The Best Way to Learn English - A Check-In - How is it going?

Hi, Bob the Canadian here.

Do you remember a few weeks ago I made a video called

The Best Way to Learn English?

If you haven't watched it yet,

I'll put a link up there that you can click.

You should watch that video before you watch this one.

Anyways, I made a video

called The Best Way to Learn English.

And in that video, I gave you a plan

for you to help organize how you study the English language.

And the basis of the plan was that on Mondays

you would do a lot of English reading.

On Tuesdays, you would do some English writing.

On Wednesdays you would do some English listening practice.

On Thursdays, you would do some English speaking practice.

And on Fridays, you would basically practice

all of the vocabulary that you had learned

earlier in the week.

Well, I thought today would be a good day

to check in with you,

it would be a good day to see how things are going

with your English learning.

I know some of you are using that plan.

I know some of you have your own plan.

But I thought today would be a good day

just to come out here for a walk

and to kinda ask you how things are going.

And the reason I want to ask you how things are going

is because I really want to know;

I would love it if you could answer in the comments below.

But I think other English learners

who are watching this video would love to know

some of the things that you have figured out,

some of the things that you do to help you learn English.

So, let's talk through each of the five days of the week.

Let's talk through reading, writing,

listening, speaking, and learning new vocabulary.

And if everyone could let us know in the comments

the things that they do in order to do those things well,

that would be great.

So, let's start with reading.

I would be curious to know what books you have found

to practice your English reading.

I know that some of you are beginner-level readers,

some of you are intermediate-level readers,

and some of you are advanced-level readers.

But I would be curious to know what books you have read

since this past January

or which books you have started reading,

and I'm sure a lot of other people would be curious as well.

So, please let us know in the comments below

the title, the author, and what level you think the book is

that you have read in the past month-and-a-half.

I think that it would be very useful

for all us here on this channel, including myself,

to know what books you have found

and what books you are reading.

As well, when it comes to reading,

I would be curious to know

where else are you reading English?

Do you read an English newspaper?

Have you found a really good website

where you can find really nice

and easy-to-read English articles, news articles or others?

We would be curious and we would love to know.

So, again, please post that in the comments below.

What are you doing to read,

what books have you been reading,

and what else have you been reading in English?

So, let's talk about writing.

I would be really curious to know

what you have been doing to practice your English writing.

And again, I'm sure everyone else who is watching this video

would love to know as well.

So, again, share what you are doing in the comments below.

That would be really helpful for all of us.

So, what have you been doing

to practice your English writing?

I know some of you have been leaving comments

on my YouTube videos.

That's a great way to practice your English writing.

But maybe you have found a pen pal

who you write to in English.

Maybe you have found an English friend

that you can write emails too.

I would be curious to know

and I'm sure everyone else would love to know

what have you been doing to practice your English writing?

It's not the easiest thing to practice.

It's always easier to practice your reading

and your listening.

Writing requires that not only you do some writing

but sometimes that you find someone who you can write to

who will read what you have written

and kind of give you some feedback on it.

So, anyways, let all of us know in the comments below

what you have been doing to practice your English writing.

So, the next thing you've been practicing,

maybe on Wednesdays, is your English listening,

and this is usually everyone's favorite thing to do

when they are learning a language,

I think, because it's the easiest thing to do.

So, I would be curious,

and please let us know in the comments below,

what songs have you been listening to in English?

That's always the one

that I'm the most interested in knowing about.

What songs have you been listening to?

I know, for myself, I have been listening to

a lot of Post Malone's song Circles.

It's on my playlist.

I know I'm not learning English,

but it's still one of my favorite songs right now.

But what songs have you been listening to in English?

And please, again, let us know in the comments below.

And what television shows have you been watching?

What television shows,

whether they are new shows or older shows,

have you found and what shows have you been watching

and enjoying over the last few weeks?

I'd be really curious to know

and so would a lot of other people.

And then, lastly, what movies have you watched in English?

Have you gone out to the theater?

Have you watched some on Netflix or online?

Let us know what movies you have been watching in English

and how they have been helping you improve your vocabulary

and how they have been helping you improve

your English listening skills.

Yes, we're definitely outside.

Part of your listening skills today

are being improved by hearing some wild birds.

I'm not sure, that bird sounds a little bit angry with me.

Anyways, let us know in the comments

what you have been listening to

and what you have been watching.

So, in my previous video,

I challenged you to practice your speaking on Thursdays.

So, whether you are practicing your speaking

on Thursdays or not,

maybe you're practicing it on another day of the week,

I'm curious to know what ways have you found

to practice your English speaking?

Have you signed up for an account

on a webpage or an app like Preply?

There's a link in the description below, by the way.

Have you used italki or Cambly?

Have you simply been talking out loud to yourself?

Again, I am curious.

I would love to know

and I'm sure many other watchers of this video

would love to know what you are doing

to practice your English speaking.

By the way, I'm going to try to respond

to all the comments on this video for the first 48 hours.

Normally, I can only respond to comments

for about the first day

and then there are just too many comments

for me to respond to all of them.

But I am truly curious and very interested to know

what you are doing to practice your English reading,

writing, listening, and speaking, so please do let me know

and let others know in the comments below.

But we're not quite done yet.

We have one more thing to talk about,

and that's how are you practicing

and learning new English vocabulary?

What are you doing to make sure those words

and phrases stick in your mind?

In the original video,

I suggested that you use a webpage like Quizlet.

There's also an app for that.

It's a free webpage.

It lets you make flashcard sets

and play games with new vocabulary.

But maybe you have other methods.

I know that some of you have found really interesting

and unique ways to practice your new vocabulary.

So, again, in the original plan,

I suggested that every Monday,

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

you should be learning new vocabulary,

and then on the Friday you should be spending time

practicing that new vocabulary

so that it sticks in your brain really, really well.

Sorry for the camera shake today.

It is a little bit windy out here.

And as I'm walking and talking,

my camera is moving a little bit more

than I would like it to.

And of course, there was the bird singing as well.

I think you call that singing.

Maybe it's more like chirping.

So, anyways, how are you learning new vocabulary?

How are you practicing new vocabulary?

What new little tricks and tips do you have

that you can share with us in the comments below,

just ways that you have been able to learn

and practice new vocabulary

in a way that it sticks in your brain for good?

So, those of you that watch my live English lessons

know that I'm kind of like a broken record.

When we say that someone's like a broken record in English,

it means that they say the same things over and over again.

And I am often saying that in order to improve your English,

you need to be reading, you need to be writing,

you need to be listening, you need to be speaking,

and you need to be learning and practicing new vocabulary.

So, again, that's what I said in that last video.

If you didn't watch it yet, there is a link up there.

You can go have a look at it.

It might be helpful for you.

But I hope for those of you that are using my plan

or a modified version of that plan or your own plan,

I hope that things are going well

and that you're learning a ton of new English every day.

Anyways, Bob the Canadian here,

and you're learning English with me here on YouTube.

And I really hope you're having a great day

and I will see you in the next video.