10 PROVEN TECHNIQUES TO HELP YOU SPEAK ENGLISH FLUENTLY

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Speak English With Tiffani


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Hey, in this week's lesson, I'm going to teach you 10 proven techniques that will
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help you speak English more fluently.
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If that's your goal, this video is for you.
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Are you ready?
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Well, then I'm teacher Tiffani.
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Let's jump right in.
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Technique number one, the first technique you need to understand
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and start putting into practice is practice English through storytelling.
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That's right.
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Practice English through storytelling.
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Here's the thing.
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You can improve your fluency and creativity by telling stories in English.
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This technique encourages you to express yourself through Confidently
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and engages your imagination, thus enhancing your overall language skills.
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Think about it at the end of every lesson.
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What do we have?
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You know, yes, we have story time, right?
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Don't worry.
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I'm going to give you a story today as well.
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Why do I tell you those stories?
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Well, I tell you stories so that you can get to know me
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more as your English teacher.
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But also for you to enjoy the process of learning English in a different way.
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Yes.
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I can teach you words, expressions, and techniques, but when I switch
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over to telling you a story, you start learning English in a different way.
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You're just engaged in the story.
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You're listening.
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You're enjoying it.
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So the same thing will happen when you create your own stories, start telling
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people's stories in English, your brain starts becoming even more creative.
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And this will improve your English fluency.
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So when someone asks you, Hey, how was your day?
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Instead of saying in English, Oh, it was good.
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Or, Oh, it wasn't that good.
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Tell a story.
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Oh, you know, I had an amazing day today.
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I met this lady at the store and we'd started talking and dot, dot, dot.
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Tell a story instead of just giving one, two, three words as an answer.
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Makes sense.
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Yes.
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So again, technique number one to improve your English fluency,
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practice English through storytelling.
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You know how much I love telling stories.
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Number two, record and analyze real life conversations.
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Ooh, pay attention, record and analyze real life conversations.
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You see, you can record your conversations.
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You heard me right, your conversations with native speakers, or even dialogues
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from movies or TV shows by analyzing these recordings, you can identify areas
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where you need improvement and work on specific aspects of your speech.
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So there's power in analyzing your speech and analyzing your conversation.
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So once again, This technique, two ways you can analyze your own conversations
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that you have with others, or you can analyze conversations that you've
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seen on TV or heard from a podcast.
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The key is listening very closely.
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So I want you to think about having a conversation, maybe with your teacher,
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or maybe with another friend you have, that's a native English speaker.
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As you're having the conversation, listen, it might be on the phone,
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Hit record, it might be on the computer via zoom, hit record.
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After that conversation, go back and listen multiple times,
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analyze the conversation.
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What did you do?
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Well, what do you want to work on?
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What expressions were used and what expressions could have been used
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in the place of other expressions?
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When you start analyzing these conversations, your brain will
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also start realizing, ah, okay.
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When you get into another English conversation, now we're going
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to switch the way we respond.
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Analyzing conversations will help you improve your fluency.
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I know you've probably had this issue before you experienced this, where you
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get into a conversation and you find yourself saying the same thing over and
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Over and over and over again, right?
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Or maybe you're using the same word over and over and over again.
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Listen, I know how that feels.
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When I was studying Korean, I would get frustrated because I'd want to say
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something else, but I only had one word.
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I only had one expression, but when you go back and analyze the
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conversation that you recorded.
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Right.
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And you see, I always say this word.
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Then you figure out what you can say in place of that word.
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There's something that happens when you analyze your own conversations.
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Okay.
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Again, you can also analyze conversations from other people's experience as
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well, and it will have a good effect, but I want you to also focus on
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analyzing your own conversations.
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Okay.
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All right, here we go.
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Technique number three.
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Again, your goal being to speak English more fluently.
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Speak aloud while reading when you have a book, right?
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I have a book right next to me.
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I'm reading this book instead of reading silently, right?
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Read it out loud.
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That difficulty is dot, dot, dot, read it out loud.
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So you can hear yourself.
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Here's the thing, read aloud to improve pronunciation, intonation,
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and rhythm in spoken English.
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This technique helps with fluency and building confidence in speaking.
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The more you practice, the better you'll get.
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Again, speak aloud while reading.
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I know you might feel shy.
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I understand.
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I know you might not like hearing yourself per se, because you don't
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feel like you sound like someone else.
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Don't worry about that.
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Speak aloud while reading.
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The more you do it, the more you will improve.
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We're talking about this year, this year, my friend, improving your English fluency.
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So again, speak aloud while reading.
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You got me.
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Excellent.
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All right, we're going to move on to technique number four, but I
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want to remind you, I have a daily English vocabulary newsletter
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that I send out via email.
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Totally for free this year.
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I want to help you speak English fluently.
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So today I want to tell you about this newsletter.
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Go to daily English vocabulary.
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com every day from Sunday to Friday.
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I'll send you an email for free with five new vocabulary words about.
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A specific topic.
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I want you to be able to speak English fluently about topics.
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So every day I'm going to send you five new words.
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So go to dailyenglishvocabulary.
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com and get it totally for free.
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All right, so let's move on to technique number four technique.
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Number four is seek out natural English conversations.
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Seek, to look for, to search for, seek out natural English conversations.
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So how do you do this?
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Listen to podcasts or watch videos that feature unscripted.
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Here's the key.
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Unscripted conversations between native English speakers.
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I'm going to pause really quickly with the description.
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This is something that I do for my students in my academy every single month.
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They're in my speak English like a native program, and I'm training
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them to sound like a native English speaker to sound like me.
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I want to help them reach this point.
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So every month I actually record a real conversation between myself.
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And another native English speaker.
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We don't have a script.
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We literally speak very honestly.
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We're very transparent.
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Why?
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Because I know the power of watching, of listening to real English
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conversations in order for you to sound like a native English speaker.
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In order for you to sound fluent.
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To speak English fluently, to sound natural, you have to pay attention to what
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natural conversations actually sound like.
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So here's the thing.
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Exposure to real life dialogues helps learners understand the
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nuances of spontaneous speech and fosters more fluid conversations.
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I've watched my students in this program, literally start sounding more natural.
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They're speaking English more fluently.
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Why?
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Because they're seeing every single month, a new conversation on a new
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topic between native English speakers.
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And they're watching how we speak as they look at the videos.
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They're listening to our intonation.
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They're listening to the different nuances when they listen to it via the audio file.
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This is how you'll improve your English fluency.
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Once again, seek out, search for, look for natural English conversations.
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Technique number five technique.
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Number five is another good one.
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Engage.
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In group discussions, engage, participate in group discussion.
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Here's the thing.
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Join discussion groups or conversation clubs to interact
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with other English learners.
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You are not alone.
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Engaging in group discussions allows you to practice expressing your thoughts,
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engage in debates and develop fluency.
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In a supportive environment.
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I love watching my students engage with each other.
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There's this no judgment zone.
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They're not afraid of making mistakes.
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Why it's a supportive environment.
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Find an environment that you can be involved in where you can practice
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speaking English and not feel nervous, not feel shy, not feel scared.
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The more you practice, the better you'll become.
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So again, Technique number five is engage in group discussions technique.
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Number six, it's important for you to use mind maps.
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For conversation planning, use mind maps for conversation planning.
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This one makes me excited.
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Let me explain prior to discussions or conversations, create a mind map with key
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points or phrases related to the topic.
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This technique helps organize thoughts and ensures.
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Smoother and more coherent conversations.
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Let me break this down for you.
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You know that I've taught you over and over again, the five W's method.
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Say it with me.
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Who, what, when, where, and why this is one of the methods, one of the techniques
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I have been teaching you for years.
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Why?
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Because when you organize your thoughts.
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When you create this mind map, who, what, when, where, and why, and then enter a
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conversation, man, the confidence you have in that conversation will blow your mind
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because you have your ideas organized.
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That's what this technique is talking about.
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For example, if you know, tomorrow, you're going to be interacting with
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someone in English and you know, Hey, we'll probably talk about, um, our
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careers, or we'll probably talk about our families, prepare, start now.
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Creating your mind map, get a pen, get a piece of paper, and I want you
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to write down, I'm looking for paper.
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I don't see any paper, but I want you to write that in a
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notebook on a piece of paper.
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Okay.
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Draw a circle family.
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If we talk about family, draw the circle mind map.
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Now, what aspects of my family do I want to go into?
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Ah, okay.
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My husband just got a new job.
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Okay.
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My husband's new job.
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Okay.
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Next, uh, my daughter, she's playing on the soccer team at school.
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Okay.
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Soccer team, my daughter.
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Start planning out what you're going to say, and I guarantee you you'll be
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able to speak English more fluently.
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Okay.
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And you'll be at ease.
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You won't be nervous.
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You'll be relaxed.
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So again, use mind maps for conversation, planning, plan ahead of time.
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Technique number seven, use the self repetition technique.
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Again, the self repetition technique, listen closely, repeat what you just said.
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But rephrase it slightly.
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This is something I do throughout my lessons, and
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you've probably caught onto this.
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I will say the same thing over again, using different words.
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Why?
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Because I want to help you learn synonyms.
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I want to help you see how to say the same thing in a different way.
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For example, rephrase it slightly, say it differently, change
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the words and say it again.
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All of these mean the same thing.
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Each of these statements mean the same thing, but I'm saying them differently.
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Again, repeat what you just said, but rephrase it slightly.
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This technique actually gives a mental boost by reinforcing what has been
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spoken and allows you that's right.
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You, my friend to add more details or clarify your ideas.
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During conversations, man is ice cream.
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It's so good.
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No, it is delicious.
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This ice cream is on point.
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Three different ways of saying the same thing again, technique number seven,
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use the self repetition technique.
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Repeat what you're saying in a different way.
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We're talking about finally speaking English fluently technique.
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Number eight, implement.
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The chunking technique, implement the chunking technique.
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Here we go.
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Break down sentences into smaller chunks or phrases and
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focus on speaking them fluently.
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This technique helps reduce hesitations and promotes.
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I used to do this when I was teaching in South Korea, all the time, I would
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recognize when students were having a hard time pronouncing certain words,
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or actually saying something smoothly.
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So I would break the sentence down.
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I would get chunks and have them repeat after me slowly at first, then
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a little bit faster and then very fast.
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Then we'd move on to the second chunk.
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So Slowly at first, then a little faster and then very fast.
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Then once they had each chunk properly done, they were able to say them.
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Well, I would connect them.
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This is called the chunking technique.
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For example, the last sentence I just said was this technique
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helps reduce hesitations and promotes smoother conversations.
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That sentence might be too long for you.
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So I would break it up into chunks.
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This technique helps reduce hesitations.
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This technique helps reduce hesitations.
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Say it over and over again until you can say it smoothly like me.
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Then you move on to the second chunk and promotes smoother conversations and
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promotes smoother conversations until you're able to say it smoothly like me.
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Then you move on.
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Put the two chunks together.
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This again is called the chunking technique.
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We're talking about, excuse me.
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We're talking about speaking English fluently.
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All right, let's move on to technique number nine.
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Use the.
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Many short or small speeches use many M I N I for those listening, many
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speeches, give short speeches in English, for example, on a current event or
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an interesting topic, this technique helps build confidence in speaking and
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promotes fluency in expressing ideas.
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You, my friend can and will achieve your English goals this year.
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This is one technique that will help you achieve your goals.
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Pick a topic, write a short speech about that topic.
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Short.
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It doesn't have to be 10 minutes, 15 minutes.
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No, it can be a short two minute speech, three minutes speech, but
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practice giving a speech practice, giving your ideas on a specific topic.
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Even if you are alone practice doing this, because what you're doing is training
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your mind to be able to produce your ideas, produce your thoughts, produce
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your opinions in another language.
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And that language being.
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So once again, technique number nine, use many speeches, technique, number 10,
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practice storytelling, using pictures.
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Now we talked about the other technique of storytelling.
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This is my other favorite technique.
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Practice storytelling using pictures.
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This is something I did all the time with my students in Korea as well.
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I would get an image, I would get a picture and I'd ask them to describe it,
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to tell a story based on the picture.
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Why it opens your mind.
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It helps you become more creative, which will improve your fluency.
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Here's the deal, use pictures to practice telling stories in English.
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This technique helps with fluency and creativity in conversation.
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One thing that makes the English language very unique.
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And again, after learning Korean, I realized, okay, there are differences.
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And one of the differences outside of grammar and everything else.
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It's the fact that English is a very creative language, right?
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As Americans, native English speakers, right?
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We focus on being able to share our ideas, share our opinions and present them in
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a way that people can understand them.
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So we have to constantly think in a creative way.
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We love storytelling when you meet someone, even if you don't know them,
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they'll start telling you a story.
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Sometimes it's a very creative language.
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So when you practice telling stories, when you practice looking at a picture
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and trying to figure out what that picture is about, It will actually
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help you improve your English fluency.
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Trust me.
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I'm telling you, this is going to change your English this year.
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I hope you enjoyed this lesson and I hope these techniques really help you
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achieve your English goals this year.
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I'll talk to you in the next lesson.
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You still there?
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You know what time it is.
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Sing it with me.
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It's story time.
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Hey, I said, it's story time.
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All right.
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So today's story, it is kind of a funny one when I think back on it.
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So I was living in South Korea, right?
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I was living in South Korea and at that time, the winter Olympics
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was being held in South Korea.
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Now I was a busy missionary teaching English and the Bible,
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and I was in grad school.
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I didn't want to miss the opportunity of going to the Olympics while I
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was actually living in South Korea.
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So one of my closest friends, she's Korean.
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She's also an English teacher in South Korea.
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We decided to go to the Olympics, right?
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She had a car and it was going to be without traffic about a two hour drive.
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However, traffic was horrendous.
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We were in traffic, I think for four to five hours.
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So, but we got in the car.
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We were excited.
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It was freezing outside, but you know, we were in the car,
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we were warm inside the car.
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So we had been driving for about three and a half to four hours, and all of a sudden
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we both felt the urge to use the bathroom.
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We both said, wait a minute, I, I have to use the bathroom.
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We both said at the same time.
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But we were stuck in traffic.
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I mean, bumper to bumper traffic, meaning we weren't moving at all.
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We were at a standstill for a long time.
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20 minutes went by, 40 minutes went by, an hour went by.
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And we said, this is a problem.
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This is a problem.
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Um, we need to use the restroom, but we're sitting in traffic and we're still
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about an hour away from our destination.
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Now, I knew that I could hold my bladder for a while, right?
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You know, as you get older, you know, you get busy doing things.
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You just learn how to hold your bladder when it's necessary, right?
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If I'm teaching a class, I can't use the bathroom in the middle of the class.
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Right?
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So I could hold my bladder and my friend could as well,
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but it was getting to the end.
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It was getting to the end and I was sitting in the car.
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I mean, the way my legs were sitting, It's literally wrapped around into
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the tight, like, Lord, help me, please, Lord, help me, please, Lord.
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And the cars slowly started to move.
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I honestly was concerned.
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That's how bad it was.
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Imagine holding your bladder for two hours, two hours.
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That's a very long time.
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So I'm holding my bladder.
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I said, Lord, I don't know.
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I don't know.
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I looked outside.
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I said, that's not an option.
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I couldn't find anything to, to, to do to.
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I was like, Lord, please, please.
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I prayed every prayer you could possibly pray.
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So I made it, we made it to our destination.
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I made it to the bathroom and the release I felt, I said, thank you, Lord.
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Thank you.
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And I got to the back.
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I made it to the bathroom.
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There were no accidents.
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I made it to the bathroom.
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But in that moment, as I was sitting in the bathroom in the stall saying,
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thank you, Lord, releasing my bladder, I thought to myself as human beings, we
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can do more than we actually realize.
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You didn't think I'd bring a lesson out of going to the bathroom, did you?
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But no, I realized you can go further than you even know.
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You can push yourself more than you might realize you have more
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capabilities in you than you realize.
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In that moment, I was made aware of the power of determination.
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And I want you to keep this in mind whenever you are struggling and
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you feel like you can't go anymore.
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You remember your teacher, Tiffani held her bladder.
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I held it for two hours.
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I was determined to keep going forward.
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You can do it.
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And there's going to come a moment when you have release, when you
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feel this extreme joy, when you realize all of your efforts.
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We're not for naught.
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We're not something that was done away with.
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No, your efforts, they paid off.
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You are going to achieve your English goals.
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Hang in there.
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Keep pushing forward.
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I hope you enjoyed this story.
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I'll talk to you next time.
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