ENGLISH FLUENCY TIPS YOU MUST KNOW 5 TIPS YOU MUST REMEMBER TO SPEAK ENGLISH FLUENTLY
hey you want to speak english
confidently fluently like a native
english speaker right well there are
five tips that i have for you five tips
that you must understand in order to
speak english fluently and i’m going to
give you those tips today are you ready
well then i’m teacher tiffany let’s jump
right in all right tip number one tip
number one is stop
saying
sorry
apologizing actually affects your
english fluency that may surprise you
you may think hey
i don’t want the person to to look at me
funny or i don’t want the person to
judge me so i’m going to say sorry i’m
not really good at english
but this affects you more than you
realize you see let me explain this a
little bit clearer
the thing is
when you say sorry i’m bad at english
you lose confidence
in your ability to speak english
fluently
when you lose confidence in yourself you
will not move forward i’m going to say
that again
when you lose confidence in yourself not
other people when you lose confidence in
yourself your english will not improve
so you must stop saying sorry i’m bad at
english
or saying sorry my english pronunciation
is not good you see when you say this
you’re actually telling the person
listening to you that you are not
confident in yourself you all know how
many times i emphasize confidence and
confidence is important when you want to
speak english fluently
so when you start a conversation
with oops sorry my pronunciation is not
good you’re telling the person
ah
i’m not confident in myself i want to
emphasize another point when it comes to
pronunciation yesterday true story i
actually went to the store i live in
america i’m a native english speaker i
went to walmart to pick something up and
the lady that helped me
she had a very strong accent did it
affect me no
she and i had a long conversation we
actually found out we live in the same
apartment complex but as i was speaking
with her i thought about you she didn’t
care about her pronunciation because she
was speaking english fluently and i
understood and there was no problem so i
don’t want you to feel so insecure about
your pronunciation yes you can improve
when there are certain sounds that may
be difficult for people to understand
when you’re speaking but don’t apologize
for your pronunciation
just like me when i was speaking to the
worker at walmart i continued with the
conversation and it didn’t bother me at
all be confident in yourself
the other thing is when you say sorry
about my english
you are telling your brain
that it is bad to make mistakes
again
when you say sorry about my english
you’re saying brain
how dare you make a mistake you should
not make mistakes but the truth is when
you are learning a language mistakes are
important
how can you improve if you don’t make
mistakes and then tweak certain things
so when you make a mistake it’s okay
that’s how you learn think about
children when they’re growing up they
have to make mistakes and learn to
continue growing the same is true about
your english
so the first tip is
please
stop saying sorry now i want to tell you
the second tip another one that’s very
important i need you to remember that
you should not
worry
about every vocabulary word
knowing more words will not
automatically make you fluent i’ve had
so many students during my time as an
english teacher and you all know how
much i love teaching you english but
during my time as an english teacher
i’ve had so many students ask me this
question teacher
what does this word mean what does this
word mean what does this word mean when
we’re watching a program now this is
when i was in south korea we’ll be
watching a program or doing something
together and every single word they
didn’t know they would ask me now as a
teacher i love helping my students i
love helping you but over time i
realized that the students were focusing
on small details instead of the bigger
picture
you don’t have to know every single word
let me explain this a little more
in a clearer way
memorizing
thousands of vocabulary words does not
mean
you will speak english fluently let me
say that again
memorizing thousands of english
vocabulary words does not mean you will
automatically speak english fluently now
vocabulary is very important don’t
misunderstand vocabulary is very
important but you have to use it
i experienced the same challenge when i
was studying korean there were points in
time where i would memorize 50 to 100
korean vocabulary words on a daily basis
but my korean fluency was not improving
i had all of these words in my mind that
i could not use so again
memorizing does not equal fluency
you must
understand the context understanding the
context the idea of what is being said
or presented is more important than
understanding every single word think
about it at the end of every lesson what
do i do
story time right it’s coming don’t worry
but i give you a story about my life now
every single word i use you may not
understand but you’re so engaged you’re
so interested in the story i’m telling
that you understand the context and your
brain is actually able to guess certain
words to guess certain expressions or
idioms that i use during story time
it is so important for you to understand
that context is more important than
vocabulary words
point number three
focusing only on the words will cause
you to stop enjoying english
if you’re sitting there again i did the
same thing
if you’re sitting there when you watch
an english drama or a television show or
a movie and you have your notebook which
is good at times
but every time you watch a show you push
pause and write down the word play pause
write down the word if you do that every
single time remember pay attention
sometimes that is important but if you
do it every time you’ll never understand
the words in context your brain is
amazing
english is your second third fourth or
fifth language so you are already smart
enough
to learn this language
trust your brain trust that your brain
will understand words in context so
number two tip number two
don’t worry about every vocabulary word
now point number three
tip number three is i want you to
remember this tip number three is
remember that you are intelligent i just
said it a while ago you are already
fluent in one language and for maybe
your situation you’re fluent in two
three four or even five or six languages
already
you must remember that you my friend are
already intelligent
so this is something i want to emphasize
right here
english again is your second third
fourth and maybe even fifth language
your brain is amazing you are already
able point number two to express
yourself
confidently in your own language
think about that
you can express your thoughts your ideas
in your own language so as you’re
learning english and trying to become
fluent you don’t have to be discouraged
because you are already amazing you are
intelligent and point number three is
you can understand what i’m saying
think about that
i am a native english speaker you’re not
you’re learning but you are able to
understand me you are awesome your brain
is amazing i need you to remember that
you are intelligent tip number three
these things are important in order for
you to finally speak english fluently
now tip number four is also important
this is something that many students
struggle with you must apply
what you learn
immediately
the faster
you use it
the easier it will be to remember
here’s the thing remember earlier we
were talking about the tip dealing with
vocabulary tip number two and i said
just memorizing will not equal fluency
this touches on the same thing you must
apply what you learn immediately so when
i was learning 50 to 100 vocabulary
words korean words in one day it was
impossible for me to immediately apply
all of those words
but
when i switched and i started memorizing
a smaller number of words and i
immediately started using them and
applying them in my real life then
my korean fluency started to go up like
this so i want you to remember these
points right here
first
this helps you
understand what you are learning even
more
when you memorize a word when you learn
a concept an idea or watch one of my
lessons and you immediately apply what
you learned maybe you teach it to your
friend or family member maybe you make a
sentence using the lesson or the word or
expression maybe you actually go out and
start talking to someone in english
applying what you learned your brain
says okay
all right we have new information now
it’s time for us to stick it in there
and say hey we learned it now we have to
use it you must use it immediately
the other point is
it will create triggers in your brain
when you first learn something you only
have one thing to connect it to either
the book you learned it from the video
you learned it from maybe you look at
the phone or on the internet but when
you apply what you learned now there are
multiple triggers in your brain your
brain is amazing there are different
triggers going off all the time if i say
apple juice
something pops in your head right maybe
you enjoy apple juice and you remember
the first time you had apple juice or
maybe you remember two weeks ago when
you were drinking apple juice with your
daughter or son there are certain
triggers already in your brain connected
to situations experiences and other
things you have to create triggers by
applying what you learn immediately
again this will help you speak english
fluently point number three your
confidence in your english ability
english speaking ability will increase
faster when you start using what you’re
learning you’ll kind of start oh
patting yourself on the back like well i
guess i am pretty good at english and
that’s okay that is wonderful
use and apply what you learn
immediately you will shock yourself you
will gain so much confidence your
shoulders will go back you’ll walk a
little bit straighter when you speak in
english you’ll speak with more
confidence
when you apply what you learn
immediately
and this fifth tip is so important i
want you to remember this i need you to
think about your wins not your mistakes
it’s important to remember your
accomplishments here’s the thing
as an english learner you are going to
make mistakes it’s inevitable it is
going to happen it happened with me when
i was learning korean and even now i
make mistakes when i’m speaking in
korean sometimes because i have not been
in the country in a while in korea
however for you instead of focusing on
oh my gosh
i can’t believe i didn’t know that
grammar rule oh my goodness i forgot the
word when i was speaking to my friend or
oh man i wrote that comment on facebook
or or youtube and i think i maybe use
the wrong english word stop
what i want you to remember is that you
have some amazing wins think about your
wins what did you do that was amazing
maybe you learned a new word on
instagram from my lesson or hear from
one of my lessons and you used it think
about that
i used what teacher tiffany taught me
that’s a win focus on your wins here’s
point number one to help you with this
one your confidence
your english speaking ability will
increase faster it will shock and amaze
you focusing on your mistakes point two
will make you feel discouraged and
nervous when you speak english if every
time you make a mistake you focus on it
over and over and over again the next
time you go to speak in english you will
feel discouraged and nervous
and finally in order to gain more
confidence in your abilities you must
remember all that you have accomplished
i’ll say it again you are amazing you
are learning another language and tip
number five is you have to remember you
have to think about your wins and stop
focusing on your mistakes
i believe in you i know that you are
amazing and i believe that you can speak
english fluently i hope you enjoyed this
lesson i hope it helps you watch it over
and over again share it with somebody
else that wants to speak english
fluently i truly care about you and i
can’t wait to see you in the next lesson
talk to you next time
you still there
you know what time it is here we go it’s
story time
a i said it’s story time
all right
now today’s story guys is connected to
what i was teaching you in the tips that
i gave you today we’re talking about
confidence speaking english fluently and
i want to tell you about a time that i
did not have confidence in myself until
i remembered something
so
many of you know and maybe you do maybe
you know as well i love sports when i
was in high school i was voted the most
athletic female in my high school when i
got to college i was voted the most
athletic female out of all the females
in my college so as you can tell i’ve
always loved sports very athletic i like
taking care of myself and my favorite
sport has always been basketball i’ve
been playing it since i was a child and
i remember when i was in college you
know college basketball is harder than
high school basketball of course but
right before i went to college there was
a gentleman mr rayford if he ever
watches this and mr rayford
actually coached me a little bit on the
side not
officially but he would give me tips and
he would help me with some of the steps
i needed to master to get to the basket
you know the hoop faster and properly
and some things with dribbling to kind
of avoid my opponents he really gave me
some good basketball tips so when i was
around mr rayford
i felt confident in my basketball skills
now fast forward i remember the day it
happened i was a freshman in college and
we were in basketball practice and my
coach when i was in college he was good
he was a little bit i yelled a lot more
than i was used to but you know he’s a
nice guy so anyways we’re in practice
and i played the point guard i was the
number one or the number two uh number
one being the point guard that brings
the ball down and hands it out to the
team the players or number two being the
one that helps the point guard and also
as a shooting guard
so anyways i at the time i was playing
the point guard during practice but i
was getting a little bit nervous the
coach was yelling i wasn’t able to see
the floor properly i wasn’t getting the
passes off properly and the more
mistakes i made the less confident i was
getting in myself i was focusing on my
mistakes and not my wins
so practice continued coach again still
yelling i was feeling bad about myself
even though i could play basketball i
wasn’t doing well and all of a sudden
the door behind me opened we we’re in a
big gymnasium but you know when the
doors open you can hear and i turned
around and it was mr rayford i remember
it like it was yesterday this was
literally about 20 years ago 20 or so
years ago
and
i remember like it was yesterday i
turned around now mr rayford was not
from i was in alabama that’s my
university college was but i’m from
maryland and mr rayford is also from
maryland so i was shocked that he was in
alabama
mr rayford opened the door and he walked
in he didn’t say
man it’s so powerful y’all he didn’t say
anything but he looked me in my eye he
just walked in he didn’t know that i was
making mistakes over and over again so
he walked in i looked at him and he kind
of smiled like hey tiff i was in
practice he wasn’t gonna interfere he
smiled i looked at him and i smiled and
he sat down
and something happened now i didn’t
recognize it immediately but my coach
recognized it remember throughout the
entire practice my coach was yelling
tiff what are you doing come on so i
kept making mistakes and i was focusing
on my mistakes and i wasn’t getting
better
but all of a sudden
the dribbling got better my passes got
smoother my shot got better i was
playing like i knew i could and i only
realized that when my coach stopped us
from practice and said tiff i don’t know
what just happened but what you’re doing
right now yes
keep going keep doing it and at that
moment i realized it was because mr
rayford had walked into the gym
i associated winds with mr rayford i
associated my ability to achieve mr
rayford always told me tiff there’s
nothing you can’t do you can play
basketball you’re good so it really
sorry my nose is running guys
so
at that moment i realized wow your
mindset what you focus on affects you so
much
now the rest of the practice went really
well mr rayford was there i felt
confident in myself and i want you to
realize i want to be your mr rayford i
believe in you i have confidence in your
abilities the only reason i create these
lessons and anything i create is to help
you realize that you can do it
don’t focus on your mistakes focus on
your wins
remember that
if you really want to speak english
fluently apply what you learn
immediately remember all the tips that
i’ve taught you today and i want to be
your mr rayford i love you all i
genuinely want you to speak english
fluently and i’ll see you next time