REAL ENGLISH CONVERSATION | Learn Real English From Real English Conversations Episode 2

Hey, you know, that feeling you get when you're having a conversation

with someone in English, that feeling of, oh, no nervousness, because

you don't know what to say next.

You know, when they ask you a question and you understand it, but you just don't

know how to respond that awkward silence.

Today's lesson is going to help you eliminate all of those feelings.

I'm going to teach you how to master English conversations.

Are you ready?

Well, then I'm teacher.

Tiffany let's jump right in.

So what we're going to do first is look at a conversation I had

with one of my good friends.

We were talking about art.

So I'm going to read the conversation to you very quickly,

and you'll be able to read along.

Then we're going to break down each piece of the conversation so that

I can help you do the same thing, like a native English speaker.

So this is my friend.

Her name is Rhea, and I started the conversation off by asking Rhea.

Hey, do you think your environment affects your creativity?

As you can tell Ria thought about the question she said,

that's a great question.

I wholeheartedly believe.

That a person's environment greatly affects the artwork they produce.

For example, when I was younger, there were plants all throughout my house.

My mom had a green thumb, so she loved taking care of a variety of plants.

Well, her love for plants affected my environment.

And now I love taking pictures of plants now, Tiff, I think your time

in Korea affected your art too, right?

Now I'm going to continue reading the rest, but notice

what my friend did, she answered.

And then she immediately asked me a question as well.

Again, this is part of mastering English conversations.

And we're going to break this down even more so after she asked

me that question, I responded.

Yes, totally.

I do want to say.

That it is amazing how much your mother's passion affected your passion.

I honestly totally agree with your thoughts on the power of an environment.

Ria my time in Korea affected my art in so many ways before going to Korea,

I mainly focused on portraits, but after spending 10 years in Korea, I

now love to paint rocks and mountains.

So.

This is the first part of our conversation.

And I asked a question, she responded and then asked me a question and I responded,

but some very important things happened in this first part of the conversation.

So let's break it down in more detail.

All right.

So looking at, let's go to the first part, not the last part.

The first part.

Remember, I asked her a question.

I said, Hey Rhea, do you think your environment affects your creativity?

You see a conversation always starts off with a specific topic or question.

And I asked her about creativity.

I'm introducing the topic.

And I used a question.

So remember when you're trying to master English conversations,

you need to start it off

with a certain topic or a question about a certain topic that was

the start of our conversation.

And now it was Ria's turned to respond.

And Rio's response was very interesting.

Now in her response, she had a few expressions and words, and I do want to

explain those words to you, but I want to start first with her initial response.

Remember she said, Tiffany, that's a great question.

I wholeheartedly believe that a person's environment dot, dot dot, but wait,

she said, that's a great question.

She responded to what I asked, right?

Hey TIFF, I'm acknowledging your question and saying, you know what?

That's a great question.

Then she proceeded to give her personal opinion.

She said, I wholeheartedly, I completely believe that a person's environment

greatly affects the artwork they do.

So when you're in a conversation and someone asked you a question,

You don't just answer and stop instead, like Ria you can say or

give your thoughts on that question.

She said, huh?

That's a great question.

Or, huh, that's very interesting.

Then she gave her opinion in her opinion.

Yes.

An environment, a person's environment greatly affects their artwork.

Now, sometimes you give an answer like that and you stop.

But you have to keep going.

Watch what Ria did.

She said, for example, when I was younger and she started to give

an example story to support her.

You have to remember this, so you give your opinion, but then you have to

support it by giving something else.

And you can give a story.

This is a great way to keep a conversation going.

When you tell a story, like story time, right?

How much you guys like story time at the end of this video?

It's because the person can kind of connect with what you're saying.

They learn more about you.

And it also will lead to more questions, which will keep the conversation going.

So Ria starts giving a little bit of a personal experience, a

personal story example of her mom.

And she said her mom had a green thumb.

Now, let me explain to you really quickly what a green thumb is.

Here we go.

So in English we say green thumb, and this is just someone who has an

unusual ability to make plants grow.

Many times people will get plants and unfortunately they die.

They don't know how to take care of the.

But when a person is really good at taking care of plants and helping

them grow, even inside the house, we say they have a green thumb.

Ria said

her mom has a green thumb.

Now here's an example sentence using this expression.

My mom's idiom.

My mom has a green thumb, very simple and easy to use.

So Ria mentioned that her mom has a green thumb.

Now she said that her mom took care of a variety of plants.

Remember Ria is still in the third part, giving her examples story in her response.

She said a variety.

Now, what does this word variety mean?

Variety actually means a number of different types of things, especially

ones in the same general category.

Right?

So things that are in the same general category, they're all

plants, but they're different types.

We have tulips, a flower.

We have.

Other plants, large, small that are different, but they're the same

kind or category or a category.

I was surprised examples and dents.

I was surprised by the variety of choices that were available.

So in English we say variety.

So again, as Ria was talking about.

Her experience giving her example story.

She said that her mom who had a green thumb had a variety of plants.

Now her love for plants.

She continues affected my environment.

Then she says her current situation due to the story, the example story she told you.

Now she's explaining how that story connects to the present day.

She said, my mom's love for plants affected her environment, and now

she loves taking pictures of plants.

So again, Ria responded to my question, she gave her personal opinion, then

she gave a story to connect it.

And then she said how that story affects her right now in the present time.

And she ended by doing what?

Now Tiff, I think your time in Korea affected your art too.

Right?

She ended with a question.

Remember when you're trying to master English conversations, you have to

remember, it's like a tennis match back and forth, back and forth, and the

only natural way for this to happen.

Is to use questions and answers back and forth.

So Ria in her response to my question, she gave her opinion, but she supported

it with an interesting story, which also will keep the listener's attention.

Conversation is not just about the number of words you can use.

It's about your understanding of the proper way to have

a conversation in English.

Give my idea, support my idea, then make sure I connect with my listener

by asking him or her a question.

All right.

So Ria sends it back to me.

She asks me a question and now it's my turn to respond.

So I respond, I say yes, totally.

That is right here.

And immediate answer.

I immediately respond to the question I was asked.

But I continue watch what I did.

I do want to say though, that it is amazing how much your mother's passion,

speaking of Ria affected your passion.

Now, what did I do there?

I actually acknowledged.

The previous statement I showed Rhea, Hey, I was listening.

I'm not just answering the question you asked me.

I do want to show you that I enjoyed your story.

I listened to your story and I also heard your opinion.

I did that by, Hey, I answered.

Yes.

I totally totally agree with what you're saying.

I totally believe that Korea did affect me, but I want you to know

that I was also listening to you.

In a conversation when someone feels like you are listening to them, they

will want to continue the conversation.

All right.

So I let her know, Hey, I was listening Rhea.

I understood what you said.

And I also agree, and it's amazing how much your mom's passion

really affected you as well.

So after letting her know that I was paying attention, I then state

the part that I agreed or disagreed.

I said, Ria, I honestly totally agree with your thoughts on

the power of an environment.

So again, I'm still acknowledging what Rhea said.

I'm letting her know.

I paid attention to your story, your example story.

And I also paid attention to your opinion.

Now I'm letting you know if I agree or if I don't agree with it.

And I said, I totally agree.

Then that's when I continue now, I do want to explain totally agree really quickly.

So in English when we say totally agree, it just means to fully agree,

giving full agreement to the maximum possible, without any level or

measure or element of a disagreement.

Hey, we're on the same page.

I totally agree with you.

Or here's an example sentence.

They totally agree with.

So don't worry about it in English.

We say, totally agree.

Now I want to continue with the conversation, breaking

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So, again, as we're continuing with the conversation, now,

we're going back to my response.

I said, I totally agree.

And you see that portion of the conversation.

Then I continue giving more details about my personal experience.

I start talking about what happened, what I was like before I went to Korea.

I said before going to Korea, I mainly focused on portraits, which is true.

But after spending 10 years in Korea, I now love to paint rocks and mountains.

And I actually want to show you some of the paintings and how

my paintings changed over time.

But again, the important part is you're seeing, I acknowledged what Ria said.

Then I continued by giving my experience.

This is something with English conversation that you must remember.

You have to give your opinion, but you also have to support it

with a story or other information.

Now I'm scrolling through, this is one of my pieces.

This is an art piece?

Hold on one second that I did before.

This is one of my pieces from before creates a pencil drawing.

It's actually huge.

I just put it on my phone.

I saved it to my Instagram page, but after going to Korea, I started

focusing on painting mountains and this mountains and rocks and.

This is a small piece I did.

And it was some mountains, a mountain area in South Korea.

So you see my artwork changed because my environment changed and that's

what Ria and I were discussing.

But remember, acknowledging what she said.

Also saying what I agreed or disagreed with, and then

giving my personal experience.

Again, this is how a natural English conversation.

So let's keep going.

Now, the second part of our conversation is right here.

We continued our conversation Ria was talking to me and I responded

and Ria responded to me saying, oh, Tiff I love your new style.

I always look at your paintings on your Instagram feed.

They are so nice.

My response, all thank you so much.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of your artwork.

She responded yeah

I'm actually planning to take some pictures this weekend.

I'll shoot them to you when I finish editing them or I'll send them to you.

I would love to know your thoughts on them.

My response sounds like a plan.

Definitely.

I would love.

So you see this is the last part of our conversation as we're

wrapping up, but we still have this natural flow back and forth.

So let's break this down.

So Ria said oh, Tiff, I love your new style.

She's connecting to the example.

With a personal example.

Remember I said, my new style, I changed because of my environment.

Now my friend Ria actually follows me on Instagram.

So Ria also sees my paintings right there.

So she said, Hey, let me connect what you said by actually showing you.

I also know that you've changed.

You want to connect with what the person.

Then I respond.

Thank you so much.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of your artwork too.

We're still going back and forth, back and forth.

So I responded to the connection she made and I also made a comment about her.

So remember when you're in a conversation.

You want to make sure you're listening closely so that you can

first respond to what they said to show the connection and then make

another comment preferably about them.

Now, after I did that, what did she say?

Yeah, actually I'm planning to take some pictures this weekend.

She answered, she replied to what I said.

And then she talked about her future plans.

I would love to know your thoughts on them.

After I take the pictures, we're still going back and forth, connecting

and letting each other, know that we care about what we think and what

the other person thinks as well.

And I ended by saying sounds like a plan.

That just means, yep.

Sounds good.

That's the final comment related to the previous?

She said, TIFF, I'd love to know your thoughts.

And I said, Hey, sounds like a plan.

I'm acknowledging that.

Yes, I will do that.

And this is exactly how you have a fluent English conversation,

a natural English conversation, like a native English speaker.

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All right.

I will see you next week, but as always remember to speak English.

You still there, you know what time it is?

Come on, sing it with me.

It's story time.

I said it's story time.

So today for story time.

Now, I mentioned to you all, again, that I enjoy drawing and painting.

I'll try to show some of my artwork here.

This is some of my latest artwork.

Hold on one second let's see if you all can see it right here.

Um, where I put my artwork online.

So I like to paint.

I like to draw and I just like to express myself, um, creatively.

But the thing is I don't have a lot of friends that are interested in art.

They appreciate art.

Like they'll see a picture and say, wow, Tiff we really like that

picture, but it usually stops there.

They're not as interested as I am in art.

I love going to art museums.

I can spend a full day at an art museum staring at paintings, staring

at drawing, staring at sculptures trying to understand what the artist

was trying to convey the message.

So I never really had another friend that appreciated that

level of, uh, art appreciation.

That was until I went to Korea, one of my closest friends, I mean,

closest friends, like she married my student, like were very, very.

When we were in Korea, I've talked about her before angel, if you're watching,

Hey, um, her name is angel she's Korean.

Um, but we were teachers together at the English Institute I

worked at in Korea, 삼육어학원 Samyook Institute that was in Korean.

Um, and we were friends, but we hadn't gotten close just yet.

That was until we realized we both loved art.

So we used to go to cafes every Sunday.

And I told you all about how we used to spend hours sometimes in

silence, just drawing and painting.

And we loved it.

Well, one year I was in Korea, it was around Christmas time.

It actually was Christmas and I wasn't able to come home.

I had to stay in Korea.

I wasn't with my family.

And she and I spoke and we said, Hey, well, why don't

we spend Christmas together?

This was before she got married.

Um, they hadn't even started dating yet.

So we said, okay, well, let's go on a trip.

So we went on a trip to, uh, kind of a, um, like a little hotel area.

It was kind of, they, it was kind of, um, not a hotel.

It was like an apartment and they had it right in front of the beach.

So it was really nice.

And we said, Hey, let's just go and draw and paint the whole time.

So that's exactly what we did.

We cooked, we talked, laughed a lot.

And then during the day we just drew and painted all day.

But on Christmas day we came back to our house, my apartment, and she moved to her.

We were about to go to her apartment to drop her off.

And she said, TIFF, why don't we hang out actually for Christmas day?

Because we had hung out prior, like the days before Christmas.

And I said, okay.

I said, well, what do you want to do?

Because she cooks well, and I like to cook as well.

I can cook well, So I said, okay, are we going to cook all day?

Or what are we going to do?

She said, how do you feel about painting?

All day?

We had just came from a trip where we painted all day

and I said, I love the idea.

And we literally painted all day.

Now we ate delicious food in the evening, but we painted all day.

And I can remember, as we were sitting in the floor in my living room, she was

painting and I was painting and we were listening to, we listened to sermons.

We listened to music, Christmas.

And I just said, man, it's amazing to have a friend that loves art, just as

much as I do now that I'm back in America.

She's in Korea again, a husband, baby.

He's so.

But we both still talk about that.

Like, man, we miss being around each other to go on these trips

where we just paint all day.

So one day again, after, uh, things are a little bit more safe, a little

safer, I'll be able to travel to Korea and visit and we'll do another.

Painting trip.

All right, guys, maybe you have experienced the same thing.

You have a friend that has the same interests as you and you

have a wonderful time together.

Let us know about it in the comment section.

All right, guys, I hope you enjoyed today's Storytime and

learned a little bit more about me.

I'll see you next time.