Fluent in 15 Minutes: Erase Doubts To Speak English Confidently

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live I think we're working I am Drew Badger the  founder of Englishanyone.com and the English  

fluency guide welcome to another live video here  on YouTube uh we'll give YouTube a moment to load  

up here uh but today I thought I would do another  fluent in 15 minutes this is where we're going  

to take the first few minutes of a video and  just talk about something really focus on it  

and understand it in a couple of different ways  remember that the goal of becoming a confident  

speaker is erasing doubt so the more doubt you can  erase the better you can speak because you won't  

be worried about pronunciation or grammar whatever  the thing is so again that's the whole point uh  

and today thought I would focus on something  uh very simple very everyday Cutlery cutlery

all right well nice to see everybody there we'll  get right into the video I want to keep this one  

uh going good morning look at that so yes I think  my uh my Japanese viewers will be here because  

it's a uh it's a holiday in Japan but I'm glad  people uh people can enjoy uh and everybody can  

enjoy the video over here all right well I will  uh be quick over here but as I usually do these  

videos what we're trying to do here is compare  and contrast some different things uh and we'll  

talk about forks knives and spoons here but from  kind of the basic or beginner level of English  

and then get more advanced talking about how we  can describe these things so we'll begin with a  

fork look at that this Fork has nice balance it  has nice balance now just some basic English this  

is a fork this is a fork and I can eat with a  fork I can eat pasta with a fork I can eat what  

else can I eat I can eat uh some eggs with a fork  very simple very simple English same thing with a  

spoon here this is a spoon I can eat what can I  eat with a spoon I could eat some soup I could  

eat some let's see maybe uh some stew let's see  I could eat uh maybe some kind of like like cream  

thing like a dessert I could use a spoon for that  too like some pudding uh but this is a spoon very  

simple this is a spoon and this is a knife over  here this is a knife there are different kinds  

of knives but this is a knife uh this knife has  uh some nice nice balance too you can feel if I  

can find the balance point on here let's see if  I can find that the balance point oh that looks  

pretty good the balance point so the balance point  on something is where we can rest something on  

one point and it will still balance the balance  point so uh a knife can cut things so I can cut  

some butter or I can also spread something like  that so if I take some butter and spread it on to  

some toast something like that uh but these are  all very basic very simple uh English sentences  

so I can cut something or I can poke something  or grab something with a fork or I can scoop  

something with a spoon I can cut something with  a knife so very simple silverware uh and together  

we can call this a set pardon me of course we  have an ambulance as usual uh we have a set of  

silverware and you can also call this Cutlery  Cutlery so a whole set like this usually uh it  

could be different things for different meals uh  you might have uh even kind of different styles  

of fork we'll talk about that in a second uh but  that's basic English for describing these things  

now if we want to get a bit more intermediate  with these we could be a bit more specific about  

the different parts of these things or the kinds  of actions we might use so let's say I'm talking  

about just the fork as a more intermediate way  of describing this so this is a fork here you  

can see a nice uh the curved head of the fork  over here the kind of top of the fork uh if we  

look at the whole Fork here so we have you  can think about the whole Fork this is the  

handle so where you put your hand the handle this  thin part here is the neck of the fork just like  

my neck so you can talk about this as being the  head of the fork but the more important part here  

which it you could call it a head but most people  uh if you're talking about it more intermediate  

way we're really talking about these little points  here these are called tin t i NE e so this Fork  

has four times and you could have different Forks  or different numbers of times for the different  

meal or for the different dish you're eating yes  t i n s so you could have maybe two times or three  

times or four times depending on how strong of a  like a piercing you want to get so if you look at  

something like a like a barbecue Fork so barbecue  Fork might have might look more like this it might  

have maybe two tines on it so we're going to  stab something a bit more if we only have two  

two two little uh tines here t i n e s to poke  something and stab it more uh but this one this  

is better for a salad and you can see it's nice  and curved like this has a nice feel to it easy  

to scoop something but also Pierce something as  well so to stab something or Pierce something okay  

so just again looking at the different parts of  the fork very simple we've got the handle we've  

got the neck and we've got the tines of the fork  Fork as well so that's looking at a fork now let's  

look at a spoon a spoon look at that I can see my  reflection you can see the reflection in the spoon  

over here as well uh so we have again the handle  of the spoon over here this is called the bowl of  

the spoon the bowl just like you have a regular  bowl like you're eating from a bowl so the bowl  

of the spoon as well where I can scoop things  or hold things um and we could also talk about  

different varieties of spoons that have different  kind kinds of bowls so this is a regular dinner  

spoon where I could eat a number of things yes B  WL so it kind of looks like a very small bowl but  

this is the thing that's holding some kind of soup  or something like that so obviously if we compare  

this with a fork it's harder to scoop up something  like you know a soup with a fork because the soup  

will just fall through these little slots here or  the little spaces in between the tines okay so if  

I'm scooping something up with a spoon and then  this is going to be you know one kind of spoon  

but we might have lots of different kinds or even  something very big like a ladle so that would be  

maybe something more for scooping like a large  thing like this with a like a big uh a big bowl  

at the bottom if we're making soup something like  that a ladle so different kind of thing uh but  

again same basic idea uh we can also have the edge  of the spoon or the point point so some spoons  

actually have a bit more of a point this one is  a bit more rounded at the edge so this is a set  

this is all coming from uh one set I believe  so they typically these things are made like  

similarly they kind of look similar these actually  might not be from the same set but we're going  

to say they are all right and then the last thing  we'll look at here again is the knife now this is  

a pretty simple knife over here this is a a knife  you might use more for uh spreading some butter  

maybe cutting something very lightly but you can  see it doesn't really have very sharp teeth on the  

edge of it so this Edge over here this is uh well  this part here on the the knife this is called the  

blade the blade of the knife so we have the edge  where we're cutting something so this is going to  

be the Sharper Edge over here and then this Edge  this is called the spine of the knife just like I  

have a spine running up and down the middle of  my back yes so the blade and then we have the  

handle of the knife over here uh some of them  have a bolster which is like it's kind of like  

a little you know part here to make it maybe uh  we want to protect your hand or something like  

that kind of like the hilt uh of a sword but in  this case this is a pretty simple knife we don't  

really need to worry so much uh about hurting  anybody or stabbing anybody uh we have the tip  

of the blade over here as well and this one again  it's more blunt so this word blunt versus Sharp

so some knives maybe the edge or the the very tip  of the knife looks more like this so we have a a  

sharp knife but this one is more blunt blunt so  again comparing these things this is a bit more  

easier for a family or children could use this  one as well and it's a bit more for spreading  

uh but it doesn't have kind of little teeth  on the side of it there all right so it's a  

smoother edge of the knife you can see the the  edge of the knife is thinner it's thinner than  

the spine of the knife because this is where we're  cutting but it doesn't have little teeth so these  

teeth these are uh these these T tiny tiny little  teeth like this the Jagged Edge uh that's known as  

a serated blade so some Knives have a serrated  blade like this which makes things it's almost  

like a tiny saw it's a little bit easier to cut  through some things so that's called a serated

serated serated

edge so make sure let me make  sure comments are coming over

here let's see okay I think we're working well  that's weird it's not showing up on the okay all  

right uh but anyway so those are some intermediate  examples but let me pause for a moment before  

going into something a bit more advanced for this  last look at these but let me know if you have  

any questions I'll go back and check chat before  we do that but hopefully you're you're seeing um  

when when people typically learn a language the  biggest mistake I see is that people don't go  

deep enough or they don't spend enough time really  trying to understand things and so I want to show  

you with this series just showing you even very  basic things you could go more into detail about  

them and really learn a lot about these things  especially learning a lot of useful vocabulary so  

even talking about something like blunt or sharp  or the tines in a fork or the sated Edge where we  

have some kind of jagged edge on something  like that that's another way to talk about

it Jagged Edge so Jagged means we have this kind  of zigzag thing where there's lots of points and  

maybe even you could have some Jagged rocks that  kind of come out like this as well so it doesn't  

need to be perfectly pointed in that way but some  kind of style like this where it's not smooth a  

jagged edge Jagged Edge all right let me see if  I missed anybody but looks like people are saying  

good morning nice to see everybody there all  right yes uh they seem welld designed and handy  

yes another word we talked about before uh nice  to see everybody I'm just trying to go through  

this so I can go through quickly in the first 15  minutes and make sure I get through uh all three  

levels of this Assam says let's Hassan finally  I'm on your stream hello sir hope you are hope  

you I hope I want through I went through relaxing  and peaceful weekend ah okay glad to hear uh and  

Marcel says it's very similar to how we say in  Portuguese yeah I bet there would be some things  

that are like ah F Like a serated Knife yeah so  some of these things are going to be a little bit  

easier depending on what language you're learning  English from so other Latin language like if  

you're a French speaker or Spanish or Portuguese  speaker you're probably going to know some some  

words or they will sound quite similar although  the uh the the like the sound of the pronunciation  

might be a little bit different let's see uh and  cheat sael says in your experience what is the  

normal period of time to become fluent speaker  with your method well as I'm demonstrating in  

this video the point of developing fluency is  really the process of eliminating doubt so how  

quickly you can do this it just depends on how  quickly you can eliminate doubt for specific  

things so we don't really become fluent in the  entire language all at once we become fluent in  

individual things so you become fluent in talking  about the parts of a knife or how to use a knife  

excuse me things like that so if you're talking  about like my method there actually quite a few  

different things I do to help people learn like  comparing and contrasting different things that's  

one of the things I do to help people learn but  the faster you can eliminate any doubt you have  

or any uncertainty or worries about using the  language that's how quickly you're getting fluent  

so you actually get fluent first and then you  start speaking rather than learning something  

a little bit and trying to practice speaking by  repeating those things but then not really having  

better conversations so hopefully that makes  sense but the goal is basically to understand  

the language as quickly as possible by elimin  ating doubt uh Mr Miz the stream have a flash  

lag huh I don't know I'm not seeing it that on  my end but let me know if anybody else cam nice  

to see you there and Georgina from the Philippines  Puma Puma high and Tom again with the English and  

the Japanese there and sweet meron sweet meron  meron sweet meon from Japan look yes as I as I  

thought more Japanese people or at least people  in Japan who maybe have some uh some like holiday  

today will be on the stream uh Hassan again says  how can I use English in my major mechanical  

engineering although we are studying in French  well you should just get examples of mechanical  

engineering you know videos or lessons in English  from YouTube or just online so if you're having  

to learn it in French then you know keep learning  it in French if you have to do that for school but  

then for maybe your personal time you can spend  more time uh in English learning learning things  

uh let's see is it correct sentence can I say  to a waiter in a restaurant can I have another  

set of Cutlery yes you could say that very good  so could I have another set of Cutlery or could  

I have a new set of Cutlery you could say that as  well so could I have a new knife or you know could  

I have a a clean knife or something like that  you can say that as well hello from Esa from uh  

says Katherine Tom again Jose from Florida and  Alejandro look at that yes the beardy look yes  

I'll probably shave it I need to take my knife and  shave it off I don't know it's getting a little  

bit itchy I don't know I'll probably shave it off  soon I I get a little bit lazy sometimes I let it  

grow out but then it gets itchy and then I need to  take a nice straight blade and then shave it off  

all right let's get a little bit more advanced now  now uh once we get Beyond knowing what the pieces  

of things are so we've got a knife and a spoon and  a fork we can get a bit more detail or a bit more  

advanced with how we talk about things or how we  use things like describing the actions we might  

do so I talked to b a bit about like spreading  something with a knife so we can cut with a knife  

we can stab we can slice with a knife as well  depending on the kind of action you're talking  

about uh let's see and I can even hold talking  about the different grip that I have so the grip  

that I have this is how I'm holding the knife  I could hold the knife like this or like this  

or even like this like ah if I'm going to stab  somebody I might do this is an overhand grip and  

this is an underhand grip so if I'm going to hold  it like this and stab someone like up that way or  

try to poke something or I could even cut very  quickly I could slash like that with the knife  

so there's a lot of different things interesting  things I could do uh and you'll notice these are  

also words I could use for something larger like  a larger blade like a dagger or a larger knife or  

even a sword so these are similar things like here  this is just a a nice small one-handed thing with  

a knife but I don't talk really about swinging  the knife a swing is more where we're talking  

about two hands and holding something like that to  swing a knife just like I would swing a baseball  

bat the same way so there's the regular swing  like swinging at a park yes I could also chop  

something so typically a smaller knife like this  I might have a larger knife uh if I'm maybe like a  

a butcher a butcher knife is a kind of big  knife like that this kind of knife is also  

called a Cleaver so a butcher knife or a Cleaver  where we're really going to take something and  

chop but you know I could take something like  this and do a a chopping thing if I'm going  

to chop my finger off or chop some vegetables or  something like that so very easy things we could  

all talk about with a simple knife so again the  reason I'm giving you these examples and showing  

you how these things work is just to remind you  that you become become more fluent as you become  

more confident about talking about something as  you erase more doubt as you're able to talk more  

about it you feel more confident say oh I can I  can pick up a knife and talk about a knife for  

20 minutes if I needed to if you can do that  you are fluent in talking about a knife okay  

now if we want to get even more detailed we could  talk about maybe uh or Advanced I should say like  

talking about you can see here the the edge  of the blade here so we can talk about life  

or something being on the Blade's Edge or the  edge of a knife like it could go that way or it  

could fall that way something right on the edge  so people talking about like they feel they're on  

the edge of something like that's it could be the  edge of a cliff or it could be the edge of a knife  

so very thin thing where maybe you're walking this  way trying to be good but ah you do something bad  

and you fall off one way or the other so you could  talk about uh life in that way like on the edge of  

a knife so maybe in a really like living out in  the wild where you could get hurt easily or some  

animal could get you you're living on the edge  of a knife and it's very hard like you're safe  

up here on the edge but it's very thin and it's  easy to fall off the edge of a knife all right  

so that's a bit more advanced about a knife we  talk about a fork in the same way I talked about  

poking something or stabbing something just  like we're going to stab something uh with a  

knife I also mentioned piercing something uh some  other things we could talk about about the fork  

uh where we're having like the handle here I  talked about the balance point where we have  

trying to get the fork look at that there we go  nice balance point here in the middle kind of but  

this is where the weight so this is the balance  point for the fork and people design these Forks  

so that they feel good in your hand that you're  holding it but it's not too heavy on one side so  

I can scoop something I can also dig into my  food you'll often hear this when people talk  

about beginning their meals where they say oh  like let's dig in let's dig in and so they're  

talking about digging in just like you dig into  some dirt so digging in to your food let's dig in  

let's begin uh so you could Fork something like if  you're talking about like stabbing something with  

a fork uh but be careful with your pronunciation  if you say [ __ ] something so be careful about  

that like I forked something uh there's also  another kind of similar thing like this so I  

showed this one uh with two tines over here but  there is also in music a tuning fork so it looks  

very similar has usually like a almost looks like  a magnet down like that so you you hit the tuning  

fork and it makes a sound like ding ding this  one it can't really hear anything like it's not  

going to make a vibration like a tuning fork it's  not that kind of design but this is a different  

kind of fork and it has two tines on it okay so  a little bit more interesting a bit more advanced  

with a fork and last one talking about a spoon  as well now the interesting thing about a spoon  

is you can see your reflection in it I guess you  can see your reflection uh in any of these things  

with a spoon it reverses your reflection so look  at that like if I turn the that's like looking at  

the camera right there but if I turn it it's going  to reverse the reflection isn't that interesting  

so where the the bowl of the spoon is curved over  here so the inside versus the outside it turns my  

reflection upside down or right side up depending  on which way you're looking at it so here again  

we have the bowl of the spoon and I guess you  you could call this like the neck of the spoon  

and then this is the handle of the spoon as well  as we talked about before so some people uh they  

might even take some spoons and play you know  like music like this they can put them together  

and bang them together that's called playing  spoons it's kind of like an American country  

like you know way of playing music usually it's  done with two spoons not a spoon and a fork but I  

only brought one of each so one of each of these  for this set all right let me go back and check  

chat make sure people are still following if you  have any questions about this or anything else  

we've talked about yes uh so axis uh 014 is  also correct in physics we talk about this as  

concave and convex so this side when we're going  in this is the concave you can think about it like  

an actual cave you go into if I draw a little  little dark cave over here so it's is dark area  

in some rock like a cave so a cave goes in like  that there some going in one way so this side  

is the concave and this side is the convex part  concave and con conx very good yes so you can see  

some lovely curves on the spoon here the handle is  curved here we have a convex curve on the outside  

a concave curve on the inside and then the handle  curves back a little bit so there's nice balance  

between kind of going this way and leaning that  way as well and a good balance the balance point  

on the spoon is here so typically we're carrying  something a little bit heavier when we actually  

use the spoon and we scoop something up with the  spoon all right all right pretty good look at that  

so we went about 15 minutes a little bit over  uh with questions but hopefully people get the  

idea so I can spend an hour talking about just  some pieces of you know some pieces of Cutlery  

I could talk about the materials they're made with  like these are stainless steel stainless steel so  

we also have uh I could talk about people having  fancy silverware or fancy silver often families  

will have sets of silver so all of the the pieces  of silver wear you might have 10 different sets  

for a dinner party or something like that uh and  then that silverware gets passed down through the  

generations so some people will keep those sets  of nice silver and give them to the next you know  

generation in the family something like that uh  to have some nice silverware for dinner parties  

or something all right uh let let's see all  right so lots of questions yes if people do have  

questions now is the time but hopefully you get  the point like if I say what is this and people  

would usually know okay this is a knife or I can  say what does a knife do a knife can cut something  

but you can tell how advanced and how fluent  someone is by how they can really take something  

even something simple like this and know how to  discuss it for a while okay all right let's see my  

says I would like a lesson and vocabulary how  to visit a doctor oh uh we actually have that  

in fluent for life so we talk about that there's  a couple different lesson sets about visiting a  

doctor and talking about colds and sicknesses and  things like that but if you'd like to learn more  

uh that's what we do in fluent for Life uh click  on the link in the description below this video  

uh access again inflection point is also in the  middle so an inflection point is typically where  

something might go one way and then change to a  different direction something like that like if a  

stock price is moving up and then starts going  down this would be the inflection point where  

maybe it's changing uh changing direction in some  way yes so we got Fork and Spoon uh and Tom is  

also recommending you get Frederick thank you Tom  as always uh yes you can click on the link in the  

description to get that as well so that will teach  you uh lots of vocabulary but also pronunciation  

grammar lots of different things but it'll help  you understand it a native so you remember it  

and use it in your conversations fluently uh let's  see H says is it correct to say if someone tonight  

you're going to be the designated Chef for our VIP  guest yes so if you are if someone is a designated  

Chef or you are designating someone to be the chef  for a particular evening or event then sir you can  

certainly say that can we say prongs instead of  times uh yep you can say prongs like we we would  

typically say for Forks depending on the the size  of them so a tin is usually like a smaller kind of  

thing like if we have a uh like a pitchfork so  a pitchfork if I'm a farmer like a larger kind  

of thing uh then that might be a prong or that  might be you know something more like a like a a  

thicker point on the end of it so if you think  more like nicer smaller forks for eating then  

this is going to be more uh tin but yes you  could call those prong PRS as well so a prong  

is really any kind of point or sharp thing where  we would have kind of an edge on something like  

you could have that on a gate or some other thing  where we have some pointy edges sticking out like

that uh let's see did I miss anybody let's  see so can I say fork something yes so again  

if I didn't answer that correctly before yes  you can Fork something that's that's both a  

noun and a verb to Fork something but I was just  making the uh making the note to be careful uh  

if your pronunciation if you miss up uh saying  the word you might say [ __ ] instead of fork  

that was a joke in Alien Resurrection actually  when uh the the scientists are trying to teach  

Ripley to to speak English after many years of  not being alive and I don't want to tell the  

whole story but they were holding up a fork and  they were saying Fork Fork but Ripley was like  

[ __ ] [ __ ] you know so they put that joke in  there uh let's see Abra says I'm really happy  

if natives can speak English like you yes so you  probably will not get that wish to come true so  

instead it's better if you just learn a little  bit on how to understand like natives do and  

that way you won't have to worry like me I don't  need to worry about understanding natives because  

I've learned the way I have uh and that's how I  teach so trying to make sure you get lot lots of  

examples not only of clear speakers like myself  but also lots of examples of unclear speakers  

or people who speak too quickly or when the  environment like even you know you get a uh a fire  

truck or something like that can you still hear  and understand what people are saying that's the  

kind of training you need to understand natives so  it's going to be more different or more difficult  

uh to understand oh no of course the fire hydrant  or not the fire hydrant the fire truck uh so it's  

going to be more difficult to understand natives  if you only listen to people like me on YouTube  

you need to get a mix of understanding things like  I'm helping you do but also lots of examples of  

natives okay this is what we do in fluent for life  so it's not just learning with me you're learning  

with lots of examples of natives talking uh let's  see Alejandra says what's up bro oh yes he got  

that already talking about the beard you like the  beard well I'm glad glad to hear it I I think my  

wife is not such a fan so the beard is not long  for this world that's a nice expression for

you not long for

this not long for this world so if something is  not long for this world it means it will soon die  

or it will soon disappear or go away so my beard  is probably not long for this world so I I may  

you know get rid of it or shave it off or whatever  let's see cam says is that spoon from Manchester  

United I don't know that reference but uh looks  like some people do let's see is that spoon from  

Manchester well I know the soccer team or the  uh the football team but so Fork is a noun uh  

yeah Fork is a noun but it's also uh it's it  can also be a verb to Fork something so if I'm  

stabbing something with a fork that is forking  something but we don't really talk about spooning  

I guess yeah you you will yeah I mean you could  like spoon something by scooping it up as well  

so technically uh both of those could be nouns  and verbs uh the answer is hey Drew I have a  

problem that I don't own the vocabulary and I  don't see images in my mind uh as I see in my  

native language when I speak I just see words  and letters that's why I'm not getting fluent  

uh well then it means you're not getting enough  examples and really understanding things to get  

that ownership level so you do that by seeing lots  of examples in getting naturally varied review if  

I just show you this marker again and again  and just say marker marker marker I hold the  

marker up and show you that many times you're  probably not going to remember it because you  

might understand it and hear the pronunciation  and learn that but really understanding things  

means getting lots of examples to understand how  we can uh understand how something can work really  

well like understanding it fluently feeling  confident that we know how to pronounce it  

how to use it if it maybe changes with different  tenses anything like that um so that's all the  

things if you're if you're not feeling confident  about a certain topic or a certain vocabulary or  

whatever like you're uncertain about a grammar  point then you should probably spend more time  

focusing on that thing again that's the biggest  mistake I see people make like they I I say hey  

today we're going to talk about knives in an  English lesson and people say well I I already  

know about knives and I can talk about knives and  I say oh really go ahead talk about knives for a  

little bit and and then very quickly people don't  have much to say so the point is can you take  

something like this and even a fluent speaker  could weave a whole story out of a knife like  

maybe where did this knife come from so maybe  I bought this knife at a particular place or  

this is actually we can talk about the story  of the pirate that this knife came from okay  

so you have to be careful with this all right  it's a dangerous this could be an even like a  

magical knife or it's got some kind of story  behind it so we can talk about like what is what  

is the story behind something so what is the story  behind this knife so I say this is a very special  

knife but then I stop talking about it people will  say well wait a minute what's the I want to know  

the story what's the story what's the story behind  this knife what's the story behind it what's the  

backstory all right so what is some interesting  history or something that happened where did  

it come from what's the backstory but this is a  common question like you'll you'll say like what  

is the story behind that U and you can use this  for anything like if you see me with a really big  

cut on my face you could say drew what happened  so what happened to your face that's perfectly  

fine but you might also say oh no what's the story  behind this cut so what's the reason for it where  

did it come from what's the story behind that all  right look at that lots of interesting vocabulary  

and phrases and you can see how even talking  about something like a knife can lead to some  

interesting vocabulary so this is another reason  why I tell people to be open about learning about  

different things different topics that maybe  they don't care about so much it's like me uh  

I might watch some some little uh kids shows in  Japan and even if I know a lot of the vocabulary  

already there's still a lot of interesting things  I can learn and some of that vocabulary can then  

be used when talking about other things as  well uh cauldron you mean cauldron like ca  

c a u l d r o actually I think let me check  that spelling I'm going to make sure that's

correct yeah so if you're if you're  talking about like a large cooking  

pot like a witch uses a like those big black  pots that's a that's cauldron like that c a  

u l d r o n a cauldron cauldron uh when to  use times also for a comb uh yeah I guess  

you could you could probably do that  let's see I'm going to check that as

well yeah I suppose you could you could talk  about that for any kind of tool but if you have a  

question like that check Google and just see  if there's a like an image or a picture or an  

explanation that probably somebody would  be using that you can probably find some  

search uh result where people are talking about  that uh typically on a on a comb though like we  

we refer to these things like lots of those  little things we call those teeth teeth like  

regular teeth like this so if you have a lot  of them so and and this is kind of a tricky  

thing like these could be teeth in the same way  because it looks like a comb the only difference  

is just the number of these things uh but for  a comb we have a lot of them together it kind  

of looks like the teeth in your mouth so we  talk about the teeth on a comb and you could  

talk about how fine they are like a fine toothed  comb a fine toothed comb uh is able to to like  

to you know scrape maybe tiny things out like  I could pull little I don't know bugs out of my  

hair or something like that with a fine toothed  comb so yes it's kind of technically times but  

I think more people would refer to those as teeth  and it's kind of just naturally how we've come to  

call those things uh is it correct to talk about  a handle of a knife yes so all of these things  

like a fork a knife and a spoon all have a handle  on them so it's the part where I put my hand the  

handle just like I'm handling something I have  a handle on a fork knife and Spoon so cauldron  

okay yes you guys are uh getting it uh let's see  did I miss something I think I wonder did I skip  

anybody from like a while ago uh let's see all  right let me I'm just going back and seeing if  

I skipped anybody Academy Book Club says I know  you speak Japanese how can I say spoon in Japanese  

it's the same thing so like if I if I write it so  a spoon is is is taken from like from from outside  

of Japan so in this case you would have it like uh  so this is how you would write spoon in Japanese  

there's no kanji for it actually there probably  is a kanji for it uh but most people would write  

like suon spoon like that spoon uh but it's it's  it's like Su poo like that spoon spoon so anything  

that's a like a foreign loan word like that so  most people are using chopsticks for things even  

for uh I mean you could like I think the like  the kind of Ladle uh the the den from uh Den  

from China like for having Ramen like that kind of  ramen looking spoon that looks like that going to  

draw this do my best to draw that well this is a  like a Ramen kind of bowl spoon and I don't know  

if that's from that's probably from uh China as  well but uh a regular spoon like this this kind  

of spoon here so that would be uh written in the  script for uh for non for non-natives or nonnative  

non-native words so there are uh three different  written scripts in Japanese actually four if you  

include English so it's it's it's like the the the  spoken language is pretty easy to learn but the  

written language is more difficult because you  have so many more characters but this is a one  

of the phonetic uh character sets called Katakana  for four and lone words like if I'm writing this  

in h would be like spoon like spoon and then put  like a noasa like that spoon and my my writing  

in Japanese is pretty bad just like my writing  in English is not not so good either but you  

could write it in hiana for like usually little  kids are learning hiana first and then Katakana  

uh and if there is a character for that I'm sure  there is a like a kanji for that but very few  

people would know what that is most people  would just say spoon like that all right uh  

let's see if I missed anybody else uh let's  see I think I got that I got that and let's

see let's see M says hello in my dentist office  I didn't know I just learned the name of the last  

teeth wisdom teeth yes it's it's w i s w i s d  o m wisdom teeth so these are the like the back  

teeth your wisdom teeth wisdom teeth the ones in  the in the back and sometimes those are pulled uh  

when kids are young so I had my wisdom teeth  pulled uh when I was getting my teeth coming  

in my wisdom teeth uh let's see anybody else I  think we got everybody look at that all right  

and V says you looking like uh Rick

Grimes what was the name of what was the name  of his son I forget that I haven't seen that  

show in a while what's the name of that what's  the name of his son what was what was the name  

of Rick grimes's son uh in the in that show Carl  right Carl Carl he'd be yelling for his son Carl  

let's see thean is adri I have a problem that  I don't okay I answered that one already uh  

uh there are specific names for forks with four  two and or four3 and two tin uh yeah it depends  

on what you're eating I think cuz there could be  uh like a fork with you know like three tin could  

be a dessert fork or it could be a salad fork or  something like that it could be just depending  

on the uh particular food you're eating so there  could be more than one like three Ed Fork but it  

depends on what you're eating so you could have I  don't know like an oyster fork or something I it  

just depends on the kind of food you're eating but  I'm sure if you Google that you would find a lot  

of interesting answers or examples about that  uh let's see Juan Carlos says I'm not getting  

the hang of the lesson did you start from the  beginning or are you just meeting us now Juan  

Carlos I recommend you go back when we're finished  and listen to the whole thing uh let's see uh  

dunker says you're teaching technique is very good  once I couldn't speak a single word of English but  

after watching your video now I can speak English  fluently glad to hear it look at that uh L me says  

Hi I can't pronounce the knife correctly you  mean the word knife knife knife knife did I say  

it correctly let's see I'm not getting the hang  of the lesson yes you're you're saying that but  

like in this case to get the hang of something  typically means so your your your English is  

correct but the usage is incor correct uh in the  sense that like getting the hang of something is  

usually about a skill so let's say I I have a a  knife and I'm trying to learn how to balance a  

knife and I and I have this in my hand and I'm  like I can't um I can't do it properly I'm not  

getting the hang of this so that's like a skill  or an action I'm trying to do I'm not getting  

the hang of it but as I as I keep doing it look  trying to find the Bal I'm getting the hang of  

it so now I'm getting the hang of or I got the  hang of it now so I got the hang of it I know how  

to do something and I'm feeling confident about a  particular skill but if you're not understanding  

something that's a little bit different you  could just say like I'm not understanding a  

lesson or I don't understand some some particular  vocabulary or something but now that's a little  

bit different than getting the hang of something  which refers to a skill or action okay hopefully  

that makes sense so if you're just talking about  like I don't understand some particular part of  

a lesson or whatever I'm saying uh in that  case you would say I don't know like I don't  

understand or I I don't I don't know like  please explain it more or something or you  

could let me know a specific thing you don't  understand uh how can we know the difference  

between pathway and pathway says Osiris uh well  they're basically the same thing you I mean it's  

a a way what try to try to think about let me  let me give you two tips about vocabulary here

all right this this is a good a good  thing to uh remind people about so two  

tips about vocabulary uh the first one  is that when you ask uh a native speaker  

or a teacher about particular vocabulary  like we have path and then way and then

pathway if you say what is the difference between  these things or why like why do we have these  

different words uh the first thing to remember  is that if you if you think about like specific  

words words will go with specific situations so  as an example if someone asks me uh what does the  

word trunk mean I would say well it depends on the  situation so trunk could mean like the nose of an  

elephant so if I draw an elephant over here like  that so this nose of the elephant that's called  

the trunk trunk of an elephant the trunk is also  the the kind of body part of something here's a  

tree so this part over here this is the trunk of  a tree I could also have a like a traveling box  

like that uh this is also known as a trunk so  if you're talking about what does a word mean  

remember that vocabulary is always connected with  a particular situation or a particular thing uh so  

when you ask about like what do these words mean  most people are going to be thinking okay like let  

me try to think of a specific situation where we  use path but not you know pathway something like  

that um but that's the first thing to remember  so when you're asking people about vocabulary try  

to think about a situation for that particular  vocabulary okay because the second thing about  

this is that sometimes a word could be used one  way but it could not be used in another okay so  

uh often like the word word path or way or pathway  like I can talk about like a direction I'm moving  

but there might not be a physical path or some  like particular you know like like line on the  

ground uh or even like a particular way I'm I'm  going somewhere so as an example if we're trying  

to compare these just like we look at uh here's  a very simple Vin diagram where we look at a word  

like here's the word path and here's the word way  and there's sometimes when they could both mean  

the same thing and sometimes when they might mean  something different and you couldn't use them uh  

in some you know some way uh or some like I just  used the word way uh in there but that would be  

like a different a different usage again of like  path to do something so if I say like if I'm like  

looking this way you know if I'm talking about  like which way am I looking right now like I'm  

looking in which direction so it's not uh it's  not talking about a path specifically I'm just  

talking about a Direction so in that example path  and way would be two different meanings okay so  

you wouldn't use them I wouldn't say like which  path because a path is typically like a line or  

even if it's not a physical drawn line it's  it's usually like a good way to get from one  

place to another so what's this like the shortest  path uh between two points so this the shortest  

path between two points is a straight line so even  if I don't uh even if I don't know or can't see  

a particular path there that's the same idea of  moving from one direction to another so you could  

also talk about what's the shortest way between  or the shortest way to get from one point to the  

other and in that case path and way have the same  meaning okay so I'm I'm trying to give you a bit  

more of a detailed explanation about this but it's  really proving these two points so when we learn  

something the vocabulary goes with a particular  situation so if you just ask a person what does  

a word mean they're going to ask you well mean for  what situation or when or where might we use that  

and then the second thing is that connected to  this like we might have some vocabulary that means  

one thing in one situation and means something  different in another situation okay so these  

are they're they're connected but I'm trying to  explain them as two different things let me know  

if that makes sense though so when people ask me  what's the difference between this word or that  

word or what is like what is this one word mean I  would say well it depends okay so like vocabulary  

and meaning I've given this example many times  but you can it's it's like kind of two hands  

or two sticks or something that hold each other up  that make something meaningful to you so you can't  

just have the word by itself because a word by  itself doesn't mean anything it's a word connected  

with something in a situation like the word dark  or if I just make up some new sound like GL so  

GL like it could mean something maybe I'm talking  about a real word or something you just don't know  

yet uh but it doesn't mean anything to you because  it's not uh connected to to like how we uh you  

know how we would how we would use something in in  the real world so when you're learning vocabulary  

try not to think about the vocabulary by itself  it's always the vocabulary with some situation  

and then the second part of this is that even if  you might have one meaning for one situation just  

like this trunk example there could be the word  trunk for the elephant trunk or this trunk kind of  

chest or this trunk like the body like the trunk  of your body is the like your torso so the if I  

have a person like this here the arms so this part  here just like the trunk of a tree of the trunk  

of a person okay so these are your arms and legs  up here but the the middle part your body that's  

holding it together just like a tree trunk like  that that's holding the arms of the tree the the  

the limbs of the tree so it's not it's not like  your belly is the whole thing so the belly is  

just down here but I'm talking about the whole  thing that's all your trunk right there okay if  

you're ever unsure about particular vocabulary  like that I would uh you can ask a teacher  

like you're asking me right now or you could ask  Google but the point is to get many examples uh  

and really understand as like as much as you can  about a particular thing and so we're looking at  

these examples like when would I say path when  would I say way when would I say pathway uh it  

depends on the situation and I don't want to do a  whole lesson on the differences in these but I'm  

trying to educate you here like you might want to  take each of these words do a Google image search  

for them and see what you get and see how those  differences might be like here's one way where  

we could use path and here's one way where we  might use something else so I'm always thinking  

like how can I how can I give you an example of  something that they're different like like what  

way am I looking right now like I'm looking this  way but that has nothing to do with the path I'm  

not following some direction from one place to  another okay so sometimes a path and a way could  

mean two different things and sometimes they  mean the same thing okay so if you're talking  

about a Garden Path like just walking on a path by  your house or something like that you could call  

that a path so the path is more talking about the  thing you're walking on and the way is like okay  

here's a particular direction like we're trying  to go somewhere so it's basically describing the  

same thing so I'm walking on a path but this  path is the way to some particular place like  

if I'm just walking on a random path but I'm not  I'm not going anywhere it's not really a way to  

get something I'm just kind of walking I could  see a path on the ground and start walking on  

it but I'm not going anywhere or the path doesn't  actually take me anywhere so it's not really like  

a way to get to a particular place it could be a  way to Nowhere you could think about it like that  

like a path to Nowhere uh and pathway and path are  typically the same thing okay so that was a long  

explanation about this but it's really important  this is the same thing for me learning Japanese if  

I just hear a word and I think okay what does  that mean what I really should be asking is  

what does that mean in the context where I heard  the word so I'm trying to connect the word with  

the situation you always want to begin with the  situation because the situation is the ultimate  

thing where you'll be using the vocabulary so  if I'm just s if I'm looking at a list of words  

in a textbook that doesn't really teach me it  doesn't give me confidence about how to use  

something in a real situation because I haven't  seen natives use it in a real situation okay so  

if I'm just if I read a list of words like path  and way and pathway it's less helpful and I feel  

less confident than if I if I see natives talk  about like oo like that's the way to the post  

office okay or like this is the path to the post  office so I see oh like they're they're descri  

desing it's basically the same thing but it's  a slightly a slightly different Nuance one is  

talking about the kind of thing you're walking on  or this this like way of getting someplace but the  

other is it's more talking about the direction or  the destination uh that's the way about something  

so we could also talk about like uh the path  to do something like the path to uh becoming a  

good English speaker all right like the path to  uh I don't know learning Metallurgy or whatever  

like any kind of thing that you might be learning  there's a path to doing that thing there's also a  

way to do that thing so in that sense like we're  talking about the same thing but do you get the  

subtle difference that sometimes is used there  where the path is like the kind of thing that  

you're on and it could be a physical thing or  a figurative thing so not like an actual thing  

like a Garden Path like rocks on the ground  uh but sometimes they could be different  

all right so always be looking for that if you  just hear a random word it's much better to get  

a bunch of examples to feel more confident like  ask chat GPT a good question is like when is the  

word path different from the word way or when  can I use path and way together uh or they mean  

the same thing but when do they not mean the same  thing and then chat gbt is very good about giving  

you a bunch of examples just like I'm doing right  now but chat DBT is is there whenever you need it  

uh but that's a good way to get those examples  but remember the the bigger deeper point and I'm  

talking about this in my book as well because  it's such an important point is we begin with  

the situation because the vocabulary is actually  attached to the situation for this meaning just  

like this example here so the first time a child  hears the word trunk it's usually this example  

here so a child hears the word trunk and they  connect that with the situation like they go  

to the zoo with their parents and the child says  oh look at that like that's an elephant uh like  

an elephant is over here uh and the mom or the  dad or somebody says o look at the long trunk  

and the child gets a very clear look at that it's  got a long nose it's a long trunk and they will  

make that connection this word means this that's  what they know okay now the next time the child  

hears like oh look at that look at at that trunk  over there and like it's a trunk for putting your  

clothes in for taking a trip and now the child is  wait is like wait a minute I thought trunk meant  

the nose of an elephant and now they're learning  that actually this sound the sound trunk it can  

also mean something else or they also might  learn about the trunk of a tree or the trunk  

of their body and in all these examples you're  not beginning with just like a word by itself  

it's always a word connected with with a situation  so this is a situation it's a thing by itself like  

this is the trunk the nose of an elephant or the  trunk the box over here or the trunk the base or  

or kind of main area of a tree and the branches  come off that just like just like your body has  

kind of branches that come off in the same way all  right does that make sense so when you're learning  

vocabulary the point is not to uh like try to take  a bunch of words like this and and try to memorize  

the meanings of them it's to try to connect the  words with different things and sometimes those  

words will mean like different or even related  things okay but the point is the more examples you  

get uh the more you will feel confident about what  words mean and you will understand how sometimes  

they are connected and sometimes they are not all  right that was kind of a long a long explanation  

but let's see uh okay and Marcel as back nice to  see is it correct to say I scooped in my fork in  

the spaghetti Bowl then I twisted it yes you can  talk about scooping so a scoop like you could  

scoop with a knife you could scoop with a spoon  you could scoop with a fork all those actions  

are correct so I could scoop with this marker  as well okay I could scoop with my hand it's  

just a motion like digging where you're trying  to carry something like that it's just easiest  

to usually scoop something with a you know like  with a spoon if it's if it's a liquid like a like  

a soup or water or something like that but yes uh  if you're eating pasta you can talk about scooping  

the spaghetti and then twisting it uh with your  fork like that so some people like in Japan uh  

people often use a fork and a spoon with their  pasta so they will scoop the pasta put it on the  

spoon like that and twist it around like that and  then eat the pasta look at that isn't it amazing  

how we can get all this interesting vocabulary  just from looking at a fork a knife and a spoon  

pretty simple all right let's see making sure Juan  Carlo's got it I'm not quite sure I understand you  

could you dig into that a little bit more actually  I'm just practicing what I've learned not uh let's  

see here I'm just practicing what I've learned uh  not hope you'd explain ah okay have learned okay  

let's see uh okay Chris says Drew explain please  how to use the word typically explains please how  

to use the word which word are you talking about  uh by says you got a Gray beard glad to hear it  

all right yes click that like button uh chat  Drew is better and more updated that's true yes  

chat d w chat Drew I need a better name for that  doesn't have a good ring to it like chat GPT does  

so trunk is also the boot of a car yes so that's  yet another example uh in American in English the  

back uh if we have a not so good picture of a car  over here uh where you can open up the trunk to  

put your luggage and things that's also another  example of a trunk so uh theoretically uh in just  

in in Children Learning the language they could  actually hear all of these different examples of  

the word trunk first so a child might hear like  they may maybe they don't see an elephant or  

something I don't know usually kids see an example  of an elephant on TV or a little doll or a toy  

or something like that uh but they might also  hear the trunk of the car so this is in British  

English called the boot of the car the trunk of  the car so again another good example of how one  

word might mean different things it just depends  on the situation uh Miami says or Miami says I'd  

love to ask you why you are getting wild with the  beard thank you are a great Wild am I getting wild  

with the beard I I just got kind of lazy I think  I didn't feel like shaving so right now I've been  

I've been a little bit busy I'm writing a book I'm  moving uh into a new uh house it's basically in  

the same building where we are currently uh but uh  I've been kind of busy and I'm I don't really feel  

like shaving so I kind of clean myself up a little  bit so I don't look I don't know like really  

homeless or whatever but uh I'll I'll probably  shave it off pretty soon it does get a little bit  

uh let's seeus says hi Drew do people in the  states use such Expressions as the dog's breakfast  

or dog's dinner to describe a situation or a thing  that is messy disorganized or poorly done uh I've  

never heard that but maybe some people do I don't  know the dogs breakfast that sounds like a British  

English expression but I don't know I've never  heard that Osirus says got it thanks shout out  

to Brazil there you go 10 p.m. there all right  I'm all ears uh and a trunk of meat uh trunk  

of meat we don't really say a trunk of mean I  guess you could talk about like the trunk like  

the the trunk of an animal's body uh but I I've  I've never gone to a butcher and asked for like  

a trunk of meat that would be like the whole body  section like that uh Juan says what is the book  

about well it's it's basically all the things that  I've learned about fluency uh and I'm putting it  

all in one book because I've become very good at  explaining it but I'd rather just have one book  

I can give to people and just say read this this  it will explain everything about how to get fluent  

uh and it's specifically for the kinds of people  I help where they know a lot of English but they  

still struggle to speak so it talks about the ways  of erasing doubt and why you can actually become  

fluent before you speak so that'll probably be  the title of the book get fluent then speak uh  

and then I'll be explaining like how I did it so  how I became a fluent speaker of Japanese and then  

what I do now to help people learn so these are  all things you can do yourself or I can certainly  

help you do that like we do in fluent for life  but that's the point of the book to to make sure  

everybody has access to that information and all  in one place all right uh Nina from Sri Lanka and  

jerma hi teacher and Richard Drew look at that  with some exclamation points over there all right  

I think look at that we finished an hour and I  think people got the idea but hopefully uh this  

makes sense so a couple of things to remember  to wrap up this video even if you have a video  

Lesson or whatever kind of lesson where you're  learning about something even if you think you  

know that thing try to listen anyway be open to  learning something more because as you can see  

we usually get a lot of interesting things coming  even from something that seems very simple like  

a fork a knife and a spoon you can become much  more detailed and I could get even more detailed  

about these things and talk about stories of these  things or where they came from or why we use them  

or the history of these objects over time there  are lots of interesting things you could learn  

that will help your fluency and even if you don't  care about these things maybe you do care about I  

don't know whatever you're interested in you know  but you should go deeper into that thing but using  

English to do so and that's going to help you  become more fluent but the point is if you know  

something if you think you know it but you don't  speak fluently about it then you probably don't  

know it as well as you think you do and that's why  you should spend more time until you really know  

something until you really feel confident about  using it that's when you really know something all  

right all right let's see we had a final question  there what do we call these tools and hold a fork  

knife and a spoon uh this is cutlery or silverware  silverware so we might have a set of these like a  

set of a fork knife and Spoon for dinner a dinner  set or a like a meal set a place setting typically  

is also a a dish or a bowl and a cup or glass uh  let's see last one here Dar says adrew what's up  

can you help me pull out these words from my mind  to actually use them in a conversation I couldn't  

do it in a spontaneous uh movement but I realized  later what I could have done yes um and that's  

because you don't really know the vocabulary as  well as you think you do that's the main thing all  

right so if you would like to become a fluent  speaker you need to spend more time actually  

knowing the vocabulary really well by getting  lots of different examples and uh I'll I'll just  

end with this last Point here uh oh my goodness I  just looked at the board it's actually quite quite  

messy but it's trying to show these different  connections and hopefully that point makes a  

lot of sense to people but this was a powerful  thing for me when I was thinking about learning  

languages and getting fluent in Japanese and  also thinking about how I help my own kids learn  

English and Japanese uh and that's again remember  when you're teaching things you really need to  

make sure uh that you just you want to make sure  you understand something without a doubt and that  

if the goal let's see we'll just put a g over here  for the goal if the goal is actual communication  

then we should probably get examples from actual  communication that show us how to do things if we  

begin over here with like a textbook so we just  get a textbook example like here's a word like  

trunk you don't really feel confident about how  to use that because you don't know the meaning  

so maybe you get a definition or a translation of  that but there are going to be many definitions  

because there are different words or different  meanings that it might have so if you begin with  

the situation not beginning with the vocabulary  you begin with the situation that's what's really  

going to help you understand the vocabulary much  better so that you use it fluently you will see  

how people really use it you will understand it  like right now if you're listening to me you can  

hear the vocabulary I'm really using to describe  something and as you get those examples uh you  

will feel more more confident because you see oh  look this native is using that expression in this  

way so I can feel confident using that expression  in this way also okay so you can hear the usage  

the grammar the vocabulary the pronunciation  all of these things are here together it's not  

separated like in a typical lesson like today  we're going to learn some vocabulary tomorrow  

we will learn some grammar the next day here is  some random pronunciation so you want to learn all  

these things together the goal is communication  so you should be getting examples for me  

communication okay hopefully that makes sense  all right that will be it for today's lesson  

uh so that was fluent in 15 we're just trying to  do uh again take some very simple things and show  

you with examples in contrasting and comparing  like how they might be used simply or more uh  

Advanced but again you can take more time and as  you understand something better as you eliminate  

the doubt the fluency will naturally develop does  anyone feel more fluent in this subject at least  

let me know click click like a like button or uh  just put your hand up let me know did this lesson  

make you feel more confident and fluent you know  even talking about this particular topic yes let  

me know yes okay making sure cuz let me know  if I'm wasting my time I can you know I can  

I can go read a book or something like that but  uh these are the things that get me fluent uh in  

Japanese and so making sure that I understand  things really well that's what gets me fluent  

that's what allows me to speak I'll tell you very  quickly I think maybe I told this story already uh  

but last week uh I went to a friend of mine uh  he has an an English school that's also he has  

a cafe kind of or used to have a cafe um but I I  went there and just like I didn't re I I didn't  

know it was open but I saw some cars in front so  I go in and they're actually having a party and  

they invite me in but I'm then I end up uh giving  a self- inroduction in Japanese in front of about  

20 people so I had not prepared for anything  I just like started giving a talk or whatever  

about things in Japanese and I had no problem  doing that at all okay so I want you to be in  

that same situation where like that you can just  start using English you don't feel nervous about  

any situation I could go anywhere in Japan and  start speaking I might not be perfect but I have  

plenty of confidence about how I speak speak and  if I maybe lose a particular word or can't think  

of something I can easily switch to something else  the same way I do that in English all right so if  

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this series and you'd like me to make more let me  know uh my channel is an interesting one because  

I never seem to be able to make any kind of  series like I I'll make one and it'll be popular  

and then people will never watch others again so I  don't know why that is it's a really tricky thing  

and maybe YouTube doesn't I don't know tell  more people or maybe my videos are not good  

enough I don't know what the reason is but uh if  you have particular things you'd like to learn  

let me know because I'm here to help you uh and  also uh most of the work is already done for you  

if you just click on the links in the description  to get number one Frederick and number two fluent  

for life so these will teach you all about this  idea here understanding things from the situation  

become a confident speaker rather than trying  to learn the typical textbook way where you  

don't really understand things and you feel  lots of doubt in communication all right have  

a fantastic day again click on the links  and I'll see you in the next video byebye