How To Finally Understand And Use English Grammar
hey today’s lesson is broken down into
five different
sections the first section is where i
will teach you how to
select specific grammar rules
in section two i will teach you how to
understand
various explanations of grammar rules
in section 3 i’ll teach you how to write
example sentences
based on the grammar rules in section 4
i’ll go over a real life
situation and then i’ll show you how to
organize your
thoughts related to the grammar rules
and finally in section five i’ll give
you a five day action plan
that will help you apply what you learn
in this lesson
and also improve your english grammar
now today’s lesson is going to change
your life but before i start
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all right so here we go section number
one
step one select a specific grammar
rule to study alright so here we go
the thing is you need to focus on one
grammar rule
at a time it is important to focus on
one at a time
you need to challenge your brain to
figure out the rule
you are studying at the moment you know
sometimes when you’re studying
you have too many things on your plate
and you need to focus on one thing
so focusing on one at a time now
doing this will help you concentrate on
one thing
it will help you remember the rule
you’re studying
faster and it will also help you use
the new rule properly so again we’re
looking at
selecting a specific grammar rule now
another important thing is
you need to pick one that matches your
level
so it is important to find one that
matches
your level pick something that you can
grasp or understand but that also may
challenge you
a little sometimes students pick grammar
rules that are
way above their level and they get
confused and frustrated
i don’t want that to happen to you so
for step one
you do want to pick a specific grammar
rule but you want to make sure it
matches your
level now this is important why because
it helps you to feel
more confident it also helps you to
focus
on improving step by step
and it also helps you to learn grammar
rules
you can apply immediately all right
now another thing is you need to
remember to keep track
of what you learn you see by
focusing on one specific grammar rule
you’re able to
keep track of what you learn it is
important to keep track of what you
learn
in other words it is important to know
your
progress this will help you stay
encouraged it will help you to set and
reach new goals and it will also
help you to see how much you have truly
improved so again step one is
select a specific grammar
rule now let’s move on to section number
two which is actually
also step number two find five
different explanations of the
rule now this is important this will
help you see the grammar rule
from different perspectives basically
you will explore
and understand every aspect of the
grammar rule
you see what happens sometimes you’ll
find a grammar rule right
maybe you’ll find it in a book but you
don’t understand
what the grammar rule is actually saying
you need to find the same grammar rule
with a different explanation somewhere
else you see
the more you understand the better you
will use it another thing to remember is
right here
this will help you remember the grammar
rule
faster in the future
basically you will be able to recall
or remember various ways of using
the grammar rule edgar allan poe said
this
to observe attentively is to remember
distinctly now for pronunciation i want
you to watch my mouth
to observe attentively
is to remember distinctly
so basically what he was saying was hey
when you take time to
truly dissect something and understand
it from many different angles
you’ll be able to apply it better
later alright now another reason why
it’s so important for you to find five
different explanations is because
this will help you explain the grammar
rule
to other people better remember in a
previous lesson i told you all the
importance of
sharing what you learn all right so
basically
you will be able to teach someone else
comprehension leads to application
if you don’t understand something how
can you apply it so it’s very important
to apply step two
find five different explanations of the
grammar rule
now moving on to section three which is
actually step three
write 25 example sentences based on the
rule
25 yep i said 25 and let me tell you why
it’s so
important to select 25
so you want to have example sentences
that will help you see how the grammar
rule is applied
you want to have five beginner sentences
this will help you understand the rule
better
simple sentences that use the rule then
you want to find
five intermediate sentences this will
help you
expand simple sentences
you want to find five advanced sentences
this will help you combine complex ideas
and maybe you’re asking yourself
how do i know if a sentence is advanced
intermediate or
a beginner’s sentence so think about it
like this for a beginner sentence
think about maybe three to five or six
words
for the intermediate about seven to ten
words
and for an advanced sentence any
sentence that is
uh ten or eleven words or more you can
think about it like that okay
now the next five need to be in the past
tense about a past situation this will
show you how to apply it to
past experiences and finally future
this will show you how to apply it
creatively
it’s so important for you to write 25
example
sentences all right now section
number four we’re going to look at a
real life situation
and see how you can organize your
thoughts now
for those of you who have followed me
for a long time you know how much i love
the five w’s who what when where and why
so let’s see how we can organize our
thoughts and speak about this situation
but first let’s see a real life
situation here we go
all right so we see some individuals
sitting down we see two guys and a girl
and it looks like the guy on the
computer is very focused
well this is actually an exchange
student
he selected a grammar rule that he
didn’t understand
now remember creative thinking i saw
this picture and said
hey it’s an exchange student doing
creative thinking practice right
now number two ah there are two
tutors there’s a book and the internet
so
the exchange student found five
different explanations
or sources for the grammar rule he got
an explanation from each tutor he got an
explanation from the book that’s on the
table
and maybe two different explanations
from the internet all right
now number three here we go using the
computer he starts
typing out a ton of example sentences
the 25 example sentences we talked about
in step three
so now how can we turn this into a
really good answer or description of the
situation
so for who i’d say the exchange student
for what
studying english grammar with his two
american tutors
when one afternoon where at an
outdoor cafe why he learned how to
finally
understand and use english grammar using
the three
steps all right let’s pause really
quickly
so we see that we have organized our
thoughts who what when where
and why we’ve spoken about this
situation this exchange student is
studying english grammar
and he’s applying the three steps that i
just taught you
so let’s see how we would actually
explain this or say this here we go
one afternoon oh that answers when
an exchange student and his two american
tutors were studying english grammar
together they were sitting at an outdoor
cafe and the weather was great
the exchange student was actually an
intermediate english
learner so he could speak english with
confidence
but he decided to study more because he
had learned how to finally
understand english grammar using the
three-step
process from teacher tiffany
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so you see how we combined everything we
learned right
and we actually were able to organize
our thoughts to speak about the
situation
now again you’ll notice that i have some
of the words bolded
and put into this light brown color so
you can see
where i answered the who what when where
and why all right so now let’s move on
to
section number five because i want to
give you the five
day action plan that will show you how
to apply
what you learned all right so again your
frustration is
english grammar is difficult here’s what
i want you to do on day one
you can watch a youtube video or read an
interesting english blog remember
it needs to be about something you are
interested
in now while you’re watching the video
or
reading the blog you need to select one
sentence
structure that is difficult to
understand
on day two you’re going to find the
grammar rule
that sentence is based on find
five different explanations so you see
that
this is spread out over a five day
period the first day you’re just
enjoying yourself watching the movie or
the video
and reading the blog and just selecting
one sentence
then on day two is when you’re gonna
search and find the grammar rule
that sentence is based on and five
different explanations
now on day three what you’re gonna do is
you’re gonna find
and write down 25 example sentences
that use the grammar rule so you see
that on day three you’re going to be
doing a little bit of searching
don’t forget you want five beginner
sentences five intermediate
five advanced five about the past and
five about the future
all right now on day four what you’re
going to do is
memorize 10 of the example sentences
you can choose you can choose whatever
you want whichever sentences you want
you can choose but on day 4 you need to
memorize
10 of the sentences giving your brain an
opportunity to get used to the patterns
all right
now on day 5 this is where it gets fun
change the sentences you memorized
you’re gonna change one or two details
and make your own
sentence so let’s say for example the
basic sentence
i found was molly and jack decided to go
home after the movie right well i can
change it and i can say
my brother and i decided to go home
after the soccer game i changed little
details but the sentence structure is
the same
and that’s what you need to do so again
five-day action plan i know english
grammar can be difficult but if you
follow this five-day action plan i
guarantee your english grammar
will improve now i always like to add a
part two to my lessons to help you
improve even more
and i also have a part two for today’s
lesson but it’s only available for my
academy students
for part two i have the pdf file that
goes over everything
we went over today i have a five day
action plan
worksheet that you can print off and
actually practice
what i taught you today and i also have
a video explanation explaining how to
use the worksheet
i love helping students just like you so
if you want to take your english to the
next level
and you enjoyed this lesson you need to
watch
part two get the action plan worksheet
get the pdf file and watch my
explanation video click the link that
you see right here on your screen
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i’ll see you next week but as always
remember
to speak english
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you still there oh yeah it’s
story time ay i said his story
time all right guys so for today’s story
time
i’m gonna tell you a story about my
professor
when i lived in south korea now many of
you know that i studied in korea
i went to grad school and i studied
oriental painting i love to paint and i
love to draw
i am a vegetarian but i’m actually a
vegan
so my diet is very very
i have a very specific diet right things
i can eat and things i cannot eat
now living in korea let me say this one
thing
for those that are korean watching this
video koreans have
amazing food it’s really
delicious their dishes are so good but
there are so many dishes that i
can’t eat because i don’t eat meat so i
have many friends you know friends that
were missionaries with me
when i went to korea and they’ll tell me
even now
tiff
korean um like the chicken dishes they
say tiff they’re
so delicious so i missed out on a lot of
dishes because i am vegetarian i’m vegan
but i want to tell you about the
situation with my professors so
koreans love meat right they can cook
really well
and they like to eat meat they really
enjoy food which is why i liked korea a
lot too
i enjoy eating so my professor
you know in korea sometimes the bosses
or the professors or
whoever is your superior he or she will
take those who are
under him or her out to eat right and
they’ll pay for their food so
the professor used to take the students
out and he always had a hard time
because i was vegan so they’d go to a
restaurant and he said tiff well we know
you can’t eat anything i said it’s okay
i’m okay
so one day he said tiff you know what i
don’t know how you
only eat vegetarian food or vegan food
how can food be good without
meat i said oh professor listen i’m
telling you
if somebody cooks it right if somebody
cooks it right the food is good
so he said i can’t believe i can’t
believe you now all of this is happening
in korean i’m just translating for you
in english
so one day said you know what tiff okay
i’ll try it
there was a vegan buffet on campus and i
would go there almost every day because
i could eat everything on the menu
i said okay yeah come so it was my
professor me and some other students and
so
they were very apprehensive they
couldn’t believe that
any vegan food could be delicious i said
okay
all right now let me tell you this as
well i love korean food
yes because the flavors are good but
also because they have a lot of fresh
vegetables depending on where you go
a lot of their traditional dishes have
fresh vegetables now they also have meat
in them so it’s a little bit hard to
pick the meat out
but they do use a lot of fresh
vegetables so my professor arrived at
the vegan buffet and i’m excited because
i’m about to eat
he said i don’t know about this so
everybody filled their plates up
we sat down so i’m thinking in my head
huh i wonder if they’re going to enjoy
the food
so we start eating and i’m watching him
and i see his face
huh wait a minute this is kind of this
is kind of good so i said oh
do you do you like it professor we’re
trying to say oh it’s okay it’s good
he said tiff this is this is delicious i
said oh ho ho
i know so we laughed and i said
professor you know even if it’s vegan it
can still
be delicious if someone flavors the food
right or you know puts the right
ingredients in the right seasonings
so we had a good laugh he said i’m not
going to become vegan tiff but this food
was good so
for those of you out there who have
never tried vegan food or food that has
no meat eggs
cheese or milk in it trust me if someone
cooks the food right
oh baby you gonna like it too so
i have that memory and i always remember
my professor enjoying the food
all right guys i hope you guys enjoyed
this story time remember if you want to
watch part two
click the link you see it right here on
the screen and also click the link in
the description and you can watch part
two of my lesson
i will see you next week