ENGLISH SPEAKING PARTNER How To Finally Find An English Speaking Partner
hey one of my students on instagram sent
me a message his name is wesley d
pasos 33. he said teacher my frustration
with english
is because i don’t have people to
practice
english conversations with and when i
read that message i realized there are
so many other students
just like wesley and probably like you
who are
frustrated because they can’t find an
english study partner well today’s
lesson
is for you if that is your frustration i
want to teach you
how to find the right english study
partner
and take your english to the next level
but before we start our lesson i need
you to do
three things for me i need you to like
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i’m teacher tiffany let’s jump right in
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alright so why is it so hard to find an
english
partner number one the reason why it’s
so hard to find an english
speaking partner is no one around you
speaks
english you know i’ve had so many
conversations with students from around
the world
and they’ve told me teacher i love
english i
love learning english but the only
problem is there’s no one around me
teacher
i live in a village where people are
great and we have our mother tongue
but english is not spoken so teacher i
only study with myself
maybe that’s the same problem that
you’re experiencing
no one around you in your immediate
vicinity or area
speaks english or maybe it’s this reason
why it’s so hard to find an
english-speaking partner
maybe because you don’t know where to
find
other english learners for example yes
you’re aware of the fact that no one in
your area speaks english
but when you go online the world wide
web
you get frustrated you get overwhelmed
because
yes there are millions of websites but
which one is going to help you find
your english speaking partner so this
can be
a big source of frustration for you as
an english learner
or maybe the reason why it’s so hard to
find an english speaking partner
for you is because you are too shy to
ask
other people to study with you
i’ve had so many awesome students over
my time
as a teacher over the years and years of
me teaching english
and among those students i’ve had many
who were shy
too shy to ask other people for help and
also
too shy to ask someone to study with
them
so maybe that’s the same for you maybe
you really want to improve your english
you want to study partner
but you’re too shy to ask someone even
in the comment section
you feel like oh i don’t want to be
rejected i don’t want someone to say
no don’t ask me that question that can
be a big
reason for why you’re not able to find a
study partner
now the thing is you don’t just
want any study partner you don’t just
want
anyone who’s studying english there are
certain characteristics that you
actually should
look for in a speaking partner so let’s
take a look at those characteristics all
right so what are three things
you should look for in an english
partner number one is right here the
first characteristic is
look for someone who has the same
english
level this is so important if you are an
advanced english learner you should not
study with a beginner
english learner why because they’re not
going to help you
improve yes they will benefit from you
but you need to improve you need to
practice what you’re learning
so you need to figure out how to find
someone who’s at the same level you are
someone who loves english but also has
been studying for the same amount of
time
you have been studying all right now the
second characteristic
is also very important you need to look
for someone
who is interested in the same topics
man i can’t emphasize this enough
the thing is when you’re studying
english you have to remember
it’s not just about words or expressions
no it’s also about the information you
see
you’re going to speak english and i’m
sure you can speak english right now
but you’re gonna talk about things you
are already
interested in and i’ve mentioned this
before in your own language what do you
talk about
do you like sports do you like politics
do you like art do you like music
what do you like to actually read about
talk about or think about
in your own language you see those are
the topics that you’re going to want to
talk about
in english so if you find a partner
who has similar interests man
oh man it’s going to help you so
much because you will enjoy speaking
with your partner
that makes sense all right so find
someone who is interested in the same
topics and the third characteristic when
you’re looking for an english study
partner is
look for someone who desires the same
study schedule you see i’ve had students
over the years
some students are able to study every
single day
every single day maybe for an hour every
day maybe their schedule just allows
them the ability to study for an hour
every day
but then i have other students married
full-time
jobs and they’re extremely busy so
they’re only able to study for a short
period
every day or even two or three times a
week
so you need to find someone who not only
what has the same level as you not only
is interested in the same topics as you
are but
also desires the same study schedule
if you want to study three times a week
find someone who’s like
yes i am ready to study monday wednesday
and friday find someone who wants to
study
with the same frequency that you want to
study
now this is very very important but
where do you find these individuals
i’m so glad you asked so there are five
different
places that i want to tell you about
five places to find an english study
partner
right now now here are examples of
online sites and groups where you can
find an english partner
the first one is facebook groups for
english
learners i cannot tell you
how awesome and how amazing facebook
english groups are you see there are
thousands
and i want to say millions of students
on facebook and they’re following
teachers like myself
and they’re also following other
individuals who provide
english resources and they’re all
together
in a group now what you can do is join
one of these facebook groups they’re so
easy to find
and they’re free join the facebook
groups
enjoy the resources that are provided
and follow along
but then you’ll start to realize wait a
minute there are people commenting on
these resources
or there’s a way for me to actually get
in contact with the individuals
who are also participating in this group
so
facebook groups are amazing because they
show you other students
excited and ready and willing to improve
their english all right so facebook
english groups
number two in the comments section
underneath youtube videos that’s right
this video right here i told you all
this several months ago and so many of
you have
actually started to put it into practice
and i’m so proud of you
underneath this video type in the
comment section
hey guys my name is and i would love to
improve my english and i’m looking for a
partner
who is ready to take their english to
the next level
who wants to be my partner and you’ll be
surprised by how many individuals
are also looking for partners so
in the comment section underneath
english video lessons
ask people hey guys
um i want to study english do you want
to study with me
very simple not just my videos other
amazing english teachers
on youtube comment underneath their
videos as well
people that are commenting under these
videos are individuals who are already
excited to study english
those are the individuals you need to
study with
and find them so that they can be your
english study partner
english speaking partner all right
number three
number three is instagram comment
section now you all know that i have an
instagram account
some of you may not follow me just yet
but let me let me show you real quick
and as i’m opening my instagram account
i want to explain to you
what i mean by instagram comment section
you see what happens on instagram is
individuals find channels that offer
english lessons again i’ll show you mine
this is mine
can you guys see it there you go boop
boop i have a lot of videos
on my instagram account again it’s speak
english with tiffany
and underneath each video students
comment
well comment there hey guys i loved this
video
does anybody want to practice with me
that’s all you have to do
you can find a partner just be brave
step
out there and write it in the comment
section hey guys does anyone want to
practice with me
and you’ll be surprised how many
individuals respond
just keep trying keep trying all right
so instagram comments section
next you can try number four lang eight
website for language learners when i say
this site is amazing it’s
lang8.com l-a-n-g-eight
dot com an awesome site i
used the website when i was studying
korean yes
it’s awesome it’s basically a group of
learners language learners from around
the world willing to help each other
for example when i was learning korean
someone would check my korean writing
and i would help somebody else by
correcting their english essays or their
english paragraphs
everything was free so in those groups
you can find someone who’s also
interested
in practicing english like hey guys i
noticed that um
michael and samantha you’re very active
would you guys like to study with me
that’s all you have to do all right and
now number five another area or place
you can find a language learner
or language partner hi native app for
language
learners another great app students that
are already following me have told me
how much they love this app
again i used the app and i still use it
sometimes
to help me with some korean expressions
h
i like hi and native n-a-t-i-v-e
app hi native app on this app you can
also find
language partners all you have to do is
ask
now you’re probably saying teacher man
thanks so much
for all of these websites and groups but
teacher
how do i really ask someone how do i
present myself
i’m so glad you asked let’s look at a
real example all right
so let’s go to a real situation and how
to organize your thoughts so
here’s the deal right here on facebook
specific group again there are hundreds
of groups on
facebook number two a picture and a
message remember to show people
who you are and say a little bit about
yourself
think about it people want to connect
with you so if you just ask a question
but there’s no picture
they may be a little bit apprehensive
like
is this a real person or a robot right
so
have a picture and also tell them
something about yourself
and then remember as well to make your
request
make it clear and don’t be shy
there’s an expression in english closed
mouths don’t get fed
and it basically means if you don’t open
your mouth nothing will happen
if you want a partner come on be brave
be courageous
and ask you’ll be surprised how many
people will respond all right
so let’s look at this again how can we
actually write this out so who
let’s say his name is peter an
intermediate english learner from spain
what he’s looking for a speaking partner
to practice english with
when two times a week remember i said
it’s very important
to let people know how often you would
like to study
alright so he said two times a week
next where skype zoom or whatsapp
and why i want to get a better job so i
need to improve
my english all right so who what when
where and why
all of the w’s have been answered and we
have organized our thoughts and now
peter is going to put a message on a
facebook group or in a facebook group
to ask if someone wants to study with
him so here we go
this is how peter can write it hey
everyone
my name is peter i am an intermediate
english learner
and i live in spain i have been studying
english for a few years but now i really
want to get a better job
you see how already we’re kind of
familiar with peter like okay hey peter
what’s going on you’re from spain all
right
he continues so i need to improve my
english i am looking for a speaking
partner to practice with
two times a week i can meet via skype
zoom or whatsapp would anyone like to
practice with me and improve their
english
too very clear very clear
easy to understand we know a little bit
about peter
he’s from spain he’s an intermediate
english learner
he’s been speaking english for a few
years he’s looking for a partner he
wants to practice
two times a week via skype zoom or
all of that information because he
organizes thoughts
so peter may get more people attracted
to him
because they know exactly what he wants
how many times he wants to practice a
week
and also they know his level you can do
the same thing this is how you find an
english
study partner guys i really hope this
lesson helped you
i totally understand your frustrations
when you’re trying to find a partner
i experienced the exact same thing when
i was studying korean
and i’m hoping this lesson helped you
and helps to remove that frustration
i believe in you i know you can do it
again remember
one of the ways is to type in the
comment section
ask people if they want to be your
partner i want to challenge you to do
that
find a partner practice what you learn
and you will continue to improve
well guys i hope you enjoyed the lesson
i loved teaching you
i can’t wait to talk to you next week
but as
always remember to speak english
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you know what time it is it’s story
time hey i said it’s story
time all right guys so
today’s story time is actually something
very interesting about korean culture
so you all know i lived there for 10
years you know i call it my second home
because i love
korea but there was one thing about
korean culture that
utterly shocked me so
being american you know i lived in
america my entire life
my ideas about certain things were
all based on american culture so
i remember the first time when i was
studying
at a cafe my friend and i she was korean
we were going to a cafe and we actually
went to starbucks we went to the
starbucks i loved
studying at starbucks and even to this
day i love working at starbucks
unfortunately because of the pandemic i
can’t but
starbucks is my go-to place the place i
like to go to we say go to
place so we went to starbucks i had my
computer
you know i was very studious someone
that enjoys studying and learning
had my computer had my books had my bag
i was ready to study
my friend the same she was studying
english very intelligent so we sat down
at the starbucks
and we were studying we had been there
for about
maybe an hour and a half or two hours
you know we had gotten our snacks
had our drinks and maybe a muffin
but you know after an hour and a half or
two hours of studying
really focused studying you drunk
you drank something it was delicious it
was delicious
but all that liquid has to go somewhere
so my bladder was starting to get full
my bladder was like dude
hey deaf deaf um
we’re gonna need to empty soon
so i realized oh i have to use the
bathroom
here’s where the problem was remember i
said i had my computer
i had my books i had my bag which
included my wallet all of my personal
belongings
and my friend was sitting there as well
she said oh tip i have to use the
bathroom too because i mentioned i said
oh i have to use the restroom
now i was okay if with leaving my stuff
there while my friend was sitting there
because i trust her
and i was gonna get up and go to the
bathroom she said no let’s go to the
bathroom together
i said but our stuff is here like my
computer
my bag so i was proceeding to put my
computer
in my bag take my wallet put it in my
bag and i was a little concerned because
someone’s going to take our seat but she
looked at me and she said what are you
doing i said well i’m
packing my bag so that we can go to the
bathroom because we can’t leave our
stuff here she said
yes we can i said uh no we can’t
again remember american culture so
i said well no it’s not safe to leave
our stuff here and somebody can take it
she said oh
no things are different in korea she
said you can leave your stuff here
no one’s going to bother it now i was
very apprehensive guys
i said uh she said tiff trust me
so we went to the bathroom i was very
very apprehensive went to the bathroom
you know used the bathroom and of course
the females we talked in the bathroom
for a little while we came back out
of course this stuff was there she said
yes if nobody bothers your stuff
she said well one of the reasons is
because cctv so cctv
is what they call the surveillance
system in korea and the cameras
are everywhere i mean literally outside
on the streets wherever you go
there are cameras so you’re always being
watched she said well that’s one of the
reasons people are really deterred from
stealing because you’re always being
watched
she said the second reason is koreans
are just really honest people
now there are always exceptions to the
rule but in
general people do not bother your stuff
so that was my first kind of situation
so i said okay
so the next time i said well let me see
how this really works i was by myself
i left my stuff i said well let me go to
the bathroom went to the bathroom
i looked back stuff was still there i
said well let me go get a drink from
downstairs
so i walked downstairs because i was
upstairs studying i said lord please let
my stuff be there
walk downstairs ordered my drink stayed
down for a few minutes walked back
upstairs
wouldn’t you know my things were still
there i said okay
so the next time now the next time i was
actually in a library and i was studying
at the library and i said okay
i have my computer it’s a lot to try to
pack everything up
i said i’m hungry though i need to go
downstairs to the cafeteria
to go to the cafeteria order food bring
it back
would take at least 20 or 30 minutes i
said well let me try it
and my stuff was still there after going
ordering food eating some of the food
coming back upstairs 30 minutes later
no one had touched my stuff now again
like i said there are exceptions to the
rule
but i was so shocked by the honesty and
how people
really don’t touch your stuff in korea
so
it was something brand new to me but it
was so refreshing
and for my japanese students watching
i’ve also heard from other friends
that japan is even better japanese
people will not touch your stuff i heard
that if you leave your wallet on a train
it will be there if you come back an
hour later if you missed the train
and you have to go back on that same
train so i really appreciated the
honesty
and it was something very interesting
that is really a part of the culture of
south korea
so hopefully you guys enjoyed it i’m
curious to know more about your culture
is your culture like that
where people don’t touch anyone else’s
things they kind of are honest and also
the surveillance camera
situation do you all have that in your
country alright guys i hope you enjoyed
the story i will talk to you next
week but as always remember
to speak english