Speak English Fluently: Simple English Formula

Your goal is to speak English confidently and fluently, but unfortunately, many

times you don't know how to overcome the hurdles that you're experiencing.

How can you sound like the native English speakers and, and not be

nervous each time you try to speak.

This lesson is for you, my friend, I'm going to teach you in four simple

steps, how to finally sound like me.

Are you ready?

Well, then I'm teacher Tiffani.

Let's jump right in.

Step number one, listen.

Now, the first thing you must do is listen to native English speakers,

actually having real life conversations.

This is so important because as an English learner, you're exposed

to many different English courses.

You're exposed to many different English books, grammar

rules, and the list goes on.

But if you want to sound like a native English speaker, you must listen to native

English speakers having conversations.

Now, what you're seeing on the screen is a transcript of an entire conversation

I had with one of my friends.

Who also happens to be an English teacher.

We were speaking about this topic, learning, and I want us

to check out a short section, a portion of this conversation.

Again, we are on step number one.

So we're going to check out a portion from this conversation

again, on the listen step.

You have to listen to real conversations from native English speakers.

So here's that small section of the conversation.

I was speaking with my friend, a fellow teacher.

Her name is Carly.

And this is what I said at that portion, that section, I need to be

in a classroom setting because when you're studying on your own, and this

is even for the student watching this, like, we hope you stay with us forever.

When you study on your own, you're really kind of grasping at straws.

Kind of, we say you're, you're just like, let me do this.

I'll do this.

Let me study this and I'll study this.

You really have no clear plan or direction because you don't

know how to get somewhere.

You've never been to before.

You need someone that's been there before to give you the directions and

just kind of follow their guidance.

And that's what was happening with Korean.

And I was like, I need to be in a classroom setting because there

are certain pillars that I need.

There's a foundation that needs to be built that I can't build because

I've never built this thing before.

Um, As far as speaking Korean.

So that's why I prefer a classroom setting.

I tend to flourish in a classroom setting.

Now, again, I want to emphasize that this is just a small portion of the

conversation I had with the teacher.

On this topic of learning, but in this small section, this small portion you

saw, and you probably heard many new expressions, many do terms, do terms.

I'm leaving this in here, new terms that can help you sound more

like a native English speaker.

So here are the terms that I want to break down for you to help you

understand how to use them in real life.

We have grasping at straws, pillars, and flourish.

So this leads us into our second step.

Remember step one was to listen.

You heard what I was saying during this conversation, even though you

missed some of the words and terms, you still did step one to listen.

Step number two now is to learn.

You have to learn the terms that native English speakers

use in real conversations.

So once again, all the terms we have grasping at straws, pillars and flourish.

Three terms that I used in that short section, that short

portion of the conversation.

Again, we're on step two, now learning the words from that section.

So let's get started with the first term, grasping at straws.

Excellent.

Repeat after me again, grasping at straws.

Excellent.

Now this term just refers to making a desperate or hopeless attempt to find a

solution or explanation often by using weak or unreliable evidence or ideas.

I'm not sure if this is going to work, but I'm just going to try again, desperate

or a hopeless attempt in English.

We say grasping at straws.

And as I was speaking during the conversation, I used this

expression, but the question is, how can you use it in real life?

So here are some example sentences.

Here's the first one.

The suspect's defense lawyer was grasping at straws, To

provide an alibi for his client.

It was, he was very desperate.

He didn't know what to do.

Second example, sentence, she was grasping at straws, trying to come

up with any reason to avoid taking responsibility for her actions.

She didn't know what she could do, but she was trying.

And finally, the manager was grasping at straws to justify the

company's poor performance rate.

Again, we're speaking about this term, grasping at straws.

Now, just a reminder, everything that I am teaching you in this lesson actually comes

from a course speak English like a native.

Where I teach students based on these steps that I'm teaching you today.

So grasping at straws, again, if I'm going to the month where I taught my students

this topic, we can see right here.

I actually taught them the terms, grasping at straws, pillars, and flourish.

And I explained how to use them.

And I also showed them where the terms were used in the conversation,

at what times these terms were used.

So you are now learning what my students actually learn.

So let's move on now to the next term.

We have grasping at straws.

Now it's pillars again, we're learning the terms that are actually

used by native English speakers.

Step two is the learn step.

So after me pillars, excellent again, pillars.

Great job.

So pillars, this just means strong and important foundations

or supports of something.

For example, whenever I teach English conversation, I emphasize the pillars

of giving examples, giving details, making sure you can support your idea,

your opinion, maybe with reasons.

All right.

Pillars again, strong and important foundations.

Foundations.

So how can you use this in a sentence?

Here's the first example sentence, education and healthcare are considered

pillars of today's modern society.

The second example sentence, honesty and integrity, are the pillars of a

strong and trustworthy friendship.

Remember this word came from the conversation between myself and

another native English speaker.

So you're learning a real English word used by native English speakers in

real life, step two, the learn step.

And here's the third example sentence.

The economy relies on different pillars, such as manufacturing,

technology, and finance.

So you see this term pillars can be used in many different situations.

So now it's time for us to move to our third term.

Again, step two is all about learning the terms used by native English speakers.

Step one, we listened to part of the conversation.

Step two, we're learning the terms used by native English speakers.

The third term again, after me, flourish.

Good again, flourish.

Excellent.

Now this term just means to thrive, grow, or prosper in

a healthy and successful way.

You are prospering.

You are thriving.

You are flourishing as an English learner.

I hope so.

I hope my lessons help you to flourish and to feel good about your English.

All right.

Here are three example sentences using this term.

The first example sentence, the business began to flourish after implementing

new marketing strategies and techniques.

Here's the second example sentence with proper care and attention,

plants and flowers can flourish in the garden in no time sidebar.

This is not in my notes.

I just recently started growing some plants, listen, and they are flourishing.

Baby.

Every time I see them, when I walk in my dining room, I'm like,

yes, I'm excited about them.

They are flourishing.

True story.

All right.

And here's the third example sentence.

The artist's career started to flourish after receiving recognition from an

influential critic in the industry.

Again, this term used by a native English speaker is flourish.

You got it.

Excellent.

So once again, we're talking about the second step.

Learn, you have to learn the terms used by native English speakers.

Now, throughout the conversation, there were many other terms and

expressions that were used by myself and the other English teachers.

So my students learned all of these terms, but let's continue because now

we have to go to step number three.

We listened for step number one, step number two, you learned the three

new expressions, the terms that were used by me, a native English speaker.

Now, you know them.

Now it's time to move to step three.

This step is very important.

Step three is the analyze step.

I want you to say it after me.

Analyze.

Excellent.

Now, before I break this down, let me explain before I break

down the transcript, right, what we're talking about.

I want to help you see the importance of analyzing, right?

Native English speakers.

We speak a certain way because we think a certain way.

So for you, as an English speaker.

English learner, in order for you to speak like me, you've got to think like me.

So let's break down the portion of the conversation.

Again, remember, we looked at the conversation that I had.

We selected a portion of the conversation at about the 14, 14 minute mark.

I want us to analyze this part of the conversation.

So transcript analysis.

So I have it right on the screen for those watching.

Again, we're on the analyze phase.

The step, and this is what we're doing first.

The very first thing I said was I need to be in a classroom setting.

What was I doing?

I was giving my personal opinion, man.

I hope you're taking notes.

I know my students that are watching are like, yes, Tiff.

We know exactly what you're talking about.

My students in my Academy, in the program.

But again, the very first thing I said, I said, I need to be in a classroom setting.

That's my personal opinion.

Please take notes.

This is going to be so important, right?

You have to think like a native English speaker.

So I first gave my personal opinion.

What happened next after I gave my personal opinion, I then

proceeded to give a reason.

My personal opinion was first, then I gave a reason.

Listen closely because when you're studying on your own,

you're I'm going to skip down.

You're kind of grasping at straws.

You're just like, let me do this.

And then this, let me study this and study this.

You have no clear plan.

So what did I do?

Remember the first thing I gave was my personal opinion.

I need to be in a classroom setting.

The person listening to me is probably wondering, huh?

I wonder why Tiff said that.

Oh, let me give you the reason.

Let me provide the reason, because I know you're probably asking yourself why.

And then I explain, ah, because you're usually grasping at straws when you

don't have someone to guide you.

After giving the reason, please take notes my friend.

Then, what did I do?

I then proceeded to give my personal opinion as well.

Again, these are the fundamentals of English conversation.

And again, I teach these to my students.

So I gave my personal opinion again, watch what happened.

You need someone that's been there before to give you the directions and

just kind of follow their guidance.

That's my personal opinion.

There might be another person, another English teacher who

has a different methodology.

And their methodology might be good, right?

But we're focusing on using this methodology to understand, wait a minute.

Why did Tiffani speak like that?

Why did she give her answer in that order?

My third fundamental, the third fundamental I use of English conversation.

Personal opinion.

So I have the first one being the personal opinion, the second one being a

reason, and the third one, again, being my personal opinion, you need someone

that's there to give you directions.

Right now, don't forget, I am speaking about learning.

Remember the full transcript, the conversation, the entire conversation

was actually about learning.

All right.

It was actually about learning.

So even though you're not.

Hearing the entire conversation, you can still see that I was speaking

to my friend about learning.

All right.

So continuing now, let's know again, personal opinion.

After I gave my personal opinion, I then gave a personal

experience, personal experience.

I said, and that's what was happening with Korean.

I was like, I need to be in a classroom setting.

I then proceeded to give my personal experience.

I speak Korean and yeah, I know for those that are Korean, and I understand what you

as an English learner are going through right now, because it's challenging

to learn a language as an adult.

So in the conversation, I mentioned my personal experience.

So I started again, personal opinion, then a reason, then a personal opinion,

and then a personal experience.

But I didn't stop there.

Remember we're analyzing this aspect or this part of the conversation.

I then gave my personal opinion again.

I said, so that's why I prefer a classroom setting.

I tend to flourish in a classroom setting.

I think I flourished in a classroom setting.

That's my personal opinion.

So again, we've analyzed the conversation, but what do we do with this analysis?

We create a formula.

Personal opinion, reason, personal opinion, personal experience,

personal opinion turns into P O plus R plus P O plus P E plus P O.

Whenever I do this, I teach this method to my students every month.

And whenever I do this, I feel like I want to start rapping P O.

I feel like I want to start rapping.

Oh, maybe I'll tell you guys that story.

Stay till the end for story time.

I'll tell you guys the rapping story.

Okay.

All right.

So this is the formula we created by a nap and I analyzing the part of

the conversation again, remember I said the full conversation is what

I taught my students, but we're looking at this portion of the

conversation where I was speaking.

So we have this formula, P O plus R plus P O plus P E plus P O.

What do we do with this formula?

Thanks for the formula, Tiff.

I I'm an English learner.

I realized, okay, I listened.

Step two, I learned.

Step three, we analyzed.

What do we do for step four?

Oh, I'm so glad you asked boo.

Step four, step four is all about applying what you just did.

Now it's time to apply practical application.

So here we go.

Practical application.

We have right here, our formula that we just created in step number three.

So what we're going to do is we're going to look at examples.

I want us to look at this example.

Here's the question.

The question is, why do you think, or which do you think is better self

paced learning or a classroom setting?

Now, this is actually the question that I was answering during the conversation.

During this section of the conversation, I was actually

answering this specific question.

So I'm going to have you look at the exact same question again, which

do you think is better self paced learning or a classroom setting?

Using our formula.

So here's the first part, personal opinion.

All right.

I strongly believe this is an example.

I strongly believe classroom learning has more advantages than self paced learning.

Remember, we're getting you to the point of speaking like a native English

speaker using these simple steps.

All right.

Personal opinion.

I strongly believe classroom learning has more advantages than self paced learning.

All right.

What's the next thing you should say following the formula?

Oh, you're smart.

Yes.

The next thing you need to say is the reason why.

So the structured environment helps maintain motivation and

having immediate feedback from teachers and peers is invaluable.

Plus the social interaction creates a more engaging learning experience.

That's hard to replicate when studying alone.

I just gave reasons for the personal opinion right after that.

What do we have to do now?

Yes.

Personal opinion.

Again, having someone guide you through complex topics is really

essential for deep understanding.

That's a personal opinion right after that.

I have to now give a personal experience.

Here's an example, personal experience.

When I was learning Spanish, I tried self study apps for six

months and barely made progress.

But after joining a language school, I became conversational in just three

months because of the regular practice and expert guidance, personal experience.

You have a personal experience.

Again, you're following this formula to answer the question.

Why?

Because you want to sound like a native English speaker.

And here's the last part of the formula, personal opinion.

That's why I'll always choose classroom learning over self paced options.

That's a personal opinion.

All right.

So let's listen to the full response.

Now here is the full response.

Using all of the parts.

I strongly believe classroom learning has more advantages than self paced learning.

The structured environment helps maintain motivation and having immediate feedback

from teachers and peers is invaluable.

Plus the social interaction creates a more engaging learning experience.

That's hard to replicate when studying alone.

Having someone guide you through complex topics is really

essential for deep understanding.

When I was learning Spanish, I tried self study apps for six

months and barely made progress.

But after joining a language school, I became conversational in just

three months because of the regular practice and expert guidance.

That's why I'll always choose classroom learning over self paced options.

Now.

That right there was a response that a native English speaker would give.

That was a fluent and confident response.

Why?

Because we used the formula that was based on a native English speakers response.

Again, simple four steps.

Listen, Learn, analyze and apply, but it doesn't stop there.

We can use this formula to give it even different response.

Same question.

Check out this one.

Now we're going to go to the next example.

Here's example number two, again, same question.

Which do you think is better self paced learning or a classroom setting?

Here's the first part.

I actually prefer self paced learning over traditional classroom settings.

Make sense.

Once again, part one is giving your personal opinion.

Part two with self paced learning, and you might hear the siren in the

background, we're leaving it in with self paced learning, you can move

as quickly or slowly as you need to.

And you're not held back by others or forced to rush through material.

You haven't mastered yet.

You can also learn at times that work best for your schedule.

I'm giving a reason for my personal opinion.

Then we have to move to the next part of the formula, another personal opinion.

This flexibility is absolutely crucial for working professionals like myself.

Moving to the next part of the formula, personal experience.

Now, last year, I completed an online coding bootcamp at my own

pace while working full time.

I could review difficult concepts multiple times and skip

through things I already knew.

If I had been forced to follow a classroom schedule, I probably would

have dropped out personal experience.

Then we moved to the last part of the formula, personal opinion.

Again, self paced learning is definitely the way to go in today's fast paced world.

You got it, right?

Each part of the formula we created after analyzing the conversation,

analyzing the portion of the conversation can be found in this response.

Check out the full response.

Here's the full response.

I actually prefer self paced learning over traditional classroom settings.

You see with self paced learning, you can move as quickly or slowly as you need to.

And you're not held back by others or forced to rush through

material you haven't mastered yet.

You can also learn at times that work best for your schedule.

This flexibility is absolutely crucial for working professionals like myself.

Last year, I completed an online coding bootcamp at my own

pace while working full time.

I could review difficult concepts multiple times and skip

through things I already knew.

If I had been forced to follow a classroom schedule, I

probably would have dropped out.

Self paced learning is definitely the way to go in today's fast paced world.

You see that response is absolutely amazing.

Why?

Because we use the formula and we created in step number three,

analyzing the conversation.

And we're not going to stop there.

There's a third example.

Again, I want you to see the power of these four steps.

Example number three, same question, different response, personal opinion.

The first part of the formula, I think a combination of both classroom

and self paced learning works best.

That's personal opinion.

Part two reason each method has its own strengths.

Classroom learning provides structure and immediate feedback while self

paced learning offers flexibility and independence by combining both.

You can get the best of both worlds.

This is the reason right after the reason, what do we need?

Personal opinion.

Again, here we go.

It's really about finding the right balance for your learning style.

Um, That's my personal opinion.

Next personal experience.

During my master's degree, I had regular classes, but also did

online modules at my own pace.

The classroom sessions helped me stay motivated and connected with others.

While the self paced portions allowed me to deep dive into topics.

I was particularly interested in.

Personal experience.

And then the last part, again, personal opinion.

That's why I believe a hybrid approach is the most effective way to learn.

Same question, same formula, different responses.

You can use this formula because look at what, because look at

what happened with this response.

The question again, which do you think is better self paced learning

or a classroom setting answer?

I think that a combination of both classroom and self

paced learning works best.

Each method has its own strengths.

Uh, classroom learning provides structure and immediate feedback

while self paced learning offers flexibility and independence.

By combining both, you can get the best of both worlds.

It's really about finding the right balance for your learning style.

During my master's degree, I had regular classes, but also did

online modules at my own pace.

The classroom sessions helped me stay motivated and connected with others.

While the self paced portions allowed me to deep dive into topics.

I was particularly interested in.

That's why I believe a hybrid approach is the most effective way to learn.

Again, an amazing response to this question that you, my friend can give

simply by using the formula we created.

These simple steps, listen, learn, analyze, and apply can help you

finally speak English like a native.

If you want to join me, if you want me to help you on your journey to

speaking English like a native, hit the link in the description or go

to speak English like a native.com.

And each month I'll teach you based on a new topic and we'll follow

the full program, which includes.

That's a fifth step.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and my friend, I will talk to you next time.

Do do.

You still there?

You know what time it is.

It's story time.

Hey, I said, it's story time.

All right.

I told you earlier that I would tell you the story, a quick

story, the beat boxing story.

I had to get the water.

I remember, so growing up, And I told this story probably

about two or three years ago.

I told the story because my sister and I, so my family were very close

and we're also all early birds.

All of us.

I wake up before I am.

My sister also wakes up around four or 5am.

My parents wake up early.

We all get up early.

So growing up, my mom used to have this song that she would sing my sister

and I on Saturday mornings, right?

Sabbath, I'm a seven day Adventist, and she would come in and she'd sing the song

and it was such a wonderful wake up call.

Now, outside of, uh, Sabbath, my mom and my dad would in their bed just talking.

And I remember this one Sunday, I'm just laying in bed.

I was awake, but it didn't feel like getting out the bed

and my sister did not knock.

She just opened my door, right?

She was like, Tiff, Tiff.

I said, yeah, what's up?

She knew I was awake.

I said, what's up?

She said, I got this song.

I got the song and this rap.

And I was like, okay, she piqued my interest.

I said, okay.

She said, but I want us to perform it for mommy and daddy.

Now I might've been 12 or 13.

So she was probably around 18 or 17 or 18.

So.

I said, okay, you know, let me know, you know, let me hear it.

So she's, you know, rapping or whatever.

And I'm the, I have the rhythm and the beat box.

And I'm like, okay.

It was like a simple beat, right?

And so my sister was like, yeah, yeah.

And so she's rapping in my room.

And she was like, all right, let's go to mommy and daddy's room.

Now we did knock.

We knocked and opened though.

We had this thing where we would knock and open at the same time.

So we knocked and opened the door.

Mommy and daddy were laying in the bed and they were like, Can we help you ladies?

And then my sister was like, yes, we have something to show you.

And they already knew.

So I can remember their faces kind of just.

You know, the half smile, the little smirk.

They're like, okay, go ahead.

She said, Tiff hit the beat.

And so I started beat boxing and I was kind of going with the

flow and she's rapping now at this time, I'm, I'm in the zone.

So I'm just, you know, dancing and, and beat boxing.

Simone and my sister, she's, you know, rapping.

So I wasn't looking at my parents faces, but I can imagine now

that I'm older, I can imagine.

My parents trying to hold in their laughter while also experiencing

so much joy first that their daughters wanted to bust into their

room this early in the morning.

To share something with their parents.

And secondly, the fact that the simple things in life

were bringing us so much joy.

I just want you to remember that life is going to take you down many different

roads, but as you're on your journey, Don't forget the good memories you have.

Don't forget the time that you spent with your family or your friends.

When you were growing up, the times that made you smile, the times that brought

joy to your heart, because those memories will carry you along your journey.

I hope you enjoyed this story and I'll talk to you next time.