30 Days to English Fluency: The Truth

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Speak English With Vanessa


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Vanessa: How long will it take you to  
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become fluent in English? Is it 30 days, one year,  10 years? If you've ever googled this question,  
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you have probably found a whole range of answers,  including some experts who promise you you can go  
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from zero to 100 and become fluent in English  in 30 days. But have you ever tried a program  
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like that that promised you everything? At the  end, you probably felt quite disappointed. Today  
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we're going to talk about five important factors  that will help you to become fluent in English  
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and help us to answer this question of how long  it will take you to reach this dream of fluency.
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Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com,  and like always, I have created a free PDF  
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worksheet for you for today's lesson.  It includes all of the five important  
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points that we need to consider when thinking  about how long it will take you to become fluent,  
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including some solutions, some problems  that a lot of my English students face in  
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their English journey and some ideas I hope  to help you reach fluency. So you can click  
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on the link in the description to download this  free PDF worksheet today. It is my gift to you.
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Before we get started, I have a question. Are  you an intermediate English learner who has  
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been stuck on an intermediate plateau? That means  that you made a lot of progress at the beginning,  
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and then you feel like you're not really making  any progress. You were on an intermediate plateau  
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and you can't bump yourself up to that  advanced fluent level. Is this you? Well,  
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All right, let's get started with the first  answer to the question, how long will it take  
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me to become fluent? The first answer is it  depends on your current English level. If you  
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are an absolute beginner right now, and maybe that  means you have to watch subtitles to understand my  
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English lessons, well, of course it's going to  take you longer to reach fluency than for people  
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who are at an intermediate or already in advanced  English level. So if you join a course and someone  
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promises you, you will learn everything you need  to know to become absolutely fluent in 30 days and  
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you're a beginner English learner, turn off that  radio in your ears. Don't listen to it. Instead,  
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we need to be more realistic. That depends on  where you're starting in your English journey.
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The second answer to this important question is  it depends on if you want to be a fluent English  
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reader or a fluent English speaker. If you are  wanting to level up your English skills because  
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you need to read research documents for your  career, well, you're going to achieve reading  
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fluency in a different way and at a different  speed than someone who's trying to speak fluently,  
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have English conversations without hesitation  with a variety of people. These two paths are  
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quite different, so you need to decide what  type of fluency are you searching for? Are you  
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searching for just reading fluency? Do you want to  just understand English TV shows and movies? Okay,  
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so maybe you need listening fluency or  are you reaching for speaking fluency?
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Well, let's go on to step number three to  answer that question as well. The third  
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answer to this question, how long will  it take me to become fluent is one of  
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the most important. It depends on what your  definition of fluency is. Like we mentioned,  
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if you are going to study English papers for  academia, okay, well, this is a much different  
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definition of fluency than someone who's going  to move to the U.S. and need to interact and  
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speak in English every day. So I have a question  for you. What does fluency mean to you? This is  
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a big question. You don't need to answer it  right now. I'd like to give you some ideas,  
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including my personal definition of fluency,  but yours might be different for you.
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Consider why you're deciding to learn English.  Is it because you want to travel easily?  
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Do you want to be able to speak with  your coworkers? Do you want to learn  
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more about your academic field or your  career and you have to read high level  
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research papers? What is the reason why  you're deciding to learn English? You  
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can see that all of these different scenarios,  these different reasons for learning English,  
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mean that you're on a different path to fluency.  Your definition of fluency will be different.
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Well, what about for me? For me, my personal  definition of fluency means that you can speak  
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easily and comfortably about multiple  topics. Your vocabulary doesn't need to  
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be perfect. Your grammar doesn't need to  be perfect. Your pronunciation just needs  
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to be clear and understandable. But if  you feel comfortable speaking and if the  
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other person feels comfortable  having a conversation with you,  
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they're not changing their speech depending on  how you speak, they're speaking normally and  
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you're speaking comfortably, that means,  in my opinion, that you're fluent.
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All right, let's go to the fourth  answer for the important question,  
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how long will it take me to become  fluent? The fourth answer is, well,  
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it depends on the tools and techniques that you're  using. I want to ask you, which one do you think  
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will take you longer to achieve fluency? Using  an English game app for 10 to 15 minutes per day,  
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or joining a full course with a guide, with  lessons, with speaking partners that you can study  
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with on a weekly basis? Which one will take you  longer to achieve fluency? Yep, that first one.
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If you're just using simple tools or simple  techniques, it is going to take you longer  
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to achieve fluency. Some of the best ways are to  combine methods. Yes, use a game app and you can  
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join a course, maybe The Fearless Fluency Club  Unlimited, ooh, where you can really have access  
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to the best tools and techniques and quickly  level up your English skills to reach fluency.
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Our fifth and final answer  to this important question,  
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how long will it take me to become fluent is,  well, it depends on you. It does not depend on  
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your personal level of intelligence. Instead,  it depends on your motivation, determination,  
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your attitude and your mindset. The good news  is, even if you used to think that you weren't  
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good at learning languages or good at learning  English, well, these things, your determination,  
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your motivation, your mindset and attitude, we  can always learn those things. So no matter how  
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you feel about your learning ability, you can  always grow your motivation and determination.
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One of the best ways to stay motivated  to learn English and to have a positive  
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mindset and attitude about your growing  skills is to speak with other people.  
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This really helps us to understand why we're  learning English in the first place. Well,  
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it's a communication tool. That's what  language is. I would love to help you  
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connect with other motivated English learners.  This will help you and it will also help other  
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English learners. You are working together.  When you join The Fearless Fluency Club,  
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you to stay motivated and have a positive attitude  because learning English is a rollercoaster.
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As we know, some days you feel really great and  some days you don't. What can you do on those  
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difficult days? Well, when you are surrounded  by a community of other English learners who  
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are on the same journey, you can easily be  boosted up and maintain that motivation and  
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determination. So to stay motivated and  to connect with other English learners,  
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Keep your motivation strong and grow your  English level. This week only, you can get a  
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Well, thank you so much for learning English with  me, and I'll see you again next Friday for a new  
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lesson here on my YouTube channel. Bye. But wait,  do you want more? I recommend watching this video  
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next where you can start speaking with me today  about important daily life conversations like your  
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city, your pets, your job, your weekend plans.  Don't wait to start speaking. I'll see you there.
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