7 Best Ways to Learn a Language Fast

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Some things don't change from one year to the next or even from one decade
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To the next but language learning is something that should change especially if you haven't reached
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Your fluency goal yet. So if you're learning a new language
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I'd like to share some advice on things that you need to stop doing old
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traditional ways of learning language that do not work and
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What you should start doing in order to gain the fluency that you really want
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I'd like to give a big shout out a big THANK YOU to Ling goda for partnering with me on
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This video to bring you some great language learning advice and at the end of this video
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I'm going to share how you can improve your speaking skills and your fluency in
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English business English Spanish German or French
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by taking three months of daily live online language tutoring sessions and
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Actually doing that for free. I'm gonna share with you how to get three months of
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Language learning lessons for free that will improve your fluency that will give you that breakthrough
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to fluency that you want
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So I'm really excited to tell you more about that
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But I'll talk about it at the end of the advice on how to learn
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Language what to stop doing and what to start doing? Okay. So one thing that we need to stop doing is
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Jumping around from one language learning method to the next I
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like to follow an acronym called focus follow one course until success and
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That means that you do your research and then you make a choice
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So a lot of us get stuck in this research phase where we continually look for
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The best or the better option maybe you find a good option for language learning
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But then you think wait maybe there's a better option I should keep looking but what happens is that you get stuck in this
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research phase and you don't choose a method of language learning and you don't focus you don't commit and
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Therefore you don't advance. So sometimes you need to just make a decision and go with it
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stop
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Looking around all the time for the next best thing
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Choose something and go with it
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focus commits
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Take action and follow that course until success
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Another thing we need to stop doing is learning language only in school. It's ok
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Of course, it's good to take language lessons in school
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But I think we all know that that is not the way that we become fluent for the real world. So we need to stop
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only learning language in school
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And we need to start learning language anywhere maybe from home
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Maybe out and about in the real world with real
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Conversations immerse yourself in the language that you're learning be okay with learning it
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Anywhere anytime make it part of your lifestyle and not just something that you study for
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One hour a couple times a week when you have to go to English class, please. I know that
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Watching movies in English is fun. And it's a good way to improve your listening skills and maybe even your pronunciation
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However, stop thinking that you're going to become fluent in English just by watching movies
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No, it's a fun thing to do and it can help motivate you to improve your English fluency
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However, simply listening to movies is not going to give you the ability to speak in order to speak English guess
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What you have to speak English. I know it's amazing
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Right, but we have to actively use the skill that we want to develop and improve so yes
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Let's still watch movies, but stop thinking that just watching movies is going to somehow make you fluent in the language
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It's not if it did I would fluent in
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Macedonian because one of my favorite movies that I've probably watched 20 times is from Macedonia
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But I can't tell you a single word in Macedonian
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You just can't rely on only watching movies to make you fluent. You have to actually use the language now when you learn English online
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There are a lot of resources and some of them that I've seen myself are not
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Reputable they're not correct. They're not accurate
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They may be teaching you things that are not in fact, correct. So, please please please
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Stop just accepting anything that you hear on the Internet as truth and start doing your research
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start selecting better
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resources to learn from make sure that
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Your teacher who you're learning from or that website, you're learning from or that podcast or whatever. It may be that blog is really
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written by an expert language teacher
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This is super important and make sure that you check these sources so that you're not learning the wrong information
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This is really important
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I can't tell you how many times I've read a blog post or seen a YouTube video
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That is teaching me something wrong, and I would love to just go and change that resource
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But I can't all I can tell you is to be careful of
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What you learn from stop relying on fill in the blank exercises or multiple-choice quizzes
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to make you fluent now quizzes are great and fun and a good way to
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Maybe test your knowledge of a subject in English or a grammar or vocabulary
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but
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They're not going to make you fluent again to reach fluency to actually be able to speak English
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You need to speak English
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You need to have ways that you can practice the language by actually creating the language
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creating your own sentences thinking about what you're gonna say and then saying it see filling in the blank or
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Choosing a multiple-choice answer is not using your brain in the same way that creating your own sentences
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spontaneously does so being able to
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speak in full sentences in a conversation requires different kinds of skills than
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filling in a blank on a worksheet
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I think you know this to be true because many of you have told me
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Gaby I get really good grades in my English class on the quizzes on the worksheets, but I can't form a complete sentence
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I can't even participate in a conversation because the words don't come out of my mouth
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This is why because you've been relying on things like fill in the blanks and multiple choice quizzes
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So that has to stop and let's start using the language. Even if it's difficult at first. Let's start
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Speaking. Even if you just talk to yourself at first, even if you just think to yourself at first or
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Talk to yourself or talk to your friends or some low pressure situations
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We need to start using the language and on that note. We need to stop with all the repetitive drills all of the
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Repeat this list of vocabulary words after me kind of thing or grammar drills, you know
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Like I am you are he is we are they are
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It's not helpful for your communication. It might be helpful for memorization
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but memorization does not equal fluency or
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Communication so stop with the repetition drills and start using English
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Creatively start creating your own sentences. You might want to write them first and then say them out loud
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until you feel like you can speak automatically without thinking and
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without
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Translating another thing we need to stop is
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Translating every sentence in your head or on paper from English to your native language
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So you understand it or from your head to your native language to English when you speak it
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This is not helpful. It really slows you down and worst of all
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Translation is really unhealthy for communication because a lot of phrases and a lot of ideas cannot be directly
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Translated, you know this to be true
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Lost in translation is the title of a movie and you know
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What happens when you try to?
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Say something funny or just share an idiom or an idea from your native language in English
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And it just doesn't translate directly. So we need to stop
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Translating in our head and we need to start
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Really observing how native speakers use the language and express their ideas. So we need to start learning in
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English if you are at the high beginner to low
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intermediate level in English and up
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So if you're intermediate or advanced you really need to be learning English all in English
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you need to stop translating using an online dictionary or
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your just your brain and we need to start thinking in English and start learning in English with a
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Monolingual dictionary with a textbook that's all in the language that you are learning or not even a textbook
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We need to start learning with authentic materials meant for native speakers of the language. You are learning again
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This is for the intermediate level or up
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If you are a beginner in a language, like you're just starting to learn French, for example
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Then it's okay to learn with some of your native language
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This can actually be really helpful in the beginning. But once you reach that high beginner level you should really go for
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100% in the target language that you're learning
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I think that you can see a theme here which is to
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Stop learning in the traditional way and really start using the language start
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speaking the language and now I'm gonna tell you how you can do that with lingo des through the
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so first of all
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You can do the Sprint in English business English Spanish French or German
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You can do the Sprint's even if you've already done it and already gotten a refund
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This is for any level if you are a beginner intermediate or advanced language learner?
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And they have classes that are appropriate for your level
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I've usually go to myself
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For learning Spanish and what I enjoyed about my experience learning Spanish was the teachers were super nice
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I told them that I was kind of nervous because it had been a while since I
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Hadn't spoken Spanish and they really put me at ease. They made me feel comfortable
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They were super helpful and supportive and they were native speakers
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Expert really experienced teachers and they were really good at explaining how I could improve my language skills
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also, the Sprint is small group classes and the average number in each class is
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3 participants which really allows for more
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I scheduled my classes on Sundays which happens to be a day when I have more flexible free time
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And that's another thing that I like about
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lingo de is that they have these small group classes and a lot of
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Different times that are suitable for your schedule different times different days so you can really study
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Smartphone tablet and the Internet the next sprint is starting January
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I know that fluency in Spanish has changed my life and
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Obviously knowing English has changed my life as well as an English teacher
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But it's opened so many doors knowing Spanish and knowing some French which I've studied with lingo de as well it is
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So awesome to know another language for your work for your social life for travel really this is an awesome opportunity
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If a daily class for three months is a little bit too much. The Sprint also has a lite version
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That's kind of crazy. It's like you get paid to
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Reach the goal that you to reach. I don't know why you wouldn't do that
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but anyway
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If for some reason you sign up and then you can't complete those agreed-upon classes
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You simply pay tuition just like you normally would so you really have nothing to lose also
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Lingo des is an authorized linguist kill agent for the Cambridge assessment of English part of Cambridge University
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Originally, you may have heard that this lingo - language sprint was going to close for new participants December 19th
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But they have extended the registration deadline until January
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27th, so make sure that you don't miss this because for sure this is the last call
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Truly an opportunity that can change your life. And as I mentioned in the beginning of this video it is so important to choose something
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Commit to it and focus until you reach success
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So I think that this is an excellent opportunity for you to grab the reins grab this opportunity
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grab your chance and
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Run with it, see what you can achieve in these three months
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Maybe you'll reach the point of fluency where English or another language
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Could really change your life and this is a great way to start the new decade with a new way of learning
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languages
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Speaking getting over your fear of hesitation and improving your speaking skills and reaching fluency
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So I hope that you'll take advantage of this opportunity
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The lingo de language Sprint's again. The deadline is January 27th and spots are limited
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So make sure that you click on the link in the description to check it out
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Discount depending on the number of classes that you take check that out
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And if you have any questions, let me know in the comments and I'll be here to help you out
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well
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Here's to a happy new
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Decade of language learning and I wish you the best if you haven't subscribed here to go natural English on YouTube
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Make sure that you click that big red subscribe button. So you never miss
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