How to Get Fluent in English? Speak English Fluently and Understand Natives with These Simple Tips

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2022-01-15 ・ English Lessons with Kate


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How to Get Fluent in English? Speak English Fluently and Understand Natives with These Simple Tips

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English Lessons with Kate


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Do you want to get fluent in English?
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Do you wanna speak English confidently and quickly?
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Then continue watching this video.
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Today I’m gonna tell you Useful Tips to Improve Your English that helped me to become
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fluent.
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If you don't know me I'm Kate, I live in Russia and for recent few years I‘ve been teaching
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English.
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Learning a language is not easy but if you have a strong wish to become fluent you will
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definitely reach that point.
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Now let’s start with the first tip: Listen to an English stuff a lot
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May be it sounds obvious for you, maybe not.
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You probably know that when you are in an English speaking country, it’s way easier
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and faster to learn English.
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And this is because when you constantly listen to the language you’re trying to learn,
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then you memorize and understand it faster,
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because the language becomes a necessity for you.
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You need to talk to people, you need to ask for directions,
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you need to buy something at the stores and things like that.
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And you listen a lot and that’s why it’s easier to learn.
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And if you live in your native country, you listen and speak mostly your mother language.
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But the good news is you can listen to English speaking whenever you want and no matter where
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you live.
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Try to listen to English every single day.
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If you’re waiting in the traffic jam, for example, you can listen to anything in English.
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When you’re driving or riding the bus you can listen to podcasts and music in English,
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and it helps you to improve your language skills.
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Listen to whatever you enjoy. Another important thing is listen to whatever
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you’re interested in and enjoy the most.
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It can be Podcasts, TV shows, Movies, Youtube videos and so on.
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For example, you’re interested in Cooking or baking.
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Go on Youtube and find channels about making food, try to watch videos of native speakers,
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you can use subtitles if you like, listen to the details when someone’s speaking about
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making food.
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This is a great way to know new words and phrases and also to enjoy watching things
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that are interesting for you.
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Another important tip is Listen to different accents.
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It will help you to become a better listener, because when you listen to different accents,
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you understand the language better.
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Let me tell you my personal experience.
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When I was listening to an American accent only, I noticed that it was more difficult
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for me to understand an Australian and a British accent, and when I was listening to an Irish
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accent, I couldn’t get a word.
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So if you’ve listened to many different accents you’ll become a really good listener,
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and you can understand more.
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All right.
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The next thing that you need to improve your listening skills is kind of obvious.
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This is speaking practice.
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Speak to native speakers.
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Try to make friend, who speaks English.
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That would be great.
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There are so many platforms where you can find a conversation partner, for example,
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Wyzant.com, Conversational Exchange and others.
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The next really important tip is learn phrases instead of words.
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It’s the most essential tip that can help you reach an Advanced Level Fast and become
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fluent.
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When you learn separate words it doesn’t help you to speak fluently.
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It’s a very common mistake – just to put all words on the list but it’s not gonna work.
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Because you can’t use them properly and it’s difficult to remember what words to
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say and how to construct the phrase.
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It’s better to memorize words in context.
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My number one tip for learning vocabulary is writing down all new words and phrases.
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If you would like some of these words to be part of your active vocabulary, repeat them
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out loud, make your own sentences with those words.
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Write them down in many sentences so that those phrases become YOURS . If you really
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want to become fluent, don’t be lazy to write everything down and checking it out.
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Tip 6.
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Dedicate your time. This tip is very clear, the more time we spend
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on learning and practicing, the better we speak English.
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I know that probably you don’t have enough time, you have to work, or study and do many things.
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But I truly believe that you have one hour a day to practice your English.
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If you really want to dramatically improve your speaking skills and your understanding,
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you will definitely spend an hour a day on learning and practicing English.
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This will definitely take your English to the next level.
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Please don’t forget that being a fluent in English doesn’t mean being perfect!
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it means you can use the language for everyday needs, you’re able to communicate and that’s it.
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Being fluent is not about using complicated terms or phrases from classical literature, it’s about
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using simple basic vocabulary and being able to express yourself.
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And I have another video about fluency, you can watch it right here.
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The next tip that will help you become more advanced, more fluent in English is Build
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your own confidence.
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It’s pretty important because this is, I’m sure, the basis of language learning.
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Confidence is not something we were born with, but I’m sure, it's a powerful state of mind
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that anyone can learn.
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And we need to boost our confidence to be able to speak confidently and fluently.
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I feel like when we believe in our abilities, we can achieve great results in learning English,
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we tend to be more successful and confident speakers.
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When I started to speak English in front of a group of people, I was so incredibly nervous,
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and I had that inner voice in my head, that told me I 'm not good enough, my English is
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not that good, Oh I've made a grammar mistake; People will judge me for my slow speaking...
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Every time I had to speak, I was stressed out.
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And I think we all have that inner voice, a critical voice that tells us we are not
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good enough.
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So my first tip to grow your confidence is keeping in mind a few important positive thoughts.
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We do actually have the power to boost our confidence.
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The first is think about success.
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Imagine yourself a fluent English speaker.
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I'm serious.
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The second - believe in your abilities and your talents.
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Literally, you have to program your mind for success.
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The best way to practice your confidence is Talking to yourself in front of the mirror.
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It’s a great way to improve yourself.
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First of all, when you watch yourself, your speaking, your facial expressions, your intonation,
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you can notice all your mistakes, you can correct them and become more confident.
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Another way to build your confidence is to celebrate your progress, the challenges that
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you've already accomplished.
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Let's say for example, you've learned Past Perfect Tenses and 20 new words!
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Praise yourself!
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Say something kind to yourself.
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Have some tasty food, drink a cup of coffee.
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And never, never underestimate your progress.
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Finally, don't be afraid of challenges.
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They help you grow and become more confident.
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When you face challenges in learning a language, the connections in your brain grow.
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Some students for example find it difficult to pronounce tricky English phrases, or understand
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fast English without subtitles.
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And when they face those challenges they tell themselves.
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No, no, I can't!
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It's too difficult!
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When you face a challenge your brain is focused on the problem, and you can find yourself
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mind trapped.
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Have you ever heard about mind traps?
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These are bad thoughts based on someone’s negative experience.
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But!
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You should never stop practicing.
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It's not comfortable.
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It takes your energy, it takes focus, it takes much time, but please never stop.
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If it's difficult to pronounce words, Record yourself and then listen.
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A great thing is recording your voice can help you speak better and faster because when
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you listen to yourself on a recording you can see yourself from the outside.
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Notice all your mistakes and repeat those words over and over again.Your brain develops,
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neural connections grow, and then after a while, your mouth automatically make those
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difficult sounds and... Later you'll see it's easier and faster
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to speak English and understand natives.
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And your confidence grows way faster.
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And one thing I wish I knew when I started to learn English is one method many psychologists
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had talked about.
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Pretend being confident.
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Fake it until you make it.
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I was working as a private tutor for some years and... It was not that easy to force myself
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to create a channel in English, it was sort of Step out of my comfort zone.
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I have always been a shy introverted person, a very self - conscious, constantly being
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afraid of speaking, you know, a real wallflower.
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And if you are like me, I want to tell you that you can change everything, you can speak English
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and any other language without fear.
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You can build your confidence only by speaking to people.
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Don’t be afraid to speak, take any opportunity to speak English.
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And please, Never apologize for your English.
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Your progress really depends on how confident you are
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Well, I’ve told you my about personal experience and tips that helped me to improve my English
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and become more advanced.
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I hope this video was useful for you.
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Please write a comment down below, hit the like button and subscribe to the channel and
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I’ll see you soon!
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Bye bye!
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