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