all right uh let's  

see as an Indian how can I learn English without  forgetting it well the same way you would learn  

uh any language or the same way anyone else would  learn English by eliminating the doubt so I I'll  

get to exactly how that works in just a moment  I'm just going through the chat what is the best  

way to advertise the Ferrari sweater I see let  me uh hide this user on Channel all right let  

me see here yes don't spam the channel uh let's  see my mother tongue is a Creole in French yes  

you would say my mother tongue not my mother's  tongue as then you're talking about your actual  

mother's tongue rather than just uh your mother's  tongue that's interest okay you guys speaking to  

each other I think uh I think well Kirby let's  see uh remember if you if you get remember I'm  

going through lots of chat to answer people's  questions so if I get people complaining that  

I'm not answering fast enough they're going to get  kicked out of the chat Pablo says teacher I need  

to make progress for Teacher what do I need to do  I have lots of focus speaking or listening uh just  

understanding the language better all right uh  I'm going to go and see if there's anything else  

pardon me if I don't answer every question  but I'm just trying to go through make sure  

uh I get through anybody else that doesn't  have all right people like my accent people  

complaining about math all right gotcha all  right so let me go through a few examples of  

uh these are just things in my daily life uh  and these are some examples recently uh like  

helping my own children understand English so I  uh first example is my daughter my older daughter  

Arya uh I was sitting on uh this we'll just  imagine like this is a like a little uh sofa  

here a little couch uh so I'm sitting here uh and  there was some other stuff on the sofa and Arya  

wanted to sit down too uh and she said could you  could you could you make a room could you make a  

room could you make a room so I'm sitting here  I'm taking this area and there's I don't know  

something else some laundry or some stuff on the  on the sofa as well so she she said to me could  

you make a room could you make a room and I said  oh you want me to to make like here's a room over  

here like we're going to make a room here's  a little table uh and a light and a chair and  

other things like that you mean that like to make  a room make a room and I understood what she meant  

but this is me giving her like a little moment of  understanding there like oh make a room to make a  

room means like this like I like you're asking  me to physically make a room when what you mean

is could you make room all right so she wants  me to to move some of this so she can sit down  

all right and so here I'm trying to help her  compare something rather than try to explain  

her rules about well we have like a versus the  or whatever just giving her the difference if  

you say could you make a room you're talking  about like making a physical room like I'm  

making a dollhouse or something like that but to  make room just means to give yourself some space  

all right so if you're asking someone uh like  could you please make some space or something  

like that like you could say the same thing could  you please make space could you please make space  

now this one is a little bit tricky uh if we  use the word space instead of the instead of r  

because space is just it's kind of a general  area uh but we can also talk about making a  

Space all right or we could say some space  all right so it's the same idea we don't but  

but this is because a room is actually like a  thing you could make like people have an idea  

of a physical room uh but space is not like you  don't have like space doesn't mean a particular  

box or a size or something it's just kind of a  general thing space so that's why uh we we can  

say could you make room or we could say could you  make a space okay so we can talk about this kind  

of general area oh here let me let me make some  space for you let me make room for you okay so  

this is one example like the the point of this is  not to just tell someone the rules the point is to  

help them understand and often I'm doing this by  comparing different things all right so uh again  

what I'm trying to do with my with my daughters or  with you when I'm teaching is to help remove doubt  

to help you understand the language better because  when you understand when you think ah now I got it  

then you can speak so now you can say oh like  could you make room and you understand oh it's  

a little bit funny if I say could you make a room  oh you you want me to make a room you want me to  

like build a room for you no no no you want me to  just make some make some space make some room for  

all right very simple example uh but hopefully  this is just one one simple example of like I  

don't I don't want to just like take this word  and repeat it if I just say okay repeat after me  

could you make room could you make room could  you make room I want people to understand why  

something works when you understand why then you  remove the doubt okay so this is what I call a  

fluency trigger so I'm taking two different ideas  I'm contrasting them and helping you understand  

okay hopefully this makes sense if you still have  questions about this idea uh and yes you might  

still need a few more examples but hopefully you  get the basic idea of what's Happening Here If I  

say make a room I'm talking about this but if  I just say make room I'm talking about General  

space for this example and the reason we can say  could you make a space or could you make space or  

could you make some space you can also say some  room as as well could you make some room cuz  

then we're still talking about uh talking about  some area so it's not like a particular thing  

it's just some area Okay so this is one example I  will share some more let me check chat make sure  

people are following they're picking up what I'm  putting down let's see summer says sorry D have  

difficulties with pronouncing the word compound  ah well again like a word like that by itself  

depends on the meaning so you could have compound  like compound like compound like a physical space  

like a compound like a building or a bunch of  buildings that's a compound but you could have  

like compounding like a problem is compounding  getting worse so the pronunciation of words uh  

I had this this same example with my uh with my  older daughter Arya also I was talking about the  

word read okay I said look at this word read re  e a d read now what's interesting is we can also  

have this mean read it's the same word the same  spelling but the pronunciation changes depending  

on what we're talking about okay so we have like  I read a book yesterday or now I am reading the  

book okay so uh as you get more examples that  help you understand the language better this  

is the practice that gets you fluent so notice  right now if you're understanding what I'm saying  

if you're feeling more confident about something  like this this is just one example uh but the idea  

here is that we're we're talking about like do  you understand or do you feel more confident did  

you remove more doubt about it uh and sometimes  you might need more examples and that's okay  

but you understand the goal is to remove the  doubt not to speak you don't become fluent by  

repeating something again and again you become  fluent by understanding it better that's what  

gives you the confidence to speak because you  use it correctly if you don't think you'll use  

it correctly you won't say it all right I think  people are people are getting the idea though all

right uh also if you'd like to learn uh more  vocabulary and you'd like to hear me pronounce  

words you want to learn how to pronounce them  like I do get Frederick you can click on the  

link in the description below this video to learn  more about that uh but that will let you hear  

me anytime you like pronounce over 2,000 words  and sentences so if you'd like to sound like me  

that's how you can do it uh Kirby again thank you  teacher for correcting my mistake mother tongues  

are Creole and French excellent very nice all  right Graz says is there any other way to make  

some space yes uh if you're talking about ways of  expressing that sure uh but I just I don't want  

to spend a lot of time talking about this one  example but this is one way to talk about doing  

that I think someone mentioned uh like move over  or scoot scoot over excuse me move over or scoot  

over so this is a little bit different it's it's  asking for someone to to create some space here  

but you could tell someone hey could you move  over or could you scoop over so scoot is like  

you're just kind of kind of moving a little bit  you're not like you're not getting up and moving  

you're kind of sliding a little bit like that to  scoot over or to move over so there are different  

ways to express this same thing and that's another  thing you learn as you just focus on one situation  

and you understand when to use vocabulary this  is how you get fluent in this situation there  

are different ways of expressing this so I could  say hey could you please so if I want to be polite  

could you please make some room could you please  make room could you make some space could you  

make a space could you move over could you scoot  over or you can just say may I sit down and often  

people will maybe they will move their stuff or  something like that or another way of expressing  

this is do you mind so do you mind if I sit down  like do you care is it a problem for you do you  

mind if I sit down or do you mind if I sit here so  we have one situation the the grammar that I was  

just trying to focus on with my daughter is the  difference between make room and make some room  

so we have another we have a book called Room on  the Broom so another book that's talking about  

that so here's a a broom here uh and then we have  a like a witch on the Broom so she's sitting up  

there and then the story is about these other  animals that also get on the room or on the  

Broom excuse me uh so there is space available on  the Broom so the book is about do you have room  

like do you have space we don't say a room we  say do you have room okay so we're just talking  

about is there some kind of space available where  I could sit and so at the end of the book there's  

a frog and a dog and a bird and a cat also  sitting down uh on that broom okay but the  

point is the more examples you get the better  you understand that thing and it's not about  

repeating something it's just how you understand  something can you understand it well or not

uh let's see m is interesting all right dark  Crystle again set yourself up to think in another  

language to do this increase your vocabul listen  to a lot of speeches and language in which you are  

tuned yes like this is kind of general advice  about language learning but this is the only  

advice you need eliminate the doubt that's it if  I could just make that very simple like like yes  

it's nice to listen to speeches or other things  like that but it's it's just kind of General vague  

advice it doesn't really get to the to the heart  of the problem which is I still am not sure about  

what I'm saying that's it if you are sure about  what you want to say then you will speak that's  

how you speak that's it all right uh so yes it's  helpful to do those things but uh less helpful  

than just eliminating the doubt all right teacher  the Godmother of my child is who for me uh it's  

just the Godmother of your child there's no like  relationship there uh or at least like maybe you  

could call that but like uh it's just the god like  a God parent of your child that's it J says what's  

up teacher I love your lessons I'm from Brazil  glad to hear it uh I like to help myself by the  

IPA when I read the dictionary to understand  the pronunciation of some words uh yes you can  

do that uh again we can help with pronunciation  in Frederick all right uh Habib says the most  

beautiful teacher well I don't know if I've been  called beautiful before but there we go uh let's  

see I can use make room to make someone feel  comfortable or just make some space yes you're  

well you're not trying you don't like make them  feel like emotionally comfortable I I mean you're  

you're I guess you're you're being friendly but  the idea of making room just means making physical  

space but you can see how we we can take this idea  and extend it or apply it in a figurative way so  

let's say I'm a single guy uh like right now I'm  busy I don't have any room room in my life for a  

girlfriend as an example all right so this is a  physical example like there's no physical space  

on the on the couch okay so maybe uh instead of me  sitting here I could be lying down on the couch so  

here's me I've got my arms up and my legs just  relaxing across the whole couch uh and I have no  

room so I am taking up all of the space or taking  up all of the room on the sofa or on the couch all  

right so the same thing in my life all right so  in my life uh I'm I'm very busy uh I don't have  

time to meet women or something I can't really so  I don't have room in my life for that all right  

so we take a physical idea like this and apply it  in a more figurative way all right so we can talk  

about making room on a sofa or making room room in  your life all right I think people get it though  

so this is how native speakers learn the language  they understand a simple idea like this and then  

begin to apply it in other situations so it's a  similar idea I'm making room in my life uh or I'm  

making room just on a sofa something like that  all right uh yes a lot of people from Brazil in  

the chat why when I speak English I usually  think about words first and then understand  

later uh I don't quite understand your question  uh ning let's see when I speak English I usually  

think about the words first and understand later  uh yeah I can't answer that really because I don't  

understand exactly what you're talking about give  me a specific situation all right Mike says clear  

as water glad to hear it all right let's see here  M say what's the fastest way to replace what I  

want to say in English the fastest way to replace  what you want to say in English what do you mean  

Mahi uh like you want to say something else well  the best way to do it is you learn a situation  

and hear how different natives are talking about  that uh room for cream uh it says John and summer  

thank you articles are hard to know when to use  and when not it is like hair and a hair please  

give more examples yes I don't want to spend too  much time on articles here uh but as an example  

if it's something you you can't count like like  right now like you can't count how many hairs I  

have all right I still have enough hair that you  can't count it uh but you know maybe when I get  

even older I'll have just like one or two hairs  that you can count all right so typically articles  

are used when we have something we can count or  something we cannot count so here the same way  

we talk about hair like I can have a room so this  is a room it's a physical thing there's just one  

of them but here we we can't really count the  space like we could say I have like 3T of room  

or something but this is uncountable and this is  countable so even though it's the same word it's  

a different idea all right so the same thing with  hair right now I have a lot of hair on my head  

but I can also say I have a lot of hairs if I'm  talking about them individually like I have all  

of these right here okay if if if I'm explaining  and you feel like I understand it more you are  

becoming more fluent Isn't that cool so you're not  saying anything to me I don't hear anyone speaking  

but you can still become more fluent simply by  understanding the language better all right 's  

get through this quickly over here all right  solar 2014 says recently I Tred to practice Oh  

no I got to I got to sneeze again a it's going  away ah recently I tried to practice speaking  

so you would say speaking with my husband who can  speak fluently uh but is not a native speaker he  

got 8.5 in I however he found when he practiced  with me that affected his speaking as well um I  

don't quite understand what what you mean by  that um I will say for people that want to  

speak it's fine like having a a conversation  with someone is a great way to improve if you  

feel confident and you can be in that situation  sitation but most of the Improvement comes from  

what the other person says to you especially  if they are a better speaker okay so you're  

actually learning things from the other people  you speak with because what you do you're not  

really learning anything more by speaking yourself  so just like I'm speaking uh like to myself if I'm  

standing in a room by myself I don't understand  the language better by repeating or speaking to  

myself but I do understand the language better if  I get more information and that's usually coming  

from other people it could be in a conversation  but it can usually be from a TV show or a movie  

or a YouTube video like this or you read a book  or something but that's where you're getting more  

information that helps you understand vocabulary  better so you understand the grammar pronunciation  

the culture whatever it is that you're that you're  not quite sure about the point is to become sure  

about that example all right I think I answered  that one all right Kirby Now teach someone needs  

the difference between do verb and make verb I I  covered that I think in my previous video morning  

from India let's see Jesse says can you can I  say h scoot over yes I answered that one already  

can I use make room when someone come to my home  and say okay room and feel uh make room and feel  

comfortable well we you are you are making room  for that person so you don't tell them to make  

room you are making room for that person so if a  guest comes to your house that's what you're doing  

it's not you like telling them to make room you  are making room for them all says guys share the  

video because this great te deserves more support  glad to hear yes feel free to share the video  

all right uh how to write for learning English do  you mean write like w r i t I would just practice  

writing get more examples uh I can't read that  let's see olisar what mean shop and store yeah  

usually a shop is just a smaller store so you can  imagine like the size of of something so this is  

another example when people hear something like  the question in your mind stops you from using it  

fluently so typically when we talk about a shop  a shop usually means a smaller business so maybe  

you walk into a smaller shop like this can still  be called a store but you go to like Walmart or  

something like a very large place that's a store  okay and this is just the the the vocabulary for  

talking about a business that sells things like  this all right so typically a smaller thing is  

a shop it could also be a store but uh typically  a larger business is just store all right but we  

do use the word like shopping at any place so I'm  going shopping at the shop I'm going shopping at  

the store okay it doesn't really really matter uh  and often you will hear natives say both of these  

things you might even say like someone call this a  shop but usually not all right so that's just for  

this example uh I mean that I don't want to go  into more detail about it but this is the basic

idea uh all

right let's see I think I got that one and then  what's the different between yes so what is the  

difference TW I like very much your classes  says e glad to hear it uh usually people say  

that they might not even understand why but  usually the reason is because I'm helping  

them understand the language better all right  uh Juliet says hi and Jona says could you just  

jump straight on the bed I just want to know if  the mattress is bouncy oh my goodness let's see  

Abdullah says hello teacher could you explain  difference between poisonous and poisoning well  

poisonous is you're you're talking about  the property of something so if I have  

a plant or an animal that could poison you  all right so that is like a poisonous thing  

all right so something is poisonous like it could  maybe it has poison inside of it um but if I want  

to uh talk about like poisoning That's the the  act of some poison going into something else all

right uh okay all right some nice good got it  thank you uh we can assimilate easy through  

your explanation that's right uh someday I'm  going to talk English like you yes that's  

the goal well uh we're here to help you do  that let's see how to communicate with girls  

please tell I see well uh typically if you're  trying to communicate with women you can find  

something interesting to notice about them or  you know tell a joke or something that you're  

just getting uh like an introduction going  something like that uh there probably people  

more I guess appropriate than me to do that uh  I have not been in the dating scene in a while  

uh but if I'm trying to meet women uh typically  I begin a conversation just like I would meet  

anybody with like noticing something interesting  or kind of funny or different something that would  

be unexpected so if I just walk up to someone  and say hi that's going to feel a little bit  

awkward because that person will say like hi  I I just told this story uh but since people  

while somebody's asking about this it's a good  way to begin a conversation uh I think I told  

this story like a couple days ago but I'll tell it  quickly again just because it's a good example of  

this um but I was at a Starbucks and so another  like Starbucks story there's not a lot of coffee  

shops here in Nagasaki I can go to um so anyway I  would I was at a Starbucks and there were uh two  

people it was in the morning and a it was like a  foreign man and woman so I think they were were  

they they were Americans I met them later but  uh they were sitting in my usual seat or right  

next to my usual seat so there were lots of spaces  available lots of room available in the Starbucks  

lots of space available uh but I wanted to sit  in my chair and so I thought okay it's a little  

bit awkward if I walk up and just sit down there  because I'm sitting right next to this guy's wife  

and then he's sitting there and it's a little  weird just like some random person comes up  

up and sits next to you so again this is a  coffee shop here uh in Nagasaki so they are  

sitting there and I get my coffee and I walk over  and I say they're making us sit together and and  

I'm implying that like like the Japanese staff is  making all the foreigners sit in the same area so  

here I'm I'm starting a conversation by making a  joke so I don't walk up and say hi because they  

were like why are you why are you here but I come  up and I'm just I'm I'm I'm not lying but I'm just  

making kind of like a funny reason to get the you  know some some reason why I'm like interrupting  

them or or sitting in their chair U so I wanted to  sit in my chair even if somebody is sitting next  

to them or uh like around next to my chair and  so that's what I said I said uh they're making  

us sit together and I was kind of like like it was  quiet like they're making us sit together and the  

lady said oh really and I said no no I'm kidding  you know uh but anyway I I had a nice conversation  

with them um for about half an hour after that  but I mean it's the same thing if you're talking  

to women or who like whoever the person might be  all right um where did I did I get let's see all  

right good class from San Diego uh my listening  is better with you thank you my grammar is awful  

sorry I'm level B1 yes remember uh listening  will always be better because it's easier to  

understand than it is to speak and the reason  is just because you still have doubts that stop  

you from using the language all right way says I  found most of the time I can't distinguish people  

saying can and can't unless with context does  native speakers have this problem or do native  

speakers have this problem uh yeah sometimes but  typically no because we are getting some kind of  

context about that especially watching People's  facial expressions so if I say uh yes I can no I  

can't no I can't so you can you can see what I'm  talking about even if I don't speak so it's same

idea uh let's see Sever's got some uh heart  eyes over there what's going on Dre YouTube  

recommended only your video glad to hear it  look at that if it just has like boom boom  

boom boom only my videos well the way YouTube  works is if you click on something it will try  

to give you more of that because it thinks you  like that thing Dan says Drew how to differ ear  

and year sounds I've learned English I think  uh in English but I still can't differ these  

sounds or hear the difference between them I'm  from Brazil by the way uh you should get Frederick  

click on the link in the description below this  video and it will give you practice with things  

like that so you can close your eyes uh listen to  the different sounds and you can see oh which one  

am I listening to and it will really help you  practice with that so you just need to compare  

those different sounds get some training with  that and that will help you do that K says good  

morning teacher Drew what about made up uh word by  the way it means let's see actually I don't know  

that I don't know I know that kanji but I don't  know the um uh like how to read that my my my  

Kani like learning way is different but if you're  just talking about like made up as in like you  

created um some word or you like you thought of  an idea that's what you're talking about uh let's  

see teacher I want to follow you live well enjoy  just in case good name it's really good to write  

sentences in English yes but understanding English  is even better than that uh I hate to I hate the  

question introduce yourself if someone asks you  to speak about it P says what time is it in Japan  

check Google it'll tell you you don't need to ask  me Alvaro says what is the topic about look at the  

title of the video Mike says what do you think  about learning idioms and slang uh it's nice but  

it's not necessary to do that uh I mean if you're  if you speak every day with young people who use  

a lot of slang then it's important to do that but  if you don't it doesn't really matter you become a  

couch uh coach of relationships yes kind of says  is there any uh ches about pronunciation on your  

website well we do have uh Frederick again click  on the link in the description about that that's  

specifically learning the sounds of English uh  and how to understand them like a native but also  

fluent for life helps you uh like basically gives  you the pronunciation that natives use by letting  

you hear lots of different natives pronounce  words uh and so that's part of what improves  

you with uh with fluent for Life R says uh is  this correct I'll make a ro room in my heart for  

you you would say I'll make room in my heart for  you so remember if you say I'll make like imagine  

this is your heart I know your heart really kind  of looks like this or whatever but imagine this is  

your heart if you say I make a room in my heart  this is what you mean all right but when we're  

talking about space I'll make room in my heart for  you just like I'll make room in my life for you  

all right uh are you either from us or Canada  I'm from the United States I am from Chicago  

oh some says speaking is not the same as listening  or reading speaking is different yes so it's a  

more difficult skill uh than listening because  even if you don't understand something completely  

uh you don't necessarily or it doesn't stop you  from from understanding the general idea of what  

someone says but you need to be absolutely correct  if you're speaking all right generally like you  

should be trying to communicate correctly all  right uh let's see while you're at coffee shop  

example is like supermarket parking here all right  ABD says uh thanks for your explanation uh let's  

see what app do you recommend yeah I mean we we  we cover everything with Frederick and fluent for  

life that's why I don't have a thousand programs  or recommend a whole bunch of different apps I  

just made what people need to eliminate the doubt  that stops them from speaking uh let's see I don't  

understand but I don't speak what should I do you  should understand better all right can you please  

explain what is spot well it depends on on the  situation like spot a spot word what do you mean  

by spot word to spot something means to notice  it but it can also you can have a physical like  

a spot or something like that all right how to  distinguish between British and American English  

you listen to lots of aogo I'm sorry but I got  Ito okay uh I make a room in my heart for new  

you say I make room in my heart spot words is so  difficult yeah I don't know what a spot word is  

you are all around Drew an excellent mix of humor  and AD American English I am Russian by the way  

glad to hear it summer three uh make room without  a yes that's correct an allrounder sorry blaming  

Google yes yeah you can say allrounder or like  an all around something uh another another way  

to say that all right uh let me see if um there's  another thing I was talking with my kids about is  

this was for my younger daughter know well uh we  were talking about the difference between batter  

and dough so we were talking about cooking they  were making some uh some pancakes I think and we  

were talking about bread as well and we are also  reading a book uh that's talking about some some  

cooking and we were talking about different  kinds of things so what is the difference  

between batter and dough so when do we use one  versus the other now maybe if you don't cook or  

you don't care it doesn't matter but you know  these are interesting things to understand the  

difference so typically batter when we have  like batter like for cake uh or pancakes or

brownies uh and then dough is  usually more for bread or maybe

cookies uh Pizza uh and really the difference  is and this is what I was showing them batter is  

usually more like liquid it's kind of like a water  if you if you take the bowl and turn the bowl  

upside down all the batter will fall out of the  bowl but dough is usually much thicker than that  

you could actually take the bowl turn it upside  down and it doesn't fall out so when we're making  

something usually cake or pancakes we we pour the  the batter we call this the pancake batter we also  

call it mix uh but batter just so you know that  word uh we're talking about the pancake batter  

or or brownie batter again it's more like a liquid  and then dough this is things that are more solid  

so you can put it down like a cookie you would  put the cookie down like a cookie shape with the  

cookie dough so we talk about cookie dough rather  than cookie batter all right so if you took some  

batter and tried to put it down on a on a a plate  or something it would just spread out like that  

uh but dough can keep its shape more easily all  right so just a little bit of uh English right  

here but again this is the same kind of thing I'm  doing with my own kids when I'm trying to help you  

learn so we don't want to just look at one thing  it's much better to help your mind by giving you  

a fluency trigger that lets you compare different  things okay so when you think about that if it's  

more like water it's kind of runny that kind of  thing then we talk about cakes pancakes that's  

batter and a thicker thing you could hold it in  your hand and drop it or throw it that's dope  

all right very quick so just wanted to give you  that uh simple example and since we're talking  

about cake I'll mention one more about this so  we were reading that same book and we have the  

word cake free cake free very interesting uh  cake free look at that oh cake free now often  

when we're talking about something like that  especially little kids maybe they know the  

word free by itself and free has some general  meanings like you're not trapped by something  

you can go anywhere or there's no cost to doing  something uh so if we combine free with other  

words like this then it means oh look at that  we don't have that thing so let's say I have  

like like my hands right now are cake free they  don't have any cake in them or there's no cake  

on my hands all right so I do have a marker right  now so right now I have a marker but wh now I'm  

marker free marker free all right so very easy so  free even though people probably know the regular  

usage um like something is free so it doesn't  cost any money or I am free uh I don't have  

someone controlling me we can talk about something  not being there if we use this for free so if we  

have a s my elbow and it gives me pain every day  but I took some medicine and now I am painfree  

no more pain okay so you can think about free  as like not having that thing or without that  

thing so painfree uh and typically these are  used for like a negative thing uh like Problem

free Problem free same kind of idea all right so  just uh another thing I was explaining to them  

like how we can we can take a word like free and  and use it in a slightly different way all right  

so just another quick example for everyone  there trying to keep an eye on the chat to  

keep an eye on the chat all right uh let's see  I'm from Iraq uh how can I raise my level in  

listening well you just have to listen to easier  English and then start improving by increasing  

the difficulty of the English you listen to  uh we can learn English without a partner yes  

that's the whole point of this video yes so if  you're watching this video and you're feeling  

like you're learning more you understand  the language excuse me you understand the  

language better and you understand the language  in general by understanding pieces of the language  

better so you understand vocabulary or grammar or  pronunciation when you feel more confident because  

you understand then you speak better but you're  not speaking with me you're just listening right  

now and I'm giving you the fluency triggers that  make you feel more confident about the language  

okay so you don't need to have a practice partner  to improve it's nice to have someone to speak with  

but it's not necessary to do that you spend most  of the time even in your native language just  

listening to things or watching videos or whatever  you watch the news and you learn information about  

um you know like like what's happening in  the world and nobody's speaking like with  

you you're just watching people speak okay all  right yes another uh more good examples uh from  

people down there uh let's see what does it mean  you made your room in the morning well if I made  

my room like just like I made my bed I cleaned  it up I made it looking nice again good morning  

from Pakistan Elder yesterday I saw the video  and hear about crimson color it makes me deep  

uh historical investigation now I know the king  band crimson and never Associated the color with  

nobility yeah so it's interesting as you go deeper  into the information you get more information you  

understand it better you feel more confident  understanding about the word Crimson it's a  

color like deep red P says the most difficult  thing for me after having studied for many years  

and having lived in the US for two years are  connectors in English how to connect different  

phrases to sound fluent uh you should watch if  if you search my channel for that I've talked  

about that specific idea uh how can I improve  my English language you just understand it  

better that's that's the basic idea Omar says so  I will wait until you make a video for introducing  

ourselves well introducing yourself for what  though I mean like uh in general people are uh  

people are too worried about trying to talk about  themselves so that's why usually when I meet other  

people I try to talk about them so I notice  something about that person and so the focus  

is not on me I'm talking to the other person so  very rarely uh would I just come up to someone and  

say hey like I'm my my name is this and I like  football or whatever I would I would probably  

not do that I would walk up to someone and notice  something about them okay so that's how I get the  

conversation started uh and it's the same thing  if I'm trying to meet people online or whatever  

I talk about the other person it's not about me  and then if they ask you you know where I start  

talking with them then I can introduce myself uh  but it's much more relaxing and comfortable to do  

it that way so find something interesting about  the other person to notice uh or something about  

the situation or something like that uh and that's  it's much easier to start the conversation that

way uh let's see all right uh it is easy says  Kirby says why there are no pronunciation marks  

in subtitles of your videos again uh Google just  creates those automatically so it's not it it's  

not it's not trying to put in punctuation it might  not understand exactly when to do that uh maybe it  

will improve their uh their pronunciation to to to  do that with transcription but it's not there yet  

how to become in you would say how to become  an ESL professional uh I don't know so I I I  

wouldn't even call myself an ESL professional  I don't really help people learn English as a  

second language um but but if you want to learn  more I'm sure you can look that up online and it  

might depend on the the job you want to get like  if you want to work at a school or something maybe  

you need a certification or a degree or something  Rand says uh is this correct someone asked uh do  

you have a pen I say back I'm pen free yes you  could say that you could you could kind of make  

it make a joke like that like sorry I'm penree  I'm pen free uh but it it'd be more it's just  

better depending on the person the situation uh  just say no I don't have a pen but yes you could  

jokingly say I I'm penree Jon says Professor jur I  want some advice from you many of my friends have  

told me that I'm already fluent in English but  me and myself I know that I'm still struggling  

in speaking English then it just means you still  have doubts about things so get specific about  

what you are nervous or worried or concerned  or have questions about and whatever that is  

it could be grammar or pronunciation or something  if there's a certain word that maybe you want to  

use or a certain situation and you don't know to  how how to express that just learn how to do it  

and that will make you feel more confident so the  understanding is what gives you the confidence to  

speak but yes uh typically people will be more  polite and kind so even if you feel that uh that  

you are not 100% you know or where you want to  be or you're still unsatisfied uh then you should  

uh for yourself you should solve that problem  Abdula could you show us your uh may live stream  

schedule for May it should be uh the same thing  like Mondays and Thursdays generally if I'm not  

here it's either I'm sick or I had to do something  else or whatever uh but generally it's Mondays and  

Thursdays so right now it is Thursday morning  Japan time all right every day I'm Carefree  

yes uh the woman's accessory marketing slogan  yes uh let's see Dan says I didn't know about  

batter good to know that yes and so now you can  take something like uh batter and you can learn  

some uh like interesting uses for that all right  uh there's a let's see a there's a a sweat sick  

on your forehead you're talking about actually  I feel feel pretty good maybe I'm a little bit  

sweaty but it's okay yo Drew what's up bro says  Alejandro let's see uh dlin says sir I've always  

been wondering and curious about how natives  call my real name cuz it's so rare could you  

please say it it's Mamon oh is that is that how  you say it I don't know how to say that though  

English is as easy as you think it is yeah that's  true I am Money free oh no en we need to get you  

some money over there Salah says is it me and my  friend or I and my friend grammatically well if  

you're talking about someone giving you something  like someone gave uh like well the easiest way to  

explain it is like remove your friend from from  the sentence so someone gave me so someone gave  

me this marker someone gave me so like here's  a hand like oh uh thank you someone gave me  

this marker so I wouldn't say someone gave I this  marker so if you're talking about someone gave my  

friend and me something or you could say my friend  and I are doing something so it's the same way it  

would work if it's just you by yourself uh let's  see sir it's a good idea to keep reading for a  

couple weeks uh okay all right Professor I already  mastered the basics in speaking but the longer the  

conversation went the harder becomes for me I  want advice on how to next some but I'm feeling  

stuck in this level um then proba you're probably  I I don't understand your question it sounds like  

like you you have trouble with longer sentences  is that what you mean or do you mean uh like as  

the conversation goes longer what do you mean  exactly let me know uh let's see Omar says do  

you prefer immigrating to learn English language  or learning in the country of origin I mean maybe  

there's no need yes so remember you don't need  to speak with anyone to improve you just need to  

remove the doubt that stops you from speaking so  you don't have to live anywhere special you don't  

be need to be in an English-speaking country uh  you don't even need to have a practice partner  

you just need to have someone or you by yourself  find ways to eliminate the doubt that stops you  

from speaking that's it so when you do speak you  should feel confident it's like me I I spend most  

of my day even living in Japan I don't talk all  day I'm either listening to something or reading  

or doing some work or something like that but  I'm not spending all my day talking with people  

in Japanese but I can listen a lot like I can  listen to to Japanese or read a book in Japanese  

or something like that to help me improve and  that will help me uh remove the doubt that stops  

me from speaking so that when I do have a uh a  situation where I can talk with someone then the  

language just comes out uh let's see great example  of prefixes it's like the word Less in cord list  

yes yeah uh where are you from so I answered that  already Chicago uh how to use a comma correctly  

you guys are amazing let's see good morning Drew  I'm going to make a coffee and watch this live all  

right uh and if if you are watching later you can  always come back uh and watch it uh just watch the  

replay teacher which day are you always live uh  typically again Mondays and Thursdays Japan time  

Lester says why do English speaker use too many  phrasal verbs is that better than regular verbs is  

that your thoughts or what are your thoughts about  this yeah it's just a more conversational way  

of saying things and phrasal verbs allow you to  express a lot of complicated ideas in very simple  

ways so that's why I have I have a whole program  about uh phrase verbs that's found in fluent for  

Life uh sir you had made a lot of videos about  how to get fluent yes thank you teacher how to  

use present continuous for future planning with  going to uh watch um watch my video I think I  

have videos about that so typically any questions  like this about specific grammar or whatever I've  

made videos about this already uh last example  I'll give you for today we've got been going for  

75 minutes let me get a drink out of my uh  my massive like like Warhead uh bottle over

here all right uh this last example  was uh from a recent I was helping a  

woman translate some Japanese  uh and she was saying uh his

body

was covered in Sor and when I was reading that  excuse me I'll put a capital there so his body was  

covered in sores and when I read that I thought  you know covered with is more appropriate than uh  

covered in for this example but why all right so I  was trying to explain to her about the difference  

here so his body was covered in sores let me draw  a picture so you can understand what this is you  

can imagine uh here's a person kind of looks like  a a ghost almost it's like a hand actually what  

we're imagine so here's a person and a sar like I  might have like a like kind of a cut or something  

like that on my body somewhere so we imagine  uh he's got these little sores like open kind  

of cuts or holes or something some irritation  on his body but there are many of them uh and  

so I was explaining in this situation we would say  covered with because there's the body and then you  

just kind of add these things on top of it okay  so I mean obviously the sore is part of the body  

but we're talking about like covered with as in  it's it's just kind of like partially uh covering  

the body all right so the if we want to talk  about like covered in uh the slightly different  

Nuance here for covered in uh like this person is  covered in skin okay so covered in skin like it's  

actually taking up the whole body or if we talk  about like covered in paint so if if someone is  

covered in paint it's it's really like taking up  all of the space rather than just kind of little  

parts of it like that so if someone is covered  with something like I might be covered like with  

a blanket all right so it's not really covering  my whole body uh it's just covering part of me  

so I'm being covered a little bit like covered  with something all right so it's kind of like  

some separate thing that's on top of me and some  way and so I'm covered in that thing but if I if I  

take my hand and like dip my whole arm into a like  a a bucket of paint my arm is covered in paint so  

it's like a whole thing on on top of me there  are no spaces there uh to talk about covering  

uh covering me in paint so I might be covered in  paint but covered with sores something like that  

all right so this is not always like this like the  grammar doesn't or this uh like this phrasal verb  

doesn't always work exactly like this but that's a  general idea so when I was explaining to her about  

covered in SES that would really mean you're like  wow you have like a lot a lot of a lot like there  

no there's like no space at all for for sores uh  so if you're covered in sores it would probably  

mean there are way more and you really can't even  see regular skin it just like looks like one big  

burn or sore mark on you so this is just one other  uh example from earlier this week where I was  

helping a woman translates some Japanese uh and  then I was explaining to her this all right again  

we're trying to use a fluency trigger to help you  understand by compar comparing different things so  

we don't understand more by just repeating covered  in covered in covered in we want to understand oh  

what's the difference here between covered in and  covered with all right hopefully that makes sense  

all right uh let's see hopefully uh all right is  this the end of the live it's almost the end of  

the live because we've gone to 80 minutes now oh  my goodness it's almost 11 clock uh there are many  

foreign people in my town they all speak very good  Japanese ah well that's nice uh R says hell LOL is  

a OMG what should I do when I reach vocabulary  poverty uh because it happen every time when my  

conversations ah you mean like you lose your words  when you speak is that what you mean uh it just  

means you don't you don't know English as well  as you think you do and you should be spending  

more time watching natives talking about things  and getting examples of how they speak so if I  

listen to some Japanese and I learn some examples  like oh that's interesting people say this in this  

situation all right so I'm getting examples of  different ways to respond and that way I always  

have something to say so I I don't really run  out of words when I'm in a Japanese conversation  

because if I forget something I just use something  else I call this moving like water so that I don't  

just stop because I forget what what one word i'  switch to something different so the more examples  

you get the better you understand English the  more confident you will speak uh let's see so on  

Thursday morning yes Vincent is in yes uh what are  you driving down to I don't know what that means  

uh what is the difference between in and on uh  well usually in is like in something and on is on  

top of it typically all right Eternal says I start  well when speak English but I cannot continue the  

dialogue after the other person speaks how can  I solve this problem yeah the same thing uh  

you just need to get more examples that help you  understand the language better that's it all right  

that's that's really that's the that's the answer  to really every problem about speaking so if you  

understand the language better you will feel more  confident about speaking when add s an Es at the  

end of present in definite present indefinite you  mean in present indefinite uh tense when we speak  

fast yeah you're answering like you're asking  me like 20 different questions at the same time  

and this is a this is a big problem for people  learning they're like tell me about this tell me  

about that tell me about this other thing and I  say well why don't you focus on one thing really  

understand that well and then move to the next  thing you want to learn so pick one thing uh  

really understand that well uh and then and then  you should be like you be a much better speaker  

sores can't cover your body completely like hiding  it yes so that's that's part of the difference  

there uh so what's the difference between get  on and get in so you're again it depends on the  

situation you could be getting on a bus but you're  still like getting in the bus uh in that way but  

typically get in is like to be inside something  rather than on top of it like riding it there's  

a pronunciation course on your website is it a  video or a live class uh well we have an app that  

will teach you and let you let basically lets you  teach yourself how to pronounce English like an  

NA it so that's an app uh and fluent for life is  there as well that's that covers everything though  

uh is reading stories uh he would say can reading  stories help us speak yes uh if those stories are  

understandable and you feel more confident about  speaking because of that so the answer to every  

question is does it eliminate my doubt so people  say should I listen to a podcast or should I read  

a book or should I watch a video or should I do  this or that or whatever you can do all of those  

things all of those things can bring you to the  same place but all of them can also not bring you  

to that place so you might listen to something  or watch a like a YouTube video that teaches  

some English but doesn't help you understand the  language better just because you are listening  

to English doesn't mean you feel more confident  about it so you have to be smart about that and  

you have to think about where you are struggling  so what are the doubts specifically that you have  

if if it's vocabulary or pronunciation or whatever  and as you solve those doubts you will feel feel  

more confident speaking that's the idea hello um  late says music for Life K what's the difference  

between angry with me and angry at me Ah that's  another uh I don't really want to get into the  

like the details about that we're getting to the  end of this video uh but generally people would  

use both of those in the same way um like like  I I could actually say both of those and they  

would mean it like uh like my wife is angry with  me for doing something and my wife is angry at  

me for doing something it's just you know it's  like the the Nuance is so subtle it doesn't even  

make a difference uh for that sentence uh let's  see one day uh English will be coming out of my  

mouth yes as you understand better it will come  out naturally what are you drinking down teacher  

ah okay uh this is mint water I just put some  mint leaves in the water uh I would pick English  

speaking what's the meaning of the word discussion  Google that uh do I use English uh to my language  

dictionary English and Japanese English English  well ideally you're using an English to English  

dictionary if you can understand the words uh how  to improve pronunciation again click on the links  

in the description there're basically two things  you need to learn the first is the individual  

sounds of English so you know what maybe you can  pronounce some words but you can't pronounce other  

words so the app will teach you uh it will take  you through all of the pronunciation levels and  

help you understand pronunciation like a native  okay the second part is hearing lots of examples  

of different natives speaking because uh you will  have in real life lots of different people who  

speak and so you need to be prepared to listen to  them and follow them and understand what they're  

saying all right thanks uh you have to end this  live now well I am ending this live but yes uh  

it's been 85 minutes and I'm going to take uh  my time enjoy my day I have some more work to  

do uh but hopefully you get the idea uh so when  just to wrap this up when people are learning  

things the basic idea is you can understand some  of the language but not a lot of it all right and  

so wherever there's a disconnect there wherever  there's a doubt or something uh that's what will  

stop you from speaking so all the people like  if you look at the chat it's all questions of  

people that those questions are what stop them  from speaking about that thing so if you have a  

question like should I say this word or that word  that question will stop you from speaking but if  

you get the answer to that question question  that's why people ask questions you know they  

want to eliminate the doubt and understand the  language better uh but rather than go through  

a bunch more examples if you'd like to do this  like we cover all this you know the the kinds  

of things people are asking about uh these  are all things we cover INF fluent for Life  

uh as well as other videos that we have on this  channel uh but if you have any questions you can  

feel free uh post them in the comments section  below this or visit us at English anyone.com  

again if you'd like to learn more uh about how  to speak fluently by eliminating the doubt you  

have just click on the link in this description  uh below the video for fluent for life and then  

learn more about Frederick as well all right have  a excellent day and we'll see you next time byebye