How I Learned to Speak Foreign Languages Without Talking to People | Develop Speaking Skills Alone

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English with Veronika Mark


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hello guys and welcome back to my YouTube  channel a month ago I shared a video about  
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developing your speaking skills at home when you  have no one to talk to and when you're completely  
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alone you guys really love the video and asked  me to make part two so here is part two let's  
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talk about what you should do to improve your  speaking skills in English without talking to  
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anyone you know if you don't like people just  kidding obviously the first thing you should do  
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is teach yourself a famous speech or monologue  if you know that you need to practice speaking  
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but you don't know what to talk about memorizing  something is a good place to start it allows you  
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guys to get more comfortable speaking English and  hearing yourself speak English and also helps you  
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strengthen your pronunciation muscles you know  the ones in your mouth so to begin you should  
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find your favorite scene from a movie or a  play or a joke from your favorite stand-up  
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comedian and memorize it I promise you yes it  can be a really entertaining way to spend your  
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time for this exercise I recommend searching for  Oscar speeches because they are great examples  
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of how people use English in their everyday  lives I found this amazing speech by Joaquin  
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Phoenix an American actor famous for starring  in the movie Joker so let's see how I use this  
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speech to improve my English and speak when I  have no one to talk to I've been a scoundrel in  
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my life first was I've been a scoundrel all my  life I've been selfish I've been selfish I've  
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been cruel at times I've been cruel at times  hard to work with hard to work with and I'm  
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grateful but so many of you in this room and I'm  grateful that so many of you in this room have  
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given me a second chance have given me a second  chance and I think that's when we're at our best  
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and I think that's when we're at our best when  when we support each other when we support each  
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other they're not when we cancel each other out  for past mistakes not when we cancel each other  
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out for past mistakes but when we help each other  to grow when we help each other to grow and guys  
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if you make a mistake it's totally fine no one  is judging you here just start over the second  
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thing you should do is take a class with a native  speaking English teacher if you're a little bit  
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more comfortable in your speaking abilities and  you always wanted to practice English with native  
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speakers I highly recommend giving life XP a  try live XP is a platform where you can find  
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it on your computer lifxp will help you speak  with native speakers and world's coolest tutors  
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master your conversation skills and improve your  pronunciation Lesson by lesson the main reason why  
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I love them so much is because you can filter the  tutors on their platform by interests for example  
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if you love yoga or you love reading books or  or if you're interested in Formula One you can  
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type in all of those requirements and they will  find you the tutor who has similar interests to  
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yours this way you'll find your language learning  soulmate and a perfect tutor on lifxp a couple of  
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days ago I had a Spanish class on life XP and I  was talking to a Spanish tutor all about formula  
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one because I'm a huge fan of car racing  man Canta La formula Uno Lewis Hamilton is
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all you need to do to book a class is choose  a tutor there are so many native speakers from  
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the United States the United Kingdom and Canada  and subscribe to receive a 30 discount for any  
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subscription you can scan this QR code or use the  link in the description to book your first class  
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on life XP for only 99 Cents when you're ready  to subscribe use my code Veronica 30 together  
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thirty percent off of any available subscription  and now let's move on to tip number three memorize  
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your favorite quotes to repeat them out loud if  you've spent any time on social media you know  
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how powerful quotes are and you know how often  people share them with your friends colleagues  
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family members so if you want to connect with  people instantly and you also feel like you're  
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not ready to memorize a whole speech in English  quotes might be the best way to start the great  
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thing about the strategy is if you use social  media regularly it's very easy to make it a  
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part of your habit and learning English is all  about making a part of your everyday life so  
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if you've managed to successfully do it  your English will improve dramatically  
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learning quotes can also expose you to different  expressions and slaying that you will not find  
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in any other place if you need any ideas  all you need to do is grab your phone and  
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search for inspirational quotes this is a hashtag  inspirational quotes on Instagram or Twitter and  
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you will immediately find so many different  options in the beginning I recommend you give  
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yourself a small goal of learning one quote  per week I found this cool quote strive for  
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Progress not Perfection try to learn the correct  pronunciation and repeat the whole phrase over  
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and over again strive for Progress not Perfection  strive for Progress not Perfection you can repeat  
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it to yourself every morning like a mantra and  it will work you should strive for Progress when  
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learning English and not Perfection because  Perfection doesn't exist now let's move on  
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to tip number four memorize your favorite song  and sing it every time I share this tip with my  
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students everyone laughs at me because a lot of  people feel uncomfortable singing in English but  
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guys believe me there is a method to my madness  in a 2013 study conducted at the raid School of  
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Music in Edinburgh researchers discovered that  adults who sang in a new language instead of  
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just speaking it performed better on a series  of language tests so I was right I understand  
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that some people don't like to sing or they feel  self-conscious or you know it's just weird you  
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know especially singing to yourself when you're  completely alone but guys please give it a try  
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think about it as just a way to learn English  you're learning English you're doing everything  
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you can to master the language so the only tip  I can give you guys when it comes to choosing a  
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song is try to pick something that is easy not too  fast paced not too challenging and something you  
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genuinely enjoy I'm using the spatula to tell you  guys how I usually sing songs in English I sing  
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when I watch the dishes for example you can sing  a new song by Miley Cyrus I can buy myself flowers
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guys I can't sing I'm just you know trying to  inspire you to sing in English because you don't  
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have to know how to sing to prove your English  and to sing no matter which language you choose  
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and now let's move on to my final tip which is  definitely the craziest one use of the rubber duck  
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method if you're raising an eyebrow and wondering  Veronica what the heck the rubber duck method am  
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I a kid a toddler well guys bear with me because  there is a very reasonable explanation the rubber  
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deck debugging method is simple you find an object  I'm gonna use my cats and then you try to explain  
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to this object a concept in English for example  I'm gonna use my cats and I'm gonna explain to  
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them what veganism means and why I think people  should go vegan actually this method was first  
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used by software Engineers to solve problems by  using their code this method especially works  
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if you feel strange about talking to yourself you  know if you're sitting in a room completely alone  
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and you have to talk to yourself in English that  is super strange because using this rubber deck  
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method you're not really talking to yourself  you're talking to an object I know it sounds  
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maybe even weirder but guess bear with me I  promise it works and I promise it makes you  
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a little bit more confident because you're like  okay I need to explain this concept to my cats for  
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example so you know they're here they're present  they're listening to me and I have to try my best  
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at explain laning okay I'm gonna put you guys here  and try to explain to my cats who are sleeping why  
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I think being vegan is important yes kitties it  is very important you have to be vegan the first  
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thing why it's important to be vegan is because  it helps the environment and it's very important  
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I think he's just not he's not feeling it guys  does not want to talk to me he doesn't care about  
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being vegan okay I hope you guys really love  this entertaining video I for sure had so much  
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fun filming it let me know in the comments which  tip which method is your favorite also if you want  
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to take English classes with native speaking  teachers from the comfort of your own home for  
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just 99 Cents make sure to scan this QR code and  study English on life XP all the links and all the  
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discount codes are going to be in the description  so make sure to check them out if you want to  
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watch part 2 and learn more about how you can  improve your English if you have no one to talk  
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to make sure to click right here because I saved  all the tips everything there and guys this video  
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is pretty entertaining as well thank you guys so  much for watching this video if you liked it make  
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sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my  channel and I'll see you guys in my next video bye
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