5 things to practice every day to improve your English communication skills

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- Hello everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy.

Bună tuturor și bine ați revenit la Engleză cu Lucy!

Astăzi o să vă spun cinci lucruri

Today I'm going to talk to you about five things

that you can practise every single day

pe care să le exersați în fiecare zi

to improve your English.

pentru a vă îmbunătăți engleza

Learning a language is like learning

Invatand o limba straina este ca si cum ai invata sa canti la un instrument muzical

to play a musical instrument,

you can't just pick up a violin

nu poți să te apuci să cânți la vioară si sa stii imediat cum sa canti

and know how to play it,

or at least I didn't when I learned the violin.

cel puțin nu am putut eu când am învățat să cânt la vioară

You have to practise a little bit

Trebuie să exersezi câte puțin in fiecare zi

every singe day,

and over time you will improve

și în timp îți vei îmbunătăți engleza

and become fluent.

și vei deveni fluent

You can't just practise loads the day before an exam

Nu poti exersa foarte mult doar în ziua dinaintea unui examen

and expect to be perfect at playing that violin,

Si sa te astepti sa canti perfect la vioara

it's exactly the same for languages.

Este exact la fel si pentru limbi

The best way to learn a language is to practise

Cea mai buna metoda de a invata o limba este sa o exersezi câte puțin în fiecare zi

a little bit every single day.

And in this lesson I'm going to give you

Iar in aceasta lectie va voi da

five different ways that you can incorporate English,

Cinci moduri in care poti incorpora engleza

or any other language,

Sau orice alta limba în viața de zi cu zi

into your daily life.

I think that quite a few of these

Cred ca de câteva din acestea nu ați mai auzit până acum

you wouldn't have heard before.

So let's get straight into it.

Deci sa incepem

Number one, and ugh I am so excited to be able to mention,

Numarul unu, si sunt asa entuziasmata sa il mentionez

one of my favourite things to listen to ever on my channel,

Unul dintre lucrurile pe care imi place sa le ascult pe canalul meu

my first piece of advice is to follow an audio soap-opera.

Primul meu sfat este sa asculti un serial audio

What is a soap-opera I hear you ask,

Ce este un astfel de serial vei intreba

well I shall tell you.

Ei bine, iti voi spune

O telenovelă este un serial zilnic,

A soap-opera is a daily serial,

or series, dealing with the daily lives

Sau serii care relatează despre vietile zilnice

and events of the same group of characters,

Si evenimentele ale aceluiasi grup de personaje

De obicei in aceeasi locație.

normally in the same location.

Most commonly they are on television.

De cele mai multe ori acestea sunt la televizor

We have lots in the UK like Eastenders,

Avem mai multe în UK precum Eastenders,

Coronation Street, Emmerdale,

Coronation Street, Emmerdale,

but I'm recommending you listen to an audio one.

Dar eu recomand să ascultați unul audio.

And there's one in particular I would like to recommend.

Și este unul în special pe care vreau să îl recomand.

I really, really recommend a radio soap-opera

Recomand foarte insistent o telenovelă radio

by the BBC Radio four,

a BBC Radio 4,

called The Archers.

Numită The Archers.

The Archers.

The Archers.

It's special for so many reasons,

Este deosebită din mai multe motive,

not least because it is

Dar nu în ultimul rând pentru că este

the longest running drama in history,

Cea mai lungă dramă care încă rulează din istorie,

it was started in 1950, first aired in 1951,

A fost începută în 1950, a apărut live în 1951,

and also because I think it is absolutely perfect

Dar și pentru că eu cred că este perfectă

for English learners.

Pentru cei care învață engleza.

It follows the daily lives and dramas

Urmărește viețile și dramele de zi cu zi unui grup de personaje fictive

of a group of fictional characters

in the fictional countryside village of Ambridge.

Într-un sat fictiv numit Ambridge.

Each episode is around 12 to 14 minutes long,

Fiecare episod are între 12 și 14 minute,

I'm not quite sure exactly how long,

Nu știu exact câte minute,

but it's definitely under 15 minutes.

Dar are sub 15 minute cu siguranță.

It's spoken in relatively clear English,

Se vorbește într-o engleză relativ clară,

in a variety of British accents,

Într-o varietate de accente britanice,

and sometimes not British accents as well,

Și câteodată nu chiar atât de britanice, dar și

other accents.

Alte accente

But it's fantastic because the plot summaries

dar este fantastic deaorece sunt postate pe site ul BBC

are posted on the BBC website.

I will link all of this below in the description box.

Voi lasa toate detaliile in cutia de descriere mai jos.

And the great thing about this

Iar ceea ce este interesant aici

is that it deals with daily happenings

Este ca are de a face cu intamplari din viata de zi cu zi, care este grozav pentru viata ta, de asemenea

which is great for your life too,

current events, routine things,

Intamplari zilnice, lucruri de rutina

and you can repeat all of the parts you missed.

si poti repeta toate partile pe care le-ai ratat

It's on every single day apart from Saturday,

Este in fiecare zi, in afara de sambata in care au zi libera.

they have a rest,

and once a week they condense all of the week's episodes

Si o data pe saptamana, combina toate episoadele difuzate din saptamana respectiva

into one and that's called an omnibus,

intr-un singur episod si asta este numit omnibus( deoarece este format din mai multe parti care au fost deja difuzate separat)

and that's around 75 minutes long.

si dureaza in jur de 75 de minute.

I love listening to The Archers when I go running.

Imi place sa ascult The Archers( Arcasii) cand ma dus sa alerg.

I listen to it every single day

ascult in fiecare zi

and if I miss one I always catch up.

si daca ratez un episod, mereu prind din urma

There is no beginning and there is no finish to the series,

Nu exista inceput, nici sfarsit al acestui serial

there aren't any seasons.

nu exista nici un sezon

So it might take you a couple of episodes

Asa ca o sa-ti ia cateva episoade

to get used to the story lines

ca sa te obisnuiesti cu povestea

and to work out who is who

si sa-ti dai seama cine-i cine si sa recunosti diferite voci

and to recognise the different voices.

Give it five or six episodes

Acorda-i 5 sau 6 episoade

and you'll feel really included.

si o sa te simti foarte inclus

It's wonderful because it's free to listen to,

Este minunat deoarece este gratis de ascultat, este frumos produs

it's beautifully produced,

and there is a huge community of Archers fans.

si exista o mare comunitate de fani ai ARCASILOR

A lot of them are older,

Multi dintre ei sunt batrani, dar o parte dintre ei sunt tineri

but a lot of them are younger too.

And if you search hashtag The Archers on Twitter,

si daca cauti #TheArches pe Twitter

big tip here,

mare sfat, vei observa multe persoane vorbind

you'll see lots of people talking

and discussing the topics of the episode

si discutand subiectele din ultimul episod

and maybe you can interact with them.

si poate vei interacta cu ei

So I'm going to leave the links

Asa ca iti voi lasa link urile episoadelor

for The Archers episodes

and also the plot summaries in the description box,

in descriere si chiar sper ca unii din voi sa inceapa aceasta oportunitate

and I really hope some of you take up this opportunity

to listen to a daily English audio soap-opera.

ca sa ascultati zlnic engleza

10 to 15 minutes every day is definitely gonna help

de la 10-15 minute in fiecare zi, cu siguranta va ajuta

your listening, it's going to help your pronunciation.

ascultatul, iti va ajuta pronuntarea

It's just gonna help your general enjoyment as well

Si iti va ajuta buna starea de asemenea

deoarece este un minunat program

'cause it's a great programme.

Right, before I get too passionate,

bine, inainte sa devin prea pasionala

let's move on to piece of advice number two.

sa trecem mai departe la sfatul al doilea

So number two is talk daily with natives.

Deci, numarul 2 este sa vorbesti zilnic cu nativi

Now I bet so many of you are thinking

Acum pun pari ca multi va ganditi

uh I wish, I would love to talk to natives every day,

umm, Mi as dori, Mi ar face mare placere sa vorbesc cu nativi in fiecare zi

but I don't know how

dar nu stiu cum si nimeni nu pare ca vrea sa vorbeasca cu mine

and no one seems to want to talk to me.

Well I have a couple of suggestions.

ei bine, am cateva sugestii

One is paid for and one is free,

Unul este sa platesti si unul gratis

and the best thing, in my opinion,

Si cel mai bun lucru, dupa parerea mea, ar fi o combinare dintre cele doua

would be a combination of the two.

Italki have very kindly sponsored this part of the video

Italki a sponsorizat amabil aceasta parte a clipului

and mentioning them is absolutely relevant for this point,

si mentionandu-i este absolut relevant pentru acest lucru

especially as they offer

in special ca ei ofera

a language exchange partner service,

un serviciu in care poti invata o persoana limba ta si vice-versa

which I will mention in a second.

But firstly, if you haven't heard of italki before,

dar intai, daca nu ai auzit de italki inainte

they are an online language teacher platform and database.

ei sunt o platforma de profesor de limba straina online

Both native and non-native teachers

Si nativi si non-nativi profesori

from across the globe can create a profile,

din toata lumea isi pot crea un profil

upload their schedules

and then you contact them for lessons.

sa si publice programul si apoi tu ii poti contacta pentru lectii

Brilliantly priced lessons may I add.

Lectii de pret ingenioase as putea adauga.

You can learn over 100 different languages,

Poti invata peste 100 de limbi diferite

not just English, 24 hours a day, seven days a week

nu doar engleza, 24 de ore pe zi, 7 zile pe saptamana

from anywhere in the world,

de peste tot din lume

as long as you have a stable internet connection.

atata timp cat ai o conexiune de internet stabila

It's so much more affordable

Este mult mai accesibil

than a traditional language school

decat o scoala traditionala de limbi straine, ori un profesor

or an in-person language teacher.

I tried out italki to learn a little bit of Indonesian

Am incercat italki pentru a invata putina Indoneza

before my holiday to Barley

inainte de vacanta mea din Barley

and I was blown away by my teacher, she was amazing.

si am fost impresionata de profesoara mea, a fost minunata.

She had created these beautiful classes from scratch

ea a creat aceste ore minunate de la 0

and I learned so much with her

si am invatat foarte multe cu ea

and it really, really improved my holiday,

si chiar mi a imbunatatit vacanta

especially as she taught me to say

in special, ea m a invatat:

(foreign language).

So important.

Atat de important

Italki have given me a special offer to pass on to you.

Italki mi a oferit o oferta speciala pe care sa ti o dau mai departe

You can get $10 worth of italki credits for free

Poti obtine 10 dolari gratis

when you sign up and make your first lesson purchase.

cand te inscri si faci prima achizitionare a unei lectii

All you have to do is click on the link

tot ce trebuie sa faci este sa apesi pe link ul din descriere

in the description box.

Now obviously having a paid for lesson

Acum, normal ca sa platesti o lectie

with a teacher every single day

cu un profesor in fiecare zi, ar fi cel mai uimitor mod de a invata o limba straina

would be the most amazing way

to learn a language,

but that's not a possibility for everyone.

Dar acest lucru nu este posibil pentru toata lumea. Asa ca am vrut sa mentionez

So I did just want to mention italki's

programul acestei platforme in care poti face "schimb" de limbi

language exchange partner programme.

The link to this is also in the description box.

Link ul este si el in descriere

Basically you can search for

Pe scurt, tu cauti vorbitori ai limbi pe care tu o inveti

speakers of the language you are learning,

see if they want to learn your language,

vezi daca ei vor sa ti invete limba

si daca ar fi, ii poti contacta

and if so you can contact them

and potentially arrange a language exchange.

si potebtial sa planific un schimb de limbi

So a combination of both paid for classes

O combinatie din amandoua, ore platite si schimb de limbi ar fi minunat

and language exchanges would be amazing

because you can take what you learned

pentru ca tu poti sa iei ce ai invatat

and heard in the language exchange

and verify it with your teacher

si sa verifici cu profesorul tau

for an extra layer of security

pentru un plus de strat de securitate, ca sa fii sigur ca nu faci nici o greseala

to make sure that you're not making any mistakes.

Now on to tip number three.

Acum al treilea sfat

Set yourself a daily word goal.

Programeaza-ti un numar de cuvinte pe care sa le inveti zilnic

Learn x amount of words every single day.

inveti n cuvinte in fiecare zi

This tip is really important because it also links

Acest sfat este foarte important, deoarece are legatura cu sfatul al treilea

to tip number four.

I have mentioned this strategy in a previous video,

am mai mentionat aceasta strategie in clip anterior

but I actually have a really important extra layer

dar am un extra, foarte important sfat

to this strategy that I would like to discuss with you.

a acestei strategi care mi ar placea sa discut cu tine

In order to build your vocabulary quickly,

Pentru a-ti construi vocabularul imediat

you need to learn at least one new word per day,

tu trebuie sa inveti macar un nou cuvant pe zi

but hopefully more than that.

dar in speranta mai mult de atat

I've spoken to you before about keeping a word diary

v am mai vorbit inainte despre pastrarea unui jurnal de cuvinte

or just a notebook or a list on your phone,

sau doar un carnet ori sa le treceti in telefon

keep it with you all the time

tineti l cu voi tot timpul si mereu fiti atenti, indiferent de unde sunteti

and always be aware wherever you are,

do I know that word in English?

stiu eu acel cuvant in engleza? Stiu eu cum sa spun acel lucru in engleza

Do I know how to say that in English?

You might see a tree,

Ai putea vedea un copac, stiu eu cum sa zic

do I know how to say that specific

variety of tree in English?

acea specie de copac in engleza?

If you don't write it down in your own language

Daca nu stii, scrie-l pe foaie in limba ta

in this book, in this list,

in acel carnet, pe lista

and then at the end of the day,

si apoi la sfarsitul zilei

before you go to sleep,

inainte sa te duci la culcare, cauta toate aceste cuvinte si tradule in engleza

research all of these words

and translate them into English.

It will help you train your brain

Te va ajuta sa ti antrenezi creierul

to always be hungry for English.

ca mereu sa i fie foame de engleza

After a few weeks you will always

Dupa cateva saptamani vei fi mereu in cautare de cuvinte noi pe care sa le inveti

be looking for new words that you can learn,

words that you didn't even realise

cuvinte pe care nici nu realizezi ca nu le stiai

you didn't know.

Now there is something else that you can do with these words

Acum, exista altceva ce poti face cu aceste cuvinte

and this brings me on to point number four.

Si asta ma aduce la al patrulea punct, Scrie un jurnal zilnic cu o diferentiere

Write a daily journal with a difference.

Depending on your level,

Depinzand de nivelul tau

I would buy a paper journal or diary.

As cumpara o foaie de jurnal sau un jurnal

I get so tired in the evening I can't spend

Devin atat de obosita dupa amiaza, nu pot petrece

loads and loads of time writing,

mult timp scriind

so I personally would buy a work week planner

asa ca, eu personal as cumpara un planner

or a homework planner or a study planner

where you've got all seven days across two pages.

unde ai toate cele 7 zile pe 2 pagini

In each of those days I would write three

In fiecare dintre aceste zile as scrie 3

or four sentences about my day

sau 4 propozitii despre ziua mea

trying to incorporate those words that I learned

incercand sa incorporez acele cuvinte pe care le am invatat

in my daily word list,

de pe lista mea zilnica de cuvinte

the words I mentioned in point three.

cuvintele pe care le am mentionat in al treilea punct

That way, not only are you learning the new words

In acest mod, nu doar ca inveti cuvinte noi

and learning what they mean,

si inveti ce inseamna

you're making sure they're fully integrated into your brain.

dar esti sigur ca ele sunt complet integrate in creierul tau

And also doing this before you go to sleep

Si chiar facand-o inainte sa mergi la culcare

will mean they stick in there even more.

ar insemna ca raman acolo chiar mai mult

Then you can wake up in the morning,

apoi te poti trezi dimineata, citesti ce ai scris cu o noapte inainte

read what you wrote the night before,

and you've got those words fresh in your head,

si aici acele cuvinte in cap, pregatite de ziua ce va urma

ready for the day ahead.

It's honestly such a fabulous technique

Este sincer o tehnica atat de fabuloasa

because it builds your vocabulary,

pentru iti construieste vocabularul, iti imbunatateste scrisul

it improves your writing skills,

it improves your reading skills,

imbunatateste modul in care citesti

if you search the pronunciation of the word

daca cauti pronuntarea cuvantului, iti va imbunatati pronuntarea si intelegerea

it will improve your pronunciation

and your listening skills,

and if you book in sessions with language teachers

si daca iti programezi o sesiune cu un profesor

you can have them correct you writing.

ei iti vor corecta scrisul

So every week you can bring them two fresh pages of writing

asa ca in fiecare saptamana iti poti aduce doua pagini nou noute de scris ca ei sa le corecteze

for them to correct.

Honestly, if you do this every day

sincer, daca faci asta in fiecare zi

it will help you so much.

te va ajuta foarte mult

Right, time for the last point.

okay, este timpul pentru ultimul punct

Point number five,

Punctul numarul 5, sfatul este sa creezi traduceri zilnice

the tip is to perform daily translations

of subjects you are interested in.

a subiectele de care esti interesat

Now I now a lot of you want to stop translating

Acum, stiu ca multi dintre voi vreti sa va opriti din a traduce

and think in English,

si sa ganditi in engleza, in orice caz, eu cred ca traducerile

however, I think translation forms

a very, very important part of language learning,

sunt o parte foarte, foarte importante in a invata

especially when it's around something

in special cand este despre ceva

that you are interested in.

care te intereseaza

It's really, really good to compare

how things are said in different languages

Este foarte bine sa compari cum sunt cuvintele spuse in limbi diferite

si traducerea te ajuta cu asta.

and translation helps you with that.

In my opinion, the best way to practise your translation

In opinia mea, cea mai buna metoda ca sa iti practici traducerea

is absolutely free, which is fantastic,

este absolut gratis, ceea ce este fantastic,

and it's right here on YouTube.

si este chiar aici pe YOUTUBE

Pick the YouTubers that you really, really like,

Alege Youtuberii pe care chiar ii placi

the YouTubers that talk about

pe youtuberii care vorbesc despre

subjects that you're interested in.

subiecte care te intereseaza

Maybe it's photography,

maybe it's technology,

poate este fotografia, poate este tehnologia

maybe it's pets,

poate este makeup

maybe it's makeup.

You can actually contribute to subtitle translations.

Tu poti contribui la subtritrarea traducerilor

You may have seen that underneath all of my videos

Poate ai vazut in sub fiecarui clip al meu

I have a link where I give the opportunity

am un link unde dau oportunitatea

to contribute subtitle translations.

la contributia subtritrarilor.

So I write the subtitles in English

eu scriu subtritrarea in engleza si apoi tu le poti scrie in limba ta

and then you can write them in your own language.

It's amazing because it helps my videos reach

Este uimitor deoarece ajuta clipurile mele sa ajunga

and help a wider audience.

si sa ajute a mai mare audienta, ei de asemenea primesc numele afisat sub clip

They also get their name displayed under the video

which is really, really cool.

ceea ce este foarte tare

And it helps their translating skills.

Si ii ajuta schilurile la scris

Poti traduce clipuri din

You can translate videos from

limba ta nativa in engleza

your native language into English,

that would be a really good way to practise.

asta ar fi un mod foarte bun de a practica, dar chiar si traducerea din engleza

But even translating English subtitles

into your own native language

in limba ta nativa

is a really good reading and translation exercise.

este un exercitiu bun pentru cititre si traducere

I will post a link with more information

Voi posta un link cu mai multe informatii

on community subtitle translations in the description box.

in comunitatea de subtritrari din descriere

Right, I have discussed all five points.

Am discutat toate cele 5 puncte

I really hope you learned something.

chiat sper ca ai invatat ceva

I really hope you try out one of my five recommendations.

Chiar sper ca ai incercat una din cele 5 recomandari

Don't forget to check out italki,

Nu uita sa incerci italki

linkul este in descriere

the link is in the description box.

You can get $10 worth of italki credits

Poti obtine 10 dolari

for free when you make your first lesson purchase.

pe gratis cand iti achizitionezi prima lectie

There are also links to listen to The Archers

and also the information on subtitles.

Don't forget to check out all of my social media,

Nu uita sa verifici conturile mele de social media

I've got my Facebook, I've got my Instagram

am facebookul, instagramul si twitter

and I've got my twitter,

si ne vom vedea curand pentru o alta lectie

and I shall see you soon for another lesson.

(muah)

(beeping)

Learning a language is like learning a musical

ahhh.

Soap-opera is a drama serial

oh dear.

Right, before I get too passionate let's move on

to episode.

Ha ha ha.

They're an online database and platform

of native blah, blah, blah.

Online language teacher platform.

All you have to do is click on the description

in the link box.

No that was wrong,

dammit, I was doing so well.

(upbeat music)