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do you like american food the first
question is do you like american food
you will probably be asked this question
do you like american food you can either
say
yes or no or you can give a specific
example someone says
do you like american food yes i love
philly cheesesteaks i would recommend
saying yes or a little
or or or you can just say i don’t know
what do you recommend
have you been to the united states the
next question is have you been to the
united states have you been to the
united states so someone asks you have
you been to the united states
you should reply with either yes i have
or no
i haven’t or maybe no i haven’t yet
but i want to when you want to ask
someone this question you can say have
you been to japan have you been to
egypt have you been to china whatever
you can use your own country when you
ask this question
how are you how are you when someone
asks how are you
don’t say i’m fine thank you and you
please don’t say that
please say something more natural like
good
great i’m good how are you something
like that is
much better than i’m point thank you and
you be a little more genuine in your
reply
also when you ask this question maybe
one point to help you sound a little
more natural when you ask someone else
don’t like try to say how are you how
are you instead of how are you
or uh and make make sure your intonation
is correct i’ve had a few people ask me
uh how are you like a little too
yeah with this question or like how are
you but
how are you should be the intonation
with this how are you
how are you is a little bit more natural
how long have you been studying english
how long have you been studying english
how long have you been studying english
great question to know the answer to
your answer should be i have been
studying english for
blah blah blah years or blah blah blah
months or more weeks
but if that’s too much for you you can
just use the time
how long have you been studying english
six years how long have you been
studying english
two months so just pick the time uh if
the whole sentence is quite long for you
how old are you we don’t really go
around asking people how old they are
like just the first time you meet them
necessarily especially
if they’re older much older than you
like uh in particular
it’s sometimes considered rude to ask
especially women
uh how old they are so just be careful
with this question but if you’re about
the same age group um you know maybe
you’re at an event or
a party or something and you just want
to check how old the other person is you
can use this phrase
when you reply to this just say uh i’m
plus the number to make a really simple
response so how old are you i’m 15. how
old are you
i’m 42. whatever the answer is just
stick i’m
in front of it not i but i’m i am but
use the contracted form to sound more
natural i’m
number if you want to make a full
sentence you can say i’m number
years old don’t forget that s in years
i’m
a million years old what did you say
what did you say if you couldn’t quite
hear something that someone else said
you can use this question to confirm
sorry what did you say
it’s a little nicer than just saying
what what did you say
or what did you just say sorry what did
you say
i couldn’t hear you what’s this what’s
this
when you don’t know what something is
what’s this when you’re out for
dinner you’re out for lunch or something
and you find a new food
or you just you’re curious just say
what’s this to reply to this question
just say
it’s blah blah blah what’s your name
what’s your name of course
you should know how to ask this question
and how to answer this question
what’s your name is a little more
natural than what is your name
again contracted form will help you
sound much more natural so what’s your
name someone asks you
you can just give your name alicia
that’s fine you can say
alicia you can say i’m alicia that’s
fine too
you can say my name is or my name’s
alicia either any of those are fine
in a more formal situation a business
situation i would i would use
my name is blah blah blah while i shake
hands or something
what’s your phone number the next one is
what’s your phone number
i would not ask this question right away
like maybe you’ve met the person a few
times but you’d like to contact them
whether it’s
because you’re romantically interested
in them or because you want to be better
friends with them
but just if you meet someone for the
first time and you’re like
what’s your phone number it’s like a
little
it’s a little too much so use this
question after you’ve met the person a
few times and you know you want to
become better friends
when you want to give your phone number
just say it’s and the number that’s fine
just it’s
blah blah blah or my phone number is
blah blah blah with the number
555-100526
when is your birthday so maybe you want
to plan a birthday party for example or
it’s just another fun question the first
time you meet someone when is your
birthday
so when you want to tell someone your
birthday just give the month
and the date january 15th august
42nd that’s a real day if you want to
make a full sentence you can say my
birthday is
month date where are you from the next
word the next question
is where are you from this can refer to
your country or your city
but i feel like probably more stuff and
it refers to your country so where are
you from
your answer should be i’m from place i’m
from china i’m from japan i’m from
vietnam i’m from america
whatever i’m from where did you learn
english
the next question is where did you learn
english where did you learn english
if you’re speaking great english you can
say i learned english at
englishclass101.com
because you did because you’re watching
now
anyway where did you learn english in
this case in the case of like these
videos i learned english online
or i learned english from and then the
school name or the program name so i
learned english
from englishclass101.com for example if
you studied english at university you
can say i learned english at university
or i learned english from my friends
perhaps
where do you live where do you live
depending on the situation where you’re
asked this this can mean
your country like i live in america i
live
in china sometimes it’s about the place
in the city where
you live sometimes it’s about the
country where you live so you can kind
of feel i think which question which
type of question is being asked
where do you work where do you work is
talking about your job
you can use the pattern i work
at company name or i work
for company name either is fine i work
at
abc company i work for abc company
either is okay
but you know if if you have answered
with the wrong information the other
person will just ask you like oh i mean
where is your office or oh i mean which
company do you work for
use the force for this one where is the
bathroom
where is the bathroom very important
question where is the bathroom in
american english where is the bathroom
or where is the restroom is more common
than where is the toilet
using the word toilet is a little bit
too direct in american english so i
recommend bathroom or
restroom you win you win
if you hear the phrase you win it means
you have won
something you are probably going to
receive something for free
that’s a very happy thing right you want
to get free things
congratulations you win a car yay
here are the keys to your new car great
thank you
i brought you something special this is
exciting to hear because it means
this little something special is like oh
i thought only a view so i brought you
this
i brought you something special really
thank you
i miss you i miss you i miss you it’s
nice you can use this with your friends
your family members
your partner whoever i miss you shows
that
you want to meet the other person
probably you haven’t you haven’t seen
them as much as you would like to so you
can say i miss you
i miss you call your husband or wife or
boyfriend girlfriend whoever on the
phone maybe you haven’t seen them for a
long time you can say
i miss you i miss you too
take a break i’ll do the cleaning today
take a break i’ll do the cleaning today
this means someone else is going to
clean up your house for you or clean up
something for you
i would be very happy to hear this
phrase right now because my apartment is
a disaster because i’m only there to
sleep
so maybe you’ve had a long day at work
or a long day doing
something you come home and somebody
else has offered to do this for you so
take a break i’ll do the cleaning today
and you can reply
really thank you so much i’m gonna relax
the budget is unlimited the next phrase
that you always want to hear is the
budget is
unlimited the budget is unlimited this
could be a work this could be
a budget a personal budget maybe but it
just means there’s no limit to the
budget you can spend as
much money as you want very exciting
so let’s see in a business context
perhaps you have this new client who’s
going to give you a lot of money to
build a new house or something maybe
you’re building houses that’s your
project
your boss comes to you the budget for
this project is unlimited
really let’s go crazy there’ll be a
bonus at the end of the month
yeah this is a phrase that you probably
are very excited to hear it means you
are going to receive
extra money from your job at the end of
the month woohoo very exciting extra
money
maybe you’ll hear this from your boss or
your manager or maybe your co-worker
at work or maybe you see it in an email
there’ll be a bonus at the end of the
month
really i’m gonna use mine to buy a new
car really
i’m going to use mine to go out on a
date really
i’m going to use mine to get a new
fish you did a great job you did a great
job you did a great job of something um
you’ll probably hear from well i don’t
know you could hear this from pretty
much anybody anytime you’ve done a good
job someone will
congratulate you or tell you their
opinion with this phrase you did a great
job
you finished a project at work and your
boss says you did a great job nice
thank you so much it was really fun or
thank you
just just say thank you you look great
today
you look great today the other person
thinks that your physical appearance is
nice
today don’t think about the today part
you know
just just just take the compliment oh
really thank you so much
you look great today oh thank you so
much i got a new haircut
thank you so much i i got enough sleep
yeah you were right you were right
this means that um something that you
said in the past was correct
and everybody likes to be correct i
think i saw that movie that you
recommended you were right it was really
good
oh good i’m glad you enjoyed it don’t be
like i know
or yeah i knew i was right don’t do that
just say oh good i’m glad
you’re an excellent cook you’re an
excellent cook this is a nice compliment
especially for someone who enjoys
cooking
if you say you’re an excellent cook it
means you enjoyed their food
so let’s see at a dinner party for
example you’re an excellent cook this
food is delicious
oh thank you so much i’m really glad you
enjoyed it do you have any
recommendations
the first phrase is do you have any
recommendations this is great to use
when you get to a restaurant where you
don’t know what the food is you don’t
know anything about the local cuisine
or you’re just feeling a little bit
adventurous you can ask the wait staff
do you have any recommendations how much
is this
how much is this this is useful when
you’re out shopping or when you’re in a
restaurant and the price is not clearly
marked or something is not clear to you
so you can ask how much is this usually
when you point to something i would
recommend
like pointing to the menu or pointing to
an item how much is this
i’d like this you can point to something
and say i’d like this
if you want to say i’d like one for
example
i don’t know you’re getting beer i’d
like one of these
if however you’re in a situation where
you can’t point you can say
i’d like 10 of the blah blah blah i’d
like
10 of the blue t-shirts please can i try
this on
is useful when you’re shopping for
clothes so you find something that you’d
like to try
just ask the staff can i try this on you
can just say
i want to try this on if you like do you
speak
english you might get asked this phrase
so you should say
if you’re watching this video you should
probably say yes or you can say yes a
little
if you’re not feeling very confident if
you’re watching this video and you’re
understanding this part and you say
no then things that’s a little strange
i have a reservation usually the staff
will greet you and you can say
i have a reservation hello i have a
reservation it’s at seven o’clock
the name is alicia usually we say the
name
is or it’s under meaning the reservation
is
under my name or um it’s for
name or it’s in name
water please depending on which country
you’re from water may or may not
automatically be brought to your table
when you’re at a restaurant
if you would like more water however you
can say water
please to make it a little more polite i
would
like wave at the wait staff and say
could i please have some more water
do you take credit cards do you take
credit cards in case you’re not sure if
the shop that you’re in
will accept credit cards or debit cards
you can ask them
do you take credit cards so it doesn’t
mean do you take
meaning are you going to take my card
but this take
means do you accept credit cards this
isn’t what i ordered
so if you’re at a restaurant you order
steak and you get lobster instead you
can look at it and go ah
this isn’t what i ordered be careful
though
say this politely if you look at the
wait staff and you say
this isn’t what i ordered they’re gonna
be like
i don’t know just be a nice customer
excuse me but i don’t think this is what
i ordered or this isn’t what i ordered
can you please check could we have the
menu please if for some reason you don’t
receive a menu when you come to the
table
you can again just wave at a member of
the staff and say
could we have the menu please could you
give me a discount
could you give me a discount means i
would like a cheaper price
essentially it depends on which country
you’re in if haggling or
bargaining meaning uh talking to the
seller to try to reduce the price
my family didn’t bargain we didn’t
haggle so i don’t haggle it depends on
you and your culture but uh
just yeah just be be aware of the
culture that you’re in
and the place that you’re in before you
ask this question do you have any
vegetarian dishes ah this is useful
some people have specific eating
requirements or eating needs maybe food
allergies for example you can replace
vegetarian with the specific
dietary requirement that you have do you
have any vegan dishes do you have any
gluten free dishes do you have any low
fat dishes do you have any low carb
dishes do you have any
fish free dishes do you have any
could you take a picture of me please if
you are in a location where you would
like to take a picture
but you don’t want to do a selfie or you
don’t have a selfie stick
or whatever you want someone else to
take a picture of you a stranger
that you don’t know you can ask them
could you take a picture of me please
or excuse me would you mind taking a
picture
of me please i’m allergic to blah blah
if you have a food allergy or even an
allergy to a medicine
this is the phrase you can use to
explain that i’m allergic to
wheat or i can’t eat wheat for example
is the wi-fi free meaning can i use the
wi-fi
free of charge keep in mind some places
have a password that you have to ask the
staff for
so you can say is the wi-fi free if they
say yes
you can then follow that up with can i
have the password
i’d like to have a non-smoking seat
please so when you go to a restaurant
you have an
option between smoking and non-smoking
sections the staff will say smoking or
non-smoking you can say i’d like to have
a non-smoking seat
please quite honestly though the most
natural response is just to say
non-smoking could i get a map maybe it’s
a map of the subway system
for the city that you’re in or maybe
it’s a map of the
area around your hotel you could say
could i have a map as well
could i have the check you’re finished
at your cafe you’re finished at the
restaurant and it’s time to leave it’s
time to pay so
you say to the wait staff excuse me
could i have the check
another more common expression perhaps
is excuse me
check please you might also hear bill
excuse me can i have the bill
where is the bathroom very important
question if you’re traveling in america
we don’t really use the word toilet or
washroom very much we use bathroom or
restroom to talk about
toilet facilities excuse me can you tell
me where the bathroom is
or excuse me i’m looking for the
bathroom or i’m looking for the restroom
is this the train for blah blah blah or
is this the train that goes
to blah blah blah to confirm with
someone
that i’m indeed on the correct train
line if i say is this the train
bound for san francisco you can use that
to check if you’re correct
would you like to go out to dinner with
me okay the first phrase is would you
like to go out to dinner with me
this is a pretty typical invitation i
think you can use would you go out for
lunch with me is okay too or would you
like to get a coffee with me as well
if you invite someone out for breakfast
it’s a little weird
i feel like i don’t think i would say to
someone like i’m like at a bomb
would you like to go out for breakfast
sometime it’s just not really something
you would say
you know would you like to go out to
dinner with me sure sounds great
are you free this weekend are you free
this weekend
are you free free means are your is your
schedule free
do you have an open schedule this
weekend very nice very casual as well
so are you free this weekend yeah i’ve
got some time
what’s up would you like to hang out
with me
the next phrase is would you like to
hang out with me that sounds a little
too formal to me
if it were me i would just say do you
want to hang out do you want to get
together
that’s a little bit more natural so do
you want to hang out this weekend
yeah sure let’s catch a movie you’re so
cute
i’m going to preface this by saying i
don’t say this okay the next phrase is
you’re so cute i never say this maybe
i’m just
cold it’s typically said with downward
intonation
people say you’re so cute you’re so cute
kind of
going down like that you can also use
this as a compliment
um people like parents will say this or
grandparents will say this to
uh children in the family so um you’re
so cute
thank you i suppose is what you say
you look great ah next one is a much
better compliment i think much more
sincere
uh it is you look great you look great
maybe you’re going out for dinner
something nice your partner looks really
nice you can say
you look great oh thank you i had a
great time
uh the next one is i had a great time i
had a great time so this is a one this
is an expression you use
after your date you go out for dinner
you spend some time together
and you have fun you can say i had a
great time
so the interaction might be uh thanks so
much for tonight i had a great time
me too let’s get together again soon
i’ll call you
next expression is i’ll call you i’ll
call you so again
probably used after the date to show how
you want to keep in touch
later so one person might say i’ll call
you
sounds good i’ll drive you home
uh the next one again used at the end of
the date after the date has finished
i’ll drive you home so maybe you live
someplace where cars are
normal or you drive for your dates
so you can say i’ll drive you home
meaning i’ll take you home in my car
um so in the situation maybe i’ll drive
you home
okay thanks very much i don’t know why i
keep looking at my
my date is my date is very tall like
super tall like
eight feet okay can i see you again
okay the next expression again after the
date or maybe even like the day or two
after the day you can say can i see you
again
uh or i want to see you again or let’s
get together again meaning
you had a nice time you want to see that
person again
so you can say can i see you again sure
that would be great
shall we go somewhere else the next one
okay so maybe you’ve gone for
dinner for example with them with
someone and
you want to suggest a different location
like let’s go for a drink after dinner
you can say should we go somewhere else
this says shall we go somewhere else i
would say do you want to go
somewhere else in this situation i say
shall we go somewhere else
i don’t think so i’m kind of tired
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call the police please if you are
telling someone to call the police
it means you are telling someone to dial
9-1-1
to call the police or maybe there’s
police nearby
and you tell someone hey call the police
the police are there to help you in
any situation that you might need them
maybe you’re lost
maybe you lost your purse or your wallet
maybe you’ve been in a car accident the
police will help you
so if you tell someone call the police
please
it means you need them to get the police
for you
do you have a fever do you
have a fever if you are asking someone
if they have a fever
you are asking them if their temperature
is higher than is normal or
safe if someone has a fever
that may mean they have an underlying
condition
that needs medical attention a fever
may be a symptom of something much more
serious
it’s something you should always take
seriously so if someone has
a fever you may want to take that person
to the hospital
i lost my passport i
lost my passport if you have lost your
passport
it means you have lost the official
document
with all of your information that
enables you to travel
between countries if you are in a
foreign country
and you lose your passport that’s a very
serious thing because you may be stuck
in that country
if you’re not able to present a passport
at the airport
you may not be able to go back home or
go to another country
so if you lose your passport you may
need to call your
embassy to get a replacement what i like
to do when i travel
is i take photocopies of my passport
so instead of carrying around my
physical passport
instead i just carry around copies of it
so that my passport can stay at the
hotel in some
safe place i think i ate something bad
i think i ate something bad if you think
you ate something bad
it may mean that you feel sick after
eating it
you may have some form of food poisoning
if you think you ate something bad
you’re going to want to watch your
symptoms because if they last for a few
days
you’re going to want to go to the
hospital i think i ate something
bad i need a doctor
i need a doctor if you say
i need a doctor it means you need
medical assistance
medical attention you may be very sick
you may have eaten something bad you may
just feel sick in general you may have a
fever
if you say i need a doctor it means
you want to be taken to a hospital or
you want a doctor
called to you because you’re really sick
or not feeling well
i can’t find the way back to my hotel
i can’t find the way back to my hotel
if you tell someone i can’t find the way
back to my hotel
it means you’re lost it means you want
to go back to your hotel
but you don’t remember the streets you
took you don’t remember where it is
this is a common thing that happens in
other countries in other
cities if you have the address you can
ask
just about anyone how do i get back to
my hotel
could you please give me the directions
to get back to where i need to go
is there a pharmacy nearby is there a
pharmacy nearby a pharmacy is a place
that has
medicine over-the-counter and
prescription drugs
if you’re in another city it’s always
smart to know where the
pharmacies are in case you might need
anything
asking is there a pharmacy nearby you
are asking
where the nearest pharmacy is in case
you need to go and buy
medicine shampoo conditioner
toothpaste vitamins allergy pills
doesn’t matter a pharmacy will probably
have it
can you help me can you help me
can you help me is a very very useful
phrase
knowing how to ask for help is extremely
important
if you ask can you help me it lets
other people know that you are in need
of assistance
of whatever kind asking for help is the
first question
can you help me and another person will
say sure
what do you need and from there that’s
when you explain the problem you’re
experiencing
i am lost i am lost
if you say i am lost it means you don’t
know where you are
you can’t find your way you don’t
recognize anything around you
you don’t know how to get back to
wherever you need to be
to say i am lost lets people know that
they need to give you directions
that they can open up a map for you and
show you where you are
i am lost is a very useful phrase
especially for people like me
i get lost all the time i have a
terrible sense of direction
so to tell someone i am lost it welcomes
their help
in getting you back to safety to
wherever you need to be
i need an ambulance i need
an ambulance an ambulance is an
emergency vehicle
and its purpose is to get to a sick
person
and take them to the hospital to say i
need an ambulance
means it’s a medical emergency and you
need that emergency vehicle to come and
get you
be careful the first phrase is be
careful
be careful anytime your parent sees you
doing something
slightly dangerous they will say be
careful
my dad still tells me when he sees me
using a kitchen knife
be careful don’t cut yourself be quiet
the next phrase is be quiet so kids are
notoriously
noisy notorious means um are known for
uh
kids are very noisy so parents often
tell children to
be quiet my mother would often tell my
brother and i to be quiet
when we were playing behave the next
expression
is behave behave so
to behave means to be good to be correct
to be proper
so but behave this is the command form
of the verb
so this means that you or whoever is on
the receiving
end of this expression is not behaving
properly
so parents will say behave if you’re
being too noisy at a dinner party
my mother told me to behave because i
was running around
at the formal dinner do your homework
the next expression is do your homework
oh i still need someone to say this to
me periodically
please mom do your homework again the
command form of something
your child the child in question is not
doing his or her homework so
mother or father will say do your
homework it’s time you need to it’s your
responsibility
so let’s see when i had been playing
video games for too
long in my childhood my grandmother
would come in the door
would open the door and say to me alicia
do your homework
that is true go to bed the next
expression is
go to bed go to bed your the kid is up
too late
there in my case i was always up late
reading books i would be like under the
covers reading books
my parents would find me and go to bed
and my defense was always i’m in bed
i was a turkey look i’m in man i’m
reading the child is supposed to be
sleeping he or she is not sleeping the
parent says
go to bed i’m going to count to three
this is a classic the expression i’m
going to count to three
this is like a this is a terror inducing
mechanism this is a way to make kids
feel afraid
of something that’s going to happen but
rarely does i feel
when when a child is doing something bad
the parent will say i’m going to count
to three
and they’ll just slowly say 1 2
and usually they don’t get to 3 because
they tell the child
like they have three seconds to stop
whatever bad behavior he or she is doing
so usually the parent only has to say
one
in that tone of voice and maybe two
and then the child will stop what
happens at three is up to the parent
really i think in most cases the parent
just like takes the toy or the parent
will like stop the car
do something to like strike fear
into the misbehaving child i was being
too noisy at home
and my mother told me she was going to
count to three
stop the next word is stop stop you can
use this
anytime someone is doing a thing that
you do not want them to do
stop uh so children being noisy
misbehaving being kids
you can just say stop and depending on
your tone of voice this can be a strong
word or a not so strong word so
experiment you can say stop or stop that
it sounds kind of soft
but if you just say like stop and
get really like angry like you might
make a child cry so be careful
you can make this word very strong
in a sentence i told my brother to stop
poking me in the car in the back seat
what’s up james what did you say what
did you say
oh this is a good one so when the child
has said something bad to the parent the
parent can go
what did you say like it’s like a dare
like
say it again i dare you to say it again
it’s a challenge from the parent
and the kid knows he or she is in
trouble it’s a good one so if you say
like um
dad says your new haircut is stupid
sorry dad i i know you wouldn’t i i’m
now i’m speaking to my dad hi dad
hi mom i’ve said hi to everybody in my
family today
i hate you mom that’s probably a more
common one so i hate you mom i hate you
dad
and then the parent says what did you
say what did i just say
what did i just say so the parent gives
a command the parent says
do something do your homework clean your
room something like that
the child doesn’t do it the parent with
a stronger voice this time will say
what did i just say so that’s an
expression that means
were you listening to me and if you were
listening to me
why aren’t you doing the thing that i
told you to do
so a bit of a scary one did you brush
your teeth
did you brush your teeth did you brush
your teeth a check-in phrase from the
parents maybe in the morning maybe at
night
to ask their child did you brush your
teeth just an important part of your
hygiene for the day
did you brush your teeth i did i brushed
my teeth today i’m a functioning adult
a table for three please a table for
three please you tell them the number of
people that you are
total so that the host can bring you to
an appropriate table
a table for two please a table for five
please
could i please see a menu could i please
see a menu usually menus are given to
you as soon as you sit down at your
table
but if that’s not the case and you need
to ask this is a polite way to do it
could i please see a menu i’d like to
try this dish
i’d like to try this dish when looking
at a menu hopefully you’ll find
something you want to eat
i’d like to try this dish could you
leave out the onions
could you leave out the onions if
there’s an ingredient in the dish that
you’re ordering that you don’t want
you can always ask the waiter if it
could be prepared
without that ingredient so for example i
might say
could i get the burger but with no
cheese could you pass the salt
could you pass the salt when you’re at a
restaurant especially if you’re at a big
table with a lot of people
you might not always be able to reach
things
so you would ask could you pass me the
salt
could you pass me the ketchup could you
pass me another napkin
waiter waiter a waiter is someone who
takes your order
and brings you food in america and in
many other western countries
it’s more polite to call a waiter to
your table by simply saying
excuse me or if you see another waiter
walking by but it’s not your waiter
you can always say excuse me if you see
our waiter could you please let them
know to come to our table
is there any dairy in this dish is there
any dairy in this dish
this is something you would say if you
have a dairy allergy
a dairy intolerance or you just don’t
like dairy
you’re asking the waiter about the
ingredients in a particular dish
i do this all the time is there any
cheese in this
no okay and if there is an ingredient
that you don’t want
for example onions you could say are
there any onions in this
and the waiter might say yes and if you
don’t want it you could always request
could you leave out the onions could you
prepare it without the onions please
can we get separate chex can we get
separate checks
this is actually something that’s very
common especially in america
if you might go out with a group of
friends or even if you’re on a date
sometimes you might want to get separate
checks pay for your own things
that way you can all pay separately just
for what you yourself ordered
and you won’t have to worry about owing
each other money or
calculating off a big huge bill are
there any specials today
are there any specials today a special
at a restaurant
is a dish that isn’t usually on the menu
it’s something that’s
special but it’s a special that the chef
is offering
that day or that week or that month
so sometimes if you don’t see what the
specials are you’d ask your waiter
excuse me are there any specials today
could we have the bill please
could we have the bill please this is
how you request
that the check or the bill comes to your
table can we get the check
please could we get the bill please
you’re asking this to your waiter who
will then
bring you the check and you can pay 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 too 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 re-evaluate 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 or 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 going to 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
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have to feel like school or work
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