What English Grammar You Need To Speak Fluently

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working okay we are I think we are live now I am  Drew Badger the founder of englishanyone.com and  

welcome to another live video here on YouTube uh  today we're going to be talking about grammar and  

actually what you need to know in order to speak  fluently and hopefully this video will help you  

think differently about grammar especially  if you have been subasa especially if you've  

been learning uh for a long time and you still  make grammar mistakes or you are worried about  

making grammar mistakes in your conversations  uh so hopefully this should be an entertaining  

lesson uh what we're going to go through first uh  just give you a quick uh kind of overview of what  

we'll be talking about uh first is really just  the difference between uh English uh learning  

English as a first language and learning English  as a second language because we always have  

new people joining us and I want to make sure  everybody understands this it's very important  

especially if you have spent years learning  English the traditional way and you still have  

trouble understanding natives or uh expressing  yourself uh and then we're going to talk about  

five common situations and help you understand  grammar that way rather than try to do the typical  

thing which is give you a list of grammar points  and then try to help you memorize those and then  

you forget them in your conversations um and then  I just really want to really help you understand  

uh why you should be learning English as a first  language rather than a second language so let's  

begin with that uh and again if you have any  questions as we go through do Post those uh if  

they are about the topic specifically I'll be more  likely to answer those uh but hopefully everyone  

is doing all right uh let's see we're going  to very quickly I think the black am should be  

working fine we're going to contrast uh learning  English as a second language and learning English  

as a first language just so you can understand  how learning grammar works for natives because  

this is really important for how you speak so  how you learn is how you speak and if you don't  

really understand the grammar you're learning or  you're trying to study it by studying rules then  

you're going to have a harder time uh speaking  with people so if we have learning English make  

sure you can see that so English as a second  language this is the typical traditional people  

or traditional way that people are learning uh  where for the grammar context uh what people are  

doing is usually they will have a specific  grammar point so we'll just label this as  

GP for grammar point and then you'll have maybe  diagramming sentences so you'll have words like  

a plus b uh and then some other thing like that  but it almost looks like a math problem when  

your diagramming sentences like this so this is  the English as a second language way of learning  

grammar where you basically begin with a formula  for uh what like what the grammar should be uh and  

then maybe you learn some some ways of using this  so as an example maybe we learn the past like I  

and then it'll say like you know simple simple  past and then whatever that thing is so we're  

talking about who did something we give you the  name of the grammar point and then we give some  

examples like I walked to school or I played the  piano something like that but notice very clearly  

the order here uh teachers are trying to make  the language logical for students and that's a  

good idea to help people understand the language  logically but the problem is the brain doesn't  

really remember information in this way a computer  does so if you ask chat GPT chat GPT can can tell  

you this all day uh and make it very easy like for  a computer it's just oh what is the grammar what  

are the rules of the language uh and then help you  understand the grammar that way now what I want  

to do in this video is uh the English is a first  language approach and show you how that works and  

it's basically the exact opposite of this okay  so if you have learned English this way where  

you're studying rules you're trying to remember  the formula whatever the the sentence structure  

is and then maybe you get a few examples of that  if you struggle with that it's not your fault  

it's okay this is the way most people learn the  language but it's just not it's not very memorable  

for us it doesn't really help humans it's good  for computers but not very good for humans uh we  

just don't really think about the language this  way uh what we do instead so this is what I call  

learning English uh as a first language and this  is the same thing for any language whatever that  

language is if you're learning uh Japanese  or Chinese or French or Spanish you should  

be learning that uh in that language and when I  explain this you'll probably realize this is what  

you're doing as you learn your native language  okay so the way you learn your native language  

is the way you should be learning English not by  trying to diagram sentences like this uh if you  

really can't understand something maybe it's  helpful to get that but most times it's not  

really necessary if you have good teaching uh so  let's look at what really happens in an everyday  

uh situ situation when you're trying to learn  something especially as a child would learn a  

language and in this case we begin uh usually with  some kind of situation uh so we always have like a  

situation s i t u a t i o n so a situation or some  kind of idea you want to express whatever that  

is uh and from that this is the interesting part  uh the grammar the rules for this there actually  

could be many different ways to to express  yourself but notice this is the opposite so  

typically down here after we go through we  explain the sentence structure we give maybe  

an example of something and then here are some  ways we might use it what we're actually doing  

is the opposite uh where we begin with a situation  and then look at different ways that people might  

Express that and then from the situation we're  basically getting patterns about how to express  

the language okay so what you might call grammar  rules natives really just think about these as

patterns so an example of a pattern let's  say I have a a diamond circle diamond Circle  

you probably know the next thing is going to  be probably a diamond and we recognize that  

because we're following a pattern and if we get  many many many examples of that we become very  

sure that the next example like over here would  probably be a circle so this is just recognizing  

patterns and this is how the human mind works so  we recognize patterns we notice things uh and we  

again begin with situations and that's how we  come to understand grammar but we're not trying  

to think about learning grammar what we're really  doing is looking for specific groups of words we  

we call it grammar we have rules for the language  but basically we're looking for patterns in uh  

the way we express things and so what I want to  do uh just to make this a bit more concrete to  

make it easier to understand I want to give  you a bunch of examples uh so we're going  

to cover five different common situations  and just show you how easy it is to learn  

some grammar uh but understanding it the native  way rather than trying to think about it like a  

student okay but the most important thing is we  don't we don't start with a situation here when  

you're learning English as a second language  you begin with whatever the grammar point is  

and then you try to get a few examples maybe  you see how those work but in a real situation  

when you're learning the native way and  when you're learning your native language  

you get lots of examples of how you should be  thinking oh okay this thing happens and this  

is what people say in that situation okay so  hopefully that makes sense so if you uh have  

trouble understanding grammar this should be uh  a bit a bit more clear as I go through a couple  

of different examples over here all right so let's  talk about uh some basic uh situations and these  

are all things that would be very common in any  any communication situation so you're talking  

with uh people at work or friends or whatever  uh and we're going to just uh going to just  

cover a few of these examples I'll erase some of  this over here actually let me just erase all of

this I think the idea is clear but it will become  more obvious as I explain it all right uh so let's  

look at like if you desire something you want  something so I want x uh we begin with like a  

parent maybe looking at a like a new car and a  child sees that and the parent says oh I want I  

want this car and then maybe they hear another  example like I want uh that thing and the the  

child is not really thinking about like what the  what the grammar means they're not thinking about  

specific grammar tenses or thinking about like  the matical terms for these things um but what  

happens is the child as they get many examples  just like the diamond circle diamond Circle as you  

get many examples you begin to feel very confident  that you understand oh so this is the person and  

you're describing a feeling like oh I really want  that thing and this is the thing that you want  

okay so this is very basic English I'm beginning  with this just to make sure everybody understands  

what's happening but really we're beginning with  the situation so the situation up here here uh is  

like desire or you want something or you want  someone to do something let me write that more

clearly d e s make sure that fits up there  desire so you want something and there are  

different ways you could express that okay  so again when we're hearing things like the  

situation is just desire and you can see that  like a person like ooh looking at uh like if we  

have here's a person with some some big eyes  oh like oo look at that they're looking at I  

don't know like an ice cream on a hot day and  so they look at that oh look at that delicious  

ice cream oh I want some ice cream I want some  ice cream so very simple way after you get lots  

of examples you see many people describing this  describing what they want or the opposite what  

you don't want you start feeling very comfortable  using these words but it's not because you started  

with the words you began with the feeling the  situation the idea of Desiring something you  

really want something whatever that is all right  so as you as you understand this feeling you  

start hearing different ways of expressing  this so you could also hear something like

I I would like X so I would like some ice cream  maybe you go to a restaurant and you hear people  

ordering food uh somebody says I want something  another person says I would like something uh and  

then you hear oh it's like they're both describing  desire but maybe this one feels a little bit more  

polite so I would like some desire I would like  some desire or I would like excuse me I would  

like some ice cream or I want some ice cream so  typically children begin by learning want because  

it's very simple I want this all right so it's  like the same thing probably in most languages  

you have a very simple way of expressing that  for children uh and then adults maybe in a more  

professional way uh or a more polite way is just  I would like I would like something so we're not  

we're not focusing on like what what the name  of this wood means or or using wood or trying  

to understand every usage of wood we're trying  to understand and remember this pattern for this  

situation okay so remember the English as a  second language approach is going to tell you  

okay today class we're going to learn the word w  and here are 10 different uses of the word would  

okay so that that just like a typical example of a  of a regular English class but natives don't learn  

the language like that they learn one of these  examples at a time for a particular situation  

and that's why when you ask a native what does the  word would mean they will say Well it depends on  

the situation okay so when are you using something  and this is why we always want to begin with the  

situation and then think about what is the pattern  of words that you get for that situation does this  

make sense all right I'm going to give a bunch  more examples uh but I just want you to understand  

again we begin with a situation and then we hear  in real life different ways of expressing that  

okay so desire like you can see that in somebody's  face or you can feel that expression from them  

like your parent is saying like I want you and  then maybe we could make the sentence a bit more  

complex I want you to try harder in school or  I want you to do your homework so instead of  

wanting something I can want someone else to do  something okay but the point is not to think about  

the grammar it's just to get lots of examples of  those situations so you naturally understand the  

patterns but don't worry if you learn maybe one  example of w but then you hear a different example  

used in a different situation so maybe would like  like that would not be a like a a good idea or  

something if I use W in a different context in  a different situation maybe with a different  

meaning that's okay each one is its own thing  so we recognize these patterns and as we hear  

more examples of that we start to understand those  words better okay but pretty simple so so we start  

with something simple just really understanding  like oh I'm I'm expressing a desire I see  

something I want that or we hear other people talk  about things he sees something she sees something  

or they or whatever uh they're Desiring that thing  and this is how they might describe it so I want  

uh or I would like or you might hear something  else you probably can think of some other examples

like could I have okay and again we're not like  try to try to think about this not like a grammar  

point but it's more like notes for music and so  each one of these is a different note and you  

hear which is expressing something this way or  do which is expressing uh some different words  

but the idea of the sentence is basically the  same okay so rather than trying to think about  

memorizing these we want to understand them and  then we get more examples of those things so we  

want to understand the situation and then we  get more examples of that pattern all right  

so I want something like I want uh let's say  just a very simple sentence like I want dinner  

or I want a new car I can make the sentence  a little bit longer I can uh I can change the  

wording a little bit I really want something  and so as we're we're getting these examples  

remember it's not just like one example we  don't start with a sentence we start with  

the situation what's really happening there  what's the description what's going on so I  

want something I would like something or could  I have something so you're asking someone else  

maybe you're kind of connecting this thing you're  asking someone else uh for something all right  

now a more casual way we can say this is can  I like can I have or can I can I get can I get

okay so all of these things we're not focusing on  a particular grammar point the point is to hear  

different ways that we might say something and  then we could get more examples of each one of  

these particular patterns okay so I want pizza  I want uh I want two tickets to a concert okay  

so if I'm going like I can use this anywhere if  I'm buying something uh somebody orders a drink  

at a restaurant oh I want two beers okay so the  staff might be polite or not but you can just say  

I want I want this I want two beers or we could  be a little bit more polite we could put a comma  

here please all right I want two beers please or  two beers please very simple and as you get more  

examples of natives using these things you will  feel much more confident that you can say the same  

thing okay but we don't get that from just trying  to diagram sentences we really want to understand  

something yes uh Tom using hosi same thing so  that's the Japanese word for expressing desire  

in this way so when I'm learning Japanese if I  notice uh Little Children saying something like  

they basically say the same thing in Japanese it's  like ah so they got H sheii it's just want want  

want it's the same thing okay but as they get  older they learn many more ways of expressing  

things or slightly more polite ways of expressing  things but very common situation expressing desire  

and then the same thing would be in the opposite  something maybe you don't want okay very simple if  

you have any questions about this let me know  I want to go look at chat uh very quickly but  

we'll continue on so again this is one of the  five situations I wanted to cover and we can  

go into more detail about any of these things but  the point is understand something simple recognize  

the pattern get lots of examples of the pattern  and then you can start changing the language a  

little bit so I really want something or I don't  really want something or I really want you to do  

something or I want someone else to do something  we can make the sentences we can change the  

patterns a little bit uh make it a little bit more  difficult or more interesting but the basic idea  

is here we don't start with the grammar we get  look at that ding ding ding ding we look at the  

uh patterns that we get in different situations  because each person is going to speak differently  

in uh in a regular conversation okay does it make  sense hopefully this makes sense so this is number  

one again a very common thing you would get in  conversations and you can see uh you don't need  

a lot of English to communicate the the thing  I I really want you to understand about grammar  

here uh besides how you should learn it is that uh  you don't become fluent after you master a bunch  

of different grammar points you become fluent in  individual words and phrases or patterns as you  

understand them okay this is why maybe you could  say one thing well but not say something else well  

okay hopefully uh that makes sense let me check  uh chat but I'll leave this up here and we'll go  

on to our next one which is making plans another  very common thing uh but let me check chat make  

sure I've got uh if I didn't miss anybody over  here I want to be quick uh let's see a lot of  

good mornings happy to see everybody nice to see  everybody here let's punch the like button yes  

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Hey more people should see this video vital says  I would like to speak English like an American  

can you help me yes that's what we're doing in  this video today we're focusing specifically on  

grammar but we have now over 700 100 videos on  the channel uh and of course if you'd like more  

information about how we take you step by step  from understanding a lot of English to speaking  

and communicating fluently that's what we do in  fluent for Life uh so you can click on the link in  

the description to learn more about that but also  if you want to see more examples uh of the things  

I'm talking about in this video you can also find  those I put those in the description for you as  

well uh Jason says finally I caught you live glad  to hear it uh Tim hello Drew uh you is or dude I  

don't know what that means but hello hello from  Russia let's see hi teach you from Argentina hello  

sir finally got a chance to join the live class  Arena I have never heard about the difference  

between ESL and efl uh yes this is basically like  it's a it's a thing I created just to explain this  

to people the difference between how students  learn and how natives learn a language and most  

people think it's not possible to learn a language  like a native but that's just because they don't  

try or because teachers don't don't tell them  to do that but I do so if you ask people like  

what is efl they will tell you it's English as  a foreign language but there's really no if you  

ask the difference like ask a student what is the  difference between English as a second language  

and English as a foreign language uh most people  would not be able to tell you what that means so  

it's much easier to just understand either you're  learning English as a second language meaning you  

begin with your language whatever your language  is so if I'm a Chinese person and I speak Chinese  

and then I'm learning English through Chinese  that's me learning English as a second language  

but if I'm Chinese and I'm learning English in  English then I'm still learning English as a  

first language so you don't need to be a native  to learn like a native that's the basic idea all  

right uh Tom again uh not at all don't worry  about being late KO nice to see you there bber  

favorite topic yes some people do enjoy grammar oh  Mitchell midell from Chicago uh let's see estudo  

says may you help me out how do you pronounce the  word toy in American English toy so this is a t t  

the uh regular short T sound with the oi look  at that oi oi like the same sound uh for coin  

uh if you'd like to know how to pronounce these  things just get Frederick click on the link in  

the description below this video you can hear me  pronounce all of these things as much as you like  

it's just you can hear the difference and learn  all of the different pronunciations of sounds  

uh it's uh I think the only place available that  that that that's like all set up for you where you  

can check uh the way different different sounds  are created by different letter combinations all  

right uh perfect exp explanation says jerma uh  let's see Raina says you're a fabulous teacher  

well you're too kind if you know other people we  can help uh do let me know s says morning from  

India can I speak good English Within one month  yep you could just remember uh you become a good  

speaker about certain topics so just like this if  you learned oh I want something and now how could  

I express like I want to do something maybe I want  to do something like I want to go and so you see  

people talking about like the the expression the  situation like uh my wife is watching a travel  

show and she says oh like I want to go to Italy  I want to go to Italy or I want to go to France  

I can understand that just by looking at her like  she's watching a TV show about something and uh  

it was about like like understanding um just like  her face like I can see what's happening uh in the  

particular uh in a particular situation and then  that is the uh the pattern the sentence pattern  

comes from that so this it it becomes a lot easier  if you look at or try to think about grammar as  

what do people say in different situations okay  and then within a situation you have maybe one way  

of saying something like a child would just say I  want uh or maybe an adult would say I would like  

if you're being a little bit more polite but as  you get those experiences you see more examples  

you come to understand those patterns naturally  so it's much better to understand these things and  

then get lots of examples that's why we do those  videos here on the channel and in fluent for Life  

uh let's see Lan says so you mean we prac practice  a lot of basic sentences well it's not about it's  

it's not really about basic sentences the point  is understanding uh in learning in general we we  

always begin with something basic to make sure  you understand that and then move to something  

more advanced that way you know where you're  struggling so if you just start with a longer  

more difficult sentence it's more difficult to  know where if you have trouble with that uh so we  

start with something basic I want this very simple  you can understand that then we change that like  

wants this or I'm asking people in the classroom  who wants who wants this like who wants uh who  

wants a candy bar Okay who wants Pizza who wants  milk who wants water all right so as I'm giving  

you examples like yes you should be understanding  the basics but the deeper idea here is you think  

about what's happening what is the situation and  then what are the different ways that people might  

respond to that okay all right uh uh let's see all  right the turbo story says how much time does it  

take to become fluent well you can see it actually  becomes uh a very simple short process depending  

on what you're learning but you don't become  fluent in the whole language you become fluent  

in pieces of the language as you remove doubt  about those things so if you're if you if you  

let's say you're just starting to learn English uh  everyone watching this should have a pretty good  

level of English already um but but if you're just  starting to learn English or you're just learning  

Japanese like you know I see like some delicious  food or something the Japanese example is like  

ah hosi n like I like I see that and I hear 10  other people say hosi in different situations  

and you think ah hosi must mean want or desire  or longing or something like that and as you get  

more examples you recognize the pattern and now  you know the language like a native so you become  

fluent in the language as you understand it like a  native and understanding like a native just means  

you don't have doubt about the language so you can  understand it like a native you could explain how  

it works you know when to use it correctly uh  and that's what we're doing here but we're not  

Beginning by diagramming sentences uh and that's  why it's much more difficult if you if you try to  

begin with a sentence and then think about when  you would use it it's much easier to begin with  

a situation and then think here are some different  ways that we might Express that and then you can  

look in more detail at individ ual patterns  like I want this or I want uh to do something  

or I want you to do something we can make it  longer or we can uh Express greater Nuance or  

something in the sentence uh but we begin by yes  understanding the situation that things come from

okay uh let's see andig toig man that's  interesting font how did you get a different  

font in there hello from Morocco glad to see you  again all right Jud says makes sense confused in  

using basic grammar like modals and tenses yes  uh and so if you if you think about like oh I  

need to I'm trying to understand a particular  modal like a modal verb like can or could or  

whatever um instead of doing that begin with a  situation and then get lots of examples of that  

so could you do something or can I do something or  I could or would I uh rather than thinking about  

that try to get a situation if you want to see  more of this click on the uh the playlist I made  

a while ago for beginning English grammar and  it shows you how the grammar Works uh it also  

I mean it does like diagram some sentences  because I know people really want to see that  

uh but most of the videos are are helping  you understand and see things and learn the  

grammar the same way a native would learn it so  without using translations uh but that that's  

the way to really understand the grammar so you  don't make mistakes and you understand things  

very well all right uh Rafael says Hi teacher  thanks for the lessons I'm Brazilian thank you  

Wellington I Professor from sa Paulo lots of  Brazilians here uh Adam I can't read the uh the  

Hebrew there uh thank you teacher you're very kind  glad here hi teacher is there a difference between  

maybe and perhaps or which of them are more formal  uh I don't want to go into detail about that but  

I mean that would be like a very easy question  for chat GPT uh but maybe perhaps perhaps they  

mean the same thing in some situations and perhaps  maybe uh they mean something different in others  

but in general uh they mean the same thing but  I would like not to spend a whole bunch of time  

covering that because I have other things to  talk about um but uh that's the kind of thing  

you can search Google or chat gbt for uh the  thing I'm best helpful for is really helping  

you especially hear something uh or explain  something that maybe you've tried to find it  

in other places and you weren't able to to do so  all right Richard says I can speak English quite  

well however I'm a bit slow therefore how can  I speak fast and smoothly like you uh we think  

about why you're slow Richard um depending on you  know if you're if you're thinking about things or  

translating things in your head depending on how  quickly you speak it's more about the processing  

power of your I don't know your mind um so if you  if you have to think a lot and you're trying to  

translate and you don't know exactly what to say  or you have doubt about the language that's what's  

going to slow you down or those are different  ways uh of of slowing you down um so usually uh  

to remove doubt that's what's going to speed up  your ability to speak hopefully that makes sense  

uh but it's typically doubt that stops you stops  people from speaking uh Carla says can you explain  

the word might please so that's another example  of of doing the opposite of of what uh of what I'm  

recommending you do here so let's say people ask  me like hey Drew could you explain the word might  

all right so the reason I I don't do that number  one it's going to take a lot of time number two  

it's not really going to help you remember it very  well because like when you say what is might mean  

I'll just say it depends on the situation so might  could mean strength like ooh that's like a mighty  

person or might means maybe I will do something it  depends on the situation so I would Google that if  

you're interested in learning the traditional  way where you take a word and then get a uh a  

particular definition of it but what I recommend  for people like especially if you're if you're  

learning by yourself and you just hear a word  try to think about where you heard that or what  

was going on in a situation when you heard that so  if you're asking a person like how is the weather  

today and they say oh it might rain it might rain  and then you're thinking oh okay well they're  

about the rain and you look up at the sky it  looks a little bit dark and cloudy you can see  

oh okay there's a possibility maybe that my the  that there will be rain and so in this situation  

that's what might would mean okay so try not to  think about it as as like individual words like  

start from the situation think about when somebody  is using something because might it would mean  

something in one situation and mean something  completely different in another situation  

okay all right so again the difference between  like might and a like I'm not not like any  

anything like that you can you can Google those  specific uh examples but the point is for a  

particular situation so you need to be thinking  about that what does this mean in this context  

uh Guadalupe says hi te you're watching from  California Victor Hugo we can't communicate with  

each other people to improve our accent because we  live in a country people doesn't speak English um  

well like I learned a lot of Japanese outside of  Japan uh not being inside of the country and lots  

of people become fluent in English who are not in  the United States and lots of people who live in  

the United States don't become fluent in English  so this means it's not where you live but how you  

learn that determines whether you get fluent and  especially with the internet now like right now  

uh you're not at my house or sitting here next  to me you're just getting examples from me all  

right and so because not actually in the same  place what that means you can't become fluent  

of course not I'm really just trying to help you  understand the language better and you can do  

that anywhere so it doesn't matter you don't need  people to practice speaking with you don't need  

to live in a particular country or be a certain  age or whatever you just need to understand the  

language more like a native that's it it's pretty  easy all right uh z z Zena if I'm pronouncing that  

correctly uh let's see love your teaching style  gladi ear Carlos says Hi teacher I can understand  

and every word you're saying is that cuz you speak  so clean is there another reason uh yes so I am  

being intentionally understandable my job is to  be understandable uh but you'll notice the way I  

speak is different from how natives normally talk  uh and the reason for that is like if I'm speaking  

with a native I will also speak differently  because that person can understand uh a greater  

variety of vocabulary I don't need to speak so  clearly I can speak faster I have a video where  

actually quite a few videos about that but INF  fluent for life this is where we take you from  

understanding the teacher level to understanding  Natives and communicating confidently with natives  

so if you'd like to do that you can click  on the link in the description to do that  

uh that's as beyond the scope of one video here  on YouTube it's just getting as I'm explaining  

here lots of different examples from natives but  understanding what they're saying and and being  

prepared for real communication so if you can do  that you will become a fluent speaker all right  

uh B says confusion in did do has had and all yeah  so most people they're again they're beginning  

with like confusion about a particular word but  to a native that doesn't really mean anything it's  

like well I'm confused about the word do all right  well let's think about when we would use do and  

then we start with that so I am doing something  right now uh and you would get lots of examples  

from a particular situation rather than uh just  thinking about the word by itself so if if you  

remember one thing only from this video remember  this we want to do the opposite of what most  

people do to learn okay we want to do the opposite  of what most people do to learn if you want to  

speak fluently okay so the basic idea we begin  with a situation and then look at that there are  

actually many different ways of expressing that  and you might find some that are very simple you  

can use that but it's also important to understand  different Expressions because other people will  

say different things even if you say the same  thing all the time which is fine uh it's good  

to be able to know what other people are talking  about all right um let's see greetings from Brazil  

thanks a lot addressing my issues English in my  mind goes smoothly fine but whenever I try to  

speak to people I keep stuttering what could uh  the problem be I've been trying to figure it out  

with reading a lot but it did not help um well I  think about why you stutter I mean are you worried  

about you know your maybe mistakes or something  like that as typically uh the social issue that  

people have that's the the difference obviously  you're not talking to yourself you're speaking  

with someone else so you're worried about maybe  making a mistake or how someone might see you or  

whatever um but that that would typically be a  reason why that happens all right let's see hi I  

love your classes abdia and Edon says I'm thank  you to Drew Badger for helping a lot of people  

this simple trick to understand I was struggling  so much and then he shown the right method yes uh  

all I'm doing is helping you understand English  like a native that's it it's pretty pretty simple  

all right uh why movies are hard to understand  I just explained that teacher could you learn  

phrasal verbs as in native English there are  many of them is it hard to learn all of them  

uh you don't have to learn all of them the point  is more to understand the native way of thinking  

about verbs so that's what I'm doing here so like  in in a native way the way I teach phrasal verbs  

is actually showing them so I have a whole program  called the visual guide to phrasal verbs and you  

will see a lot of this uh visual understanding of  these in uh fluent for life but the basic idea is  

that if you if you begin with learning something  the right way you understand how to learn then  

the actual learning process is a lot easier  so the English as a second language approach  

is taking maybe verbs in your native language and  translating those into phrasal verbs uh so taking  

whatever like the English and then you get the  or taking your native language and you get the  

English but when you learn them as a native you  actually see them happening so like we're we're  

thinking about how to learn and we apply that to  all the different phrasal verbs that we learn and  

they become much faster and easier to learn so  that as an example I'm going to show you this  

physically uh physically look at that I take off  I take off the cap of this marker take off so very  

easy you can see that and now the opposite put on  put on take off so I could use a regular verb like  

remove the cap or replace the cap okay so like to  place something or to replace like that's another  

meaning of the word replace to put something  back where it was uh so I can remove or I can  

replace something or the way a native would just  say this like a casual conversational way is take  

off and so as you get different examples of this  like take off the cap I could take off my shirt  

or I could take off my hat all right it's pretty  simple to understand when you can see it like this  

and then we can think about oh like an airplane is  also taking off the ground that's why we call it  

takeoff because it was on the on the runway on the  ground and now it's flying up it's taking off it's  

not on there anymore okay so that's how I teach  phrasal verbs and that how natives learn phrasal  

verbs and so they learn the physical use of it and  then they also get the more figurative uses like  

my career is taking off you know I can think about  my career like an airplane flying away okay and so  

as you get these we begin with something simple we  we introduce maybe a few different examples uh and  

help you understand it more like a native but the  point is I'm not trying to translate anything I'm  

just helping you understand it in English but you  understand it again like you're basically a native  

you can you can understand at least some of it  like a native and then you use that to understand  

more like a native okay so that's how you can  actually learn uh English the same way a native  

does and then that's how you start speaking the  same way a native does all right so it all begins  

with understanding rather than trying to memorize  particular grammar structures or whatever you  

just saying oh look like in this situation people  say this and you start to understand the pattern  

and you recognize the pattern and then you can  use the pattern as well all right uh Sam krooks  

says sudanes living in a Saudi by Saudi Arabia  I teacher I'm know I'm from Thailand I know some  

English words it is hard to understand everything  I am a beginner thank you what level of English  

students uh are you focus on or you would say  what level of English students do you focus on uh  

basically I help people who can understand me in  this video but they still struggle to speak uh and  

they have trouble just in their daily life maybe  it could be for work or in their local community  

they have trouble going to the grocery store uh or  talking with their children's friends or something  

like if you're an immigrant living in the United  States maybe your children speak better than you  

do that happens with a lot of people uh and so  I help those people understand English like a  

native so they can communicate confidently  and fluently that's what we do all right uh  

let's see and K says I watched an old video of  yours recently it was a lesson in the tenses  

yeah so I've talked about different tenses before  and that's the same kind of thing here we get  

lots of different examples to try to understand  the tenses that way and it's just changing the  

pattern a little bit uh receiver says I am late  as always sorry can you use could I have you on  

Friday to arrange a meeting for example yeah you  could say that you could say that Raina says you  

teach us English by Logic yes well I'm trying  to make it your your brain understands logic  

but it doesn't really understand rules very well  so you can't really program a human mind the way  

you could program a computer and a program will  like always do something correctly if you tell it  

to follow a particular rule but humans are less  able to do that it's just not the way our memory  

Works uh estudos says you're a great teacher thank  you drew it's my pleasure I'm learning using your  

Technique with my kids at the same time thanks  a million glad to hear it also if you have young  

children even if you don't really they could be  any age but get Frederick and that will let them  

teach themselves so the highest level that you can  have with learning is when you discover something  

yourself I try to make that possible as I give  examples that's why again I don't try to use  

translations because I don't want to just tell you  what something means I want to help you understand  

it because you will feel a lot more confident you  will remember that thing and you will understand  

the vocabulary much better uh how can I memorize  vocabulary I have a video about that and we have  

actually a whole program called how to remember  any English word uh that's included in fluent  

for life as well uh D Trin says sir instead of  saying take off put on the marker can we say open  

close particular for marker similar things uh we  could say that like open open and close like it's  

a little I could I could open it's kind of opening  the marker but if you if you look at the situation  

like we're quite specific with this thing is kind  of inside this other thing here uh and we when we  

talk about opening something it's more think about  a door that opens up or like an understanding of  

something uh but if something is inside another  thing we're we're like taking it out or we're  

taking this thing off of that other thing all  right so it's a little bit different than like  

opening up a marker I mean you could you could say  open or close the marker you could say that but  

more typically you will hear take off and put on  uh canero says hi Drew to be honest I believe that  

if one already started to learn ESL for years it's  really difficult to transfer efl way but for new  

Learners it's the best way for sure uh I don't  I don't see why that would why that would make  

a difference because we we learn we understand  things individually as we learn them and uh you  

probably learn things like like an American Native  English speaker would learn the word tsunami in  

English which is a Japanese word for a big wave  but they think it's an English word or maybe I  

mean some people know where it comes from uh but  there are many words like that that come from  

different languages and people don't realize it  but they learn it as a first language so you can  

think about these things as uh kind of different  Pockets or compartments or different sections  

in your mind so you could take something and the  maybe the tricky thing is trying to take something  

you already learned but you don't really know  it very well I think you could still get better  

examples of this and this happened with me as I  was learning Japanese as well so if I'm learning  

something I spent a year trying to learn through  translations and that really wasn't helping me but  

then as I started learning more like a native um  I could understand so I'll give you like a very  

quick story about this in in Japanese um when I  was learning so I take a a word uh in Japanese  

or I take a word in English like moss and then  I want to translate that so I learn this through  

through English so this is learning Japanese as a  second language uh and this Japanese word is K so

co co uh so I couldn't remember this it was really  difficult and again I'm trying to remember and  

when I want to say the word moss and Moss if  you don't know what that is this is you know  

just kind of like tiny green plants that grow on  things so it's better just to see a picture of it  

uh and I can't really draw it well but if you  look at a picture you'll know what I'm talking  

about about um so if I'm learning this way uh you  could think well it's it's kind of difficult now  

to go back and learn something I already kind of  know but if there's doubt at all about something  

and there was doubt for me because I couldn't  remember the word I couldn't understand what  

it was and when I'm in a conversation I want to  say Moss I know what I want to say but I can't  

remember the word all right so even like I try  to you know use flashcards or whatever try to  

remember it I'm still trying to learn it through  English and and each time you add another step in  

learning that makes it more difficult you add  another step when you try to speak so how did  

I solve this uh I was at a gardening show and I  saw uh basically it was like a little ball maybe  

you've seen something like this I think they're  not just in Japan uh but it was a ball that  

had a bunch of moss on it so like a dirt ball  that was covered with moss and it had a little  

plant growing on top of it so it's just a little  like a decoration thing uh and it's called a COK

dama so K D or here D And so I knew like dhama  or Tama means ball and so it's literally a a  

moss ball and when I saw that I was like ah okay  I got it that was my aha moment for understanding  

Koke means Moss okay so I had already tried to  use the English as a or in that case Japanese as  

a second language approach and it didn't work for  me uh it didn't help me remember it so I could go  

back and and erase the doubt when I understood it  like a native okay so that's an example uh of how  

this works for uh for anybody so it it's not like  if you have spent years uh learning one way you  

can't change a different way especially if you  have doubt about a particular thing so give it  

a try that's the only way I would uh tell you  recommend you knowing that for sure uh so okay  

let's do this very quickly because we're already  at like 50 minutes all right so this is making

plans all right so we have our situation here  we're talking about let me move this up a  

little bit so everybody can see okay so to make  plans you're having a conversation with someone  

uh making different plans about whatever uh  there are different ways you could express  

this situation I bet you can think of some uh in  the chat I'll give you a moment to try to do that  

uh but one thing is if you're just talking about  what you will do so I I will whatever very simple  

so in a situation I like someone asks you like oh  what are your plans for the weekend or whatever  

like oh I will whatever I will play golf I will  go to a movie I will eat dinner I will meet my  

friend I will wash my clothes I will paint my  house okay very simple very simple just like I  

want we're talking about I will do something I  will so we don't worry about like we we kind of  

understand it's the future uh we don't think about  this as as trying to diagram sentences like I am I  

was I will it's just like this is the way little  kids are learning the language and so as you hear  

examples like that and then you start hearing many  of these the pattern just becomes automatic for  

you and that's how you use it without thinking  all right so yes canero says another way is

I'm going to going

to going to so I'm going to play the piano I'm  going to do whatever and in this situation we're  

making plans we're talking about what we will do  in the future we understand what's happening so  

I'm with my friends I hear I understand oh they're  talking about the weekend or what you know what we  

what we will do I will go to the beach I will go  to whatever okay so get some get some gnarly waves  

at the beach all right here's another way you  could say that [Music] I I plan to very simple  

what are you doing this weekend oh I plan to  go shopping okay I plan to go shopping I plan  

to go shopping pretty simple you might also hear  like I plan on doing something but here this is a  

bit more appropriate because we're talking about  uh like what should we do like the specific verb  

that you're you're planning on doing something  so if I say like I plan on going shopping like  

you're it's more like thinking about doing that  thing rather than in intention to do something  

it's slight slight Nuance there so I plan on going  shopping over the weekend that's like you're kind  

of thinking about that or that's you're focusing  on the intention but here is like I'm definitely  

going to do something so I plan to do something  I plan to do something so what are you doing over  

the weekend oh I plan to see a movie I'm going  to see a movie I will see a movie all right so  

I plan to go to church very good same thing okay  so whatever you're thinking about doing these are  

very simple ways you will hear these all the time  in real conversations and you see it doesn't need  

to be complicated what what are you planning on  doing so even if other people might give you a  

difficult question or something if you understand  the general idea you can easily respond with any  

of these things very simple I will what could be  easier I will all right very simple all right next

situation directions so giving someone directions  or asking someone for directions uh can I use  

shall to talk about plans uh you could say that  if you're asking like shall we do something shall  

we do something I plan to watch English  anyone on YouTube y That's a good plan  

so directions uh yes you so I I shall like uh if  you're if you're talking with a group of people  

and you say like what shall we do tomorrow  it's more common and more natural to hear

should in that situation so if you're saying like  oh what should we do tomorrow or what should we  

do tonight what should we do for dinner this is  much more common uh rather than like what shall  

we do which sounds almost a bit more polite or  too polite so you will hear that uh like at a  

corporate a company meeting maybe like like what  shall we do about this problem but it's just much  

more casual conversational natural to say should  in that situation okay and you could also like  

pose it as a question like uh like shall we go to  the park so I wouldn't ask my children shall we go  

to the park you know it's more like like should we  go to the park would you would you like to do that  

okay Wes says hello Drew I heard someone today on  TV said I work ass off is that idiom uh I searched  

a lot but I didn't get the right meaning can you  say I doubt what I have uh oh well when it just  

means you're working really hard to work your  ass off you know you're like it's like imagine  

you're working so hard like your butt falls  off like you're you know it's a kind of a weird  

expression it's an idiom yes uh but yes  I'm working my ass off so that just means  

I'm working really hard doing something working  my ass off all right so see if you can think of  

some ways that you might ask for or ways that  you might give directions now these aren't  

necessarily like you know giving directions  like like directions to a particular place  

but you're asking people to do things you're  trying to tell other people to do something  

may I say intend yes you're talking about intend  to do something as well you can say that as well  

so where can I find yep that's another good  example where can I find all right so again  

giving directions it could be like you know  something as simple as like turn left or  

turn right or go straight so those are giving  directions as well or you know like canero was  

just talking about uh so if you're asking you  know how might I find something or how can I

like how can I get to

somewhere how can I get to the  bank or if you're giving directions

like could you sit down so I'm giving  you directions to do something I'm like  

actually telling you to do something  so giving directions it it depends  

on the particular situation uh but again the point  is we're we're trying to listen not for uh like  

particular structures in sentences it's more what  is what is just the pattern what is the general  

thing people say or what are the few different  things that people might say okay but pretty

easy all right all right let's see let's  go over see I think we got two more  

making requests asking for

help and I'm going through these quickly  but I do have examples of all of them in  

the description below this video so  just click on that uh later I will  

make a comment in the video uh description  will be there as well so if we're making

requests or asking for help so how are some uh  different ways we might say this and you'll know  

notice it's not like there's one correct way to  say this there are many different ways we might  

say this and then you can find something very  simple that you can use in these situations all  

right but it's also important to get lots of  examples number one to make it easier for you  

and number two also so you'll recognize these  different things even if you don't use them  

yourself so often people have their uh their  one expression like your goto so your goto  

expression or your go-to phrase when you're in a  conversation you will often say the same thing or  

the same kind of expression uh but you should be  prepared for other people because they will have  

their go-to expression so different people will  say different things for different reasons uh  

but you will still be prepared and be able to  communicate fluently you will understand what  

they're saying and then you can say something  back all right but remember uh if you if you  

get stuck maybe you can't remember one way to say  this there's usually another way all right right  

canero again could you do me a favor yes so if  we're asking someone so could you whatever could  

you help could you do me a favor uh John could you  give a hand yeah another good example so could you  

all right you will also here can and grammatically  it's incorrect but people use this all the time  

the difference between could and can is can is  really asking about ability so if a teacher is  

they're teaching a class and the student says  oh can I go to the toilet or can I go to the  

bathroom or whatever and the teacher says I don't  know can you so it's asking like do I have the  

ability to go to the toilet but if you're asking  for permission uh in this way yes you could say  

could now like may may you give me a hand we we  typically wouldn't use that we use May when we're  

talking about ourselves and we are offering help  so if I'm asking someone else like could you give  

me a hand so could you give me a hand or if I'm uh  if I'm asking someone else if they need help like  

may I give you a hand all right but we wouldn't  say like may you may you give me a hand that would  

sound a little bit weird so could you or can you  but uh this again could is the correct thing but  

casually conversationally like can can you get me  from the airport can you get me from the airport  

so could you pick me up I could say both of those  things can you or could you but sometimes people  

will joke and they will say well I don't know  can you okay yes so yes like you can use your  

feet and go to the toilet uh but often teachers  they will they will explain the lesson about these  

the difference here to children in that way but  L lately people don't care as much about correct  

grammar so the the kind of it it degrades it gets  worse over time but you should be correct remember

that okay so this is typically where  you hear things like like would

you so would you do something and these are  all correct like could you could you give me  

a hand or would you give me a hand can you give  me a hand you will hear all of those things but  

could and would are both the same thing thing  like in this situation okay so notice again  

like where we might there might be a situation  where we can use would and could in the same  

situation uh and other uh other situations where  we would not use them in the same way okay okay  

so could you give me a hand can you give me  a hand would you give me a hand or the same  

thing would you would you mind doing something  all right so in that case like would you mind

so this is a a bit more formal way would you  mind like like is it is it a problem for you  

do you care would you mind if I you know if I if  I eat your lunch so would you mind if if I eat  

your lunch so would you care about that would you  be upset uh but we don't say like could you mind  

we only say would you mind so this is a specific  phrase would you wait excuse me I don't know why  

I put that I'm see I I can't write and and think  at the same time I'm sorry I wrote that would you

mind there you go so would you mind  doing something would you mind closing  

the window would you mind turning up the  air conditioning would you mind coming to  

my house for dinner and it's usually when  we're we're like asking someone like so  

mind in this situation is talking about is that  a problem for you okay so here it's like care  

like would you like would it be a problem for  you if you do something but the Casual very C  

very fast way is just would you mind but we  do not say could you mind all right for this  

situation we wouldn't say all right because I'm  just asking like potentially is it a problem for  

you but could is I'm asking like is it possible  for you to do something yeah so would you mind if  

like would you mind if I do something or would  you mind doing something for me would you mind  

doing something would you mind helping me  would you mind helping me would you mind

helping would you mind helping me would you mind  waiting for a moment okay or you can also hear  

if something is happening like right now uh do do  do you mind waiting for a moment so maybe someone  

asks me a question and I say oh please wait for  a moment do you mind waiting for a moment or do  

you mind helping me it's like I'm asking for your  help right now but maybe would you mind helping  

me move next week okay so we can use both of these  and you will hear conversationally casually uh in  

situations and that's why another example if you  have uh if you're worried about a specific grammar  

point you should search Google to see if people  are using that or not okay so you might have  

uh a situation like like would you mind doing  something for the for right now in the present  

or do you mind also right now in the present  and as you get more examples of natives using  

these things you will feel more confident about  using them as well okay that's the whole point  

so that's why we want to look at a situation and  hear the different uh different ways of expressing  

things so it's always good to get lots of  examples all right uh all right K says I'd  

like to have more lessons like this in the future  uh K you should join fluent for life that we have  

a ton of those in there all right let's see uh  estudo says great explanations you are also funny  

I don't know if that's referring to me or not  but hopefully you're enjoying it panth says hi  

good morning sir I know I know our very teacher in  the world I'm so happy about I always follow you  

because because you teach nice method I'm proud  of you sir have a nice day thank you very much  

uh click the like button and tell other people to  enjoy the video say hey come and watch Jack Smith  

says hi she loves to read and she love reading  what's the difference uh in this situation there  

is no difference but you would say it correctly as  she loves reading maybe that's a typo uh but you  

would say she loves to read or she loves reading  in this situation there's no difference all right  

question okay I got that one already uh you  cannot eat my lunch there are 4,657 rice in my  

lunch box uh like you mean grains of rice grains  of rice yeah and that that if you're talking about  

individual pieces individual rice things uh there  are yes there are 46 uh 4,657 grains grains of

rice or you could say rice greens say

thing rice

grains rice grains there's a comedian named Mitch  Hedberg and he has a joke about that he says rice  

is perfect for when you're hungry and you want  to eat a thousand of something so rice rice is  

perfect for when you're hungry and you want to eat  a thousand of something okay so rather than than  

having like one piece of bread you have a thousand  rice creams so it's it's it's kind of a joke like  

oh I'm hungry I I I would like to eat you know a  slice of pizza or a sandwich or a bowl of soup or  

something like that but if you want a thousand of  something rice is uh rice is a good idea uh let's  

see and Cadia says hello sure I can learn English  from cartoon to be perfect like a native speakers  

answer me please well yes that would be one way  the point is do you understand the language well  

or not if if you are learning in a way that  removes the doubt then keep doing that that's  

that's the only goal John says is correct to say  if you don't mind yes so you would say that as  

well you would say is it correct to say or you  could just say is this correct so if you don't  

mind it's like you are standing on my foot could  you please move or if you don't mind please do  

something we love your laugh teacher but way could  you could I use usually I want right a bit rude uh  

not really but typically if you want to be a bit  more polite we say I would like or do i' like so  

and that's this is very useful for describing  what you want or if you want someone else to  

do something like I'd like uh soup for lunch so  I would like you can say I would or i' both of  

those are fine so I'd like whatever for lunch uh  or you could say I'd like you to do something same  

thing so if I just say I want you to do something  that sounds uh like a parent might use that to a  

child because you can be a bit more like less less  polite that way I want you to do your homework now  

I want you to do your homework now I want you to  come home now but if I'm talking with someone else  

like I want you to come to my house at 4:00 like  that sounds a little bit uh yeah it's it's like a  

little bit rude a little bit impolite all right  but it depends on the situation so maybe if I'm  

uh if I'm I don't know like if my girl friend  is like really excited to see me and she says  

like I want you at my house now I'm like okay it  sounds like a good idea to me I'm not going to  

think that's rude you know so I want something  it depends on the situation but in general  

uh yes like I Del like is a better thing to use uh  let's see K says because every teacher says don't  

say I want yes like it again teachers teachers do  a bad job of focusing on specific words and then  

telling you what to say but a native doesn't think  about the language that way that that is the whole  

point of this video showing you that we begin with  a situation and then come to the vocabulary all  

right but if you start with the vocabulary and  you think well my teacher said don't say I want  

so I want is bad like you see those videos  on YouTube it's like don't say I want like  

why not maybe I want something I say I want you  know natives say that and you can easily Google  

that to check those things for yourself so if I  go to Google and type in I want I will probably  

get millions of pages that have those examples  okay so like it's a it they're they're kind of  

teaching you a bad lesson the reason people make  those videos is because it's like a shocking kind  

of thing like oh my goodness like don't say this  you know like but people say that all the time  

you know uh but that that's the kind of the whole  point of uh of learning the native way is that you  

understand when it is okay to use that so a native  I want you to have that I want you so here we go  

like using I want like I and this is a polite way  to say it it's like I want you to to be able to  

speak fluently to understand those nuances so I  want you to do that like that's my goal for you  

so that's a way of using I want in a way that  you could use it and it's not impolite okay so  

we don't begin with uh with phrases or words and  then say like you can't use that we we begin with  

something uh with a situation and think what could  we use in that situation okay does everybody get  

this point that's the that that is the the most  important thing about this video but uh but all  

of the things I teach are teaching that same  way so if a native would say I want then don't  

listen to teachers that say I don't want that  okay I want you to understand the language like  

a native okay now I'm not I'm not it doesn't mean  I'm like forcing you to do it it just means that's  

another way of saying my hope for you is to do  something so I want you to enjoy speaking I want  

you to understand the language like a native or  if I'm talking about someone else like I want my  

children to grow up uh be strong and whatever I  want I want I want you to be happy okay so we we  

don't we don't look at a word or expression and  say no we can't use that we just think like wait  

a minute and this is actually more of a game  natives could play where like my teacher said  

I can't do something but then you ask a native  and they say oh well you could say it in this  

situation or that situation but it always comes  back to the situation okay and I remind people  

this every video because I always have new people  joining us but but even the people who've been  

following me for a while they need to hear that  as a good reminder because most of the content  

and most of the English lessons are are telling  you the opposite they will say well don't don't  

use that like or here's some like boring English  Expressions don't use those anymore why not I use  

those things all the time so I look at videos like  like don't use the word no I don't know what why  

but I I say no all the time no is it's like one  of my favorite words no look at that i' use it  

so I want you to understand the language like a  native okay uh all right let's see that's a good  

joke about rice so Louis says rice is uncountable  use them yes so again like we can take something  

that's countable and make it uncountable  or we could do the opposite so if I have

since people are asking about this let's say we  have a bowl this is kind of a bad Bowl but this  

is Imagine This is a bowl of rice a bowl of rice  so I'm talking about rice as an uncountable thing  

because I don't want to count all of those little  things anyway all of the grains of rice uh but if  

we want to we could all right it's more try to and  this is a way I explained it to my I used to have  

a like a local class of students that I explain  this to about the the like the the subject and the  

container for that thing so you can imagine rice  as a thing like if I take all of this rice and I  

and I press it into like a thing you can't really  see one grain of rice so I have some cooked rice  

and I press it into one thing it's just rice but  if I put it into different containers it becomes  

a different thing like I take that and I put it in  here and we have a cup of rice or or I could pull  

off one little piece and I have oh a piece of rice  or I have like one grain of rice or a bit of rays  

so whether something is countable or not it just  depends on how we're looking at it it depends on  

the situation okay so the same thing with water  all right I could have just water and water like  

itself isn't countable but we could count it  in different containers so I could have a cup  

of water I could have a drop like a drop of water  okay or I could have an ocean of water okay so I'm  

describing the thing even something like that same  thing with pasta I could have a bowl of pasta and  

the bowl of pasta is it's not really countable but  we're counting it as one bowl of pasta so we have  

like the thing is pasta and then what container  is it in so do we have one noodle okay so I have  

one noodle of pasta or I have one drop of water  or one cup of rice okay so don't think about it  

as uh like is something countable or not that's  kind of the basic way of looking at it but uh  

it's like advice like we advice people often say  like could you give me advice about something and  

I will say well uh I can give you advice or I can  give you some advice or I can give you a piece of  

advice it's like what is the thing and what is  the contain container it's in okay so anything  

like that uh like if we look at wood so we have  like wood from a tree we could have like a board  

of wood or a plank of wood or a piece of wood or  a splinter of wood okay so again uh I want you  

I want you to have a native's understanding of  these things so when we when we talk about what  

is countable and what is not it's just oh like  understanding the different pieces of these things  

or the ways uh that we might do something so is  milk countable or not yes and no so we have milk  

milk is the thing and we could have a cup of milk  a drop of milk a gallon of milk a bucket of milk  

okay but milk itself it's like it's just like  a thing like a color like a cup of red a cup of  

black a like an area of black same idea okay so  you can't really count like the color but you can  

put it in different containers and that container  is the thing describing that all right hopefully  

that makes sense let me go through this and give  my last examples uh let's see a girlfriend today  

is Valentine's Day in Brazil really that's  interesting you have Valentine's Day in June  

huh in Japan we have regular Valentine's Day in  June but we have white day in March I think so  

white Day is when men give chocolate to women and  Valentine's Day is actually where women typically  

give chocolate to men pretty interesting uh and  fox says could I ask you this question do you  

think too much about uh singular and plural when  you are speaking English I don't think anything at  

all about about verb tenses or whether something  is singular or plural that's the whole point of  

this video is like I don't want you to think about  like wait a minute this is plural this is not it's  

just in this situation what do people say and as  you get more examples you will feel more confident  

about that grammar uh Jonathan says hello teacher  if I order something can I say I would like or can  

I get yes both of those are correct uh I love your  dimples say Edward glad to hear it with the upside  

down face Jasmine says thanks for sharing your  lessons I want to ask you where is your accent  

from um well the specific way I'm speaking here  this is it's just the middle of the United States  

but I have a I guess a wide range of influences  on my uh on my accent or pronunciation uh the same  

way you guys should uh if you're listening to lots  of examples KY says I understand you clearly Sam  

says my students cannot focus on thinking like  a native speaker while using English they try  

to translate from Turkish to English and that's  not an easy process at all well that depends on  

you as the teacher if you can show them how to  make the language understandable I haven't given  

my marker example in a while I'll give you that  very quickly so if I'm going to teach you some  

Japanese uh in English like I could translate  these words or I could teach you Japanese in

Japanese Kudo Kudo Ma a Mak a Mak okay so if  I give you examples uh usually the first time  

you hear something I'm just exposing you to the  language so you're just hearing it for the first  

time maybe you've not heard Japanese or you don't  know this example I give sometimes uh but in that  

case you're you're just hearing it but you're  thinking oh like I'm starting to understand the  

language in the language so as the teacher  that's really your job to make the language  

understandable just like it's my job to make the  language understandable for everybody watching  

okay so you have to remember that as the teacher  the students uh it's going to be more difficult  

for them but if you show them that it's easy  by making the language understandable then it's  

very easy to do all right uh Miguel says hello  my name is armandito from Mexico City nice to  

see you there drawing our attention to Don't  Say videos is great drawing our attention to  

Don't Say videos is great drawing our attention  to don't say videos is great ah okay so if you're  

talking about that like watch those videos if  you like but those videos are a good example of  

what not to do so watch those videos like th those  videos usually have like a different strategy on  

YouTube and that strategy is ADD monetization um  so I I'll give you like a very quick explanation  

about this Ju Just so you understand what's  happening here so if you if you make a video  

uh and you get lots of people to watch the video  then you can get uh some advertising money from  

that I think everybody understands this process  so if you make a video that's it's kind of like  

a shocking video like hey like don't ever say  this phrase but you know you actually can use  

it or whatever or they kind of change the meaning  uh they're going to get more people watching it  

and then they get money directly from YouTube  or Google uh but me like I actually don't do  

that so like my my Channel videos do not have  advertising on them that's why you've probably  

not seen ads and maybe you watched a video and  said oh look the ad just like there was no ad  

I just saw the video so any any any money that  I make is only from people who join my programs  

and actually like like the way I teach and want  to continue learning with me so that's actually  

how I make money so I have to make videos that  that actually help people so like yes like those  

videos like there can be some some interesting  things in those videos I don't really spend much  

time watching them um but just remember that  as you're learning I want you to think about it  

like a native so you should be getting different  examples and understanding how a native actually  

would say a lot of that vocabulary uh let's see  teacher thanks for your teaching student from  

Taiwan it's my pleasure CDE uh Andrew says hi Drew  what is your program also is your pro oh is your  

program also meant for English teachers uh we do  have English teachers in the program uh I have  

like I haven't seen uh SLE as one example of a of  a student who joined me and started changing the  

way she uh she teaches and now she's I think like  earning more money from being a teacher using the  

same way we teach um but we show you how to teach  as a teacher and you you get lots of examples the  

same way natives would learn uh but yes we do have  lots of teachers who join fluent for life or other  

of our programs that want to understand uh how it  works let's see Miguel says what is the difference  

between would could and might yes uh Google that  I'm not I don't have time to go into differences  

about all that because again we want to focus on  different situations and how we might use some  

words but not others uh okay Sim says okay mate  however they're not preschool Learners though give  

an example of a C1 level uh well like I'm teaching  you right now and not like you but you know  

anybody uh anybody learning um this is not like  preschool level English uh so again the depending

on on what your what you're trying to  help people learn uh so I I would need  

to rather than giving me like C1 or a or  whatever give me like a specific thing  

you're trying to teach uh but I would typically  recommend you start with you know it's like a  

like a staircase and if you just start teaching  people English in English without giving them  

any kind of foundation it's going to be more  difficult for you so if you have a particular  

grammar point or something I would start at  a more basic level but you can do it all in  

English if you have a specific thing you're trying  to teach uh give me that example and I can help  

you with that but uh also if you watch really  any of my videos you will see examples of that  

as well where we take something very simple even  this video we we covered some very simple things  

in it uh and showed how you can become maybe  uh like more advanced in that thing by changing  

the sentence or adding different things into that  sentence as well so it's not like it's a uh it's a  

it's a different um it's not it's not a different  process for all these different things you would  

learn the point is can you help people understand  it within the language rather than using an  

explanation or something that that isn't really  going to help them understand it but it it's on us  

as teachers to do that okay all right uh but yes  if anybody has a particular question about that  

but yeah like people will say well like you know I  like I'm teaching like you know graduate students  

or whatever and it's like well it sounds like  they're probably having uh problems even you know  

for for graduate students at that at that level uh  if they can't communicate then you know you should  

probably teach something a little bit easier at  least to to get them to that level where they  

can understand uh but I have quite a few videos  where I go through that process including this

one uh let's see and bgm how to improve  pronunciation of th uh get Frederick just  

click on the link in the description below this  video and all of the pronunciation of those those  

sounds those are called diagraphs uh so th pH  sh all of those you will hear those um uh in  

the app and let's see looks like uh let's see  the China can you use your chat gbd prompt to  

generate different if Clauses uh you could I I  I I just made that one video if you're talking  

about that other chat GPT video I made with one  prompt in it that's specifically for vocabulary  

learning um but you could edit it a little bit  and make it more for grammar uh if you if you  

want to do that for for whatever that thing is so  you could cuz in that in that case it's not really  

you know what the vocabulary is so you don't  really need a um you know you don't need like  

a history lesson about where where the word if  comes from it's just tell chat GPT hey could you  

give me uh some simple examples of if uh and then  make them more complex you know like increasingly  

complex something like that and it will give you  a bunch of examples but you can work with chat  

gbt and have it give you lots of those different  things hon says is fluent uh Frederick for life  

also included influent for Life uh they're two  different things because they're on two different  

platforms so Frederick is on the App Store and  uh the Google Play Store uh and we we don't have  

like a connection to that we're not able to um  to put them together but Frederick is incredibly  

cheap and a lot of people who join fluent for  life also get Frederick uh you are great drew  

the real teacher glad de I have a question can  you use your CH okay I answered that one uh to  

generate different if Clauses one two three and  mixed yeah so give that a try Jack says uh yeah  

you're one of the best teachers at all you can say  the one of the yes one of the like best teachers  

of all one of the best teachers of well uh see s  again thank you drew I guess I choose the wrong  

path because sometimes I use my mother tongue  in classes I should not do this but that makes  

the lesson smoother I guess yes and so this is  usually what happens um it's more difficult to  

help people understand something in English if  you're teaching that language uh rather than just  

give aain translation but I promise you it will  take more time and it will like you you might  

make the lesson go smoother just by explaining  a translation but in the long run the student  

will not learn to speak well because they will  be thinking in translating so that's why a lot  

of people struggle to speak so if you if you you  should just watch a couple of my videos and you  

will see examples of how I do this uh especially  the beginning English grammar playlist that goes  

up uh quite a few levels I think they're Maybe 20  videos in that playlist but you'll see how that  

works how you can help people understand things  using a lot of uh visual examples uh but that's  

a better way to do it if you want to help them  speak uh let's see uh let's see I'm India just  

wake up all later today review glad here jendo  says hello Drew how are you doing today doing  

well receiver says Frederick is really helpful  glad to hear it uh if you have Frederick and you  

like it please leave us a review on the App Store  so more people can find it IRS says hi Drew uh  

this is Ivan from columia here is my problem right  now I started a new job and I'm struggling with  

my fluency I'd like to know what I should do to  overcome this as fast as possible thanks uh well  

in a specific job context if you need certain  language for that job then just learn that uh  

and start start with that anyway um and look at  again like what we're talking about excuse me  

uh in this video is looking at situations and  what people say in those situations and if in  

your job I don't know what you do but there are  probably the same thing maybe happening or you  

have to talk about the same thing in different  ways focus on the English for that and listen to  

what other people are saying for those examples  as an example if I work at a hotel and I work  

at the front desk I'm probably going to say hello  welcome to the hotel I would like to check you in  

or things like that I'm going to say that over and  over and over again and I will hear the same kinds  

of things from people who are checking in so when  someone walks to the front they say oh uh I would  

like to check in or maybe they might even say  I want to check in so the same kinds of things  

we're talking about here but I would look for um  specific uh specific things like about what you  

say or like the kinds of situations in your work  whatever that is and then get many examples of it  

uh Sam Crooks says I want to I want my kids to  get Frederick to be able to teach themselves yes  

so again uh as children play with it like I when  I made that initially uh my daughters were playing  

with that and they still do uh but they can play  with it you know when they were two three years  

old they were playing with the app just Endo says  thanks again for your time and patience to help us  

improve our grammar skills it's my pleasure  Frederick is new to me uh would you please  

tell me where uh to find it and how just click on  the link in the description below this video it's  

an app for uh iOS or Android and it basically  allows you to teach yourself pronunciation and  

listening and grammar and vocabulary the same way  natives learn and you also get lots of examples uh  

four examples for each uh word but you will hear  different sentences as well so if you want to get  

lots of exposure to uh to the language the same  way natives do that's what Frederick is uh and  

I'd like to continue uh improving it um but anyway  it as it is right now it will help you a lot all  

right I'm late to the game uh sim said thanks  man it's very kind of you yeah it's my pleasure  

I know I know it's hard to to help people learn uh  and when I when I was first teaching I was using  

translations as well because that's just what  everybody does you know but the students end up  

suffering more and and if you just need to have  them pass a test I understand like okay guys I  

need you to remember these 10 words um and that's  basically the way everyone in Japan learns English  

uh and most people learning any language are are  typically learning that way in school uh but if  

you want to speak then that's how you would do it  uh John says guys remember that before asking chat  

gbt something tell him to take the role of English  teacher for better results yes so again how you uh  

how you talk with chat GPT is very important you  should watch my video about that to learn more I  

it took me about two hours to make that one  prompt just for people to to have something  

that would teach them the way uh the way I would  help them learn right see it says hello uh my best  

is good idea to think when we are speaking about  grammar uh this is said yes so again uh try not to  

think about it like grammar like there's certain  sentence structures it's just more what patterns  

do people use uh in their in their everyday  communication and as you get those let's see if we  

have uh I think we we kind of cover them all for  today the last one I wanted to talk about is likes  

and dislikes uh but again this is very simple so  all you can talk about so if this situation is how  

you how you like something or don't like something  so I like and it's very easy to say the negative  

which is just I do not like something and the  same thing like we talked about I will or I want  

these are all very simple sentences you will hear  these all the time uh there's nothing wrong with  

these sentences so don't listen to YouTube  videos and say don't say I you know whatever  

it's important just to understand when people  use the vocabulary okay the meaning is not in  

the word the meaning is in the situation okay and  then the word gets the meaning from that uh from  

that situation okay but very simple you don't need  to know a lot of words to communicate fluently you  

just need to understand them well all right that's  the whole point all right uh let me answer some  

final questions here if anybody has them and then  that should be it looks like we went about an hour  

and a half today all right uh Evan says hello and  estudo says a teacher you are teaching for almost  

two hours without drinking any water how can  you do it it's like a marathon uh if I talk for  

all this time I would probably get a sore throat  yes uh usually I'm I'm quite tired after I finish  

these videos uh so I relax but I do have uh a  pretty big 2 L bottle here the uh the the missile

here see the problem is I don't like uh taking  a break in the middle of the video especially if  

people are listening because if there's no sound  then people think maybe there's something wrong  

with the with the audio or something like that I  know if I'm listening to a podcast or something  

sometimes uh I have that problem but anyway  we're finished and I I don't mind I'm I'm like a  

camel you know I can wait uh for a little bit of  time but you can hear my my voice it does get a  

little bit weaker over over the the the period  of the video but yes people do often tell me it's  

time to drink water usually at the uh I should get  one of those maybe you maybe you've seen this if  

you go to like an American uh like sports event  or whatever is my last story I will leave you  

with uh but there's a hat it's like a drinking  hat there are different ways you can do this but  

it's like it's like a like a helmet that's got  two drink holders on the side uh and so you put  

your drink in this like a a cup of something and  then it has a straw that goes into your into your  

mouth like that so here is a here is a person has  a nose and the mouth like there and the straw just  

goes in there from both of those and so you can  you can without using your hands you can still  

watch a game or something and you have have a  a straw yes usually for beer or something like  

that so I should get I should get a helmet like  that uh for for my lessons that way like I can  

just if a straw is right it is a like a hamster  you know while I'm uh while I'm teaching I maybe  

that would be a good a good idea we'll see uh  I haven't found anything like that but I think  

even actually a hamster bottle would be a good  idea I could I could hang something from here  

see I like to think about interesting solutions  to problems like this so I have if I have a bottle  

you know it's got the little the ball bearing  and it just like you know like a like a like a  

hamster drinking like that that would be uh would  be a good idea I don't know it would be different  

for sure people would say hey uh but they Pro  they would not remember me for how I teach they  

would just say oh that's the guy who drinks from  a hamster bottle but I I'll think about it I'll  

think about it all right uh let's see people  glad people people are enjoying the videos last  

few comments here canero says how did you drop  new short video about in and into while being  

live oh I think that that video has been it's been  up for like a while I think I don't think it did  

that is that just up now I don't know if that's  just up now or not let's see because I think

uh no that's been yeah that was that was like  yesterday that got put up but also remember you  

can schedule things on YouTube and have things go  go live or be released at certain times so I know  

it seems like magic but uh ad just says sir uh  do you have any Community where I can find other  

people who are looking to improve their speaking  skill by practicing with strangers uh well that's  

uh what you could have right here on YouTube  uh but I actually don't recommend that number  

one uh you should be spending most of your time  just learning the language so getting lots of  

input you don't need another person to do that to  speak with you um and the other thing is if you  

want to actually speak with people uh I would  find natives who uh natives who also are just  

interested in talking about the same things you  are so that that's that's what I recommend like  

for our for all the guides I have and the lessons  like the basic idea is you spend most of your time  

learning the language and then you only need a  little bit of time to to practice things to make  

sure people people uh that you use them well  all right looks like people are enjoying the  

uh the all right M says uh I benefit greatly from  you and your explanation is very simple thank you  

for everything does memorizing sentences save  me from understanding grammar uh well yeah I  

I don't want you to like memorize it but you  would naturally get those examples as you get  

more examples so like it's you you naturally come  to understand the language without trying to um  

without trying to memorize a bunch of things so I  don't want it's it's like it's like a guy learning  

some pickup lines so pickup lines are things you  would use when you try to meet women at a bar or  

something like that and so you try to memorize  a bunch of lines it's much better to just like  

understand the process of meeting meeting people  and how you would start a conversation rather  

than try to remember a bunch of lines but the  process I have gone through in this video that  

will help you think more like that so you begin  with situations get lots of examples and you will  

naturally remember these things and understand  the patterns and you will use them fluently uh  

as well so who is that guy did you just draw  uh oh it's interesting shows four minutes ago  

here huh uh all you guys are talking with each  other uh the link is placed in the description  

try it's easy to figure out how it works yeah  uh so you're talking about Frederick yes one of  

the things that I do in fredi is there's very  little explanation about how it works because  

you're supposed to learn through Discovery and  so you you kind of test different things with  

the app try comparing different sounds together  and you will think oh like it's interesting so we  

show you a little bit about how it works but you  discover the app and understand the language just  

by playing with it all right uh and then Ian  or ion says uh is it a big difference between  

British English and American English because I  learned with American English in the past few  

years but now I'm learning with British English  style there's not a big difference between the  

two languages I mean it's like the grammar is the  same and there might be just differences in accent  

and some vocabulary depending on words but that's  the same thing within the United States as well or  

within England so in America we have different  Regional accents so someone from the south or  

the northeast or the Northwest you know even the  vocabulary would be different as well so it's not  

that different but it's basically you know if  you if you I always recommend people focus on  

the English they need for their life so if you  live in England learn British English because  

you will experience that more um but you will  find like what we do in fluent for life is we  

give you lots of different speakers so British  English American English and different places  

in America as well because we want you to be  exposed to different kinds of English so even  

if you live in the the United Kingdom uh you will  still get American movies or you know hear people  

like me teaching online so it's good to get lots  of different examples all right look at that and  

K says I'm planning to I don't remember what that  was talking about but uh and Sami says oh excuse  

me oh you're asking about different pronunciations  word of words get Frederick like all those words  

are in there all those words are in there uh so  if you want to hear that Frederick has over 2,000  

words and sentences and just click on the link  uh you can try it for free and it's very cheap  

if you upgrade to get the whole thing so it's like  having me there to teach you all these different  

words and phrases but you can do it anytime you  like anyway that's it uh remember just a quick  

recap about the video the point is that you should  be understanding things like a native if you want  

to use grammar like a native so you begin with  situations think about what are the things you  

might commonly hear and you can get many examples  of those uh from YouTube or fluent for life that's  

what we do in the program as well um but hearing  lots of these different examples will help you  

understand those patterns rather than thinking  about what is the name of the grammar point or  

what is a specific structure you will just come  to understand these things naturally the same  

way a native does all right uh glad people are  enjoying this though everyone says thanks uh and  

yeah if you know other people who would enjoy  the lesson do send them the link uh or you can  

share this however you share things click the like  button and we'll see you in the next video bye-bye