3 Tips To Improve Your English Today

hey when I was in high school I had a

really strict English teacher and you

won’t believe what I got in trouble for

doing I’ll tell you that story at the

end I’m teacher Tiffany let’s jump right

in alright today I’m gonna give you

three tips to improve your English now

these tips are going to literally help

you take your English to the next level

because they’re gonna help you change

the way you think so let’s get started

with tip number one tip number one is

right here compare yourself to your self

that’s right don’t compare yourself to

other people compare yourself to

yourself now let me explain what this

actually means so basically you need to

analyze your progress based on where you

were in the past you need to see for

example how many new vocabulary words

have you learned how many new

expressions have you learned are you

able to speak longer now than you were

in the past these are all things that

you can do when you compare yourself to

yourself now let me look at three

reasons let me show you three reasons

why this is so important okay so the

first reason we have for why this is so

important is that this allows you to

recognize the improvements you have made

number two this is so important because

it helps you to see which areas you need

to work on more I can personally

remember what I was studying Korean I

had an issue or a hard time with the

vocabulary and sometimes with the idioms

so I was able to recognize that because

I was comparing myself to myself so I

made it a point to study those two

things more again when you compare

yourself to yourself you will also be

able to see the areas you need to

work on more now the third reason why

this is so important it is because it

encourages you to continue working

towards your goals when you compare

yourself you’re able to see how close

you are to achieving your goals for

example if your goal is to be able to

speak to a native English speaker for

five minutes you can see how close you

are to that goal well maybe you saw a

foreigner or you saw someone online and

you had a conversation with them for one

minute that means you have four more

minutes to go

okay so again tip number one is compare

yourself to yourself now let me show you

exactly how to do this okay in three

short steps here we go so the first

thing you want to do is set your timer

for five minutes and write about your

day now again I’m looking at the example

of someone whose goal is to be a better

writer to write better in English so

again comparing yourself to yourself

first you’re going to set a timer for

five minutes and write about your day

then what’s going to happen is you are

going to on the next day set your timer

for ten minutes and write about your day

then the third thing is on the third day

you’re going to review both of your

journals and see what the differences

are for example the length the

information the order the feeling etc

then you’re going to analyze yourself

trust me this works because you will be

able to see ah the one I wrote on day

one was pretty good but day two was even

better because I gave more information

let’s say related to the five W’s

remember I’ve taught you guys that who

what when where and why so again you can

do this in three different steps okay

now moving on to tip number two here we

go so the second tip is

learn something new or interesting

basically you need to search for an

English video article or podcast that is

about something you are interested in

now I’m gonna give you three reasons why

this is so important but I want to

remind you remember as your teacher my

goal is to help you enjoy English a part

of enjoying English is studying things

you are interested in you know that I

like cooking I like sports I like

exercise so when I was studying Korean

I would watch cooking programs I would

watch shows about sports why because it

was easier for me to grasp and

understand the information and to retain

it so let’s see three specific reasons

why this is so important okay here we go

back to my screen now the first reason

why this is important is it will help

you retain or keep information in

English faster number two it will help

you make fast connections which will

result in you using the information

faster like I mentioned to you I love

cooking so when I was watching Korean

cooking programs I would recognize

certain vocabulary words or expressions

that were used when they were cooking in

a way that I could relate to oh I

remember when I sauteed that vegetable

when I was in my kitchen two years ago

or last year instead of saying saute

they said a different word so again I

already had a connection in my mind

which is why this is gonna help you as

well

now the third reason why this tip is so

important and so useful is right here

this will remind you that English can be

fun English can be fun it doesn’t always

have to be stressful and I want you to

enjoy English okay all right so I’m

gonna give you simple how-to or simple

steps to actually put this in action

okay here we go back to my

Green first decide on a topic that you

are interested in remember I gave you

the example of cooking for me when I was

studying Korean that’s the first step

now the second thing you want to do is

you want to pick a video article or

podcast that focuses on that topic now

the one I watched in Korea for my Korean

students um named Jango boot okay yes

the refrigerator help me with my

refrigerator if I translate that to

English and the show was about cooking

and it was a cooking program and I

really enjoyed it so I selected that

program okay next we have the final step

is you’re going to listen or watch it

and then write down at least one

interesting thing you learned all in

English so remember this is the part

where you’re gonna enjoy you’re not

trying to sit and take in everything No

enjoy the program and then write

something that really caught your

attention like oh wow I’ve never heard

that expression before write it down

okay alright that’s tip number two learn

something new or interesting now we’re

gonna go to tip number three to change

your English alright okay going back to

my screen here we go tip number three

challenge your self that’s right

challenge yourself now let me explain

what this means okay so challenge

yourself basically you need to find ways

to overcome your fears related to

English it’s a fact English is not the

easiest language to learn and sometimes

you feel a little bit shy or scared to

speak to someone else or maybe there are

other things that you are afraid of when

you challenge yourself to do something

you literally take the chains off you

literally free yourself from that fear

now I’m gonna give you three reasons why

this is so important okay

here we go so the first reason why this

is so important is this will help you

become more confident trust me when you

challenge yourself you will after you’ve

accomplished and after you’ve overcome

that beer you will feel amazing you will

feel more confident now the second

reason is that you will what it will

help you realize that you can achieve

more than you first realize as a teacher

I’m gonna be very honest with you one of

the things I loved the most about

teaching in Korea was seeing one of my

students excel seeing one of my students

reach their individual goal so maybe

their goal was to give a speech in

English maybe their goal was to write an

email in English at their job when I saw

that student accomplish or reach that

goal I was so happy for them why because

they realized that they could even do

better than they initially thought they

could the same is true for you when you

challenge yourself okay all right now

reason number three here we go

reason number three is this will give

you more opportunities to use the

English you learn you’re very smart

you’ve studied hard you’ve studied many

books you’ve watched my lessons on

YouTube and now it’s time to challenge

yourself and what will happen you’ll

start to have more opportunities to use

what you have learned now again I would

love to hear all about your experiences

when you challenge yourself now one more

thing remember we’re gonna keep going on

I’m gonna show you how to do this

exactly in three simple steps but again

if you want to keep studying with me

remember you can always join my academy

and the link is in the description okay

I would love to be your permanent

teacher now again we’re talking about

challenging yourself so how do you do

that actually three steps here we go so

the first step write down one of your

fears related to English maybe you are

afraid of actually contacting an America

or emailing an American write that down

okay next you’re going to do this you’re

going to write down three reasons why

you are afraid and three things you

would do if you weren’t afraid why are

you afraid to email an American is it

because you may have the wrong grammar

is it because they may not respond now

what would you do if your grammar was

okay what would you do if they responded

to your email I want you to focus on the

feeling you would have when or if you

accomplished your goal okay now the

third part here we go right here figure

out one way to overcome the fear and do

it immediately

for example talking to strangers or

emailing an American I had one of my

students who’s actually in my Academy as

I mentioned to you before and she

actually the links on the screen and

also in the description if you want to

join my Academy and she told me she had

never ever spoken to an American but she

saw that I gave the opportunity to speak

to me in a video call and she took the

opportunity she challenged herself even

though she was nervous and she did

amazing I enjoyed our conversation she

spoke well and remember it’s not about

making grammar mistakes it’s all about

being able to convey or express your

opinion and your thoughts and overcoming

your fear so I was very happy to talk to

her I was proud of her for challenging

herself and overcoming her fear and all

it took was one email to ask me to speak

to me and again she’s in my Academy so

again think about yourself what are your

fears and how can you challenge yourself

to overcome them okay all right

so we looked at three different tips to

help you literally improve your English

today first compare yourself to yourself

learn something new or interesting and

challenge your self now

you learned three tips that will

literally help you improve your English

today I really hope you enjoyed this

lesson don’t forget to download the free

pdf that goes along with this lesson by

clicking the link in the description and

also you can join the speak English with

Tiffany Academy you’ll see it right here

on the screen by clicking the other link

in the description I’m teacher Tiffany

and I will talk to you in our next

lesson but as always remember to speak

English it’s storytime

okay all right today is just a quick

story so when I was in high school I had

an English teacher

now she was great but she was super

strict

she had rules that we had to follow and

I was a good student so I followed all

of her rules

but there was one rule that she had that

was special

the rule was do not eat in her classroom

okay that seemed very simple now her

class was right after lunch so I would

eat a really good lunch to make sure

that I wasn’t hungry during her class so

one day you know I finished my lunch it

was delicious and I didn’t know if my

breath smelled so I wanted to put a mint

in my mouth but I had a small tic tac

now a tic tac is just a small mint

literally about that size so I put the

tic-tac in my mint in my mint in my

mouth now again super tiny so I am I was

proceeding to walk into the classroom

and as I was about to get to my seat I

heard my name Tiffany yes it was the

teacher she said what did I tell you

about eating in class now again remember

I said she was a very super super strict

teacher so I could tell by the look on

her face that she was serious so I said

oh you said there’s no eating in class

teacher she said so what are you doing

I said well I I’m not eating anything

teacher she said what’s in your mouth

and I remembered that I had a tic-tac in

my mouth now I didn’t consider a tic-tac

food

she said take it out of your mouth and

you have detention now to show you how

shocked I was I was a model student in

school I followed the rules I did well

in school I played sports I did

everything but I never got in trouble

this was the first time I ever got in

trouble in high school and it was for a

tic-tac a tic-tac and twenty-something

years later I still have never forgotten

that moment so even though I thought it

was something small she said it was

still food so I had to go to detention

which meant I had to have a mark put on

my record I had to stay after school for

an hour and sit in this room because I

got in trouble so the moral of the story

is tic tacs aren’t food no but she was

strict but she was an amazing teacher

and ironically she’s still one of my

favorite teachers even though I got in

trouble for a tic-tac well I hope you

enjoyed this story and I’ll talk to you

guys next week