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wanna speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101.com welcome to our first ever evening edition of this series because the sound in the original video was destroyed hi everybody welcome back to ask Alicia the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them maybe first question this week first question this week comes from Patrick hi Patrick Patrick says I know the basic English words and I understand if someone speaks in English for example I understand your videos perfectly but I have problems building correct English sentences like when I speak with another person do you have any tips for how to build correct sentences um I think that this just comes with practice honestly it's difficult to do but I know that there's not always a person that you can ask for help I will tell you a secret when I don't have confidence with something but I don't know how to answer something this is what I do seriously just google it I put quotation marks around like the phrase that I'm trying to make and then I search google for it and if it's there great then that means I can use it maybe like thousands of people have used that phrase I know it's probably a common phrase if there are no results and that probably means I've made a mistake somehow so that's maybe one good way to help you as you try to build phrases by yourself so try that out next question next question comes from hwang sena want to say now hi I love your name Alicia is Alicia a common name in the US I happen to have a friend named ELISA also what's your personal favorite name um a common name in the US Alicia I don't I don't think Alicia is so common in the US and when I was growing up I didn't have any other friends named Alicia also the spelling of my name is a little strange usually it spelled a li CIA maybe you know the artist Alicia Keys that's how she spells her name so my name was commonly confused as Alicia a lot so I've heard like Allison and ELISA and Allie and so on those are fairly common I think but Alicia especially my spelling is not so common actually so what's my favorite name my favorite name is obi-wan Kenobi next question the next question comes from long is the H sound not always pronounced when followed by another consonant for example wallhanger or come back home yes the H sound is often pronounced very softly it's quite difficult to pronounce all of these syllables clearly like in the example come back home it's quite difficult to say the H sound clearly so in those cases it's quite common to make the H sound quite soft like come back home next question Romeo from Vietnam hi again Romeo Romeo says hello Alicia do native speakers say you aren't gonna blah blah blah or you're not gonna blah blah blah which contracted form is used more I think they're used equally like you can choose which you prefer me I think I usually say you're not gonna I probably use you are I can track the you are you're not gonna you're not gonna or you're not gonna do something I probably use you're not more often than you aren't gonna the next question is from Wagner Wagner Wagner Wagner have you written any operas why do American people pronounce English class 101 instead of one zero one or hundred one oh this relates to like University and college level courses actually so there are four levels to universities or to colleges in the u.s. first year second year third year and fourth year so the classes for each of those are numbered so first year classes begin with one second year classes with two or third year classes with three fourth year classes with four so first year classes like it tends to be like the basic classes begin with a 1 and like the most basic of those classes is usually 101 so like English class 101 that's kind of making like a friendly introduction to English in other words so we say 101 we always use that sort of pattern when speaking we don't say 101 we always use 101 or less one two four or like three six seven I don't know what those classes are but we always say each individual number nice question interesting next question is Rob Danny would you tell us about here you are here you go there you are there you go and here there we you it baby go oh gosh okay I'll talk about the the ones that you introduced what do they mean and how do you use them naturally so let's talk first about here you are and here you go so we use these when we present someone with something so you give someone something here you are here you go like you are at a restaurant maybe your order arrives here you are here you go something like in a service situation you might hear this kind of from like a friendly staff eesh like staff related person I suppose here you are there you go or maybe from a teacher to a school child maybe here you go we use it to like present something to present an object that maybe they are expecting too busy let's talk then about there you go and there you are so we use there you go when someone is able to do a thing they've been practicing for a while so for example if the child is learning how to ride a bicycle and they've been struggling with it for some time but then gradually they get better at it and they can do it a parent might say oh there you go you got it you got it it's like that it's like a support word and encouragement word there you go the last one on your list though there you are in American English we use there you are in a situation where we're looking for someone we've been looking for someone we're expecting to meet and it's been difficult to find them maybe you visit a few different spots but then at last you find this person may be like in a break room or someplace you might not expect them but when you do find them and you say oh there you are we say it with that sort of intonation oh there you are it sounds immediately to the listener like oh this person has been looking for me next question next question is from loj loj long-lost loj and loj says my question is about phrasal verb so what is the meaning of knock out like here example sentence one knocked me out of my possession or two knocked the wind out of me I had a problem with the word possession knocked me out of my possession I'm not quite sure this could refer though to in a very rare situation we have this word possession which refers to like this thing called demonic possession where there's this idea that a bad spirit gets into the body and controls a person's behavior we call that possession so we could say like a priest knocked me out of my possession - go back to your original question though the word knock out as a phrasal verb to knock out means like it means forcefully or forcibly remove something because if some impact an object is removed from its original location so for example a jogger could be coming at me and they run into me and they knock my phone out of my hands so in that case my phone is being removed because of the impact of the jogger so to knock something out means like to remove from its original location from force in your second example then knocked the wind out of me this is an expression we use which means like to lose our breath because of an impact so if you get like punched or kicked maybe in maybe this area you might feel the air in your lungs come out of your body so we call that the wind in this situation so like he knocked the wind out of me means he caused me to lose the air in my lungs the impact was so strong in my body that the air came out of my out of my lungs so I like he knocked the wind so the wind in this case the air in my lungs in its original location was removed from me because of this impact you might also hear this expression in boxing to knock out or to to to ko someone means to cause them to lose consciousness in this case so consciousness is the thing that's that's going away in this case so to knock someone out in like a boxing match means they they lose consciousness in other where it's a KO was sometimes safe the first example sentence is not actually so clear to me so it could it's also possible there's an error in the original place I don't know all right so those are all the questions that I want to answer this week thank you very much for sending your questions to me remember you can send them to me at English class 101.com slash ask - Alicia thank you very much for watching this episode of ask Alicia and I will see you again next week and I sound sound it's still working welcome back to the Internet hi everybody welcome back to ask Alisha the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them maybe first question first question comes from Faris Ghazali Faris Kazanlak how do I stop translating the meaning of English words in my head I can tell you about the things that have helped me and maybe they'll help you I put myself in situations where I could not escape into my native language in my case I could not escape into English I would go out like for food and drinks with friends who could not speak English I had no choice but to use a different language with them too something that I've noticed some of my students do that actually kind of bothers me they bring a dictionary to their lesson and they'll stop conversations in lessons to check words in their dictionary and say a single word at a time instead of just trying to find a different way to explain that one it totally stops the flow of conversation too you don't have really the option to do that in a conversation most of the time you're not going to be carrying around your dictionary with you I hope unless it's in your phone I suppose third I think that this is a chance to develop a better skill instead of trying to translate into English or to translate into a different language you should think about finding a different way to explain the word you want to use let's say for example that you want to use the word beautiful but you can't remember the word how would you explain that so think about other ways to communicate an idea even if you don't have the vocabulary words so going to your dictionary shouldn't necessarily be the first course of action it shouldn't necessarily be your first step think about a different way to communicate the idea you're trying to communicate think of examples to explain the word you're looking for and then the other person can teach you like if you're working with somebody or you're talking with somebody who understands you're not a native speaker chances are if you can explain the word you're looking for they will tell you they will be your teacher I just explained like with body language times two if I don't know work so another thing that really helped me was not just studying vocabulary words but actually approaching things as phrases so not saying okay this word equals this word in my language but rather here's a phrase that communicates a meaning that is interesting to me or that I hear my friends use a lot I'm going to use that phrase so don't just input input input start outputting to so hope that's helpful for you next question next question is from long Jiang hai long dongok says I'm curious what do you do in your days off you gotta know how to do my days off on my days I'm pretty normal on my days off I cook I go jogging I sleep I I build listen to my favorite DJs I see my friends I eat and drink and watch TV that's about it I'm a pretty normal person next question next question is from Muhammad's Ohio what is the difference between famous and popular great question famous is something that is well known many people know about that thing or that person Beyonce is famous the Statue of Liberty is famous the Eiffel Tower is famous popular however means many people know about it and it is liked it has a positive image so like Beyonce is popular or like a famous candy is popular like chocolate cake is popular it's a famous food and many people like it so popular is famous Plus like a positive image sometimes we can use those two words for the same thing so Beyonce is famous Beyonce is popular but famous doesn't always mean they are popular so someone can be famous for a bad thing in that case though it's typically better to use the word infamous infamous infamous means famous for a bad reason so famous for something negative next question next question comes from oh you wrote the pronunciation of your name very nice ight on it's on I think okay okay Leisha well my level is intermediate they feel that they're stuck at the intermediate level and want to reach the advanced level they're watching lots of videos on YouTube reading academic articles on the web but still feel that progress has somehow stopped could you give me some advice okay you say in your message that you feel your progress somehow has stopped I have been here to the intermediate plateau like you begin learning a language and it's like yeah I'm learning all these things and then you kind of like plateau you get to a level where things don't continue and you feel like progress goes much more slowly I would say in this case first identify how you feel your progress has stopped by that I mean like do you feel like your vocabulary is lacking or do you find that it's hard to listen to people and to understand what they're saying do you find it's hard to write is it hard to to like to read things so first identify what is that thing that you feel like you're not good and then start to approach your further studies with that as the focus I think that if you can think about your different skill sets your different levels in reading writing speaking and listening you can identify which of those four things is weakest for you and start there so when you feel your progress has stopped think like okay what am I not good at doing and then focus your time there so maybe that's a helpful first step for you hope that helps next question next question comes from Kiara GRA GRA GRA GRA asks uh I'll help you studying and I'll help you to study what is the correct one Thanks I'll help you something I'll help you do this so just the regular plain form of the verb I would suggest is probably the most natural choice thanks for the question though next question next question comes from sheriff sheriff Emmett sheriff almond okay should I use the singular or plural verb after colloquial names for example my team have won the match or has won the match okay in this case my team has won the match my team has won the match so use the singular form of the verb like same as like he has or she has my team has is the correct answer next question next question comes from Jeffrey hi Jeffrey Jeffrey asks sometimes I watch movies and some characters say you wish with a very angry attitude or I wish in others tuitions what do these two sentences mean and how do I use it aha interesting question okay when someone responds with you wish to a negative suggestion it's like they're mutually together they're recognizing that they don't like each other so usually the first character will say something like make a negative suggestion like you should you should leave town and get a different job like leave us alone something like that and then the other character will say yeah you wish like yes this this character recognizes you want me to do that yes but I'm not going to do that in other words so it's sort of like a challenge so this person says like this negative suggestion the other person who recognizes the suggestion says no I'm not going to do that but I know you want me to do that so you wish in this way means it's like a negative challenge look they're kind of fighting recognizing they dislike each other so that's one the other one what was the other one so I wish we talked about I wish in the previous the previous episode of ask Alisha so please check that out but essentially I wish refers to something that we cannot do now or something that is different from the present situation but we want we want to happen we want to be able to do so please check the last episode of ask Alisha for more about I wish like the positive meaning next question next question is from Romeo Liu from Vietnam hello Romeo could you please explain what the expression try as I may means this is usually used in an expression that's sort of negative like even though I'm trying my best it's difficult for me to do this thing so try as I may I just can't get a new job or try as I may I just can't earn that much money or try as I may I just can't seem to cook this dish for example so even though I'm giving my best effort even though I'm really working hard this other thing just isn't happening for me so it's sort of like it's sort of like a sad or like a disappointed or unhappy expression actually thanks for the question room you okay so those are all the questions for this week's episode of ask Alicia I hope that they were useful for you if you would like to submit a question remember you can send them to me at English class 101.com / ask - Alicia thanks very much for watching this episode of ask Alicia and I will see you again next week bye I talk too much I'm late for work want to speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101.com I have purchased a microphone what can you do with a new mic hi everybody my name is Alicia welcome back to ask Alicia the weekly series on our youtube channel where you ask me questions and I answer them me so please remember you can submit your questions to me at English class 101.com / ask Alicia first question a lot of you who asked about what to do to get a voice that sounds like mine when I'm making these videos I'm specifically trying to speak clearly so I'm clearly separating my words the way that I talk with my friends and the way that I talk regularly is a bit different than the way that I talk on this channel but if you want to try to get this kind of pronunciation the best advice I have is just to repeat this kind of pronunciation it depends on your goal if you want to learn to speak like me or to speak like somebody else that you really admire you should try to mimic them that's what I do and that's actually a strategy that I use when I study other languages as well so if I hear something interesting that a vocabulary word that a friend has used like in Japanese for example or they have a really good intonation or just the way they deliver the way they say something is really interesting to me or I want to I want to be able to use that too I've put that in my head I think about that and then I try to replicate that I try to copy that essentially to make this explanation shorter mimic mimic if you want to learn to speak like me mimic me if you want to learn to speak like somebody else try to mimic someone else but just keep in mind that the way that I talk in these videos is different from the way that I talk next question what does the word litt mean what does the word live me litt is actually a slang word it's common slang among young people especially in the u.s. right now maybe many of you know that the verb to light has the past tense lit lit is used to talk about for example a party or some kind of social gathering usually that's really exciting or that's really really fun or that's kind of crazy so lit using the past tense there you can kind of imagine that like a fire when you light a fire it maybe it gets bigger and it gets kind of wild a little bit crazy like there's a spark and then it starts so if you see the word lit like this party was lit it means it was really crazy it was really good it was really fun you can use it if you want but just keep in mind that really young people use that word I don't use that word for reference but again I'm not next question what is correct I thought you were gone or I thought you are gone I thought you are gone we need to use I thought you were gone here I thought you were gone so I thought past tense and you were is also past tense it's a past tense thought the past tense situation so please use past tense yeah next question also maybe about were and was why do we use if I were and not if I was this is a great question and actually a lot of native speakers make mistakes with this it's a small point to be fair but if you want to be correct you should always use if I were this is a grammar point it refers to the subjunctive mood the subjunctive mood an explanation of subjunctive is a bit beyond the scope it's a bit much for this video but we will always use if I were when the subject there is I in the conditional if I were we always use work you will hear native speakers say if I was if I was if you want to be extremely strict and extremely nitpicky word is actually the correct one but that if you use was if you make a mistake and you use was you will still be understood so but this is related to the subjunctive mood in English next question okay next one isn't really a question but something I have noticed that many of you do you like to put the article up or and before your adjective before an adjective but you forget to use and now do you know how like Mario introduces himself and he says it's a me when you forget to use some kind of you know after after your adjective or whatever but you sound a bit like Mario's it's a nice it's a nice it's a nice what it's funny to me it's a nice it's a me you need to include the noun that you're referring to it's a nice video or it's a nice explanation it's nice for it's bad or it's good where this was a nice explanation but don't forget to use your noun after you use the adjective it's a nice something it's a good subject it's a bad something so please know article without a noun make sure to use your now and it should be in the singular form if you're using up or in you need to use the singular form of the noun don't tell Mike Mario next question what does it mean they can't take that away from me who are they and what does takeaway mean we use the word they to mean generally just other people outside of us this is used a lot to talk about like news or to talk about general opinions they say that this pizza is the best pizza in the city right now they say that your English will only improve if you study every day they say that the most difficult thing you can do in your life is move to another country they is just anyone second point what this take away mean take away means to some object that belongs in one location is removed from that location like take away food in American English we use takeout actually but take away food is a similar idea especially like in British English takeaway so you take away your food from the restaurant so you're taking something else you're removing your food from the restaurant so in the expression they can't take that away from me they meaning other people outside you can't take something away from you next one what does the phrase don't be a creep don't be a creep me but I think Michael talked about this on an old English topics video so I talked to a live stream about the word creepy adjective creepy so something that causes like nervous suspense it's something that's creepy the word creep is used as a noun don't be a creep in person who is creepy a guy can be a creep a girl can be a creep so a creep is someone who causes creepy feelings like something bad might happen I feel nervous like that person's a little strange a little weird that person is a creep he's a creep she's a creep so don't be a creep means you should not behave like a creep don't create nervous feelings in the other person don't be a creepy person don't be a creep everybody that's good advice don't be a creep don't feel great try to be a nice and understanding and respectful person always next question oh that was my last one this week all right so those are my favorite questions or the questions that I wanted to talk to you about this week I hope that those are some useful points for you and if you have any questions please feel free to let me know at English class 101.com slash ask Alicia that's where you can submit your questions to me it makes it very easy for me to check and see all the questions in one place so definitely check that out I think you can sign in with your regular English class 101.com account and submit as many questions as you want and then I'll choose what I like and what I want to talk about and of course if a lot of you asked the same question I'll definitely try to answer that to you so please check that out English class 101 comm / ask Alicia thanks very much for watching this episode of ask Alicia and I'll see you again next week why one of the things I can do with my microphone I wonder I feel like I had some ideas for this when I was laying in bed last night and I've forgotten them all oh now I can take my videos on the road make it like a golf reporter yes the ball the ball is rolling why am i Russian I'm a Russian golf reporter now oh maybe I'll be a beatboxer how do you do that oh I'm going to use the Force to make you watch this whole video hi everybody welcome back to ask Alicia the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them maybe you can send your questions to me at English class 101.com slash ask - Alicia first question from Harley passes hard Harley pusle pusle pasta very sorry Harley asks what is the use of get plus adverb or preposition for example I get down this is a question about phrasal verbs with get we can use a lot of different things after the word yet in your example to get down we use it when dancing for example like I want to get down this weekend it's sort of an old-fashioned expression though to get down we can use a lot of different words after the verb yet though for example get into to get into something means to become interested in something you might hear to get at like get at me or get at your professor to get at means to reach out to or to communicate with but it's a very casual expression you can say get after like I need to get after my homework for example it means to like chase after or try to do something also to get in like to get into a club to get into a restaurant to get into a party the nuance is that something is challenging but you can gain access to that thing like I got into the party last night but I wasn't on the list there are a lot of different uses of the word yet I can't talk about all of them in this video because there are so many so if you're curious about the various phrasal verbs that we can use with the word get check out a dictionary that's a really good place to start next question next question comes from long and long and asks what is the difference between simple past tense and past continuous tense or past progressive tense simple past tense we use for actions that started and ended in the past so the beginning of the action and the end of the action happened in the past so for example the sentence I ate breakfast is a simple past tense statement I ate breakfast ate is a simple past tense the past continuous tense however or the past progressive tense is something we used to talk about an action that was continuing at a specific point in time in the past if I want to use the past progressive tense I can say I was eating breakfast using that continuous tense using that progressive tense implies I want to explain something else that happened at that time or maybe I want to add some more information so for example I was eating breakfast at 8 o'clock this morning or I was eating breakfast when the phone rang or I was eating breakfast and watching TV at the same time I was eating breakfast while studying today by using the past progressive I am explaining that an action was continuing at a specific point in time as in the example I was eating breakfast at 8 o'clock or I can use past progressive to show one action was happening at the same time as another action in the past if I use just the simple past tense I'm just saying a simple fact in other words this action happened I ate breakfast at 8 o'clock if I want to emphasize the continuous nature of the action for some reason like I was eating breakfast at 8 o'clock I can use the past progressive tense in that case it might be in response to a question like what were you doing at 8 o'clock this morning so if someone wants to ask maybe what you were doing at a specific point in time like someone is suspicious if you like what were you doing last night maybe you can say like oh I was having dinner with my friends last night but past tense simple past tense is something we use for actions which start and finish in the past but progressive the progressive tense in past can be used to emphasize the continuing nature of that situation or that action next question next question comes from yes in yeah yes II yes in from very sorry what's the difference between on time and in time is it you arrived just on time or you arrived just in time we use on time to refer to doing something at the correct time doing something at a scheduled time so for example I need to get to work on time meaning at the correct time or did you make it to your appointment on time in time however is used when we want to kind of give a nuance of rushing or hurrying for something I need to leave my house now to get to the airport in time for my flight I need to study for my test now if I want to be in time for the party later you should probably leave now if you want to be in time for the movie in time for something else so I want to do action a to make my schedule meet this other condition this other thing I would like to do with this other thing I need to do in time for has the nuance of a deadline we can use this expression in like a panic like oh my gosh I'm not going to make it in time like to submit a paper I'm not going to make it in time in time means like before the deadline whereas on time has the meaning of completing an action or completing something at a scheduled time next question the next question comes from gearson Silva hi what is the difference between shade and shadow oh great this is a great question both of these words can be used to refer to a place that is darker than its surroundings because there's an object that is blocking the light we can say there's shade over there or there's a shadow over there in that sentence they are used the same however shadow refers to the dark shape only so a person can cast a shadow we use cast the verb cast with the shadow I cast a shadow when I stand in the Sun for example shade however as a noun refers to or has the nuance of a kind of shelter so shelter provided by some other object shelter from the light shelter from the Sun so we would say stand in the shade because shade has the nuance of shelter we would not say stand in the shadow shadow does not carry the nuance of shelter in the way that shade does interestingly enough those shade and shadow are both used as verbs as well to shadow of something needs to follow something closely to shadow someone at work means to follow someone at work and try to understand their job for example shade is used as a verb to mean to create shelter from light for example the canopy shaded us from the Sun Shade also has some interesting uses you might hear the slang phrase to throw shade throwing shade is a really interesting slang expression that we use which means to communicate disrespect or to communicate like contempt bad feelings for some things when you're speaking generally in most cases when you want to talk about a dark cool area we should say shade stand in the shade when you want to talk only about the dark area that dark object use shadow next question actually two questions from Danny hi Danny Danny's first question is you talked about lit as slang yes I talked about lit in episode 2 so 1 episode 2 of ask Alicia can you please talk about the verb light and using it an active and passive sure light means to start a fire so to light a fire to light a candle some examples of active and passive voice with this verb then why don't we light some candles for dinner tonight all the candles in the restaurant were live on our camping trip my neighbors lit a fire and we brought hamburgers to me a fire was lit in the campsite while we were gone I was going to light a fire but I fell asleep so to light means to start a fire he lit the house on fire we can say to light la blah blah on fire so there are a few different examples of using the verb light in active and in passive past tense future tense as well so I hope that that's helpful Danny's second question can you talk about ride and its uses like take someone for a ride can I take a ride Ryan is another verb that has a lot of different uses you use the example to take someone for a ride means to drive together with someone to go for a ride has the nuance of doing something just for fun it's just for fun I want to take a ride to a location I want to take a ride to the mountains this weekend or take a ride to the beach but to take someone for a ride means to invite someone to drive somewhere with you in a car that's one way to use ride you can also say give me a ride can you give me a ride so this is a request expression I don't have a car my friend has a car I want my friend to take me in their car to a location I can say can you give me a ride to the movie theater can you give me a ride to the lake give me a ride is a request so give me a ride in your car so there are a lot of uses of ride if you want to see all of them or if you want to see more of them I recommend checking a dictionary there are quite a few and I can't talk about them all in this video so please check a dictionary next question okay next question is from sin M of M what does your too good to be true mean is it good or not maybe you've heard this in a famous song you're too good to be true can't take my eyes off of you in that case it's a good meaning a different way to say this expression is you are so good you are so amazing that I can't believe you're real so in other words something must be wrong there must be some problem with you it's not possible for you to be real because you are so good you are so great so you're too good to be true it's like wow I'm amazed by you so it's a good expression if however maybe in a more uncommon situation someone said like this guy is too good to be true like maybe reviewing a job application for example this girl she's too good to be true like if it's said in that way maybe there's something suspicious about that person this doesn't seem right there's just too much good information here there must be some problem with this person depending on the intonation it can portray either a very positive meaning or a very suspicious meaning in most cases however it's a positive meeting so if you heard this in a song for example it's probably a very positive kind of romantically nuanced phrase thanks very much for that question femme next one next question and Rabia Arshad rate Rabia Arshad Rabia or fair sorry what's the difference between Ken and May I saw this on the dining like a champ cheat sheet and noticed these words were used for requests what's the difference can and may for requests in modern English men modern American English are used this if I use them in a statement can refers to ability may refers to permission please just be careful can and may are only used in the same way to make requests in modern American English next question is from Taylor ah hi again Taylor are where are you from and where were you born the same ah great question where are you from where were you born no not necessarily not necessarily where where you born is only the place where you were physically brought into the world maybe your hometown the place you identify as your hometown is different from the place where you were born maybe you were born in Spain but you grew up in the USA your family moved after that so you could say I was born in Spain but I grew up in New York City if someone asks you where are you from it might be a good idea to say I was born in blah blah blah but I was raised in blah blah blah in a different place if the two places are different next question next question is from Hassan Hassan says how do we use Dada in the negative form so we did a live stream about half two and got two and need to on the YouTube channel and on Facebook a while ago Dada is a contraction a very casual contraction of got and two it's not a real word gotta is just the sound that we make when we say got two very quickly like I gotta go to school today or I've got to finish my homework or I gotta get to sleep I'm so tired in American English we do not use gotta in the negative instead we use have to or need to I don't have to go to work tomorrow I don't need to go to work tomorrow and I don't need to go to sleep right now but American English does not use Dada in the negative form next question next question is from Saddam I need to improve my spoken English and my vocabulary how do I do that I think there's a tool on the website where you can record your voice speaking English and compare it to a native speaker saying the same thing so I think that's a that's a feature on the website so check that out if you haven't been it's in English class 101.com there should be a recording function where you can record your voice and compare it to a native speaker and keep practicing that until your voice and your pronunciation matches the native speakers pronunciation so you'll see like little waveforms there even on the recording page so you can try to match your voice to a native speaker so of course practicing with native speakers where possible repeating so creating your own speech is important to practicing with like recording tools voice recording Toolik when you record yourself you suddenly hear so many problems in your speech so recording yourself can be another good tool but in terms of building your vocabulary first I need to define a goal what do I want to talk about if I want to talk about food I should look for materials in my target language talking about food and I should study those so think about what it is that you want to do and try to be specific try to narrow your goal down to you know what are the words that I need to do and try focusing there and then maybe you can widen the focus to other interests here and there do but start maybe with the things that are going to help you communicate the things that you really want to say so always think about your goals what do I want to learn how to say next question from Ricardo Villa roll oh hey Ricardo welcome back is it correct to learn several languages at the same time ooh is it correct I can't answer that whether it's correct or not so I've heard that if you want to try for whatever your reason is if you want to try to study more than one language at the same time it's better to try to choose languages that are quite different so that there's less chance of you making mistakes or getting confused in your studies the other thing that I think I would say is if you're studying more than one language at the same time your progress might be a bit slower than if you studied just one language yeah is it correct I don't know I can't answer that that's up to you to decide so those are all the questions that I want to talk about this week thank you so much for submitting so many interesting questions I really appreciate it if you haven't submitted a question yet you can check it out the submission page is at English class 101.com slash ask - Alicia so check that out send me your questions if you like the video please make sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to the channel and see and check us out an English class 101.com for some other stuff we talked about a few things today that you can find on the 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English hey everyone I'm Alisha in this series we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn how to compliment someone on what they're wearing this is a great way to break the ice and to come across as friendly interested and generous when meeting someone new if the conversation slows down a little and you can't think of anything to ask a good way to get it restarted is to compliment the other person if you don't know them well yet a safe way to do this is to say something nice about something they're wearing or something they have like a bag or phone case the way to do this is to say I love your bag or I love your top just replace the end of the sentence with whatever you'd like to compliment this can sound a little bit feminine so if you're a guy you could say I like your bag or I like your shoes a normal response to this is just thanks or if you want to be modest oh really thanks a great way to follow this up and keep the conversation going is to where did you get it or where did you buy it this gives the other person a chance to talk about the store country or situation in which they bought it and from there the conversation can develop naturally if you're complimented and then ask this question of course the reverse is true and you have a chance to tell the other person more about the item and where you got it the usual answer - where did you get it or where did you buy it is something like I got it at store name in city name I got it at H&M in San Francisco this is appropriate if you bought the item in the country you're currently in so the other person may know of the store if you bought it in a different country though its usual to say I got it in country name I got it in France you don't need to say the name of the store unless it's world famous as the other person probably won't have heard of it anyway now it's time for Alicia's advice in some cultures it's considered totally fine and even polite to ask how much something costs but in english-speaking countries like the UK Australia and America this is usually considered very rude and is a question that can only be asked by very close friends and even then it's risky remember not to say something like it looks expensive or how much was it when you're complimenting something that someone else owns see you next time [Music] welcome to English class 101 coms English in three minutes the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn English hey everyone Alicia here in this series we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn how to ask what someone's hobbies are without using the word hobbies you've probably seen the question do you have any hobbies or what are your hobbies in an English textbook before however native English speakers almost never use the word hobbies when asking about them a much more natural way to ask the same question is what do you do for fun let's practice this question what do you do for fun what do you do for fun you can also ask what do you do in your free time what do you do in your free time so how would you answer this question let's look at how native speakers would do it the easiest way is to say I like to or just I like followed by what you like to do for example if you like watching movies you could say I like to watch movies or I like watching movies I like to watch movies or I like watching movies and if you like golf you could say I like to play golf or I like playing golf I like to play golf or I like playing golf you can emphasize how much you like your hobby by adding a word like really in front of like for example I really like watching movies on the other hand if you want to play down how she likes something you can say kind of for example I kind of like playing tennis now it's time for Alicia's advice if you don't have any special hobbies or don't want to be specific a good way to reply is I like hanging out with my friends and stuff like that I like hanging out with my friends and stuff like that just use I like and add hanging out with my friends and then add and stuff like that how do you answer the question where are you from it doesn't even have a verb we'll cover this and more in the next English in three minutes lesson see you next time hi everybody and welcome back to top words my name is Alisha and today we're gonna talk about 10 ways to motivate yourself when learning English let's go the first way to motivate yourself is to imagine that one day you will live in the United States so to do this imagine what is your day going to be like when you live in the u.s. where will you go who will you meet where will you shop and so on imagine your day in the United States ok the second way to motivate yourself when you're studying English is to study other aspects of the culture - which makes it more rewarding to study English ok so this means of course studying English as a language but if there's a specific country that you would like to visit or a specific part of that country's culture try to learn about that - if you like music if you like the food if you like the history try to find something about a specific country or a specific part of that country's culture that you enjoy in addition to studying the language ok way number 3 to motivate yourself is finding funny words in English ok so finding a word that sounds funny or a word that you enjoy using or a phrase that you enjoy using can really increase your motivation for using that word and for interacting with people so if you can find those phrases that you think are funny or are fun they can be really really helpful for you as you learn your language the next way to motivate yourself is to make friends with people who speak English so of course if you don't have any friends who are English speakers especially native English speakers it's a really good idea to make some friends this way you can practice with them you can learn from them and you can just see maybe what their life is like and how their life is different from yours so this is a great way to practice a great way to learn and a great way to think more internationally as well the next way to motivate yourself is watching youtube videos of other people who have successfully learned English so you can listen to people what worked for them how did they study where did they go what materials did they use what did they find not helpful so you can try to find a strategy that works well for you through using resources like YouTube for example it's a great way to find people that maybe match with what you need ok the next way to motivate yourself is by watching English movies and TV shows and enjoying the feeling when you can understand a word or a sentence yeah I do this too when you enjoy something when you find entertainment value in something like music movies TV and you there's that moment when you pick up or when you understand what your favorite character said or you understand like a key point in the story it's a really really good feeling it makes you want to continue watching I think so that's a really really nice feeling I think and you can do that by enjoying media so it's a fun way to learn and it's a fun feeling to experience ok the next way to motivate yourself is by reading English news articles blogs and magazines to get a feel for formal and casual language so the style that we use here like an English class 101 and this on the videos on this channel is quite casual most of the time or at least in these videos it's very casual but the way that I speak in the way a newspaper is written the way a magazine is written the way a newscaster presents the information these are all different ways of communicating we're using the same language yes but there are different styles so it's important to try to understand those differences and to become familiar with them so try to find a few different things that you can enjoy the next way to motivate yourself is after dinner you write about your day in a journal in English okay this is an interesting idea so just take a few minutes after dinner or before you go to bed to write something in English about what you did that day or maybe so you have a chance to talk about future tense or to use the future tense you can use you can talk about your upcoming plans or the things you're going to do the next day so you can talk about past tense what you did that day maybe present tense how you're feeling as you're writing your journal for the day and future tense to talk about your upcoming plan so journaling can be a really effective exercise for motivating you okay the next way to motivate yourself inspire practicing with flashcards of useful words and phrases for 15 minutes every day on the train I actually do do this I use but I use an application to study in Japanese to study kanji and 15 minutes every day adds up over the course of a week you can learn a lot of information in a short period of time and if you live in the country where your target language is spoken then you might even find the word you studied on the train you see it like after you leave the train you might see that word later on in your day so you can immediately feel like an extra sense of motivation by knowing that this thing you're studying is applicable it's something you can use right away it's a really cool feeling so this is a tip I honestly I use this last I make sure to thank anyone and everyone who corrects my English yeah I think this is really important because people are really nice they don't want to correct you when you make a mistake but sometimes people do they're really polite about it and they tell you the more tell you a more natural way or they give you a suggestion for how to improve your English make sure you say thank you like repeat after them and then say thank you so that you know it's motivation for them to tell you again in the future to help you again in the future so make sure to say thank you to anyone who helps you with your English so that's the end so those are 10 ways that you can motivate yourself when you learn English if you have a different strategy for how you like to motivate yourself to learn English please let us know in the comments please be sure also to like this video and subscribe to our channel if you haven't already thanks very much for watching I hope this video motivated you to keep studying we'll see you again soon with more fun stuff my vamos a la piscina that means we're going to the movie theater right alright hi everybody my name is Alisha welcome back to top words today we're going to be talking about must know expressions for agreeing and disagreeing very useful so let's go exactly exactly when you agree 100% with something someone else has said you can say exactly for example Raman is one of the best foods in the world exactly I don't agree I don't agree you have a different opinion from the other person they tell you I think that soccer is the best sport you can say I don't agree but be prepared to provide your own opinion after this I think soccer is the best sport I don't agree I think that football is oh that could cause some problems soccer football Americans say football when we mean American football but the rest of the world says football when they mean soccer maybe maybe is when you don't know when you can't make a decision or when you're not sure about something ok so someone tosses you an opinion someone says their their idea to you I think it's gonna rain tomorrow you can say yeah maybe you don't know for sure yes or no but it's possible it's a good sort of in-between expression but if you use maybe all the times gonna sound really strange and it's gonna sound like you can't make a decision so use maybe very sparingly don't use it so often maybe is very commonly used it's a soft no it's up to you to figure that out among the people that you're talking to though do you want to stay over at my house is we can maybe I couldn't agree with you more you are in complete agreement with the other person and really want to communicate that to them you think that what they have just said is really really correct super correct yes you are completely on board with that idea you can say I couldn't agree with you more I couldn't the negative form I could not agree with you more meaning it's not possible that I could agree more with what you're saying next week it's really important that we have a barbecue because summer is ending and then your friend can say I couldn't agree more that's a fantastic idea I'll buy steak I think we're going to have to agree to disagree agree to disagree this is a kind of it seems like a simple phrase agree to disagree so you're agreeing with the other person you agree that we have a different opinion agree to disagree I would use this expression at the end of a discussion so person a and person B have different opinions and they've been discussing those opinions for a long time and person a is not changing his or her opinion person B is not changing his or her opinion so you can say at the end of the conversation okay we have to agree to disagree let's just accept our different opinions and move on in the conversation you have a point there this is not necessarily an agreement or disagreement phrase it's a small agreement within a larger discussion so maybe you've been discussing a topic for a long time and you've disagreed with the other person until this this time this person says something and you agree with that ah you have a point there so there's one thing that this person has said that you can agree with you can say you have a point there I think that's correct or I agree with that point that's exactly how I feel that's exactly how I feel meaning my feeling is the same as your feeling or my opinion is the same as your opinion that's exactly how I feel maybe you can use this if someone describes your feeling very accurate for example you can say I feel like the company is really heading in a nice new direction you can say yeah that's exactly how I feel I really like the new boss I don't think so I don't think so it's soft it's not so direct it's not a hard I disagree but just I don't think so of course you can use it to discuss opinions but you can also use it when you're making plans are you going to that party this weekend I don't think so it's not a disagreement but it can be used as a negation phrase and a negative response to something when used as an opinion I think Chinese is the hardest language to learn you can say I don't think so I think that Arabic is the hardest language to learn yes you're right yes your rights means you're correct yes I agree with you I think that's the right information I think that's the correct opinion just a very clear agreement phrase you're right it also has the nuance of being correct so maybe there was there were there was a possibility the other person could be incorrect did you know that pepperoni pizza is the most delicious pizza in the world yes you're right you could change it too that's right for that opinion you can use your to talk specifically about the person itself but that's right yes that's right that information is correct I guess so I guess so it's sort it's an agreement but it's sort of a flaky agreement I guess so it's like you don't really want to make a decision but you don't feel strongly in one like in agreement or disagreement you can say I guess so it's usually said with this tone of voice I guess so you know we don't really say I guess so generally it's like you can't quite make a decision or you don't want to make a decision you can say I guess so hey we're gonna go for Chinese food for dinner tonight do you want to come yeah I guess so you don't feel strongly either way I guess so I'm afraid I disagree it's a rather polite expression that you can use in a business situation for example I'm afraid here doesn't mean I'm actually scared or I'm really frightened but just it's a softener that's used at the beginning of sentences to introduce a negative opinion so I'm afraid I disagree or I'm afraid I can't agree with you for example I think that you need to adopt a new policy for your company I'm afraid I disagree it's a soft disagreement that sounds a bit more formal than some of the other phrases we've talked about so far absolutely absolutely means 100% yes exactly precisely definitely it's a quick and clear and can be polite as well as casual word that means you agree with the other person hey do you want to go to the beach this weekend yeah absolutely absolutely oh that's in so those are some phrases that you can use to agree and disagree with other people there are a lot of them so and you can kind of mix and match them as you see fit so give them a try thanks very much for watching this episode of top words and we'll see you again soon bye wanna speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101.com oh hi everybody my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about 10 phrases that you always want to hear so let's begin you win the first phrase is you win you win if you hear the phrase you win it means you have won something you are probably going to receive something for free whoo that's a very happy thing right you want to give free things congratulations you win a car yay here are the keys to your new car great thank you and I brought you something special this is exciting to hear because it means this little something special as I call I thought only of you so I brought you this I brought you something special really thank you I miss you I miss you I miss you is nice you can use this with your friends your family members your partner whoever I miss you shows that you want to meet the other person probably you haven't you haven't seen them as much as you would like to so you can say I miss you I miss you call your husband or wife or boyfriend girlfriend whoever on the phone maybe you haven't seen them for a long time you can say I miss you I miss you too take a break I'll do the cleaning today take a break I'll do the cleaning today this means someone else is going to clean up your house for you or clean up something for you I would be very happy to hear this phrase right now because my apartment is a disaster because I am only there to sleep so maybe you've had a long day at work or a long day doing something you come home and somebody else has offered to do this for you so take a break I'll do the cleaning today and you can reply really thank you so much I'm gonna relax the budget is unlimited the next phrase that you always want to hear is the budget is unlimited the budget is unlimited this could be at work this could be a budget a personal budget maybe but it just means there's no limit to the budget you can spend as much money as you want very exciting so let's see in a business context perhaps you have this new client who's gonna give you a lot of money to build a new house or something maybe you're building houses that's your project your boss comes to you the budget for this project is unlimited really let's go crazy there'll be a bonus at the end of the month yeah this is a phrase that you probably are very excited to hear it means you are going to receive extra money from your job at the end of the month whoo-hoo very exciting extra money maybe you'll hear this from your boss or your manager or maybe your coworker at work maybe you see it in an email there'll be a bonus at the end of the month really I'm gonna use mine to buy a new car really I'm gonna use mine to go out on a date really I'm gonna use mine to get a new fish you did a great job you did a great job you did a great job it's something you'll probably hear from well I don't know you could hear this from pretty much anybody any time you've done a good job someone will congratulate you or tell you their opinion with this phrase you did a great job you finished a project at work and your boss says you did a great job nice thank you so much it was really fun or thank you just just say thank you you look great today you look great today the other person thinks that your physical appearance is nice today don't think about that today part you know just just just take the compliment oh really thank you so much you look great today oh thank you so much I got a new haircut thank you so much I I got enough sleep yeah you were right you were right this means that something that you said in the past was correct and everybody likes to be correct I think I saw that movie that you recommended you were right it was really good oh good I'm glad you enjoyed it don't be like I know or yeah I knew I was right don't do that just say oh good I'm glad you're an excellent cook you're an excellent cook this is a nice compliment especially for someone who enjoys cooking if you say you're an excellent cook it means you enjoyed their food so let's see at a dinner party for example you're an excellent cook this food is delicious oh thank you so much I'm really glad you enjoyed it and that's the end so those are things that you want to hear so keep in mind it's nice for you to hear these things but other people also want to hear them too so compliment other people tell them that they are awesome if they are awesome tell them that they have good skills in whatever it is that they like to do people like to be complimented people want to be liked so write the message or say something nice to them yes leave a comment we have a great team of people doing all these amazing things so tell them how much you love them so thanks so much for joining us for this week's lesson we will see you again next time please make sure to subscribe if you have not already so that you don't miss out on any fun stuff thank you very much again for watching and we'll see you again soon bye hi everybody my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about 15 questions that you should know so these are 15 questions that not necessarily you need to know how to ask them perhaps you know some of the questions already but you will probably also hear these questions as well so we'll practice a few different answers for these questions too so let's get started do you like American food the first question is do you like American food you will probably be asked this question do you like American food you can either say yes or no or you can give a specific example someone says do you like American food yes I love Philly cheesesteaks I would recommend saying yes or a little or or or you can just say I don't know what do you recommend have you been to the United States the next question is have you been to the United States have you been to the United States so someone asks you have you been to the United States you should reply with either yes I have or no I haven't or maybe no I haven't yet but I want to when you want to ask someone this question you can say have you been to Japan have you been to Egypt have you been to China whatever you can use your own country when you ask this question how are you how are you when someone asks how are you don't say I'm fine thank you and you please don't say that please say something more natural like good great I'm good how are you something like that is much better than I'm fine thank you and you be a little more genuine in your reply also when you ask this question maybe one point to help you sound a little more natural when you ask someone else don't like trying to say how are you how are you instead of how are you or and make sure your intonation is correct I've had a few people ask me how are you like a little too moon yeah with this question or like how are you but how are you should be the intonation with this how are you how are you it's a little bit more natural how long have you been studying English how long have you been studying English how long have you been studying English great question to know the answer to your answer should be I have been studying English for bla-bla-bla years or bla-bla-bla months or twelve more weeks but if that's too much for you you can just use the time how long have you been studying English six years how long have you been studying English two months so just pick the time if the whole sentence is quite long for you how old are you we don't really go around asking people how old they are like just the first time you meet them necessarily especially if they're older much older than you like in particular it's sometimes considered rude to ask especially women how old they are so just be careful with this question but if you're about the same age group you know maybe you're at an event or a party or something and you just want to check how old the other person is you can use this phrase when you reply to this just say I'm plus the number to make a really simple response so how old are you I'm 15 how old are you I'm 42 whatever the answer is just stick by in front of it not i but i'm i am but use the contracted form to sound more natural i'm number if you want to make a full sentence you can say i'm number years old don't forget that s in years i'm a million years old what did you say what did you say if you couldn't quite hear something that someone else said you can use this question to confirm sorry what did you say it's a little nicer than just saying what what did you say or what did you just say sorry what did you say I couldn't hear you what's this what's this when you don't know what something is what's this when you're out for dinner you're out for lunch or something and you find a new food or you just you're curious just say what's this to reply to this question just say it's bla bla bla what's your name what's your name of course you should know how to ask this question and how to answer this question what's your name is a little more natural than what is your name again contracted form will help you sound much more natural so what's your name someone asks you you can just give your name Alicia that's fine you can say Alicia you can say I'm Alicia that's fine too you could say my name is or my name's Alicia either any of those are fine in a more formal situation a business situation I would I would use my name is Pablo and while I shake hands or something what's your phone number the next one is what's your phone number I would not ask this question right away like maybe you've met the person a few times but you would like to contact them whether it's because you're romantically interested in them or because you want to be better friends with them but just that if you meet someone for the first time and you're like what's your phone number like a little it's a little too much so use this question after you've met the person a few times and you know you want to become better friends when you want to give your phone number just say it's and the number that's fine just it's blah blah blah or my phone number is blah blah blah with the number 5 5 5 1 million and 5 to 6 when is your birthday so maybe you want to plan a birthday party for example or it's just another fun question the first time you meet someone when did your birthday so when you want to tell someone your birthday just give the month and the date January 15th August 42nd that's a real day if you want to make a full sentence you can say my birthday is month date where are you from the next word the next question is where are you from this can refer to your country or your city mmm but I feel like prop more stuff and it refers to your country so where are you from your answer should be I'm from places I'm from China I am from Japan I'm from Vietnam I'm from America whatever I'm from there where did you learn English the next question is where did you learn English where did you learn English if you're speaking great English you can say I learned English at the English class 101.com yes you did because you're watching no anyway where did you learn English in this case in the case of like these videos I learned English online or I learned English from and then the school name or the program name so I learned English from English class 101.com for example if you studied English at university you can say I learned English at university or I learned English from my friends perhaps where do you live where do you live depending on the situation where you're asked this this can mean your country like I live in America I live in China sometimes it's about the place in the city where you live sometimes it's about the country where you live so you can kind of feel I think which question which type of question is being asked where do you work where do you work is talking about your job you can use the pattern I work at company name or I work for company name either is fine I work at ABC company I work for ABC company either is okay but you know if if you have answered with the wrong information the other person will just ask you like oh I mean where is your office or oh I mean which company do you work for use the force this one where is the bathroom where is the bathroom very important question where is the bathroom in American English where is the bathroom or where is the restroom is more common than where is the toilet using the word toilet is a little bit too direct in American English so I recommend bathroom or restroom so those are 15 questions that you should definitely know know how to ask these questions and know how to answer these questions they are very useful and very important for everyday conversation thanks very much for joining us thank you very much for subscribing if you haven't subscribed yet please be sure to do so so that you can check our fun stuff every week with that we will see you again next time bye if you are a baby watching this video please contact us because you are amazing really yeah Thunderdome in my stomach that's going at the end of my videos I'm sure steak mmm oh no all right welcome back to weekly words my name is Alisha and this week we are going to talk about commonly used onomatopoeia this is going to be a fun one we talked briefly about an onomatopoeia zoom in a previous episode of weekly words we're gonna talk some more about some more talk some more about some more we're gonna talk about more today the first word is beep oh beep beep is any kind of electronic sound or a car sound and was also in a popular American cartoon Wiley coyote and the roadrunner the roadrunner would commonly say meat meat car sound will usually make a beep or a honk sound for electronics however the beep becomes a little bit more robotic will often say like beep beep so in a sentence let's say you have a computer problem you tell your friend the computer won't stop beeping at me what do I do next is the sound jingle jingle is any kind of light ringing sound this word gets used a lot in holiday seasons particularly Christmas Thanksgiving New Year's any jingling sound is very commonly assigned to bells like the song jingle bells for example is a perfect example of this jingle it's just the sound that a Bell makes in a sentence let's see you might say she has a small Bell attached to her phone so she jingles everywhere she walks it's really irritating okay the next word is thump a thump is for something to hit heavily to give an example the people who live in the apartment above me often thump on the floor it sounds like maybe they're dropping something heavy or they're stepping very heavily all right next is splash anything that falls into liquid lands in liquid makes a splash it's that sort of sound that comes from water or any other liquid really we refer to that as a splash sound there is also a popular Tom Hanks mermaid movie called splash this has nothing to do with that about him falling in love with a mermaid I made a big splash when I jumped into the swimming pool this summer next is blurt it means to say something quickly i blurt it out the news as soon as I heard it like I blurt it out the secret I couldn't hold it in any longer it means you just say something without thinking to blurt the first part of the word what that blurr sound it sounds like something it's just kind of sort of slips out on accident and then the harshed blurt that T at the end is like a kind of a final like oh my gosh I've just said something as I slipped and then I've said something oh no I didn't think about that all right that's the end of that one so I hope you learned a few new onomatopoeias that you can try out next time thanks for joining us for weekly words and I will see you again next time if I want to finally start speaking in your target language in this guide you'll discover the top 7 ways to practice speaking on your own with our lessons let's begin number 1 shadowing shadowing is a proven learning technique where all you do is repeat what you hear in order to practice speaking so access any audio or video lesson on the site and press the play button to start then as you listen or watch just repeat the conversations or even easier read along out loud with the dialogue section the script is right there in front of you with our lessons you can master entire conversations just like that number 2 read out loud I just mentioned it but reading out loud is another powerful tactic and deserves its own mention with every lesson you get written transcripts and translations so as you play the lesson read the dialogue out loud as you hear it why by reading out loud you're also practicing your speaking skills you can do this with the lesson notes the lesson transcript or the dialogue tool with the dialogue tool you can listen to each line again and again and repeat out loud until you master them all number three speed up your reading to speed up your speaking being able to speak without thinking is a sign of language mastery if you're talking to a native and can respond quickly they'll assume that you're fairly fluent how can you do this when you read out loud try increasing your speed a little bit every time so start by reading with a dialogue tool if you're like most learners you'll read the first line slowly that's because you're still getting used to the words which is okay reread it on your second try you know most of the words and you'll read a little faster reread it again on your third try you'll be even faster at a native speaker speed and being able to read these phrases out loud and fast will help you speak fast number four record and compare yourself with native speakers in order to sound like a native speaker you must imitate native speakers so here's how access the voice recorder which is in the dialog study tool in every lesson click on the microphone icon listen to the native speakers audio and then record yourself you can then compare the two recordings side-by-side and practice and try again and again until you perfect your pronunciation number five get feedback from our Premium Plus teacher if you're learning by yourself and don't have access to real teachers then you can always get feedback from our Premium Plus teachers with the my teacher tool you can record yourself speaking and send the audio file to the teacher they'll review it and tell you what to improve and how that's it number six level up your speaking with Premium Plus assignments with Premium Plus you can also get assignments that cover reading writing listening and even speaking from your teacher these assignments can be tailored to your goals and means you get a new one every week or any time you're ready for a new one number seven get even more lessons in the lesson library if you want even more lessons on speaking and conversations visit our lesson library and under category choose conversation you'll get all of the pathways and lessons that are focused on speaking if you enjoyed these tips hit the like button share it with anyone who's trying to learn a language and subscribe to our Channel we release new videos every week and if you're ready to finally learn language the fast fun and easy way and start speaking from your very first lesson get our complete learning program sign up for your free lifetime account right now click the link in the description I'll see you next time my [Music]

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Length: 82min 18sec (4938 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 19 2019