ENGLISH SPEAKING PARTNER How To Finally Find An English Speaking Partner

hey one of my students on instagram sent

me a message his name is wesley d

pasos 33. he said teacher my frustration

with english

is because i don’t have people to

practice

english conversations with and when i

read that message i realized there are

so many other students

just like wesley and probably like you

who are

frustrated because they can’t find an

english study partner well today’s

lesson

is for you if that is your frustration i

want to teach you

how to find the right english study

partner

and take your english to the next level

but before we start our lesson i need

you to do

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i’m teacher tiffany let’s jump right in

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alright so why is it so hard to find an

english

partner number one the reason why it’s

so hard to find an english

speaking partner is no one around you

speaks

english you know i’ve had so many

conversations with students from around

the world

and they’ve told me teacher i love

english i

love learning english but the only

problem is there’s no one around me

teacher

i live in a village where people are

great and we have our mother tongue

but english is not spoken so teacher i

only study with myself

maybe that’s the same problem that

you’re experiencing

no one around you in your immediate

vicinity or area

speaks english or maybe it’s this reason

why it’s so hard to find an

english-speaking partner

maybe because you don’t know where to

find

other english learners for example yes

you’re aware of the fact that no one in

your area speaks english

but when you go online the world wide

web

you get frustrated you get overwhelmed

because

yes there are millions of websites but

which one is going to help you find

your english speaking partner so this

can be

a big source of frustration for you as

an english learner

or maybe the reason why it’s so hard to

find an english speaking partner

for you is because you are too shy to

ask

other people to study with you

i’ve had so many awesome students over

my time

as a teacher over the years and years of

me teaching english

and among those students i’ve had many

who were shy

too shy to ask other people for help and

also

too shy to ask someone to study with

them

so maybe that’s the same for you maybe

you really want to improve your english

you want to study partner

but you’re too shy to ask someone even

in the comment section

you feel like oh i don’t want to be

rejected i don’t want someone to say

no don’t ask me that question that can

be a big

reason for why you’re not able to find a

study partner

now the thing is you don’t just

want any study partner you don’t just

want

anyone who’s studying english there are

certain characteristics that you

actually should

look for in a speaking partner so let’s

take a look at those characteristics all

right so what are three things

you should look for in an english

partner number one is right here the

first characteristic is

look for someone who has the same

english

level this is so important if you are an

advanced english learner you should not

study with a beginner

english learner why because they’re not

going to help you

improve yes they will benefit from you

but you need to improve you need to

practice what you’re learning

so you need to figure out how to find

someone who’s at the same level you are

someone who loves english but also has

been studying for the same amount of

time

you have been studying all right now the

second characteristic

is also very important you need to look

for someone

who is interested in the same topics

man i can’t emphasize this enough

the thing is when you’re studying

english you have to remember

it’s not just about words or expressions

no it’s also about the information you

see

you’re going to speak english and i’m

sure you can speak english right now

but you’re gonna talk about things you

are already

interested in and i’ve mentioned this

before in your own language what do you

talk about

do you like sports do you like politics

do you like art do you like music

what do you like to actually read about

talk about or think about

in your own language you see those are

the topics that you’re going to want to

talk about

in english so if you find a partner

who has similar interests man

oh man it’s going to help you so

much because you will enjoy speaking

with your partner

that makes sense all right so find

someone who is interested in the same

topics and the third characteristic when

you’re looking for an english study

partner is

look for someone who desires the same

study schedule you see i’ve had students

over the years

some students are able to study every

single day

every single day maybe for an hour every

day maybe their schedule just allows

them the ability to study for an hour

every day

but then i have other students married

full-time

jobs and they’re extremely busy so

they’re only able to study for a short

period

every day or even two or three times a

week

so you need to find someone who not only

what has the same level as you not only

is interested in the same topics as you

are but

also desires the same study schedule

if you want to study three times a week

find someone who’s like

yes i am ready to study monday wednesday

and friday find someone who wants to

study

with the same frequency that you want to

study

now this is very very important but

where do you find these individuals

i’m so glad you asked so there are five

different

places that i want to tell you about

five places to find an english study

partner

right now now here are examples of

online sites and groups where you can

find an english partner

the first one is facebook groups for

english

learners i cannot tell you

how awesome and how amazing facebook

english groups are you see there are

thousands

and i want to say millions of students

on facebook and they’re following

teachers like myself

and they’re also following other

individuals who provide

english resources and they’re all

together

in a group now what you can do is join

one of these facebook groups they’re so

easy to find

and they’re free join the facebook

groups

enjoy the resources that are provided

and follow along

but then you’ll start to realize wait a

minute there are people commenting on

these resources

or there’s a way for me to actually get

in contact with the individuals

who are also participating in this group

so

facebook groups are amazing because they

show you other students

excited and ready and willing to improve

their english all right so facebook

english groups

number two in the comments section

underneath youtube videos that’s right

this video right here i told you all

this several months ago and so many of

you have

actually started to put it into practice

and i’m so proud of you

underneath this video type in the

comment section

hey guys my name is and i would love to

improve my english and i’m looking for a

partner

who is ready to take their english to

the next level

who wants to be my partner and you’ll be

surprised by how many individuals

are also looking for partners so

in the comment section underneath

english video lessons

ask people hey guys

um i want to study english do you want

to study with me

very simple not just my videos other

amazing english teachers

on youtube comment underneath their

videos as well

people that are commenting under these

videos are individuals who are already

excited to study english

those are the individuals you need to

study with

and find them so that they can be your

english study partner

english speaking partner all right

number three

number three is instagram comment

section now you all know that i have an

instagram account

some of you may not follow me just yet

but let me let me show you real quick

and as i’m opening my instagram account

i want to explain to you

what i mean by instagram comment section

you see what happens on instagram is

individuals find channels that offer

english lessons again i’ll show you mine

this is mine

can you guys see it there you go boop

boop i have a lot of videos

on my instagram account again it’s speak

english with tiffany

and underneath each video students

comment

well comment there hey guys i loved this

video

does anybody want to practice with me

that’s all you have to do

you can find a partner just be brave

step

out there and write it in the comment

section hey guys does anyone want to

practice with me

and you’ll be surprised how many

individuals respond

just keep trying keep trying all right

so instagram comments section

next you can try number four lang eight

website for language learners when i say

this site is amazing it’s

lang8.com l-a-n-g-eight

dot com an awesome site i

used the website when i was studying

korean yes

it’s awesome it’s basically a group of

learners language learners from around

the world willing to help each other

for example when i was learning korean

someone would check my korean writing

and i would help somebody else by

correcting their english essays or their

english paragraphs

everything was free so in those groups

you can find someone who’s also

interested

in practicing english like hey guys i

noticed that um

michael and samantha you’re very active

would you guys like to study with me

that’s all you have to do all right and

now number five another area or place

you can find a language learner

or language partner hi native app for

language

learners another great app students that

are already following me have told me

how much they love this app

again i used the app and i still use it

sometimes

to help me with some korean expressions

h

i like hi and native n-a-t-i-v-e

app hi native app on this app you can

also find

language partners all you have to do is

ask

now you’re probably saying teacher man

thanks so much

for all of these websites and groups but

teacher

how do i really ask someone how do i

present myself

i’m so glad you asked let’s look at a

real example all right

so let’s go to a real situation and how

to organize your thoughts so

here’s the deal right here on facebook

specific group again there are hundreds

of groups on

facebook number two a picture and a

message remember to show people

who you are and say a little bit about

yourself

think about it people want to connect

with you so if you just ask a question

but there’s no picture

they may be a little bit apprehensive

like

is this a real person or a robot right

so

have a picture and also tell them

something about yourself

and then remember as well to make your

request

make it clear and don’t be shy

there’s an expression in english closed

mouths don’t get fed

and it basically means if you don’t open

your mouth nothing will happen

if you want a partner come on be brave

be courageous

and ask you’ll be surprised how many

people will respond all right

so let’s look at this again how can we

actually write this out so who

let’s say his name is peter an

intermediate english learner from spain

what he’s looking for a speaking partner

to practice english with

when two times a week remember i said

it’s very important

to let people know how often you would

like to study

alright so he said two times a week

next where skype zoom or whatsapp

and why i want to get a better job so i

need to improve

my english all right so who what when

where and why

all of the w’s have been answered and we

have organized our thoughts and now

peter is going to put a message on a

facebook group or in a facebook group

to ask if someone wants to study with

him so here we go

this is how peter can write it hey

everyone

my name is peter i am an intermediate

english learner

and i live in spain i have been studying

english for a few years but now i really

want to get a better job

you see how already we’re kind of

familiar with peter like okay hey peter

what’s going on you’re from spain all

right

he continues so i need to improve my

english i am looking for a speaking

partner to practice with

two times a week i can meet via skype

zoom or whatsapp would anyone like to

practice with me and improve their

english

too very clear very clear

easy to understand we know a little bit

about peter

he’s from spain he’s an intermediate

english learner

he’s been speaking english for a few

years he’s looking for a partner he

wants to practice

two times a week via skype zoom or

whatsapp

all of that information because he

organizes thoughts

so peter may get more people attracted

to him

because they know exactly what he wants

how many times he wants to practice a

week

and also they know his level you can do

the same thing this is how you find an

english

study partner guys i really hope this

lesson helped you

i totally understand your frustrations

when you’re trying to find a partner

i experienced the exact same thing when

i was studying korean

and i’m hoping this lesson helped you

and helps to remove that frustration

i believe in you i know you can do it

again remember

one of the ways is to type in the

comment section

ask people if they want to be your

partner i want to challenge you to do

that

find a partner practice what you learn

and you will continue to improve

well guys i hope you enjoyed the lesson

i loved teaching you

i can’t wait to talk to you next week

but as

always remember to speak english

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you know what time it is it’s story

time hey i said it’s story

time all right guys so

today’s story time is actually something

very interesting about korean culture

so you all know i lived there for 10

years you know i call it my second home

because i love

korea but there was one thing about

korean culture that

utterly shocked me so

being american you know i lived in

america my entire life

my ideas about certain things were

all based on american culture so

i remember the first time when i was

studying

at a cafe my friend and i she was korean

we were going to a cafe and we actually

went to starbucks we went to the

starbucks i loved

studying at starbucks and even to this

day i love working at starbucks

unfortunately because of the pandemic i

can’t but

starbucks is my go-to place the place i

like to go to we say go to

place so we went to starbucks i had my

computer

you know i was very studious someone

that enjoys studying and learning

had my computer had my books had my bag

i was ready to study

my friend the same she was studying

english very intelligent so we sat down

at the starbucks

and we were studying we had been there

for about

maybe an hour and a half or two hours

you know we had gotten our snacks

had our drinks and maybe a muffin

but you know after an hour and a half or

two hours of studying

really focused studying you drunk

you drank something it was delicious it

was delicious

but all that liquid has to go somewhere

so my bladder was starting to get full

my bladder was like dude

hey deaf deaf um

we’re gonna need to empty soon

so i realized oh i have to use the

bathroom

here’s where the problem was remember i

said i had my computer

i had my books i had my bag which

included my wallet all of my personal

belongings

and my friend was sitting there as well

she said oh tip i have to use the

bathroom too because i mentioned i said

oh i have to use the restroom

now i was okay if with leaving my stuff

there while my friend was sitting there

because i trust her

and i was gonna get up and go to the

bathroom she said no let’s go to the

bathroom together

i said but our stuff is here like my

computer

my bag so i was proceeding to put my

computer

in my bag take my wallet put it in my

bag and i was a little concerned because

someone’s going to take our seat but she

looked at me and she said what are you

doing i said well i’m

packing my bag so that we can go to the

bathroom because we can’t leave our

stuff here she said

yes we can i said uh no we can’t

again remember american culture so

i said well no it’s not safe to leave

our stuff here and somebody can take it

she said oh

no things are different in korea she

said you can leave your stuff here

no one’s going to bother it now i was

very apprehensive guys

i said uh she said tiff trust me

so we went to the bathroom i was very

very apprehensive went to the bathroom

you know used the bathroom and of course

the females we talked in the bathroom

for a little while we came back out

of course this stuff was there she said

yes if nobody bothers your stuff

she said well one of the reasons is

because cctv so cctv

is what they call the surveillance

system in korea and the cameras

are everywhere i mean literally outside

on the streets wherever you go

there are cameras so you’re always being

watched she said well that’s one of the

reasons people are really deterred from

stealing because you’re always being

watched

she said the second reason is koreans

are just really honest people

now there are always exceptions to the

rule but in

general people do not bother your stuff

so that was my first kind of situation

so i said okay

so the next time i said well let me see

how this really works i was by myself

i left my stuff i said well let me go to

the bathroom went to the bathroom

i looked back stuff was still there i

said well let me go get a drink from

downstairs

so i walked downstairs because i was

upstairs studying i said lord please let

my stuff be there

walk downstairs ordered my drink stayed

down for a few minutes walked back

upstairs

wouldn’t you know my things were still

there i said okay

so the next time now the next time i was

actually in a library and i was studying

at the library and i said okay

i have my computer it’s a lot to try to

pack everything up

i said i’m hungry though i need to go

downstairs to the cafeteria

to go to the cafeteria order food bring

it back

would take at least 20 or 30 minutes i

said well let me try it

and my stuff was still there after going

ordering food eating some of the food

coming back upstairs 30 minutes later

no one had touched my stuff now again

like i said there are exceptions to the

rule

but i was so shocked by the honesty and

how people

really don’t touch your stuff in korea

so

it was something brand new to me but it

was so refreshing

and for my japanese students watching

i’ve also heard from other friends

that japan is even better japanese

people will not touch your stuff i heard

that if you leave your wallet on a train

it will be there if you come back an

hour later if you missed the train

and you have to go back on that same

train so i really appreciated the

honesty

and it was something very interesting

that is really a part of the culture of

south korea

so hopefully you guys enjoyed it i’m

curious to know more about your culture

is your culture like that

where people don’t touch anyone else’s

things they kind of are honest and also

the surveillance camera

situation do you all have that in your

country alright guys i hope you enjoyed

the story i will talk to you next

week but as always remember

to speak english