How To Study English When You Dont Have Time

hey today i’m going to give you five

methods to help you study

english when you don’t have time i’m

teacher tiffany let’s

jump right in all right method

number one method number one is

the 15 minute morning routine

basically you will create a 15 minute

morning routine

where you learn one word one expression

one idiom and one question for the day

this method focuses on making english a

priority at the start

of your day now i’m gonna explain how

you do this exactly using the steps but

don’t worry even if you’re not a morning

person

this method can help you now a lot of

you know that i’m a morning person if

you open the dictionary you will see my

name

and my picture next to morning person

why

because i get up around 4 a.m and i love

to get work done

early in the morning but this method is

for

early birds and night owls and let me

explain why

so here are the steps you need to go

through step number one

pick a specific time in the morning it

must be the same time

every single day again it’s up to you

for example for me i wake up at 4 00 am

but if you wake up

at 7 00 a.m 8 a.m or even 9 a.m

you can pick a time that matches your

schedule

so first pick a time in the morning that

matches

your schedule now step number two

for the first five minutes search

for one word one expression one idiom

and one question again one of each

not five words not five expressions

only one word one idiom one expression

and one question now step number three

this is what you’re going to do for the

next five minutes

memorize the word expression

and the idiom i know you’re smart i know

that you are super intelligent so

having three things to memorize in five

minutes i think it’s very possible

because you’re smart

so for the second five minutes you’re

going to memorize the word

the expression and the idiom now step

number four what you need to do

you need to for the last five minutes

read the question

and give your answer you need to

speak out loud let’s say for

today let’s say today is monday or

tuesday you find the question

tell me about your best childhood memory

alright

so you have five minutes to think about

the question and

answer it in english but you must say

your answer

out loud again this is a morning routine

you’ll do every single day

for only 15 minutes a short period of

time

but this method is very effective so let

me tell you the benefits

of this method here we go benefit number

one

you won’t feel stressed about studying

for a long period of time here’s

something that i want to explain to you

many times you get stressed or feel that

you don’t have time

because when you do go to study english

you don’t know what to study you have

books you have videos you have all of

these things that are surrounding you

and you’re like

i don’t have a lot of time and i don’t

know what to study so eventually you get

frustrated

and stop but using this 15 minute method

you won’t feel stressed because you know

exactly what you need to do

every single morning now let me look at

the

second benefit which is you will remain

laser focused during the 15 minute

period now

i really like this expression laser

focused so

i want you to imagine we’re on a

television show right maybe star wars a

star trek and they’re talking to each

other yep i see what’s going on over

there

star trek you know the space program

right and imagine that one of them

had lasers in their eyes right they said

oh

i see something and all of a sudden the

movie would have them

have lasers pointing out of their eyes

and focused on something

so when we say laser focused it means

just like in a tv show their eyes are

focused on something it means that you

have your eyes focused on

one thing it’s about focusing and

only looking at one thing so you’ll be

able to focus on

these one this this one thing this one

grouping of

expression word idiom and question

for a 15 minute period so you’ll be

laser focused all right

now the third benefit is you will feel

more

confident because you are studying every

single

day man when i say you know when it

comes to confidence i get a lot of

questions about confidence and speaking

in english from students

and maybe you’ve been one of those

students who have asked me that question

teacher how can i be confident in

english but a lot of times the

confidence and i talked about

it last week in last week’s video lesson

the confidence is because you don’t feel

like you’re doing

enough or you’re comparing yourself to

someone else

but if you start using this 15-minute

morning method

you’ll know hey i’m doing something

every day to improve my

english and it’s something that happens

psychologically

you’ll start admiring yourself like oh

man

i’m putting in time every single day

even though it’s a 15 minute period of

time

every single day in the morning i’m

studying hard and i know that i am

improving

and you will start to feel more

confident and even proud of yourself

so method number one is a very good

method for you to use

when you don’t have time to study

english alright

so method number two method number two

is

weekly flash cards now basically you

will create

50 weekly flash cards and carry 10

of them with you every single day this

method

focuses on regularly reviewing small

chunks of information and i’m sure you

know you’ve seen many of my videos where

i talk about the power

of studying in chunks so with this

method

you have flash cards and you’re going to

create 50 but don’t let that number

scare you

because remember these flash cards

50 flash cards will be used throughout

the entire week so let me explain how

you’re going to do this all right

so here we go step number one at the

beginning of the week select

50 things that you want to learn maybe

words

expressions idioms grammar rules

formulas etc

and i said things you want to learn you

don’t have to get a book and say

okay the book says do this this and this

no if you’re interested in music and you

want to learn more english

words related to music then make flash

cards

based on that interest or maybe you are

trying to learn more grammar rules make

flash cards

for that week about the grammar rules

again it’s

up to you this is your language journey

but you can use this method to

improve your english even when you don’t

have time all right so

step one is done step number two

on one side of the card write the title

or focus of the card again if you’re

trying to learn vocabulary on one side

write the word um happenstance or

fictitious you can look those words up

guys

all right so put the word the expression

the idea or concept the title

on one side of the card then step number

three

on the other side of the card write the

definition

explanation or example again on the

opposite side you want to make sure

you’re describing

what this card is all about now step

number four

every day select 10 different cards

and review them periodically throughout

the day

it doesn’t mean that you have to sit at

your desk at work and every hour

look at the card every hour look at the

card no as you think about it throughout

the day

oh let me kind of review a few things

that i have

uh okay i didn’t oh this word

interesting put it down and keep doing

what you’re doing

you want to be consistently connected to

the cards throughout the day

now step number five at the end of the

week

review all 50 cards to see which ones

you remember

again step number four says 10 different

cards every day

so by the time you get to the last day

you’ve already went through all 50 cards

and now you’re going to review and see

which ones you remember and which ones

you don’t remember

you’re giving yourself the opportunity

to take the information

in and then process it and see which

pieces of information you need to work

on some more

so what are the benefits of this method

here we go benefit number one

you will have a study plan for each week

study plans when you have a plan you can

reach

a goal all right benefit number two

you will be able to carry them with you

throughout the day

think about it you’re not gonna have a

book you’re just going to have these

cute little flash cards

put them in your pocket put them in your

purse ladies and what throughout the day

you can pick them out take them out

and review them so again you can carry

them with you throughout the day

the other benefit is you will be able to

start your own english

database from the collection of

flashcards now

this is something that i’ve emphasized

before in a previous video and to other

students

why you need to have your own english

database i told you all

again that if you want to use my

database that myself and teacher julie

created it’s called the weekly english

words database again

weeklyenglishwords.com and every week we

add

60 new vocabulary words expressions and

idioms

to the database along with english video

conversations

and explanations it’s a huge database

and again you can check it out

but by doing the flash cards every week

following this method

even when you don’t have time you’ll be

able to create your own database

and improve your english speaking

ability all right

now what about method number three

another great method

weekly english video now basically you

will select

and watch one english lesson video

every single day for a week this

method focuses on mastering the ideas

and

concepts presented in one video lesson

each week notice i said one lesson

not one lesson every single day no

one lesson for an entire week so for

example

let’s say you’re like man i am really

enjoying this

video from teacher tiffany it’s really

going to help me a lot

this may be the video that you want to

use for this method

that means you’ll watch this video again

tomorrow

and the next day and the next day for a

week

this method is very very useful and very

helpful because it will show you how to

master

a concept so let’s see the steps here we

go

step number one at the beginning of the

week find

one interesting english lesson the type

of lesson

is up to you for example multiple

vocabulary words

fluency formulas etc it’s truly up to

you

you can pick the one that you want step

number two

on day one watch the video lesson

without taking any notes i need to

stress this i need to emphasize this

do not take any notes on day one

teacher yes i’m telling you to put your

notebook down

put your pen down and simply watch

the lesson sometimes you don’t realize

how amazing your

brain is stop focusing on oh i gotta get

this i gotta get that

nope sit down watch the video

listen enjoy it but don’t take any notes

on day one

now on day two which is step number

three watch the video lesson

again and write down the things that you

learned

that’s right you’re gonna go on day two

watch it a second time

and this is when you can take your pin

take your notebook and start

writing things down now on day three

which is step number four

watch the video lesson again and write

anything else that you missed

the first two times you watched the

lesson

compare and combine your notes with the

notes

from day two notice we’ve just watched

taken notes and taken notes again we

haven’t memorized anything yet

alright now the next step step number

five step number five is also important

on day four

watch the video lesson again and then

write the three

main points of the lesson now for videos

about words or vocabulary

you can write the three words that you

liked the most

i want to explain this step step number

five to you

again you’re watching the video another

time right

but this time you’re looking for the

three main

points what’s happening is you’re

literally becoming

laser focused and trying to figure out

wait a minute

how can i summarize this video lesson

and that’s gonna help you think in

english because you’re gonna have to

learn how to

be concise say what you mean

and be clear and this is gonna help you

do that again

when you don’t have time this method is

still very useful

all right step number six on day five

watch the video lesson again and then

find

three ways to apply what you learned

to your daily life now we’re getting the

application phase

again the same video this is going to

get um how do i explain

you’re going to watch the video so much

that you’re going to feel like you can

predict

everything that’s being said which means

your english is also going to improve

you’re going to start recognizing

patterns but now you need to see wait a

minute

how can i apply what i’m learning from

this video to my

daily life no matter what it is it’s a

vocabulary word

okay figure out how you can apply that

word to your life

if it’s a concept or idea even like this

video

figure out how you can apply the lesson

to

your life in three ways alright

now step number seven for this method

on day six review what you wrote in your

notes on day one

two three four and five

you have to review because that’s how

the information

goes into your long term memory but this

method

is very useful again one english video

for an entire week

and you follow these steps but what

about method number four

another good one method number four well

it’s going to come in a second but

benefits i almost forgot to give you

guys the benefits but i got you don’t

worry here we go

alright benefits of method number three

you will naturally start to

understand and apply the information

benefit number two

you will master the idea concept and

or words and finally you will begin to

understand pronunciation

patterns and many more things again

that’s why i was saying

going over and over and over and over

again

repeating the same video actually is

gonna help your brain

process the information in a better way

so again

method number three is amazing now it’s

time to move on to method number four

all right here we go method number four

this one is pick one and use it so

basically you will pick one word

expression or concept for a day

and use it to describe your daily

activities

this method focuses on immediately

applying

what you learn to every part of your

life now again

this is something i always emphasize

when you learn something new

don’t just say oh that was good yes i

like

yes i like that word i like that new

concept

man teacher tiffany or another english

teacher wow they’re amazing

and that’s it no you have to apply

whatever it is that you are learning and

this method focuses on

helping you to apply what you learn even

though you don’t have a lot of time so

here we go

let’s look at the steps step number one

select one word expression or concept

again one word not six not

three not even two select one word

expression or

concept step two in the morning

find two activities that you can

describe

using the word expression or

concept so for example let’s say today i

learned the word

awesome now this is a word i know that

you know right awesome it means amazing

or really good

so let’s say i just learned awesome

though and i’m like wait a minute

today’s word is awesome in the morning i

have to find two activities that i can

describe

using this word so i can say ah

my mom is awesome she made breakfast for

my entire

family right all right then another

thing

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oh i can say man the weather today when

i went out to exercise

it was awesome so you see what i did i

found

two activities that happened in my life

two things my mom made breakfast

and then i went out to exercise so i

applied the word awesome to those two

activities

you need to do that now the next step

step number two

you need to in the afternoon do the

exact

same thing and step four in the

evening do the exact same thing again

you’ve chosen one word

expression or concept and in the morning

in the afternoon

and in the evening you’re gonna find two

activities so a total of

six activities that you can talk about

using the word expression or concept

this is going to help you so much again

even though you don’t have time you’re

still

studying you’re still learning how to

think in english and apply

what you learn so what are the benefits

here we go

benefit number one of this method number

one

you will start to think more in english

benefit number two

you will understand how easy it is to

connect

english to your life and benefit number

three

you will start to remember words

expressions and concepts

a lot faster the moment you take that

step to connect what you are learning

to your daily life is the moment when

everything clicks in your brain like oh

okay your brain gets excited too

and then you’ll have an easier time of

accessing the information from your

database

later on when you’re trying to speak in

english got you you got me right

okay all right method number five here

we go method number five

method number five is jot down quick

notes oh real quick

i’ve explained this expression but maybe

you don’t know it jot

down jot down just means to write very

quickly like a short note right

very quickly all right we say jot down

something

got it all right good so the fifth

method is

jot down quick notes basically you will

create

a phone or small notebook note every day

update it whenever you learn something

and review it at the end of the day

this method focuses on grasping the main

ideas or

concepts and reviewing them so as you go

throughout your day there are going to

be things you’re going to learn

maybe you overhear someone say something

in english you’re like oh i didn’t know

that

jot it down really quick note you’re not

searching for anything

just writing a quick note throughout

your day now this is going to help you

again

grasp main ideas because you’re just

writing the main thing you heard

right so let’s look at the steps for

this one here we go

step number one find a small notebook or

you can use your phone again we’re

living in the digital age so if you have

your cell phone with you all the time

you can use your cell phone instead of a

notebook that’s okay all right

now step number two as you go throughout

your day

quickly write down all the new english

words expressions or concepts that you

learn

remember that these should be very short

notes shouldn’t take you five minutes

just really quickly write it down and

keep moving on with your day

why because this method is going to help

you when you don’t have time

all right step number three at the end

of the day when you are relaxed take out

your notebook or

phone list and quickly review what you

learned that day all right so this is

very

important for you to do you’re going to

come back at the end of the day

you’re going to review what you learned

and then you’re going to be able to take

the

information in and keep moving on with

your life why because you didn’t take a

lot of time

you just reviewed the quick notes that

you made earlier now

what are the benefits of this method you

see right here i have four it says four

at the top

but that should be three should be three

right under method number five but i

know you got

me guys all right this is three a

three-step process

here we go benefits benefit number one

you will start to learn how to grab the

main points or ideas

in english benefit number two you will

create a database of new things that you

learned and benefit number three you

will get in the habit of thinking in

english throughout

your day you are going to

really take your english to the next

level using

this method now i hope you enjoyed

today’s lesson i really

think these methods are going to help

you study when you don’t have time

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thank you again so much for giving me

the honor of being your english teacher

i will see you next week same place same

time and teach you another

amazing english lesson i’ll see you then

but as always

remember to speak english

you still there you know what time it is

it’s story time

ay i said a story time

all right guys so you know that i love

story time and i know you guys love

story time too uh

for today’s story i want to talk about

a time when i didn’t have time to study

you all know i speak korean

and i also experienced the same time the

same thing

i didn’t have a lot of time but i want

to tell you what happened when i

found the time to study so when i was in

korea studying korean

i was working a full-time job i worked

in the morning the afternoon

and at night i worked very long

days so as you can imagine i really

didn’t have time

to study korean but i knew i needed to

learn

so i figured out ways i gave you some

methods today

to study korean and i made time to learn

korean even though i was busy now let me

tell you what the result

was so fast forward after i finally

could speak korean fluently

i was moved to a new school nothing

happened they just needed more help

there

um it was actually in yeongan uh for

those that are korean young institute um

hagwon the estee hague one samuel um

and i went to this school and in the

area the school was in

there weren’t too many foreigners i was

a small little town area

um really nice but there weren’t a lot

of foreigners the only foreigners that

were there

worked at the institute basically so

there may have been i think i could have

counted on my hand maybe

eight foreigners made eight to ten

including the ones that worked at our

institute um that i saw walking around

our little city

so it wasn’t like seoul so i lived in

seoul which was the main city of korea

and there were tons of

americans europeans africans there are

tons of people

so anyways i moved to that area and as

you can imagine

since there weren’t a lot of foreigners

a lot of americans there

that meant there also weren’t a lot of

african-americans

i was one of well there’s another

lady there but she was um she was from

africa from south africa really

great person but anyway so i went there

so i was one of maybe

two african-american women but the other

woman that worked there

she was light-skinned so even though she

was a black woman

she didn’t have uh her skin color was

not even close to mine right

and so anyways i’m i was okay i didn’t

mind i mean i’ve lived in korea for like

eight years at that time and

i loved koreans i was okay with you know

people staring and i would always answer

questions

um for example i would be on the train

and people would kind of touch my hair

because my hair is natural and they say

oh and then i just start talking to them

in korean and

we start a conversation and i explain to

them you know black hair

and how you really shouldn’t touch

people’s hair

and we’d have a good conversation so

anyways i got to this school

and i was uh placed in a class with

little kids now i

love children i love kids

i’ve mentioned munch my munchkins my

nieces many times i

call little kids munchkins so i went to

this classroom and it was a class full

of

cute munchkins they were i think

american age they were between five

and six if yeah between five six and i

think a few seven-year-olds but they

were very young

so remember i told you not only was it a

small city there were only

two black women in the city that i had

seen

and i was one of them and i was in this

class now with

five six and seven-year-olds so i was

the first black woman they had ever seen

so when i walked into the classroom they

stared

at me and again they didn’t know i could

speak korean so many of them stared at

me and pointed and some laughed

and they were only laughing because they

had never seen this skin color

in person so it was again children are

so inquisitive

they’re so curious and when they see

something they’ve ever seen before

they’re like

whoa what what is that so again i wasn’t

shocked

but they were so cute so i walked in and

they were kind of making comments

and i said hello to the teacher and then

i you know was going to start teaching

my class but then i realized

wait a minute these kids are small i can

speak korean

and i can kind of make them feel a

little bit more comfortable because

again

i was going to be their teacher they had

never seen

a woman that looked like me before they

didn’t understand me completely because

they were little they were just

starting to learn english so in

introducing myself

i started speaking in korean the whole

class

she spoke in korean and they said that

in korean right so of course they you

know they they were like

it’s okay are you korean and i was like

no i’m not korean

i’m i’m american so but again in the

innocence of children so

i taught the class but what happened was

over time now when i first went in the

classroom children are very

clingy they like to be around adults

they like to hold and hug

but again i was a strange person to them

so they really didn’t necessarily come

toward me

or like you know kind of want to be next

to me because i was strange to them

but because i spoke to them in korean

for part of the class

and again i taught in english of course

but over time they started to get to

know me more

and they started to see that i love

children

and they started to realize wait a

minute she may look different

she may not be korean but there’s

something about it that we like

so much so that fast forward about four

weeks four or five weeks

when i would walk in class they would

run up to me

and go they’d start speaking in korean

because they knew i could understand

and this teacher guess what i did today

at school and again

it just made me feel so good and i never

forgot when that connection when it

clicked for them

that even though i didn’t look like them

even though i wasn’t from their country

the fact that i could speak their

language and could understand them

made them connect with me and they would

hug me and then

teacher don’t go and i really really

loved being their teacher and it all

happened

because i decided to find the time when

i was busy

to study korean i wouldn’t have had that

same experience

if i hadn’t studied korean because the

kids would have taken

it taken a little bit longer to get

close to me because they didn’t know

they wouldn’t have known how to express

themselves in english

so why am i telling you this story trust

me i get it

studying english is not easy and it’s

harder

when you don’t have time you have a

family you have kids you have work

you’re in the midst of this pandemic and

a lot of things are going on

but using the methods i taught you today

even when you’re busy

you still can study even for a short

time

you can study english because when you

do you will realize

amazing experiences and amazing things

will happen

for you just like they happen for me

when i was able to connect

to the little munchkins when i was in

korea all right guys that’s all i have

for you i just want to encourage you

again

follow the five methods if you want to

keep studying with me

remember you can go to speak english

with tiffany.com

speak english with tiffanyacademy.com

and if you want to

join and become a member of our english

database go to weeklyenglishwords.com

all right guys thank you so much again

i’m honored to be your teacher

i will see you next week same time same

location

bye