5 Habits You Must Have To Speak English Fluently

here’s the deal you want to speak

English fluently like a native English

speaker but the problem is it’s

difficult well you see there are five

habits you need to have in order to

sound like a native English speaker and

speak fluently and I’m gonna teach you

those five habits today I’m teacher

Tiffany let’s jump right in

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alright five habits you need to speak

English fluently habit number one

organize all of your plans and ideas now

you’ll remember in last week’s video we

went over this I gave you a plan and

showed you how to lay out all of your

goals for an entire year now if you

missed that just click right here and

you can watch the video right now and

learn about the English planner and how

to set out your goals for a year okay so

habit number one organize all of your

plans and ideas the first habit deals

with organizing all of your English

plans and ideas in other words you want

to make a habit of laying out all of

your English goals this is such an

important habit for you to have because

you need to have an idea of where you’re

going alright now there’s a really good

quote that I want to tell you about so

this quote comes from Christina Scalise

and it says organization isn’t about

perfection it’s about efficiency

reducing stress and clutter saving time

and money and improving your overall

quality of life now there were two words

in this quote that I want to explain to

you the first one was efficiency now

efficiency means the quality of being

able to do a task successfully without

wasting time or energy as an English

Learner even though you’re studying

English you also have a life

you’re also busy with work with family

and your schedule sometimes is a bit

hectic while being efficient using your

time wisely is so important

and this habit of organizing your plans

and ideas will help you do that

now the second word in the quote was

clutter

now clutter means a lot of things in a

messy state especially things that are

not useful or necessary so let’s say in

your room you may have a lot of things

strewn or thrown across the floor well

the same can happen with your life you

may have so many things going on that

you feel that you can’t make time for

English but if you organize your plans

and your ideas you will be able to

actually study okay now there’s one more

quote that I want to show you okay now

this quote actually comes from Benjamin

Franklin he said for every minute spent

organizing an hour is earned that’s

right

for every minute you take the time to

organize your plans and ideas you’ve

actually gained an hour

okay so again habit number one organize

all of your plans and ideas now the

benefits first you will know what you

know they may say teacher what does that

mean

so for example as an English Learner

there are things that you’ve learned

over time for example if I say hey how

was your day today you know exactly what

I’m saying you know what you know but

this will also help you feel more

confident when you speak in English okay

so helps you to know what you know and

also what you don’t know okay

benefit number two you will see your

progress and be able to know the steps

or the next steps you need to take you

will also know which areas you need to

focus on and finally you will decrease

the nervousness and anxiety you

experience when you speak in English now

many of you have sent me messages or

even typed in the comments underneath

the videos and told me how nervous you

get when you speak in English and I

totally understand now there is a word

that I want to explain to you the word

is anxiety okay so anxiety is a feeling

of

nervousness or worry it’s another way of

saying that you’re nervous

and you feel like you can’t actually

speak so again when you have this habit

of organizing all of your plans and

ideas it will actually decrease the

nervousness you experience because now

you have an idea of what you know and

what you don’t know okay so how do you

do this I know you’re asking so let me

show you how to do this this is what you

need to do make or get an English study

planner okay now remember in our last

video I showed you how to set up your

planner and I also showed you the

planner that I created for you so if you

want to get the planner it’s still

available the link is in the description

okay alright so again you need to make

or get an English planner my English

study planner write your goals study

strategy focus areas and what you would

like to learn you need to designate the

time period for each as well this is

very important if you organize your

English study then you will actually

reach all of your goals okay alright so

now let’s move on to habit number two

happen number two is think in English

and believe that you can that’s a key

you have to believe that you can do it

now the second habit deals with thinking

in English instead of your first

language in other words you want to make

a habit of challenging yourself to

describe situations in English here’s

the folks first quote from Denis Waitley

if you believe you can you probably can

if you believe you won’t you most

assuredly won’t belief is the ignition

switch that gets you off the launching

pad now there are quite a few words in

there that I want to explain to you okay

there are two vocabulary words and then

a third concept that I want explain to

you or a third expression so the first

one was assuredly now this just means to

be definite okay to be a fact all right

the second one was ignition

now ignition is the part where the fuel

is ignited so I want you to think about

when you’re starting something starting

a car or even when you want

to spark the ignition okay and then the

third one was launching pad now this is

a platform from which rockets or

missiles or satellites are launched

so we’re saying launching pad being the

starting point so again looking back at

this quote here we go it says again if

you believe you can you most or probably

can but if you believe you won’t you

most assuredly won’t believe is the

ignition belief is the starting point so

you have to believe and you actually can

think in English all right

now the second quote I love is this one

from marianne williamson

you must learn a new way to think before

you can master a new way to be so before

you can speak like a native English

speaker you must first master how to

think like a native English speaker or

think in English don’t worry I’m gonna

show you how now here are the benefits

of this habit first you will respond

faster during conversations next you

will learn new words and patterns faster

because your brain will get used to the

flow and finally you will start

connecting your daily life to English

trust me this is gonna blow your mind

when you start putting into practice

this habit and start to make it a daily

habit now how do you do this here we go

I’m gonna show you so here’s what you

have to do keep a daily or weekly

journal in this journal you should write

about your day using the five W’s again

I love the five W’s who what when where

and why training your brain to think in

English about every situation all right

and doing this will also help you think

about situations in English throughout

your day all right

so habit number three overcome your

fears related to English the third habit

deals with overcoming the fears you have

related to English in other words you

want to make a habit of pushing yourself

to conquer your fears and speak in

here’s the fact sometimes English can be

difficult

no English is difficult many times right

many times when you’re trying to speak

in English you feel that it’s so

difficult and a lot of times you feel

fear you get afraid to speak in English

you’re afraid to make mistakes you’re

afraid to sound kind of let’s say you

don’t want to sound like a person who’s

not smart but listen you have to

overcome those fears I get it I totally

understand when I was learning Korean I

experienced the exact same fears but you

have to make a habit of overcoming your

fears

here’s the quote I want to show you okay

here’s the first quote I have learned

over the years that when one’s mind is

made up this diminishes fear knowing

what must be done does away with fear

this is from Rosa Parks so two

expressions one expression in one

vocabulary word I want to explain to you

from this quote the first one is mind is

made up now this is used to say when

someone or that someone has made a

decision and will not change it I’m firm

in my decision I will not change so your

mind is made up for example you’ve made

up your mind to study English with me

your teacher and I’m so happy right now

the other word is diminished

now diminish means to become reduced in

size importance or intensity so again

like we said like we read in the quote I

have learned over the years that when

one’s mind is made up

what diminishes that’s right when you

make up your mind your fear will

decrease

now the second quote I want us to look

at that is very powerful comes from

Henry Ford one of the greatest

discoveries a man makes one of his great

surprises is to find he can do what he

was afraid he couldn’t do you can do it

that’s what Henry Ford was saying you

will surprise yourself right now you

feel like I like teacher I’m never going

to be able to speak English like a

native English speaker or

I’m never going to be able to speak in

front of a American I’m too shy no you

will surprise yourself you can overcome

your fear now what are the benefits of

making it a habit of overcoming your

fears let me show you so the first

benefit is you will gain more confidence

in yourself and in your ability to speak

English

next you will go further than you

thought you could fear limits your full

potential and holds you back now let me

explain the word potential and the

expression holds you back so potential

means to say that someone or something

has the necessary abilities or qualities

to become successful in the future you

have potential you have the potential

and I know that you can speak English

fluently

now the other expression hold you back

it means to prevent or restrict the

advance progress or development of

someone or something

so your fear is holding you back don’t

let it hold you back anymore

now here’s the third benefit here we go

the third benefit is you will have more

courage to tackle the next English

challenge

now the word tackle just means to deal

with something in a very determined or

efficient way you can do it you can

tackle it you can be determined to

overcome your fears how do you do it

here did you do here’s what you do

alright here we go

challenge yourself to use your English

skills in front of other people for

example you can make a phone call to a

business to ask a question that’s a free

call you can call them and ask them a

question about let’s say for example you

like iPhones or maybe you like Samsung I

love Samsung right call the company say

I have a quick question about some

feature that’s a free call but you’re

getting the opportunity to practice and

overcome your fear okay

now or you can write a comment

underneath a YouTube video there are

many ways to overcome your fears

remember I told you all in a previous

video in the comment section always

write a comment because your practice

your English don’t just watch these

videos and enjoy the lesson I want you

to take action every time you watch one

of my videos put a comment in the

comment section use the English overcome

your fear and don’t worry about what

other people say okay all right let’s

move on to the next habit here we go now

habit number four listen or watch things

in English the fourth habit deals with

listening and watching things in English

in other words you want to make a habit

of putting lots of real-life English

into your mind this is such an important

habit you need to watch a lot of things

in English you need to listen to a lot

of things in English now here’s the

first quote I want us to look at here we

go most people do not listen with the

intent to understand they listen with

the intent to reply so many times when

you’re watching something or listening

to someone speak you’re thinking about

what you’re going to say but know this

habit is listening intently now the word

intent let me explain it to you means to

be eager and determined to do something

right intent so be eager to truly listen

be eager to take in the information okay

and not just focusing on what you’re

gonna say at the moment and the next

thing I want us to look at is quote

number two also a powerful quote okay

here we go

the art of conversation lies in

listening you want to have better

English conversations right well Malcolm

Forbes just showed you what the key is

learning how to truly listen so lies in

this expression lies and it means to

come about from or to be the result of

something or to depend on something

basically the foundation or the origin

of good conversation is listening

alright so here are the benefits here we

go number one you will become a better

communicator and a communicator is just

a person who is able to convey or

exchange information news or ideas

especially one who is eloquent

who can explain and express themselves

very well okay themselves very well

all right benefit number two you will

gain an understanding of how your tone

of voice and intonation can change the

meaning of your words now intonation or

intonation is the way that your voice

rises and falls as you speak now as I’m

speaking to you I’m your teacher so I’m

speaking with confidence to express

these habits to you right to explain

them to you but if I suddenly change my

tone of voice and I’m just kind of

speaking like this suddenly the feeling

changes right you don’t feel as

confident in what I’m teaching you

exactly right

okay so your tone of voice is important

all right that’s intonation now the

third benefit is you will improve your

pronunciation and sound more like a

native English speaker all right now how

do you do this watch a YouTube video and

analyze it you want to pay attention to

the body language used speed tone of

voice expressions and vocabulary okay as

you’re watching you see that I always

use my hands when I’m speaking to you

well dissect the video wait a minute why

is teacher Tiffany using her fingers in

that way why is she doing that with her

facial expressions think about things as

you’re watching them okay all right so

let’s go to habit number five oh and I

want to tell you I’m giving you the five

habits that you need to have to be

fluent but if you want the action plan

part two this video again all members of

my Academy can watch part two of this

lesson and have the seven day action

plan to start putting these habits in to

practice okay all right so let’s go on

to have it number five here we go habit

number five take action and use what you

learn the fifth habit deals with taking

action and using what you learn in other

words you want to make a habit of

finding ways to use the English you

learn in real-life situations

here’s the quote from Joe Saba you don’t

have to be great to start but you have

to start to be great remember that you

don’t have to be great you don’t have to

be

perfect you don’t have to be fluent in

order to start but in order to start I’m

sorry in order to be fluent you must

start so start today if you want to be

fluent start today it starts now take

action all right now the other quote

quote number 2 says we are what we

repeatedly do excellence then is not an

act but I have it and that’s from

Aristotle so if you repeatedly study and

make it a habit to take action and to

use what you learn then you will excel

you will do well all right so three

benefits of taking action here we go

the first benefit is you will increase

your confidence next you will improve

your ability to speak off the cuff now

let me explain this explain this to you

off the cuff just means something done

or said without being prepared or

thought about in advance so without any

preparation so think about it when

someone comes to speak to you in English

you may not have prepared anything so

you have to speak off the cuff but if

you take an action prior to that

conversation and practice over and over

then you will be able to respond all

right now the third benefit here we go

the third benefit is you will turn

short-term memory into long-term memory

now how do you do this throughout your

day you will learn various words

expressions idioms patterns and other

things this is true you learn so many

things even through my video lessons and

through other amazing English teachers

that are on YouTube you learn so much

through their lessons through books and

websites right so you need to use these

things in real conversations now if you

don’t have anyone to talk to you may

make sentences let me show you again my

screens you can read along with me you

can make sentences alone about your

daily experiences again you can use the

five W’s to make these sentences now you

can also use what you learned in the

comments you type under YouTube videos

or in groups remember I told you in the

beginning of this video always comment

underneath the YouTube video

after you watch my lessons always

comment and in your comment try to use

something you learned in the lesson I’ve

taught you many words in this lesson and

many expressions use one of them in the

comment section okay alright now the

next thing you need to do is to study

the 7-day action plan now this is part

two of this lesson and part two is found

in my Academy so if you’re already in my

Academy click the link right in the

description and you can go and check out

the seven-day action plan I give you the

worksheet you need to actually put these

habits into practice to actually make

them habits starting today using the 7

day action plan ok so I hope you enjoyed

this video again watch part 2 click the

link in the description to go to my

Academy join and actually start studying

and using the 7 day action plan I will

talk to you next week but as always

remember to speak English now you know I

didn’t forget it’s story time

alright now today’s story is actually a

little bit of a serious one it’s good

but I want to tell you about one of my

close friends she’s Korean but I want to

tell you about something she did for me

that I will never forget and I’m telling

you this story because I want you to

realize that a longer journey studying

English there gonna be people that are

gonna help you and they’re gonna help

you get to the next level and you should

always be grateful for those individuals

so and I’ll tell you her name at the end

so when I was in South Korea you know I

was a teacher there and I loved it but I

also studied Korean and I was in grad

school in South Korea so I went to a

Korean University I went to Seoul day

which is Seoul National University and I

studied oriental painting and it wasn’t

easy I loved it I loved my classmates I

loved my teachers but it was a difficult

process when it got to the end because

everything was in Korean

and I had to take exams in Korean and

there was also exam that I had to take

that had some Hanja some Chinese letters

in it so preparing for the exam was very

difficult um and to be honest I failed

two times this was the graduation I was

for the graduation exam like the final

exam to graduate and I failed two times

now the exam was only offered once every

six months

and I told you I failed two times so I

studied for this test for a full year

and I still failed and when I was coming

up to the third time of taking the test

I was very stressed I was discouraged I

felt down I felt like can I really do

this and that’s why I always tell you

all that I understand exactly what

you’re feeling when you get frustrated

when you’re studying English because

English is difficult so my friend she

was also in our department she studied

oriental painting and she’s Korean mom

and we’re still friends now um I asked

her for some help so I actually left

Korea for six months just to study for

the exam so after I failed twice and I’d

spent a year so I said you know what let

me go back to America and spend six

months stay with my parents I said do

you guys mind supporting me for six

months so that I can study for this exam

full-time I had never done that in my

entire life

just only studied for six months for one

exam so it was very difficult um I had

to study Japanese art history Chinese

art history Korean art history there was

a lot to study so it was a bit

overwhelming um so I asked my friend I

said would you mind helping me and she

said of course for six months she helped

me and let me tell you what she did so I

was in America and she was still in

South Korea and I had many different

topics many books to study and what I

would do is I would read the books and

read the different topic about the

different topics and I would write let’s

say a full page in Korean about the

topic and I would send it to her just to

see if the information that I found was

correct and also if my grammar was

correct and she would literally read

every single thing that I sent her she

do her own research to make sure what I

was studying was correct she would give

me extra information telling me TIFF

this is what you need to study this is

what you need to know this went on for

six months and she never complained she

never asked me for any money she never

said she wouldn’t help me

I would message her and you know the

time difference sometimes night time

here is day time in Korea so sometimes

I’d be up late studying or be up early

studying which means it would be the

opposite for her she never complained if

I called her and I was stressed she’d

help me she’d get me through it and

because of her honestly

Wow hmm didn’t plan for that um yeah she

helped me a lot and I really appreciated

her man I didn’t I didn’t think this is

gonna happen anyways um she really

helped me and because of her I passed

the exam and you know she didn’t realize

how much she meant but ya guys her name

is soo young

and you know she’s a good friend to this

day and she really helped me a lot and

yeah I’m really happy and I was really

blessed to have her men sorry guys her

help really gave me the confidence in

the exam and the exam was difficult but

because of her help over that six-month

period I was able to pass and man it

didn’t stop there when I was writing my

thesis in Korean again very difficult

right before I turned it in she spent

literally I think a 12 12 hour a day Wow

sorry yes a 12 hour day with me editing

and looking over my thesis and making

sure that everything was correct for me

and yeah you know as you’re studying

English and going along your journey

there gonna be people that help you as

well never forget those people so yeah

the story time was a little bit

emotional but they’re happy tears not

bad tear so see I’m thank you

much um teach it comes I shinza comes I

thought I on me okay she’ll understand

that

alright guys enough with the tears

remember to speak English and I’ll see

you next week