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expire hi everybody my name is Alicia in
this lesson I’m going to talk about some
phrasal verbs that use the word time
these are expressions relating to time
and how to use it or not so let’s get
started okay first expression is to
spend time to spend time means to use
time yes but we think of it as a
resource here we have spend which we
also use for something like money which
we think of as a resource we have
limited amounts of that resource so when
we say we’re going to spend
with something we’re thinking about time
as a resource we have a limited amount
of time and we choose to use that time
for something so an example of this
I spent time studying last night so I
used my resource my time a resource to
study
I spent time studying last night ok
let’s move along to the second
expression which is make time make time
to make time means to remove things from
a schedule to do something it’s like to
do something else so you have an
established schedule a set schedule but
there’s another activity you would like
to do so you need to choose something to
remove from the existing schedule in
order to do this new activity so we say
that’s called making time to make time
so you’re creating time in your schedule
creating time in your life for a new
activity an example of this is can you
make time for a meeting so you could use
this when you’re talking to a busy
person like could you please make time
for a meeting meaning could you please
change part of your schedule to arrange
a meeting with us so please make time
create time this relates to another
expression here which is find time very
similar to make time but the difference
here find time refers to searching a
schedule for available time so instead
of removing time from your schedule we
use find time to mean looking at the
schedule and searching for an open place
like you search on a calendar for
example for a specific day or for a
specific time to do an activity so we
use the expression find time to talk
about that an example of this let’s find
time to catch up
let’s find time to catch up so in other
words we don’t need to remove something
from our schedule so we don’t use make
time here but find time so let’s find
some point in our schedules that is good
for both of us where we can catch up
so it’s a little less serious sounding
than make time
so find time is more like let’s just
meet let’s get together at a point
that’s good for both of us we don’t need
to remove anything from our schedules
okay let’s move along to the next
expression which is waste time to waste
time so waste waste relates to throwing
something away like trash or garbage
so waste time means to use time in a
non-productive way non-productive so
that means you’re not doing something
useful with your time an example of this
I wasted so much time on video games so
in other words playing video games was a
useless way to spend my time so I did
not do something productive the speaker
feels that playing video games was a
waste of time a useless way to use time
okay this is similar then to the next
expression which is kill time to kill
time sounds quite violent but it’s
actually not to kill time means to do
something until a specific time so that
means typically you are waiting for
something for example you have a three
o’clock meeting you arrive at the
location 30 minutes early you have to
wait until the three o’clock meeting
until the three o’clock meeting you can
kill time so that means you find
something to do it’s usually useless
like maybe checking social media or
you’re watching TV somewhere so you’re
killing time so you’re doing something
that’s typically not important until
something else happens like your meeting
begins or the person you’re waiting for
arrives an example I’m killing time
until my mom arrives at the station so
in this case the speaker is waiting at
the station for his or her mother to
arrive so until that time until the
mother arrives the speaker is killing
time doing something probably useless or
just walking around so doing nothing
really important just killing time
okay let’s move on to the last
expression here which is take time so
many people ask the difference between
take time and spend time take time is
used to mean to use time for a
specifically chosen activity so we have
decided to do this thing with our time
take time and spend time they can be
used in pretty much the same situations
remember spend time is used kind of to
have the nuance of using time as a
resource something there’s a finite
amount of take time doesn’t necessarily
have that same nuance of a resource but
it does sound like you’re specifically
choosing to use your time for that
specific activity so an example of this
is he took time to visit his grandma he
took time to visit his grandma so he
specifically chose to use his time for
this activity so it sounds like there
was a clear decision made here we could
substitute spend here like he spent time
visiting his grandma for example that
would be fine as well but either are
okay here so you can kind of choose
which you prefer if you want to make it
sound like a resource I suppose you
could use a spend time but take time
also just sounds like yeah you really
made a clear decision for what to do
with your schedule so I hope that these
expressions help you express a little
bit better how you use time and think
about time in English of course if you
have any questions or comments or want
to practice using one of these
expressions please feel free to do so in
the comment section of this video hi
everybody my name is Alisha in this
lesson I’m going to talk about the
future perfect tense for statements I’m
not going to talk about making questions
but just simple positive and negative
statements with this grammar point so
let’s get started all right let’s begin
with the use of the future perfect tense
why do we use this grammar point
we use future perfect tense to refer to
actions that will or will not be
finished at a specific point in the
future
so a key for this grammar point is we
need a deadline we need some point in
the future for an action to be finished
or not finished so again on this sort of
like image than the sort of timeline if
we’re speaking now in the present about
a specific point in the future this
could be like tomorrow it could be 8
o’clock it could be next year if we’re
talking about some point in the future
we want to refer to an action that will
at that point in time in the future be
finished or by that point in time will
not be finished so when we make future
perfect tense sentences as I’ve started
doing we use will or will not so when we
make a positive statement with this
grammar point we use will plus 1/2 plus
the past participle form of the verb
I’ll show some examples in just a moment
so we’ll have plus past participle when
we make the negative form of this
grammar point we use will not or we
reduce it we contract it to won’t plus
have and the past participle so we use
these just to make simple statements
this is the pattern for statements only
so let’s look at how we can use these in
some example sentences let’s look at
this first one I will have something my
new job by this time next year so by
shows us our deadline so in this case by
this time next year this is our point in
the future so at this time the following
year this thing we see will have
something my new job here the verb is
start the past participle form of the
verb start is started so the sentence is
I will have
started my new job by this time next
year so meaning at this time next year
at this point in the year next year my
new job will have started so that means
sometime before at this point in time
I’m going to start my job and that means
at this point in time the action will be
complete I’ll be done so the starting
action this start action will have begun
somewhere before that and like I’ll be
working maybe so
by this time next year I will have
started my new job ok let’s look at
another example here
she’ll I’ve used she’ll here this is she
will so again very common to contract to
reduce will in these cases she’ll have
something her homework by 8 so in this
case we have a time which marks our
deadline by 8 so our specific point in
the future is 8 maybe 8:00 p.m. 8:00 at
night she will have she’ll have the verb
is finish the past participle form of
the verb is finished she’ll have
finished her homework by 8:00 so that
means by this deadline of 8 o’clock her
homework will be done so that means
before 8 o’clock in this period before 8
o’clock somewhere in here she’ll make
the last steps on her homework so by
this time everything will be done
everything will be finished by here okay
so that could mean she finishes before 8
it just means 8 o’clock as the deadline
by that time everything will be finished
ok let’s go to another example sentence
here we see the deadline at the
beginning of the sentence by 10 p.m.
we’ll have something dinner already here
the verb is eat so the past participle
form of the verb eat is eaten eaten by
10 p.m. will have
dinner already so this means by 10 p.m.
we will have finished eating dinner so
already shows us that an expected action
is finished so it’s finished before the
time period indicated or finished before
the point in time indicated something is
done so by 10:00 p.m. we’ll have eaten
dinner already means sometime before
10:00 p.m. we ate dinner so by this time
we will be finished in other words we
will have eaten dinner somewhere before
that time okay let’s go on to the next
one the verb here is arrived here we
have a negative though so I’ve given a
very open sentence here they won’t have
something something yet we could add a
deadline here for example by I don’t
know by 9:00 a.m. they won’t have plus
our past participle form arrived yet mmm
by 9:00 a.m. they won’t have arrived yet
so here we see an action that will not
be complete by our deadline so by 9:00
a.m. in this case by 9:00 a.m. some
people we are expecting to come they
will not be here they won’t have arrived
yet that means probably some point in
the future they’re going to arrive but
by this deadline by this point in time
they will not have arrived so in this
period before 9:00 a.m. they will not
have arrived so that means that probably
in the future sometime in the future
they’ll arrive so here some a couple
hints here we have the negative they
won’t have arrived yet
reminder yet shows us expectations so
we’re expecting someone to arrive in
this case we’re expecting people to come
we’re expecting people to arrive
somewhere but by this time it will not
have happened
have happened okay let’s move along to
the next example again a negative he
won’t have something the paperwork by
tomorrow our verb is check the past
participle form of check is checked he
won’t have checked the paperwork by
tomorrow so deadline is tomorrow by
tomorrow he won’t have checked the
paperwork so between now present tense
and this point tomorrow by tomorrow the
paperwork checking will not be completed
it won’t be done so maybe in the future
here he won’t have checked the paperwork
by tomorrow shows in this time period
the action will not be completed ok one
more example I won’t have something the
house yet I won’t have something the
house yet so again here I didn’t really
include a specific deadline it’s just
kind of an open expression let’s add one
here so by I don’t know 9:00 a.m. again
by 9:00 a.m. I won’t have something so
here my verb is leave leave the past
participle of leave is left I won’t have
left the house yet I won’t have left the
house yet so again deadline by 9:00 a.m.
I won’t have left the house yet by this
point in time I will still be in my
house in other words so I’m expecting
again we see yet here I’m expecting to
leave the house but by 9:00 a.m. by this
point I will not have left the house
means I will still be inside my house I
will leave maybe after 9:00 a.m. so keep
in mind with this grammar point there’s
typically a deadline that’s clear though
in some of these cases I didn’t write
the clear deadline because when you’re
like using this grammar point in speech
sometimes from the conversation you
understand the deadline and so we drop
it in conversation so if speaker a is
talking about 9 a.m. as a deadline
speaker B
doesn’t necessarily have to say the
deadline again oftentimes speaker B in
this case drops the deadline and just
gives an open statement like this they
won’t have arrived yet or I won’t have
left the house yet
so you don’t have to include your
deadline in your statement if it’s
understood if everyone in the
conversation understands the deadline
it’s quite common to drop it but for
this lesson I included a deadline I just
wanted to point out that sometimes we do
omit to this portion okay so that’s a
quick introduction to the future perfect
tense and making statements with future
perfect tense I hope that it was useful
for you if you have any questions or
comments or if you want to practice
making a sentence with this grammar
point please feel free to do so in the
comment section of this video ten words
and phrases for dating and romantic
relationships
let’s go like the first word is like
like the verb like we use like when we
initially develop feelings for someone
so we can say like I really like the
girl in my class so I really like the
boy in my class for example so like is
like the first feelings the first
feelings of like simple attraction to
like someone this is a word that’s used
a lot by children like junior high
school or maybe high school-aged kids
and you can also use it in adult
relationships as well like at those
first stages of a relationship like I
really like you
for example so using like can express
something a little bit stronger a little
bit more romantic if you use it in that
way in a sentence I really like him have
a crush on the next word is have a crush
on someone to have a crush on someone so
to have a crush on someone this is
usually used by like teenagers it’s kind
of a young people word so to have a
crush on someone means you have a really
strong attraction to someone but maybe
you don’t know them very well yet or you
haven’t had a chance to speak with them
a lot yet so this is something like if
you
regularly see someone like at your
workplace or at like another event or at
school and maybe you think they’re
physically really attractive or maybe
you’ve heard them speaking before and
you think they’re attractive there’s
something about them that really really
strongly interests you but maybe you
don’t know them very well yet you could
say I have a crush on that person like I
have a crush on him or I have a crush on
her like you don’t really know them so
well but you really really are
interested in them that’s called a crush
a crush in a sentence do you have a
crush on your coworker love the next
word is love love so love at least in
American English we tend to use in more
serious situation so it’s beyond a crush
it’s beyond like love is a more serious
word that we use usually when we have
known someone for a long time or we have
just like this very very strong and deep
attraction to a person so we can say I
love you or like do you love me that
kind of thing we can say that but it has
kind of like a serious implication
there’s a very serious sort of mmm
nuance behind the word love so love is
stronger than like or crush and it has
like a serious feeling about it um we
can also use the word love for our
friends and our family members too but
the same nuance of like a strong and
serious connection remains when you use
it with your friends and your family
members though it doesn’t mean
romantically it just means you have a
like that very close bond with that
person like I love you guys for example
with your friends there’s a very common
phrase but saying I love you to your
partner is quite strong so please use
this phrase with caution and care uh in
a sentence I think you should tell her
you love her date the next word is date
date so to date someone means that you
meet someone regularly in like a
romantic way so traditionally like dates
could be like dinner and a movie or
going out for coffee together or
enjoying dinner together going to the
park or the beach or maybe traveling
somewhere so a date is time with only
the two of you two
get to know each other and to get to
know each other more romantically so we
can use the word date a little bit
loosely if I say for example I’m going
on a date with my girlfriends
today girlfriends in the plural it means
I’m going out for a fun a fun afternoon
maybe or a fun evening with the women in
my life who are closest to me very close
to me my girlfriends so my close
girlfriends so we can use the word date
for friends as well but if you say like
I’m going on a date with my boyfriend or
I’m going on a date with my wife
it sounds like intimate time for the two
of you to be together a date a date can
be used as a noun and we can use it as a
verb like how long have you been dating
in a sentence we’ve been dating for
about six months
see the next word is si si this is an
important word at least in American
English because it means to be in a
relationship with someone we use the
word C in the same way that we use the
word date like I’ve been seeing this guy
for six months or are you seeing anyone
or I’m thinking about seeing someone new
so see in this way means like to spend
time with romantically like going on
dates with a person so if you hear
someone use C in this way about a person
it means like romantic relationship with
that person in a sentence are you seeing
anyone
exclusive the next word is exclusive
exclusive so exclusive depending on the
relationship and depending on how you
know that person exclusive means you are
only seeing that person so perhaps when
a relationship is not so serious maybe
at the beginning stages maybe you you or
your partner perhaps might have I don’t
know someone else in their life that
they’re thinking of maybe dating
seriously or maybe there are a couple of
other people that you might be thinking
hmm I could see myself spending time
with that person seriously but again
every relationship is different I don’t
know but some people might use the word
exclusive to mean I only want to see
this person and I want this person to
only see me like to be
elusive means like these two people only
see each other they are exclusive to
each other essentially some people have
exclusive relationships some the
opposite then of an exclusive
relationship could be an open
relationship some people agree to have
an open relationship where their
partners can see other people I don’t
know there are many people in the world
break up the next word is break up break
up to break up means to end a
relationship so we use break up before
marriage if a couple is just dating
they’re just seeing each other and they
decide to finish the relationship they
decide to stop seeing each other we use
the word break up to describe that so
like I broke up with my boyfriend last
night or like don’t break up with me or
I think we should break up these are all
words these are all expressions that we
use with regard to ending a relationship
ending a relationship is called breaking
up in a sentence I think we should break
up
propose the next word is propose to
propose so to propose if a relationship
is continuing well and everything is
great presumably or I don’t know for any
number of reasons the couple decides
they would like to get married we use
the verb to propose which is like a
short short way of saying to propose
marriage
so to propose means like to set out an
idea to give someone an idea for
something so traditionally this comes
from the man like the man will propose
to the woman in the relationship though
I’ve heard of cases where women propose
to men as well so to propose means to
suggest marriage to the other person to
propose in a sentence what do you think
is the best way to propose cheat cheat
cheat so to cheat is a word we use this
is typically for like exclusive
relationships but to cheat means one
partner or perhaps both partners see or
date or spend time with another romantic
partner when they are not supposed to
so if person a and person B are in an
exclusive relationship and
and B meets someone else romantically
that’s called cheating they are cheating
so it’s typically considered a negative
thing in most cultures cheating is
typically bad in a sentence my roommate
was cheating on her boyfriend marry the
last word the next word is marry marry
so to marry or you might also hear to
get married we used both of these to
refer to that ceremony where the couple
decides they’re going to spend forever
together and legally they become a
family so please be careful
we don’t say get married with someone
sometimes I hear students say this we
don’t say I want to get married with or
my brother got married with we use the
preposition to so my brother got married
to his high-school girlfriend that’s
true or what kind of person do you want
to marry I want to marry a kind person
so please be careful when you use the
verb marry just marry no get married
like I want to marry someone I want I
don’t want to marry someone we’re
probably going to follow the verb marry
with a person or a kind of person if
we’re saying I want to get married we’ll
follow it with to the preposition to and
then the extra information so I want to
get married to a certain kind of person
you can also describe the location of
like a wedding like I want to get
married in a church I want to get
married on the beach so keep in mind
there’s some variation there are many
different ways we can use marry and get
married but those are just a couple
points in a sentence do at a bank these
are going to be some phrases that
include some key verbs and some key
nouns for using at the bank let’s go
make a deposit make a deposit make a
deposit so a deposit means putting money
into the bank so putting your money into
your bank account to make a deposit so
deposit means put in so deposit your
lunch in the bag what deposit your money
in the bank account so
put money into your bank account is make
a deposit in the sentence I’d like to
make a deposit make a withdrawal the
next word is make a withdrawal make a
withdrawal
so withdrawal is a hard word to say
withdrawal so the W sound in this word
is kind of softened a lot a withdrawal
we don’t really say withdrawal here make
a withdrawal it’s sort of like a long
all sound all withdrawal make a
withdrawal so to make a withdrawal is
the opposite of making a deposit so
making a withdrawal is taking money out
of your bank account to remove money
from your bank account that’s to make a
withdrawal in a sentence I need to make
a withdrawal from my savings account
open closed an account the next word or
the next pair actually is open in
account and close an account so to open
an account means to start a new bank
account at the bank to close an account
means to finish your account or it’s
like maybe to remove any money to
withdraw any money in the account and
finish the account so you remove your
account from that bank so to open means
to start a new account to close an
account means to remove your account
from that bank in a sentence I’m going
to open a new account for my business
apply for a loan the next expression is
apply for a loan apply for a loan many
banks also offer loan services this can
be home loans or may be for vehicle
loans or may be college loans as well so
to apply for a loan it’s something you
can do at a bank fill out some paperwork
and present it to the bank staff apply
for a loan in the sentence where can I
apply for a home loan apply for a credit
card the next expression is apply for a
credit card to apply for a credit card
so many banks again have credit cards
available for their customers to use so
if you would like a credit card or if
you would like to try to get a credit
card you need to complete an application
at the bank or maybe it’s an online
application so filling in your financial
details your personal details and so on
so to apply for a credit card in a
sentence you can apply for a credit card
online check your balance the next
expression is check your balance check
your balance so balance means the amount
of money in your account
that’s what balance means so to check
your balance means to check how much
money is in your bank account you can do
this online of course you can do this at
the bank but I think nowadays most
people check it online in a sentence
check your balance through online
banking cash a check the next expression
is cash a check cash a check so a check
is a type of payment that we use in the
United States though I think it’s less
common these days so a check is a piece
of paper that if if it’s my check for
example the check is attached to my bank
account the piece of paper has like my
bank account number and a number that’s
special like the designates that tells
someone
which bank the account belongs to it’s
called a routing number so on this piece
of paper which has like my name and
maybe my contact information I can write
an amount of money like if I want to pay
someone $100 I can write $100 to make
$100 to someone and I can write why I’m
giving them that money so if I want to
write a check I can write my check and
say like this check is to Meg it’s $100
for of video for example so this is a
ways to pay someone for something
quickly if you don’t have cash so maybe
you don’t have cash and you can’t use a
credit card for some reason so just like
personal transactions we can still
record those transactions by using the
account number and the routing number
and this check if using a check you can
still track it in your account as well
so checks are useful sometimes in a
sentence speak to a bank teller to cash
your check ah bonus vocabulary word
teller is the word that we use for staff
at the bank
so teller means a person who like works
with money or like accounting that sort
of thing who’s keeps track of money a
teller a bank teller is someone who like
counts money and like helps with
transactions at the bank fill out a
deposit slip the next expression is fill
out a deposit slip
a deposit slip so fill out means write
essentially so before you make a deposit
or maybe before you make a withdrawal at
the bank you need to fill out so which
means write your information on a
deposit slip so a slip is a small piece
of paper that’s what slip means as a
noun a deposit slip for example or maybe
a withdrawal slip there’s also one so if
you would like to put money into your
account you can fill out a deposit slip
that says how much money the name of
your account or your account name rather
your name and maybe like the account
number did I really say that matter but
a deposit slip fill out a deposit slip
to deposit your money in a sentence fill
out a deposit slip before you speak to
the teller make a transfer the next
expression is make a transfer make a
transfer we could use this for it make
an international transfer as well so a
transfer means sending money from one
bank account to another bank account
this could mean sending money from one
account in one bank to another account
in the same Bank or it could mean
sending money to an international
account but either way there’s no cash
like physical cash being transferred
it’s an electronic transfer to make a
bank transfer to make a transfer in a
sentence
I’ll make the transfer tomorrow manage
finances the next expression is manage
finances manage finances you might see
this in like Bank advertisements like
managing your finances or helping you
manage your finances it’s something like
that so to manage your finances just
means control your monies to control
your money so your finances is like your
bank accounts your cash all of your
loans or credit cards or whatever
all of that is finances and then manage
means like to control or to take care of
something so banks will say like let us
help you manage your finances let us
help you take care of your money in
other words in a sentence 10 words and
phrases for driving keep in mind you’ll
see a lot of phrasal verbs in driving
and in transportation in general we’re
going to talk about a few in this lesson
let’s go start
the first word is start start to start
is just to turn on the car so I don’t
know old cars it was just turn the key
and that would you know ignite the
engine get the engine going but now you
can just like you can push a button to
start cars too so depending on the type
of car I don’t know
but essentially to begin your car
experience we need to first start the
car so start to the car in a sentence
start the car it’s freezing pull out
pull in the next one is actually a pair
so we have pull out and pull in so we
use these two words when we’re leaving
or when we’re going into for example a
parking space so when we are leaving a
parking space in a car we often say pull
out of the parking space when we are
entering a parking space we can say pull
in to the parking space so just keep
that in mind so when you’re leaving pull
out pull out of a location when you are
entering something pull in to a location
so pull into the garage or pull into a
parking space in a sentence pull out of
the garage and go left merge the next
word is merge merge so to merge means
two or more things come together as one
so you might hear this with like
companies like company a and Company B
merged we use this in driving four lanes
so the lines on the road show us the
lanes for driving sometimes these lanes
merge together to become one lane or to
become one highway as well we can see
that too so merging just means that the
roads or the lanes are going to come
together you will see this on signs like
merging lanes up ahead for example in a
sentence the lanes merge up ahead change
lanes the next expression is change
lanes change lanes so if you’re on a
road that has more than one lane so we
use the word lane to mean those like the
separate lines on the highway that we
can drive between if you would like to
move to the neighboring one the next
Lane we use the expression to change
lanes like change lanes before the
intersection for it
simple in a sentence look all around
your car before you change lanes blinker
the next word is blinker blinker blinker
is kind of the casual word for it
because it’s like the it’s an
onomatopoeia onomatopoeia means like the
sound that a word makes so blinker is
many many many of these make kind of a
tik tik tik sound as they’re on so they
they flash to show we’re going to make a
turn so blinker is kind of a casual word
for this on the on the back and the
front light but we we also use the word
turn signal turn signal so these are the
lights on the fronts and the backs of
cars that show a driver is turning so a
right turn signal left turn signal front
and back so but we also call them
blinkers so in a sentence use your
blinker when making a turn windshield
wipers the next expression is windshield
wipers windshield wipers so these are
those objects on the front there outside
the car there in front of the glass that
protects the driver from wind so the
wind shield so on rainy days or on days
maybe with bad weather I don’t know
what’s happening but when there’s
something on the windshield we use the
windshield wipers to wipe those shield
clean so windshield wipers they’re these
things they do this so a windshield
wiper keeps the windshield clear of
maybe like debris or like maybe leaves
or something or rain as well so
windshield wipers are important in a
sentence windshield wipers are important
on rainy days pass the next word is pass
pass as a verb to pass so if you are
behind a very slow-moving vehicle like a
really big truck that’s transporting
something you want to go around that
vehicle we use the verb pass to describe
that so if I’m following a truck and I
say oh so slow I’m going to pass this
truck and then that means you wait for a
passing lane in some cases to go around
safely so to pass someone is to go
beyond someone
so yeah that’s all it means in a
sentence you need to pass this guy he’s
so slow fast lane the next expression is
fast lane fast lane especially on
highways there might be one lane that’s
used for the fastest driving cars the
cars that want to move at the fastest
speed so we call that the fast lane the
fast lane there is also a slow lane we
can say that you know actually on
highways on highways typically the
outermost Lane is the slow lane and the
innermost Lane is the fast lane why
because the outermost Lane is closest to
the exit so if there’s an exit or an
off-ramp for the highway the slow lane
has the most direct access to that the
fast lane however is cars that want to
continue down the highway for a longer
period of time so they don’t have any
need to stop for a while so fast lane
and there’s and slowly in a sentence use
the fast lane break the speed limit the
next expression is break the speed limit
break the speed limit so we use the verb
break for laws for rules to break a rule
to break the law we use it in this case
to the speed limit is a law a la how
fast you are allowed to go the maximum
speed the speed limit so to break the
speed limit means you are breaking the
law it’s a bad thing so to break the
speed limit if you are cut by a police
officer you may have to pay a fine or
you may get a ticket or you may go to
jail I don’t know
so in a sentence you’re breaking the
speed limit slow down
get pulled over the next expression is
get pulled over to get pulled over means
in your car the police stop you so the
police turn on their sirens and follow
you in their car and you have to pull
your car over to the side of the road
and speak to the police officer because
of some problem that you have so maybe
you were speeding you broke the speed
limit we use the expression speeding for
that or maybe you have a light one of
your blinkers is out for example or
maybe there’s a problem with your
license plate or your the tags
your car so the tags refers to your
car’s registration so maybe there’s some
problem with your car or maybe you had
some kind of bad behavior I don’t know
but to get pulled over it’s typically a
bad thing a police officer has
identified you in your car as a problem
somehow so to get pulled over
meaning the police make you pull your
car off the road to speak to you in a
sentence I was speeding and got pulled
over by the police ten things to do at
the office these are going to be ten
verbs or ten expressions with verbs in
them that you can use when you are at
the office let’s go check email the
first expression is check email to check
email means just to look and see if you
have new messages or you need to write a
message or is there new information that
you need to be aware of so just to check
your email is to check the information
that has been sent to you in a sentence
I check email throughout the day make
copies the next expression is make
copies make copies so to make a copy
means to go to the copy machine and put
your document on the machine and then
you duplicate it anyway make copies to
make copies of a document is to
duplicate the document using the copy
machine using the copy machine in a
sentence can you make four copies of
this schedule a meeting schedule a
meeting scheduled a meeting so to
schedule a meeting means to create a
meeting and tell the other people about
the meeting at that specific time to
schedule a meeting so to make a plan for
a meeting essentially in a sentence I’ll
schedule the meeting for 11:00 tomorrow
take make a call the next is actually a
pair you have take a call and make a
call so to take a call means to receive
a call so a phone call comes to you make
a call however it means the call comes
from you like I need to make a call to
my mother today or I need to make a call
to the client later this afternoon
in the reverse you can say I really need
to take this call okay in sentence I
need to take this call write a report
the next expression is write a report
write a report so we do this after a
task has finished something has been
completed we need to write about that
task and the results so we write a
report about that thing in a sentence
I’ve got a few reports to write by the
end of the day attend a meeting the next
expression is attend a meeting attend a
meeting so attend means go to or attend
means participate essentially so attend
a meeting means go to the meeting
participate in the meeting in a sentence
please attend the staff meeting on
Friday have a conference call the next
expression is have a conference call
have a conference call a conference call
means a phone call with many
participants so this can mean
participants from your company sharing
like the phone in one room many people
using one phone on speakerphone so that
everyone in the room can listen so
there’s that but the person on the end
of the line the person on the other end
of the line in this case might be one
person or it might be another group of
people or it might be several groups all
speaking on the same phone call so a
conference call means a phone call or
perhaps a video call with many different
participants in a sentence we have a
conference call scheduled for three
today
submit a time sheet the next expression
is submit a time sheet submit a time
sheet so as to submit is like to present
to give your boss or to give a manager a
time sheet a time sheet is a record of
your working hours so what time did you
start work and what time did you finish
work so submitting that it might be
something you do at the end of the month
in a sentence please submit your
timesheet by the end of the week clock
in clock out the next expression is
another pair of expressions it’s
clock in and clock out these are the
expressions we use when we start work
and we record it in a time system and we
end work and we record the time so when
we clock in is when we come to the
office and we begin work when we arrive
at the office we clock in we register we
are at work we are at the office
we clock out when we leave the office at
the end of the day in a sentence don’t
forget to clock in and clock out every
day go to lunch the next expression is
go to lunch go to lunch so not well you
can say eat lunch but if you say go to
lunch it sounds a little bit more
friendly a little more casual so to go
to lunch means to take your lunch break
I’m gonna go to lunch in a sentence
we’re gonna go to lunch at top five
mistakes that English learners make oh
that’s not the position of adjectives so
the first mistake to talk about today is
the position of adjectives what do you
mean like the position of adjectives do
your students make mistakes with this me
think very often I hurt my students
state that this is a house beautiful so
have you ever heard that before yeah
actually my students are Japanese they
often make the same mistake because the
word order in Japanese uses the noun
first and then the adjective oh yeah the
same in Vietnamese because people
usually translate from our mother
language to English so in Vietnam we
have yeah means house okay and that
means beautiful then we translate it we
have yeah that means house beautiful but
naturally it’s incorrect
right right so what is the right order
the right position of as active yeah so
we should put the adjectives before the
noun so in this example sentence
beautiful house is curses me this is a
beautiful house right can you explain
that well I mean there are some phrases
that are just we just use the same kind
of patterns for them so using just a
simple adjective and a noun together
whatever the adjective or maybe there
are more adjectives we want to use like
in this example of a beautiful house or
you I think you said like a red house
for example we should put the adjectives
together before then now and always like
that’s a beautiful red house yeah
normally sometimes I hear some students
say that address red long when you want
to describe their address actually what
is either correct one right so in the
same and the same as we saw with the
first example sentence we should put the
adjectives before the noun so in this
case I think it was long and red yeah
yeah that’s a long red dress a long red
dress and it should be the correct one
right that’s correct yeah yeah so
everyone makes sure to put the adjective
in front of the now the order of
personal pronouns you and I or I and you
good okay so the next mistake to talk
about is the order of personal pronouns
so an example of this is like you and I
or I and you yeah it’s very funny for
this because many people just say I and
somebody just something yeah yeah hold
that a lot a lot in Vietnam so have you
heard that in Japan I see yes I have
heard that like I and Chun I’m making a
video yeah not quite so is it not
correct one that’s right that’s right
it’s not correct so we should say Chun
and I are making a video that’s the
correct sentence here so in your opinion
what could be the reason for this mystic
the reason for the mistake oh that’s a
trip well it depends on the country for
your students I would imagine it’s
perhaps a word order issue for
Vietnamese yeah because in Vietnamese we
usually say Zoey
that is mean I am somebody when you are
in a situation where you’re doing
something with other people it does
sound kind of strange to say I and you
or I and Chung did something so as
you’re saying I think it’s better to put
I at the end okay so when you want to
put just
so in a list with the others remember to
put yourself at last for is what I will
say ELISA and I I’m making a video
it’s gonna be perfect one exactly sounds
good
confusion over active and passive voice
and the next mistake will be the
confusion over active and passive voice
mmm this is a really common one I think
yeah do you have an example of how this
works
um yes of course because it’s very
common mistake for example in Vietnam
people sometimes say I worse went out
with my friends yesterday that’s a
perfect example like it’s better to use
just a simple active voice to explain
that I went out with my friends yeah it
should be I went out with my friends
yesterday because in this case is a
active person right exactly
passive it’s not passive this case
exactly exactly yeah I’ve heard another
example of it like something just a
simple action like in everyday action
like in passive voice the door was
opened by my teacher for example it’s
like a sentence like that we can
understand the sentence but it doesn’t
need to be in passive yeah it’s
naturally that’s right we should say
that my teacher opened the door yeah
yeah
natural and it’s easier to communicate I
think exactly exactly so if you’re
thinking like how do I know when should
I use active voice when should I use
passive voice when you want to express
like the person doing the action is not
so important or you don’t know who did
the action like for example if your
phone was stolen yeah yeah but we don’t
know who who stole the phone so we don’t
use passive voice man yeah or if that
person is not important use passive
voice yeah yeah and sometimes if you try
to translate from John model language to
into English so don’t try to translate
what Mike was so another daily life
example could be like maybe my mother
cooking dinner for example so I could
say my mother
cooked dinner in the active voice or
dinner was cooked by my mother in that
sentence in the active sentence it’s
clear who is the person who cooked
dinner it’s my mother like she’s the
important part if I say dinner was
cooked by my mother
it sounds not so nice so dinner was
cooked we should say my mother cooked a
dinner that’s a much better choice so
for daily use we should you active voice
and active voice isn’t very nice in
correct ears of present continuous so
number four will be incorrect use a
present continuous mmm that’s a very
common problem I’ve heard absolutely
absolutely so using the continuous with
a verb that we probably should not use
the continuous form with yeah for
example if I want to say that I love my
boyfriend a lot people would say that I
am loving him I’m loving him
normally we just say I love him we don’t
need to put it in present continuous in
this case or when people talk about the
sports or their hobbies that they enjoy
they might say for example I am liking
baseball I am liking football for
example but in the same way we should
not use the continuous tense there let’s
just use the simple present tense I like
baseball I like football so when you’re
using these like mental state or emotion
or feeling verbs usually we use them in
the simple present tense of course
sometimes we use a word like thinking
mmhmm yeah sometime I still hear that
people say I’m thinking about write
something exactly exactly why we use
thing in Kyah present continuous mm-hmm
and in which K we don’t use that in
present continuous exactly well in that
case that’s a perfect example using the
word think in the continuous tense
that’s sort of like an action like
at that moment I’m thinking about
something that’s an action in my mind
that’s an action yeah exactly so in that
case it’s okay to use it in the
continuous scans so we have to clarify
the verbs is an action or the verbs a
chi of emotional state - right exactly
status your example of like I am loving
my boyfriend it sounds a little like
cool that’s a little different like but
what other another crazy examples can we
think of like Oh sometimes my students
say understanding you use it they say
like I am not understanding thank you
that’s very helpful for me but you
should say I don’t understand I don’t
understand in the present tense okay
yeah
Alicia so can you give her some verse
usually in simple present not in Brandon
materials yeah so we talked about for
example like and love know and
understand fear mmm meat yes a lot
exactly exactly so those very like
emotion related words those are
definitely good examples of this so just
make sure to think about your verb ya
think are you thinking about your verbs
answering the negative questions and the
next mistake and a very common mistake
is answering the negative question ah
answering negative questions so for
example a question that begins with a
negative word right yeah yeah okay for
example I would take an example okay
yeah first of all people wouldn’t ask
you
mhm don’t you want to learn English
don’t you don’t you yeah don’t you want
to learn English people would say mmm
yes I don’t
oh uh no I don’t yes I do no idea
confusing right actually the native
speakers sometimes get confused with
this point - but it’s good - it’s good
to discuss this yeah yeah so the correct
answer to some
one asking don’t you want to learn
English you can say yes I do well I hope
you do if you want to learn if you want
to learn English yeah you say yes I do
but if you hate English just say no i
don’t i think people especially native
speakers use the negative question to
make the question a little more polite
or maybe to make the question a little
softer that’s it but just like you said
just think of it like a simple yes/no
question don’t you want to learn english
do you want to learn english we use them
in the same way they mean the same thing
so can you give us another example sure
another example maybe a daily life
example mm-hmm
let’s see didn’t you go to that party
last weekend and then you can answer
with yes I did in this case it’s a past
tense negative didn’t you go to that
party so you can answer yes I did or no
I didn’t in the same way that she would
answer did you go to that party last
weekend if you get confused then just
think of it as a simple yes-or-no
question replace it with new
let’s start with the basic definition of
the verb check the basic definition of
the verb check is to make sure something
is correct by looking at it carefully
some examples can you check my homework
I checked your application now here are
the conjugations for this verb present
check checks past checked past
participle checked progressive checking
okay now let’s talk about some
additional meanings for this verb the
first additional meaning is to get
information to confirm something
examples can you check what time the
movie starts
I checked with HR and they said it’s
okay to change the schedule so here we
see examples where the verb check is
used to mean getting information to
confirm something so we need information
to see if something is correct or not or
something is okay or not in the first
example sentence can you check what time
the movie starts it means can you go
find some information to determine or to
find the time that the movie begins at
the time the movie starts so go get
information and determine the correct
time in the second example sentence I
checked with HR and they said it’s okay
it means in past tense I went to HR or I
contacted HR HR means Human Resources by
the way human resources department I
went to HR or a contacted HR and I
confirmed it is okay to change the
schedule
so it means contacting or getting
information to make sure something is
okay or something is correct to check ok
let’s go on to the second additional
meaning the second additional meaning is
to give someone items to keep for a
specific period this is usually at like
a hotel or an airport examples we
checked our luggage before boarding you
can check your bags at the hotel
reception desk so here to check means to
give your luggage usually luggage or
maybe it’s like your coat or something
to check your coat there’s something
called a coat check it like nice
restaurants or in certain hotels so to
check your coat or to check your bags to
check your suitcase means to give that
item to staff at that location to keep
for a short period of time like the time
of your flight the time that you’re
eating a meal there the time that you
are going to be out shopping away from
the hotel for example so you check an
item for a short period of time and you
receive the item later when you come
back or when your flight has finished
for example to check the third meaning
is to mark as complete or
so if you imagine that you’re filling
out an application form or there’s a
check list that you need to complete you
can imagine making the check motion we
use the verb to check for that motion
which means to mark something as okay or
complete or finished or good or whatever
something kind of like a confirmation
examples check the boxes on the form he
checked the correct answer on the test
so in the first example sentence check
the boxes on the form
it doesn’t mean look carefully at the
boxes it means physically mark the boxes
with the check mark or something else
similar to show you confirm that item
the second example he checked the
correct answer on the test refers to
this motion again confirming or marking
the correct answer on a test so using
your pencil or your pen to mark the
correct answer it doesn’t have to be a
check symbol it can be but we use check
the verb to check to refer to this
action let’s go on to the fourth
additional meaning here which is to stop
some kind of behavior to stop something
continuing or to restrain something
examples we should try to check our
spending you should check his behavior
before it gets worse
so here to check means like to restrain
something or to stop something from
happening to stop a behavior like from
spreading or getting worse as in the
examples so to check your spending for
example that refers to restraining
yourself like trying not to spend so
much money for example in the second
example checking someone’s behavior
means restraining or holding someone’s
behavior back or stopping bad behavior
from continuing so to check has that
feeling of restraint or stopping
someone’s progress or stopping the
progress of something usually negative
let’s continue on to some variations in
use of this verb the first variation is
check out check out actually there are
two different meanings for check out
let’s start with the first one to check
out is used to mean to finish a
transaction we use it at like
supermarkets or in hotels for example
usually when you pay the bill or you pay
the total amount due for the items you
are buying examples I need to check out
of the hotel by 11:00 I’m checking out
at the supermarket right now so this
means you are completing your
transaction so checking out of a hotel
means like you return your room key you
repay like minibar expenses if you
bought a movie I don’t know whatever you
complete everything you need to finish
all the procedures are completed at the
end point of your stay that’s called
checking out in the second example
sentence checking out at the supermarket
that means paying your bill at the
supermarket you go shopping you take
everything to the checkout or the
register and you pay for all your items
that’s called checking out however there
is a second meaning for check out to
check out can mean to carefully look at
someone you find physically attractive
examples I think that girl just checked
you out he checked her out from across
the room so to check someone out means
to look at them because you find them
physically attractive like you’re
looking carefully at like their face
their skin their clothes their hair like
there’s something that you find
physically attractive about them so you
look kind of carefully there’s kind of a
special I suppose look about someone
when they’re checking out another person
I guess like they’re sort of like a
higher level of interest than usual when
you check someone out like you it’s and
it’s usually kind of like secretive a
little bit like if you check someone out
and you’re like really obvious about it
it’s kind of weird
most people will check someone out kind
of quietly so kind of keep it to
theirselves
at least I hope so I know don’t don’t be
weird about this if you find someone
physically attractive check them out
quietly and respectfully this is not
like
typical I don’t know don’t make the
other person uncomfortable the next
variation there are actually two ways to
say this next variation they are check
up on and check in with check up on
check in with this means to see what the
status of a person or a process is
examples when was the last time you
checked up on your brother check in with
me later please so both of these
sentences refer to seeing the status of
another person or like a project for
example in the first one it’s a person
like when was the last time you checked
up on your brother means when was the
last time you contacted your brother or
saw your brother or checked his status
or saw his condition for example but we
use checked up on in the second example
sentence check in with me later it means
please give me some status information
later please tell me what the status is
later so you can use check up on or
check up with if you want so they both
mean that thing it’s a status issue hey
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lesson 10 habits of highly effective
language learners if you walk away from
this lesson and remember only one habit
let it be this one habit number one
setting small measurable goals with a
deadline for example do 30 of our
language lessons by the end of this
month 30 is small you’re not learning
the whole language here it’s measurable
either you did 28 or you hit 30 and you
know when to reach it by which gives you
motivation let’s expand on this point
even further you should also set goals
for every study session for example if
your goal is to do 30 lessons in a month
and if a month has 30 days you know you
need to do one lesson a day our lessons
can be anywhere from 3 to 15 minutes
long that gives you your goal for the
day for your study session do one lesson
and spend up to 15 minutes on it that
way you’re not confused about what to do
or how long to study for you know what
you can expect to accomplish another
powerful lesson here is that goals take
away anxiety here’s why
imagine you set a big vague goal like I
want to be fluent someday you don’t have
a plan but you buy a textbook you read
the first chapter and then use
are worrying about whether you’re really
learning you don’t know how far you
should go and you have no real plan or
specific goal then you start worrying
about if you’ll ever be fluent so you
lose motivation and quit but if you set
a small goal you know you need to do
just one lesson a day 15 minutes that’s
it
habit number two creating routines this
ties back to the first habit if you set
a goal like do 30 lessons in one month
you know that you need to do one lesson
a day this is how you create your
routine you should decide when and where
to study as well even if you’re putting
in just five minutes a day you have to
know when and where you’ll do it why so
you can make time make a mental note
that this time is language time and say
no to other things that come up just
like you know when it’s time to brush
your teeth you should know when it’s
time to do a little language learning
creating and sticking with a routine is
a great habit to have because the
routine is what turns your goals into
reality habit number three don’t cram
most of us crammed back in school we’d
wait till the last day then study for
five hours even if you pass the test you
still forget it all but with language
you want to remember it so you can use
it luckily our lessons are short and
sweet so you’re not spending hours on
your studies the point is that five
minutes a day every day is better than
doing five-hour cram sessions and
burning yourself out habit number four
prepare lines and conversations ahead of
time what do we mean by prepare imagine
you want to open a bank account in your
target language you can show up at the
front desk and grunt and point and try
to communicate with body language or you
can prepare you look up words like bank
account open and all the relevant
phrases or even easier you can find a
lesson on our site if you want to
prepare for daily conversations then
check out our top 25 questions you must
know for conversations lessons these
teach you how to ask and answer basic
questions like how are you how was your
weekend and much more in fact most of
our lessons are based around practical
daily dialogues we give you the exact
lines to say whether for conversations
with friends
or for opening a bank account so
preparing is a must it gives you a
foundation of words and phrases you can
use it places you miles ahead of other
learners number 5 get into the habit of
producing output input is taking
language in listening and reading output
is putting language out so speaking and
writing the big point here is that it’s
very easy to sit back and listen and
read you can listen to lessons all day
long but listening helps with listening
it won’t get you speaking the language
here are some of the easiest ways to
produce output for speaking repeat what
you hear out loud for writing copy out
the lesson vocabulary and dialogue by
hand again
you need to practice habit number 6 come
back and review a lot of times what we
learn goes in one ear and out the other
which means we don’t really learn this
is where reviewing comes in when you’re
done with a lesson come back a few days
later and do another round you’ll likely
come across words and phrases you’ve
forgotten or even easier download the
dialogue track or the lesson notes and
review those at a later date number
seven look for solutions an important
difference between experienced learners
and new learners is in how they react
when they don’t understand something
inexperienced learners rely completely
on their study tools and tend to blame
the tools for their lack of progress
you’ll often hear people talk about
giving up because a textbook was too
boring or because the textbook didn’t
teach them to speak experienced learners
look for solutions if they realize a
specific study tool like a textbook
isn’t going to help them speak they look
for a better solution textbooks can
teach you grammar and vocabulary words
so they’re valuable resources but if
speaking is your goal you have to look
for ways to practice speaking like
reading out loud or working with a
conversation partner number eight focus
on what you’re good at the reason we say
this is because it’s good for motivation
overall if you’re generally better at
speaking than writing you’re more likely
to enjoy it which means you’re more
likely to continue with it that means
it’s a successful routine and routines
are what turn your goals into reality
number nine don’t procrastinate
this is easier said than done but it’s
important a lot of us procrastinate as a
result of overthinking for example let’s
say you plan on studying for an hour
today
so you remember ah I have to study
tonight for a whole hour I don’t think I
have the time it’s gonna be hard but I
should really try and it becomes
something you have to do which is a
hassle you’ve already ruined it for
yourself in your head but if you have a
small and measurable goal and an easy
routine just five minutes a day for
example that’s not much work to do five
minutes and you’re done if you want to
beat procrastination make sure to make
your goals and routines easy and
realistic number 10 remember that
learning a language is a marathon and
not a sprint it’s a long-term game
remembering this is a good habit to have
if you’re having a bad day or if you
missed a goal that doesn’t mean it’s all
over it’s just a minor stumble in the
grand scheme so let’s recap number one
get into the habit of setting small
measurable goals number two create a
routine number three don’t cramp
number four prepare lines and
conversations ahead of time number five
get into the habit of producing output
number six come back and review number
seven look for solutions number eight
focus on what you’re good at number nine
don’t procrastinate number ten remember
that learning a language is a marathon
and not a sprint so thank you for
watching this episode of monthly review
most people who learn a foreign language
learn it so that they can one day have
real-life conversations with native
speakers when you start out learning and
crack open your first textbook or listen
to your first podcast having a real
conversation can feel like a fantasy
when everything about a language feels
new it can be overwhelming but this
couldn’t be further from the truth while
it does take a significant amount of
time and effort to become fluent having
a conversation might not be as far off
as you think in this video we’ll look at
three ways you can boost your
conversational skills and start talking
to native speakers number one find
native speakers and practice with them
it’s unlikely you live near a big group
of native speakers to practice with if
you happen to be in a major or
international city your chances may be
better check and see if your city has a
general language exchange chances are
there could be a native speaker there
who is also trying to learn another
language practicing in person with a
native speaker is probably the most
interesting option for honing your
speaking skills but if you can’t find
anyone where you live the next best
option is to look online
luckily for language learners the past
10 years or so have seen an explosion
and online language exchange sites on
these web sites you can search for
someone who is a native speaker of your
target language and is also learning
your native language the idea behind a
language exchange is that you
communicate with them via video or
texture and half of the time they help
you practice your target language and
for the other half you help them
practice theirs practicing via an online
language exchange is a highly effective
way to practice your conversational
skills number two work on pronunciation
pronunciation is often an overlooked
skill when it comes to learning a
foreign language most people think of a
good foreign accent as a luxury
rather than a necessity but what most
people don’t talk about is how having a
good accent boosts your listening and
comprehension skills if you can hear a
sound from a foreign language and know
how to make it yourself then you’re more
likely to understand native speakers
when they talk at normal speed and
you’re also more likely to remember any
new words or phrases you come across
having a good accent means that the
language no longer sounds foreign
instead it sounds familiar maybe even
natural so how do you go about
perfecting your accent the best way is
to break down the language into its
individual sounds make note of any
sounds that are the same or similar to
your native language and of those that
are different of the sounds that are
different spend your time practicing the
ones that you find the hardest to say
correctly after you’re comfortable with
the individual sounds you can start
linking together words and phrases this
is where accent practice starts to get
really fun and interesting get your
hands on some native speaker audio from
a TV show song or podcast play the audio
back and listen closely a few times take
note of how
words blend together in speech then do
your best to imitate what you hear
trying to match the speaker’s emphasis
and intonation our language learning
programs playback feature is perfect for
this record yourself and compare it to
the original recording rinse and repeat
until you’re comfortable with the audio
selection and then move on to something
more difficult this is how you can break
through the accent barrier and really
start to make the language your own
number 3 learn phrases not just
individual words learning grammar and
individual words is great but it’s not
the only approach you should take if you
want to speak fluently in addition to
your regular grammar and vocabulary try
learning whole phrases even if you
aren’t totally sure how they work
grammatically learn phrases that are
specific to your needs it’s a good idea
to learn phrases that are grouped around
a certain setting or subject such as
simple greetings or introductions
questions for getting to know someone or
traveling comfortably you can even learn
filler phrases which you can use so that
you have something to say when well you
don’t know what to say
learning phrases like this will help you
become conversational faster you may not
understand what you’re saying literally
but as long as you know the general
meaning behind the phrase and know when
to use it you’ll be able to talk like a
native eventually your knowledge of
grammar and vocabulary should catch up
with the phrases you know learning a new
language should feel like an adventure
there will be plateaus and periods in
your learning where it feels like you’re
hitting a wall but being able to speak
with native speakers and have real
conversations will help you combat
language fatigue after all talking to
someone face-to-face in a foreign
language is one of the main reasons we
start learning in the first place if you
want to learn a language but don’t have
a lot of time to dedicate to the
endeavor you need to study as
efficiently as possible you probably
aren’t a language learning expert or a
world traveler you might have school or
a job or two so in this video we’ll give
you three ways to help you learn
language more efficiently so that you
get the most out of your time and effort
number one use your time when you have
it the most valuable resource you have
as a language learner is time while you
may not have to spend money to learn a
language
you will have to spend time hours and
minutes are a currency that you trade on
a weekly basis to grow in your language
learning language learning is probably a
priority for you it might not be the
number-one priority like keeping your
job or taking care of your family but it
does have to be important enough for you
to invest significant amounts of time
into your learning there’s just no way
around it
that being said use your time wisely
because of previous commitments you can
quickly fall into the trap of putting
your language learning off thinking oh
I’ll do it next week or Saturday
I’ll do it Saturday needless to say a
few weeks can go by and you haven’t
really learned or practiced anything if
you find that happening then take some
time and reevaluate your approach it’s
probably a long shot for you to be able
to spend hours every day learning a new
foreign language but you can use your
time to spend an hour or even just 10
minutes a day every day studying or
practicing if you’re on a busy schedule
an hour a day can sound like reaching
for the stars
so start slowly with just a five minute
lesson over time as you learn more and
it becomes more routine you’ll want to
spend more time studying and your
studying doesn’t even need to be all at
once make use of the little gaps of time
you have in the day listen to a podcast
while driving to and from work review
new words while on lunch break or right
before bed even a quick review while in
line at the store or waiting for the bus
together these moments add up this way
your little study session will add up to
around 60 minutes of practice every day
you’ll quickly be able to see
significant improvement in your language
abilities number two don’t method jump
when you’re new to language learning
there’s a temptation to try out the
newest course app or method there are
more language learning tools and courses
than I can list but jumping around from
podcast to podcast or from textbook to
textbook can really hinder your learning
process it’s important to find the best
method for you but when you do stick
with it don’t get distracted by the
newest app or if you suddenly find
something faster cheaper claiming it can
teach you a language with no work on
your part
stick with your learning course or tool
consistent practice over a period of
time is what is essential for language
learning if you hit a bump or Plateau
you might be tempted to think maybe
there’s a faster better way to learn so
you search around and buy the next best
language learning tool only to use it
for a couple weeks and realize it wasn’t
really any better than the last course
you tried and the same difficulties you
had are still there if you’re learning
your first new language and you pick a
specific method or course we suggest you
stick with it for at least three to four
months you actually hurt yourself in the
long run if you constantly switch
between resources because you never give
yourself the opportunity to progress
number three focus on one thing at a
time when you decide to learn a new
language you’re gonna be really excited
you have all your resources lined up a
plan in place and you’re ready to go you
think you’ll spend three to four hours a
day practicing and that you’ll be fluent
in no time
but that’s only for about three days
then you probably will get a little bit
discouraged and avoid it for another
three days and this process might repeat
three or four times before you realize
that you might be approaching things the
wrong way
you can’t devour a whole new language in
a very short time you’ll burn out
immediately it’s better to focus on one
small part of the language at a time
either a specific grammar point or
specific vocabulary topic in the
beginning these should be based on the
parts of the language you’ll use right
away even in the business world
research shows that replacing less
important tasks with ones that add value
and help you reach your goals is the
best way to get the most out of your
time as you advance through the language
and your level increases try to pinpoint
the harder aspects of the language and
work on them one at a time learning a
foreign language isn’t easy it takes
time and work but it is possible if you
stick to your learning plans and stay
focused you will see improvement in your
skills and find satisfaction in using
the language remember that learning a
language is really more like a journey
it doesn’t have to feel like school or
work savor your experience with learning
and enjoy every step along the way
there’s a saying the trust is hard to
earn yet easy to lose the same can be
said for foreign language skills being
proficient in a new language takes hours
of practice and study but if you stop
using the language it will fade from
your
to put it simply if you don’t use it you
lose it that’s why it’s so important to
incorporate the language into your daily
life as much as possible if you’re
serious about learning but how do you do
that if you don’t live in the country in
this video we’ll look at five ways you
can use your target language on a daily
basis and immerse yourself in the
language even if you don’t live near
native speakers number one live your
digital life in your target language as
access to technology increases people
are living more and more of their lives
on the Internet use this lifestyle of
constant connection to your advantage
most devices laptops phones tablets or
other connected gadgets have an option
to put their operating system in another
language why not put the devices you use
in the language you’re studying just
scrolling through things on your
smartphone won’t make you fluent but it
will force you to interact with the
language every day in a small way when
it comes to foreign language acquisition
every little bit helps
you can even switch your social media
platforms or web browsers to your target
language the time you spend on your
devices now become study time number two
relax in your target language everybody
likes to kick back and entertain
themselves in some way why not use this
part of your day to learn more try
looking for TV shows music or movies in
your target language you can use
subtitles or follow along by reading
lyrics if your level in the language is
on the lower side it also helps if you
approach this language learning time as
fun and not work don’t force yourself to
watch movies you don’t like or listen to
a kind of music you have no interest in
the point is to keep a casual relaxed
study environment number three journal
or keep a diary in your target language
it might not be so common to write out
your thoughts or the events of your day
in a journal anymore but it can be a
great language learning habit you can do
this by writing by hand in a notebook or
on a laptop using a foreign language
keyboard that way you don’t have to
worry about your handwriting and can
even practice typing in your target
language as you try to express your
thoughts in a foreign language you might
find gaps in your vocabulary this is a
good thing
filling in these gaps is what will build
your skills and increase your ability in
the language if you’re not sure how to
correct your own journal entries you
might want to try finding a site on
line which will allow you to upload
writing and have it corrected by native
speakers number four language exchange
with native speakers a language exchange
is a classic way to learn a language in
a language exchange to people who speak
different native languages help each
other practice for example if you are a
native Spanish speaker and are learning
English you would find a native English
speaker who is learning Spanish partners
take turns speaking their target
language and the native speaker provides
help and corrections this is one of the
most ideal ways to practice your
speaking skills so where do you meet
native speakers if you don’t live in a
country where the language is spoken
your first option is to check around
locally are there any language clubs or
exchanges around your city
check out meetup websites you can also
check around local universities if
there’s a language club that meets
nearby you may be able to find some
native speakers if you can’t find a
partner or a group to meet with in
person check online there are a good
number of foreign language exchanges
most of which are completely free to use
number five work with someone else
learning a language another great way to
sharpen your language skills is to work
with another person who is also learning
the language if your level is higher
than theirs you’ll learn a lot by trying
to teach them or help them understand
difficult concepts if your level is
lower you’ll be able to draw from their
advice and experience if nothing else
you have a new language partner to
practice with it’s easy to forget
sometimes that using a foreign language
is actually what makes language learning
so fulfilling
sometimes after hitting a plateau or
struggling with the language you can
forget why you started learning it in
the first place so whether you’re
learning in a class or you’re teaching
yourself the language daily immersion
will help you enjoy the language and
keep your skills sharp
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