2 things you must do LESS if you want to be fluent in English (live)

hello good morning hello naturals welcome to our live english fluency lesson you know we're always talking about what you need to do in order to become fluent in english what more you need to do there's always something more you need to study more time you need to practice more you need to do more workbook workbook exercises you need to study more vocabulary etc etc etc it seems like there is always something more that you must do it can be overwhelming it can be frustrating it can leave you actually stopping your english studies because when you feel like you always have to do more you're never doing enough and you just feel like oh my goodness i need a break and i haven't even started yet do you ever feel this way that's why today i am here with you to talk about two things that you must do less not more two things that you english learners must do less if you really want to become fluent in english how about that would you like to learn about that today two things to stop doing or to do less in order to increase your english fluency yes i think that this will be very beneficial to you so since this is a live lesson we're here together it's very important that you participate please make the most of this time together about 20 minutes together by typing in the comments typing in the chat especially when i ask you a question be ready to answer it participate actively so you're using your english whether you're here right now watching live or maybe you're watching this later you're watching the replay it's always important to participate so invite your friends if you know someone who is also learning english a colleague a family member or a friend this is a free fluency lesson and we don't want to miss out so invite your friends today this is an english party time party time for english fluency yes i love learning i enjoy learning and i want to share english learning with you so invite your friends and we're going to be here each thursday this month so that's today next week and the following week so please mark your calendar for the same time each week we'll be here together i'm gabby i started gonaturalenglish.com about nine years ago i am the founder and one of the wonderful teachers here i say wonderful teachers not to talk about myself that way that's kind of funny to say i'm wonderful but we have a wonderful team of teachers here i'm sure you've seen diane and ryan and luke and other teachers who have contributed to the channel and i'm so so happy to be able to bring you english lessons here on the go natural english youtube channel and also on our website gonaturalenglish.com so now you know my name please tell me your name tell me hello tell me your name and tell me where you're from i see ibrahim from morocco living in france david from chicago mick michael from the uk a french man i see um i can't read your name it's in chinese but someone from china welcome i love our international community international is an interesting word sometimes you'll hear it international with a t and sometimes when we're speaking quickly you'll hear international no t international that's a good word for us to practice i see tron from vietnam xin xiao xin xiao tron nice to see you here well welcome to everyone now i want to tell you that i am also a language learner my native language is english but i have learned spanish some portuguese some japanese is anyone here a spanish speaker portuguese speaker japanese speaker i see valentina from colombia hola valentina como esta bienvien okay when i was learning spanish i started in the classroom i started learning spanish as an adult um at my university where i went to school and the teacher was always telling us to do more do more homework study more time go out and practice with more people do more do more do more and i also thought i should do more on my own i watched every single spanish speaking movie that i could find and let me tell you this was before netflix this was before hulu and all the other online streaming movie channels this was like um 15 years ago it was it was before all of this so i went to a video rental store do you remember video rentals and they had maybe 30 foreign films in spanish well i checked out i borrowed every single one of them gmr i say do you know how to speak filipino mahakita mahakita salamatpo if you if i said that correctly and you're from the philippines please tell me anyway i checked out every single video in spanish and i have to tell you that honestly it was too much it was too much for me at that level i was still a low intermediate spanish speaker i didn't have the time studying like over you know years i had maybe just two years studying spanish and doing all of these things was too much and sometimes i want to tell you that less is more less is more i want to help you by sharing what i've learned about learning languages and teaching english that you can do less you can stop doing many things you can do less and actually learn more i say numero como sava bmsc oh i miss speaking other languages i'm a little rusty but i also studied french le francais okay so um oh alcione from brazil alcione is um yes a singer that i like very much that you have the same name okay so i want to know do you think that you need more time studying more english-speaking friends um more opportunities to practice more time to practice english do you think that you need these things in order to become fluent in english i would like to know yes no do you think that you need more time more practice more english speaking friends because i hear this every day from english learners that you feel that you cannot become fluent in english without more time without more speaking practice without english speaking friends and these things help of course they're very nice however i'm i'm going to tell you you don't need them right now you actually can do a lot more than you think and i know this to be true and i believe in you and i'm going to tell you how and stay until the end because i actually have more than two things that you should do less uh you can do a lot less and actually achieve more there's this idea that i'm trying to share with you today less is more less is more simplicity in our english studies can help us to gain more fluency okay i need to tell you something very special just before i forget that the go natural english team and i have been working on we are working on a special event that will happen in about two weeks november 23rd is the first day so mark your calendar for monday november 23rd we're having a special event a special sale for black friday so if you want to learn with the go natural english course and with our go natural english teachers including me then you should get information you should be the first to find out about our black friday event at gonaturalenglish.com b f that's bf for black friday the link is in the description but i wanted to tell you about this now and how you can get information about this event happening soon gonaturalenglish.com slash b f now do you want to know can i tell you two things that uh you really can do less of in order to achieve your english fluency goals then yes okay yes yes yes let's go ahead i want to start with number one please stop saying this one sentence it's very damaging to your english fluency it's damaging to your mindset i talk a lot about mindset for learning english in other lessons it's very damaging to the way other people see you and this one sentence is can you guess this one sentence is my english is so poor there's other ways to say this i've heard my english is so bad or i speak very bad english or i speak english poorly luria's sorry for my bad english i understand why you say this i understand because it is a way to show your humility your humbleness you're just trying to tell people that you know you know that you're not perfect in english and you want to tell them but don't say yes gmr my english sounds horrible don't say this we don't need to say negative things about ourselves it is not helpful to your mindset because if you believe these things if you say these things you will believe them if you believe these things you will say them it's a cycle we need to stop this cycle we need to start thinking more positive and we we don't need to lie we can still tell the truth but the truth is i am learning i am learning english i'm still improving my english i am improving each day please be patient with me i'm still learning english these are some options that are more positive instead of saying sorry for my bad english let's turn this same idea into something more positive thank you for your patience i'm still learning english please be patient with me because i am improving my english okay you can ask someone to be patient with you and you can tell them i am learning english or i am an english learner okay i see some questions in the comments asking what is your name if you're asking what my name is my name is gabby my name is gabby i'm a teacher here at go natural english all right next can i tell you the next one the next one is more of an idea but i hear a lot of you saying i need to have more time i need to have more english speaking friends i need to have this that and another thing before i can learn english but let me ask you to stop don't wait until you have everything perfectly organized in your life to learn english because let me tell you the truth you may never have everything perfectly organized in your life to learn english or for anything the key the key to moving forward the key to improving and becoming fluent in english is to start where you are and how you are right now so take a deep breath and say okay i'm okay today i am okay to start learning in little ways today i don't need everything to be perfect i'll just do what i can with who i am today suheda in the comments i see merit haba merhaba is turkish is that right i think marhaba is arabic and merhaba is turkish am i remembering correctly um in turkish i think i know my accent is in turkish but i am learning you see how i'm doing this for myself i am improving my turkish i'm not going to say my turkish is horrible even if it's true i will say i'm learning yes okay i want to share a few other things that you can stop doing that you can do less of so we we already talked about two things the first thing was to stop saying this sentence which is my english is horrible or i'm sorry for my poor english anything that is similar to this um we we need to turn this into a positive idea i'm learning english i'm improving my english please be patient with me as i learn okay i love seeing in the comments all of your um your comments in your native language shalom i see a comment from i don't know maybe from israel but in hebrew i don't i don't read in hebrew but i have a guess that maybe it's something like shalom okay um anyway i want you to stop this is number three bonus number three stop stop waiting for perfection perfection makes us feel stuck when we wait for perfection oh i cannot possibly speak with a native speaker because my english spanish portuguese french whatever is not perfect okay right now here with you i am trying some phrases with you i see in the comments brazil okay i'm having fun with you i'm not worrying if my pronunciation is perfect okay i'm just using the words i am saying the words that i see and you can do the same you can play with the language just by repeating what you hear don't wait for perfection it's all about connecting with each other through english and having fun with communication wow i see marek writing in czech i would love to learn czech i have no clue how to pronounce what you wrote and now i can't see it because the the comments are moving so quickly okay but i would love to learn all of your languages seriously okay so speaking of this if you're like me and you want to learn everything all the languages and all of english it's not a problem you know i believe that we can learn many languages in our lifetime however we have to stop and focus on one thing at a time so don't try to learn everything in english all at once this is a big mistake that i see with a lot of english learners is you want to learn everything all of the details that not even native english speakers know you want to know all the details every rule every vocabulary word and every possible situation you want to have it memorized yes just one step at a time please it's very difficult to learn everything about a language it's a journey to learn every day we learn more about a language so don't try to learn everything especially not all at once that makes us unfocused and scattered oh i'll learn some grammar then some vocabulary then i will learn about how to write a business email no let's stop take a deep breath and think today what is one thing that i can learn in 15 minutes keep the time short and contained 15 minutes is a good amount of time that even a busy person can take to learn something new how can you learn something new in 15 minutes well you can read an article and look for some new vocabulary words you could listen to a song and try to find some new words or practice your pronunciation you can watch a youtube video like this right now that you're doing you're doing it right now give yourself some credits let's appreciate what we're doing right now you're doing it next and last i want to continue with this thought of learning a little bit each day in 15 minutes per day and focus on what is called the 80 20 rule the 80 20 rule this means that if you focus on 20 it's a very small percent twenty percent of english you will be able to communicate eighty percent of the time in eighty percent of situations let me give you an example if i know 1000 words in english it's not very much there's even a a blog post on gonaturalenglish.com about the 1000 most common words in english it's very easy words like the and he and she and so on if you know 1 000 words you can participate in most everyday activities you can ask for directions you can introduce yourself hello my name is gabby i am from the united states these are words we use over and over and over okay you can participate in 80 of the situations that you will encounter in life of course there are 20 percent of situations in life maybe something more technical maybe um explaining how to uh do something very technical in your work or maybe going to the doctor's office if you need to explain something medical you need a little bit more advanced vocabulary if you want to study in the united states for your master's degree you're going to need more advanced vocabulary however let's focus not on these unique specific reasons to learn english first let's focus on the basics let's get confident in everyday situations so let's just review let's just review what to do less of so we can simplify our learning feel more calm and in control of our english learning so the first point do you remember it was do not say your english is so bad let's turn that around and say i'm learning english thank you for your patience hi vasso from the ukraine okay number two is don't wait until everything is perfect it's not going to be just start learning today with how you are and who you are you're ready you are enough okay um jason from china hi you're asking about a practice group on facebook yes as part of our complete english course called fluence communication 3.0 we have a practice group it's just part of the course and this is part of what you will learn about when you join the uh email notification at gonaturalenglish.combf for black friday okay so everyone asking about a whatsapp group a facebook group speaking practice more lessons everyone who's asking i want to join your course wellington says caro faze su corsu okay well this is your chance to get information about the course at gonaturalenglish.com bf and it's going to be a very special event for black friday um i was reviewing let's finish with our review so number one don't say my english is bad number two start where you are with who you are and uh don't worry if everything is not perfect just do it you know like nike says just do it take action take action even if it's not perfect imperfect imperfect action is better than nothing really don't worry about perfection perfection makes you feel paralyzed think about connection and playing with the language and don't try to learn everything all at once let's choose small topics each day small actions reading an article listening to a song watching a youtube video luan thank you for your comments so if you don't speak portuguese um well marvelloso maybe i don't know if you're a man or a woman sorry portuguese is funny because you have to change the word depending on if you're speaking to a man or a woman this is so confusing for english speakers anyway the last point was focus on what really matters most of the time follow the 80 20 rule okay all of you are marvelous uh as as i was saying in uh portuguese you are marvelous you all are beautiful the comments that you're telling me i want to tell them back to you i want to say them back to you you are beautiful you are marvelous you are wonderful and i appreciate you so much i hope that you enjoyed our live lesson today next week same day same time we'll be together again so what can you do so you don't miss it first i recommend joining the go natural english black friday events email list at com gonaturalenglish.com b f i recommend subscribing here to go natural english we're almost at 2 million subscribers so help us get there and you can mark your calendar right now for next week thursday around the same time i'm not going to say the time uh it's different for everyone because obviously we're in different countries all over the world different time zones but i'll say for eastern u.s new york city time zone it's 10 30 a.m okay that may be confusing you can check your local time or just come back on thursday and uh make sure you're subscribed to go natural english on youtube and also to our email list at gonaturalenglish.combf now you know what to do and you know what to stop doing you know what to do less of in order to improve okay so remember less is more less is more i think someone said in spanish menos es mas okay less is more so thank you so much if you have any questions or if you have any problems joining that email group list you can email the go natural english team you can email me and my team will take care of you at info info info at gonaturalenglish.com okay have a wonderful day and i will see you soon okay bye how do i end this okay here we go bye you

Channel: Go Natural English

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Keywords: American Accent Training, American Accent, Go Natural English, Gabby Wallace

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Length: 29min 33sec (1773 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 12 2020