The 30-Day English Plan: 15 Minutes to Fluency

In order to create a successful and effective 30 day English study plan,

you must have the four activity types.

They are input days, process days, output days, and review days.

So in today's lesson, I'm going to teach you how to make your

effective 30 day English study plan using these four activity types.

Are you ready?

Well then I'm teacher Tiffani.

Let's jump right in.

The first week is days one.

Through seven and day one is our input day.

But what is an input day?

So input days are days where you learn new information by seeing,

hearing or reading the information, which creates initial memory.

Traces input days, in other words, are the days where you

put information into your brain.

So on day one, for example, this would be your activity.

Find one vocabulary word, one expression, and one idiom, and make

sure they each relate to the topic.

Notice each week also is going to have a topic, and as you're watching this lesson,

you'll see that I have for week one as an example, our topic is food and cooking.

So for day one of week one, our topic being food and cooking,

now we have to input information.

So let's say we find one vocabulary word, and that vocabulary word is.

Savor.

Savor just means to enjoy food or an experience slowly and completely.

So for day one, we have our input vocabulary word being savor.

What about the expression for day one, an input day, an expression

related to our topic for this week?

Example, topic being, yes, food and cooking.

So our expression is.

To have a sweet tooth.

To have a sweet tooth.

It means you love eating candy, sugar cakes, pies.

You have a sweet tooth.

We are inputting information, day one and input day.

And now we need to get an idiom related to the topic.

Our topic, again, food and cooking, the idiom for day one.

Our input day is.

The best thing since sliced bread.

Now this has a food item in the idiom bread, but this idiom, the

best thing since sliced bread means, Hey, this is amazing.

I think whatever I'm speaking about, it was about as awesome.

This, oh man, this is the best thing since sliced bread.

You got it right.

Excellent.

So day one is our input day.

Now we have to move to day two, and day two is a process day.

But what is a process day?

So process days are days where you analyze and understand the information

by connecting it to what you already know, which strengthens memory pathways.

Think about it on day one.

It was an input day.

You remember we put all of this information in, but now it's just

floating around in our brains, so we have to process it, get a hold

on it and connect it to something.

So, day two being our process day.

So what would that look like for our example topic being food and cooking.

So on day two, a process day, you're going to find three

synonyms for the vocabulary word.

One image for the expression and three example sentences for the idiom.

All right, so let's check this out.

Here we go.

Vocabulary, synonyms.

Remember, our vocabulary word from day one was, come on, savor.

Excellent.

So three synonyms for savor.

We have relish to enjoy it.

Relishing in the fact.

Second, we have Enjoy.

And third, we have appreciate three synonyms for the vocabulary

word we are processing.

Our brain is saying, ah, okay, savor means this.

There are three other words.

We're processing the information.

What about the expression?

Find an image that represents having a sweet tooth.

So I am actually going to have you close your eyes right now.

Yes.

You close your eyes.

I'm not gonna show you anything.

I'm going to describe an image.

An image about having a sweet tooth.

I want you to imagine a little boy, cute, big cheeks.

He's about three years old.

Ooh, adorable.

You just wanna pick him up and kiss his cheeks, and this little boy is given.

An apple, and he just starts crying.

I don't want an apple.

And his mom looks at him and says, what do you want?

He says, I want a chocolate bar.

She says, Johnny, Johnny, that's not good.

He said, mommy, I want a chocolate bar.

Mm, I want a, a cupcake.

And in this image, I want you to see Johnny with his cupcake in his

hand, looking at the camera, smiling.

So you just imagine that, right?

But you wanna find an image that shows someone who has a sweet tooth.

You got it right?

Excellent.

All right.

And then for an idm, find three example sentences using the best

things since slice sliced bread, so I can give them to you, for example.

Mm. My mom's soup is the best thing since sliced bread.

Number two, listen.

Listen, that pizza you just brought me, ooh, is the best thing since sliced bread.

Now it just doesn't have to refer to food.

I could say, you know what?

Listen to me.

That.

That book the best thing since sliced bread.

Now, we normally use it about food, but you can use it interchangeably.

So you see, again, finding sentences, three sentences related to this.

Yes, idiom.

Excellent.

All right.

Day two is our process day.

So day one we had an input day, putting the information.

In day two, we had a process day.

Right now we have an output day, day three.

What is an output day?

So output days are days where you use the information.

Actively through speaking or writing, which solidifies learning and

builds practical language skills.

So on the output days, you are taking the information that you input taking

the information that you processed, and you're using it in real life.

So for example, day three is an output day.

You're going to write one sentence.

For each term that relates to your daily life.

For example, we have the term savor.

I could use this sentence.

I could write this one.

I savor my morning coffee before starting work.

Hey, before I start work, I like to drink coffee.

I don't, just an example, but I savor my morning coffee before starting work.

Using what you learned to speak about your daily life, what about the expression.

My sister has such a sweet tooth that she keeps chocolate in every drawer.

Think about your life and how you can use the expression to

describe something happening in your life or someone in your life.

This is an output day.

You caught it right?

Excellent.

Hit my arm.

Uh oh.

Here we go.

And the idiom.

Now my new rice cooker is the best thing since sliced bread.

It makes perfect rice every time.

Remember I said we can use this idiom to describe things

that are not actually food.

The rice cooker.

I'm not going to eat that, but I can use the idiom to describe it.

So you're seeing on the output days, you are using what you input, what

you processed to describe your life.

Day three.

Yes, you got it.

Alright, so now we move to day four.

Day four.

Now we're restarting the pattern.

Day four is an input day, and you understand what an input day is.

This activity is all about putting information in.

So on day four, just like day one, we're going to find one vocabulary word, one

expression, and one idiom, and make sure they are related to the topic.

For this week, days one to seven, our topic, food and cooking.

We don't want the same word we had before, so now I'm gonna choose.

Appetizing for my vocabulary word.

On day four, the input day, appetizing looking or smelling.

So good that it makes you want to eat it.

Oh my goodness, that pie smells so good.

Woo.

That smells so good.

I want to eat it.

Appetizing then for the expression to eat like a bird.

This expression refers to someone who.

Mm. I'll just eat a little bit.

Thank you so much.

Not eating a lot.

Eating like a bird.

Think about a bird.

This is cute, but they're so small, they can't eat a lot.

To eat like a bird means to not eat a lot.

Right?

And then an idiom for day four.

The input day.

I've chosen a piece of cake.

It just means something very easy to do, but the word cake is inside of it.

You see what's happening, right?

Just like day one.

The first input day.

Now, day four is another input day, and we are inputting

information related to the topic.

Now we go to day five following the pattern.

What is day five going to be?

Yes, excellent.

A process day.

So day five, we are processing by finding three synonyms for the vocabulary

word, one image for the expression.

Again, you're gonna find an image, and then three example

sentences for the idiom.

So vocabulary.

We have synonyms for appetizing.

We have delicious.

Mouth watering and tempting.

What is happening in your brain?

Your brain.

You input the information on day four, and it's kind of floating around.

Then day five, it's like, ah, we're making connections, we're processing.

Appetizing is delicious.

Mouth watering, tempting.

It's settling in your brain.

Now you are processing.

What about the expression?

Find an image that represents eating like a bird.

So I want you to imagine.

Imagine with me, close your eyes.

Close your eyes, yes.

All right.

Think about a woman.

She is maybe 25, right?

And she's preparing for her wedding.

She's excited.

The man that she has always loved her high school sweetheart.

They're finally getting married and she wants to fit into her dress.

So she goes out to eat.

Imagine this is the setting.

She goes out to eat with her girlfriends, right?

And they're sitting at this table, this great restaurant, and

everyone's ordering big meals.

And she says, guys, I'm so sorry.

This food looks amazing, but I have to fit into my dress next week.

So I'm just going to order a light salad.

So this is the image.

A woman, beautiful woman, 25 years old, sitting at a restaurant table

with a small salad in front of her.

But she's smiling, eating like a bird.

You saw it, right?

Excellent.

All right.

And for the idiom, find three example sentences using the idiom.

A piece of cake.

Hey, that test was, come on.

Yes, a piece of cake, or, Hey, this lesson, a piece of cake.

Hey, you know what?

I learned that song yesterday.

It was a piece of cake.

It was very easy.

You caught it right again.

Day five is our process day.

Now we move to day six.

What's day six?

You know the pattern.

Yes.

Day six is an output day.

We've put the information in input, we've processed the information.

Now it's time to output.

So on day six, just like we did on day three, we're going to

write one sentence for each term that relates to your daily life.

Here we go.

For the first one, vocabulary, again, our word appetizing.

Here's the sentence.

The appetizing smell of fresh bread always makes me stop

at the bakery on my way home.

Next, the expression, my friend eats like a bird during the week, but she enjoys

big meals on weekends and the idiom.

Learning these new English phrases is a piece of cake when

I practice a little each day.

Again, day six and output day, where you have the information that you

input, you process that information, and now you use it to describe

something about your daily life.

Now we go to day seven.

Day seven is going to be a review day.

What are review days?

Review days are the days when you take time to revisit and strengthen

your understanding of previously learned material, which helps

move information from term two.

Long term memory.

This is a very important activity.

So what does it look like?

Day seven, here we go.

Our review day.

What you need to do is review everything from the previous six days.

So here's the challenge.

For example, try to create a short story using the last or at least three

of the terms you learned this week.

So, appetizing, savor, and piece of cake.

Try to make a story.

For example, I'll do it for you on the fly real quick, not even into my notes.

Appetizing, savor, and piece of cake.

You know, I spoke to my mom and in this story I'm talking about my mom.

My mom, she's an amazing cook.

And I remember one day walking into her room and saying, Hey

mom, you know, I'd love for you to make something really appetizing.

I love when you cook that, that, uh, that cake.

Remember that cake you made for daddy last week?

And she said, okay, I'll make that cake for you.

I said, yes.

And could you also make some, um, fried rice that we can have for

the meal before we eat the cake?

I, I love to savor the meals you create, mommy.

And she looked at me and said, you know what?

I'll do that for you.

And you know why?

Because cooking is a piece of cake for me.

Now that was a short story, an example, but this is what you want to do.

Think of something creative, a creative story, and use the terms reflection.

Write down which terms were easiest to remember and which were most challenging.

On day seven, you're going to review by challenging yourself and reflecting.

So we have this pattern input, process output input process output review.

So when we look at our week as a whole, what do we see?

We see this days one to seven topic being food and cooking.

You can change the topic.

But day one is input day two, process, day three, output.

And there's this pattern where the last day, day seven, is a review day.

So what about the remaining weeks of our 30 day plan?

So first I want you to look at this for the 30 day plan.

We've already done the first week days, one to seven.

Being our topic of food and cooking days, eight to 14 topic will be

travel and transportation days, 15 to 21, work and career days, 22 to

28, technology and social media.

And then the remaining two days will actually be to review.

Everything again, we're creating our 30 day English study plan and it's successful

and effective because each of the four activity types have been included.

So days eight to 14, this is what it will look like, travel and transportation.

Day eight will be input Day nine, process Day 10, output.

Day 11, input 12.

Process 13, output 14 is going to be.

A review day, you see what's happening, right?

We have this pattern.

We're following days 15 to 21, topic work and career 15 to 17.

Following the pattern input, process output.

Day 18, input 19, process 20, output.

Day 21.

Review day.

We're following the pattern.

Same for days 22 to 28.

Topic technology and social media.

Day 22, input.

Day 23, process 24 output.

Repeat the pattern.

Day 25, input 26.

Process 27, output 28.

Review day.

And then we have the final two days.

You understand the four activity types.

Input, process, output review.

Now the last two days of our 30 day English study plan, day 29.

And day 30.

Now we're gonna correct this on the fly, day 29 and day

30 with the magic of editing.

It's correct.

So day 29 and day 30 review days, you're going to review

everything from the last 28 days.

This is how you will achieve your goal.

30 day English study plan only requiring 15 minutes each day.

Now, what I taught you today actually comes from my full 365 day English plan.

This course includes a lesson for each day of the year following

the pattern I taught you today.

Input process output review.

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Hope you enjoy, and I'll talk to you next time.

I

have a father.

You still there?

You know what time it is.

Listen, normally we have story time, eh, eh, eh.

But today, instead of telling you a story, I just want to say thank you.

I wanna say thank you.

You know, as I was reflecting on today's lesson this week, talking

about creating the 30 day English study plan, I started thinking about myself.

I started, started, I'm leaving this in here.

Sometimes we have tongue twisters too.

I started thinking about how growing up.

I always created plans.

I always had a study plan for every exam.

I would create a plan and any of my friends that wanted it,

I'd share the plans with them.

And this is just something that I did because it was my

study pattern, my study style.

From the time I can remember, I was probably 10 or nine years old.

Fast forward to now, so why am I saying thank you to you?

I never would've imagined that something that was just my study style would

eventually become the work that I'm doing would eventually be the tool that I needed

to help English learners around the world.

Like you speak English fluently.

I wanna say thank you for trusting me, even watching this video or

listening to this podcast episode.

I wanna thank you for trusting me and giving me the honor of

being your English teacher.

I love what I do.

It's literally a part of me to create English study plans to help you

understand how your brain works and how to input process and output information.

So instead of a story, I just wanted to say that you are now a part of my story.

You have made this journey my life journey where I am right now.

I, people ask me, do you like what you do?

And every time I smile, every time I smile, thank you for

being the reason why I smile.

I'll talk to you in the next lesson.