STUDY ENGLISH How To Organize Your English Notebook Effectively

hey you know when you’re studying a

language it’s kind of difficult to

organize your thoughts right it’s

difficult to organize your notebooks

i totally understand because you know i

speak korean but

i have my notebook yeah my notebook one

of my notebooks from when i was studying

korean

and you can see all the different colors

you can see

all the different pictures i used when i

was studying korean

so i get it i understand how difficult

it is to organize your notebooks but i

have developed

a method that’s going to help you change

the way you study and i want to teach

you this method today

the way to properly organize your

english notebook

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alright so your notebook needs to be

broken down into three sections

topical english tv movies youtube and

podcasts

and finally special notes that’s right

we’re going to look at three specific

sections the three sections you need to

have

in your english notebook so let’s start

with the first

section here we go section number one

topical english now what’s the purpose

of this section

this section will help you learn things

groups as a result you will be able to

easily remember

english phrases words and expressions

more information about a certain topic

you already have it organized

so after you find your idiom another

thing i need you to do is

find and write topic related questions

and then you’re going to answer the

topic related questions

now this right here wait it’s a game

changer because you may learn vocabulary

and expressions and idioms related to a

topic

but if someone asks you a question

you’ve never heard

about and you don’t know how to organize

your thoughts you will get frustrated

but organizing your notebook in this way

will help you be

ahead of the game you’ll be ready to

answer any questions so let’s look at it

visually alright

here we go this is how i have broken

down my notebook

this is my worksheet all right so the

first part again

topic write the topic first because this

will help you remember

how everything is connected then the

vocabulary word

again make sure this is a word you don’t

know

already again you are an intermediate or

advanced english learner

so you may know lots of vocabulary words

you don’t want to pick a word you

already know find a word you don’t know

alright let’s continue then the

expression

this can be slang two you can choose a

slang term you know i teach slang on my

instagram channel

let’s say you learn a slang today and

you’re like yo wow that sling was so

interesting

it’s related to a topic in my notebook

you can connect it

right here all right now you’re gonna

move on to the idiom

now the idiom go to google and search

for

english idioms about dot dot dot

remember this english idioms about and

then put the topic it’s gonna help

you so much google is your friend all

right

now moving on to the discussion

questions what you’re gonna do for the

discussion questions

go to google and type english discussion

questions about so simple right

english discussion questions about and

then write the topic

you’ll get so many questions and you’ll

only pick

three you’re gonna write these questions

in your notebook

then what you’re going to do is organize

your

thoughts you see that i have it

separated out into three different

columns

represented by reasons details or

examples

now this is something i have taught

before as well when you’re trying to

answer a question

you’re talking about fluency thinking

about fluency fluency is not about

the length of time you speak no it’s

about the information you provide and is

the information

ordered and concise and easy to be

understood

so what you need to do is in your

notebook you have a question

then and before you write your answer

organize your thoughts for example let’s

say somebody

is doing a topic of food because we all

love food right

and the question is what is your

favorite food

very simple question but you either need

to give

three reasons three details or three

examples so

i’m gonna say my favorite food is indian

food

it’s very true so three reasons why

indian food tastes really good

that’s one of my reasons my second

reason indian food has lots of different

spices and i love

spices hmm what’s my third reason

ah i love cooking vegan dishes and

indian food has a lot of dishes that i

can eat as a vegan

makes sense so i’ve listed my three

reasons organize my thoughts and that’s

what you need to do so again

this is for section one of your english

notebook

now moving on to section number two tv

movies youtube and podcasts

this section will help you learn and

remember english expressions

ideas and words used by native english

speakers in real life as a result

you will be more confident when you

speak in english so here we go

what you need to do is have a topic a

source

title description interesting thing and

five new things

you can watch any video you want you can

watch it on youtube you can watch a

movie you can watch a news program

or you can listen to a podcast it’s up

to you but it needs to be about

something you’re interested in

this is for section two basically real

life

english so what’s gonna happen is you’re

going to again the topic

choose a topic you are interested in i

cannot

emphasize this enough it needs to be

something you like

if you don’t like talking about food

find another topic maybe you like

sports maybe you like art think about

those

topics and choose a video or podcast

about those topics alright

next the source you need to write down

the exact

source then write the title of the video

podcast description describe

what you saw or heard this is very

important so what’s gonna happen is

as you’re watching the video or as

you’re listening to the podcast

you’re gonna get a general idea of what

the episode is about

write that basically summarize what the

video or the podcast episode is actually

about

all right now the next thing you want to

do is for interesting

you want to actually write what was

interesting about the episode and

finally

five new things find five new words

ideas or phrases

very important now you notice i included

ideas as a part of this because think

about it you’re watching this video

well i’m giving you three different ways

to organize your notebook

three ideas related to organizing your

thoughts

in english so you can say ah one of the

new things i

learned was from teacher tiffany’s video

about

organizing my notebook that’s one idea

right

okay so let’s see it visually here’s the

visual breakdown again

my notebook would look like this for

section 2. first i have the top part

the topic this will help you again keep

track of the various

topics you learn about then the source

the title and the description what’s

happening is you

are creating a personal database that’s

right

your brain is a computer and when you

organize the information you put into it

it will become so much easier for you to

pull out the information

later on when you need it so take your

notebook and

organize it in this way alright so the

source

the title and the description now

the most interesting thing you learned

think about it as you watched the

episode or listen to it

were you happy at a certain point were

you curious at a certain point or were

you shocked

think about those moments and write a

summary about it

wow i really liked how teacher tiffany

talked about organizing my notebook

and even having a section about movies

and podcasts

what was so interesting about that write

it in this section all right

and again the final part of this section

section number two

is the new vocabulary expressions or

ideas

you are creating mental triggers so next

time

when you think about that episode you’ll

remember the visuals or you remember the

audio and you’ll be like

wait a minute ah this is what i learned

at that point it’s so important so

section two again

is talking about tv movies podcasts

or youtube now section three special

notes

the purpose of this section is to help

you keep track of the interesting

english related ideas and information

you learn throughout your day as a

result

you will feel more organized and less

frustrated so here we go let’s look at

it there are four different parts the

special note

which is something new that you learned

the date

write the date that’s right keep track

of when you actually

found this information or heard this

information

trust me your brain is amazing

and sometimes you don’t realize how it

works

but the more connections the more

triggers you give it

the easier it will be for you to grab

the information

and access the information later on

trust me

your brain is awesome all right so write

the date

then you’re going to write the source

all right where you saw it or where you

heard it

and finally you’re gonna write the

specific note

idea or tip so how does this look again

this is my notebook

how i organize things this is section

number three all right

so you’ll see on this page we have eight

different

parts these eight little sections show

that you should be looking for quick

nuggets of information oh what’s a

nugget here we go

you all know mcdonald’s right chicken

nuggets right those small

little pieces that usually kids get

right chicken

mcnuggets so a nugget is a small chunk

a small piece of information so for this

section you’re not looking for a long

article you’re not looking for this long

research paper or this long area where

you can write in

you’re looking for quick points all

right so let’s see for example um an

example let’s look at section number two

special note number two

let’s say there’s a conversation and

you’re talking to someone and in the

midst of that conversation

they say a new word you’re like whoa i

didn’t know that word

quickly go to your notebook in section

three

and you can write the date what was the

source a conversation i had with a

friend and what was the note

i learned a new word whatever that word

may be put it in the note section

or maybe for example you’re looking for

something online

you’re on google and you’re searching

and wait a minute

i’ve never heard this information before

or read this information

small piece of information also becomes

a special note

in section 3 of your english notebook

that makes sense

now listen this is something that really

makes me happy i

love organizing my thoughts and my ideas

and like i showed you

i have so many notebooks like this where

i organized my thoughts and my ideas

when i was studying korean

and i want to help you do the same so

like i said

separate your notebook into three

different sections now i will say this i

do want to help you more

if you’re already a part of my academy i

have something for you in part two

everything i went over today i’ve

created worksheets

for you so that you can use these print

them off

for your notebook now it’s up to you if

you’d like to just do it on your own

no problem at all but if you’d like me

to help you if you’d like to get my

worksheets

the pdfs to download and let me give you

the tool to actually take your english

to the next level

and help you organize your thoughts then

hey all you got to do is

join my academy the link is right here

let’s jump right in

com and you can click the link in the

description to go to part

2 and download the pdfs for my students

already i love you guys you know that i

love providing you with pdfs

and helping you take your english to the

next level alright guys i hope you

really enjoyed this episode i love

helping you organize your ideas and

speak english better

remember i’m here for you and i’ll see

you next week

but as always remember to speak english

are you ready you know what time it is

it’s

story time hey i said it’s story time

all right guys so for today’s story i

have

one related to a prayer request that i

had so

you all know that i’m a christian i love

god and i love working hard for him

which is why i love being your teacher

i’m here to help you

when i was in south korea you know i

lived there for 10 years during my time

there

i started a big program where once a

month we would go out

into the city and feed homeless people

now there are homeless people everywhere

in the world

and since i was living in south korea i

said i want to help the people

that live where i am living right now so

i organized this

big group i mean there were tons of

people that would come out

many of them were my friends and then

some people were friends of friends

and we would gather once a month and we

would take food to homeless people

but i had a collaboration with the

restaurant and the restaurant would

actually make food every month and

in korean there toshidak doshirak is

kind of like a

meal that’s in a container right it’s

like little pockets so you have

everything kind of set in a meal

a container right and i would order a

certain number

now the area we went to to help the

homeless people and serve them

food had a lot of homeless people

so every month i would try to at least

order

a hundred 100 of the the meals right

but sometimes we could get more well in

order to order 100 meals we needed about

three to four hundred dollars

and again so we went out once a month so

for a full month prior to going out

i would send out messages and i would

basically raise money and my friends

would donate and other individuals would

donate

as well in order to help the homeless

people including family and friends in

america

so the program was going well but

this one month it was very slow i wasn’t

able to get as

many donations as i needed so instead of

getting four hundred dollars

i only had two hundred dollars and i

literally had

three days before i had to place the

order to the restaurant

and i was getting a little bit concerned

because i knew there were homeless

people

who were waiting on us they knew that we

would come once a month

and bring them food but this month i

said i don’t know if we’re going to be

able to do it because

i didn’t want to go out there with only

50 meals and there were 100 people

waiting so i prayed i said god you know

what i

need lord these people need food please

help me

and i needed 200 so i sent messages out

to my friends again like

hey guys we’re going out again this

month but we’re 200 short

so people started sending money in but

it was coming in

very slow and i still needed about 150

there was only one day left and

something told me

tiff look at your pay stub oh a pay stub

the document you get basically letting

you know how much money you received for

that month basically a receipt

for your salary now for that i normally

got the same amount every month because

we were

missionaries and we had a set salary

every month and it wasn’t bad but it

wasn’t really a lot of money

this month i went to check my pay stub

and i literally had

150 extra dollars

now when i saw the the amount

i was about to get excited i said wait a

minute i need to verify because it could

have been a mistake

so i called the office you know that

handled our pay information

and i said hey i just wanted to make

sure i have extra money

on my account did something happen and

she said oh yeah tiff you got your tax

refund

i said what she said yeah you know you

got your tax refund you see i was

working in korea

and they were taking taxes out every

month so i also was able to get a refund

from the korean government because i was

working in korea

my refund was exactly what we needed

to actually get the rest of the food for

the homeless people

you’re talking about a happy sister man

oh man

i got on my knees and said god you are

awesome you

always come through and i’ve had so many

experiences like this where

i’ve been almost to the end and i felt

like there was nothing

that could be done and god stepped in

and answered the prayers that i had

so i just wanted to let you guys know

that you can always trust god

god has come through for me in so many

ways

and this is just one example and i

really love

god for what he has done for me well

guys i hope you enjoyed this story time

yes the students that came out with me

and also the other friends and family

that came with me to feed the homeless

had a wonderful time and i also enjoyed

feeding the homeless that day

they ate really well alright guys i’ll

see you next week have an

awesome week and remember to speak

english