SPEAK ENGLISH FLUENTLY | Use This Simple Rule To Speak Fluently In English [Episode 3]

Hey!

Welcome to today's English lesson.

Now in this lesson, you will learn how to speak English fluently

using the simple rule of three's.

I guarantee this lesson is going to change your life.

Are you ready?

Well then.

I'm Teacher Tiffani, let's jump right in.

Now as a reminder, the rule of three's, it was given to me by my teachers and

it just says provide enough support for your thoughts, your ideas and

opinions by giving three details, three examples or three reasons.

Hence, we say the rule of three's.

So, let's start with the first one.

Three details.

Now, the first part of the rule focuses on the important details of the topic,

subject or person you are discussing.

In other words, you want to help your listener visualize

what you are talking about.

So, let's say for example.

We were talking about food.

This guy right here is enjoying his sandwich and we can say, "Hey!

Tell me about your favorite thing to eat."

Now, his response would probably be, "I love to eat hamburgers."

I wanna pause.

This is a good answer.

He understood the question and he answered it very clearly.

But remember, we are talking about speaking English fluently like

a native English speaker, which means you must support your answer.

So let's see what three details can be given about the hamburger.

Here we go!

Detail number one, crispy lettuce.

Detail number two, a massive burger patty.

And detail number three, caramelized onions.

So you see what's happening, right?

We have the main response and now we're getting three details.

So how can we turn the details into a very fluent English response?

Here we go!

"I love to eat hamburgers.

My hamburgers always include a massive burger patty.

I usually have to hold my hamburgers with two hands because they are so big.

On top of the burger patty, I put crispy lettuce.

It makes a loud sound when I bite into it.

This sandwich sounds good.

Finally, I add caramelized onions.

The sweetness really makes the sandwich taste good.

All of these ingredients put together usually make me want to eat like a horse."

Now, there are some new expressions and words that I will explain to you

but I want you to notice this fluent English response came from three details.

Again, use the three details to make a fluent English response.

So let's take a real quick look at these new words and expressions.

The first one is massive.

We said, massive burger patty.

What does the word massive mean?

Right here.

It means forming or consisting of a large mass, something extremely big.

So, when he was eating that sandwich, it did look big.

Right?

A massive burger, meaning something that is very big or large.

Massive.

After me.

Massive.

Excellent!

One more time.

Massive.

Great job!

Now, the other word I want us to look at is crispy.

Now in the response, we said, crispy lettuce.

Right?

Now again after me for pronunciation practice, crispy.

Excellent!

Now crispy just means firm but easily broken or crumbled.

Once again, firm but easily broken or crumbled.

Think about lettuce, lettuce that when you cut through it or when

you break it, you hear a sound.

A crispy piece of lettuce.

So again after me, crispy.

Great job!

Excellent!

Now the other one I want to explain to you is right here.

Caramelized.

Hey, you got it!

One more time, after me.

Caramelized.

Excellent!

Now caramelized with reference to food containing natural sugar.

Cook or be cooked.

It means to cook or be cooked so as to develop the characteristic brown

color and nutty flavor of caramel.

Let me make it a little easier for you to understand.

Now you know that I love to cook.

I love good food.

So when I'm cooking, sometimes I need onions.

So I'll slice the onions or I'll chop them up.

Then I'll saute some oil or I'll put some oil in the pan and heat it up.

And then I'll saute the onions.

What happens when you heat onions up in oil?

Yes!

They start to get a little bit clear, right?

And they start to get sweeter.

That process is caramelization.

So caramelized onions.

They are a lot sweeter than raw onions.

Make sense, right?

All right, good!

Now the last one I want to explain to you is right here.

This idiom, eat like a horse.

Say it after me, eat like a horse.

Excellent!

Now this just means when someone eats like a horse, they always eat a lot of food.

Again, they always eat a lot of food.

Look at this young man.

He is enjoying his meal and he is eating that burger.

And he is enjoying it.

So again, eat like a horse.

It just means to eat a lot of food.

So after me, eat like a horse.

Excellent!

Very good!

So we see using three details, we were able to give a very good response.

Now what about the next part of this simple rule of three's.

You see the next one is three examples.

Again, this focuses on giving examples of the topic, subject

or person you are discussing.

In other words, you wanna help the listener understand more by giving

them real life example situations.

So remember, we're talking about food.

So, what about this right here?

We see this woman in the kitchen looks like she's about to bake something.

The topic is favorite thing to cook.

What is your favorite thing to cook?

Well, the response could be, "I like to cook desserts."

Once again, that's a good response.

The person answered the question.

"Oh, I like to cook desserts."

Done.

But that's a beginner level response.

We want an advanced English response.

We want a fluent English response using three examples.

So let's see what happens.

Here we go!

Example number one, I bake cookies every other Friday for my children.

A real life example.

Second, every holiday I make homemade ice cream for my family.

And third example, once in a blue moon I make apple pie for my coworkers.

So immediately as I was reading the example situations, a picture

probably started to form in your head.

Making something for kids, making something for coworkers.

These are situations, example situations.

So, how can we turn these example situations into a fluent English response.

Let me show you how.

Here we go!

"All of my friends know that I like to cook desserts.

I bake cookies every other Friday for my children.

Every holiday I make homemade ice cream for my family.

Also, once in a blue moon, I make apple pie for my coworkers."

So, what happened?

The answer was I like cooking desserts and then the support came

in the form of three examples.

Oh yeah!

I cook for my kids.

I make homemade ice cream for my family, and I also make

apple pie for my coworkers.

So you, as the listener know, this individual really

does like making desserts.

That's why giving three examples is so powerful.

It's not just about the number of words you use when you're

trying to speak English fluently.

It really is about how you're organizing your thoughts and how you're able to

respond using the supporting information.

So this simple rule of three's is going to help you so much.

Now within the response, there's some extra words that I want to explain to you.

So here we go!

This pattern right here, every other.

Every other.

Now this just means each second in a series or each alternate.

For example, if I say every other day.

It means Monday, not Tuesday, Wednesday, not Thursday and Friday.

Every other day.

In English, we say every other.

So the alternate or the second in a series.

So again, after me.

Every other.

Excellent!

I want you in the comment section, let us know, what do you do every other day?

Maybe there's something you do unique.

Maybe, you exercise every other day.

Monday not Tuesday, Wednesday not Thursday and Friday.

Every other day.

All right!

Now let's go check out the next one.

Homemade.

We talked about her making or him making homemade ice cream.

Right?

Some of our guys like to cook too.

My dad loves to cook homemade ice cream.

Now homemade, after me, repeat.

Homemade.

Excellent!

Now, homemade just means made at home rather than in a store or factory.

We say, home.

Made at home.

Homemade.

Pretty simple, right?

Homemade.

Excellent!

Very good!

Now the last one I wanna show you from this response is once in a blue moon.

After me, once in a blue moon.

Excellent!

Now once in a blue moon just means to do it very rarely.

Not often.

Sometimes but not regularly.

In English, we say once in a blue moon.

Now in our response she said, "Make apple pie for her

coworkers once in a blue moon."

She makes it once in a blue moon.

Not often, rarely, but she does do it.

Makes sense, right?

All right.

Excellent!

So again, we have three details.

Three examples.

Now let's move on to the next number three.

Here we go!

Here's the quick explanation, three reasons.

This part focuses on giving specific reasons for your ideas on the topic,

subject or person you are discussing.

In other words, you wanna help your listener understand your thought

process and how you developed your idea.

Remember, English fluency is all about the way you think and producing

your thoughts in a clear way.

Not about the number of words you use, it's about how you

put your words together.

So let's check this situation out right here.

Yes, he's eating a cookie and it looks absolutely delicious.

So we have him eating a cookie.

The topic is snacking.

Do you snack throughout the day?

The response.

Yes, I snack throughout the day.

Again, remember I told you, giving a simple response, a

simple answer, that's fine.

You understood the question and you gave your response however that's a beginner

level response, a basic English response.

And you want to give an advanced English response of fluent English response.

So let's support the response with three reasons.

First, I am usually too swamped at work to eat a good lunch.

Second, my office keeps the staff kitchen well-stocked with free snacks.

And finally,

it's convenient for me to grab a quick snack when I am busy.

So we have three clear reasons why this individual likes to snack every day.

So, how can we turn the reasons into a fluent English response?

Here we go!

Here's the response.

"Yes, I snack throughout the day.

The first reason is that I am usually too swamped at work to eat a good lunch.

The second reason is that my office keeps the staff kitchen

well-stocked with free snacks.

Finally, it's convenient for me to grab a quick snack when I am busy."

Very fluent English response.

Gave supporting reasons for the answer that was given.

Again, this is an amazing response.

But I want us to take a real quick look at some of the words that came up.

Swamped.

Good job!

Again, after me.

Swamped.

Excellent!

Now this word swamped just means overwhelm with an excessive amount

of something or to be inundated.

It means there's a lot going on and you feel the overwhelm.

You feel very overwhelm like "Okay.

I really have too much work right now.

I feel like I can't handle everything.

I am swamped.

Makes sense, right?

So when you're swamped at work, you don't have time to eat a good meal

so this individual just snacks.

Make sense?

Huh?

All right.

Now what about this one right here.

Well-stocked.

After me.

Well-stocked.

Excellent.

Now this just means having or containing sufficient goods, wares, food, et cetera.

Having enough, you have enough, you have all that you need.

We say, well-stocked.

And it's usually about a product, right?

So the snacks in his office, right?

They have a closet maybe where they have all the snacks and

every time he opens the door.

Woo wee!

Yes!

Full of snacks.

Well-stocked.

You got it, right?

Okay.

Now the last one I want us to look at is right here.

Convenient.

He said, "It's convenient to grab a snack when he's busy."

So after me.

Convenient.

Excellent!

Again, convenient.

Great job!

Now convenient just means involving little trouble or effort.

Once again, involving little trouble or effort.

It means, "Hey!

It's not a big deal."

It's actually easy for me to do this thing.

It's convenient.

Again, after me.

Convenient.

Excellent!

So again, using these three reasons, we were able to give

a very clear English response.

I really hope you enjoy the lesson today.

I hope that you will continue using this simple rule of three's

to start speaking English fluently like a native English speaker.

I'll talk to you next time but let's always remember to speak English.

You still there?

Ain't nothing changed.

You know what time it is?

Here we go!

It's story time.

Hey!

I said it's story time.

All right.

It's a brand new year but I love telling stories.

So, I want to tell you a very quick story and it involves my

mother and it also includes food.

So, you all know how passionate I am about helping you speak English

fluently and with confidence, right?

So I work hard every day, except for Sabbath or Saturday.

I go to church on Saturday.

So I work usually Monday to Friday and sometimes on Sundays.

Now last year, this was when I was staying with my parents.

They were helping me as I was trying to build my business.

I have to work a lot.

So I worked again every day, except Saturday.

I worked about maybe 12 hours a day because I wanted to make sure I provided

you with the best English lessons.

Now, I have mentioned earlier, when we talked about being swamped.

Remember that word, right?

When you're swamped at work, you can't really eat the healthiest food.

So what happened was, it was a Sunday.

I gotten up early, I'm an early bird.

And I was working hard on an English lesson for you.

And I noticed that my stomach started to make some noises.

Come on.

"Ooh, I'm a little hungry."

So I went downstairs and my mom happened to be in the kitchen.

Say, "Hey Tiff, how are you?"

I say, "I'm good!

You know, just working.

I just got a little bit hungry."

And she said, "Oh man!

Your dad and I were just talking about how good fried

potatoes are on Sunday mornings.

I said, "Yeah!

They're really delicious.

I wish we had them today."

And then I laughed because I knew my mom was busy doing things.

My dad was busy doing things.

We were all busy.

So, I didn't expect her to make the fried potatoes because she had things

going on too but I just let her know.

I really do love fried potatoes so I got something to snack on and then I went back

upstairs to my office to continue working.

Now about 10 or 15 minutes later, my nose started to get this whiff.

This amazing aroma started to come and fill the house.

And I said, "I know that, wait a minute, it smelled like caramelized onions."

Hey!

You got that too.

I could smell the aroma of garlic and onion powder and a little salt and pepper.

And I said, "Wait a minute, what am I smelling?

So I tried to work for a few more minutes but the smell just became overwhelming.

You caught that too, right?

It smelled so good.

So I opened my door and I walked down the steps.

And when I got to the kitchen, I saw my mom making fried potatoes for me.

She turned around and she said, "Hey Tiff!"

And she gave me that smile and I walked up to and I gave her a big hug.

I said, "Mommy, I really appreciate you.

Thank you so much!"

Because she didn't have to make the fried potato.

She was also busy and I hadn't even asked her, but that's

what a mother's love will do.

She knew that her daughter really did.

And I still do love fried potatoes and she wanted to do something that seems

so simple but meant so much because even to this day, I remember it.

So maybe you, do things like that for your children or for your family

members or for your spouse, just to let them know that you love them.

It's the little things in life that mean the most.

So for me, it was fried potatoes.

What was it for you?

I hope you enjoyed the story guys and I look forward to talking to

you in the next English lesson.