Repeat-After-Me FLUENT? Speaking English

what does it mean to be fluent what does  it mean all right that's the topic of our  

shadowing practice for today I want  you to repeat after me okay here we  

go let's break down what fluency really  is let's break down what fluency really

is a lot of folks get this  mixed up a lot of folks folks is  

people get this confused mixed  up a lot of folks get this mixed

up and think being fluent  means speaking a language

perfectly just like a

native all right stay with me let's break down  what fluency really is a lot of folks get this  

mixed up and think being fluent means speaking  a language perfectly just like a native say  

it again let's break down what fluency really  is a lot of folks get this mixed up and think  

being fluent means speaking a language  perfectly just like a native but that's  

not the case but that's not the case fluency  is about being able to communicate well and

naturally fluency is about being able  to communicate well and naturally say

it without second guessing yourself too

much yeah without second guessing yourself  too much don't think oh did I say it right  

was I wrong did I make a mistake that's second  guessing yourself don't think about it just do  

it without second guessing yourself too much  all right let's say it all together here we  

go but that's not the case fluency is about  being able to communicate well and naturally  

without second guessing yourself too much  one more time but that's not the case fluency  

is about being able to communicate well and  naturally without second guessing yourself too

much think of it like water flowing down a

river think of it like water flowing down a

river when you're fluent your words come out out

smoothly when you're fluent your words come out

smoothly and you don't have to pause and overthink

everything before you

speak and you don't have to  pause and overthink everything

before you speak all right let's do  it all together here we go think of  

it like water flowing down a river when  you're fluent your words come out smoothly  

and you don't have to pause and overthink  everything before you speak okay one more  

time here we go think of it like water  flowing down a river when you're fluent  

your words come out smoothly and you don't have  to pause and overthink everything before you

speak it's also worth noting

that it's also worth noting that that's like  saying it's also important for me to to make  

a point to say something it's worth noting  that fluency isn't the same as being perfect

fluency isn't the same as being

perfect like a native

speaker even native speakers mess up

sometimes do do I ever mess up I never  mess up even native speakers mess up

sometimes some more than others all right  let's say that together it's also worth  

noting that fluency isn't the same as being  perfect like a native speaker even native  

speakers mess up sometimes let's say it  again it's also worth noting that fluency  

isn't the same as being perfect like a native  speaker even native speakers mess up sometimes  

the main thing is being able to get your point

across when you get your point across you convey  or communicate what you want to say you you say  

what you want to say you get your point across  the main thing is being able to get your point

across and understand what others are

saying the main thing is being able to get  your point across and understand what others  

are saying again the main thing is being able to  get your point across and understand what others  

are saying so if you can do that so if you can do  that you're fluent you're fluent even if you don't  

know every single word even if you don't know  every single word or stumble over a few grammar

rules or stumble make a mistake over a few grammar

rules all right say it together with me so  if you can do that you're fluent even if you  

don't know every single word or stumble over a  few grammar rules again so if you can do that  

you're fluent even if you don't know every single  word or stumble over a few grammar rules I think  

I think my voice cracked let's try one more  time so if you can do that you're fluent even  

if you don't know every single word or stumble  over a few grammar roles got it the goal isn't

perfection it's about communicating  in a natural and effective

way the goal isn't perfection it's about  communicating in a natural and effective  

way again the goal isn't perfection it's a about  communicating in a natural and effective way one  

more time the goal isn't perfection it's about  communicating in a natural and effective way  

that's the goal all right let's say it non-stop  Shadow me try to say it with me here we go let's  

break down what fluency really is a lot of folks  get this mixed up and think being fluent means  

speaking a language perfectly just like a native  but that's not the case fluency is about being  

able to communicate well and naturally without  second guessing yourself too much think of it  

like water flowing down a river when you're fluent  your words come out smoothly and you don't have  

to pause and and overthink everything before  you speak it's also worth noting that fluency  

isn't the same as being perfect like a native  speaker even native speakers mess up sometimes  

the main thing is being able to get your point  across and understand what others are saying so  

if you can do that you're fluent even if you  don't know every single word or stumble over  

a few grammar roles the goal isn't perfection it's  about communicating in a natural and effective way  

boom work out way to go keep moving forward one  step at a time and I'll see you in the next step