Stop Wasting Time and Start Learning English

and begin hi everybody welcome back to

our live stream we are as always on this

week and today we’re going to talk about

ways to stop procrastinating and keep

your studies moving forward so if you

don’t know the word procrastinate so to

procrastinate is a verb which means to

delay something to put something off

like to wait until tomorrow or to wait

until later to do something so I think

everybody has probably had a problem

with procrastination at some time in

their life but today we’re going to talk

about some ways that you can stop doing

that especially for your English Studies

so some of these are going to be tips

some of these are going to be ways that

you can keep your study motivation up so

they’re going to be tips specifically

for study for studying a language but

we’re also going to talk about some tips

that maybe can be helpful in other parts

of your life to keep motivation up and

to keep yourself from procrastinating so

I hope that this is a useful lesson in

many different ways just some different

ways that you can keep your motivation

going so that being said our intro for

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but um last time actually if you joined

us last time we were talking about job

interviews so that was the that was the

focus for last time so maybe one of your

goals I think some of you joined this at

the beginning of the year this year

where we talked about New Year’s

resolution so maybe your goal is to get

like a new job for example this is kind

of the theme of the topics and then

maybe as a continuation of that

so in continuing this theme maybe how

can you keep your motivation going so

that’s kind of the idea for today

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everybody I see everybody now so that’s

great but let’s get started then I want

to as always share something from my

life something some way that I used

something that might be of interest to

you guys so actually I have something a

little bit special this week this week

rather last week we were working on

something here that you guys I think

will be interested in and I tweeted

about this actually it’ll be over here

so something I know that many of you you

have this goal of studying English of

course this year and like improving your

English as a kind of open go abroad goal

but this is something that our company

just developed and released and so we

shot a video for it last week so if you

use Alexa like Amazon this is an Amazon

echo device which maybe is in this room

but we there’s a new app so if you don’t

know our app it’s called daily dose and

there are these like every day you can

get like vocabulary lessons and lessons

like actual spoken long spoken lessons

and

now you can do it all voice-controlled

through this so this is really really

cool you can find this app on the Amazon

store now so definitely check that out

if you like but this is something that I

thought this is actually a point we’re

going to talk about later today so

different ways to help you keep your

motivation up one way is through having

a course alright

so that’s just the intro for today but

let’s get into our topic the actual tips

for reducing your procrastination so

keeping your motivation up will be

today’s topic so let’s get into that as

I said at the beginning of the video

today is going to focus on how to keep

yourself keep your motivation for

studying a language but some of these

tips will be good for other things in

your life too I hope maybe new

challenges or other goals so I hope it’s

useful for you if you’re just joining

make sure to LIKE the video please hit

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other people will find the video okay

but let’s move on to some other ways

that you can maybe work to keep your

motivation going another tip that I have

that I use as well is having a many

people actually many of you do this many

of you connect with each other this way

is using a diary or having a social

media account that you can use and you

can update every day so there are a

couple of different reasons that I that

I like this one and that I think that

this is useful so if you do this it

gives you a chance to connect with other

people who are working towards the same

goal so for example everybody in like

the YouTube chat now and everybody in

the facebook chat now has a chance to

connect with each other and like we like

I can connect with you a little bit

through live streams and through like

ask Alicia now too so through social

media now we have the chance to connect

and through social media and through

something like a diary or like everyday

updates you have the chance to actually

create in English you yourself can write

or you yourself can make something in

English so it’s a good opportunity to

practice and maybe to get feedback so

that’s one point about this second you

can follow people on like Facebook on

Twitter on YouTube whatever follow

people who are sharing information about

the thing you’re interested in so in

this case like you know of course you’re

watching this live stream thank you

so we’re talking about English and like

today’s motivation and stuff like that

but if you’re following people who

regularly who often share good resources

those can be helpful for you so it’s

just like these everyday small pieces of

information that can help you

you work towards improving so this can

be a good tip just something that you

can do like between classes at

university for example or just I don’t

know sitting on the subway or the train

for example so this can be a really good

way to just take a few minutes every day

to work towards your goal so this is a

nice way to to like make yourself do

something everyday something small every

day so this is I use this actually so

for example like if I do editing or I do

editing in like translation work so I

follow people who share articles or who

share tips or who share things they

learn in their jobs about editing or

about translation and then I gain

knowledge from them so I didn’t talk to

them directly but they shared something

useful for me so in your case if you’re

studying English or if you’re studying

something else you can look for people

who are sharing those resources and

follow them so that can be a really good

way to kind of make connections with

people I think okay and of course if you

have tips for your classmates you can

share them in the chat too so if there’s

someone like that you follow on like

Twitter or Facebook I don’t know if you

want to share that of course you can

share that with your classmates in the

comment section - for sure okay and of

course we hope you follow us on Twitter

and on Facebook because we share things

on our Twitter feed and on our Facebook

feed like vocabulary points are like

like live streams for example so there

are lots of good small daily resources

like this that can help you keep your

motivation up I think okay good so since

we’re talking about media then I want to

move on to another tip that’s kind of it

sort of mixes fun with study I think so

I think another good tip for another

good way to keep your motivation up is

to focus on understanding like a

specific TV show or movie for example so

some of you have said like one of your

goals is to understand like your

favorite TV show in English or to like

be able to watch a movie in English with

no subtitles it’s good if you don’t have

that goal like this this can be a fun

way to like practice at least

so if there’s a piece of media so that

means TV show it could mean a movie for

example if there’s something that you’re

interested in or maybe your friends talk

about a lot it could be a good way to

study and a fun way to keep your

motivation up to try to use something

like this to practice so oftentimes we

find that like TV shows or movies use

English language differently than like

textbooks do so you get to see like or

you get to hear as well many different

kinds of speaking I think through like

TV shows especially so that can be a

really useful way to listen to like have

exposure to have a chance to listen to

lots of different ways of speaking

different vocabulary choices and it can

be entertaining so this is a fun way a

fun thing to do so that’s fun for me I

like to do that like I pick up I pick a

show and like Netflix or something that

I like as far as like English language

shows that like people enjoy watching

I’ve heard the u.s. TV show friends was

quite popular for a long time many

people liked friends because it’s quite

short it’s like 22 minutes but it’s and

it has like a like six main characters

and then some other characters sort of

that aren’t main characters but there

are different styles of speaking and

it’s funny and that and so lots of

people like to use that I’ve also heard

lots of people like to use sex in the

city that that’s similar it’s kind of

funny there are a few main characters

four main characters so depending on who

you are and depending on your

personality you can find a TV show or a

movie that can be interesting for you

and use that to study everyday okay so

let’s think then since we’re here we

have an opportunity to share a chance to

share with your classmates today’s first

question for you guys then I hope you

have some answers for this I’m curious

actually what you’re interested in what

is an English TV show an

english-language TV show or movie that

you would like to be able to understand

or maybe that you recommend for other

people in their studies so like I meant

I know many people like friends or like

sex in the city that’s what I’ve heard

before

some of my students have told me that so

but in your case what is a TV show or a

movie that you want to understand or

that you you have used to study like

what have you studied with is there a TV

show that you have enjoyed Nashville

camila on facebook says Nashville I

don’t know Nashville is Nashville on

Netflix I have I that sounds kind of

familiar mmm okay so Nashville is a show

that’s a show new girl

oh yeah new girl is funny new girl is

with Zooey Deschanel yeah I’ve seen that

before new girl is is really funny I

think it’s set in New York but there are

a lot of different speaking styles in

that and so that’s all that’s a really

good way to learn humor for sure and

also like to see the different ways and

like the different lifestyles that

people have to so new girl for sure is

really good a Family Guy is another one

family guys okay Family Guy is funny for

sure if you’re interested in like

American humor but the problem with

Family Guy is one it’s animated so it’s

difficult to see the way that Nate’s

like the speakers are making the sounds

one two there are a lot of jumps in that

show so sometimes the jokes aren’t

related to like the plot aren’t related

to this story so sometimes that’s a

little bit difficult but it’s it’s very

entertaining okay Pierre says Westworld

I haven’t seen Westworld that’s the one

that’s like the futuristic cowboy show

actually I don’t watch very much TV what

else - did someone say two and a Half

Men

oh yeah Christian on facebook says two

and a Half Men that’s with Charlie Sheen

that’s actually a good show too so that

features two and a Half Men is the show

the name of the show that’s a show that

has as main characters two adult men and

it’s sort of their life story and then

there’s the the two and a half refers to

like a younger guy so they they have a

chat there’s a child in the family -

they have to take care of so that’s a

like maybe a nice one for practicing

like funny men’s speech but again you

have to kind of get a fee

for this story I think nice examples Oh

someone’s a prison break Prison Break I

haven’t seen prison break actually

either I need to watch more TV okay

great you guys have nice suggestions

nice lost someone has suggested lost

that is an interesting suggestion so if

you don’t know the show Lost Lost is

like this epic story about people who

are in a survival situation on an island

like a mysterious island and they have

to decide what to do so that’s an

interesting one a person of interest as

well I saw like one episode of that okay

but you guys have a lot of really good

recommendations so definitely if you’re

watching on Facebook or you’re watching

on Twitter like our Twitter sorry you do

like check the chat like your classmates

the other people in the chat have some

really good recommendations so check

that out for sure okay nice all right

but let’s take a break let’s take

another break so break number two today

again if you missed it before the first

tip that we talked about for today in

terms of keeping your motivation up was

registering for a challenging test so if

you are planning to take a test

this year we have which you’ll see in

just a second we have this free pdf

that’s about taking the TOEIC so these

are strategies for taking the TOEIC test

so TOEIC is one example of a test that

you can take to get an idea of your

English level your English skill level

so this PDF it’s for free you can

download it from the link below the

video on youtube or above the video on

Facebook and you can get it for free

from the site if you don’t have an

account on the site you can make an

account and get it for free but if

you’re taking the TOEIC test this could

be these could be some good hints for

how to like take the test how to make

your time more effective but if you’re

taking a different test this could be

this could be a good

kind of series of hints to help you so

check that out if you’re planning to

take a test this year that could be

something useful to look at oh okay

let’s pick it up we have only like eight

more minutes left to go not much time so

if you are just joining live today the

topic is how to stop procrastinating or

how to keep your motivation up

throughout the year so continuing our

January theme of like goals and

challenges how do you continue your

motivation throughout the year okay so

let’s move on and of course if you

haven’t already please hit the like

button it’s very helpful for us other

people can find the video so all right

let’s continue to my last two tips today

my last to act that these are actually

all things that I use by the way these

are things from my experience that were

helpful for me let’s go on to the

second-to-last tip our penultimate tip

penultimate means second to last it’s a

fancy word okay um the next one is to

enroll in a regular course to enroll in

a regular course so enroll means like

regular course secure so by this I mean

it’s register for something you have to

go to or you have to participate in

regularly meaning every week or like two

times a week or maybe every day so

something that gives you like a pattern

to follow this can be really helpful and

I find personally if I’m involved in a

course if I’m involved in like in an

event or there’s something where I have

some responsibility especially to my

classmates or to a teacher then I am

more motivated to continue so this is

something quite good so um I know some

of you have said like I don’t have a

like a course or maybe like courses are

really expensive or whatever so of

course there are digital options I mean

many of you obviously know about our

videos on YouTube and on Facebook and of

course we have on our website courses

that you can take and check out so

please check the website too and I also

mentioned

at the beginning of today’s lesson as

well if you have yet but for like

smartphone we have an app the daily dose

app is now available there and it’s on

Alexa so it’s voice controlled too so

there are a lot of options like those

are just the options from our company so

like if you want to like check out all

of the stuff that’s available like from

our stuff like our courses please check

that out it’s a great resource for you

so this is a really useful one because

you do it like at the same time every

day or the same time every week so look

around and see what is available in your

community and if you’re not sure about

something in your community look for

things digitally so you can you can find

many different resources I think so of

course if you want to check out our

stuff then definitely check the link in

the description on YouTube below the

video or above the video on Facebook

okay so that’s that one but let’s move

on to today’s last hints today’s last

idea I hope for keeping your motivation

can I steal the mouse Kyle we’re sharing

the mass all right so let’s go to the

last tip for today my last tip for today

again is one that I use a lot and that’s

make your goal public make your goal

public you’ll see it here in a second

so when I say make your goal public

I mean share your goal so like tell

people about your goal what is the thing

that you want to do so if your goal for

example is to give a business

presentation and English this year maybe

tell your colleagues about it or tell

your boss about it so if you tell other

people what you’re trying to do so if

you share about the thing that you’re

trying to do you’ll you might find I

have found that people will say okay

that’s interesting and like support you

you know that they know that you’re

trying to like run a marathon for

example so they’ll help you or they’ll

listen to you if you’re talking about

your challenges maybe and help you by

giving advice or support whatever that

might be

so make your goal public so make it easy

see your goal or share your goal with

people of course if it’s like something

you only want to tell a few people about

that’s fine but I’ve found that making

goals public even very small goals

really helps me to like keep my

motivation up so I do this if I don’t

have in my case sometimes like I’m like

working at home or I just I don’t have

like a friend nearby to talk to you

about something I’ll actually sometimes

I just use like Twitter to do this I say

like okay I’m going to do this today or

even if it’s like a like a recipe I want

to make I say okay I’m going to make

this and then somehow I feel like if I

don’t make that thing or if I don’t do

that thing like because I told somebody

I was planning to do it like I feel like

I will have failed them in some way so

this is a really good one so to make

your goal public or another way of

thinking of this is to kind of create

like a relationship like an

accountability relationship with someone

by that I mean like having a friend or

having someone you can like who knows

about your goal and maybe even shares

your goal and then you can do work on

that thing together so I think that this

is a really really good one so this is

one this is one like I say I like to use

this one too so those are a few tips

from me four ways to keep your

motivation up this year so we’ve talked

a lot this month about how to like set

goals for yourself and thinking about

new challenges like new jobs as well

ways to think about moving forward into

the future so I hope that these are some

useful tips that you can think about

throughout the year of course for your

English Studies but also just in general

for the like challenges that you’re

thinking about this year all right yeah

and many of you are writing in the chats

like I want to get good at speaking

English this year fantastic

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so yeah please follow us great but we

are out of time for today so I have to

end unfortunately but I appreciate you

joining us as always this week so I hope

that those were some helpful tips for

you as well

but we have to wrap up we have to finish

for today so we’ll be back next week

with a new topic next week’s topic we’re

going to change from like this very

beginning of the year sort of thing to

so we’re gonna talk about like internet

and texting words so you might have seen

like for example you might see like

native English speakers using like this

like this sort of thing like lol or like

this one BRB that sort of thing so we’re

going to talk about these next week so

things that are useful for you and

things you might see like when you’re

talking with your friends and also

things that you can use in like business

emails as well so that’s our focus for

next week so please join us next week so

that’s going to be January 31st

Wednesday January 31st 9 p.m. Eastern

Standard Time that’s New York City time

and I believe that’s 7:30 in the morning

in India on Thursday 9 o’clock in the

morning in Vietnam Thailand and

Indonesia 6 p.m. in Mexico City on

Wednesday night and midnight in Brazil

on Thursday morning technically so I

hope those are the correct times correct

me if I’m wrong correct me if I’m wrong

but 30 minutes before now essentially if

you’re watching live so next week is

going to be internet and texting words

so I hope that that’s gonna be useful

it’s actually kind of interesting and

fun too well we’ll talk a little bit

about some slang as well so that’s it

for me today thank you so much for

joining in for liking the video for

sharing the video and for sending your

ideas some people are still sending

ideas which is nice too

um of course check out the free TOEIC

PDF on the website you can download that

right after I finish so please go

download that please check that out

especially if you’re thinking about

taking a test this year so that’s it

from me this week thank you guys again I

hope you have a great day a great night

and a great week I will see you again

soon bye bye

you