Give Perfect English Answers Every Time | ENGLISH FLUENCY 5Ws Episode 3

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Welcome to part three of our series.
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In this series, I have been helping you, my friend, finally understand
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how to speak English fluently using a simple method, the five W's method,
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who, what, when, where, and why.
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In this episode of our series, I am going to teach you how to answer any question
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perfectly using the five W's method.
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Are you ready?
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Well then let's jump right in.
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Alright, just like the first two lessons of our series, this
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lesson is also based on six days.
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So we are moving to day 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18.
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All right, so these are the days that are focused on for this part of our series.
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Now, the very first thing we're gonna look at is answering a question using.
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The five Ws.
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So let's go to day 13.
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Now, I want you to check out these examples very quickly in these questions.
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What's happening is we are recognizing which of the five
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Ws can be found in the question.
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Look at question number one.
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Question number one is when you were in high school, who
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was your favorite teacher?
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What are we focusing on?
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We're focusing on the who you see what's happening, right?
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The five Ws can be seen in any question, in any response, and
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in anything that a person says in English, we can recognize the five Ws.
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So let's look at the second question.
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Again, we're on day 13, the very first part before we dive into the details.
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Here's another question.
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What do you do in the evening when you get back home from work?
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What's the focus?
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What do you do?
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Which means we are looking at.
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The what again, we are first trying to recognize when someone asks a question,
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which of the five Ws can we recognize?
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That is the focus Number three.
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Look at this Third question.
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When was the last time you went on a vacation with your family?
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What's the focus?
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The time or.
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When that's right.
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Again, we have to see that in every question we can find one of the
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five Ws, and in order to answer the question perfectly, naturally,
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and fluently, we have to know which of the five Ws is the focus.
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Here's number four.
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Where do you like, or where would you like to go after you graduate from university?
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The focus.
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You guessed it.
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The where.
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And finally, we have this question, why do you think people
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like to spend time together?
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The focus, why we wanna know the reason.
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So again, each of these questions, once again, these questions, in
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these questions, we can see that.
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One of the five Ws is represented in each of these questions.
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So now it's time for us to go just a bit deeper.
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Remember, we are focusing on answering any question using the
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five Ws by first recognizing which of the Ws is in the question or is
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at the foundation of the question.
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So first, let's take a look at some questions that are based.
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On the who?
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All right.
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The who.
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Let's look at some example questions.
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Let's say, for example, we are looking at who is or who was, all right.
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Again, we're looking at the who, the first part of the five W'S method.
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An example question using this framework would be when you were in high
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school, who was your favorite teacher?
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But again, staying with the who, we can say, what is the name of your,
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I'm gonna, actually, there's a typo right here, so I'm gonna write this in.
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What is the name?
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You can type that in.
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If you've already downloaded and gotten your ebook, you write that in as well.
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All right.
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So the question being, what is the name of your favorite celebrity?
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What is the focus?
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We are focusing on the who?
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All right.
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Again, seeing the questions.
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That have one of the five Ws as their framework.
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All right, let's move on to the what again, you'll see other examples as
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you're following along with your ebook.
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What about the what?
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All right, so for the what The question could be formed like this.
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What do you do?
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And again, we had the question, what do you do in the evening
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when you get back home from work?
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Another form could be though, what did you.
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And the example question could be, what did you do during your last vacation?
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Again, you're seeing different forms of the question, but the foundation
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is still one of the five Ws.
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What about for the win?
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Remember, we're on day 13 and we're starting first to
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understand how questions.
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Really have at their foundation, one of the five Ws.
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We have to understand this first before we dive deeper.
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All right, you following along?
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You can shake your head.
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I see you.
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Excellent.
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All right.
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For the when.
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All right, for the when, when was, here's an example question.
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When was the last time you went on vacation with your family?
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Yes.
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We mentioned vacation.
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Yes.
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We mentioned your family, but the focus is on the when.
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Tell me the time period.
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Then we have another one.
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When is.dot.
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So when is your birthday focusing on the time period?
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So we have the when.
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Now we have the, where again, we have to see different questions that have one of
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the W's as their foundation for the where, for example, where would dot, dot dot.
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Here's the question.
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Where would you like to go after you graduate from university?
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Yes.
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In the question we can see there's university graduating from university,
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but the focus is where, so once again.
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Where would you like to go after you graduate from university?
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We're focusing on a location, right?
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Then we have if dot, dot, dot.
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Where would, so here's how the question would look for this one.
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If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
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The question yes has different words in it, but we're focusing
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on what, where, tell me where.
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I'm gonna pause before we get to the why remember.
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In order for you to speak English fluency, you must understand the
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five W's method, but not just that.
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It's who, what, when, where, and why.
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You have to understand how this five W's method is in every aspect of
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your English journey, understanding how to make short sentences, longer,
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understanding how to describe images and situations, understanding
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now how to answer any question.
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Simply by understanding this five W's method.
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So now we have the why.
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Again, we're getting our foundation for our lesson today.
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The why, let's say, the question is, why do you dot, dot, dot question
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being, for example, why do you think people like to spend time together?
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Yes, people like spending time together, but why?
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That's the focus of this question, which means once you understand the
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focus, you'll now know how to answer.
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Ooh, I can't wait to get to this part.
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All right.
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And then another example.
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Why is, do, do, do question.
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Why is there so much violence in the world?
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What's the focus of this question?
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Why?
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Give me the reason.
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All right, so day 13, we now understand that.
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Every question has at its root, one of the five Ws, either
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who, what, when, lemme see.
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There we go.
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When, where, or why?
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So now let's move on to day 14, because we understand that at the foundation of every
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question, one of the five Ws lives, right?
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Day 14 now.
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Now we have five different questions that we can analyze on day 14.
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We're not gonna go over all five in this lesson.
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But again, you can do it on your own time when you have your PDF or your ebook.
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All right, so again, we have the questions that we already read earlier when you were
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in high school, was your favorite teacher.
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We have these questions that we read earlier, recognizing each of the five Ws.
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Now on day 14, let's take a look at the questions and how we can answer
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them using the same w. That is at the foundation of the question.
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I have to make sure you understand what is happening right now.
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So I want to show you visually.
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All right, so again, we're talking about the fact that at the foundation
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of every question is one of the five Ws.
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Either who, what, when.
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Where or why?
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So that means when you go to answer, let's slide this over a little bit.
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That means when you go to answer the question, right, you wanna answer
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the question in your answer, you must include the five, one of the five W's.
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That is at the foundation of the question.
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So if someone says, where do you want to go on vacation?
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That means the foundation of the question is where, which
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means in your answer the focus.
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The main part of your answer must also be speaking about where does that make sense?
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Sometimes when you're giving an answer, when you're speaking English,
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you can give too much information.
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It's not about using many words because that does not represent
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fluency, fluency, English fluency is all about giving the right
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information in a clear and concise way.
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How does that happen?
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Well, you first must recognize which of the five Ws.
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Is at the foundation of the question so that you'll be able to include
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that information in your response.
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This is what English fluency, true English fluency looks like.
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Recognizing the foundation of a question and including that in your response.
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Now it's making sense, right?
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Excellent.
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All right, so now day 14, we have our questions.
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All right, so we have our questions.
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Let's say again the first question is, when you were in high school,
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who was your favorite teacher?
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What's the focus?
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The focus for this question is who?
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Who was your favorite teacher?
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So to answer this question, I must also include.
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Who, the foundation of the question is who?
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So the foundation of my response must be who that means.
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Now, my response could be my favorite teacher when I was in high school was my
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English literature teacher, Mrs. Smith.
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My answer included the w That was a part of the question.
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You got it right.
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Remember, whatever the foundation of the question is, we need to make
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sure it's included in our response.
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You got it right.
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Excellent.
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Alright, so now what about the next question?
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The next question.
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Once again, looking at, still recognizing for the question.
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Let's go right here.
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Hold on one second.
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Here we go.
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Alright, so which of the five Ws is in question number two?
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Question number two is what do you do in the evening when
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you get back home from work?
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What's the five W?
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Which of the five Ws?
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Yes, we're speaking about what?
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What do you do?
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The first one was who?
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Now we have what?
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So the response needs to include.
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What I did.
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Excellent.
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When I get home back or back home from work, I usually eat
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a snack and watch television.
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I'm telling you what I do.
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Why?
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Because you asked me in the question what I do makes sense, right?
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Again.
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Recognizing which of the five Ws is in the question will help you
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answer properly, including that W In your answer, we're talking about
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speaking English fluently, my friend.
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Listen, I want you to no longer experience any stress, any frustration part of this.
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Removal of frustration, removal of stress is simply understanding the five W's
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method, who, what, when, where, and why.
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When someone asks you a question, you don't have to be nervous anymore.
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Just stop.
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All right.
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They ask me a question.
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Which of the five Ws do they really want to know?
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Ah, they wanna know where I want to go.
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Okay, cool.
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Even if they've used a multitude of words, you know which of the
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five Ws they are focusing on.
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This is why it's so important.
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All right, so again, day 14, recognizing in the question which of the five Ws,
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so that you can answer with the W.
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All right, so now.
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Let's move to day 15 Again, there are other questions on day 14, but
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I'll let you study those on your own.
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Day 15 also includes three, not three.
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Excuse me.
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We have five questions.
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All right.
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Five questions.
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Our five questions.
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I'll read the questions we have.
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What is the name of your favorite celebrity?
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What do you do during your last, or what did you do during your last vacation?
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When is your birthday?
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If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
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And why is there so much violence in the world?
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Once again, these questions are all focused on one of
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the five Ws for each of them.
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So let's go now and let's check out the last two questions for this page.
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Again, we're on day 15 for this day.
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Let's look at the last, no, the second.
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Lemme see the third and the fourth.
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This is the fourth, third, and the fourth, which is question eight.
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And question nine.
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So question eight, a very simple question.
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The question is, when is your birthday, my friend?
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Which of the five Ws exactly?
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We're focusing on the when.
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Excellent.
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So since we're focusing on the win, the response is now going to be.
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Answering the when my birthday is July 10th.
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True story.
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So we've answered the when.
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Remember, when you can recognize which of the five Ws is a part of
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the question, you'll be able to answer that W in your response.
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All right.
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Now looking at question number nine.
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Again, we're still on day 14.
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So question number nine, we have.
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If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
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What is the focus?
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Which of the five Ws we are looking at?
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Yes, the where, where would you go?
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So my response needs to answer, where would I go?
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So here's my response.
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If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go to.
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Brazil, I have answered the where, remember, your response needs to
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include information about the W. That was a part of the question.
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It's making sense now, right?
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It seems almost too easy, but this is exactly what you have to do.
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So again, we're answering the question.
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By recognizing which part of the question is related to which of certain parts
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or a certain a certain w. Here we go.
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All right, so now we are back.
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So now let's go to day 17.
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Day 17.
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All right, day 17, again, we have a series of questions and we're
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gonna recognize which of the Ws is connected to the questions.
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So I'll quickly read the question.
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Who would you want to be if you could be born again?
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What are you going to do this weekend?
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When will you receive your package?
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Where is the best place to go on a date?
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And why did you go to the bank?
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Simple questions, but what's happening?
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We are able to recognize which of the Ws are the basis.
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Or is the basis for each of the questions.
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So let's look at two of the questions I'm gonna go to.
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Again, we're on day 17.
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Let's look at the last two questions.
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So let's look at question number 19 and question number 20.
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Alright.
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Again, you can always practice on your own time after this lesson is over.
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So question number 19, where is the best place to go on a date?
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What are we focusing on?
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Yes.
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Where, so where is the best place?
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So our response, the best place to go on a date is the park downtown.
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I answered the w, the where?
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The park downtown.
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What about question number 20?
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Question number 20.
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Why did you go to the bank?
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What is the question we're focusing on?
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Yes, the why give me the reason.
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So our answer must include the reason or why.
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Excellent.
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I went to the bank because I needed to deposit some money.
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I have answered the why.
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Okay, so you're seeing again what's happening when you recognize what's
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at the foundation of the question.
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Which of the five Ws?
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Now on day 18 we have your review day.
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Now you are looking at this with me right now.
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I wanna show you this and see it even larger.
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Look how many questions and responses.
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There are a total of 20 questions and responses that you can review,
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helping you recognize which of the five Ws are at the foundation, right
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at the foundation of each question.
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So that you can practice, listen to me.
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I'm telling you, the more you practice, the easier it will become
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for you to recognize the W in a question that someone is asking you.
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You'll have more confidence when you're able to recognize the W in
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the question when you're able to see, ah, man, this simple five W's method.
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Oh yeah, baby, it works.
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I'm telling you, the confidence is gonna be out of this world.
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You are gonna feel more confident.
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You are gonna be able to understand and not be stressed.
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The person may ask you a complex, complicated question with lots of
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words, but the moment you recognize, ah, this is the main idea, this
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is what they really wanna know.
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You can answer no matter how complicated the question is.
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I want you to be confident, and again, part of speaking English
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fluently is being able to recognize what someone is really asking you.
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So on day 18, you're going to be able to review.
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The example questions and the example answers, and then
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give your own answers as well.
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My friend, I hope you enjoyed this lesson.
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I can't wait until the next part of our series.
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It's just going to get better.
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Remember, this series is all about helping you speaking English
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fluently, speak English fluently using the simple five W's method.
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I can't wait to talk to you in our next lesson.
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Until then, remember to speak English.
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You still there?
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You know what time?
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It's it's story time.
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Hey, hey.
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I said the story time.
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Okay, listen, I feel like this month I've just been telling
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you so many funny stories.
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Here's another funny story again, another story that brings and puts
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a smile on my face and makes me chuckle every time I think about it.
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So.
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I was in Korea for about 10 years.
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I was an English teacher and I loved it.
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Hence why I still teach English now, and you can tell it's
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written all over my face.
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I absolutely love it.
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Right.
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So at this time I had been in Korea for I think about a year, and I
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was teaching adults and children.
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And this semester, this term, I had been given a class with little people.
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It was my first time teaching kids that were about six, I think they were
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five, six, no, they were six and seven.
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Maybe around eight, six to eight years old.
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Right.
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Um, cute kids.
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I've always loved kids.
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Usually I had classes with adults, but this time, this term, they
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needed me to teach a class with kids.
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And they were like, TIFF, here's the thing.
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You're not gonna have a Korean teacher in there with you now, normally
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as a foreigner living in Korea.
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They would put another Korean teacher when you're working with children, because
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sometimes kids, you can't just speak to them in the language they're learning.
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You need to also speak to them in their mother language to help them understand.
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But I said, don't worry.
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I'll go in the classroom.
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Now, I didn't speak Korean fluently at this time.
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I knew a little bit, certain words.
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I knew how to say, Hey, calm down, or pay attention, but I didn't know.
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And Korean really well.
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I couldn't speak really well.
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I couldn't speak in full sentences.
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So anyway, I said, don't worry.
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Um, I can manage the class, you know, we'll take care of it.
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The kids weren't bad.
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They were kids.
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They weren't bad, but they were very playful.
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So this one day, I don't know if I was stressed.
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No, I was trying to teach them something and I don't know if the kids had candy
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before they came to my class, but they were on another level this day.
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I mean, the girls and the boys, everybody was laughing, talking loud, loudly.
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They were running around.
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I was like, what is happening?
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I need them to sit down and be quiet.
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So I had asked them to calm down.
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They, they weren't listening.
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I said, guys, I need you to sit down.
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We have a lesson.
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So I was getting frustrated.
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I was getting flustered, so they were still talking.
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I said very loudly.
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I said, shut your mouths.
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And I said it just like that, and there was immediate silence immediately.
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I said, oh, okay.
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Then I heard one of the little girls say, Ooh, teacher told us to shut up.
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I. No, I didn't.
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I said, I did not say shut up.
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I said, shut your mouth.
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She said, mm, I think you said shut up.
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I said, listen, I did not say shut up.
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So we teach kids like shut up is not a nice way to tell someone to be quiet.
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So I would never tell a kid to shut up.
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That's just not me.
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I would say, shut your mouth or be quiet.
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So I said no.
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I said, shut your mouth.
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So I had to teach them the difference between Shut your mouth and shut up.
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But I can still see.
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She was adorable.
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I can still see that little girl's face.
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Mm, I think you said shut up teacher.
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I said I, no, I didn't.
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I did not want these kids going home telling their parents.
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My English teacher told me to shut up today.
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I said, no, no, no, no.
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So I had to tell them guys, I did not say that, but I always laugh and I
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had to keep my composure when she said that because I didn't wanna laugh and
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then make them think it was funny.
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I said, no, guys, it's not what happened.
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Sometimes kids misunderstand things, and that is a moment I will never forget.
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I didn't say shut up.
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I said, shut your mouth.
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All right.
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Maybe you had an experience where kids have misunderstood you.
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I'll talk to you in the next lesson.
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Don't miss part four of our series.
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