Learn English 10X FASTER (for free) With These Simple Strategies

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Today I'm going to share 10 English study tips to help you learn English 10 times faster.
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Welcome back to JForrest English.
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Of course, I'm Jennifer.
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Now let's get started.
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The number one, create a study schedule.
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This is extremely important.
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Your study schedule should identify the specific day or ideally the specific days of the week
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that you're going to study.
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And it should also identify the start time and the end time of that session.
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So for example, Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 6:00 to 6:30 and then maybe Saturday
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and Sunday from 9:00 to 9:45.
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Ideally your goal should be five days a week for 30 minutes each day.
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As a pro tip, I want you to choose the day and time extremely carefully.
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Make sure the time you put in your calendar is realistic and you can actually spend the
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time on your studies.
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And when it's in your calendar, treat it like an appointment.
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You wouldn't miss an appointment, so don't miss this time.
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Your study time Tip 2.
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Set a clear goal for each study session.
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The worst thing you can do is sit down at your scheduled time and then say to yourself,
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what should I study?
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Or just randomly watch YouTube videos, or randomly look through an English textbook.
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That's going to waste a lot of time before you begin your study session.
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You should know exactly what you're going to do with that time.
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For example, before you sit down, you know that you're going to complete the practice
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exercises for week two of your lesson in the Finally Fluent Academy, which is my premium
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training program, and my students get a study schedule that I've created for them when they
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join.
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So as a pro tip, make sure you take 5 minutes before your scheduled study time, or ideally
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the day before.
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Just take a few minutes and plan and exactly what you're going to do in that scheduled
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time.
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Tip #3, you want to maximize your study time.
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30 minutes is not created equally.
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Some people will have 30 minutes and they will accomplish nothing with that time.
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Another person will have 30 minutes and accomplish a lot.
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So how you use that time matters.
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You can maximize your 30 minutes by, first of all, removing all distractions.
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You need to turn off all social media when you're focusing on your study time.
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You need to turn off all notifications.
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Lock your pets in another room so they don't come and distract you and take your attention
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away.
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Have your water, your tea, whatever supplies you need for that session already in the room
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so you don't have to leave.
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And get a glass of water, which will take time away from studying.
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And also make sure you set a timer.
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So if your study session is for 30 minutes, set a timer because even just wondering what
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time it is, how much time has passed takes your attention away and you're losing time.
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Now as a pro tip, make sure you leave your phone in an entirely different room.
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Assuming you're not using your phone to study.
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That will definitely eliminate the distraction and that temp mutation to pick up your phone
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during your scheduled study time, which will of course waste a lot of time.
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Tip #4, improve multiple skills at once.
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A lot of students study using wordless, and they have an individual word and a definition,
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but that is only improving one skill.
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If you follow my YouTube channel, you know I love sharing videos where we learn English
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with the news because you're learning so many different skills at once.
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You're improving your reading, your listening, your vocabulary, your ground or your pronunciation,
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your speaking.
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You're doing all of that at once, so you're maximizing your time by focusing on multiple
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skills.
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Tip #5 Learn words in context.
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So again, you use a vocabulary list and you learn an expression off track and you see
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the definition for that expression off track, not making progress.
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But when you learn a word in context, it means you have a full sentence.
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That's a natural sentence, the way a native speaker would use that expression.
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For example, yesterday our meeting went off track when John brought up the consultants
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report.
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So here you see the word being used in context, you understand the meaning a lot more and
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you also understand the grammar.
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You understand that you need to go off track and then you see OK, yesterday, I need the
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past simple wind off track.
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And you learn a lot more when you see grammar or vocabulary in context.
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Tip number six.
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Repetition.
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Repetition.
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Repetition.
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It's so important I repeated it three times.
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According to scientists, we forgot about 50% of new information in one hour, which means
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one hour from now you'll forget half of these tips.
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And scientists say that we forget 70% of new information within 24 hours.
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So you won't remember very much from this lesson tomorrow unless you repeat, repeat,
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repeat.
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Our brains were designed to remember information only if it's repeated, because that tells
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our brain the information is important.
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So if you want to remember what you're learning, you need to repeat, repeat, repeat.
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And as a pro tip, it's more beneficial to have a quick review multiple times a day rather
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than once a week and having a longer review because we need that constant repetition.
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Tip 7.
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You need to recall information, which means your brain provides that information without
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seeing it.
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So we do this when we quiz ourselves or when we complete practice exercises.
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You're recalling that information, so let's try that right now.
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We didn't make a lot of progress at the meeting.
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The meeting?
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How would you complete that sentence?
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Based on the expression I taught you just a few minutes ago, the meeting went off track.
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The meeting went off track.
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So right there you just recalled that definition, which will make it a lot more likely you'll
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remember it the next time.
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And as a pro tip, you can complete just the quizzes in my lessons frequently to help you
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recall information.
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Tip #8 is quality over quantity.
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According to scientists, we can remember about 5 to 9 new words per day.
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That's about the maximum capacity that our brain has.
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So it's not very beneficial to review a word list of 300 positive adjectives because you're
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not going to remember very many of them.
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It's more beneficial just to learn the top 8 or 9 adjectives that you can use in a meeting
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to sound professional at work.
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As a pro tip, you can take my videos which teaches you many many words, more than 5 to
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9 in each lesson, but you can divide that lesson into smaller pieces and just focus
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on a few words 5 to 9.
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Ideally, learn them, practice them, repeat them, recall them, and then move on with the
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lesson.
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Tip #9 Practice different skills.
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Students are obsessed with practicing their speaking skills.
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Of course speaking is important, but there are many other skills you need to improve
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as well.
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So practice writing right example sentences.
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Of course, practice speaking.
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Say it out loud.
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You can focus on your pronunciation by recording yourself and then comparing the pronunciation.
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And you can improve your listening skills by hearing your new vocabulary in a natural
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context.
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So do all these different exercises to improve different language skills.
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And as a pro tip, make sure you add these different areas to your study schedule so
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you remember one day practice speaking, another day practice writing, another day practice
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pronunciation, and finally tip #10, my personal favorite, which is to reward yourself.
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When you reward yourself, it creates positive reinforcement, which means you feel positive.
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And if you feel positive, you're more likely to do the action, so you're more likely to
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spend 30 minutes and really concentrate on that time.
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If you reward yourself now, the reward should just be something small.
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Very small.
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But it needs to immediately make you feel good.
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So here are some ways I reward myself after spending a focused time.
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I listen to a song I really like.
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I sing and I dance.
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I spend time with my pets.
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I check the YouTube comments and I reply to them because I love doing that.
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I might watch some cat videos on YouTube for 5 minutes, not an hour, but 5 minutes.
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You could eat a piece of chocolate or something very small that you like.
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Or you could go for a walk or a bike ride and do something physical.
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Remember, it can be very small, but it has to make you feel good immediately.
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And as a pro tip, reward yourself immediately after the behavior because that it will create
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the positive reinforcement.
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Now all of these tips work, but they'll only work if you do the work.
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So put I'm committed, I'm committed.
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Put that in the comments so I know you're ready to do the work.
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And make sure you like this video, Share it with your friends, and of course, subscribe
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And you can get this free speaking guide where I share 6 tips on how to speak English fluently
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and confidently.
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You can click here to download it or look for the link in the description.
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And to help you save even more time, I have a customized study plan that you can follow.
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You can do it every single day and it's absolutely free.
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So watch this video right now to get the study plan.
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