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expire hand

hand hand

so your hand it’s a part of your body

this part of your body is your hand

left hand left hand

left hand

arm arm

arm so the arm is this part of your body

from here to the end of your hand

muscular arm muscular arm

muscular arm

foot foot

foot so your foot just one

is the part of your body that’s at the

very very bottom

right foot right foot

right foot

leg leg

leg so your leg is the entire

long part of your body one leg that you

walk

on long legs

long legs long

legs finger

finger finger

so your fingers are these parts of your

body so

finger is a countable noun we count it

one finger

two finger three fingers and so on

pinky finger pinky finger

pinky finger

back back

back so your back is like the reverse

part of your body we think of this as

the front part

our back is behind us my back

hurts my back hurts

my back hurts

stomach stomach

stu mic so your stomach is the part of

your body

that digests food so we often talk about

our stomach because it feels

uncomfortable

my stomach hurts my stomach hurts

my stomach hurts

chest chest

chest so your chest is the upper part

of the front of your body i have

chest pains i have chest pains

i have chest pains

january january

january

january is the first month of the year

in north america

it is typically a cold month it’s very

cold here in january

it’s very cold here in january

february february

february

so february has an interesting spelling

that first

r isn’t really pronounced february is

the shortest month with 28 days

february is the shortest month with 28

days

february is the shortest month with 28

days

march march

march march is the third month of the

year

we think of march as the time when

spring begins

it is now april so last month was march

it is now april so last month

was march april

april april

april is the fourth month of the year

and we think of this as a time when

flowers start to bloom

april showers bring may flowers

april showers bring may

flowers may

may

may is the fifth month of the year we

think of may as just the time before

summer so the weather is typically

really really nice

and spring is in full like bloom

may 31st is world no smoking day

may 31st is world no

smoking day june

june june

june is the sixth month of the year it

feels a little bit warmer than may but

it’s not

quite summer a warm june

a warm june a

warm june

july july

july so july the seventh month of the

year is typically when many people think

of summer as

beginning in the u.s july is one of

seven months with 31 days

july is one of seven months with 31 days

august august

august august the 8th month of the year

tends to be

quite hot and there’s a lot of fun

summer activities to do

the school is closed in august

the school is closed

in august september

september september

september is kind of the beginning of

fall or autumn and it’s also typically

the time of year when students

go back to school today is saturday

september 10th

today is saturday september 10th

october october

october so

october is when the weather gets a

little bit cooler and we start to see

some popular autumn foods appearing

halloween falls on october 31st

halloween falls on october

31st november

november no

them burr so november

is very well known in the u.s for having

thanksgiving when we enjoy a huge meal

with family or friends

november is one of four months with 30

days

november is one of four months with 30

days

november is one of four months

with 30 days

december december

december december is the last month of

the year and we think of it as a time

for celebration

december 31st is new year’s eve

december 31st is new year’s

eve watch watch

watch so when we use

watch to talk about a noun it’s

referring to the clock

you can wear on your wrist do you have a

watch

do you have a watch do you

have a watch glasses

glasses glasses

so glasses are eyewear we wear glasses

so that we can see better or so that we

can block the sun

from our eyes i don’t wear glasses

i don’t wear glasses i don’t

wear glasses jacket

jacket jacket

so a jacket is usually a light piece of

clothing

it keeps you a little bit warmer in

autumn or maybe in spring

that jacket looks nice on you that

jacket looks nice on you

that jacket looks nice on you

receive receive

receive so to receive

something means to get something get

sounds a little bit more casual than

receive

to receive a confession of love to

receive a confession of love

to receive a confession of

love search

search search

so the word search means to look for to

look for something

search tends to sound a little bit more

formal than

look for it’ll show up if you search on

the internet

it’ll show up if you search on the

internet

it will show up if you search

on the internet take

take take

so take means to remove something from

another place or to choose something

please take me home please take me home

please take me home

weak weak

weak so this word is the opposite of the

word

strong it means something that doesn’t

have a lot of power

a weak team a weak team

a weak team

strong strong

strong so strong is the opposite of weak

strong refers to something that has lots

and lots of power

be strong and don’t give up be strong

and don’t give up

be strong and don’t give

up cold

cold cold

so the word cold typically refers to

temperature when the temperature is low

we describe the feeling as

cold the north pole is cold

even in summer the north pole is cold

even in summer the north pole

is cold even in summer

hot hot

hot so hot is the opposite of cold

hot is used when the temperatures are

warm the temperatures are very very high

we describe the feeling with

hot the tea is still hot

the tea is still hot the tea

is still hot

funny funny

funny so the word funny

refers to something that causes us to

laugh

funny sitcoms make me happy funny

sitcoms make me happy

funny sitcoms make me happy

peach peach

peach so a peach is a well-known

fruit it’s kind of sweet i’m allergic to

peaches

i’m allergic to peaches i

am allergic to peaches

orange orange

orange so orange can refer to the fruit

or it can refer to the color orange

i drink orange juice in the morning i

drink orange juice in the morning

i drink orange juice in the morning

potato potato

potato so a potato is a very very

popular food we make

all kinds of things with potatoes french

fries mashed potatoes and so on

fried potato is not good for your health

soybean soybean

soy bean so a soybean

is an ingredient that people may use to

create other things like milk for

example

soybeans grow inside the pods soybeans

grow inside the pods

soy beans grow inside the pods

vegetable vegetable

veg so

a vegetable is a food that’s good for

you so there are many different kinds of

vegetables carrots zucchinis so on

i ate fried vegetables i ate fried

vegetables

i ate fried vegetables

cow

so a cow is a farm animal we use

cows for dairy and for milk and for beef

the cows are grazing in the field the

cows are grazing in the field

the cows are grazing in the field

pig pig

pig a pig is another farm animal

usually very low to the ground and pink

or kind of

gray in color we use these for meat

pigs are intelligent animals pigs are

intelligent animals pigs

are intelligent animals

horse horse

horse so a horse another farm animal

is used a lot more for entertainment for

racing activities have you ever ridden a

horse before

have you ever ridden a horse before have

you ever

ridden a horse before

snow snow

snow so snow is a type of weather

it’s precipitation so that means it’s

rain it’s water from the sky but that is

frozen there’s a lot of snow on the

mountain

there’s a lot of snow on the mountain

there is a lot of snow on the mountain

shirt

shirt so a shirt is a piece of clothing

that we wear on the top part of our body

there are 10 shirts in the closet there

are 10 shirts in the closet

there are 10 shirts in the closet

pants pants

pants so pants

that’s a piece of clothing that we wear

on the lower part of our body it covers

our legs

your pants are bigger than mine your

pants are bigger than mine

your pants are bigger than mine

dress dress

dress so a dress is something that’s

worn over the entire body it usually

covers from the shoulders

to around the knee area but it can go

further

i regret not buying that dress i regret

not buying that dress

i regret not buying that dress

say say

say we use

say for simple reports of speech

i was just going to say that i was just

going to say that

i was just going to say that

call call

call we use the verb

call when we want to make a phone call

to someone

please give me a call tomorrow morning

find find

find we use the word find when we talk

about the moment we discover

something how did you find the cell

phone

how did you find the cell phone how

did you find the cell phone

clean clean

clean so the word clean can be used as

an adjective or it can be used as a verb

it refers to making something

nice we aim for a clean environment

we aim for a clean environment

dirty dirty

dirty so the word dirty

is used to refer to something that is

not clean

the fork is on the dirty plate

the fork is on the dirty

plate carrot

carrot carrot

so a carrot is a very common vegetable

it’s orange maybe about this size we can

have

small ones as well kids do not like

carrots

kids do not like carrots kids

do not like carrots

onion onion

yen so an onion is a very common cooking

ingredient when you cut them it will

make you cry

i don’t cry when i cut onions i don’t

cry when i cut onions

i don’t cry when i cut

onions lettuce

lettuce lettuce

so lettuce is very commonly used in

salads it’s a leafy green vegetable

my salad only has lettuce and tomato

my salad only has lettuce and

tomato sheep

sheep sheep

so a sheep is a kind of farm animal we

get lots of things from them such as

milk

and wool as well the sheep is eating the

green grass

the sheep is eating the green grass

rabbit rabbit

rabbit so a rabbit is a very small cute

animal that’s known for hopping around

your rabbit is very cute your rabbit is

very cute

your rabbit is very cute

seal seal

seal so a seal

is an ocean animal they can be big or a

little small they kind of look like dogs

sometimes in the ocean

seals live in the coldest areas

seals live in the coldest

areas cloud

cloud cloud

so clouds are those usually white or

gray kind of fluffy things we see in the

sky

i can’t see any clouds today

sunny sunny

sunny sunny is the word that we use to

talk about a day with lots of sunshine

i often go on a picnic on a sunny day

i often go on a picnic on a sunny

day rainy

rainy rainy

rainy is used to talk about weather so

we use it for days when

water is falling from the sky it’ll be

rainy this saturday

it’ll be rainy this saturday it

will be rainy this saturday

baby baby

baby baby is the word we use to describe

a very small creature we can use it for

humans and we can use it for

animals the baby sleeps on the blanket

the baby sleeps on the blanket the

baby sleeps on the blanket

girl girl

girl so a

girl is someone who is born as a female

the girl washes her face the girl washes

her face

the girl washes her face

boy boy

boy the word boy refers to someone who

is born as a male

the boy fell down from the tree

happy happy

happy we use happy to describe our mood

we use this word when we are feeling

positive i am a happy person

i am a happy person i am

a happy person

sad sad

sad so the word sad

is used to describe our feelings when we

are feeling down or

low the sad teenager is sitting alone

the sad teenager is sitting alone

the sad teenager is sitting

alone angry

angry angry

the word angry also refers to our

emotions we use it in times when we feel

upset or very

unhappy about something there was

something that made me angry this

morning

there was something that made me angry

this morning

there was something that made me

angry this morning

clothing clothing

clothing clothing is a word that’s used

to refer to

anything we wear this can mean coats

pants jackets shirts hats whatever

i worked in a clothing store i worked at

a clothing store

i worked at a clothing store

shoe shoe

shoe so a shoe is something you wear

on your foot i need new shoes

i need new shoes i need

new shoes

sock sock

sock a sock is something that you wear

between

your shoe and your foot usually you wear

heavy socks often in winter

are you wearing socks are you wearing

socks

are you wearing socks

underwear underwear

under wear so underwear refers to the

clothing we wear

under the clothes we can see my socks

and underwear are in the top drawer of

my dresser

my socks and underwear are in the top

drawer of my dresser

my socks and underwear are in the top

drawer of my dresser

talk talk

talk we use the verb

talk when we want to refer to a

conversation so two or more people are

participating

let’s talk about it let’s talk about it

let’s talk about it

give give

give we use the verb give

when we want to provide someone with

something else

can i give you a useful tip can i give

you a useful tip

can i give you a useful

tip low

low low

we use the word low to talk about

something that is not high this is the

opposite of high so it’s something

near the ground this table is too low

for me

this table is too low for me

this table is too low

for me hi

hi hi

so the word hi is the opposite of the

word low it refers to something that is

far away from the ground

the waves are high today the waves are

high today

the waves are high today

fruit fruit

fruit so fruit refers to a category of

foods so fruits tend to be rather sweet

please put the fruits on the plate

please put the fruits

on the plate please put

the fruits on the plate

octopus octopus

so an octopus is a very interesting

animal with

eight legs some cultures like to eat

octopus the octopus is swimming in the

ocean

the octopus is swimming in the ocean

shark shark

shark so a shark

is for many people a very scary undersea

creature some of them are huge and can

eat people

the surfer was bitten by a shark

the surfer was bitten by

a whale

whale whale

so whales are typically very very large

creatures that live under the sea some

are peaceful some are aggressive whales

are mammals

whales are mammals whales are mammals

cloudy cloudy

cloudy so cloudy refers to weather

it’s used on days when there are many

clouds in the sky

i don’t like cloudy days i don’t like

cloudy days

i don’t like cloudy days

cool cool

cool we use cool when the weather is not

cold but it feels a little bit nice

actually still

the weather is cool the weather is cool

the weather is cool

cucumber cucumber q

bur so a cucumber is a food that we

can eat it’s something that’s healthy

and usually pretty refreshing

these cucumbers are fresh these

cucumbers are fresh

these cucumbers are fresh

bell pepper bell pepper

bell pepper so a bell pepper is another

food that many people like to eat

sometimes they’re a little bit bitter

the most common bell peppers are green

red or yellow the most common bell

peppers are green

red or yellow the most common

bell peppers are green red or yellow

broccoli broccoli

is another very healthy food lots of

kids really don’t like it though

order the broccoli soup order the

broccoli soup

order the broccoli soup

banana banana

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bananas are very popular fruits they are

yellow in color and you peel them

to open them this banana is really sweet

this banana is really sweet this

banana is really sweet

apple apple

apple apples are very popular fruits you

can usually find them

in red or in green colors i’m peeling an

apple

i’m peeling an apple i’m peeling

an apple grape grape

grape so a grape is another type of

fruit you usually find them

in purple or in green colors

that grape looks pretty old that grape

looks pretty old that grape

looks pretty old

watermelon watermelon

watermelon so a watermelon is a very

large fruit it’s green on the outside

and pink on the inside she bought a huge

watermelon

she bought a huge watermelon she

bought a huge watermelon

bird bird

bird so a bird is a creature that can

fly through the sky

has wings and feathers we listened to

the birds

we listened to the birds we

listened to the birds

mouse mouse

mouse so a mouse is a very small

creature

some people consider it a rodent so it’s

not wanted

the mouse is eating grass

the mouse is eating grass the

mouse is eating grass

sun sun

sun so the sun

is the star that’s closest to earth and

it gives us sunshine

today the sun is shining today the sun

is shining

today the sun is shining

weather weather

whether so weather just refers to the

outside conditions the conditions in

nature

this weather is awful this weather is

awful

this weather is awful

degree degree

degree so the word degree is

the word we use for that small circle

next to

celsius or fahrenheit when we talk about

the temperature

it is one degree outside it is one

degree outside

it is one degree outside

woman woman

so woman refers to one person one woman

when talking about more than one woman

we use women

the woman is wearing a black sweater the

woman is wearing a black sweater

the woman is wearing a black

sweater man

man man

so a man refers to one male person

when we want to talk about more than one

male person we say

men the director is a very serious man

the director is a very serious man

the director is a very serious

man girlfriend

girlfriend girl friend

so the word girlfriend can be used to

refer to your romantic partner who is a

girl

we can also use it to talk about female

friends

your girlfriend is one year older than

you right

your girlfriend is one year older than

you right

your girlfriend is one year older than

you

right boyfriend

boyfriend boyfriend

so the word boyfriend is used to refer

to a male romantic partner

we do not typically use this word to

talk about our male friends though

she’ll go to the prince islands with her

boyfriend

she’ll go to the prince islands with her

boyfriend

she’ll go to the prince islands with her

boyfriend

train train

train so a train

is a large kind of public transportation

that we use

to travel quickly inside cities and

between cities

what time is the last train what time is

the last train

what time is the last train

airplane airplane

airplane so airplanes are the mode of

transportation that fly

we often call them planes as well

the passengers flew on the airplane the

passengers flew on the airplane

the passengers flew on the airplane

bus bus

bus so a bus is like a large

car we typically use it to transport

people inside cities or between cities

on the road

he rides the bus he rides the bus he

rides the bus

taxi taxi

taxi a taxi

is a single car that you can rent so you

need to pay money

to use a taxi to travel in a city

give me a call after you get in the taxi

give me a call after you get

in the taxi spinach

spinach spinach

so spinach is a very healthy food it’s

leafy and

green and popular for salads spinach is

a rich source of iron and calcium

spinach is a rich source of iron and

calcium

spinach is a rich source of iron

and calcium dolphin

dolphin dolphin

a dolphin is a very smart undersea

animal

and they’re very popular because they’re

very cute and it sounds like they’re

talking to people sometimes

the dolphin jumps out of the water

the dolphin jumps out of the water the

dolphin jumps out of the water

squid squid

squid so a squid is another undersea

creature sometimes they’re small but in

other cases in special cases they are

enormous there are giant squid as well

i can’t eat squid i can’t eat squid

i can’t eat squid

hi everybody my name is alicia in this

lesson we’re going

to talk about how to make questions

using

the future perfect tense i’ll review how

to make questions with the simple

future perfect and with the progressive

or the continuous version

so i’ll introduce how to make it when we

use it

and a few example sentences let’s get

started

i want to begin then with a quick review

future perfect tense and when to use it

you might have seen

the video about the future perfect tense

or the future perfect

progressive tense this is the same as

that

to review though for this lesson we use

the future perfect tense

to refer to actions that will

or that won’t will not be finished

at a specific time in the future

so this is very specific to the simple

future perfect tense to give a visual

representation

if we’re talking in our conversation in

the present here

now there’s some point in the future

like tomorrow or 8 p.m or monday for

example

so by this point in time something some

action

will or will not be finished by this

point in time

so i’ve marked this with a star and a

question so we maybe we will maybe we

won’t

we’re using questions for this lesson so

i’ve used a question mark for this

so this is for the simple the simple

future perfect

for progressive however which we’ll also

review quickly today

for progressive this is for actions that

will be

continuing at a specific point in the

future

so this is one difference between the

simple form

and the progressive form with the simple

form the action either will

or will not be finished with progressive

form

the action will or will not be

continuing

so let’s take a look now at how to make

future perfect questions let’s begin

with the simple version future perfect

simple

questions to make a basic future perfect

simple tense question

we begin with will then we add our

subject like i

he she for example we follow with

have then we use the past participle

form of the verb

and any additional information this is

where we include

our deadline or our cutoff point i’ll

share some examples of this in just a

second

if however we want to make a future

perfect

progressive question we can use a very

similar pattern

we begin again with will plus subject

plus have but to make the progressive

form we need to use have

been and instead of the past participle

form of the verb

we use the progressive or the continuous

form of the verb

the ing form of a verb as we did with

the simple future tense simple future

perfect rather

we then include any additional

information this is where we include our

deadline or our cutoff point our future

reference point

that comes at the end of the sentence

the end of the question

if you want to make a negative we simply

replace

won’t for will so instead of using

will at the beginning of the sentence we

use

won’t this tends to be used when we’re

confirming

something i’ll show you an example of

this at the end of the lesson

but we use this won’t when we’re asking

about something we thought was true

and we want to confirm that with another

person it’s kind of a specific

case so again i’ll show you an example

for now though

let’s practice making a few basic

sentences with these patterns

all right over here i want to use the

verb

finish for this sentence will he have

something his report by monday

so we see that monday is our future

point here

we also see we have will he

have there’s no bin here

this tells us that it is a future

perfect simple tense

sentence so we need to use the past

participle form of the verb

will he have finished

his report by monday means by this point

in time in the future

monday will the report be finished

will it not be finished that’s the

question so we’ll say either

yes his report will be finished by

monday or no

his report will not be finished by

monday so

will he have finished his report by

monday he will have or he won’t have

okay let’s move along will you have

something by 8 pm by 8 pm

so the verb i want to use here is eat

again we have will you have there’s no

bin

here so that’s a good hint that we

should use the past participle form of

the verb

eat so the past participle form of eat

is eaten will you have eaten

by 8 pm so perhaps this is a dinner

invitation for example will you have

eaten by 8 pm

the answer to this might be no we won’t

have eaten

or no i won’t have eaten because i’m

working or

yes i’ll have eaten already for example

so we can use the future perfect tense

to reply to this question as well

yes i will have eaten no i won’t have

eaten yet

for example you can mix yet and already

into your answers

okay let’s continue along to the next

example

will we have been something on this

project

for a month as of tomorrow

so here we do see been

will we have been this is a big hint

that we should use the progressive or

the continuous form of the verb

our verb here is work so the progressive

form is working

will we have been working

on this project for a month as of

tomorrow

as of tomorrow means tomorrow is kind of

our like landmark point

so at this point in time at this

specific point in time tomorrow

will we have been continuously working

on this project for a one month period

so in other words we began working on

the project

one month ago one month in the past

we’ve been working

continuously and we’re still working on

the project

so this is a confirmation question will

we have been working on this project for

a month

as of tomorrow you could say yes we will

have been working for a month

or no we won’t have been working for a

month yet

something like that could be the reply

so this is probably a confirmation

question about how long

a project has been in progress i want to

finish though

with an example of this won’t that i

mentioned earlier

i made a conversation actually so let’s

take a look

a says let’s meet at 6 pm let’s imagine

it’s an office let’s meet at 6 pm

b says won’t you have left the office by

then

you have a dinner meeting a says

oh right so this is a very common

example

of when we might use this won’t

pattern so like i said it’s used to

confirm

a perhaps forgets his or her schedule

and therefore suggests a six o’clock

meeting let’s meet at 6 pm b

however remembers the schedule and b

asks this question to confirm

the future plan well won’t you have left

the office by 6 pm so at this point in

time

you will be gone so you will have left

the office

at some point before this right using

this

won’t you sounds like it’s a

confirmation isn’t that right

because you have a dinner meeting a then

remembers

oh right so this is a very common way we

might use this

but as you can see it’s kind of a

specific situation

where some person forgets a future

schedule or a future planned action

another person in the situation

remembers it though and they ask to

confirm

so you might see it used in something

like this however

we tend to use this more in the positive

to ask

positive questions about the future

about future activities

so i hope that that helps you make

questions with the future perfect tense

and with the future perfect progressive

tense not just simple

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want to practice making some sentences

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bye bye hi everybody my name is alicia

in this lesson i’m going to talk about

asking permission

using may i and can i let’s get started

first many people ask what is the

difference between

may i and can i the simple answer

is when asking for permission you want

to do something

you ask to do that thing when asking for

permission

in modern american english there isn’t a

difference

most people use them the same way

so when people ask this question should

i use may i should i use can i

if you use one or the other you will be

understood there won’t be a

communication problem we use them the

same way

most people do however however

originally may was used to ask

permission we used may to ask permission

originally many many years ago

that was the preferred word the specific

word

to ask for permission for something can

was used to talk about our abilities

things we’re able to do

and of course we still use can to do

this today

so sometimes you may meet people who are

very very

like strict about this rule they still

want to use

may for permission if you use can so

sometimes for example

in school if a student says can i go to

the bathroom

a teacher who is very strict about this

rule might say

do you mean may i go to the bathroom so

sometimes people are very strict about

this but i feel that this is decreasing

a little bit

you might hear some teachers some people

who are strict

about this rule kind of make jokes like

that but in general as i said

most people do use them in the same way

we use them interchangeably

so we use both to ask permission

therefore

sentences like these both of these are

acceptable

can i use your computer in other words

is it okay if i use your computer

and may i use your computer so we would

use

both of these to ask for permission for

from somebody

can i use your computer in this case

doesn’t mean

like do i have the ability to use your

computer

this is asking for permission for

something

so technically if you want to be

historical about it yes this one is the

most correct

may i use your computer that’s true

however in american english

may i tends to sound more formal these

days

so if you use may with your friends and

your family

you might sound too polite you might

like create

distance between your friends and your

family if you use

me for everything because may sounds

polite may sounds a bit more

formal this might be different in

british english but in

american english it tends to sound a

little more polite

we can also change this from can i or

may i

to for example may we like may we borrow

your car

so you’re asking permission for more

than one person

yourself and someone else may we borrow

your car

or can he come to the event so in this

case you’re asking permission for

someone else

to do something may we can he

but so this is kind of a basic overview

of the difference between them but

there’s one other

thing i want to like point out or

mention

that is word order this is something i

see a lot of mistakes with

the word order problem is a confusion

between

where to put can or may in the sentence

so let’s look at two pairs of examples

here

the first pair the difference here let’s

read them first

he can come to the party i have a period

here or a question here because

intonation matters so

first he can come to the party as a

statement or

he can come to the party as a question

the other one in this pair is can he

come to the party

so first thing to notice in the first

sentence

he is the beginning of the sentence he

can

come to the party in the second sentence

can begins the sentence can he come to

the party

so what is the difference here this

sentence

as a statement he can come to the party

it’s not a question

he can come to the party is like a

simple

confirmation we are confirming he can

come to the party

it’s a statement there’s not a request

for permission there

however if we use this upward question

intonation

he can come to the party you’re

confirming

that so for example you heard some

information that you’re surprised

oh he can come to the party for example

you thought maybe that person couldn’t

come

so this is either a simple confirmation

statement

he can come to the party or a

confirmation

question like did i hear that correctly

he can come to the party

so we’re confirming something in this

sentence with this grammar

in this sentence however can he come to

the party

this is a question that is asking

permission can he come to the party

so please note when you ask permission

your can

or your may as we’ll see later this

should be at the beginning of your

sentence

let’s move on though to this next pair

i’ve used

may here because may presents kind of a

different situation

so this one as i said confirmation of

attendance

however may has a different meaning

when we use may in a different word

order we create a different meaning

first let’s read the sentences he may

come to the party

second may he come to the party

so you can hear my intonation is

different as well he may come to the

party

this is a statement not a question he

may come to the party

this may be a question you would ask but

it’s not so common

may he come to the party is a clear

question what’s the difference here

here we’ve used may so in this use of

may with this grammar

we’ve made a statement actually this is

a simple statement like here

it’s a statement but the meaning here is

that this man

he he might attend so

this use of may is not requesting

permission this is saying something is

uncertain

so the man might attend but it’s

uncertain

he may come to the party we don’t know

yet he’s deciding

in this sentence however may he come to

the party

this is a polite way to ask permission

for someone else to attend may he come

to the party

probably i would use can he come to the

party because it sounds less formal

but this is a polite way to ask

permission for someone else

to attend a party so please keep in mind

when you want to make a request for

permission you’re asking for permission

you need to include can or may at the

beginning of the request

if you put it here after your subject he

can come or

he may come you might create some

confusion so please please please make

sure your request

word your can or your may is at the

beginning of your sentence that’s a key

point

so this is a quick overview a quick

introduction to some differences between

may and can and may i and can i for

asking for permission i hope that that

was helpful for you

if you have any questions or comments or

anything

else that you think might be helpful

with regard to this lesson please let us

know in the comment section of this

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bye-bye hi everybody my name is alicia

in this lesson i’m going to talk about

how to use

have to i’m going to focus on using have

to make negative statements and to make

two

kinds of question so let’s get started

first i want to begin with a review

point

when we use have to

we talk about our responsibilities these

are the things

we must do tasks we are responsible for

this can be at work at home in our

social lives

whatever have to is used to explain

responsibilities we often use

have to for things we do not want

to do so things we have a responsibility

to do

but maybe we’re not interested in doing

that thing

let’s look at some examples first i have

go to school or she has to go

to work these are examples of things

that are our responsibility to do

but maybe we don’t want to do that thing

or we’re not interested in doing that

thing

at a specific time or on a certain day

then when we use have to in the negative

form it means we don’t

have a responsibility to do that

thing or in other words don’t have to or

doesn’t have to is used to express

a lack of responsibility lack of

something means

no of something zero of something no

responsibility for something

so we use don’t have to or doesn’t have

one important point about using this for

the negative

to make a negative statement we use this

for

activities that we can reasonably

be expected to do

so a mistake that i hear students make a

lot

is when they’re practicing making

sentences with the negative

form don’t have to and doesn’t have to

they’ll try to make an example sentence

using

something that yes they don’t have a

responsibility to do

however it’s something really strange a

great example

is a student or many students actually

who’ve said i don’t have to drink

alcohol at work

so this is a strange example because

yes even though although it’s

grammatically

correct it’s really strange to

have a job where you drink alcohol maybe

if you’re a bartender

for example it’s reasonable but in

most jobs it’s not reasonable to drink

alcohol

at work so if you say i don’t have to

drink alcohol at work it sounds

strange we use don’t have to

or doesn’t have to to talk about things

that we can

reasonably expect to do so let’s look at

some natural examples of this

first i don’t have to

go to work today for example i took the

day off this is a reasonable expectation

i don’t have to go to work today it’s a

holiday for example

he doesn’t have to take out the garbage

tonight

he doesn’t have to take out the garbage

tonight this

is a task a household task that a person

can

reasonably be expected not to have to do

maybe this one night in particular maybe

his sister is going to do it or someone

else is going to take care of this

so he doesn’t have to do this activity

tonight

another one you don’t have to pay me

back

this is a very common expression we use

among friends

so you pay for someone’s coffee or you

pay for someone’s lunch or a small item

and the friend says you don’t have to

pay me back

so i’ll pay you don’t have to pay me

back

so it’s reasonable to expect repayment

but if you say this you don’t have to

pay me back

it sounds quite natural there’s no

responsibility

to pay me back in other words so please

make sure when you make

the negative with this grammar point

that you use it for

reasonable expectations only it sounds

kind of strange if you use it for

something like a little bit crazy

or a little bit strange okay with that

then let’s move on to the first of the

two types of questions

i want to talk about the first question

pattern i want to mention

is an information pattern so you’re

looking to get some kind of information

by this i mean we use a wh

question like who what where when why or

how

to begin our question we follow that

with do

or does your subject have or has

depending on your subject

and two plus some verb or verb phrase

so we use this kind of question

to ask about someone’s responsibilities

let’s look at some examples first one

what do you have to do today

this is a question about the other

person’s responsibilities

on this day only what do you have to do

today i have to go to work i have to go

to the post

office i have to pick up my son from

school for example

those are the person’s responsibilities

for that

day what do you have to do today you’re

looking for information

let’s look at the next example where

does he have to go

where does he have to go is a question

about a location

so in this case where does he have to go

you’re asking the question for another

person maybe there’s

a student in a school looking for a

place

or looking for something some kind of

information or looking for a person

i might say to someone else well where

does he have to go

maybe where does he have to go to find

this information

where does he have to go to get this

document

for example so we’re looking for

information for this

other person in this case where does he

have to go

i’m talking to a third person in this

situation

one more example sentence who do we need

to meet

who do we need to meet so again in this

case there are probably three people in

this situation

there’s the speaker and then we know

there’s another person here

at least one more person because we’ve

used we in the sentence

who do we need to meet so we’re asking

this question

to someone else we need to meet with

someone about something

but we don’t know who is the person who

do we need to meet

okay so when you ask with this kind of

pattern

you’re looking for some extra some

something that you’re looking for

there’s some kind of information you

need to get

so you can use a pattern like this to

get that

let’s move on though to the second

question pattern that i want to talk

about today

that is questions for confirmation

confirmation means like check how to

check using a question

to check the information that you have

to make sure you are

correct or maybe incorrect confirmation

questions

when we make a confirmation question the

pattern is quite different

from the information question pattern we

looked at a moment ago

here we will begin the question with

don’t

or doesn’t depending on the subject so

don’t or doesn’t plus your subject plus

have to

plus your verb or verb phrase let’s look

at some examples here

first one don’t you have to leave

we’ll typically use this kind of

intonation pattern

don’t you have to leave so it’s a

question

this question means the speaker thinks

the listener

has to leave the speaker thinks it’s the

listener’s responsibility to leave

but perhaps the listener is not

leaving is not making motions like they

are planning to leave

so the speaker wants to confirm don’t

you have to leave

like the speaker thinks there’s some

responsibility here

we’ll talk about responses to this in

just a moment

let’s look at another example of this

confirmation question though

second doesn’t he have to finish his

homework

doesn’t he have to finish his homework

so perhaps this is a parent

talking to another parent like about the

student or about someone’s son

doesn’t he have to finish his homework

they’re trying to confirm something

so again the speaker thinks that this

person this he

in this situation has a responsibility

to finish his homework but maybe there’s

been some kind of

change so the speaker asks this question

to another person maybe another parent

or a teacher

doesn’t he have to finish his homework

so again we’re confirming

i think this but is it correct is

another way to understand this

let’s look at one more example don’t we

have to get up early

don’t we have to get up early get up

early means get out of bed early wake

up early so don’t we have to get up

early

so this might be between like um a

married couple for example

don’t we have to get up early tomorrow

for example

so again the speaker thinks i have a

responsibility or we have a

responsibility to wake up early tomorrow

is that correct so that’s a confirmation

question

so let’s take a look at some ways that

we can answer

confirmation questions let’s look at

some sample responses

first let’s go back to this question

don’t you have to leave

to respond to this question we might use

something like this yes i do

yes i do so this yes i do is like a

short way to say yes i do have to leave

so in other words yes it’s a yes

response

to make a full answer yes i do have to

leave

but most of the time we just say yes or

yes i do

if however the answer is no we can say

no i don’t have to in this case leave

yet so you might use something like yet

or already as we see here

but no i don’t have to leave yet this

yet

shows the speaker is going to leave has

to leave

but not quite so not quite it’s not

quite the time

to leave in other words so yes i do or

i don’t these two are kind of like the

basic

uh yes or no responses and we can add

some extra information at the end

let’s move on to the second sentence

doesn’t he have to finish his homework

so to respond to this question we could

say yes he does

similar here yes i do but because the

subject is he

yes he does in uh no

response we could say for example he

finished it

already he finished it already so i

mentioned

we could use already or yet to talk

about the status

of an activity he finished it already

so that means no he doesn’t have to like

in the future because he finished it

already

so the action is done it’s completed

it’s finished

so this is a sample answer okay

let’s move on to one more don’t we have

to get up early

we could answer this with yes we do or

simply

no we don’t so if you are ever not sure

of the best way to answer one of these

confirmation questions

you can just say yes or no and you can

follow it with like a repetition

of the thing that was in the question so

i showed you this here

like yes i do have to leave you can use

the same thing

that you heard in the question to answer

that we see that down here

don’t we have to get up early yes we do

have to get up

early of course if the answer is no just

use the negative and the same pattern

like no

i don’t have to leave no we don’t have

to get up

early so to tell the difference between

these

confirmation questions and these

information questions

you can focus on the beginning of the

sentence is there this wh

style question at the beginning of the

sentence or

do you hear a don’t or it doesn’t at the

beginning of the sentence

this is a pretty good hint that i hope

can help you

tell the difference between these two so

i hope that this helps you

in making negative statements and

questions with

have to of course if you have any

questions or comments or want to

practice making sentences

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the basic definition of the verb start

is to begin

or to initiate something examples

let’s start dinner i started a new

project this year

now let’s look at the conjugations for

this verb

present start starts

past started past participle

started progressive starting

now let’s talk about some additional

meanings for this verb the first

additional meaning is to move

suddenly to move suddenly like with

surprise or shock

examples she started when the phone rang

the dog starts every time he hears

fireworks

so to start is like to jump it’s like

this quick motion

of surprise or shock usually because

something like

loud happened or something surprising

happened in the first example sentence a

phone rang and

maybe it surprised the person so she

started when the phone rang it means she

like kind of jumped she made this motion

like she was scared or surprised

in the second example sentence it’s

fireworks the dog is afraid of the

fireworks so

the dog starts every time he hears

fireworks so the dog jumps makes this

motion

every time he hears fireworks the second

additional meaning

is to cause to operate to cause to

operate

for example go start the car

i’m starting my computer now so you can

see that we use this like with machines

computers

cars airplanes buses these sorts of

things that require

operation so to begin that operation to

initiate that operation

we use the verb start go start the car

means like begin the operations of the

car kind of

or i’m starting my computer now means

like the computer is coming on the power

is on like it’s

beginning all of its operating processes

to cause to operate is another meaning

of start

the third meaning is to begin something

with a person

or thing this means like an activity of

some kind

let’s look at some examples let’s start

the meeting with sales

i want to start the conference with our

keynote speaker

so here we see let’s start the meeting

with sales in the first example sentence

that means

let’s begin the meeting by talking about

sales

or it could mean let’s begin the meeting

with

a report from the sales department so it

kind of depends on the situation

specifically

but in either case it means that the

topic in some way is going to be about

sales so let’s start the meeting with

that thing

with that topic in the second example

sentence it’s a specific

person so let’s start the conference

with the keynote speaker

means the keynote speaker will be the

person who begins the first activity in

the conference

is the keynote speaker we are beginning

the conference with

that keynote speaker’s speech presumably

third meaning okay the fourth meaning of

this verb is to

indicate the initial point for a range

or a

course or something similar examples

plans start from five dollars per month

the race starts here so in both of these

examples we see the beginning

point that’s shown with the verb start

so plans

start from five dollars a month shows

that five dollars a month is the

cheapest plan

they start at this price in the second

example sentence the race

starts here this refers to the point

where the race begins

from here the people will race so it

only refers to the starting point the

beginning point the initial location

let’s move on to some variations for

this verb now

the first variation is to start

something or to start anything

this means to make trouble to make

trouble examples

are you trying to start something keep

your mouth shut and don’t start anything

so both of these mean making trouble in

the first example sentence it’s a

question are you trying to start

something

means are you trying to cause trouble

are you trying to make trouble are you

trying to start a fight

in the second example sentence it’s a

command like keep your mouth

shut and don’t start anything so don’t

start trouble don’t make a scene don’t

cause a fuss so make trouble

start something or start anything okay

the second variation is to start over to

start over means to begin

again examples i lost the file and had

to start over

she started over in a new city so these

just mean to begin

again from zero so in the first example

sentence maybe all of us have had this

experience

you delete a file or there’s some

mistake with the file

it disappears and you have to start over

you have to begin

again from zero in the second example

sentence it’s about starting over in a

new city so in other words beginning a

new life

in a new city we use start over to refer

to that experience

okay so i hope that you got some new

ways to use the verb

start from this video of course if you

have any questions or comments or if you

want to try to make an example sentence

please feel free to do so in the comment

section of this video

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okay today’s topic is how to match your

routine to language learning

if you’re having a hard time sticking

with language learning then this episode

is for you

you’ll learn one how to map your routine

and set your schedule

two how to choose the learning medium

that’s right for you

and three the language tools you’ll want

for your learning style

if you’re having a hard time sticking

with language learning you’ll find out

how to fix it now

let’s jump into the first part one

how to map your routine and set your

schedule first here’s a quick question

for you

which of these would you rather have a

the world’s most comprehensive language

learning resources

but a weak study routine or b

a strong study routine and average

resources leave your answer in the

comments

but there is a correct answer here you

want a strong study routine

why you can have the best app or

textbook in the world

but if you don’t use it because you

don’t have a learning routine or a habit

you won’t learn anything if you have a

strong routine and work ethic and just a

dictionary and internet access

you’ll learn more than someone with the

best program and no routine

the point is we are creatures of

routines and habits

and our habits can be used for good or

bad they make us or break us

for example if you have a bad habit like

going to bed at 4am

you’ll always feel tired when you wake

up for work or school in the morning

if you have a good habit like exercising

regularly you’ll have energy and good

health

once we have a routine we tend to stick

to it if it’s a bad routine

it can do a lot of damage but if it’s a

good routine

it can help us enjoy incredible results

we can also use routines to our

advantage by applying them to work

toward our goals

like language learning how do you create

a strong language learning routine

here’s one way to do it first write down

your current daily schedule

for example 7 am i wake up 8 am i leave

the house

8 20 to 8 50 i’m on the train 9 10 am i

arrive at work

1 pm i go to lunch and so on write out

your daily schedule for the whole week

make it detailed if you write out your

schedule you can see your existing daily

routine

you can see where you can fit language

learning into your existing routine

the routine that you’re used to instead

of trying to create a new routine

why does this matter for example some

people will look at their schedule and

see that they wake up at 8 a.m

they think that if they wake up at 7 a.m

they can have an extra hour for language

learning

but for many of us that approach usually

doesn’t work because it’s not something

we’re used to

you’re trying to wake up early so you

can learn a language you’re trying to

implement

two brand new routines that you’re not

used to

for many people this results in failure

even if you do wake up at 7am

will you get out of bed immediately and

jump straight to learning every day

or will you lose motivation after a few

days because you miss that hour of sleep

so map out your weekly schedule once you

understand where your time goes

find an existing part of your routine

that you can fit language learning into

for example if you take the train in the

morning you can use that existing

routine and learn some language during

that time

if you always eat lunch at 1pm watch a

video lesson during your break

if you always cook at 8pm play some

audio lessons in the background

if at first you have to start with

multitasking it’s better than nothing

you can at least get used to being

exposed to the language while you work

on dedicating more time and attention to

now let’s jump into part two two

how to choose the learning medium that’s

right for you

before you begin learning it’s important

to understand what kind of learner you

are

are you a visual learner or do you learn

by reading

there’s something called the vark model

and it’s an acronym for four learning

styles

visual auditory or listening reading

writing and kinesthetic meaning hands-on

actual practice and trial and error you

need to understand what kind of learning

resources are best for you

so how do you determine what kind of

learner you are

this depends on you do you like watching

videos

listening reading or writing or do you

prefer more hands-on practice

there’s no wrong answer it depends on

what kind of learner you are and what

you like

also think about your past language

study experience

did you remember vocabulary words better

when you read them from a book

or was listening to a podcast more

helpful for you

how do you usually remember information

best this helps you choose the learning

medium or study tools that are right for

you

we’ll talk more about this in a few

minutes for now determine what kind of

learner you are

leave us a comment and let us know the

last thing you need to keep in mind is

your study ratio

your study ratio is how much time you

spent absorbing information

input and how much time you spent

producing language

output what you want to strive for is

about 50

input and 50 practice or production

producing that language

so if you read for 30 minutes then you

want to practice for 30 minutes

you can’t just consume you must practice

otherwise it’s not going to stick as

fast all right

we’ve covered routines and learning

types let’s move on to part three

three the language tools you’ll want for

your learning style

in this last part we’re going to cover

all the resources that you can take

advantage of based on your learning

style

but remember if you’re a visual learner

that doesn’t mean you should shun

resources that don’t fit that style

sometimes it’s not practical to watch a

video for example

if you’re driving audio is a much better

choice so let’s jump in

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we have them across all levels from

absolute beginner to advanced

these will be your main source of

learning use the vocab slideshows

you’ll find these on every lesson page

and vocab list

the slideshows make it super easy to

learn and review words

just press play and watch you can put it

on a loop and watch for as long as you

want

next if you’re an auditory learner then

take advantage of our audio lessons

you can also use dialog audio tracks

these give you just the conversation

from that lesson and you can use these

tracks to immerse yourself in

conversations

next if you prefer reading and writing

we include lesson notes and transcripts

for every audio

and video lesson so if you’re taking a

lesson

read along the lesson notes include

extra grammar explanations

vocab lists and cultural insights that

are not available in the lesson

you can also check out our extensive

reading books in the lesson library

these are simple one line per page books

that will build you into

a confident reader if you prefer writing

you can copy out the lesson dialogue

into your notebook

you can leave comments on our lessons

with sample sentences

you can keep a daily journal in your

target language plus

you can send messages to your premium

plus teacher and practice writing

they’ll correct your mistakes tell you

how to express yourself in a natural way

and help you improve fast and finally if

you’re a kinesthetic learner and prefer

hands-on experience and trial and error

definitely use our premium plus teachers

and practice with them

you can do that via the my teacher

messenger on the site

or in the app use our spaced repetition

flashcards

these cards quiz you on words and

phrases and help you master them fast

they sort the words for you and quiz you

accordingly so

if you don’t know a word you’ll keep

seeing it over and over until you get it

right

and if you do know it you’ll see it

again in a few days it’ll pop up every

now and then just to refresh your memory

also take advantage of our lesson

quizzes you’ll find these in every audio

lesson

and these test you on the words and

phrases you learned in the lessons

you can also practice speaking with our

voice recorder you’ll find this inside

the dialog tool

you can record yourself and compare with

native speakers

you can keep practicing until you can

say the lesson dialogue at a native

level

there are tools for every learning style

today you learned one how to map your

routine and set your schedule

two how to choose the learning medium

that’s right for you

and three the language tools you’ll want

for your learning style

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starting easy with language learning is

sometimes the best way to get into a new

language

but before you feel guilty about wanting

to learn the easy way

don’t worry it’s fine to start the easy

way you wouldn’t expect to lift 200

pounds on your first day at the gym

right

and language is no different start easy

so you can build up to tackling greater

challenges later

in this video we’ll explore seven easy

ways to learn a language

the reason it’s okay to start easy is

the same as the reason you should start

easy in the gym

you just can’t expect to lift 200 pounds

on day one

you start with five pounds then you move

up to 10 15

and language is the same way learn a

few phrases today a basic conversation

tomorrow

in a few weeks you’ll be able to speak

for up to 3 minutes in your target

language

then you’ll reach 5 then 10 then 20

minutes

success comes step by step little by

little so it’s important to make things

that are easy to do

and easy to continue part of your

routine if you try to study for two

hours a day with nothing but a big

textbook

you may overwhelm yourself get

discouraged and get tired

you might not stick with it because it’s

too hard to do

things that are easy to do are easy to

continue

so here are some resources to help you

learn language the easy way

number one take audio and video lessons

listening to audio and watching video

lessons is an easy way to consume

language

most of our lessons are five minutes on

average so you don’t have to spend

too much time with the computer you can

even learn on our app while you’re

commuting

working around the house or out on a

walk

number two take lessons with alexa

if you own an amazon echo dot or show or

are planning to get one you’ll want to

make sure to download some apps to help

you learn your target language

take a look through the amazon skill

store you can listen to lessons and

other audio materials

actively or passively whenever the time

is right for you

number three download the lesson

dialogues and immerse yourself

with every audio lesson you get a

dialogue track

just the lesson conversation these are

just 5 to 20 seconds long

when you finish a lesson download the

track make a playlist of all of them

then play them and immerse yourself in

the language

number 4 the word of the day

this will take you a minute or less sign

up for our free word of the day email

lessons

it’ll be a small boost to your

vocabulary every day

number five vocab slideshows

you can access vocabulary slideshows on

any audio lesson or vocab list

just press play and watch the slideshow

that’s it

this is a fast and easy way to review

words from a lesson

you can even put the slideshow on loop

to review as much as you want

number six the daily dose of language

app

this app is for the iphone ipad and

android

with this bonus app you’ll get daily

mini lessons covering phrases grammar

culture holidays slang and more every

day

is something new plus these lessons will

take you just a minute or two to

complete

number seven print out our lessons as

physical study material

you might be wondering why you should

bother to print anything if all the

lesson content is already online

but if you have the material sitting

right in front of you it’s a lot easier

to just glance through and start

learning

with our word bank study tool you can

create your own word and phrase lists

and print them out

reviewing takes just a few minutes you

can also print out the lesson notes that

come with every audio and video lesson

you’ll also find our extensive reading

books which will help you to read faster

you’ll find these in the lesson library

what’s your reason for learning a

language

is it a personal goal a hobby or do you

have dreams of living in a country where

it’s spoken

in this video you’ll discover 10 reasons

people learn languages

you’ll also learn why knowing and

sharing your reason is important to

succeeding in your learning

what’s your reason for learning a

language whatever your reason is whether

big or small

knowing it and talking about it is

important more often than not your

reason for learning a language is

directly related to your long-term goal

for the language

your reason for learning might be i want

to live in the country where the

language is spoken

or i want to understand the culture

movies and

music but it can also be something

simple like i’m just interested in it

the point is if you know your reason

you’ll always remember what got you

started in the first place

as a result you’ll maintain your

motivation and continue your studies

but what about sharing your reason with

others this doesn’t mean bragging about

your goals and saying things like i’ll

be fluent in 10 months

rather i’m learning because and sharing

something specific to you

real reasons when you talk about your

reason for learning with others

you remind yourself indirectly and the

more you think about it the more likely

you are

to do it plus you set an expectation

by sharing your goals and your reasons

for learning your friends see you as

someone who’s actively learning a

language

and that’s another powerful motivator

also

talking about it gives you confidence

the knowledge that you can and will

learn the language

a lot of people think they can’t learn a

language they think they don’t have the

time for it or the talent for it

in reality you just need to start by

sharing your reason

you can convince yourself that you can

do it so

what’s your reason for learning leave a

comment and tell us why you started

learning a new language

so why are other language learners

studying

we asked here are the top 10 reasons for

learning a language

number one i love the culture and the

people who speak the language

this is a popular answer especially

among our learners studying japanese and

korean

number two i want to understand songs

movies and tv shows

songs movies and tv shows are great ways

to immerse yourself in the language

if you’re spending your time learning

and immersing yourself you’re going to

learn faster

number three it’s a beautiful language

sometimes people simply love the way the

language sounds

this is a simple answer but even this

can keep you motivated if your interest

in the language is genuine

number four my family comes from a place

where the language is spoken

of course people want to be able to

connect to their family and the people

they love

speaking of number five i want to speak

to my partner’s family in their language

this can be a great way to connect with

people and learn more about them

especially if they’re new family number

six

i’m learning the language to impress

someone

maybe you want to show off to someone

special or maybe surprise a grandparent

with a card in their native language

there are a variety of situations in

which using another language can show

someone you care

number seven i love traveling

knowing the local language when you

travel will help you find new places and

make new connections

it can only make your travel experience

better

number eight i live or want to live in a

country that speaks the language

it’s a lot of people’s dream to live

overseas and experience the culture they

love

or maybe they need to move for work or

family reasons

learning the local language is extremely

important if you’re going to live in a

different country

number nine i just love learning

languages

what’s great about this is if you’ve

learned one language it’s easier to

learn another

because you learn how to learn a

language right if you learn one

you develop certain habits and

approaches that work for you

you can use this to master another

number 10

it’s just a personal goal we hear this a

lot

especially from learners that stopped

took a break and came back

if you have a goal in mind something you

wanted to do but never did

you want to come back to it and get it

done our results show that most people

learn for love for family to travel

or for self-improvement so why are you

learning

leave us a comment right now and let us

know did you have a language teacher

that inspired you

maybe it wasn’t a teacher but a partner

or another person

someone that motivated you to learn you

wanted to reward their investment in you

by doing well when learning a new

language having encouragement and the

help of a good teacher can be hugely

important to succeeding in your studies

in this video we’ll look at the power of

a good teacher

teachers can have a powerful impact on

you so let’s look at how great teachers

help you during your language learning

journey

number one a good teacher can push you

to improve your speaking

working on building your conversation

skills can be tough

whether you’re practicing a one-minute

conversation or a 10-minute conversation

having a good teacher to practice with

is key

you can prepare for your conversations

by creating an outline of things to

cover on

paper then as you talk you can follow

along with the topics you’ve prepared

these topics can include basic things

like greetings

asking about the other person or just

catching up because

all of the things you’re going to talk

about have been prepared before you

begin the conversation

you can move down the list and practice

different stages of conversation

something as simple as greeting someone

and catching up with them can be two to

three minutes of talking

having a good teacher to help you make

this outline and go through it with you

can really improve your speaking a good

teacher will also be able to handle

going off script too

when a conversation goes outside the

originally planned outline

a good teacher can react smoothly and

keep the conversation going

if you want to make a joke or change the

subject the teacher can follow along

they can react and continue the

conversation with you easily

if a teacher shuts down a student when

they’re trying something new

it can really hurt the student’s

motivation and enthusiasm

but the right teacher can motivate you

to get better even if your speaking

isn’t always perfect

the key is finding someone who can take

a student’s new skills and encourage

them

even if they’re not correct 100 of the

time number two

how you can learn faster with outside

help

after studying on your own for some time

introducing outside support can be a

game changer for your long-term

motivation

it can push you to reach new limits and

work harder than ever

it can be a teacher a tutor a family

member a friend

or someone you look up to but it has to

be someone that inspires and energizes

you

of course finding people like this is

easier said than done

so you might want to take a few trial

lessons with a few teachers to find the

one you’re the best fit with

if you’re a premium plus user take

advantage of your premium plus teachers

they will hold you accountable send you

assignments and give you feedback

to help you perfect your language skills

it’s also important to find a teacher

whose lessons you enjoy

sometimes people stick with lessons just

because they like the instructor

there are so many types of teachers if

you can find instructors you gravitate

towards

you may find you’ll want to learn more

just because of who they are

make sure to check out our lesson

library there are a ton of classes and

teachers to choose from

in the absolute beginner beginner and

intermediate levels

if you hear someone you like you’ll be

more likely to stick with their lessons

and you’ll learn better great work

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