ENGLISH MASTERCLASS | MORE THAN 110 ENGLISH TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH FLUENCY

Let's jump right in.

Tip number one.

The very first thing to help you again, speak English with confidence is to

immerse yourself in English media.

Now I'm going to break down this tip a little bit more,

but I want to say it again.

Immerse yourself in English media.

We are living in a time where the internet.

Cell phones, computers, all of these technological advancements have

connected us in ways that did not exist 20, 30, 40, 50, even 60 years ago.

And that means that for you as an English learner, this is the best time

to take your English to the next level.

You can do this because the internet is available to you.

That's how you're watching me.

So in order to speak English with confidence, you must immerse

yourself in English media.

Let me break it down some more for you.

You have to surround yourself with English books, movies, TV shows, and

music to expose yourself to the language consistently in our last lesson.

The previous week, when I told you the story during story time, I got another

one for you later on, I mentioned how.

I learned the importance of consistency.

The same is true for this tip.

You have to consistently on a consistent basis, be immersing

yourself in the English language.

You need to immerse yourself in the culture of English.

So maybe you're wondering to yourself, Tiffany, how can I do this?

I live in a country where I'm actually the only one learning English, or maybe you

live in a country where you have friends trying to learn English, but there's no

other native English speakers around you.

Let me tell you this.

Even if you're in that situation, you can still immerse yourself in English.

In English, get out your cell phone.

If you have one, get your computer, whatever device you have, where you

access the internet, get that device, find a podcast, you like find YouTube

channels, not just with English teachers like myself, I'm happy you're watching

the video or listening to this lesson.

But find other videos on YouTube about topics you're interested in music, food,

technology, whatever you're interested in, but find a channel that is run by

a native English speaker and watch it.

Immerse yourself in it.

Even if you don't understand everything in the beginning, at the beginning,

you might not understand every word, every expression they're using, but over

time, you'll start to understand more.

We're talking about helping you speak English with English.

Confidence, you need to immerse yourself in the language and the internet

is now giving you the ability to do this, even if you're not living in

a native English speaking country.

So number one.

Tip number one, immerse yourself every day.

Be watching something or listening to something or even

reading something in English.

Enjoy it though.

Have fun with it.

All right, tip number one.

Now let's move on to tip number two.

Again, we're talking about helping you speak English with confidence.

Tip number two, practice speaking with native English speakers.

Now you're probably thinking to yourself, once again, Tiffany, how

I'm not in a situation where I have access to native English speakers.

My friend, don't you worry.

Don't worry.

Let me explain this tip a little bit more.

It's important to find conversation partners or join language exchange

programs to practice speaking with native English speakers.

You can engage in conversations on various topics.

Now you might be in this situation where you cannot afford to pay for a tutor.

Again, going back to what I said earlier, my friend, you do have access to the

internet, go online, find Facebook groups, Facebook forums, go online and

find different websites where people are chatting, having conversations and join.

The conversations.

You don't have to start out with, I'm sorry, I'm an English learner,

or I'm sorry, my English is not good.

No, just hop.

You see that if you're watching the video, hop right into the

conversation, that's how you will improve your English confidence.

People don't care if your English is the best, or if you make mistakes, just

get involved with the conversation.

People will be interested in what you have to say.

Now, the important thing is when you're entering these conversations,

make sure the conversations are about topics you're actually interested in.

If you don't like politics, don't don't join a politics forum,

but maybe you're a gamer, right?

Maybe you like video games, or maybe you're an individual who enjoys talking

about history, join forums, join groups where these topics are being discussed.

And what's going to happen is you're going to develop relationships.

You're going to develop friendships.

And over time, you'll start speaking more with certain individuals in these groups.

And you might actually say, Hey, you guys want to hop onto a zoom call.

Let's actually see each other.

Let me tell you a quick story.

This is not part of story time.

Don't worry.

Story time is coming later.

But this happened.

So in my Academy, I run the speak English with Tiffany Academy.

And again, you are welcome to join our family.

The link is in the description, but in my Academy, I have watched

my students become best friends.

I have watched students travel to other countries to meet each other, and

they literally are now best friends.

They've met each other's families.

Why?

Because online, they were interacting with each other.

Now, the same can happen with a native English speaker.

If your goal is simply to get to know them, this is a tip I want to give

you in conjunction, in addition to this tip, when you are speaking with

native English speakers, remember.

We are humans too.

We know that you want to learn our language and we know, again, I'm

a teacher, so it's totally okay.

My position in this relationship is as your teacher, but when you're trying

to have conversations with other native English speakers, remember the

other person on the screen, if you're having a video call, the other person

on the opposite side of your texting.

Is a real person.

So they don't want to feel like, Oh, you really don't care about me.

You just want me because of my English.

Just remember.

We're all human beings.

And the moment you start caring about them as a person, that's when you'll

start developing deep relationships and will actually help your English fluency.

I experienced this many times when I lived in Korea and I had so many

conversations with other English teachers saying like, man, there are

some students we just click with.

Why?

Because they treat me like.

I'm a person.

I'm not just someone that can give them what they need, but they care about me.

And I've developed some close relationships with students of mine

who were students initially, but are now literally very close friends.

So again, this tip, I want to help you your goal.

Yes.

I know you want to speak English with confidence, but with this tip, in

order to practice speaking with native speakers, care about the native speaker.

Unless you're paying for a tutor, it's totally okay in that relationship.

They are your teacher.

They are your tutor.

But if you're going to these free platforms and trying to start

conversations, just keep in mind, they are people and they want to get to know you

just like you'd like to get to know them.

You got me.

Excellent.

All right, let's move on to number.

Three, number three, tip number three is listen to English podcasts.

When I say you have so many podcasts, totally free podcasts at your disposal.

Ready for you, you can again, take out your cell phone or on your computer.

Listen to these podcasts totally for free.

Now, again, you already know about my podcast, the speak

English with Tiffany podcast.

Of course, I think it's a wonderful podcast.

Many students agree, and I hope it helps you, but I'm not just speaking

about podcasts run by English teachers.

I'm speaking about podcasts run by native English speakers,

where they're just speaking about topics that they're interested in.

This is so important.

Again, it starts with you knowing your interests.

What are you interested in?

And then go online, go to your phone.

If you have a podcast app, look for podcasts about that

topic and start listening.

Here's the thing.

Listen to English podcasts on a variety of topics to improve your listening

skills and expose yourself to different accents, vocabulary, and expressions.

We are talking about.

Helping you speak English with confidence, but the way you start speaking with

confidence is also by improving your listening skills, your game, confidence

and your ability to comprehend what is being said, and then you'll apply the

patterns that you're hearing, the words that you're hearing being used and the

expressions, which will inevitably help you improve your English speaking ability.

Makes sense.

Right now, again, it's important to find podcasts that are related to

topics that you are interested in.

You don't want to find podcasts about random things because you're

not interested in random things.

So find podcasts that are really about topics you are interested in.

And these podcasts will help you improve your listening skills.

If that makes sense, I want you to shake your head.

There you go.

I love it.

I love it.

All right.

Now I want us to move on to number four tip number four, another very important

tip, if your desire is to speak English with confidence, you need to write.

In English daily, listen, you need to write in English daily.

Now I'm going to show those who are watching this lesson.

I know those are listening, cannot see what I'm about to do, but those that are

watching this lesson right behind me.

You'll see tons of notebooks right here.

These are just some of my notebooks and I have tons of notebooks on

the right side of me and also in my work bag, in my office closet, I

have tons of notebooks everywhere.

Why?

Because I write a lot.

Now I write down things related to this business.

How can I help more English learners?

How can I make better lessons?

How can I dot, dot, dot.

In an effort to help you reach your English goals, I write things down.

There's something that happens when you write things down.

It helps your brain process information, and it also helps you retain information.

So for you, as an English learner, set aside time each day to write in

English, whether it's journaling, writing essays, or practicing grammar exercises.

Seek feedback from native English speakers, if possible, remember the goal

of this practice is not to get every single word that you write corrected.

Is the grammar, right?

No, the goal is to help you process your thoughts and produce them on paper.

It's interesting, right?

I'm helping you speak English with confidence, but the last two

tips have been about listening and writing, not speaking.

The reason is because of the way our brains work.

In order to speak with confidence, the very first thing that must happen in your

brain is your thoughts being organized.

So you have to process your thoughts.

So listening to other people, processing their thoughts actually

helps you learn how to process your thoughts better in English.

The same is true for this tip.

Writing in English in order to write something down on a piece of paper,

you have to process information.

What do I want to say?

What do I want to write about my day today?

In order to write, I must first organize my thoughts.

So for you, my friend, your goal is to speak English with confidence.

I'm telling you right now, if starting today, you begin writing,

it doesn't matter the amount of time.

Remember I said last week, consistency and just doing it.

As long as you pick.

It could be two minutes, it could be five minutes, it might be 15.

It's up to you, but do it every day.

Just write what happened during your day.

Write something that you heard that really impressed you.

I guarantee later on what you wrote is gonna come out of your mouth because

you've already processed it in your brain.

Makes sense.

Right.

Excellent.

All right, here we go.

Tip number five, another important tip.

Here we go.

Take advantage of language learning apps.

Listen, I am telling you the time that we are living in right now, you have

everything literally being put on a plate.

For you, meaning it's so easy to access things that back in the day

were very challenging to access.

I remember when I was learning Korean at that time, the only thing

really available was Rosetta stone.

Some of you may remember, and some of you might not remember

what Rosetta stone actually was.

It was the most popular language learning program at that time, at that time, we

didn't have these amazing, uh, cell phones with all of these language learning apps.

My friend.

Download a language learning app and use it.

Now, of course, you know, I also have an app, the English with Tiffany app, and I

encourage everyone to download the app.

The app is free to download, but why do I encourage you to use this app again?

You might not, that's totally okay.

There might be another app that will be helpful for you.

Go for it.

But why do people like myself, teachers or other individuals create

these language learning apps, because we know how important it is to be

consistently engaging with the language.

You always have your phone with you.

So when you're sitting on.

The bus, or you're traveling somewhere, or you just have a few moments.

You can open your phone, open the app and even for five minutes, practice something.

So whatever app you choose, again, it might not be my app, English

with Tiffany, and that's okay.

But if you find another app, make sure you're using it.

So let me explain this a little bit more, a little bit more.

Use language learning apps.

Again, like the one I mentioned, English with Tiffany to

reinforce your language skills.

Practice on the go and discover new ways to improve your fluency.

My team and I, for the app that I've created again, hopefully you'll download

it and link it in the description.

We work continuously to figure out ways to help English learners.

Hey, this is a good practice, um, application.

We can help the students really start using on a regular basis,

or Hey, let's add this to the app, this video lesson to help students.

Why?

Yeah.

Because our entire goal is to help you achieve your English goals.

And the same is true for every other language learning app.

You have the opportunity to download multiple apps.

That will help you on your English journey.

All right.

Now, again, I have practice lessons after every one of my video lessons.

And for those listening to the podcast, you can practice in the app.

Why I want you to reach your goals.

And so do other English teachers and people that have

created language learning apps.

So use the apps.

They will help you so much.

Technique number one, news analysis.

That's right.

News analysis.

Now for this technique, you're going to read and analyze news articles,

covering various topics like politics, current affairs, and economics.

Why?

Because this will enhance your comprehension, your vocabulary,

and your critical thinking skills.

And to be very honest, as your English teacher, this is the most important

part, important part of this technique, enhancing your critical thinking skills.

You see, again, I know your goal is to speak English fluently, right?

That's why I'm giving you these techniques, but in order to speak

English fluently, my friend, you must first think English.

You got it in English.

You have to train your brain to think like a native English speaker.

You need critical thinking skills.

You need to be able to answer the five W's who, what, when, where, and why.

Give reasons to support your answers and details and many other things connected

to properly thinking in English.

So with this technique of news analysis, you're You're going to

find various articles and because of the time that we're living in right

now, you have access to the internet.

That's how you're watching me.

Maybe you're on your cell phone right now, looking at the YouTube video, or

maybe using your computer or tablet, but you're using the internet right now to

watch this lesson, or you're listening to it via a podcast app on your phone.

Well, the same internet provides you with various news articles in English.

Find articles about various topics.

Then you're going to take your pen and a piece of paper or a notebook and start

analyzing what is this article about?

Who is talking?

Where is the issue?

What's the country?

Answer the five W's.

Analyze that article.

Now in the beginning, it might feel like you're just studying for a test.

But no, my friend, you're training your brain to do what?

Yes.

Think in English because your goal is to speak English fluently.

So again, number one is news analysis.

You have access to so many news articles, online blogs, and different websites.

Pick an article and analyze it.

All right.

Technique number one, news analysis.

Now, technique number two is just as important in order for you to speak

English fluently, this technique must be used debates and discussions.

Once again, debates and discussions.

Now I'm going to break this down.

Don't worry.

This is not story time.

Hey, that's coming at the end.

Don't miss story time.

But I remember being in high school as a native English speaker.

Remember my goal is to help you start sounding like me, a native English

speaker, and I believe you can do it.

I remember when I was in high school, well over 25 years ago.

Right.

And I remember my English teacher teaching us how to debate.

Why was that so important?

Because she was helping us native English speakers, Americans learn how to

organize our thoughts, to prove a point, to present an idea, to support our.

Debated topic, right?

We were learning how to organize our thoughts.

So when you participate in debates and discussions, you'll also learn

how to organize your thoughts.

So listen closely, engage in written.

Or oral debates, spoken, vocal, right.

And discussions on topics of interest.

Very key.

It must be on topics of interest, things that you're actually interested in.

If you don't care about politics, don't debate about politics, right?

You want to debate something you actually care about music, art,

science, sports, whatever it is, right?

This will help you practice.

Expressing your opinions and sharing your ideas, man.

I love this.

Listen, because your goal is to speak English fluently.

That literally only means you have the ability to express your thoughts,

your ideas, and your opinions.

That's what it means to speak English fluently.

To be able to eloquently present your thoughts when you participate

in debates and discussions on topics you're interested in, you already have

a database in your mind information that you have gleaned over time, built

up this database in your mind, right?

And when you go to a debate, you'll have something to say, the more

you practice doing this, whether verbally or typing online, having a

discussion about a certain topic, the easier it will be for you to speak.

In other situations about that topic, we're talking about helping

you speak English fluently.

This is a very different way for you to study English.

I'm sure you're used to studying books and just going to a course

and just sitting there, right?

No, I want you.

Yes.

Continue doing that, but also to really start taking control

of your English journey.

All right.

So number two, debates and discussions.

Now I will say this.

Don't be mean debates and discussions.

These can be very healthy debates, right?

I have debates with my nieces sometimes.

Hey, what's the best fruit?

I love apples.

True story.

My nieces, they like strawberries.

I'm like, okay, strawberries are good, but I like apples because dot, dot, dot.

That's a healthy debate.

We're just having a debate or a discussion, right?

Make sure it's a healthy debate or a discussion.

Don't be upset.

Enjoy the conversation.

You got me.

All right, here we go.

Technique number three technique.

Number three.

Reverse translation, reverse translation.

Listen very closely, pick a short text in your native language.

That's right.

I'm telling you whether you speak Vietnamese, Spanish, French,

Creole, whatever your language is.

Pick a short text, maybe a paragraph in your native language,

then translate it into English.

This will help you start thinking more in English.

Pay attention.

Normally your issue, your struggle, right?

Nod your head.

If you agree, you see something in English, someone gives you a

paper and there's English on it.

And you're like, Oh, okay.

Immediately your brain goes to translate that text.

Into your native language has that happened before you can shake your head.

Yes.

Right.

I've been there too.

I was there in the past when I was learning Korean, right?

Immediately translating it to my native language English.

What I'm telling you to do is the reverse take some text piece of paper

that has a paragraph on, or even online.

That's in your native language.

Right.

And now force yourself to translate that Why is this so important?

Remember, in order for you to speak English, speak English fluently,

you must first, yes, think English.

In English, we're getting you to this point where you'll be able

to speak English fluently and with confidence in order to do that,

you have to think in English.

So reverse translation again, as your English teacher, I'm

telling you, yes, this is okay.

Find texts in your native language and translate it to English.

It's okay to use a dictionary, right?

To look up words that maybe you don't know.

But this technique is going to help you more than you realize.

Now, your brain is going to say, okay, when we see text in

French or Creole or Spanish, we need to translate it to English.

The reverse is happening.

You got me, right?

Excellent.

All right.

So again, third technique, reverse translation.

Let's move on to technique number four.

Vocabulary.

Expansion, again, vocabulary expansion.

And the first thing that popped into my mind before I give

you the explanation of this.

Was my niece, my niece is seven years old right now.

Right.

And she's learning many things in school, right?

She's expanding her vocabulary.

Now ask her aunt, right?

I'm 41 years old at the time of this recording.

I am a lot older than her.

I've been studying a long time.

I've had many more experiences.

Exposed to many other things, right?

Many more things than she has right in her seven years of life.

So I have a more expansive vocabulary.

What does that mean?

It means that I am able to express my ideas, express my opinions, express my

thoughts more eloquently than my niece.

It's not about her being smart.

She's extremely smart.

It's just that she needs time to expand her vocabulary, right?

The same is true for you.

First and foremost, you are smart.

You are intelligent.

You simply need to apply this technique and expand your vocabulary

in your own language, I'm sure, man, you can really speak, right?

Now we want to get you to the point to where you can express

yourself the same way in English.

So here we go.

Regularly learn.

And review advanced vocabulary related.

This is key.

Pay attention related to specific fields or areas of interest using flashcards

or vocabulary building apps like Memrise or Quizlet, or there are other apps.

And actually I do have an app, but I'll tell you about that in a second.

A totally a free app.

And also I have a free newsletter.

So here's the thing though.

The more you expose yourself to vocabulary, of course, the wider and

more vast your database of vocabulary words we'll get, but notice I

said, related to a specific topic.

This is the key.

And over my.

Many years of being an English teacher, I've realized that when students, English

learners like you learn vocabulary that is connected to something,

they tend to retain it a lot longer.

I want you to retain the vocabulary and be able to use it during conversation.

So again, learn vocabulary related to a specific topic of interest.

Now I said earlier, again, because of this desire, I

literally started a totally free.

You heard me right?

A free daily English vocabulary email newsletter.

All you have to do is go to www.dailyenglishvocabulary.com.

The link is in the description, or you can go there directly.

What is this again?

I have taught thousands upon thousands, millions of students

on YouTube, but thousands upon thousands of students in person.

And the one thing I know that each student, no matter what your

level, beginner, intermediate, or advanced, each student needs.

It's vocabulary, and I could not find a vocabulary email that was

sent every single day with five new vocabulary words about a specific topic.

So I said, Tiff, you have to make it.

And I'm just doing this because I want to help you.

So again, it's free.

You don't have to pay anything.

It's just to help you every day, expand your vocabulary.

So hit the link.

If you'd like, you don't have to, cause it's free, but I want to

help you expand your vocabulary.

This is going to, in the end, help you speak English more fluently.

All right.

So let's move on to technique.

Number five, simulated.

Conversations again, simulated conversations.

What does this mean?

Act out various roles in a dialogue or conversation using language,

learning apps, scripts, or improvisation techniques to improve

speaking fluency and confidence.

This will help you feel more comfortable in real life situations.

Now!

If you've ever wanted to be an actor or an actress, this is your technique.

Listen, many times when you're studying English, you feel this

stress, you feel this pressure, you feel this nervousness, right?

With this technique, the goal is to help you release.

All of those things, the goal is to help you feel more confident.

The goal is to help you enjoy the process.

So you're going to act out situations.

Let's say, for example, you're going to get some food, right?

I want you to imagine a situation where you're going to get some food from

McDonald's, maybe right in America, right?

You can find a script, right?

The typical things they ask you, right?

How you respond, how you place your order.

Then act it out and reverse it.

You be the person taking the order.

Hi, welcome to McDonald's.

How can I help you?

May I take your order?

Play these things out.

Role plays help you.

Why?

Because then your brain knows, Oh, when it comes to English, we

don't always have to be stressed.

This is an enjoyable experience.

So different things will be released to help you calm down.

Makes sense.

So again, simulated conversations, or in other words, role play, here we go.

Let's move on to technique.

Number six, transcript analysis.

Transcript analysis.

Now, what you're noticing probably is that these techniques are not

the regular techniques you've probably been following, right.

Or utilizing, right.

But these techniques work transcript analysis, listen to spoken English

materials as Ted talks, totally free on YouTube or podcasts, and simultaneously.

Read the transcript.

We have AI at our fingertips now, right?

There are so many tools available right now.

So you can get a transcript for free of a podcast of a YouTube

video, get the transcript and read along with the person speaking.

Why this will help you analyze sentence structure, intonation, and vocabulary

usage, for example, you watch these English lessons with me, right?

And I think you enjoy them.

I enjoyed teaching you, right?

I changed my intonation very often.

For example, if I was teaching you this class about teaching you the class.

And I just said, All right, next, I want you to do this and then do that.

You'd probably immediately click off the video.

Why?

Because all of a sudden it's the same intonation.

It's not interesting.

When you watch a video, when you listen to a podcast and you're following

along with the transcript, your brain starts making the connection.

When we say it like this, we need to, okay, bring the intonation up.

All right, bring it down, slow down a bit, speed up a bit.

Your brain.

It's more amazing than you realize.

So many things can be learned subconsciously.

You won't even realize that you're learning these things, right?

So this is what I want you to do.

Again, transcript analysis, find a video, find a podcast, download

the transcript and follow along.

Makes sense.

Good job.

All right, here we go.

Technique number seven, authentic.

Authentic writing.

Now you need to regularly challenge yourself to write essays, articles,

or blogs on diverse topics in English.

This will help you learn how to sound more like a native and

improve your writing skills.

Now, listen, I have had so many students tell me, Tiff writing

is so challenging in English.

I don't know if I'm writing the right thing or the wrong thing.

Listen, creativity, listen, very closely.

Creativity is super important when it comes to speaking English fluently.

And many times creativity.

Just comes out.

Don't worry.

Don't restrict yourself.

Don't worry about any rules.

I tell this to my students so many times in my Academy and they're like,

Tiff, are you going to correct this?

Nope.

Just keep talking.

It's okay.

Keep going.

Let it flow over time.

The corrections will come over time.

You also self correct the same is true with writing.

Just get it out.

Now behind me.

You'll see, I have tons of notebooks.

If you are watching this on YouTube, I write all the time.

Many times I'm writing down ideas.

I have things that I want to do to help you speak English more fluently.

Other things that I need to do throughout the day.

I write a lot.

Now I'm a creative person, right?

But I didn't always like writing.

It wasn't until I started writing about things that I actually cared about.

And I started to enjoy writing.

So authentic writing, figure out what you're interested in

and take time to write those things down on a regular basis.

This is going to help you speak English fluently.

Why?

Because you have to organize your thoughts in order to write something.

Got it.

All right, here we go.

Technique number one.

Number eight, listen to English audio or videos and transcribe what

you hear as accurately as possible.

This is technique number eight.

It's called dictation exercises.

Again, dictation exercises.

So once again, listen to English audio or videos and transcribe what

you hear as accurately as possible.

Write down.

What you're hearing as you compare your transcription with the original,

it will help you identify mistakes and improve your listening skills.

You wrote something down and you have six words in the sentence, but

actually there were eight words.

Wait a minute.

I missed those two words.

Ah, okay.

She said this listen again, all of a sudden you'll be able

to hear the words you miss.

How is this helping your English fluency as you're listening, you're

also being able to take in new words, new expressions, and new ways of

expressing your own ideas and opinions.

We're talking about speaking English fluently.

So again, dictation exercises, compare your transcription with

the original and recognize what you missed and what you got, right.

You got it.

Excellent.

Here we go.

Technique number nine, oral presentations, oral presentations.

What I want you to do is to prepare and deliver presentations on topics of

interest, incorporating research, visual aids, and engaging speaking techniques.

This will help you improve your presentation skills and gain

confidence in public speaking.

Now you may be asking yourself, how am I going to do this?

There's no one around me to present to.

I don't live in a native English speaking country.

What am I going to do in this situation?

Let me explain this.

Everything I'm teaching you right now, these techniques, specifically this one

right here, when I was in high school, Even middle school, middle school, high

school, college, even at my first job, I had to do and give oral presentations.

I had to practice organizing my thoughts about specific topics.

I had to make sure I could present information to those listening to me in

a way that they were able to understand.

What is that?

Speaking English fluently, being able to present an idea in a way

that the person listening will be able to understand and follow along.

So when you're doing this, no one needs to be in front of you.

It's totally okay.

But you need to figure out, wait a minute.

I want to say this, how can I break this down so that people understand?

Now I would encourage you to present it to other English learners.

That's totally fine.

If you have a community, like my students in my Academy, we have a community, a

Telegram community, and they're able to bounce ideas off of each other.

They record videos, upload them to our group and their

friends give them feedback.

To let them know, Hey, I understood that that was very clear.

Hey, I didn't understand this part.

Can you give me more information about that?

And that helps them develop their speaking skills.

For you, again, the same is true, create oral presentations.

And then if you have to talk to yourself in a mirror, I did the same thing.

When I was learning Korean, I remember very vividly being in the

bathroom of the dormitory that I was staying at and getting up around 4

AM before everyone else got up and talking to myself in the mirror,

practicing what I was going to say.

This will help you speak English more fluently, removing the nervousness and

helping you convey your idea properly.

Technique number 10 language learning challenges, language learning challenges.

Now set monthly or weekly challenges for yourself, such

as reading a book in English, watching movies without subtitles.

Maintaining a conversation in English for a certain amount of time, this

will help you achieve your goals faster because you will have more structure.

Listen very closely.

It's all about setting these milestones, things you're working towards.

So each month or each week, if you have time, figure out how you are

going to challenge yourself to do that.

For that time period and work towards that goal.

Hey, this month, teacher Tiffany told me about the transcription technique.

I'm going to watch one video a week, transcribe it, and then compare what

I wrote to the actual transcript.

I want to do four this month.

So that's one each week.

Immediately, you have something to work towards.

It's important to challenge yourself and you can also participate in other

challenges that might be presented to you online, but challenge yourself.

Here's the deal, my friend, you can achieve your goal this year.

You will be able to speak English fluently, but you have

to do something different from what you've already been doing.

What you've been doing has gotten you to this point, but you want to get here.

So you have to change what you're doing.

These techniques will help you.

Here's tip number one.

Tip number one is read a short news article and.

Summarize, listen very closely, read a short news article in

English and summarize it in writing.

This will improve reading comprehension and writing skills.

The key is to summarize what you have read.

Let me explain why this is the first insider tip to

improve your English fluency.

Reason number one, why this is so important.

It exposes you to various vocabulary, sentence structures, and writing styles.

Your brain, my friend is absolutely amazing.

So as you're taking information in, as you're reading these articles, you're

actually seeing various patterns.

You're seeing sentence structures.

You're seeing new words used in context.

Which will affect your ability to speak English fluently.

The second reason why this tip is so important is it enhances your

understanding of how information is organized and conveyed through text.

When you improve your reading skills, you actually will end up

improving your speaking skills.

Now we'll talk about confidence.

Don't worry.

I believe in you.

Right.

But again, this will enhance your understanding of how information

is organized when you're learning another language, it's important for

you to learn how people who speak that language actually think, How

do they organize their thoughts?

That's why I talk about the five W's all the time.

Who, what, when, where, and why in the last lesson, if you didn't see it,

please go watch it after this lesson.

I talked about the simple rule of threes reasons, explanations, or

examples, and also giving your ideas in a clear way to the audience.

Using the simple rule of threes, right?

This is important for you as you're reading, following this tip.

The third reason is it helps develop your ability to extract key information

and summarize it effectively.

Your goal is to speak English fluently, right?

You want to sound like a native English speaker, my friend, I believe in you.

I know you're smart enough in order to achieve this goal, though, you

must understand how to pick out the key pieces of information because

English fluency is not just about talking for long periods of time.

No, it's about getting the key pieces of information and presenting them clearly.

Which is why I teach you English.

My goal this year is to help you achieve your English goals.

So it's important for you to be able to pick out the key information.

Now, don't forget, you can practice what you're learning.

All you have to do is download the English with Tiffany app.

It's free.

The link is in the description, but I want you to be able to organize your

thoughts by seeing what you're learning.

How other native English speakers actually organize their thoughts.

So tip number two to crack the code of English fluency is listen

to a podcast or watch a video.

These tips seem so simple, but sometimes the simplest things

have the greatest results.

Once again.

The five W's the simple rule of threes, these things that I'm teaching you,

they're simple, but when you put them into practice, your English will change.

So listen to this.

Listen to a podcast episode or watch a YouTube video in English.

Here's the key on a topic of interest, something you actually care about.

Take notes on key points and vocabulary.

We're going back to what we talked about in tip number one, you need to be able

to grab the key pieces of information.

This will help you be able to speak English fluently.

Remember we're cracking the code to English fluency, being able

to clearly express your ideas, your thoughts, and your opinions.

So here are three reasons why this tip is so important.

Reason number one, it improves your listening skills.

It improves your listening comprehension skills by exposing you to different

accents, speech patterns, and vocabulary used in real life conversations.

In a class I taught just yesterday for my Academy students, one of my students

said, Tiff, I remember when I first joined your Academy, I wasn't able to understand

people using different accents, but now it doesn't matter where a person is

from, which part of the United States or which part of the world I can understand.

Why?

Because they've listened to so many conversations I have in my academy,

natural and real conversations where people have different accents and

they've spoken to other English learners who have different accents.

The more you listen, the more your listening skills will improve, and

this will affect your English fluency.

Secondly, it helps you develop the ability to identify and

understand specific information.

Okay.

Such as main ideas, supporting details, or opinions expressed.

Listen, think about a child.

Because right now I know you're wondering Tiff, I'm enjoying the lesson, but

I just don't see how me listening to something or reading something is

going to affect my speaking ability.

Remember, I'm talking about getting the key pieces of information.

You're literally with these first two tips, training your brain to

get the most important points.

It's like a child.

When a child first learns how to speak a language, whether it be

your language or English, right?

Kids in America, right?

My nieces, right?

When they were little, your children or your nieces, your nephews, children are

listening before they can speak properly, picking out key pieces of information.

So when they formulate their first sentences, they know, Hey,

let me put the key information.

I don't just want to say, and the it, no, I want to say, I want the cup.

They pick out the most important pieces of information.

This is what you're training your brain to do.

The third reason taking notes as you're listening to a podcast or

watching a video encourages active listening and reinforces vocabulary

acquisition as you're listening.

If you're taking notes, you're telling your brain, Hey, These are the words,

this is the information that is important.

I want to retain these words.

I want to keep these pieces of information so that I can use them later.

We're talking about cracking the code to English fluency.

Here's tip number three.

I want you to pay attention to tip number three.

Find an English language TV show.

Now pay attention very closely.

Find an English language TV show, movie, or series and watch one episode.

With English subtitles, focus on understanding the dialogue and

try to pick up new expressions.

Notice I said an English language TV show, not a TV show that has English subtitles,

but they're speaking in another language.

No, you need to find a TV show.

Again, you're learning American English, right?

Find an American TV show.

Watch it, turn the subtitles in English on it's totally okay.

Try to figure out what they're talking about.

Read their facial expressions, watch their body language as they're saying

certain things, try to grasp as they're speaking new concepts, new patterns,

new structures, new expressions.

This is all part of speaking English fluently.

Why is this important?

This tip first reason, here's why this is so important.

It familiarizes you with colloquial language, slang, and idiomatic expressions

commonly used in everyday conversation.

The way I'm speaking to you right now, I know I'm speaking clearly.

You can understand me, but I don't speak like this.

When I'm speaking to my friends, I speak clearly, but I use different words.

Why?

Because we're American.

I can be more comfortable as far as the way that I'm speaking.

I'm in teacher mode right now.

Right.

And I'm happy to teach you.

When I switch it, though, I don't want you to be confused, which is exactly

why I give you story time at the end.

Now, during story time, I'm completely natural and I use idiomatic expressions.

I use colloquial terms.

Why?

Because I want you, my friend to understand and be able

to use them in the future.

That's why this tip is so important.

Here's the second reason.

Improves your listening skills by training your ear to recognize

spoken words and phrases in context.

We're talking about cracking the code to English fluency.

You can do it.

I believe in you.

It's just about knowing the tips and tricks that will.

Here's the third reason it improves, excuse me.

It provides visual and contextual cues that aid in understanding,

allowing you to bridge the gap between written and spoken English.

Remember earlier, I said, watch their facial expressions, watch

their body See how they're actually moving as they're speaking.

These things will help you adapt and actually start using what native

English speakers are using in those television programs, all right, helping

you crack the code to English fluency.

Here's tip number four, write a diary.

Entry, write a diary entry in English, describing your day

or expressing your thoughts.

This helps improve writing fluency.

Term I like to use writing fluency and self expression.

All right.

When you write your thoughts down, you're actually helping yourself be

able to formulate your ideas, which will affect your English fluency.

Here's the first reason why this is so important.

Reason number one, it promotes regular writing practice, allowing you to

experiment with vocabulary and sentence structures in a safe environment.

Okay.

It's your notebook.

Listen, you see all these notebooks behind me.

If you're watching the YouTube video, I have tons of notebooks

because your teacher also writes down many things throughout the day.

It helps you process your thoughts right in an English diary.

Reason number two.

It helps you express yourself more fluently and coherently as you learn to

articulate your thoughts in written form.

Listen, it's going to make you a better English speaker.

Why?

Because as you're writing, you're practicing, organizing your thoughts,

formulating your ideas, getting a clear way to express your opinion.

And third, the third reason is it develops your writing fluency.

I told you earlier, writing fluency by building confidence and encouraging

you, my friend to think in English.

We're talking about.

Cracking the code to English fluency.

So far, these four tips, you can do each of them, even if

you're studying on your own.

This is why I create these YouTube videos, these lessons, and this podcast

for the audio listeners, because I want to encourage you, you can do it.

Even if you're by yourself right now in your country, you can follow these tips

and crack the code to English fluency.

Here's tip number five.

Learn five new English words or phrases.

Again, learn five new English words or phrases.

When you do this, write them down, create example sentences and try to use them.

Here's the key.

Try to use them in conversations.

Throughout the day, the same day you learn a new word, the same day you learn

a new expression, try to use that word or that expression throughout the day.

Why is this so important?

Why does this work?

Reason number one, it expands your vocabulary.

Enabling you to express yourself more precisely and effectively, put it to use.

Don't worry about making mistakes.

You hear me say it all the time in my Academy students, students

hear me say it all the time.

Don't worry about mistakes.

Just try.

That's all you got to do.

Reason number two, it improves your ability to understand

and use idiomatic expressions.

The more you try, you're learning five new words or expressions one day.

And then you're putting them into practice on that day, applying

them to your actual life.

And reason number three, it reinforces learning through active usage, helping

you internalize new words and phrases.

For example, one word that literally every English learner, every student,

every member of our family in the speak English with Tiffany Academy.

They know how to use this word.

The word is elated.

And if you're my student, I know you're shaking your head right now.

Yes, tip.

I know how to use that word.

The word is elated.

It means extremely happy.

Why?

They keep using the word on a regular basis.

After they learned it, they use it in practical situations, real life

conversations, and now it's really a part of their vocabulary database.

So the students in my program, they know how to use the word elated

because they put it into use.

Tip number six, watch a Ted talk or a speech.

Now watch a Ted talk or a speech in English and take notes

on the main ideas presented.

Summarize the talk in your own words, giving a speech and having a conversation.

These are two different things.

When a person is giving a speech, it's similar to what I'm doing right now.

I'm presenting information.

No one is really responding to me, even though I know you're talking back to me.

Right.

Come on now.

I know you are right, but this is why this is so important.

This tip is truly important.

Reason number one, it enhances listening.

And note taking skills, helping you identify once again, important

details and distinguish main ideas from supporting information.

The more you build this muscle, this muscle, you have to recognize the main

idea and recognize supporting information.

The easier it will be for you to do the same when you're speaking English.

In other words, cracking the code to English fluency.

Here's the second reason it improves your ability to condense information

and express it fluently and accurately.

People who give TED talks, when someone gives a speech, they have

to condense a very large topic into easily digestible points.

I'm teaching you about English.

English is a very expansive language, tons of words, but I'm able to teach

you something that you can take back to your home, to your friends, to your

family, and you can start using why I'm giving you key points and supporting

information, you'll learn how to do this.

The more you watch others doing and reason number three, it exposes you to

a wide range of topics and speakers.

Expanding your knowledge and vocabulary.

You're cracking the code to English fluency.

The more you listen, the more you listen to, the more you watch

English speakers, the more you'll start to emulate them or copy them.

Like hopefully you're copying me as well.

Tip number seven to cracking the code.

Follow English speaking social media accounts.

Woo.

Listen very closely.

Follow English speaking, social media accounts, not of English teachers.

Keep following my channel.

Don't worry.

Keep following me.

Yes, but follow other Instagram or Tik TOK channels with

just native English speakers.

They don't have to be teachers.

You want the accounts to be related to your interests and

engage with their content.

If you like cooking, if you like photography, if you like art,

If you like travel, find these Instagram channels or Tik TOK

channels related to those interests, follow them and comment in English.

Don't be afraid.

It's okay to make mistakes.

Don't worry, but you need to interact with these channels, comment,

ask questions and participate in discussions in English, this is

all about building your confidence.

The more you interact, the more you participate, the more you'll

How intelligent you really are.

We're talking about cracking the code to your English fluency.

Here are the reasons.

Reason number one, it exposes you to authentic English used

in informal everyday context.

How do native English speakers text?

How do native English speakers talk online?

Well, the only way you'll know is if you actually jump, let's jump right

into the conversations and start.

Participating next, it improves reading skills as you navigate through writing

styles and engage with diverse content.

We're using these different tips, these different methods.

To help you speak English fluently.

The third reason it encourages active participation and provides opportunities

to practice expressing your opinions and joining conversations in English.

You're giving your brain an opportunity to kick out.

What's already inside.

All right.

Tip number eight.

I want you to remember this tip to number eight, learn an

English tongue twister or riddle.

You got me, right?

Learn an English tongue twister or riddle and practice saying it

out loud multiple times to improve pronunciation and vocabulary.

Fluency, the more you practice again, it's like going to the

gym and lifting dumbbells, right?

Getting stronger, right?

Now you're giving your tongue the opportunity to improve its ability.

Here are three reasons why this is so important.

All right.

Reason number one, it will help you fine tune your pronunciation skills.

Because riddles often contain challenging sounds and phonetic patterns.

Reason number two, it provides practice in enunciating words

accurately and speaking clearly leading to improved clarity in speech.

I hear all the time, Tiffany, it's so easy to understand you.

I know how to pronounce my words clearly and enunciate the more

you practice with these riddles.

The more you'll be able to enunciate and pronounce words.

And clearly, and here's the third reason why this tip is so important.

It will require you to speak quickly and smoothly, which will train you to develop

a natural and fluent speech rhythm.

There are moments during my lessons where I have to speak very quickly.

But because I'm speaking very clearly, you can still understand me, right?

You want to develop the same exact skill tip.

Number nine, record a short message, a voice message in English, introducing

yourself or sharing a small story.

This is a key.

Aspect to helping you crack the code to English fluency, listen to

your voice message and take notes, make note of areas where you can

improve pronunciation or clarity.

You don't realize how important you are to your English journey.

You actually know so much more than you realize.

So when you record yourself and listen to it again, you'll recognize.

Where the errors are, you'll recognize the things you need to improve.

Take notes.

Why is this so important?

Reason number one, it will allow you to objectively evaluate your pronunciation

and identify areas for improvement.

You'll be able to see where you need to improve.

Reason number two, it will help you identify and work on specific sounds

or words that may be causing difficulty for others in understanding your speech.

You'll hear what they hear and be able to improve yourself.

And reason number three, it will help you see your improvement.

Which will boost your confidence in speaking English and encourage

further practice and self correction.

As you continue doing this, cracking the code to English fluency, you'll

see, and be able to chart your progress, which will help you be more confident.

The first technique you need to understand and start putting into practice is

practice English through storytelling.

That's right.

Practice English through storytelling.

Here's the thing.

You can improve your fluency and creativity by telling stories in English.

This technique encourages you to express yourself through Confidently

and engages your imagination, thus enhancing your overall language skills.

Think about it at the end of every lesson.

What do we have?

You know, yes, we have story time, right?

Don't worry.

I'm going to give you a story today as well.

Why do I tell you those stories?

Well, I tell you stories so that you can get to know me

more as your English teacher.

But also for you to enjoy the process of learning English in a different way.

Yes, I can teach you words, expressions, and techniques, but when I switch

over to telling you a story, you start learning English in a different way.

You're just engaged in the story.

You're listening.

You're enjoying it.

So the same thing will happen when you create your own stories, start telling

people's stories in English, your brain starts becoming even more creative.

And this will improve your English fluency.

So when someone asks you, Hey, how was your day?

Instead of saying in English, Oh, it was good.

Or, Oh, it wasn't that good.

Tell a story.

Oh, you know, I had an amazing day today.

I met this lady at the store and we'd started talking and dot, dot, dot.

Tell a story instead of just giving one, two, three words as an answer.

Makes sense.

Yes.

So again, technique number one to improve your English fluency,

practice English through storytelling.

You know how much I love telling stories.

Number two, record and analyze real life conversations.

Ooh, pay attention, record and analyze real life conversations.

You see, you can record your conversations.

You heard me right, your conversations with native speakers, or even dialogues

from movies or TV shows by analyzing these recordings, you can identify areas

where you need improvement and work on specific aspects of your speech.

So there's power in analyzing your speech and analyzing your conversation.

So once again, This technique, two ways you can analyze your own conversations

that you have with others, or you can analyze conversations that you've

seen on TV or heard from a podcast.

The key is listening very closely.

So I want you to think about having a conversation, maybe with your teacher,

or maybe with another friend you have, that's a native English speaker.

As you're having the conversation, listen, it might be on the phone,

Hit record, it might be on the computer via zoom, hit record.

After that conversation, go back and listen multiple times,

analyze the conversation.

What did you do?

Well, what do you want to work on?

What expressions were used and what expressions could have been used

in the place of other expressions?

When you start analyzing these conversations, your brain will

also start realizing, ah, okay.

When you get into another English conversation, now we're going

to switch the way we respond.

Analyzing conversations will help you improve your fluency.

I know you've probably had this issue before.

You experienced this, where you get into a conversation and you find

yourself saying the same thing over Over and over and over again, right?

Or maybe you're using the same word over and over and over again.

Listen, I know how that feels.

When I was studying Korean, I would get frustrated because I'd want to say

something else, but I only had one word.

I only had one expression, but when you go back and analyze the

conversation that you recorded, right.

And you see, I always say this word.

Then you figure out what you can say in place of that word.

There's something that happens when you analyze your own conversations.

Okay.

Again, you can also analyze conversations from other people's experience as

well, and it will have a good effect, but I want you to also focus on

analyzing your own conversations.

Okay.

All right, here we go.

Technique number three.

Again, your goal being to speak English more fluently.

Speak aloud while reading when you have a book, right?

I have a book right next to me.

I'm reading this book instead of reading silently, right?

Read it out loud.

That difficulty is dot, dot, dot, read it out loud.

So you can hear yourself.

Here's the thing, read aloud to improve pronunciation, intonation,

and rhythm in spoken English.

This technique helps with fluency and building confidence in speaking.

The more you practice, the better you'll get.

Again, speak aloud while reading.

I know you might feel shy.

I understand.

I know you might not like hearing yourself per se, because you don't

feel like you sound like someone else.

Don't worry about that.

Speak aloud while reading.

The more you do it, the more you will improve.

We're talking about this year, this year, my friend, improving your English fluency.

So again, speak aloud while reading.

You got me.

Excellent.

All right, we're going to move on to technique number four, but I

want to remind you, I have a daily English vocabulary newsletter

that I send out via email.

Totally for free this year.

I want to help you speak English fluently.

So today I want to tell you about this newsletter.

Go to dailyenglishvocabulary.

com every day from Sunday to Friday.

I'll send you an email for free with five new vocabulary words about.

A specific topic.

I want you to be able to speak English fluently about topics.

So every day I'm going to send you five new words.

So go to dailyenglishvocabulary.

com and get it totally for free.

All right, so let's move on to technique number four technique.

Number four is seek out natural English conversations.

Seek, to look for, to search for, seek out natural English conversations.

So how do you do this?

Listen to podcasts or watch videos that feature unscripted.

Here's the key.

Unscripted conversations between native English speakers.

I'm going to pause really quickly with the description.

This is something that I do for my students in my academy every single month.

They're in my speak English like a native program, and I'm training

them to sound like a native English speaker to sound like me.

I want to help them reach this point.

So every month I actually record a real conversation between myself.

And another native English speaker.

We don't have a script.

We literally speak very honestly.

We're very transparent.

Why?

Because I know the power of watching, of listening to real English

conversations in order for you to sound like a native English speaker.

In order for you to sound fluent.

To speak English fluently, to sound natural, you have to pay attention to what

natural conversations actually sound like.

So here's the thing.

Exposure to real life dialogues helps learners understand the

nuances of spontaneous speech and fosters more fluid conversations.

I've watched my students in this program, literally start sounding more natural.

They're speaking English more fluently.

Why?

Because they're seeing every single month, a new conversation on a new

topic between native English speakers.

And they're watching how we speak as they look at the videos, they're

listening to our intonation.

They're listening to the different nuances when they listen to it via the audio file.

This is how you'll improve your English fluency.

Once again, seek out, search for, look for natural English conversations.

Technique number five technique.

Number five is another good one.

Engage.

In group discussions, engage, participate in group discussion.

Here's the thing.

Join discussion groups or conversation clubs to interact

with other English learners.

You are not alone.

Engaging in group discussions allows you to practice expressing your thoughts,

engage in debates and develop fluency.

In a supportive environment.

I love watching my students engage with each other.

There's this no judgment zone.

They're not afraid of making mistakes.

Why it's a supportive environment.

Find an environment that you can be involved in where you can practice

speaking English and not feel nervous, not feel shy, not feel scared.

The more you practice, the better you'll become.

So again, Technique number five is engage in group discussions technique.

Number six, it's important for you to use mind maps.

For conversation planning, use mind maps for conversation planning.

This one makes me excited.

Let me explain prior to discussions or conversations, create a mind map with key

points or phrases related to the topic.

This technique helps organize thoughts and ensures.

Smoother and more coherent conversations.

Let me break this down for you.

You know, that I've taught you over and over again, the five W's method.

Say it with me.

Who, what, when, where, and why this is one of the methods, one of the techniques

I have been teaching you for years.

Why?

Because when you organize your thoughts.

When you create this mind map, who, what, when, where, and why, and then enter a

conversation, man, the confidence you have in that conversation will blow your mind

because you have your ideas organized.

That's what this technique is talking about.

For example, if you know, tomorrow, you're going to be interacting with

someone in English and you know, Hey, we'll probably talk about, um, our

careers, or we'll probably talk about our families, prepare, start now.

Creating your mind map, get a pen, get a piece of paper, and I want you

to write down, I'm looking for paper.

I don't see any paper, but I want you to write that in a

notebook on a piece of paper.

Okay.

Draw a circle family.

If we talk about family, draw the circle mind map.

Now, what aspects of my family do I want to go into?

Ah, okay.

My husband just got a new job.

Okay.

My husband's new job.

Okay.

Next, uh, my daughter, she's playing on the soccer team at school.

Okay.

Soccer team, my daughter.

Start planning out what you're going to say, and I guarantee you you'll be

able to speak English more fluently.

Okay.

And you'll be at ease.

You won't be nervous.

You'll be relaxed.

So again, use mind maps for conversation, planning, plan ahead of time.

Technique number seven, use the self repetition technique.

Again, the self repetition technique, listen closely, repeat what you just said.

But rephrase it slightly.

This is something I do throughout my lessons, and

you've probably caught onto this.

I will say the same thing over again, using different words.

Why?

Because I want to help you learn synonyms.

I want to help you see how to say the same thing in a different way.

For example, rephrase it slightly, say it differently, change

the words and say it again.

All of these mean the same thing.

Each of these statements mean the same thing, but I'm saying them differently.

Again, repeat what you just said, but rephrase it slightly.

This technique actually gives a mental boost by reinforcing what has been

spoken and allows you that's right.

You, my friend to add more details or clarify your ideas.

During conversations, man is ice cream.

It's so good.

No, it is delicious.

This ice cream is on point.

Three different ways of saying the same thing again, technique number seven,

use the self repetition technique.

Repeat what you're saying in a different way.

We're talking about finally speaking English fluently technique.

Number eight, implement.

The chunking technique, implement the chunking technique.

Here we go.

Break down sentences into smaller chunks or phrases and

focus on speaking them fluently.

This technique helps reduce hesitations and promotes.

I used to do this when I was teaching in South Korea, all the time, I would

recognize when students were having a hard time pronouncing certain words,

or actually saying something smoothly.

So I would break the sentence down.

I would get chunks and have them repeat after me slowly at first, then

a little bit faster and then very fast.

Then we'd move on to the second chunk.

So Slowly at first, then a little faster and then very fast.

Then once they had each chunk properly done, they were able to say them.

Well, I would connect them.

This is called the chunking technique.

For example, the last sentence I just said was this technique

helps reduce hesitations and promotes smoother conversations.

That sentence might be too long for you.

So I would break it up into chunks.

This technique helps reduce hesitations.

This technique helps reduce hesitations.

Say it over and over again until you can say it smoothly.

Like me, then you move on to the second chunk and promotes smoother conversations

and promotes smoother conversations until you're able to say it smoothly.

Like me, then you Put the two chunks together.

This again is called the chunking technique.

We're talking about, excuse me.

We're talking about speaking English fluently.

All right, let's move on to technique number nine.

Use the.

Many short or small speeches use many M I N I for those listening, many

speeches, give short speeches in English, for example, on a current event or

an interesting topic, this technique helps build confidence in speaking and

promotes fluency in expressing ideas.

You, my friend can and will achieve your English goals this year.

This is one technique that will help you achieve your goals.

Pick a topic, write a short speech about that topic.

Short.

It doesn't have to be 10 minutes, 15 minutes.

No, it can be a short two minute speech, three minutes speech, but practice giving

a speech practice, giving your ideas on a specific topic, even if you are alone

practice doing this, because what you're doing is training your mind to be able to

produce your ideas, produce your thoughts, produce your opinions in another language.

And that language being.

So once again, technique number nine, use many speeches, technique, number 10,

practice storytelling, using pictures.

Now we talked about the other technique of storytelling.

This is my other favorite technique.

Practice storytelling using pictures.

This is something I did all the time with my students in Korea as well.

I would get an image, I would get a picture and I'd ask them to describe it,

to tell a story based on the picture.

Why?

It opens your mind.

It helps you become more creative, which will improve your fluency.

Here's the deal.

Use pictures to practice telling stories in English.

This technique helps with fluency and creativity in conversation.

One thing that makes the English language very unique.

And again, after learning Korean, I realized, okay, there are differences.

And one of the differences outside of grammar and everything else.

Is the fact that English is a very creative language, right?

As Americans, native English speakers, right?

We focus on being able to share our ideas, share our opinions and present them in

a way that people can understand them.

So we have to constantly think in a creative way.

We love storytelling.

When you meet someone, even if you don't know them, they'll start

telling you a story sometimes.

It's a very creative language.

So.

When you practice telling stories, when you practice looking at a picture

and trying to figure out what that picture is about, it will actually

help you improve your English fluency.

Trust me.

I'm telling you, this is going to change your English this year.

Today, I'm going to give you nine simple steps.

To total English fluency.

You heard me, right?

This lesson is going to give you exactly what you need to go from

where you are to where you want to be as you're on this English journey.

Are you ready?

Well, then I'm teacher Tiffany.

Let's jump right in.

Step number one, set realistic goals.

My friend, I need you to listen to me.

Set realistic goals.

You need to define clear attainable and measurable goals for your

English learning progress.

This is step one.

If you don't start here, you will fail.

Listen to me as your English teacher.

My goal is to help you win.

My goal is to help you succeed.

The only way you're going to succeed is to start with step one.

Set realistic goals.

Listen in my office, I have tons upon tons of notebooks surrounding me.

Why?

Because whenever I'm going to do something, I know the importance

of starting with a realistic goal.

Why is this so important for you as an English learner?

This step, the first reason goals keep you motivated and focused on progress.

Listen, when you have a specific goal, you'll know how far away from it you are.

And also.

How close you are getting to achieving it.

So again, goals, keep you motivated as you're on your English journey.

This is step one.

The second reason is they allow for monitoring of achievements and

also areas needing improvement.

How are you going to get to a destination when you don't

know what the destination is?

All you have to do is set realistic goals, goals you can achieve.

And number three, the third reason, realistic goals, prevent

feelings of overwhelm and burnout.

Listen, I have talked to hundreds of students around the world and they'll

say, Tiff, I want to speak English fluently in six months and I'll ask them.

How, how much do you study?

Uh, maybe 10 minutes a day.

How long have you studied?

Maybe about a year.

That's not a realistic goal.

So instead pick a realistic goal, something that you know, you can achieve.

And what's going to happen is you're going to go above that realistic goals

will help you from feeling overwhelmed.

Ah, my goal was to memorize a hundred words a day, but you

have a husband or wife, you have kids, you have work instead.

Why not say I want to memorize five words a day.

At the end of that day, when you have five words memorized, all of a sudden

your shoulders are going to go back.

You're going to say, ah, I did that.

I can do it again tomorrow.

But if your initial goal was 100 vocabulary words a day, and maybe

something happened at work, or maybe your child had a bad day at school

and you didn't get a chance to memorize 100 words, what will happen?

I didn't reach my goal today.

You'll feel overwhelmed.

So again, set realistic goals.

This is step number one, step number two.

Engage in regular listening practice, regular listening practice, listen

to English content, such as songs, podcasts, and movies to improve

comprehension and language feel, get a feel for the language.

Listen.

I'm telling you things that I used as well when I was studying Korean, when

I lived in South Korea, I was level one, but every day I was listening to

the news, I was listening to dramas.

I had everything in Korean when I was in my apartment.

Listening will help you with your English fluency.

This is step number two.

Why is this so important?

Reason number one, it acquaints you with different accents and speech patterns.

Just like you're able to understand me.

You're used to me.

You're used to my patterns.

You're used to my pace, right?

The more you listen, the more acquainted with, the more used to you'll become.

To different accents and speech patterns.

Reason number two, it enhances the ability, your ability to understand

spoken English in various contexts.

I love to cook.

So when I was level one, a level one Korean learner, I watched

cooking programs on YouTube.

Did I know what they were saying at that moment?

No, I was level one, but my ear was getting used to

vocabulary related to cooking.

I would watch the news.

My ear was getting used to hearing vocabulary related to the news.

I would watch dramas.

My ear was getting used to hearing words related to relationships

or the work environment.

This is why step two is so important.

And the third reason, it develops the skill to catch nuances

and idiomatic expressions.

When you listen to native English speakers having conversations

with each other, they're speaking in a very natural environment.

They're very comfortable.

We say things that we would not normally say to people if we know

they're not native English speakers, you want to hear those things in

order to improve your own fluency.

So step number two, engage in regular listening practice.

Listening is free.

Turn a movie on, turn a radio show on, turn a podcast on, keep it going.

So your ears can get practice.

Step number three, immerse.

Yourself in the language, listen, like swimming, dive right on in,

dive into the language, surround yourself with English through

media conversations and literature.

I have tons of books here.

I'm sure you have books where you are get English books.

You should also do this by thinking in English.

And remember the method I teach who, what, when, where, why the five W's method.

Organize your thoughts in English.

Immerse yourself.

Why is this step so important?

Reason number one, this creates a natural learning environment for the language.

You're basically switching your brain over from your mother tongue to a new one.

This creates a natural learning environment.

Next, it helps in picking up slang and colloquial phrases.

When you have native speakers, I mentioned earlier, just speaking with each other.

We say things.

In a natural way.

And reason number three, it will accelerate your learning process.

Through constant exposure, you can't see your brain.

You can't see how it's working, but my friend, your brain is absolutely amazing.

This step, step three, you're basically putting information in and one day

that information will come out.

So in order to speak English fluently, you have to go through step one, step

two, and now we're on step three.

You're putting.

All of this information in so that later on, it will be able to come out.

Step number four, read extensively.

I need you to dive into books, read a wide range of materials in

English, including books, books.

Articles and online content.

This is very important.

Now, remember, I'm giving you the steps, the nine steps you need in

order to speak English fluently.

These nine steps are very important.

Step four, read extensively.

Why is reading so important?

Reason number one.

Reading introduces more vocabulary and sentence patterns.

Now, you know, I've said multiple times, I don't teach grammar.

However, my students, they always improve.

Why?

Because they're being exposed to English over and over again.

They're hearing different sentence patterns.

They're hearing grammar properly used in conversations, or when I teach them

different vocabulary words and give them example sentences, this is how

you're going to speak English fluently.

Step four, read extensively.

Step four, reason two.

This strengthens your understanding of context.

And culture, have you ever heard the expression context clues, right?

You're reading something or someone says something and they use a word

you've never heard before, but you understand the front part of the

conversation and the part after the word.

And you use those two parts, combining them to guess the meaning

of the word in the middle context.

The third reason, this will improve your overall language

comprehension and learning speed.

Your brain is amazing.

We're talking about speaking English fluently.

There are nine steps and these nine steps will help you.

You have to follow the nine steps.

Step four, read extensively.

Step five, write.

Regularly notice step one, step two, step three, and step four.

We're all about thinking, right?

Putting stuff in, making sure you're understanding context and comprehending.

Now we're transitioning to getting it out of your brain.

You got to follow these steps, keep a journal, write essays, or

even social media posts in English to practice your writing skills.

Don't worry about mistakes, just practice, practice makes progress.

Practice is how practicing is how you're going to improve.

So again, write regularly.

Why step five reason.

Writing helps you form a formulate.

Your thoughts and ideas better in English, it helps you organize your thoughts.

Remember we have the five W's who, what, when, where, and why I talked in

our last lesson about the simple rule of three, supporting your answers with

details, supporting them with examples and supporting them with reasons.

It helps you organize your thoughts when you write regularly.

Reason number two, it allows you to express thoughts clearly and And

cohesively, clearly, and cohesively, you want to be able to speak in

a way that is easy to understand.

You want people to draw to you, not go away from you.

And reason number three, this provides a method for active call

and language review, active recall, bringing something back to mind.

If I've read it later on, when I'm in a conversation, I remember that word.

I remember that concept.

I read about it yesterday.

This is what's important.

When you've read about something, step four, and now you're writing regularly.

Your brain is formulating ideas.

And putting them together.

Step five, right?

Regularly.

Step number six, speak a lot.

I'm going to say it again.

Speak a lot.

Notice I didn't say when or where I just said a lot practice speaking regularly.

With native speakers, if possible, or through language exchange programs, right?

So my students in my program, you're welcome to join us.

The speak English with Tiffany Academy.

My students speak all the time with each other.

They have practice sessions every day of the week, Monday to Friday

and some on Sunday, and they're practicing over and over again.

You have to speak, right?

Remember step one, you have your goals, realistic goals.

Then step two to step four, you're putting in the information.

Step five.

Now you're pulling it out.

You're writing it down, formulating your ideas.

Step six, you got to speak a lot.

Why is this so important?

Reason number one, active use of the language helps in

retaining learned material.

This just popped in my head.

So I'm a Christian and I love studying God's word.

Sometimes it's challenging to remember the location of a Bible verse, and I've

been praying, Lord, help me to retain the, the actual location in my memory.

This literally happened three days ago.

I've been praying this prayer for months.

But I was talking to a friend and the friend was going through something.

And I said, Hey, this Bible verse will help you.

And I showed her the Bible verse and we read it together this morning,

three days later, I was talking to God.

I'm like, Lord, I really want to remember the verses.

He said, Tiff, what was that verse?

You told your friend, boom, popped right in my head.

Why?

Because.

I had spoke about it with a friend speaking about it, helped me to retain it.

In my memory, speaking a lot will help you retain what you learn.

Reason number two, speaking practice develops fluency over time.

In the beginning, you're going to be nervous.

You're going to be uncomfortable, right?

You don't want to make mistakes and it's okay.

Make mistakes.

This is how your fluency will improve.

And reason number three, it aids in overcoming the fear of making mistakes.

I've had so many students who have joined our family, joined my

academy, enrolled in my programs, and at the very beginning said, Ooh,

I, I don't want to say anything.

Nervous, shy, two months later, Tiffany.

Hey, how are you?

Nice to see you.

And then they're helping other students not shy anymore.

Why speaking a lot helps that fear to go away.

Step number six, speak a lot.

Step number seven, practice pronunciation and intonation.

Notice the order of the steps.

I didn't say practice pronunciation and intonation before you speak a lot.

No, speak a lot, speak a lot, get comfortable speaking a lot after

you're comfortable speaking a lot, not nervous anymore, not frustrated.

Then you work on the next skill.

Pronunciation and intonation work on the way you say words and the

rhythm of your speech through listening and repeating exercises.

Why is this so important?

Reason number one, accurate pronunciation helps others understand you better.

Reason number two, good intonation keeps listeners engaged and conveys the correct.

So you do want to work on your pronunciation and your intonation, but

you have to do it in a certain order.

And reason number three, doing this will boost your

confidence in speaking publicly.

Step number seven, practice pronunciation and intonation.

What about step number eight, teach, listen closely, teach others,

English, share your knowledge with other learners because teaching can

reinforce your own understanding.

Again, step one.

Make sure you set achievable goals, step two, all the way to step four or five.

You're putting information in step six.

Now we're moving to actually getting that information out, writing, speaking a lot.

Practicing pronunciation and intonation.

And now we're moving to teaching, bringing others into your English journey.

Share your knowledge with other learners because teaching can

reinforce your own understanding.

Why?

Reason number one, teaching tests your knowledge and clarifies concepts.

I've been teaching the five W's method.

Who, what, when, where, and why.

Well over a decade.

So it's easy now because I've done it over and over and over again.

And I have students who have been following me for so long that they also

can break down the five W's method.

Once again, teaching tests, your knowledge and clarifies concepts.

Reason number two, it requires you to stay informed and

sharp in your language skills.

When you have to teach something to someone else, you have to make

sure you know what you're about to say, and you have to stay on top.

Maybe you need new idioms.

Maybe you need a new way of breaking things down.

This is why it's so important.

And reason number three.

It helps in developing patience and empathy, which

are key in language learning.

When you have to teach someone else, it makes you more understanding.

You'll actually start being more patient with yourself.

You won't feel as bad because you'll see how much effort the person is

putting in, how hard they're working.

And you'll remind yourself, I'm working hard too.

We can do it.

Step number nine, reflect on your progress, reflect on your progress.

Take time to review your progress, celebrate your successes and plan

for future learning strategies.

This English journey might be long.

It might be challenging.

It might be hard, but you need to recognize how far you've come.

Why, why is this so important?

Reflection helps in recognizing your growth and boosts motivation.

When you see how far you've come, you'll realize how far you can actually go.

It will boost your motivation.

Reason number two, it aids in identifying effective learning strategies for you.

What has worked?

What didn't work?

What do you want to keep doing?

What do you want to stop doing?

And reason number three, recognizing achievements can increase self

confidence in using English.

My goal, my friend is to help you speak English fluently with confidence.

These nine steps will transform your English.

Let's jump right in.

All right.

Technique number one, listen to English media.

Basically you need to watch TV shows, movies, news, broadcasts,

and podcasts in English to immerse yourself in the language.

Choose a variety of genres and topics to expose yourself to

different vocabulary and topics.

The goal is for you to master English fluency.

And the very first technique you must use is to watch and listen to

media, but it must be English media.

Why is this so beneficial?

You see, it improves your listening skills.

And it helps you understand different accents and slang

and provides cultural insights.

So the very first thing you must do is start to watch more English media.

So if we're looking at your week, let's start with Sunday.

We can write right here.

Watch English media.

Now, again, you can choose the amount of time.

Many times people have busy schedules.

So maybe you work eight hours a day and get home and have to take care of your

family and you're too tired to watch.

To study for an hour, that is totally okay.

Remember these techniques are important, but you can choose the amount of time

that you actually put them into practice.

So let's say on Sundays you have 30 minutes.

So on Sundays, you spend 30 minutes watching English media.

What about the second technique, this second technique that will help

you improve your English fluency.

Read extensively, read extensively.

You have to read a lot in English.

If you are going to improve your English fluency, let me explain this one.

You need to read a wide range of materials, including books,

articles, newspapers, and blogs.

Pick genres and subjects that interest you to make reading enjoyable and diverse.

This is very important.

You see, as an English learner, you have your own interests outside of English.

Now it's time to connect the two, your English learning and your interests.

This is why this technique, reading extensively is so important.

Here's the benefits you'll experience.

This Enhancing your vocabulary and comprehension because it introduces

you to different writing styles and improves your overall language.

Proficiency.

Exactly.

So I want you to think about it like this.

Imagine on Monday, Monday.

Now we're focusing on reading extensively.

So let's say on Monday, you decide to find a blog or find an article in a

magazine that is written in English, but is actually, let's do this extensively.

That is actually related to your interests.

Let's write that down.

It needs to be related.

To your interest, maybe you like cooking, maybe you like athletics, maybe you

like technology, whatever you enjoy.

Make sure on Monday, you're reading something about that topic.

Now, Monday is the start of the work week.

So maybe you don't have a lot of time to read.

So on Sunday, you spent 30 minutes doing what watching

English media on Monday, maybe.

You only have 20 minutes or 15 minutes.

So let's put that down 15.

To 20 minutes.

Remember techniques are important, but you can choose the amount of

time you spend on each technique.

So we have technique number two, read extensively.

Now we move on to technique.

Number three technique.

Number three is also important.

Practice speaking daily, practice speaking daily.

And don't worry when we get back to our daily plan, I'll explain

how you can do this one as well.

Here's the description of this technique.

Engage in daily conversations with native speakers or fellow learners.

Use language exchange apps or online communities to find conversation partners.

This is very important.

You need to start speaking a lot.

In a lesson I did a few weeks back, I spoke about how you can practice

English, even when you are alone.

So this is where we're going to see our plan coming into place.

All right, speaking daily.

So let's do it like this on Sunday, because we said daily, let's add the plus

symbol right here, and let's just write.

Speak since we said daily, let's write it for Monday, and we're going to do

the same thing for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday through Saturday.

Remember this technique is important for you to utilize each and every day.

However, since we're on the third technique, we want

Tuesday to be the real focus.

All right.

So I wrote it right here, but I am actually going to move it up.

I'm going to write, speak aloud.

All right.

We want to speak out loud.

Now for this one, we also want to have 15 to 20 minutes.

All right, 15 to 20 minutes, but what about the ones on the other

days that we added at the bottom?

What we're going to do is put five minutes for each of those.

Again, these techniques are going to help you start speaking English.

More fluently, these techniques will change your English and

improve your English very quickly.

All right.

So we have now our three days so far are done Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.

Now, what is the benefit of technique?

Number three, the benefit of speaking aloud daily, it improves speaking

fluency, and it improves your English.

And confidence, it helps you practice pronunciation.

Yes.

And it allows you to use new vocabulary and grammar structures in context.

Again, this daily practice is what's going to help you master English.

Fluency.

Now we have the first three techniques.

It's time for us now to go to the fourth technique.

Technique number four is to write regularly, write regularly.

Listen, keeping a daily journal, writing essays, or starting a blog in English.

Write about various topics to practice different vocabulary and writing styles.

Write regularly.

Now, remember we're breaking this down over a seven day period, right?

So you will be doing this regularly, but you're going to be writing

specifically on Wednesdays.

So let's write this down, right?

All right.

And I'm going to put right.

In a journal.

All right.

So you might want to buy a journal.

Okay.

Having this journal with you so that you can start expanding your

English vocabulary, your ability to create good sentences in English.

You want to write in a journal.

And again, we're spending this 15 to 20 minute time period.

Remember it's totally okay.

For you to change the time.

All right.

But again, write in a journal on Wednesdays.

All right.

This is technique.

Number four, what is the benefit you see writing in a journal regularly enhances

writing skills, reinforces grammar, and provides a platform to express

your thoughts and ideas in writing.

In English, let's take a look once again, at our setup so far, watch English media.

What are we doing right here?

When we are watching English media, we are actually doing

what we are putting things in.

All right.

Let's see if you can see that good.

Let's change the color really quickly for those watching.

You're putting things into your mind.

All right, you're putting things in.

All right, read extensively.

What are we doing?

We're putting things in, into our brain, right?

Speak aloud, putting things out, out of your brain, right?

In the journal out, letting things come out of your brain.

Right?

So we have in input and output.

Input and output.

All right.

So again, number four is writing regularly, which is what?

Yes.

Output.

Excellent.

Excellent job.

All right.

Now I want us to go to technique number five technique.

Number five is listen.

For context clues, listen for context clues.

In other words, pay attention to the surrounding words and sequences or

sentences when you encounter unfamiliar vocabulary in spoken or written English.

I'm going to say this one more time, pay attention to the surrounding words

and sentences when you encounter.

Unfamiliar vocabulary in spoken or written English.

Now, what is the benefit of this?

Now, again, we're looking for context clues.

If I've watched a television program, if I've listened to a podcast, if I've

read a book in English and I see a word or hear a word that's unfamiliar.

That I didn't understand or see something I don't understand.

I have to focus on the before and the after to guess that words meaning.

Why is this important?

It enhances comprehension and teaches you to infer meanings from context.

And helps you understand the language naturally.

So how can we put this on our schedule for the week?

Again, listening for context clues.

All right.

So now we're on Thursday.

Let's write this down.

Listen for context.

All right.

Listen for context clues.

That means you can choose to either watch a television

program or listen to a podcast.

The choice is yours or even watch a movie, but I'm going to say this.

I want you to at least look for three new words and you want

to guess the context, right?

Guess the meaning based on the context.

All right, again, this should take 15 to 20 minutes.

Again, you can listen to a podcast, you can watch a television program.

You can even read an article, but search for three new words.

And you're going to guess the meaning of each word based on the

context, what happened before the word and what happened after the

word again, listening for context.

Clues.

This is technique number five.

What about technique?

Number six, record yourself speaking.

Record yourself speaking.

You're going to record your speech and listen to it critically.

Compare your pronunciation and intonation with native speakers

and note areas for improvement.

This is your assessment day.

You're assessing yourself.

Remember we have so far Sunday and Monday input Tuesday and

Wednesday output Thursday listening.

This is also.

Input putting information in now we're on Friday.

You're assessing yourself.

This is output and you are assessing.

All right, let's just put assess right here.

You're assessing yourself.

So what is the technique called again?

Record your self speaking.

All right.

So let's write that down.

Record your self.

So we're going to put record and assess yourself.

Now you're outputting and you're assessing, you're analyzing.

Ooh, I like that word even better.

So instead of assess, we are going to write analyze.

All right, let's go back.

Make sure this line is here and I'm going to write analyze.

I like that better because you're really seeing how well you're

doing and what you need to fix.

So output and analyzing yourself.

Now, this one output 15 to 20 minutes, but if you have extra

time, you can add extra time.

All right.

So again, what do we have input on Sunday input on Monday, output

on Tuesday, output on Wednesday.

Input on Thursday and then output and analyzing on Friday.

Again, what is the benefit of recording yourself speaking?

Here's the benefit.

It helps you identify.

Correct and correct pronunciation and grammatical errors.

This provides self assessment opportunities and builds your confidence.

This is why it's so important for you to make sure you do this technique.

Technique number six, again, we're looking at Friday, right?

Output and analyzing.

So what is technique number seven, another important technique,

technique number seven, watch with subtitles, watch with subtitles.

In other words, watch English videos with English subtitles to aid

understanding and improve reading and listening skills simultaneously.

Now for this one, it's really a fun day, right?

You're just sitting and you have the subtitles on.

You don't have to take notes.

You don't have to write anything down.

Just take it all in and enjoy, find a movie or a TV

program that you really enjoy.

Once again, this technique is watch with subtitles.

So for Saturday, this is your relaxing day, your rest day, find a program.

And what you're going to do is again, watch with subtitles.

Subtitles again, watch with subtitles.

I'm going to put this here.

This is your fun day.

All right, just enjoy this.

So instead of it being only 15 to 20 minutes, it is totally up to you.

I'm going to put 15 to let's say 60 minutes, right?

Again, you can decide up with the star here as well.

You can decide.

Don't forget though, at the bottom.

We have the speak portion that has been added to each day, an extra five

minutes, right, right underneath.

Okay.

So again, Saturday, it is an input day.

But it's a fun input day.

You're not having to really study too hard.

Now this technique, what is the benefit?

The benefit is it helps with understanding spoken language, reinforces vocabulary,

and improves your comprehension of different accents and speech patterns.

We're trying to help you speak English fluently.

I'm trying to help you achieve your English goals, and these

techniques will get you to your goal.

So again, for the week.

Sunday to Saturday, you have what you need to do each day in order

to improve your English fluency.

Just follow this pattern and repeat and watch your English fluency improve.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and I'll talk to you in the next one.

You still there?

You know what time it is.

It's story time.

Hey, I said, it's story time.

All right.

So today I taught you all about the techniques you need to follow,

the pattern you need to follow in order to speak English fluently.

And we talked about this seven day pattern.

Well, I remember another pattern that I had to follow when I was in South Korea.

This was a physical action that I had to take.

Over and over and over and over again.

You see, it was my first time going to Sarak mountain.

That is one of the most beautiful mountains in my opinion, in the

world, but one of the most beautiful mountains in Korea, and it was my

first time going to the mountain and I went with a group of friends.

We rented out basically an Airbnb.

Airbnb didn't exist back then, but it was similar.

We rented a big house and there were about, I think it was

like eight of us that went.

So on the day that we had to do the hike, only four of us,

including myself, decided to go.

It was going to be an aggressive hike.

We were told that it would take between six to eight hours.

To get up and back down the mountain.

That's a lot of hiking, but again, I love being outdoors.

I love nature.

So it was myself and three other guys, the other ladies, they stayed back,

um, at the home that we had rented.

So I remember we got to the mountain and we're walking and the repetitive

action that I had to do over and over again was lifting my leg.

Over and over and over again.

Imagine doing multiple lunges over and over and over again, or multiple squats,

because we were going up a mountain rocks.

And it was when we got almost to the top.

It was super steep, right?

There were ropes just to make sure no one fell down.

And I remember having to tell myself, just keep going one more step, one

more step, because my legs were aching.

There were hundreds of people going up the mountain, right?

So you have to keep moving.

People are behind you.

People are in front of you.

You have to keep moving, even though it hurt.

Why am I telling you this?

Because we did make it to the top and I had no regrets.

No regrets.

I'm telling you this because you as well are climbing a mountain.

You're trying to achieve your English goal, English fluency.

And sometimes it does get challenging.

Sometimes you might feel like you are being overloaded and overwhelmed,

and you might feel like you want to stop, but you have to keep going.

Repetitive motion, repetitive movement, one foot in front of the other.

That is why I showed you this pattern today in our lesson, seven days, just keep

following the pattern every single day.

And I promise you, just like I got to the top of the mountain, you'll reach

the top of your mountain as well.

I'll talk to you in the next lesson.

Your desire is to speak English fluently, but sometimes it gets a bit frustrating

because you don't know what to do.

Well, this lesson is for you, my friend, because in this lesson, I'm going

to teach you nine daily practices.

That's right.

Nine that you can start doing right now to improve your English fluency.

Are you ready?

Well, then I'm teacher Tiffany.

Let's jump right in the first daily practice.

And I want you to pay close attention is.

Describe something in your home.

You heard me, right?

Describe something in your home.

Literally look around your house, look around your apartment, wherever

you live right now, and I want you to pick something in your home.

Each day, this is a daily practice and you're going to

try to describe that thing.

You might choose a fan.

You might choose your toothbrush, whatever you choose, your goal

is to describe that thing.

You can set a timer on your phone to see how long you can.

Describe that thing.

Now, the question you're probably asking is Tiffany, why is this

such an important daily practice?

Here's the very first reason why this is so important and

you must do it on a daily basis.

The first reason is this will enhance your vocabulary related to everyday objects.

Think about it.

As you start off, let's say you pick up your toothbrush and you want to describe

it, but all of a sudden, only words from your native tongue, only words from

your mother language are coming to mind.

So you'll naturally go to your phone.

You'll go to your computer, you'll go to your tablet or your dictionary.

To try to find out the word in English.

Again, this will enhance your vocabulary.

Yes, it's a simple item, but in order to speak about it, you need

to use various vocabulary words.

Here's the second reason why this is such an important daily practice.

This will boost your confidence in speaking about familiar topics.

I have worked with people.

Thousands upon thousands of English learners.

And many times the issue is confidence.

The person feels like, ah, I'm not good enough, or the person

feels like I don't know enough.

Well, when you do this on a daily basis, as you walk around your home,

you'll realize, oh, I can describe that.

Oh, I can talk about that.

And all of a sudden your shoulders would go back a bit.

You'll start smiling a bit because you'll realize your English fluency is improving.

And the third reason why this is so important is it improves your ability

to describe details and specifics.

You're giving details about objects that seem so simple.

But English fluency is all about being able to express yourself about

simple things and complex things.

So the first daily practice is once again, describe something in your home.

Now, these daily practices are going to be simple, simple to implement, but

whoo, baby, they are powerful and they will affect your English fluency so much.

So let's move on now to the second daily practice.

Here's the second daily practice.

Describe.

Someone, you know, that's right.

Are you noticing that we're using things that are related to you, things in your

home, people, you know, again, the second daily practice is describe someone, you

know, I want you to think about your favorite person in the world, your best

friend, your mom, your dad, your sibling, whoever that might be your spouse.

Describe that person, talk about them.

Maybe it's your children, whoever you want to describe.

This is a daily practice today.

My mom tomorrow, my boyfriend.

The next day, my dad continuing on each day, describing a different person.

Now, why is this daily practice so important and so powerful?

Here we go.

I want us to look at the reasons why this is so powerful.

The first reason is this.

It develops your vocabulary and phrases related to people and relationships.

I've said it before.

And I'll say it again, English fluency is all about your ability to express yourself

about simple things and complex things.

So when you try to describe your family member or your friend,

all of a sudden, all these ideas come into your mind, right?

Because you enjoy.

Spending time with that individual that you're describing on that day.

But now you want to figure out, wait a minute, how do I describe

how this person makes me feel?

That will inevitably lead you to learning new vocabulary and new phrases.

What about this second reason right here, it encourages you to use

descriptive language and adjectives.

Remember, we are trying to help you, my friend speak English more fluently.

So when you spend time trying to describe someone, you know, you'll

figure out new ways of describing them.

You'll figure out how to use all this English that you have in

your database To describe this individual again, a daily practice.

And what about this reason right here?

It helps you practice sentence structure and grammar.

You're probably saying Tiff, I thought you didn't talk about grammar.

Oh, my friend.

Listen, I don't teach you grammar in a direct way.

However, I can give you methods and tips and tricks and techniques that

will help your grammar improve.

Just like this one.

So again, the second daily practice describing someone, you know, it

actually will help you practice sentence structure and grammar.

Your desire is to really put into words, how this person makes you feel the

time that you spend with them again.

The second daily practice is describe someone, you know, listen, I know that

there are times when you feel alone.

You feel like it's hard to improve your English fluency because you don't live

in an English speaking country, or you don't have English speaking friends.

The list goes on these daily practices, even if you're not surrounded by people

who speak English will still help you.

So daily practice number two, describe someone, you know, here

is the third daily practice.

I want you to tell a story about something that happened the day before.

Very important.

Something that happened the day before.

Now, you know, at the end of every lesson, or maybe you don't.

If it's your first time here at the end of every lesson, I

tell a story for story time.

Hey, I said it's story time.

So at the end of every lesson, I tell you a story, right?

You get to know me more.

You get to understand my life a bit more.

I want you to start doing this on a daily basis.

Man, this is going to improve your English fluency so much.

So here's again, tell a story about something that happened the day before.

And why is it so important for you to tell a story about something

that happened the day before?

Because it's something that you experienced.

It's still in your mind.

You're not making up a story.

It allows you to review your day, the day before, right?

And remember those.

Things that happened, this is going to really transform your English fluency.

Here are the three main reasons why this is so important.

The first reason is it strengthens your narrative skills and past tense usage.

Again, The grammar piece is coming in, right?

This will help you improve your grammar, speaking about the past

tense and also your narrative skills.

In other words, helping you learn how to tell a story.

I remember very clearly being in South Korea and I had many students.

And I had students that were in the intermediate and also the advanced

level, extremely intelligent.

They understood English.

They knew lots of words and lots of phrases, but sometimes when I would ask

them a question, I would require them to tell me a story and they would stop.

They didn't know how to put things together to make a story.

Now I taught them over time how to do this, but this is why this

daily practice is so important.

You have to work on your narrative skills.

English fluency is all about explaining simple things and complex

things, but in an interesting way, that's the key telling stories.

That's why you enjoy the story time so much, right?

Your brain kind of gets in the moment, right?

And you're actually seeing what the person is talking about.

You need to develop.

This skill, the second reason why this daily practice is so

important is it encourages you.

To recall memories and structure your storytelling, man.

I love when my students that are in my academy, the speak English with

Tiffany Academy, start telling stories.

I can see the light in their eyes.

I can see those listening, my other students listening to their

stories and they're fully engaged.

This is what English fluency is all about.

Explaining simple things.

And complex things in an interesting way.

Here's the third reason why this is so important.

It enhances your ability to connect events and details coherently.

Many times as an English learner, you learn words, you learn expressions, you

learn phrases, but you're not necessarily sure how to connect the dots or how

to use them in certain conversations.

Doing this, this daily practice of telling a story about something that

happened the day before my friend is going to enhance your English

fluency and help you connect events.

Here is daily practice.

Number four, find a news article or a blog post or social media post and

give your opinion about the topic.

We're living in an age where technology can be found everywhere.

You have a cell phone, you have a tablet, you have a computer, you have so many

different tech things that you can use.

Go online.

Find an article, find a blog, find a social media post, and

give your opinion on the topic.

You can give your opinion by speaking to someone else.

You can look in the mirror and talk to yourself.

You can record a video of yourself giving your opinion,

or you can just write it down.

But it's important for you to find a news article.

Blog posts or social media posts and give your opinion.

Remember English fluency.

Say it with me is all about explaining or giving your opinion

on simple things, good job and complex things in an interesting way.

So three reasons why this is so important.

Here we go.

The first reason is.

It expands your vocabulary and listen closely, understanding of current events.

This is so important.

You want to get in conversations, right?

And you want to speak with confidence.

So you have to be aware of what's going on when you're online.

You see, maybe there's something in politics, maybe there's something

in sports right now, when this video is going live, uh, the Olympics,

I think is still going on, right?

You want to have.

A good understanding of what's happening and you want to make sure you're

giving your opinion on these events.

English fluency reason number two, this encourages you to think

critically and to form opinions.

My goal as your English teacher is to help you learn how to think in

English, how to organize your thoughts, how to formulate your opinions.

This practice of finding an article, a post or a social media post and giving

your opinion will develop this skill and enhance your English fluency.

for listening.

Here's reason number three, this improves your skills in articulating

your thoughts and arguments.

How frustrating is it when you have an idea, you have an opinion, but

because of your English fluency, you're not able to get it out.

It's frustrating, right?

I've watched students trying to get out their ideas.

I could tell by looking in their eyes that they had an opinion, but for some reason,

they weren't able to formulate their idea.

They weren't able to put it into words.

Doing this on a daily basis, my friend is going to truly

improve your English fluency.

Here's daily practice number five, write a journal entry.

Listen closely.

About your day, you see behind me, if you're watching this, I have

tons of journals, and if you've been following me for a long time, you

know that I always say I write a lot.

I write out my ideas.

I write out my plans because there's something that happens

when you put things on paper.

So each day, I want you to write a journal entry about your day.

It doesn't have to be long.

You can spend maybe two minutes, right?

The highlights of your day, right?

It doesn't have to be long in the beginning, but as time goes

on, you'll begin to write longer.

And you might be asking Tiff, my goal is to speak English fluently.

Why am I writing?

Because remember in order to speak English fluently, you have to think first.

So as you're writing, you're organizing your thoughts.

Woo.

I love this.

You're organizing your thoughts, which means when you go to speak to

somebody the next day and they say, Hey, how was your day yesterday?

Your brain is like, Oh, we got this covered.

We already organized our thoughts and wrote it down.

And you'll start saying exactly how your day was.

Why?

Because of this daily practice.

Here are three other reasons why this is so important.

The very first reason is.

It reinforces your writing skills and your sentence structure.

Your goal is to speak English fluently with confidence, right?

You want to speak in a good way.

This will help you improve your writing skills, of course, and

improve your sentence structure.

Reason number two.

It encourages you to reflect on your experiences and express yourself.

I don't want you to see English as just a subject, right?

Just something you're learning.

I want you to experience English.

I want you to feel like English is a tool in your toolkit and you can

use it whatever you want in a way that makes you proud of yourself.

So again, it's daily practice writing in a journal.

Encourages you to think about your life, your experiences, and how you

can speak about them in English.

Here is reason number three.

It provides a record of your progress and areas for improvement.

This is something that I want you to pay close attention to.

As you're on this journey, right?

There are going to be some hiccups.

Some mistakes you make, but if you can recognize your mistakes,

you'll be able to correct them.

So writing in your journal each and every day will give you the opportunity to see,

ah, this is something I'm struggling with.

Let me work on this more.

Ah, I made this mistake yesterday.

Let me fix this.

So this is a very important daily practice.

Again, write a journal entry about your day.

Now, before we go to.

Number six, daily practice.

I want to remind you that in the app English with Tiffany, I have

an app and in this app each and every week, you can practice, you

can review what I am teaching you.

So go to the link in the description or go to your.

Google play store or apple store and go to English with Tiffany, the app.

And each week you will find a lesson that goes along with what I'm teaching

you so that you can practice and remember what I am teaching you.

All right, now let's move on to daily practice.

Number six, number six is watch a 10 minute video about

a topic that interests you.

Now we are all familiar with YouTube because if you're watching this

video, You're on YouTube, right?

So find a 10 minute video.

Now I want you to pay close attention.

This video does not need to be about English one more time.

This video does not need to be about English.

Yeah, that's right.

Instead, I want it to be about a topic that interests you and

it happens to be delivered.

In English, for example, I like cycling.

I love cooking, et cetera.

So when I was in South Korea, I would watch cooking programs

where they were speaking Korean.

It wasn't about the Korean language.

It was about my interest.

Cooking and they were speaking Korean.

You need to find a video, a 10 minute video about whatever topic

that interests you, but make sure they are native English speakers.

Why is this such an important daily practice?

Here's the first reason why this is so important.

It enhances your listening skills and comprehension.

Never forget that your English fluency is not just about what you're saying.

It's about how you're processing information, how you're organizing your

thoughts and formulating your ideas.

Think about a child.

A child doesn't speak as soon as it comes out the womb, it's constantly listening.

It's constantly trying to comprehend.

And then all of a sudden, one day, dada, one day, mama, these

things happen after the child has been listening and comprehending.

The same is true for you.

If your goal is to speak English fluently, you must first master this.

Watch a 10 minute video, and this will help your listening

skills and comprehension.

Reason number two, it introduces you to new vocabulary and expressions.

I mentioned earlier that I love to cook, right?

And I would watch Korean cooking programs.

Because I love to cook, whenever they would mention a step that I was familiar

with, and I knew the words for in English, I would all of a sudden, Oh, perk up.

Wait a minute.

Uh, this is how you describe this step in Korean.

I was learning new words, learning new expressions, learning new

phrases in a natural environment.

This is what we want you to do a daily practice.

Here we go.

And reason number three.

This keeps your learning engaging and relevant to your interests.

One of my goals as your English teacher is to truly help you fall in love

with English, to take the stress away, to remove the frustration, to remove

the difficulties that you've been experiencing on your English journey.

I want you to enjoy learning.

Learning English.

So when you watch a video about something you're interested in, it won't be boring.

Why?

Because you are interested in the topic.

Let's move on.

Daily practice number seven.

Number seven is another good one.

Repeat.

Five sentences from the video you watched.

I'll say it again.

Repeat five sentences from the video you watched.

So you found the YouTube video, you watched it, right?

Then you're going to go back, watch it again as you're watching it.

When you hear a sentence that interests you, pause it.

Write that sentence down or repeat immediately after the person.

Again, you want to repeat five sentences from the video you watched.

Why is this such an important daily practice?

Here is the first reason.

Reason number one, it improves your pronunciation and intonation.

When I was living in South Korea, many times, honestly, almost

every time when I would speak, if the person couldn't see my face.

If I was on the phone or maybe I was sitting behind them,

they thought I was Korean.

Why?

Because of my pronunciation and my intonation.

How did I master these two things?

By watching videos of Koreans speaking about topics I was interested in.

Listen, I know what you're going through.

I went through the same thing when I was learning Korean and my goal is

to help you overcome this challenge.

So reason number one, it improves your pronunciation and your intonation.

Reason number two, it reinforces new vocabulary.

Sentence structures.

Why?

Because you're saying it, you're repeating the sentence.

So your brain says, okay, I guess this is going into our database.

Reason number three, it enhances your memory and recall.

Through repetition, this is again, going to help you improve your English fluency.

Let's move on now to daily practice.

Number eight daily practice.

Number eight is learn one new English vocabulary word, just one.

Figure out an English vocabulary word that you want to master and learn that word.

You might ask Tiff, why just one word?

Here we go.

Reason number one, it expands your vocabulary incrementally, right?

It uses this method of, Hey, let's be consistent.

It's okay.

It's not too much one word a day.

You can master that word and you'll continue doing it.

Reason number two, it encourages you to develop the habit of continuous learning.

Not overwhelming, easy to be consistent because it's one vocabulary word.

And reason number three, it provides you with a sense of achievement and progress.

Wow.

This month I have learned 30 new English vocabulary words that I can

actually use to express myself because remember English fluency is all about.

Expressing, expressing, expressing simple things and complex

things in an interesting way.

This is why this daily practice is so important.

Daily practice number nine, write down something that you are proud

of related to your English journey.

I'm going to say this one more time, write down something that you are proud

of related to your English journey.

And I want you to stay till the end, because I'm going to tell us,

tell you a story that is related to this daily practice, something that

I experienced as well, why is it so important for you to write down

something that you are proud of?

I want us to look at reason number one, this boosts your motivation

and your self confidence.

It's.

I want you to pay attention, learning English is not easy.

It is a challenge.

It is difficult.

And sometimes I know it can be frustrating and you get down on yourself.

If you make a mistake, when you're speaking to someone, if you can't

remember a word, if someone else speaks better than you, all of a

sudden you might feel discouraged.

But when you remember how far you've come, how many new words you've

learned, how many new expressions, how many new idioms, how much you have

learned, you'll feel more motivated.

You'll feel more confident.

You'll realize that nothing is impossible for you.

So it's important to every day, write down something you're proud of.

Why I learned a new word today, man, I said hi.

And I had a short conversation with a native English speaker today.

I practiced with my friend today, write down something you are proud

of related to your English journey.

Reason number two.

It encourages you to reflect positively on your progress.

And again, I'm saying this because I totally understand.

It's so easy to feel, uh, discouraged.

It's so easy to kind of have this negative voice in your head when you've

been studying a language for so long and you don't seem to be making progress.

It's very easy to feel discouraged.

I don't want you to go through that anymore.

Write down something you're proud of.

Each and every day.

And reason number three, it helps you set and achieve personal learning goals.

Your goal is to speak English fluently, and you have to track your progress,

track your journey, and I guarantee my friend, I guarantee as you follow these

daily practices, you can do all nine or you can choose which ones you like.

You will improve your English fluency.

The very first technique I want you to follow is.

Writing in English daily.

I say this all the time to my students again, writing in English daily.

If you're watching this video, some of you are listening to it on the podcast.

You'll see behind me, there are tons of journals and notebooks.

Why?

Because I write on a regular basis.

So I understand the importance of writing daily.

When you start writing in English daily, many.

Things are going to happen.

Here's the description that breaks this down.

You need to keep a journal or a diary in English because it will help you organize

your thoughts and apply new vocabulary.

You're constantly learning new things.

If you watched the lesson from last week, where I taught you seven new English

expressions, you could have written those English expressions down in your notebook.

You have a journal or buy a journal and start writing in it on a daily basis.

Why is this so beneficial?

This is the benefit.

You see this exercise, this practice of writing in an English journal, every

day aids in internalizing grammatical structures and expressions, making

them more accessible for speaking.

Now, you know, I don't teach grammar on my channel.

I don't teach grammar in my academy.

That is something that you have heard me say over and over again.

Even though I don't have grammar lessons, my students still improve their grammar.

Why?

Because they follow these techniques, techniques, just like this one.

When you're writing on a regular basis, you're also going to start editing

yourself like, wait a minute, this doesn't look like what I read yesterday.

This doesn't read the same way that Tiffany's, uh, presentations sound.

Something's off and you'll start correcting yourself.

This will help you improve your grammar and start using words naturally.

So later on, when you go to speak, you'll remember what you wrote.

So again, technique number one, write in English.

Daily technique, number two, this technique, speech shadowing.

I want you to repeat after me at the same pace.

I want you to repeat this.

Hey, you look amazing today.

Good.

One more time.

Hey, you look amazing today.

Speech shadowing is all about not just repeating the words, but repeating

the pace, repeating the inflections.

This is going to help you.

So here it is.

Practice speaking by mimicking or shadowing a native speaker's speech

from audio or video resources, trying to match their pronunciation, their

tone, and their pace with the speaker.

We're talking about helping you finally master English fluency technique.

Number two is all about speech shadowing.

Here is the benefit.

This technique will help you, my friend, improve your accent, your

intonation and fluency by training your ears and speech muscles to speak.

Simultaneously at the same time, this is why this technique is

so important and so powerful.

So again, technique number two, speech shadowing, mimicking someone else.

Technique number three.

Ted talks and educational lectures again, Ted talks and educational lectures.

We're living in a time where information is available to us.

For free, you can go on YouTube, which is where you're watching this video and

access tons upon tons of videos, including TED talks and educational lectures.

So what you're going to do is watch TED talks.

Why watching TED talks and educational lectures in English exposes you to

complex ideas and specialized vocabulary.

Remember your goal is to improve your English fluency in order

to improve your English fluency.

You have to improve your vocabulary.

You have to be exposed to more English.

This is a technique that will help you.

Here's the benefit.

It improves your comprehension of advanced topics and aids in acquiring

academic or professional language skills.

Skills you're trying to get to the next level.

So you have to watch people.

You have to listen to people who are at the level you are trying to get to.

So again, technique number three, TED talks and educational lectures.

Technique number four.

This technique is creative writing in English.

Now, remember the first technique was about writing

in a daily journal in English.

Technique number four is a little bit different.

Technique number four is.

Creative writing in English.

Let me explain engaging in creative writing activities, like crafting stories,

poems, or blogs in English, writing about your daily life is in your journal.

But you're writing about things that actually happened.

Creative writing is all about using your imagination, coming up with interesting

stories or coming up with things you want to teach other people by writing a

blog, or even writing a poem in English.

This technique will stretch your brain in a different way.

You're not just documenting your day.

Instead, you're coming up with ideas and situations in English.

This technique, once again, will help you master English fluency.

Here's another benefit.

It encourages, it encourages innovative use of language and deeper

engagement with linguistic structures, enhancing expressive capabilities.

It will help you express yourself more because you are forcing your

mind, forcing your brain to pull on all of these things you've learned to

make them into something interesting.

This technique is going to take your English to the next level.

Technique number five technique.

Number five is listening to English audio books.

Audiobooks are powerful.

I have audio books on my phone and it's very convenient to listen

to an audio book while I'm either working or cooking or exercising.

You have access to audio books.

So listen to an English audio book, incorporating English audio

books into your routine, allows you to hear complex narratives.

When you're listening to an audio book, you're listening to an individual

who's a native English speaker.

They're not speaking slowly.

They're speaking at a regular pace about complex topics, and this gives your

brain the opportunity to process the information, listening to audio books.

As your brain learns to process the information, you will also be

able to regurgitate to use the same patterns when you speak English.

So again, listening to English audio books, what is another benefit?

It sharpens your listening skills and introduces you to diverse literary

vocabularies and storytelling techniques.

You're going to be a better storyteller.

You're going to have a more expansive vocabulary.

This is why this technique is so important.

Technique number six, another good one.

Technique number six, book clubs and discussion groups.

You want to become a part of, or join book clubs or discussion groups.

You have to practice what you are learning.

Now, here's the thing participating in English speaking book clubs or

discussion Offers you a chance or an opportunity to explore literature and

express your opinions in order to speak English fluently, you have to be able

to put into words, your ideas, your opinions, your thoughts, and joining

a book club can help you do this.

You see discussing books.

Can enhance your vocabulary, your comprehension, and the ability to

formulate and express complex ideas.

Clearly we're talking about helping you master English fluency, and

it's not just about reading a book.

You have to utilize different techniques to get where you are trying to go.

So again, technique number six, book clubs and discussion groups.

Technique.

Number seven, subscribe to English newsletter.

Newsletters again, subscribe to English newsletters, reading newsletters from

reputable sources in English, keeps you updated with current events and

exposes you to formal written English.

This is so powerful.

Again, we are living in a time where so many things are available for free.

You can sign up for an English newsletter.

Again.

This is a newsletter meant for native English speakers.

It's not about English.

It's literally about current events, things going on,

and it's written in English.

You can find an English newsletter, sign up for the newsletter totally for free.

And every day, have an email sent to you where you're reading in

English about the current events.

This is a powerful technique.

One of the main benefits.

It enhances your reading comprehension and familiarizes you with the tone and style

of professional and journalistic writing.

We're trying to help you speak English fluently.

We're trying to help you master English fluency.

And in order to master English fluency, you have to actually

read more and write more.

So again, technique number seven, subscribe to English newsletters.

Technique number eight, mind mapping in English.

Once again, mind mapping in English.

Now this is all about using mind maps to organize your thoughts

or plan projects in English.

I love this technique.

This is how I think this is.

I've always thought again, this refers to organizing your thoughts before speaking.

This refers to having supporting pieces of information for your idea.

And then speaking, I remember when I was in high school, we did it in college as

well, but we did it more in high school.

We'd have.

On a piece of paper, a diagram with circles in the middle

would be your main point.

On the outside of that bigger circle would be smaller circles with supporting points,

reasons, examples, to support your idea.

This is a mind map, making sure you have a main idea and then connecting

points that support that main idea.

Creating mind maps is important.

Here's the benefit.

The visual and organizational tool.

This tool not only aids in planning, but also in thinking and brainstorming

directly in English, promoting fluency in thought processes.

Get a piece of paper, get a notebook and write out your thoughts and then create

visuals, circles, squares, rectangles, to organize your thoughts, mind mapping.

Game changer.

I love this technique.

Technique number nine.

Practicing with karaoke in English.

I almost paused.

I'm like, wait a minute.

We're going to sing practicing with karaoke in English.

Let me explain singing along to English songs, using karaoke videos

or apps to improve pronunciation and.

Rhythm, when you sing a song, when you're enjoying it, you're actually improving

your pronunciation, following the rhythm.

It's a relaxed way of studying English.

Here's the benefit.

This technique engages listening skills and mimicry in a fun musical

context, enhancing your ability to hear and reproduce sounds naturally.

Accurately.

This is a fun way to learn how to master English fluency.

All right.

Technique number 10.

Here we go.

Creating English content.

Ooh, boy.

All right.

Creating English content.

Here we go.

Start a blog, YouTube channel, or podcast in English about your

hobbies, your studies or daily life.

I'm going to pause.

You start a YouTube channel.

You start a blog, you start a podcast about something you're interested in.

I have had students in my Academy, the Speak English with Tiffany Academy

who have done this exact thing.

Started YouTube channels about makeup, started YouTube channels

about their travels, started YouTube channels about their English journey.

And what happens when you do this?

Your English will start to improve even faster.

I know it can be a little bit nerve wracking.

You're a little nervous, not sure, but trust me, this technique you're

talking about, we're talking about improving and mastering English

fluency and doing it faster.

Here's the benefit develops writing or speaking skills while

connecting with the broader audience, encouraging regular language use.

I got to post a video next week, so I need to repair.

I need to mind map before I record my YouTube video.

This technique creating English content connects other techniques as well.

Start doing it.

I'm telling you and technique number 11.

Here we go.

Number 11, exploring English literature, reading classic and contemporary

English literature to gain exposure to rich language, storytelling

techniques, and cultural insights.

This is a way again, for you to enjoy the process of learning English, to expand

your vocabulary and to enhance your skills as it relates to expressing your ideas.

The benefit, this builds a deeper understanding of language, nuance,

historical context, and various literary styles and genres.

You're going to expand your horizons.

This is what it's all about.

As you're trying to master English fluency, remember to put

these techniques into practice.

Tip number one, the very first tip you need to know in order

to speak English fluently is to immerse yourself in English.

Once again, immerse yourself in English.

Now, what does this mean?

It means that you, my friend need to surround yourself with

English speakers and content.

But don't get nervous.

Don't get frustrated.

Don't get worried.

Maybe you live in a country where there are not a lot of

English speakers around you.

You still can use this tip.

Why?

Because you can watch movies, listen to podcasts and read books in English.

Your brain is absolutely amazing.

You're already able to speak your mother tongue.

So all you have to do now is provide information in different

formats to your brain in English.

Why is this so beneficial?

You see, this accelerates understanding and fluency by natural exposure to

the language in various contexts.

I learned to speak Korean.

Annyeonghaseyo for those that are Korean.

And when I was learning Korean, I had tons upon tons of books, but my fluency

did not go to the next level until I started doing what you guessed it.

Watching movies in Korean, listening to podcasts in Korean and doing what?

Reading books in Korean.

So the same is true for you, my friend.

Now I want to help you actually find these things.

So what I've done is I actually have a list and I want to

tell you my favorite movie.

That's right.

And you can actually watch the movie too.

It's in English.

My favorite movie is the sound of music.

And just to let you know, the hills are alive with the sound of music.

That's one of the songs from the movie.

But this movie is absolutely amazing.

Why is this a great movie for you to watch as an English learner in order

to improve your English fluency?

Well, in this one movie, you will find drama.

You will find comedy.

You will find so many different types of situations in this one movie.

And what's going to happen.

It's going to help you improve your English fluency.

Now, this is my favorite movie, but I also really enjoy certain podcasts.

Podcasts are a great way for you to improve your English and immerse yourself.

Yourself in English, you can download podcasts to your phone,

to your computer, to your tablet or whichever device you currently use.

And one of the podcasts that I listen to on a regular basis, I mean, every

single week, Is the wave form podcast.

Again, I want you to take notes so that you can check out the movie,

the podcast, and the book that I'm mentioning now, the wave form podcast.

This podcast is really all about technology.

So if you want to know about the latest cell phone that came out, the latest

computer that came out or anything dealing with technology, you can

check out this podcast every week.

I love the podcast.

I'm a native English speaker and man, is it interesting.

So think about how much more interesting it will be for you.

Not only will you learn a lot about technology, you'll also learn new

words, expressions, and idioms.

And the book, whoo, my friend, the book that I want to introduce

you to is this book right here.

The book is called grit, the power of passion and perseverance.

It's by Angela Duckworth.

Again, the book is called.

Title is grit, the power of passion and perseverance.

Now, this book is going to really help you improve your English fluency, but

also encourage you as an English learner.

It talks about the importance of giving 110 percent in

order to achieve your goals.

And you have many English goals.

So for our first tip, again, it's important for you to immerse yourself

in English, watching movies, listening to podcasts and reading books.

Now, before we go to our second tip, I am Tiffany also known as teacher

Tiffany, and my goal is to help you speak English with confidence.

Are you ready to continue?

Well, then let's jump right in.

All right.

Tip number two, another important one, my friend, you have to

practice speaking regularly.

I want you to repeat after me regularly.

Yes.

Now, why is this important?

Here's the thing you see in order to speak English regularly, it means you

have to engage in conversations with native speakers or other learners

or speak to yourself in the mirror.

You heard me, right?

There are three different ways you can practice speaking English regularly.

First, speaking with other native English speakers.

Maybe you have a tutor.

Maybe you have a friend who speaks English.

Secondly, you can speak with other English learners.

We're talking about helping you speak English more fluently.

And the third way is for you to actually start speaking to yourself in a mirror.

I know it might sound weird and I know it might feel strange, but this can

really help you improve your English.

I had one of my students who actually started doing this

and her husband would say.

What are you doing?

A few months later, he said, my goodness, your English has improved so much.

What's the goal of this lesson to help you speak English more fluently.

Now, why is this so important?

What is the main benefit of tip number two?

It improves your pronunciation, enhances your speaking confidence, and it aids

in acquiring conversational skills.

These things are very important for you.

If you are trying to speak English fluently.

Now, I want to give you some examples of how you can start

implementing this tip today.

So.

Here's what I want you to do.

There are two options.

The first option is for the morning.

Now in the morning, this is what you could do.

You could ask someone one thing they did the previous

day and then say what you did.

This is very simple, right?

Have a conversation with someone.

Maybe you are in person or maybe you're speaking to them via an

application on your phone, right?

But record a voice note.

If you're using your phone, you want to ask them, Hey, tell me one

thing you did the previous day, and then you also share what you did.

Now, the second example that you can use is the evening.

So if you decide to do the evening, what you can do is share the best

thing that happened to you today.

Again, share the best thing that happened to you today.

I'm actually going to tell you the best thing that happened to me yesterday.

This is true.

So my niece, she is 14 years old and she has just started playing volleyball.

This is not story time story time is coming later.

Okay.

But my niece has just started playing volleyball.

I think she's had about.

Six or seven games.

Now my niece is a basketball player, but she was very

interested in playing volleyball.

So she's learning.

She's a freshman, but this freshman now I'm an auntie.

So of course I'm proud of her, but this freshman, listen, my

friend, my niece is killing it.

She is doing amazing.

And I went to her game yesterday and I screamed so much.

My vocal cords were sore, but I was.

So excited every time she made a point, every time she blocked the

other team's ball, I was so excited.

My sister and I, we got all the steps you need in a day,

just from jumping up and down.

We were so excited.

So again, I just told you the best thing that happened to me yesterday.

You can tell someone the best thing that happened to you yesterday or today.

Remember the goal is to what practice speaking regularly.

You got it.

I love it.

All right.

Let's now move on to tip number three, tip number three.

Now this is also very important.

You need to keep a vocabulary journal.

I want you to say it after me, keep a vocabulary journal, your turn.

Excellent.

Now let me break down this tip, keeping a vocabulary journal.

You need to record new words.

There are meanings and example sentences.

This is so important.

Once again, record the new words, write the definitions

and also example sentences.

Why is this so beneficial?

Again, You're trying to speak English more fluently.

You're trying to improve your fluency.

Here's the benefit.

This enhances vocabulary retention and understanding of word usage in context.

I actually want to explain something to you from my experience

before I give you some examples.

This literally happened to me about a month ago.

Okay.

This is true.

I, again, a native English speaker.

I'm an English teacher.

I was actually reviewing something.

I was having worship.

I'm a Christian and I was having worship, reading the Bible and reading

some commentaries, and there was one portion that really stuck out to me.

It was so powerful as I read it.

I read it more than once.

It really hit home.

And then I remembered, Hey, if I write this down, I will remember it later.

If I write this down, I'll be able to retain it easier and be

able to share it with someone later just by writing it down.

And if you're watching this lesson, you can see behind me,

all of these notebooks behind me.

Why?

Because I always write things down because I understand how my brain works.

When I write it down.

I'll retain it.

This is why this tip tip number three is so important.

When you write things down, you'll retain the information and

you'll be able to use it later on.

So here's some examples of how you can do this.

All right.

Now we have morning, afternoon, and evening here in the morning.

What you can do is you can write.

One new word from an article you read one new word from an article.

So you can find any article.

It can be online.

It can be on your cell phone.

Maybe you downloaded something, or maybe it's a printed article.

You can find the article wherever you'd like.

But the important thing is in the morning, read that article and write

one new word in your vocabulary journal.

Remember, you're going to write the word and you're going to write the

definition and example sentences.

Now here's what you can do in the afternoon.

You can write one new word.

From a podcast or audio clip, you listened to remember earlier in tip number

one, I spoke about immersing yourself in English and I mentioned podcasts.

Well, as you listen to these podcasts, you are going to hear

new words, new expressions, new phrasal verbs, write them down.

You don't have to write each and every one you can select one, two, or three.

Right.

And make sure you write the definition and the examples and

instances that you find online.

Now, here's another way you can do this in the evening.

What you're going to do in the evening, write one new word from a show or video.

You saw notice how this is broken down in the morning, you are reading

in the afternoon, you are listening in the evening, you are watching.

Why?

Because by the end of the day, normally you're going to be just a bit tired.

So you want to kind of relax.

You can still learn English while you relax.

And as you watch the video, you're going to hear new words.

Write the word or words down.

Makes sense.

Excellent.

All right.

So now we're going to move on to tip number four, tip number four, tip number

four is to practice writing daily.

You got it.

I showed you my journals earlier.

Practice writing daily.

Something that is very interesting is the connection between writing Writing

and speaking, writing and speaking.

Now we're helping you in this lesson, improve your English fluency.

That's what I'm teaching you.

Part of improving your English fluency is practicing writing every single day.

Let me break this down for you.

Write essays, write journal entries or emails in English.

These are just three examples of things you can write to

improve your English fluency.

Why is this so beneficial?

Here we go.

It improves your writing skills.

Your grammar and the ability to express thoughts clearly.

This is the part that I like to emphasize your ability to express.

Thoughts clearly, you have many thoughts, many ideas, many opinions.

And the challenge you experienced sometimes is how to express

those thoughts, ideas, and opinions clearly in English.

Well, my friend, according to tip number four, if you practice writing

daily, that skill will also improve.

So let me help you out.

Here we go.

Here are some examples.

You know, I love the five W's.

You got it?

Who?

What?

When, where, and why we're going to use the five W's as a launching pad

to help you write on a regular basis.

So for the who, this is what I want you to do.

I want you to write about one person you.

Met, for example, maybe you met your mother today, right about your mom.

Maybe you met your husband today, right about your husband.

You're going to write about one person you met for the, what you're going to write

about one thing you did one thing you did, for example, about 30 minutes ago, I had

to run to the store to pick up some juice.

So I could write in my journal, uh, about 11 o'clock this morning.

I had to run to target to purchase some juice.

Right about what you did then for the win, right about the time of day.

You enjoyed the most and why think about your day.

What's happening right now.

You're actually organizing your thoughts, man.

Let me review my day to day.

What did I really enjoy the most?

And it's happening in English, which is going to lead to improving your thoughts.

Your fluency and what about the, where you're going to

write about one place you went.

I said a few moments ago that I went to target to buy some juice.

I can talk about the target, how, when you walk in, it's just so peaceful.

The staff members, they are so friendly.

I can write about the place I went to.

Again, writing every day, using the five W's as your prompt.

And what about the why?

Write one reason why you enjoyed your day.

Now, this is different from when, because when is speaking

about a specific time of day.

Why is saying your entire day?

Why did you enjoy your day?

Makes sense.

Excellent.

All right.

So now we're going to move on to tip number four tip.

Excuse me, number five.

Here we go.

Tip number five.

Here we go.

All right.

Listen to English music and analyze the lyrics.

Sneak peek, I'm about to sing to you.

All right.

So again, tip number five is listen to English music and analyze the lyrics.

Let me break this down for you.

Why this is so important.

Here we go.

What you're going to do is enjoy English music and study the lyrics

to understand slang, grammar.

Idioms and cultural expressions.

My goal is to help you speak English fluently.

My other goal is to help you enjoy the process.

It doesn't have to be overwhelming.

It doesn't have to be frustrating or boring to improve your English fluency.

You just need to have the right tools and the right tips to achieve your goals.

So again, enjoy English music and study the lyrics to learn new

slang, idioms, and expressions.

Now, why is this such a benefit?

It makes learning, like I mentioned, enjoyable and helps

with memorizing phrases naturally.

This is the part.

Now it doesn't matter.

Where you're from, right?

There's some music that you enjoy, right?

When you hear you just kind of start moving a little bit, right?

Music is enjoyable.

And this is why in order to improve your English fluency, tip

number five will help you so much.

So what I'm going to show you right now, my friend is.

One of the songs I loved growing up, the song is called lost

without you by BB and CC Winans.

Now, if you're watching this right now, I have the lyrics on the

screen and I am going to sing.

This song to you.

Part of this song to you again, it was one of my favorite songs growing up.

Now, remember I said a few moments ago yesterday, remember

I said that I was screaming at the top of my lungs for my niece.

So my voice is still not 100, but I will happily sing this song to you again.

Speaking about the importance of listening to English music.

Here we go.

Okay.

Lost without you.

And then I'm going to break down some of the terms within the song.

All right.

Day by day, no more reaction.

You are my center attraction.

Every beat my heart beats is your.

Song from hurt and harm.

You're my protection.

The path I take is your direction.

Cause I know with you, I can go wrong.

Ever since that day, I asked you into my heart.

My world has changed, so promise me you'll never part.

And now the chorus, you can join in if you'd like, cause I'm lost without

a you, I had to change the keys.

I told you I couldn't sing that high.

My voice, easy to see I'm lost without a you and there's no letting go.

So let me be the first to say, I'm going to pause right there

because I had to do falsetto right there because it got higher.

But again, this was one of my favorite songs.

Why did I show this to you as an example, let me explain, there are so

many expressions and terms in this song.

Look at the very first expression that I want to show you.

I'm lost without you.

Now, wait a minute.

Lost means that you don't know where you're going, right?

Like, Oh, I lost my dog.

I don't know where he is.

He doesn't know where his home is.

So the song title is lost without you.

It means when you're not in my life, I have no direction.

If you're not with me, I won't know where to go.

You caught it right lost without you.

Now this song is talking about God, right?

Then the other part that I want to explain to you again, day by day, normal reaction.

You are my center attraction center.

Now center implies main you're my main focus.

Think about attraction as something that draws your attention, right?

Okay.

Something that draws your attention.

I haven't even gotten to the chorus and you see already, there

are terms that you can learn from this song center attraction.

You're my main focus.

You're the thing that draws my attention.

This is why it's so important for you to utilize tip number five, listen

to English music, good English music.

Something good and analyze the lyrics.

All right, let's keep going.

So again, that was tip number five.

Now, before we get to tip number six, I do want to remind you each time I

teach you something here on YouTube, or if you're listening to the podcast,

I want you to also check out the app.

English with Tiffany each and every week, I have lessons within the app that will

help you practice what you're learning.

My goal is to help you achieve your English goals.

So all you have to do is download the app totally for free English with Tiffany

and practice each and every week with me.

What you've learned here in this YouTube lesson or podcast lesson or episode.

And each day there are other lessons as well.

So I hope you enjoy the app English with Tiffany.

All right.

Tip number six, use English in daily tasks.

One more time.

Use.

English in daily tasks.

Let me break this down.

It's important for you to incorporate English into routine tasks, like

shopping lists or to do lists or diary entries, think about your life.

Think about the things you are already doing and try to incorporate.

Integrate English or add English into those routines.

Why is this so important?

You see, this encourages thinking in English and it makes language

use a regular part of your day.

We're talking about helping you improve your English fluency.

This can only happen if you follow these tips and start

to use English more and more.

Throughout your daily life.

All right.

So here we go.

I'm going to help you a bit morning, afternoon, and evening.

This is what I want you to do in the morning.

What you can do is you can describe what you are going to make for breakfast.

Let's say for example, in the morning you enjoy eating eggs, maybe

toast, and maybe you have an apple.

Describe it.

What type of apple do you like?

Just to let you know, I love Fuji apples.

True story.

They're very hard.

They're crisp.

They're flavorful.

They're delicious, right?

I just described the apple, but what about your eggs?

Maybe you like salty eggs.

Maybe you like eggs with pepper.

What about your toast?

What do you put on your toast?

Start describing something you already do.

And what about the afternoon in the afternoon?

I want you to explain what you have accomplished so far.

It doesn't matter if you are a stay at home mom.

Amazing.

By the way, maybe a stay at home.

Dad also amazing.

By the way, maybe you work in an office environment.

Maybe you're a student.

It doesn't matter what your occupation or what you do.

Start describing what you did during the day.

All right.

Now in the evening, this is what you're going to do.

You're going to describe what you want to do tomorrow.

This is going to help you as you think about the future and how to

describe things that will happen.

In the future, this is going to help you improve your English fluency.

Now, as a reminder, these tips, you can select which one or ones you want to use.

You can change it up each and every day, but using these tips is going

to help you improve your fluency.

All right.

Tip number seven, very important.

Stay persistent and patient one more time.

Stay persistent and patient.

Listen closely.

Recognize that language learning is a gradual process and requires

consistent effort over time.

I know that it's not easy.

I know that it's challenging, but I need you to know that I believe in

you because it is possible for you to achieve each and every one of your goals.

If you simply remain persistent and patient.

Why is this important?

This helps maintain motivation and resilience in facing challenges,

ensuring long term progress and success.

So you're probably asking Tiffany, how can I remain persistent and patient?

Let me help you out, my friend.

Here we go.

First, your morning routine.

You can choose.

A 15 minute block in the morning to study.

Maybe you don't have a lot of time, but 15 minutes a day, you

can sacrifice in the morning.

Perfect.

Select that in the morning, or maybe the mornings don't work for you.

No problem.

In the evenings, select a 15 minute block to study, but just remain persistent.

And patient, whichever block of time you select, make sure you stick to that time.

And maybe you have no time during the week.

Totally.

Okay.

On Sundays, possibly choose a 30 minute block to study every Sunday.

You can change the day.

You can change the amount of time.

The most important thing is for you to be persistent and patient.

Seven techniques that will improve your pronunciation starting right now.

Technique number one, listen and repeat.

Once again, listen and repeat.

In other words, you need to practice mimicking native speakers pronunciation.

Let me break this down for you.

You see, this technique involves carefully listening to native English speakers

and attempting to replicate their pronunciation as closely as possible.

Now, I personally used this technique to improve my pronunciation

when I was studying Korean.

Korean is a very difficult language.

And I knew that I had to put the time in to improve my pronunciation.

And it got so good that people, when they were on the phone,

would answer and they thought.

I was Korean.

Why?

Because I listened and repeated what I was hearing whenever I watched a

television program, whenever I listened to a podcast, whenever I was around

my Korean friends, I would listen and repeat what they were saying.

You can use this technique to improve your English pronunciation.

I have spoken to thousands upon thousands of English learners.

And one of the common challenges is pronunciation.

They say, Tiff, my accent is too strong.

People don't understand me.

Pronunciation is so hard.

Listen, if you focus on repeating exactly trying to replicate what you hear, I

guarantee your pronunciation will improve, but you have to be patient with yourself.

So even right now, as I am giving you this technique, you could pause the video

and repeat the last sentence you heard.

Then rewind the video and listen again.

And then repeat again, your goal is to sound exactly like me or

exactly like the individual you are watching or listening to.

So again, technique number one is to listen and repeat.

Now, let me give you three reasons why this is such a powerful technique.

Reason number one, using this technique will help you train your ear to

recognize Subtle differences in sounds.

I love this as a native English speaker, right?

I speak in English all the time.

I'm teaching you English right now, but when you listen to me,

you'll notice subtle differences.

Why?

Because English is not your first language.

So your ear is going to kind of focus just a bit more.

This will help you notice the subtle, the nuances, the differences in sound.

The second reason why this technique is so powerful is you'll develop

muscle memory in your mouth and tongue for producing new sounds.

Now I have mentioned this many times before, and I've also told a story.

Stay till the end for story time.

So I told a story about one of my students who was trying to

improve Her pronunciation, she was struggling to make the T H sound.

She didn't know how to put her tongue between her teeth

and make it feel natural.

So I told her to practice over and over again.

When she was working, the, the, she had to get this muscle memory down.

Her tongue needed to figure out, ah, This is a new sound, and this is the position

I need to be in to make this sound.

So for technique number one, when you listen and repeat, it also

helps you with muscle memory.

And finally, the third reason why this technique is so powerful is it allows

you to practice in a low pressure environment, building your confidence.

When you're practicing alone or when you're listening to something

and repeating it, maybe even at a lower tone, or you're just kind

of talking to yourself, you're not worried about anyone judging you.

And this will inevitably build your confidence technique.

Number one.

Listen and repeat.

Now, before we go to technique number two, my name is teacher Tiffany, and

I am passionate about helping you and other English learners around the world.

Finally speak English with confidence.

I think this lesson is going to take your English pronunciation to the next level.

Now, if you want to continue practicing, even after this lesson, don't forget

about the English with Tiffany app.

The link is in the description.

If you're watching the video, or you can go to the Google play store or

the Apple store and download English with Tiffany to continue practicing.

Now technique number two technique.

Number two is.

Record yourself speaking.

Now I said this one slower because sometimes students

don't like to record themselves.

It feels awkward having your phone in front of you or your

camera, and you're talking to the camera and you can see yourself.

It feels uncomfortable, but when you're trying to improve your pronunciation,

you must try various techniques.

So record yourself speaking.

You need to compare your pronunciation with native speakers.

So when you record yourself, you can watch the video again, or listen to the audio

recording and realize, ah, Teacher Tiffany sounds like that, but I sound like this.

What can I tweak to make it sound more natural again, by recording your

own speech and comparing it to native speakers, you can identify areas for

improvement in your pronunciation.

It's so powerful for you to be able to self correct as

you're on your English journey.

Now, here are three reasons why this technique is so powerful.

Reason number one, you'll become more aware of your own

speech patterns and habits.

This is important.

If your goal is to improve your English skills, if your goal is to speak English

more fluently, if your goal is to improve your pronunciation specifically, you

need to record yourself, it will help you recognize your patterns and your habits.

The second reason why this technique is so powerful is it provides a concrete

way to track your progress over time.

I recorded a video last week.

I recorded a video today.

I can compare how I did today to how I did last week.

You can track your progress and reason number three.

You can focus on specific sounds or words that you find challenging.

Remember a few moments ago, I mentioned that one of my students, when I

worked in South Korea, struggled with the T H sound, she was able to

pronounce the F sound properly, the S sound, the Z sound, the T sound.

It was just.

That T H sound that she struggled with.

So when you take the time to record yourself, whether a video

recording or an audio recording, you'll be able to recognize the

sounds you need to focus more on.

So again, technique number two, record yourself speaking technique.

Number three, watch English media.

With subtitles, I'll say it again, watch English media with subtitles.

In other words, you have to observe how words are pronounced in context.

This method allows you to see and hear English being used naturally,

helping you understand pronunciation in real world situations.

As a native English speaker, I know how to speed up and slow down, and

I can understand when others speak fast or speak slow, but for you as

an English learner, there are going to be times when you're watching a

program and a native English speaker just starts speaking really quickly.

And you don't know what they're saying.

The moment you turn on the subtitles in English.

Your brain will start connecting.

Ah, these three words together said quickly sound like this, and that

will help enhance your pronunciation.

So here are three other reasons why this technique is so important.

Reason number one.

You'll learn how words change in the connected speech.

That's what I just mentioned.

Words together, what they sound like connected.

Reason number two, it exposes you to different accents and speaking styles.

And finally, reason number three, you can improve your listening skills.

While reinforcing pronunciation, this technique is very powerful and I

encourage you to do it no matter, or to use it, no matter what level you are.

Intermediate or advanced, but the subtitles must be in English.

You got me.

Excellent.

All right.

So let's move on now to technique number four.

Technique number four is.

Exaggerate mouth movements.

Again, exaggerate mouth movements.

Now you have probably been with me for a while.

And so, you know that I make an effort to speak very clearly to help you

understand the lessons that I'm teaching.

I also exaggerate my mouth movements many times in order for you to

understand me more and for you to see how I am making certain sounds.

Here's the thing you need to practice over articulating to improve muscle memory.

I've been speaking English my entire life, so I can speak quickly.

I can say things because I have muscle memory, right?

Therefore, thus this, my mouth knows if the TH sounds comes up, I need

to put the tongue through my teeth.

By exaggerating your mouth movements, when speaking English, you can

develop better control over the muscles used in pronunciation.

We're trying to help you starting right now, improve your pronunciation.

Here are the three reasons why this is so powerful and why

it is such a useful technique.

Reason number one, it helps you feel the difference between

similar sounds more clearly.

It helps you feel the difference reason.

Number two, you'll become more aware of the physical aspects.

Of pronunciation.

Sometimes when you watch television, when you watch a YouTube video, or even

when you're listening to a podcast, it just seems like people are speaking

with no effort, but it just goes back to muscle memory and the more you exaggerate

your mouth movements, the easier it will be for you in a real conversation

to make those sounds properly.

And reason number three, it can lead to clearer, more

More precise speech over time.

Remember I told you earlier that when I would be on the phone in

Korea, I would sound like a Korean.

They thought I was Korean.

Why?

Because I practiced using this technique, exaggerating my mouth

movements, making sure I was actually properly forming the sound inside and

on the exterior portion of my mouth.

Technique number four, exaggerate mouth movements.

Technique number five.

Shadow native speakers, again, shadow native speakers.

You're going to speak along with audio in real time.

Shadowing involves speaking along with the native speaker in real time,

matching their pace, intonation, and pronunciation as closely as possible.

So let's practice this really quickly.

And then we'll go to the reasons.

If you're watching this video, you can see on your screen right now a

sentence, the description, right?

I want you to try to shadow me, try to follow my pace and my intonation.

Here we go.

Shadowing involves speaking along with the native speaker in real time,

matching their pace, intonation and pronunciation as closely as possible.

Now you can pause this video and try to say what I just said.

Or maybe you were actually reading in real time, trying to keep up with me.

This technique will help you improve your pronunciation.

Here are the three reasons why this is such a powerful technique.

Reason number one, it improves your ability to keep up with

natural speech patterns.

I teach my students in my Academy to speak English with Tiffany Academy,

that there's a rhythm to speech, right?

And if you have rhythm, you can kind of follow the rhythm as you're speaking.

Again, it improves your ability to keep up with natural speech

patterns or natural speech rhythms.

Reason number two, you'll internalize the rhythm and flow of English.

I just said, rhythm is so important when you're speaking English.

And reason number three, it helps you develop a more natural sounding accent.

When you're shadowing a native English speaker, you're telling your brain, Hey,

this is what I'd like to sound like.

Let's work hard to sound like that.

All right.

Okay.

So again, technique number five, shadow native speakers.

Now let's go to technique number six.

Technique number six is also very important.

It refers to learning intonation patterns.

Again, learning intonation patterns, practice the rise.

And fall of pitch in sentences, you see understanding and practicing

intonation patterns helps you convey meaning more effectively and sound

more natural when speaking English.

Let me break it down like this.

When I'm speaking to you, when I'm explaining the lesson to you, I normally

take my time and speak very clearly.

I also make it a point to allow my voice to rise and fall.

I want you to see that intonation matters because if I, all of a sudden

started speaking like this with the monotone, you would probably get bored

very quickly, but because sometimes I'm like this, and sometimes I'm like this.

There's something about changing your intonation that draws people in.

So you need to learn intonation patterns.

For example, when you're happy, normally, if someone is happy and speaking English,

their voice goes up, there's kind of this lightness to their voice and a high pitch.

But if someone is very serious, maybe sad, upset, or just in a very solemn

mood, Our voice naturally drops down.

You see the difference, right?

I feel really good.

And then I just want to tell you about something that happened yesterday.

This intonation practice is going to help your pronunciation so much.

Here are three reasons why this is so important.

It allows you to express emotions and attitudes more accurately.

If I all of a sudden said, man, I'm having the worst day of my life.

Something would be a little off, right?

Tiff, you sound happy, but the words you're using don't match what I'm feeling.

When you practice the intonation patterns, it's going to inevitably

help your pronunciation as well.

And people will understand you more.

Reason number two, you'll be better understood as intonation can

change the meaning of a sentence.

And finally, reason number three, it helps you sound more native,

like in your speech, practicing these intonation patterns and

the flow and rhythm of English.

So again, technique number six, learn intonation patterns

technique number seven.

Slow down your speech.

I'll say it again.

Slow down your speech.

You see, focusing on clarity is important to do before increasing speed.

Sometimes as you're learning English and trying to improve your pronunciation,

you might think, Hey, as long as I speak faster, it'll be good.

But that's not the case.

You see by speaking more slowly at first, you can concentrate on pronouncing

each sound correctly before working on increasing your speaking speed.

Why is this so important?

Reason number one, it gives you time to think about the correct

pronunciation of each word.

Now we're not saying that you should speak this way.

Slowly, instead, we're saying you should speak this slowly.

It's okay to pause for a moment.

And in the pauses, when you're taking your time, you're giving

yourself an opportunity to think.

You caught that, right?

I slowed down on purpose, but you were still engaged.

Reason number two, you'll develop better control over your speech organs,

slow it down before you speed it up.

And reason number three, it helps reduce anxiety and increases

your confidence in speaking.

You got it.

Yes.

Technique number seven, slow down your speech.

technique.

Number one, contextual learning.

Now, this technique involves studying idioms within real life situations,

using authentic materials, like books, movies, and podcasts.

Learning idioms can be very tricky at times, but when you learn them in

real situations, it will help you not only understand them, but start to use

them Faster, for example, let's say you learned this idiom on cloud nine.

Now just saying that idiom, it sounds like, okay, there are nine clouds in

the sky and you're sitting on a cloud.

But if I told you this real life situation yesterday, oh my gosh, my

mom, she can cook true story, she made this amazing banana nut bread.

And as it came out of the oven, oh my gosh, everything inside of me was excited.

I was on cloud nine because I knew I was about to eat the best

piece of banana nut bread ever.

You see how that changed, right?

Yeah.

I told you my story, a real life situation.

And I said, I was on cloud nine as I watched the banana nut bread come out of

the oven on cloud nine, just to means, just means to be extremely happy when

you learn the idiom based on a real life situation, you'll remember it.

So here are three reasons why this technique is so powerful.

Reason number one.

It helps you understand how idioms are actually used in everyday language.

Just like with my story, I said, ah, as I watched the banana nut bread

coming out of the oven, I was on cloud nine and you saw my facial expression,

if you're watching this lesson.

Change, a big smile came on my face.

You're able to see how the idioms are used in everyday language.

Reason number two, you'll pick up on the nuances and cultural

context surrounding each idiom.

Ah, teacher Tiffany really likes banana nut bread.

True story.

And she really likes her mother's cooking.

True story.

And she was very excited about this banana nut bread.

And I watched her body language change.

These things help you because you're learning in context and reason number

three, it makes learning more engaging and memorable when you encounter

idioms in relatable situations.

Just like I said, I love banana nut bread.

I'm sure there's something you love, something your mother made

as you were growing up, or maybe even makes for you right now.

And when she makes it, Ooh, you just get excited.

You would get elated.

You are on cloud nine.

You got that, right?

Yes.

All right.

So again, technique number one is contextual learning, learning the idioms

in context, based on real life situations.

Technique number two, chunking.

Yeah, you heard me right chunking.

Now I said, I loved.

Technique number one, but I also love this technique.

Now, let me explain what chunking actually is.

So chunking is the practice of grouping related terms or concepts

together for easier memorization.

Again, grouping things together.

So that you can remember them later.

Did you notice earlier when I was giving you my experience about my mom making

banana nut bread, and I said, I was on cloud nine, I also said, I felt elated.

I was elated.

Elated is a word that I teach students in my Academy, the speak English with Tiffany

Academy, and it means extremely happy.

Well, on cloud nine also means extremely happy.

So now we have an idiom and a vocabulary word.

What's going to happen now, next time, when you are excited or very happy,

both of these terms will pop in your head, the idiom and the vocabulary word.

This is called chunking, relating terms together and learning them together.

So here are three reasons why this technique is so powerful.

First, it reduces cognitive load, making it easier for you to

remember multiple idioms at once.

When you are thinking about, Hey, happiness, how can I describe happiness?

If you have multiple idioms that you learn at the same time, chunking, it

will be easier for you to remember and it won't take too much mental strain.

Here's the second reason why this is so powerful.

You'll start recognizing patterns in idioms, which will aid in understanding

and recall your brain is amazing.

Yes, you, my friend, your brain is absolutely amazing and it

can do more than you realize.

So when you learn by chunking the idioms together, which have

similar meanings, your brain starts trying to make connections.

To help you remember them in the future.

And reason number three, it's a time efficient way to expand your

idiomatic vocabulary quickly.

When you learn by chunking, you're cutting down your study time, but increasing your

efficiency and also improving your memory.

This is a powerful technique.

So again, technique number two is.

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Okay.

Let's keep going.

Here is the next technique, technique number three.

Spaced repetition, again, spaced repetition.

Now this involves reviewing new terms at increasing intervals to reinforce memory.

For example, let's say today you are going to learn.

Six new idioms, right?

You have six new idioms.

Now, tomorrow you can review idioms one and two.

Then the next day you can review idioms three and four.

Then the next day you can review idioms one, five, six.

You can determine which ones you're going to review, but there needs to be.

Repetition and space in between.

So you don't have to practice each one every day, but find a system that works.

Why is this so powerful?

Here are three reasons why spaced repetition will help you learn idioms.

First, it helps move idioms from your short term to your long term memory.

Your short term says, okay, we're learning this today and maybe

we only need it for 24 hours.

But the moment you go back to that idiom, go back to that place in your

notebook, your brain says, Oh, this is more important than we realized.

We need to store this information in our long term memory.

Reason number two, you'll retain idioms for longer periods, reducing

the need for constant revision.

And reason number three, it's an efficient way to learn as you focus

more on idioms, you find challenging.

You're going to improve because you're going to learn idioms

that will become easy to you.

And then you'll learn the newer idioms that are hard, but you'll connect them

to the other ones you've already learned.

So again, technique number three, spaced repetition technique number

four, again, to master and learn.

English idioms using visual aids.

I love visual aids.

We're human beings.

We're constantly looking at things unless you might be blind.

And I have some students that are blind.

So if you are blind.

This won't work for you, but you might enjoy the audio aspect, right?

Finding different sounds to connect to the idioms you're learning.

But for those that are able to see visual aids can help you immensely.

Now, visual aids using them means representing idioms.

Through images or mind maps.

Think about it like this.

At the very beginning of this lesson, I described the situation

where a mom made banana nut bread.

So I could find a picture of either my mom cooking or of banana nut bread.

And whenever I see it, I say, ah, on cloud nine.

Why?

Because banana nut bread makes me happy.

It makes me feel like I'm on cloud nine.

That's a visual aid.

It's now a trigger to my brain.

Ah, that makes you happy.

You're on cloud nine.

Makes sense.

Right?

Excellent.

Here are three reasons why this is such a powerful technique.

Reason number one.

It caters to visual learning styles, making idioms more memorable for you.

You'll remember them like, ah, yes, I remember that I'm connecting

it to a situation or an event.

Reason number two, you'll create strong mental associations

between the idiom and its meaning.

Again, you'll create these triggers, basically connecting your mind.

I have this image, this idiom.

Now, whenever I see this.

Image I think of the idiom.

Whenever I hear the idiom, I immediately think of the image.

Reason number three, it's a fun and creative way to

engage with language learning.

I used to use this technique when I was in South Korea and I realized

that the students were getting either a little bit tired or overwhelmed.

I would close the books.

I would say, Hey guys, close your books.

And I take out some pictures, I'd show some pictures on my computer and

we would use those to either create sentences, or I would use them to

describe different words or idioms.

It's very powerful.

So again, technique number four, visual aids.

Now, technique number five.

Technique number five is role playing.

Role playing.

Now for this one, it involves practicing new expressions or

idioms in simulated conversations.

So you can either.

Use chat GPT now that it's being very, uh, widely spread.

Now it's widely spread, right?

People are using it all over the world.

Create a conversation based on the idiom and practice it with your partner.

Or you can actually simply.

Come up with your own conversation using the idiom, which actually might work

better because it'll stick in your mind longer and then actually act it out.

Hey girl.

Hey, what's up?

I heard that your mom made some banana nut bread girl.

You heard right?

Yes, I was on cloud nine.

Again, role playing, right?

This is what you can do to improve your ability to understand

English idioms and master them.

Here's the first reason why this is so powerful.

It gives you practical experience using idioms in realistic scenarios.

Reason number two, you'll gain confidence in using idioms in actual conversations.

And reason number three, it helps you understand the appropriate context

and tone for using specific idioms.

Role playing is extremely powerful.

So again, technique number five, role playing technique, number six.

Journaling now, this is another one that I also think is powerful.

You see journaling means keeping a language journal to record

and reflect on new vocabulary.

I kept tons of journals when I was in South Korea, studying Korean.

And I have so many of those journals in my closet.

I'm actually going to get some of the journals I keep now.

Now, these journals are connected that you see, if you're watching the

video connected to the lessons I'm teaching you right now, actually, but

I have a journal based on the platform.

So I have one for Instagram, one for YouTube, one for

Tik TOK, one for my Academy.

Why?

Because journaling is a powerful way to not only document and remember,

But also track your progress.

Journaling is very, very powerful.

So here are three reasons why you should journal in order to master English idioms.

First, it provides a personal record of your learning journey,

showing your progress over time.

Actually, I want to show you a journal that I started.

When I first created this YouTube channel.

All right.

So this is one of my journals, literally from what year is this?

If you're watching it, you'll see, but I want to show you some of

the images in my journal, right?

Let's see if you can see this.

This is literally a journal I had when I was starting this YouTube

channel, I would draw out every frame to create the lessons.

So what has happened?

We've come on this journey.

I'm here today, but I have this why to look back at how far I've come.

Right.

So it's important for you on your journey to keep a journal and you'll

track your progress over time.

The second reason is you can revisit.

And review idioms easily, reinforcing your learning, reminding

yourself, ah, that's what it means.

This is powerful and reason number three, it encourages active engagement

with the language, improving retention.

You will retain the information more again, the power of a journal.

I cannot emphasize it enough.

That is why I have so many journals behind me for those watching

and so many in my office closet.

So again, technique number six, journaling.

What about technique number seven, technique number seven, teach others.

Again, teach others so powerful.

Now teach others.

This involves explaining new concepts to peers, to solidify understanding.

So let's say, for example, you have your journal, you wrote everything down.

You wrote down this new idiom that you learned.

And then you see, Oh, my friend, wait a minute.

Ah, should I teach him?

Should I tell him?

Yes.

Hey, John, guess what?

I learned this new idiom.

Can I teach it to you?

It's, it's called it.

Ah, where's it at again?

Uh, on cloud nine.

It just means really happy.

All of a sudden, the very fact that you taught John that idiom is

going to reinforce it in your mind and you will remember it later.

Three reasons why this is so powerful.

The first reason it forces you to fully understand the idiom in order to

explain it clearly to others, because what's going to happen as you're

explaining the idiom to John, Hey, John, yeah, the idiom, uh, on cloud nine.

John is going to say, oh, well, wait a minute.

Can I use it whenever I'm happy?

The only way you're going to be able to answer his questions is

if you understand it completely.

This is going to help you master English idioms.

Here's the second reason why this is so powerful.

You'll gain confidence in your knowledge as you share it with others.

This is something I love.

I love to help you build confidence in yourself.

And when you teach somebody else, you'll be more confident in your

ability to actually use the idiom.

Your shoulders will go back.

Your head will go up.

You'll be more confident.

The third reason it provides an opportunity for you to use the idiom

in a practical conversational setting.

Hey, John, I just want to talk to you real quick, man.

Let me help you understand this new idiom that I learned.

This is a powerful technique.

Again, teach others technique number eight technique.

Number eight is to.

Paraphrase it's the paraphrasing technique.

This means restating idioms in your own words to check your understanding.

We've been talking about being on cloud nine.

I mentioned, I love my mom's banana nut bread.

How can you rephrase on cloud nine?

I feel absolutely amazing.

I'm super happy at this moment.

Rephrasing the idiom to make sure you understand it.

Here's the first reason why this is so powerful.

Reason number one, it helps you internalize the meaning of the

idiom beyond just memorizing it.

Again, this helps you understand the meaning of the idiom

beyond just memorizing it.

Reason number two, you'll improve your overall language skills as you practice

expressing ideas in different ways, your English idioms and the English idioms,

you know, and your ability to use them.

That's not the only skill that's going to improve.

You're going to improve your English fluency as well.

And reason number three.

It's a great way for you to check.

If you truly understand the idioms, meaning and usage, listen, when you

paraphrase, you actually are letting yourself know, Hey, I really got this.

I really understand.

So again, technique number eight, paraphrasing technique, number nine,

word association, word association is another technique that you must

understand it involves linking new terms.

To familiar concepts or personal experiences is a

little similar to chunking.

However, this one is attached to real experiences, right?

So word association, I can say, for example, ah, on cloud nine.

Ah, okay.

I'm happy when I eat banana nut bread.

I feel really good when I eat Indian food, attaching it to an experience.

Why is this so important?

Here's the first reason it makes abstract idioms more

concrete and relatable for you.

Number two.

You'll create stronger neural connections, making recall easier.

Your brain is connecting that idiom to other things already in your brain.

And reason number three, it personalizes your learning experience,

making idioms more meaningful To you, this is a powerful technique.

Again, word association.

Making mistakes is actually good.

Sounds weird, right?

Let me give you 11 reasons why it's good to make mistakes in English.

Reason number one, you see making mistakes, my friend helps you

identify areas that need to be fixed.

When you make mistakes in English, you can pinpoint specific areas where you

need to focus your learning efforts.

This self awareness is crucial and important for targeted improvement.

I know that you don't like making mistakes.

I know that it gets uncomfortable and maybe you feel embarrassed, but.

But when you make those mistakes, it actually allows you to see, Hey,

this is an area I need to improve.

Hey, this is an area I need to focus on to be better.

There's a quote I want to tell you that actually talks about this very point.

It's from Thomas Edison.

Thomas Edison said, I have not failed.

I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't fail.

I haven't failed.

I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work.

We are all benefiting from Thomas Edison.

Let the world benefit from you making mistakes and then improving yourself.

Reason number one.

Errors provide opportunities for targeted practice and reinforcement.

Again, targeted practice and reinforcement.

Remember the very first one was.

Showing you where improvement is needed.

Now, for the second reason, you're seeing that it gives you the opportunity to

have targeted practice, to make sure you're targeting the right things.

Mistakes allow you to practice specific language points correctly.

Repeatedly reinforcing correct usage and helping you internalize the rules.

I mentioned in our previous lesson from last week that one of my students,

when I was in South Korea, was able to improve her pronunciation.

Why she recognized her mistakes.

She kept making the same mistake.

Her T H pronunciation was not correct.

So she was able to target the T H sound.

And her practice was not about the S sound or the T sound because

she made those sounds properly.

But the mistake she kept making was in relation to the T H sound.

So she was able to target that sound.

And when I tell you.

Her pronunciation, it improved drastically because she targeted

her practice on the T H sound.

There's another quote that emphasizes the importance of making

mistakes and why this is good.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Henry Ford once again, said the only real mistake is the one Is the

one from which we learn nothing.

In other words, we are all going to make mistakes.

My friend, we're human beings.

We are going to make mistakes.

So when you make mistakes, don't feel bad.

Instead, like Henry Ford, Henry Ford was alluding to learn from them and

keep improving, baby, don't feel bad.

You got this.

Reason number three, why it's good to make mistakes.

Mistakes can lead to memorable learning experiences.

Often the embarrassment or surprise associated with the language mistake

makes the correct form more memorable, leading to long-term retention.

I told the story a few weeks back about my student who was not able

to pronounce the word law firm.

And I always said, wap herm instead of law firm.

And I said, he's a very, he was a very jovial guy, one of my favorite students.

So when I corrected him, we were all laughing together

because he was so confident.

He said, Tiff, wap herm.

I said, Tiff, wap herm.

He was in such a good mood when I corrected him, he wasn't embarrassed.

He was shocked that he said it incorrectly, but I'm sure he'll

never forget that moment, just like I have never forgotten that moment.

And it happened well over seven or eight years ago.

So again, when you make mistakes, it can lead to a memorable experience.

Here's a quote that emphasizes this point.

Oscar Wilde said, experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Once again, experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

We go through life and we learn things.

You learn things when you make mistakes as a business owner, as your English

teacher, I have had many different experiences and some of those experiences

are tied to mistakes that were made, but I'll never forget those experiences

because I learned from the mistakes.

Don't be afraid of mistakes.

They are just learning experiences.

Let's go to the next reason why you should make mistakes.

Reason number four, correcting mistakes helps develop problem solving skills.

When you sit back and think to yourself, huh, I wonder why I made that mistake.

You'll inevitably start trying to fix it.

Trying to figure out, Hey, how can I do this better?

How can I use a different term?

Or how can I use this term properly?

Next time you see the process of identifying and correcting

errors enhances critical thinking.

And analytical skills, which are valuable in language learning and beyond.

This helps you, this habit of making mistakes is not a bad thing.

It can, and will help you.

Here's a quote that emphasizes this.

Albert Hubbard says, or said the greatest mistake you can make in life.

Is to be continually fearing that you will make one again, the greatest mistake

you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you'll even make a mistake.

Listen, I'm an English teacher.

I am passionate about helping you speak English fluently.

I'm more passionate about helping you speak English with confidence, meaning

I want you to believe in yourself.

I want you to be okay with making mistakes.

Don't beat yourself up.

Don't feel bad when you make a mistake instead, realize it's a part.

Of the process, don't fear them, just make them and keep growing, baby.

Come on, let's keep going.

Here's the next reason why it's okay to make mistakes.

Reason number five, errors often reveal patterns in language

learning that can be addressed.

When you make mistakes, you're going to find these patterns.

Ah, I always say it this way.

Ah, I always do it that way.

You see recurring mistakes can highlight systematic issues in your

understanding of English, allowing you to tackle these underlying problems.

Effectively.

I immediately thought about one of my students who has become a very close

He will know who I'm talking about.

Hey, and I've spoken to him many times because.

He's gotten to this point in his language journey, whereas English is amazing.

He does business in English.

He really speaks well.

So now that he has this confidence, I am able to correct his mistakes.

I am able to help him recognize the patterns of his mistakes.

Right?

I'm like, Hey, when you do this, this is what you say.

But it should be this way, right?

There are certain patterns.

And as you make mistakes, you'll recognize those patterns and then correct them.

Check out this quote that emphasizes this point.

Mistakes are portals of discovery.

James Joyce.

Once again, mistakes are the portals of discovery.

You're discovering how your brain processes things.

You're discovering how to use the language and how to flow when you're speaking.

Mistakes are powerful.

What about this?

One right here, mistakes can spark curiosity about

language rules and exceptions.

The more mistakes you make, the more curious you'll become, huh?

I wonder why that's wrong, but that's right.

This is what it's all about.

When you're learning a language, be curious, be creative.

It's okay to make mistakes.

You see, when you make mistakes or when you make errors.

You often become curious about why they're wrong, which leads to deeper exploration

of English grammar and usage rules.

I wonder why I can say this, but I can't say, check out this quote.

Phyllis Thoreau says, or said in the past, mistakes are the usual

bridge between inexperienced.

And wisdom mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

In other words, mistakes take you to the next level.

Now I'm sure you're sitting there and maybe you're shocked.

Maybe you're confused.

Is Tiffany telling me to make mistakes?

I am, I'm telling you to make mistakes because you have to

let go of the fear of mistakes.

In order for you to improve in order for you to speak English fluently,

let yourself go, my friend speak, make mistakes, recognize your

patterns, recognize the things you need to target and practice more,

but don't be afraid of mistakes.

Reason number seven, making mistakes.

Helps learners like you become more comfortable with

taking risks in communication.

I literally was just talking about that.

Let yourself go, be free, take risks.

You see, as you realize that mistakes are a natural part of learning, you

become more confident in using English, even what, even if you're not sure

that you're a hundred percent correct.

Kid, I brought up my niece before my youngest niece and

she's eight years old right now.

So of course she speaks English.

Well, she's still learning some things, but I remember when she was

four or five, she would just talk.

She wasn't scared.

She wasn't nervous.

She was using the language.

Was she making mistakes?

Yes, because she was still in the learning process, even now, but

she was free to express herself.

You as an English learner need to experience this freedom because out

of this freedom will come confidence.

Make mistakes, my friend.

Here is a quote to emphasize this point.

Neil Gaiman says, I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes because

if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things,

learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself and changing your world.

I agree with this quote, 100%.

If you don't learn anything today, I want you to remember this.

Make mistakes, baby.

It's totally okay.

Free yourself.

Enjoy using the language, make mistakes.

Reason number eight.

Mistakes can lead to discussions about cultural nuances in language use.

Immediately, what came to mind when I said this, when I read this reason,

when I was in level one, studying Korean years ago, I remember when I learned

how to say, take a shower in English, we say, take a shower in Korean.

And it's shower harder.

I said, wait a minute, we're doing a shower.

What in the world in that moment?

And again, more than a decade later, I still remember that

moment because I made a mistake.

I just translated, take a shower.

Right.

And I said it in Korean like that.

And the teacher was like, Oh no, Tiff, that's not how we say it in Korean.

We say shower Hada.

And I was like, huh?

But I never forgot that mistake.

Why?

Because it led to an understanding of the differences between Korean

culture and American culture.

Some errors stem from cultural differences, providing opportunities

to learn about the cultural context of English usage.

Here's a quote about this that emphasizes it.

Dale Carnegie said.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

I made a mistake.

I thought it was take a shower in Korean as well, but no, it's, it's not.

I learned from it and I moved forward.

Make mistakes.

They can lead to discussions.

Reason number nine, errors or mistakes often highlight the differences

between the learner's native language.

Now, this is similar to reason number eight with the cultural nuances, but

we're building on that reason again, mistakes can reveal how your native

language influences your English usage.

Just like it did for me.

Helping you understand and overcome language interference.

Remember mistakes are totally okay.

There are more pros to mistakes than cons.

There are more benefits than downfalls.

You can learn so much simply from making mistakes.

Check out this quote, Albert Einstein said, anyone who has never made a mistake.

Has never tried any thing new.

In other words, Albert Einstein, a genius was saying it's inevitable.

It's natural.

It's going to happen.

You're going to make a mistake.

If you're trying anything new, you are trying to speak English fluently.

Your goal is to speak English with confidence.

It's something new to you.

You're going to make mistakes and it's a, O K reason.

Number.

Mistakes provide opportunities to practice self correction

skills, a skill that you must have learning to identify and correct.

Your own mistakes is a valuable skill that enhances your overall

language proficiency and autonomy.

As a learner, in order to improve this skill, you have to recognize your

mistakes to recognize the mistakes.

You have to make mistakes.

You want to speak English fluently, my friend, it's okay to make mistakes.

Check out this quote.

Leon Brown said, mistakes are the stepping stones to wisdom.

This is similar To a quote we had earlier about mistakes being a bridge to wisdom.

Now we're seeing mistakes being stepping stones to wisdom, not

negative things, but positive things make mistakes and reason number 11.

Making mistakes helps learners become more aware of their own progress over time.

As you make mistakes, you realize, ah, I I made a mistake, but I

also corrected something that I made a mistake on last time.

Okay.

I'm getting better as you make fewer mistakes or different types of mistakes.

You can see tangible evidence of your improvement in English.

This will help you be more confident.

Check out this quote.

Theodore Roosevelt said, the only man who never makes mistakes is

the man who never does anything.

You're going to make mistakes, try something new, keep moving forward.

It is okay to make mistakes.

Have you ever been afraid to speak English?

You know, that nervousness that comes over you when someone walks up to you

and asks you a question in English.

Have you ever experienced.

This feeling if so today, I'm going to give you 11 techniques

to help you overcome this fear.

Are you ready?

Well, then I'm teacher Tiffany.

Let's jump right in technique.

Number one focused on communication rather than perfection.

I'll say it again because it's so important.

Focus on communication rather than perfection.

You see this technique emphasizes the importance of getting your

message across rather than worrying about speaking flawlessly.

And one of my previous lessons, I mentioned that it's okay to make mistakes.

And this technique is.

Emphasizes that same point.

You have to focus on communicating your idea, your thought, or your opinion,

instead of focusing on each and every word that you're saying and making

sure that your mistakes are not that bad or that your grammar is perfect.

Focus on communication rather than perfection.

We're talking about.

Letting go of your fears.

Now, there are three reasons why this is so important.

Here's the first reason this will reduce anxiety and help you speak more freely.

Many times when you would feel that, that fear coming over you and that

nervousness and that anxiety, it's because you don't want to make a mistake.

Let that go and you'll experience freedom from anxiety.

Reason number two, you'll learn faster by actively using the

language, even with mistakes.

Again, when you stop worrying about mistakes, you'll start speaking

more freely and you'll actually start to improve because you'll

be using what you have learned.

And reason number three.

It builds your confidence as you successfully communicate your ideas.

When you focus on communicating, rather than perfection, when you focus on

getting your thoughts out, instead of making sure each and every word is in

the right place, you'll actually be able to feel more confident in yourself.

You'll feel confident because people will start understanding what you want to say.

So technique number one is focus on communicating and not on perfecting.

Communication over perfection.

You got me.

Excellent.

All right, here we go.

Technique number two technique.

Number two is practice positive self talk and affirmations.

Now this technique is something you've probably noticed that I use in each

and every one of my video lessons.

My goal is to.

It's to help you speak English with confidence.

So in each video, not only do I want to teach you English, not only do I

want to help you understand certain expressions and terms, I actually really

want you to be confident in yourself.

So I always remind you that you're intelligent.

You are learning another language.

Your brain is amazing.

Why?

Because positive self talk and affirmations.

Will help you release your fear.

You see, it's important for you to use encouraging words and phrases to

boost your confidence and motivation in learning English, there are three

specific reasons why this technique works so well, the first reason is it

helps you overcome negative thoughts that may hinder your progress.

Listen, I've been where you are.

When I was studying Korean, it was very difficult.

And there were moments when I would hear a voice in my head

saying, ah, this is too hard.

You keep making mistakes.

Ah, this negative voice.

Is going to be present, but you have to stop it again by speaking to

yourself in a positive way, reminding yourself, Hey, you've come a long way.

You're intelligent.

You are smart enough to learn this language.

Reason number two, positive self talk can improve your overall learning attitude.

When you remind yourself that you can do it the next time, a new term It's brought

to you the next time you hear something that you've never heard before, instead

of feeling dejected, instead of feeling depressed, you'll say to yourself, ah, I

was smart enough to learn the last term.

I'm smart enough to learn this.

And reason number three, it reinforces your belief in your ability to master

the language, exactly what I just said before, you have to speak to yourself in

a positive way, don't put yourself down when you make a mistake, remind yourself.

It's okay.

I'm on this journey.

I can do it.

Affirm yourself and speak positively to yourself.

We're talking about overcoming your fears and finally speaking

English with confidence.

Technique number three, this technique is also very important.

Start with small achievable speaking goals.

I'll say this one again, start with small achievable speaking goals.

You see, it's important for you to set manageable objectives for

your English speaking practice.

Gradually increasing difficulty over time.

Let me be honest with you.

What happens sometimes is that English learners will set very high goals.

It's very good to set goals for yourself.

But for example, I want to learn a thousand English

vocabulary words in five days.

Now it's a good goal to learn 1000 English vocabulary words, but

five days, that's a bit too much.

Short, right?

You have a life you're working, you have family.

So it's important to set smaller achievable goals, because when you set

these large goals and don't achieve them, you suddenly start to feel down.

You start to experience this fear when you go to speak, because you

weren't able to achieve other goals.

So it's important to set small achievable goals.

And as time goes on, you increase those goals.

Here are three reasons why this technique is so important.

It prevents overwhelm and keeps you motivated.

You won't be overwhelmed by the 1000 words.

You have to learn in five days and you'll stay motivated because you'll

be achieving each of your goals.

Reason number two, you'll build confidence as you consistently come on

now, consistently achieve your goals.

It's amazing what happens to you when you do what you said you would do.

I'll say that again.

It's amazing.

What will happen to you when you do what you say you will do.

This builds confidence reason.

Number three, it allows you to track your progress more effectively, writing

out your small achievable goals and checking each and every one off the list.

Technique number four, again, effective ways to overcome your fears.

Record yourself speaking and listen back to track your progress.

Now we talked about this in one of the previous lessons.

The importance of recording yourself, whether it be a video or an audio clip,

and then going back and listening to yourself, use audio or video recordings to

monitor your speaking skills and identify.

Areas for improvement.

This will help you overcome your fears because you're recognizing

the points at which you struggle.

The patterns, the words, expressions that really cause

you to feel a bit uncomfortable.

Here are three reasons why this technique is so powerful.

Reason number one.

It helps you become aware of your pronunciation and intonation.

Many times, English learners, and maybe even you experience fear because

they feel like the individual they're speaking with will not understand them.

Maybe they have a stronger accent.

Maybe they feel like their pronunciation isn't that good.

In order to remove that fear, record yourself and then

review what you recorded.

Okay.

And you'll start to improve your pronunciation.

Reason number two, you can track your progress over time and

celebrate going back to affirmations, celebrate your improvements.

And finally, it allows you to practice self correction and develop a critical

ear, recognizing your mistakes and correcting them before you get into a

conversation technique, number five.

Practice speaking in front of a mirror to build confidence.

I absolutely love this one.

Getting in front of a mirror and talking to yourself, it's going to feel odd.

It's going to feel weird and awkward in the very beginning, but it works.

One of my students in the speak English with Tiffany Academy told me that Tiff.

I stand in front of my mirror and my husband says, you look crazy, but

my English is improving and I said, keep standing in front of the mirror.

So again, this is a very powerful technique.

You use a mirror to observe your English.

Facial expressions and your body language while speaking English.

And you'll be able to self correct.

Here are three reasons why this is so powerful.

Reason number one, it helps you become more comfortable with

how you look while speaking.

When you can see yourself, you'll be able to recognize, ah, when I say

certain things, this is how I move.

Let me change this.

Let me adjust a bit.

Reason number two, it helps you practice maintaining.

Eye contact and confident posture.

This is powerful.

Again, it helps you practice this eye contact and keeping

your posture in the right way.

Eye contact is powerful.

If all of a sudden, for those watching this lesson on YouTube, if all of a

sudden, I kind of looked away for the entire lesson and you didn't know what was

going on, you'd feel a little bit awkward.

Now, when I look at my screen, as I'm teaching you, I always make sure to come

back to you and give you eye contact because eye contact is important when

you're speaking to, or with someone.

Reason number three, again, speaking in front of a mirror is important because

it allows you to focus your mouth movements for better pronunciation.

You notice that right again, for those watching, you notice I slowed down and

you saw my mouth moving in a specific way.

You can watch your mouth movements when you practice in front of a mirror.

Technique number five, let's move on now to technique number six technique.

Number six is view errors as a natural part of the learning process, rather

than something to be feared or avoided.

This technique is.

Embrace mistakes as learning opportunities.

Again, embrace mistakes as learning opportunities.

This is something we spoke about two or three lessons ago.

Our entire lesson was about.

Mistakes.

It's okay to make mistakes.

Here are the three reasons why this technique is important.

It reduces anxiety about making mistakes, which allows you to speak more freely.

When you're not worried about mistakes, you won't experience any fear.

You'll just start talking.

Reason number two.

You'll learn more effectively by analyzing and correcting your errors.

Again, you'll learn more effectively by analyzing and correcting.

Hey, I made that mistake.

Let me understand why.

Ah, now let me correct my mistake.

Fear gone.

Reason number three, it fosters a growth mindset, essential for long

term language learning success.

You're focusing on improving yourself by allowing yourself to make mistakes.

Technique number seven, prepare and practice common

phrases for various situations.

First word again, prepare, you see, learn and rehearse frequently used expressions

and sentences for different contexts.

When you keep a notebook, we talked about journaling in one

of our previous lessons as well.

When you keep a notebook and you write down new phrases you've learned, or

these common phrases and expressions used in real life, and then practice them.

When you're alone in front of your mirror, when you're recording yourself, then

when you get to an actual conversation, your brain says, ah, we've practiced

this before let's use these expressions.

Here are the three reasons why this technique is so powerful.

Reason number one, it builds your confidence in handling

everyday conversations.

It's all about confidence.

This is why as an English teacher, I focus so much on

helping you feel more confident.

My friend, listen, you know, a lot, you've studied tons of books.

I'm going to leave that in there.

You've taken many courses.

You know, a lot now it's time for you to use what you've

learned in a confident way.

Reason number two, you'll be able to respond more quickly and

naturally in common situations.

When you practice ahead of time, reason number three, it helps you expand your

vocabulary and improve your fluency.

The more you practice, the more you'll be able to use these

expressions and words in real life.

Technique number eight, gradually expose yourself to more

challenging speaking scenarios.

Listen, if you don't want to be afraid, if you want to feel prepared,

you have to practice ahead of time.

So again, you have to expose yourself to more challenging speaking scenarios.

In other words, progressively engage in more complex or intimidating

English speaking situations, those situations that normally would

cause you to pull back instead.

Now go directly into those conversations, make an effort.

Don't be afraid of making mistakes.

Why is this technique so important?

Reason number one.

It helps you build resilience and adaptability in your language use.

You can do it, believe in yourself.

Reason number two, you'll expand your comfort zone and improve

your overall communication skills.

You'll get better the more you are stretched.

And reason number three, it prepares you for real life

situations where you'll need to use.

English, this technique is going to help you a lot because it's going to

show you just how good you can be.

Technique number nine, set realistic expectations for

your language learning journey.

Now this ties into our earlier technique where you have to

set small achievable goals.

Now we're talking about setting realistic expectations.

Earlier, I mentioned.

Trying to learn 1000 English vocabulary words in five days,

that's not really realistic.

You might be able to memorize them, but using them.

So again, understand that language learning is a gradual process and

avoid setting on realistic goals.

My friend, please set goals, but make them realistic.

If you're working, if you have a family, if you're busy, make goals that actually

can be integrated into your life.

Here's why this is so important reason number one, it prevents frustration

and helps maintain your motivation.

For the longterm, when you set achievable, realistic goals, reason number two,

you'll appreciate your progress more when you have realistic benchmarks.

Ah, okay.

I learned two words today.

Great.

Tomorrow I'm going to learn two words.

Excellent.

And I'll remember the words I learned yesterday.

Reason number three, it allows you to enjoy the learning

process without undue pressure.

Again, it allows you to enjoy the process without this extra

pressure, set realistic goals.

We're talking about techniques that will help remove fear from

your English experience technique.

Number 10, celebrate small victories and progress in your speaking skills.

Listen, this goes back to affirmations and positive self talk celebrate yourself.

Listen, I can celebrate you, but I also want you to celebrate yourself.

Acknowledge and reward yourself for improvements, no matter how small

they may seem, I get it again.

I understand where you are.

I was studying Korean and I also had a hard time encouraging myself and reminding

myself, Hey, Tiff, you're doing good.

Hey, Tiff, you've achieved a lot.

I want you to celebrate your small victories.

Reason number one, it boosts your motivation and encourages

you to keep practicing.

Don't stop.

You got this move forward.

Reason number two, you'll develop a positive association with

learning and using English.

There's going to be this positive feeling, this happy feeling, this good feeling.

As you study English and reason number three, it helps build your confidence

and resilience in the face of challenges.

When you're constantly encouraging yourself, reminding yourself that, Hey,

you're doing a good job, celebrating your small victories when challenging

situations arise, when you are faced with a very difficult expression or

word, you won't feel dejected or sad.

You tell yourself, Hey.

I can do this.

This is why the technique is so important.

Technique number 11, engage in regular, listen closely, self reflection on

your language learning progress.

Sometimes it's good to just stop.

And look over your journey, where you've come from, where you are,

things you've enjoyed learning, things that have helped you the most people

that have helped you on your journey.

Stop.

And reflect periodically, assess your strengths, weaknesses, and overall

advancement in English speaking.

See how far you have come.

Why is this so important?

Reason number one, again, to remove the fear that is attached to English at times.

It helps you identify areas that need more focus or different learning strategies.

We are all different.

We're all unique as human beings.

Your learning style might not be the same as your friends learning style.

And as you reflect on your journey, you'll recognize which strategies

work and also which areas might need different strategies.

Reason number two, you'll gain a clearer understanding of your learning

style and what works best for you.

Reason number three, it allows you to set more targeted and effective

goals for future improvement.

You see how these techniques are all intertwined.

When you reflect on your journey, you'll be able to set more achievable goals.

You'll be able to encourage yourself and have positive self talk because

you know, where you've come from and where you're trying to go.

This technique is powerful.

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