5 Proven Techniques to Help You Speak English Fluently

in this video we're going to look at five language  learning techniques that are scientifically proven  

to help you become fluent if you give them  a try they can transform your English skills  

and increase your confidence while speaking the  first language learning technique we're going to  

talk about today is the spaced repetition system  SRS usually language Learners use this method to  

memorize new words but sometimes actually you can  memorize grammar rules this way you can memorize  

pronunciation aspects this way this is what I do  and it works great for me the key idea is that  

you review things right before you're about to  forget them this way you keep reinforcing your  

memory right when it needs it making learning more  efficient and longlasting instead of opening your  

textbook and thinking okay these are the words  I need to revise today what you do is you just  

open an app that is based on the space repetition  system like Anki for example or memorise I heard  

that memorise is also based on this system and  you go through the words that you already saved  

there so instead of going through the entire stack  of cards every single day SRS helps you focus on  

the cards that you need to focus on on the ones  that you have problems with but the ones that you  

already know you know you're going to see them  in like a few months and a year and two years  

the next language learning technique is called  immersion immersion is all about surrounding  

yourself with your target language in your real  life mimicking the way children learn their first  

language they learn the language because they  live in the country because the parents speak  

to them in this language so you're basically doing  the exact same thing if you want to watch a show  

you watch it in your target language if you want  to Google something you Google it in your target  

language if you want to listen to music you listen  to music in your target language only and that's  

actually what I did a lot when I started taking  English learning more seriously when I was in high  

school and in college I just started immersing  myself in the language non-stop everything like  

my computer my phone everything in my house was  literally in English like everything I could make  

in English was in English because I lived in  Russia back then and so I would Google stuff  

in English I would only watch American YouTubers  I refused to follow people in my native language  

on Instagram I would only follow people who spoke  English I'm dead serious right now and I think it  

really paid off and I'm really proud of of myself  that I was able to create this English-speaking  

environment when I lived in Russia and I honestly  had no one to practice English with if you're  

looking for a platform that will help you learn  in language with this immersion method in mind I  

highly recommend lingoda on lingoda you can learn  English business English French Spanish German  

and Italian I've been using lingoda for the past  3 years now learning English and Spanish and I  

can confidently say that it has become the perfect  language partner for me I love that lingoda truly  

understands that everyone learns differently  the curriculum on their platform was created by  

language experts and I love how flexible I can be  with my schedule this way language learning fits  

into my personal goals and lifestyle in a better  way there are people for example who prefer to  

take classes late at night or early in the morning  hand lingoda can help you with that on their  

platform I can practice in small group classes  where I receive personalized feedback from native  

speaking teachers and I also get to interact with  other students the feedback from a real teacher  

helps me a lot because it's often indepth and it's  connected to the real language that people use in  

that country the teachers on lingoda come from all  over the world and offer insights about real local  

language like interesting vocabulary accents and  cultural nuances I can also practice independently  

by using their self-learning tools like lesson  materials flashcards and vocabulary trainer this  

environment that lingoda creates during classes  Q me motivated and excited to keep on learning  

the language if you want to learn what lingoda  and tailor your learning path to your goals make  

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is shadowing shadowing is a technique where you  repeat or Shadow a native speaker as closely as  

possible while listening to the recording  it really helps with your pronunciation  

and with your intonation and of course with your  accent this technique was developed by Alexander  

arales and I really hope I'm pronouncing his his  name correctly in his videos he basically walks  

briskly while listening to something and then  repeating that almost instantly because this way  

I guess you engage both your mind and your body  in learning if you don't understand everything  

the native speaker is saying of course you can  use trans cers for clarity because it's important  

to understand what you're actually shadowing the  idea behind walking while you Shadow is that you  

challenge your brain to process and automate  new linguistic inut which eventually improves  

your fluency through repetition and multitasking  the next amazing language learning technique is  

task-based language learning or tblt it focuses  on introducing yourself to authentic Language  

by doing certain tasks and it can really help you  practically because you're doing real life things  

instead of just focusing on grammar or vocabulary  let's say you're planning a trip and you want  

to go to France this summer and you are learning  French so instead of doing all of this in English  

if English is your native language you instead do  all of this in French and you learn the language  

because you have a specific task to plan your  trip to France you learn the language naturally  

just like you would in real life and you focus  on practical and relevant things and so because  

of this approach you get this hands-on experience  with the language not just the one you get inside  

the classroom but something that you can see  yourself using later in life like when you  

actually go to France it's going going to be  extremely beneficial let's say your friend's  

birthday party is coming up and you're thinking  what can I do and maybe you decide to make a  

chocolate cake because you really like baking so  instead of doing that in your native language you  

can do it in English if you're learning English  you go online and you find this best chocolate  

cake recipe ever you scroll down I mean you can  read all of that you read the ingredients list let  

say you get interested in the word unsweetened  you're like wow I wouldn't be able to say this  

word myself you know in a conversation so maybe  I should memorize it then you go down you see  

step-by-step instructions you see the word preheat  wow that's an interesting word you see the word  

oven you make sure you know how to pronounce it  correctly because a lot of people say something  

like oen or oen but not oven so so you see my  point because you already have this task like  

you kind of have to make this chocolate cake why  not do it in the language you're learning instead  

instead of your native language you're doing  something that you already have to do and you're  

practicing the language and finally pneumonics  can become an amazing language learning technique  

for you pneumonics are basically memory aids they  use associations patterns and images to help you  

remember information and they work especially  great for visual Learners if it's easier for  

you to look at something and then memorize it  they also help you remember some complex things  

because you associate them with something easier  or funnier or more relatable so all you have to  

do to create an ammonic is this you have to link  new information to something that you already know  

you have to create this Vivid image to go with the  word you're trying to remember you can use Rhymes  

or acronyms or stories to help you remember it  better let's say that I want to memorize the word  

Meek in English if you're just like Veronica my  imagination is not great you can use chpt so I  

create this prompt create aonic to memorize the  word meek in English and here is the example we  

have my elephant eats kale Meek you can visualize  a gentle mild mannered elephant quietly eating  

kale which aligns with the meaning of Meek as  someone who is gentle humble or submissive I  

mean I love this pneumonic honestly my elephant  eats kale Meek you can use this picture too I  

added this picture so that just everything falls  together and now every single time I think of the  

word meek I think of these two cute elephants  eating kale I mean probably it's not kale but  

you know for the sake of our prom here they're  eating kale to be honest guys there are a lot of  

other amazing techniques like comprehensible  input chunk in storytelling and contextual  

learning that can really help you master a  language more successfully if you want me to  

make part two to this video please let me know  in the comments don't forget that lingoda can  

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watch next I highly recommend checking out this  video where I share what method I use to memorize  

new words new vocabulary in foreign languages  so click right right here and keep on watching