How to sound Smart In English? Watch this.

one of the biggest challenges of speakers of English as a second language is that we settle we settle for a word that it's not the right word but it's close enough we settle for being general then being specific and we settle for it not sounding as intelligent and sophisticated and witty as we may be in our native language and the reason why that happens is mostly vocabulary now if you haven't watched my video about how to enhance your speaking vocabulary then I really recommend that you watch it after watching this video I'm going to put a link to it in the description but what I said there is that usually when communicating we have a circle of basic words that we retrieve rather easily that are really easy for us to use in a conversation we don't need to think much and we don't have to hesitate before using them and then there is another circle of words that circle is the words that you know but you don't use also known as passive vocabulary and that's like a really broad and incredible list of words that when we hear those words we know exactly what they mean but we never seem to be able to pull them out when we need them and what I recommend in that video is to focus on those words and the last circle is words that you don't know and you don't use and a lot of times people put all their efforts into learning words that they don't know and they are less likely to use and that is counterproductive so what I recommended in that video was to focus on taking all that passive vocabulary and turning it into active vocabulary so basically growing the smaller circle what I'm going to offer in this video and in the series of videos hashtag vocabulary upgrade is the list of words that are basic words are probably easy for you to retrieve but I'm going to offer different words for you to use instead of those words so these are probably words that you know or phrases that you know but you tend to never use so I would just point out those words to you and at the same time at the end of the video so stick around till the end at the end of the video I'm going to share with you the technique and strategy to integrate it into your speech because it's all nice and fun when you see a video and you're like oh yeah these words but then you never use it so we want you to see a results so at the end I'm going to share with you how you can actually do that so stick around if you are new to this channel welcome and I want you to know that this is the right place for you if you want to improve your confidence your clarity and your fluency in English and we are going to make you feel super happy about who you are and how you speak in English even if English is not your first language let's get started with the first word so the first word is I think we use I think all of the time and that's totally fine you are a human being and human beings think and you want to share that but then you find yourself using I think I think I think I think I think all of the time and sometimes you just want to vary it a bit or you want to sound smarter to yourself again it's not necessarily about the other person and how they perceive you it's about how you feel yourself expressing yourself hearing yourself using the same word over and over again that's the frustrating part and as you feel more varied it also boosts your confidence and when you're more confident obviously the words are more accessible in general because nerves and judgment and anxiety all of these things just shut down your fluency and we don't want that so I think if you constantly say I think here are a few phrases that you can use instead I often use I feel that okay it's a little different because I feel and I think are two different emotions a lot of times I would use I feel instead of I think I feel that we really need to consider all our options first before making a decision I feel instead of I think or it seems to me that you are not really paying attention to what I'm saying it seems to me that now yes of course there are nuances it's not exactly the same as I think but this is yet another way that you can use instead of just saying I think it seems to me that you know this might not be the right decision for us another phrase if you ask me so I could say I think it's a little too soon or I could say it's a little too soon if you ask me or if you ask me it's a little too soon as far as I can tell that's another way to say I think I think that no one will forget this time as far as I can tell no one will ever forget this time as far as I can tell to me things really need to change to me I think I think things really need to change here I think things really need to change your to me things really need to change here so you can also say that the next word is hard this word pops up really easily whenever we experience this emotion or we want to use this word but if you don't want to use hard and hard is also a harsh word then in some situations or in some context and it's very direct so you could use other words like challenging it doesn't have the same connotations and also that's another word a fancier word for the word hard it's a really challenging project it's been really challenging for me lately instead of it's been really hard for me lately now I'm not saying you can't use hard but if you want to have that extra edge or you feel frustrated with the fact that that's the word that you go back to every time you want to express something with that idea then these are your options it's tough right things are tough right now it's not that simple or it's not so simple or it's not so easy that's another way to say hard but in a different way okay so yeah you're not using fancy words here but it's just another way of expressing something that is immediate that we constantly use and constantly express right it's tricky I don't know the situation is really tricky instead of hard right it's a tricky situation it's a tricky decision so it takes the edge off of it so if something is really hard Oh use hard but tricky is a little more subtle so you might want to use that that's the thing about English and about becoming fluent and about enhancing your vocabulary a lot of times we look for those really nice fancy words look those big words and that's great too and I'm probably gonna add those in this video series but I want to tell you that sometimes the basic words that we use can be polished a little bit and we could use different variations for each word because these are very very frequent words and we don't want to get repetitive for ourselves the next word is happy what a great word we don't want to delete this word from our vocabulary Marinol so sometimes if we want to be a bit more expressive we could just add an adjective to it I'm genuinely happy for you or I'm so incredibly happy for you right so we can upgrade it a little bit by adding an adverb that supports it and and enhances it and you we can also use other words like I'm thrilled I'm thrilled to be here I actually love the word thrilled because I know for some of you it may sound a little over the top but in American English it is frequently used like you don't have to be so thrilled to use this word right I'm thrilled to be here with you that's cool too right instead of saying I'm happy to be here with you so don't feel like you're turning it into like a really really excited teenager when you use the word thrilled and if you go to youkilis for example you will see how often it is being used in videos if you don't know you glish you should I'm gonna put a link to it in the description as well another word you could use is excited again it's not exactly the same but it's another way of expressing something like happy about something or excited about something and yes excited is also a little overused but if you don't use it that much then you can definitely start using it more I agree if you want to agree with something you could say yes or I agree or sure so these are the basic words that we use to show agreement with someone but here a few more options absolutely definitely oh I definitely agree with you you can even still use the word agree but you added something to it that's the upgrade I'm talking about and then you feel a bit more expressive yeah so it's not yet you using academic language okay but is that really the goal you want to be conversational and you will notice that great speakers they don't use fancy words they don't use words other people don't understand or words that are rarely used in the language because when you use that in speaking it feels like you're a little stuck up or maybe patronizing it feels like you're positioning yourself above others so the purpose is not to find those fancy 10 syllable words just like something was a little different a hundred percent or 100 percent I love that a hundred percent I it's like that's it that's enough you don't have to say much if you really agree with someone I was just thinking the same thing or my thoughts exactly or I feel that way too all of them Express I agree important that's a word that we use a lot for example it's important that you remember that you need to practice these words at home before you use it in a conversation it's crucial that you practice these words at home first it's essential for you to practice these words at home first it's imperative that you learn the pronunciation of these words first before you try to use them in a sentence crucial essential so these are a few examples of how you can upgrade the word important the word worried I'm worried that we're not gonna be there on time right an easy word to tap into and the state that I'm constantly in I'm worried that we're not gonna be there on time I'm concerned that we're not gonna be there on time I'm concerned or I'm afraid that we're not gonna be there so two more words to use instead of the word worried I want this is such a great word it's a primal word we use it all of the time you do not want to delete it from your vocabulary we want to use it want what want I just said one like five billion times but here are two other ways to say I want just to make it more interesting I want I feel like instead of I want to get some coffee I feel like getting some coffee or I feel like drinking some coffee right I feel like or I would love to I'd love to go home after this instead of I really want to go home after this so instead of adding the word really want I'd love to the word good good is a great word but what if we say valuable instead right it doesn't really change the meaning it's just it makes it a bit more varied maybe a little more sophisticated I don't know why I always go to like that British enunciation and they say the word sophisticated instead of it's a good idea it's a valuable idea it's a helpful idea it's an exceptional idea if you want to say something that is really good right it's a helpful feature it's worthwhile so these are just a few other words to use instead of just saying that something is good now what is the best way to start using those words in conversation or freely so here's how I see it first of all all the words all the other words that I suggested are not challenging words either to pronounce or to remember these are not like long words or they're not that rare in the conversation or in the language so the thing is that you just need to use it a lot what I recommend is to take one substitution for each word and just one don't overdo it this is why I didn't give you an list of six seven different synonyms I mean for that you can go to the dictionary and look or it I gave you common words that I know would not be too challenging to say and that will make it easy for you to use them so choose one word or one substitution that maybe you use but you don't use that often or maybe you don't use it all and write it down so now you have a list of eight words then I want you to say each of those new words out loud like five six ten times if you're not sure about the pronunciation then google it and come back and say it make sure you know exactly how to pronounce each syllable and if one part is exceptionally challenging instead of really hard have you noticed what I just did here so if one part is exceptionally challenging even you want to repeat that part again and again and again and again okay so that is about developing the muscle memory of saying that word because your mouth is not used to singing it that much so you want to practice just saying it out of context then you want to use it in context because you know the context in which this word should be used then I want you to just create five six sentences for each of those words and use it and say it out loud do not think it in your head you can't practice English in your head you just can't it's not going to be the same it will be helpful but it's not going to be half as helpful as saying it out loud because we really discover the challenges when we say it out loud it would discover when we get stuck we discover when something is not working when something does not sound right this is why I want you to say it out loud in context like I did it's imperative that you pay attention to the small details it's crucial that you follow your morning routine so on and so forth so you for each word and remember just choose one for now please just choose one I know you you want to get it all down you want to practice everything choose one but that one word drill it in five six different sentences the next step is to choose three words out of the eight and use them consciously and deliberately in a conversation so you are aware of them and you try to use them because again these are very very common words so you are very likely to end up using a few of them in almost every conversation if you don't have a lot of opportunities to speak in English then I invite you to join our community on Facebook I will put a link to it in the description because there you'll get a ton of opportunities to speak and it's totally free we have weekly discussions where we encourage you to post a video answering one of the questions that we post we have weekly activities and most importantly we have group conversations it's called the speaking Club it's on zoom' we break into small groups so you have the opportunity of speaking with three four different people and we have like four speaking clubs a week and again it's totally free just for you a great opportunity to practice so I highly encourage you to come and join us only with the best intentions only with being fully supportive and don't forget to answer the questions at the beginning because we do not approve people who don't answer the questions just so you know okay that's it thank you so much for watching if you have more ideas for word upgrades for the words that I've shared with you in this video let us know in the comments below and if you haven't yet subscribe to my channel and subscribe to them notifications so you get notified when I release a new video that is aimed at helping you feeling freaking awesome about your English yeah I said freaking awesome instead of good because it is freaking awesome have a beautiful week stay healthy stay safe and I'll see you next week in the next video [Music]

Channel: Accent's Way English with Hadar

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Length: 17min 9sec (1029 seconds)

Published: Tue May 05 2020