5 WAYS TO STUDY ENGLISH WITH A PARTNER

Hey, so you found a partner, you found someone to study English with and you

both are excited, but the only problem.

You don't know how to study together.

Well, don't you worry today?

I'm going to teach you five ways to study with your English partner.

Are you ready?

Well, then I'm teacher Tiffani let's jump right in.

All right.

So we're going to look at five different ways to study with your English

partner and these different ways will help you both speak English more.

Now method, number one, method.

Number one is called the topical discussion method.

You're going to use topics to practice giving your ideas and opinions.

This method will help you organize your thoughts about various topics.

Now, before I explain exactly how to use this.

I want to explain why it's so important as an English learner,

you are trying to become fluent.

You want to sound like a native English speaker?

Well, that means you need to master the ability to have discussions in English.

You need to master organizing your thoughts in English about various topics.

So for method, number one, you and your partner need to practice speaking.

Various topics in English, organizing your thoughts and organizing your ideas.

So how do you do this based on method one, let me show you, so what

you're going to do is right here.

First, you're going to pick a topic that you both would like to discuss and search

for questions about that topic in English.

Now for this one, again.

I always tell you, and I try to emphasize this as you're studying

English, you need to study based on topics you're actually interested in.

So you and your partner can discuss.

Yeah.

What do you like, what are your interests?

What are your hobbies?

Once you come to a decision and the consensus on a topic that you

are both interested in, what you're going to do is go to Google and type

discussion questions about dot, dot dot.

So whatever topic you chose, I love cooking.

I love exercising.

So my partner, and I may say, Hey, let's talk about.

So we'll go to Google and type discussion questions about cooking

and you'll get a ton of questions.

So for method, one first, you need to decide a topic and then

find questions about that topic.

Now, after you found the questions, what you're going to do.

Write the questions down and spend some time.

Sometimes you need more hours and sometimes you need more days to

organize your answers for each question.

And you're going to make sure your answers are based on the three reasons.

Details or examples breakdown.

Remember, I always explain in order to speak English fluently, you

need to give enough information.

So after you have the questions, the two of you can decide, Hey, should we wait

one or two days so that we have time to organize our ideas and then meet back up?

Or you may say no.

We can meet in a few hours.

You decide how much time you need to organize your answers for

each question, but make sure your answers give either three reasons,

three details or three examples.

All right.

That's very important.

Now, after you've done that, what you're going to do is come back together.

Meeting via video or audio call.

And you're going to ask each other the questions.

The goal is for each of you to make sure the other gives three reasons,

details or examples for their answer.

So by doing this by practicing English in this way, using this method with

your partner, You both will increase your ability to speak in English

fluently about various topics.

All right, now let's move on to method.

Number two, here we go.

Method.

Number two is also very useful method.

Number two is the question and answer method.

Now you're going to use questions to practice English conversation skills.

This method will help you.

How to carry on a conversation naturally in English.

So there's this thing that happens in English conversations.

I like to call it kind of like a tennis match.

Someone asks a question, you receive it.

And then you ask a question.

So you go back and forth, back and forth.

And in order to speak English fluently, you need to be able to do this naturally.

So with your partner using method two, you both will learn how to start doing that.

More naturally, which will improve your fluency.

So let's see how this method works.

Here we go.

First, you're going to pick something that you are both interested in.

It can be a movie, an activity, a book, a show, a topic.

It doesn't matter.

Just pick something you're both interested in.

I love emphasizing this.

You must be interested in something because that will help you speak easily

and fluently about it in English.

So pick something you're both interested in, for example, my

favorite movie is the sound of music.

So let's say my partner says, oh my goodness, Tiffani, I love the sound of me.

Perfect.

We both liked the sound of music.

Okay.

So let's move on to the second part.

Here we go.

Second individually, create five to 10 questions.

So you're going to create five to 10 questions related to

whatever you chose my partner and I, we chose the sound of music.

So I'll create five to 10 questions to ask my partner and

he, or she will also do the same.

I may say.

When was the first time you saw the sound of music?

First question.

Second question.

Why do you like this movie?

So much?

Third question.

What was your favorite part of the movie?

So again, creating questions based on what we chose, make sense, right.

Okay.

Now, after the questions are created, then.

Finally meet via video or audio call and ask each other, the questions you created.

Remember I encouraged you several months ago in a previous video about,

Hey, just stepping out there and asking someone to be your partner online.

Even underneath this video, if you need an English part.

In the comments section say, Hey guys, I would love to study with someone.

You can find people all over the world that wants to study, and you

can use this method and the other four methods to study with your partner.

Okay.

So again, method two is based on question and answer this

method, questions and answers.

Okay.

All right, here we go.

Let's move on to method number.

Visual sentence method.

Now this method, I love you use images to practice describing things in English.

This method will help you think faster and more creatively in English.

Now I truly love this method.

I've used.

So much with my students, with thousands of students during my time as an

English teacher, because many people are visual learners, they need to see

something and then connect what they see to maybe some textual information.

So using this method, you and your partner can increase your English fluent.

Using something visual.

So let me show you how this actually works for this visual sentence method.

So first, what you're going to do is select one picture.

I'm actually going to do that right now.

In real time, I have some pictures on my phone and I will show

you the picture that I select.

So I want to pick a picture and again, with your partner,

you can select the picture.

So here we go.

This is my picture.

Doesn't it look delicious.

Woo.

Yes, don't worry.

I caught it.

All right.

So I picked a picture of some delicious pizza.

All right.

Now I am vegan.

Some of you know that, but we have vegan cheese.

So I selected this right here.

Let's see if you can see it.

Let's see.

Let's see.

There we go.

That's the picture I chose.

So maybe my partner and I, we both love to eat pizza.

So we select a picture of a piece of pizza or a whole pizza.

Right?

You select a picture, then second set.

A three minute timer.

Why do you need a timer?

Here's why you're going to look at the same picture and go back and

forth describing it for three minutes.

That's right.

You're going to go back and forth.

So again, I chose the picture of the pizza.

So I have the pizza right here.

Let's see if you can see it.

Let's see. There we go.

That's the picture.

So my partner and I, we meet via video call.

I say, Hey, how are you?

My partner?

Hey, I'm good tip.

So we start talking and I say, okay, now we're going to describe this picture.

We set a three minute time.

And for three minutes, we go back and forth.

Ooh, I love the way the sauce looks on the pizza.

My partner might say, Ooh, I love how they put Bazell leaves on top

of the pizza and we're going back and forth describing the picture.

So this again helps you to start thinking more creatively in

English and it's actually cool.

Fun.

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All right.

So you see again, how you can improve your English while you're

studying with your partner.

Even before you meet your partner.

Now let's move on to method.

Number four, method.

Number four is alphabet vocabulary.

Now this method uses the English alphabet to practice using the English vocabulary.

You learned this method will help you remember and use

English vocabulary faster.

Now this is probably a new method you've never heard about,

but Ooh, when I say I love it.

Now, this method, you're going to use the alphabet and it's going to

help you recall all the vocabulary you've learned so many students tell

me teacher, I learned so much vocab.

But I can't recall the vocabulary when I need it.

This method will help you and your partner recall the vocabulary.

So let me explain how you use this method.

Here we go.

First.

Decide who will go first, then set a three minute timer.

Finally, starting with the letter, a go back and forth saying an

English vocabulary word that matches the letter of the alphabet.

Now you may want to decide the minimum number of letters, each word must have.

You don't want your partner saying.

For the letter.

I all right.

So for example, let's say my partner and I, Hey, how are you?

Hey, TIFF, we're going back and forth.

Right.

And so I'll start off with letter a, I set my three minute timer and

I say, okay, partner, you ready?

And he, or she says, yes, TIFF, I'm ready.

I start with letter a aardvark.

My partner goes, let her be bashful.

I have let her see.

Carrot.

She has let her D uh, distract and we go back and forth.

Even right now, me doing it.

I had to stop and think at the same time.

Right?

So it's really fun.

And you go back and forth with your partner.

And again, this method will help you and your partner recall the

vocabulary you both have learned.

Now, while you're practicing, there may be some new words.

Your partner says that you've never heard.

Guess what happens now, you have an opportunity to improve your vocabulary

and your partner has an opportunity to teach you something he or she already.

Makes sense, right?

The alphabet vocabulary method is amazing.

Now there's one more method I want to tell you that can help you

as you study with your partner.

This method is the five W's method.

Now you use the five doubles.

To practice basic English conversation skills.

This method will help you learn how to carry on a conversation

naturally in English about daily life.

Now I'm going to explain exactly how to use this method, but I

want to remind you the five W's.

I know you've been studying with me probably for a while, so you may

already know what they are say with me.

Who, what, when, where, and what's the last day.

Y.

Excellent.

So you know, the five W's.

So we're going to use these five W's to practice with the partner that you chose.

Here we go.

What you're going to do is choose one of the five W's you and your partner can

choose who what, when, where, or what.

You're going to ask each other a question based on that.

W so for example, if my partner and I decide, Hey, let's choose what that's

the w we want to start with, then we each must ask a question using what?

So I can say, um, Hey, what did you do yesterday?

I used what my partner can say.

I'll TIF.

Did you watch on TV last night, still asking me using that.

W so again, you can get very creative and you're also asking questions

about your partners daily life.

All right, here we go.

And finally go back and forth until you have finished using each.

So we started with the what then we'll go to when, Hey, when are

you going on your next vacation?

My partner may ask me TIFF.

When was the last time you sang at church?

Again?

Any question as possible, as long as you're using the w

that you and your partner.

And that's method number five.

I really hope you enjoy today's lesson.

I hope that these five methods help you and your partner study

English and enjoy the process.

All right.

I will see you next week.

Remember as always to speak English.

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Now today's story happened maybe about two or three years ago.

So I'll give you a little bit of the backstory.

So when I came back from South Korea, I decided to do YouTube full-time.

I decided to become an online English teacher.

Now, in order for me to continue moving forward with this business,

I needed to buy a lot of things.

I needed a new computer.

I needed a new camera.

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Thousands of dollars in order to purchase everything because

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So it took me a little while to save up the money and to figure

out how to get the products.

And I also wanted to wait until there was a.

So in America, we have these different periods of the year

that are known as the sale time.

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the year that you can get products.

And best buy is a very popular technology store here in America, you can get

computers, TVs, refrigerators, a lot of electronics is electronics and appliances.

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So I actually drove quite a ways from my house because there was a best

buy actually in Alexandria, Virginia.

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thousands of dollars that day.

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And I spoke to different, um, individuals that were working there.

Uh, one gentleman helped me with the computer.

I didn't need to buy another gentleman, helped me with the

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and I noticed there was a little, little.

She actually was an Indian lady, a little Indian lady looked like she may

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I didn't feel weird or anything.

I just was curious why she was looking at me.

So I was standing by the camera, the camera area, and I was looking

at a camera and she walked over to me and she got really close to me.

So I looked at her and I said, hello?

She said, hi, baby.

How are you again?

She was older, really cute lady.

But she worked there.

So I honestly didn't think she was coming to actually, you know, tell

me the features about any camera.

She just seemed like a sweet lady.

She said, so you have to buy a camera.

Huh?

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purchase it, you know, which card and, and we were just talking and she

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I said a tip.

She said, you see this right here.

It was the floor model.

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that people can touch and use.

So when you go to buy a computer or a camera or something like that,

they have one example model people can actually pick up and play with

that's called the floor model.

So there was a floor model of the camera I needed.

She said, you see that right there?

I said, yes.

Ma'am.

She said the floor model.

I think it was either two or $300.

She said, if you get the floor model, there's nothing wrong with it.

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It's really a lot.

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She said, save $300, honey, use this, get this one, this floor model.

It works perfectly.

And I said, you know what?

Ma'am thank you so much.

And that day I saved $300 on that camera.

The camera was over a thousand dollars, but because of that lady,

I was able to save almost $300.

And the moral of the story, honestly, guys is I needed a discount that day.

I needed to get some things for cheaper than they were actually, uh, promoted.

Um, actually, as they were shown in certain magazines or

newspapers, I needed a cheaper.

And the lady that I least expected to be able to help

me was the one that helped me.

That little lady who was about my parents' age, if not older, who was

just walking around the store, looked like she was a sweet, old lady.

She was the one that helped me the most out of all the individuals

that work there that yeah.

So I want to remind you that as you're on this English journey,

people are going to be around you.

You're going to meet people that maybe they don't look like they can help you,

but always be open because you never know how much someone can help you.

Until you actually give them the opportunity to help.

If you guys enjoyed this story, maybe you also have a story where someone

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