Hello this is Jack from ToFluency.com. Welcome to this lesson, where I'm going to explain or give you 10 amazing things to do
if you want to become fluent in English, or I'm
not sure what I'm gonna call this video, but it's something like that, where I am going to give you 10 methods and things that you can do so that you can learn English fast. These are the most effective
ways for you to learn English. So, I highly recommend that you go through all 10 of these things. Then at the end of the lesson, tell me which ones you are
going to start doing today. Now before we get into these 10 things, this video is sponsored by italki. Now, italki is a platform,
where you can find an English teacher, who
is going to help you improve your speaking. Now one of the ways that's coming up later is about getting speaking practice. And italki is going to help you with that. Now, you can take the lessons online from anywhere in the world
and on your own schedule. What I recommend you do is click the link in the description, find
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give you a $10 credit, after you sign up for your first lesson. So, get some speaking practice, find a teacher who is going to help you, and be sure to use my link
to get that special offer. Okay so, let's go through these 10 methods to help you speak better English. Again I haven't thought
of a good title yet. Okay number one, on my computer, it's the To Fluency reading method. I love this method because
it solves the problem of whether you should be reading
intensively or extensively. Now intensive reading means
you are focusing on the grammar book and you're looking
up new words and phrases. And you're looking at the
language that's been used and you're trying to learn
new words and phrases and new grammar. Whereas extensive reading
is when you're just reading. You're reading for fun. And both of these things are good to do. And there's a way that you can do both. And it works like this. You find a book that you like. You read a chapter and when you don't understand something or you want to learn something new, you can highlight that
word or phrase in the book. I recommend highlighting
the whole sentence. But you continue reading it, so you're highlighting
as you're reading it. And then at the end of the chapter, you go back, you look up
these new words and phrases, and then you continue reading again. Now to take this method a step further, you can enter those sentences into space repetition software. I'm going to talk about that soon, so that you can get the
repetition that you need. Now I made a full video
on this reading method. So, go check that out. There'll be a link in the description, so you can go watch that after this video. Number two is to listen
as much as possible. Now the reading method
that we just talked about means that you have to focus and you have to dedicate time to this, but listening is great because you can do this while doing other things. So, when you're in the
car driving to work, listen to something in English. When you're doing housework
listen to something in English, when you're exercising at the gym, listen to something in English. ABL, always be listening. Now what you listen to
is important as well, because you don't want to listen to things that you don't understand
or listen to things that don't interest you. Find things that are at your level or just above it, and find
things that you find interesting. And then listen to them
as much as possible. After a while you'll get
used to that level of English and then you can just
keep increasing the level until you are at a C1 level, and you can more or less understand everything that you listen to. So, input is important. Input means inputting words and phrases and listening to things and
reading things in English. So, do as much as you can and listen while you do other things. Number three is to copy the way
that English speakers speak. So, it's to listen to the
way that somebody speaks and copy that person. So, what you can do is you
can take a phrase in English, you can take a sentence, listen to that sentence, repeat it, record it while you're repeating it, and then compare the two. This is the LRRC method. Listen-repeat-record-compare. And then you can notice
the mistakes that you make or you notice how you are
saying something differently. Then you can make changes, do it again, and try and sound just
like that original version. This is the way that you're
going to dramatically improve the way that you speak English. And if you want to take this further, then join the To Fluency program, because I have these phrases for you, and a full tutorial on things
like relaxed pronunciation, vowel sounds, consonant sounds et cetera. And I'm going to give
you all the materials you need for that. So, check out the To Fluency program. Again there's a link in the description. Number four is to use flashcards and to use spaced repetition software. I recommend that you do this digitally instead of writing them down on paper, because it's so much easier, and also you can use audio
with these flashcards too. So, when you come across a
sentence you don't understand using the reader method
or an interesting sentence in a grammar book, or any
kind of sentence that you find anywhere enter it into the software, and then get repetition
over the long term. Now the software is going
to give you the flashcards in the most effective way. So, you'll see a sentence today, tomorrow, two days, four days, eight, 16, 32, 64, 130 or so,, anyway 128. And then that means that
you're retaining the English and internalizing words
and phrases and grammar in the most effective way possible. Again this is part of
the To Fluency program. This method works so go
check out that program. Number five is a method that I didn't used to like all that much. But I've been talking to a lot of learners who use this method and
they tell me it works, but you have to be very specific about it. And it is this, shadowing. Now shadowing is when you
listen to audio in English and you repeat that audio, but you don't pause it. So, it's constantly
being played in your ear, and you're constantly speaking. It's quite difficult to do and because of that I highly recommend that you find the right type
of audio to help you with this. So, something that isn't too difficult, and something that you can repeat without having to pause the audio. So, one of my videos
might be perfect for you, because a lot of people
say I can understand what you're saying in your videos, but using movie dialogue
won't be the best. Now I also recommend that you
work on your accuracy first. So, you improve your accuracy before you work on your fluency. So, that you're saying the right sounds in the right way, because if you can't formulate
the sounds in English then shadowing won't really help you. So, shadowing is a way
to build up your fluency. So, try it out. If you feel like you're
quite accurate in the way that you speak, try some
shadowing to improve your fluency. Number six is writing
to improve your grammar. Now not many people do this, but I think this is a super strong method. And you have to use an application. There's a free version
for this called Grammarly, and I use Grammarly on my computer, because it tells me when I make a mistake. Not a spelling mistake,
although it does that too, but a grammar mistake. So, if I use the wrong
preposition or if I don't put the comma in the right place, if I use the wrong tense, then it tells me and
therefore I'm still learning the correct grammar right now. So, what I recommend you do
is you practice your writing to improve your grammar. And when you learn something new, like new phrases, a new grammar
tense you didn't understand before, practice your writing
or practice this by writing, and it's a great way
for you to learn grammar and to correct your
grammar at the same time, without having to get
somebody to do this for you. So, try the app. I'm sure you're going to love it. Number seven is to change
everything into English. If you haven't done this yet, do this now, and do what you're doing now
but do it in English instead. So, let's say you are
researching new microphones. This is my new microphone. I did some research about this. Do it in English. Change your phone into English,
the language into English. Change the language of
your computer into English. Watch TV in English. Play computer games in English. I'm sure a lot of you are doing this, but it's important and it's going to help. It's going to give you lots of input and lots of repetition as well, because we perform the
same tasks every day. So, do what you do now,
but do it in English. Number eight is to practice
your speaking in a natural way. So, what we have talked about so far is dedicated practice, where you're doing things like
imitating native speakers, you're listening, you're doing things that you can do on your own, but it's also important
to get natural practice, even if it's just for 30 minutes a week or 30 minutes every two weeks. Now you can use italki to find a teacher. You can use italki as
well to find friends. You can find language exchange
partners in your local area or online or you can
make friends in English. It's just important that you
get that natural practice, and try and find somebody who
you feel comfortable with, so that especially if you're
shy and you're fearful of making mistakes, then
you'll feel confident with this person and you can improve your confidence over time. So, it's important to get
this natural practice. So, find a time during the week, where you can do this. Number nine is just like
the others important as well and it's to learn the type of language that you need to learn. And there are two things
to think about here. First think about what type of
English you're going to use. So, if you work in a business, where you give presentations about energy and the energy industry, solar panels, and this is a very specific example. Solar panels and gas and oil et cetera. Then learn that type of language. If you are a server in
a restaurant in Madrid, then learn the type of language
you need in that restaurant. What I'm trying to say is learn the type of English that is specific to you. Also learn English about topics
that you're interested in because that's what you're
going to talk about. When you meet new people you're gonna talk about what interests you. I love football, soccer, football. I talk about this all the time, and I do this in different
languages too or in Spanish. And also focus on commonly
use words and phrases, because those are the
types of words and phrases that you're going to use. So, what we're doing here is focusing on the language we're going
to use in everyday life or in our business. Number 10 is to set goals, and this means to know
what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve this by. And I've made a video on this recently. And I think a great goal to have is that C1 level of English, a C1 level, where you can speak with
people in a natural way, you're not making many mistakes, you're not thinking about
grammar and vocabulary. Instead it's just all happening naturally and you can understand people and you can do this in different settings. It's a great level to have, and then to say okay I want
to have that level this year. I want to have that
level within six months, because once you have that goal, it gives you the
motivation to do the things we've talked about in this lesson, but it also helps you
create a strategy and a plan and a study plan so that
you can achieve that goal. So, you can say all right
this is what I need to do every week in order to achieve that. So, set your goal. The Five-Step Plan for
English Fluency, my book, which you can download for
free will help you do that. Okay I hope you have
found this lesson useful. 10 things to do in order to
be an English speaking ninja. I might call it that. I don't know what the title is
yet but you know what it is. And yeah be sure to
check out the description for a summary of this lesson,
and for all the resources that I've mentioned, including
my To Fluency program. And I highly recommend that
you check out this program because it's going to give you
the methods I've talked about in this lesson in more depth. And it's also going to
give you the material. So, I'm going to give you
flashcards with audio based on commonly used phrases.
