How to Become Fluent in English Live Lesson
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welcome to today’s Thursday live
Facebook lesson here on the speak
English with Vanessa Paige you are
either watching us on Facebook or on
YouTube
either way welcome and thank you for
joining me thank you for taking the time
to improve your English today I know
that your goals are fluency speaking
clearly speaking without hesitation
communicating well and today that’s what
we’re going to talk about we’ve got a
great topic today how to become a fluent
English speaker this is a huge topic so
I’m gonna need your help and your ideas
today to give other perspectives the
thing for joining me good morning
afternoon evening and I time possibly so
usually welcome eggwin welcome Monta
baboo welcome I’m glad that you are here
I have a quick question for you today I
have a quick question well maybe this is
a quick question maybe I should ask a
quick question instead I want to know
how old were you when you first started
to study English how old were you maybe
you were six years old in elementary
school maybe you started a couple years
ago in your 30s or 40s or 50s or 60s or
70s let me know how old were you when
you first started to learn
English I think we’ll be surprised to
see some similarities between people all
around the world you took out a welcome
welcome sit down welcome hubby it
wonderful I’m glad that you’re here
oldest says I started being when I was
13 Gabriela says in 15 all right early
teenagers Saddam says I think I was 14
years old
aha he quits his thirty-six great grades
Ali’s is a 12 he took oh hi how are you
doing she said when I was 12
ah luscious love says when I was 26
we’ve got mud is 16 honey sorry about
that
you’ve got 13 all right so mainly mainly
as teenagers it seems like most of you
start as teenagers maybe a little bit
later a couple of you started as adults
26 36 years old but mainly as teenagers
leo hi how are you doing in the 35 Greek
Claudio 35 told Edwin says I was 15 at
high school Oh Babu says 10 years old oh
you’re the winner so far with the
youngest age 10 years old I saw I was 24
24 years old excellent here in the u.s.
uh when I was in high school we didn’t
start to learn foreign language up until
age 16 I think I was 16 years old when I
started to study Spanish 16 years old
this was the first time I had ever heard
a foreign language that wasn’t my native
language that’s pretty late I feel like
to be the first time that I had ever
heard a foreign language even if you
started like probably says I was 37 so
maybe you started studying English when
you were 37 but you probably heard
English earlier than that but you didn’t
start studying it but for a lot of
people in the u.s. some people have
never
heard another language until they start
to study it which can be a big shock and
it’s also pretty difficult to get
started because as you know learning
another language is another world
another mindset different sentence
structure different cultures two ideas
this is a big deal oh I think we might
have a winner for the youngest oh see oh
she says when I was an elementary school
student seven years old out
did anyone start to learn English
younger than seven years old
hmm sushi maybe you are the winner you
win
the youngest prize today which is a clap
congratulations I hope I was okay for
because our education system you learn
English in the primary school primary
school so like elementary school primary
school my welcome I’m glad you’re here
ah I am since I was eight years old when
I started learning French and 15 for
English aha so in your country you were
introduced to foreign languages two
foreign languages as a kid that’s really
interesting opening your mind to a lot
of different languages and ideas but
it’s also in school so maybe not quite
opening your mind to a lot but
introducing you to it yeah Osama has a
good point here we were taught with the
boring school method which I don’t want
to mention at all yes I I also have a
lot of just disappointing memories with
language classes so much time so much
fear I remember walking into my Spanish
class and feeling so worried that the
teacher was going to ask me a question
and if I answered incorrectly was going
to make a big deal about it and as you
know you have to be mistakes with
language and it’s usually not a big deal
if you make a mistake maybe someone
doesn’t understand you
they ask you what did you say and it’s
okay you just repeat yourself but in
that classroom there’s so many bad
feelings about language fear that you’re
going to make a mistake because the
teacher is going to make a big deal
about it maybe you’re worried about your
grades or just it’s not a fun
environment so that’s why we’re here
today to learn in a different way learn
through connection with other people
through communication you’re
communicating with me I’m sharing with
you and today we’re going to share a lot
of ideas for becoming a fluent English
speaker um I would ask you
my main question today and as I asked
you that question I want you to think
about some possibilities my question is
this are you ready my question is your
friend asks you how can I become fluent
in English what would you say to your
friend what would what kind of advice
would you tell your friend so in this
situation over the lack of weeks we’ve
talked about could would should you are
welcome to use this this kind of
sentence structure or you can say
whatever you want I want to give you
some examples the other day when I had a
live lesson the paper was switched a
little so we’ll try it today and see
happens so we could say you could or you
should probably if it is a switched
around let me know but to give advice to
your friend your friend wants to learn
English what kind of advice would you
give them that you could you could
listen to English music you should
probably listen to English music there
are these are two sentences you could
probably use there are plenty of other
ways you could give advice but here are
two examples Gabriela says you could
Skype
with Vanessa certainly certainly I think
speaking is a great way so let’s start
to write down ideas you should probably
speak with someone if that’s me
if that’s another English Learner if
that’s your friend you should first is
speak with someone
aha I think my friend should read books
and speak with Vanessa read books great
advice
read books you should spend more time to
practice your pronunciation first and
build up your vocabulary all right so
you could or you should practice
pronunciation pronunciation and
vocabulary great practice pronunciation
and vocabulary let’s see what else do we
have you should Valentina hi Valentina
said you can watch films maybe listen
some music on YouTube great watching
films watching movies listen to Inc
music you can find almost any kind of
music on YouTube great advice
aha
you should listen to podcasts every day
podcasts for English learners and also
for native speakers are going to test
your listening skills and help you to
really improve I love listening to
podcasts myself I think that is
excellent I’m sorry about the paper for
some reason maybe a skype artist Skype
Facebook decided to flip the if so I’ll
just tell you I’ll read out your answers
aloud uh-huh I just love says something
interesting he says I would tell my
friend I’m not fluent in English either
and I think this is an interesting point
because even if you are not at the
highest level that you want to be at you
can still give advice to your friend
about what you are
doing to get higher or what has helped
you to reach your level now so maybe if
you studied English in school when you
are 13 years old and it was awful and
now you can understand me you can
communicate enough you did something to
reach that level so you could give that
kind of advice to your friend I think
even if you’re not fluent you can still
share your journey uh-huh Malta says you
should study with natural English
speakers you could do this with Vanessa
at speak English with Vanessa calm great
great so if you have not yet downloaded
the free sample lesson set for The
Fearless fluency Club you can click on
the link up here I want to mention that
really quick so that as you are thinking
what can I do to become fluent this is
the great step agrees that to be able to
download the lessons set learn through
conversation learn through vocabulary
and grammar naturally in pronunciation
naturally so the link is in this post I
think you’ll enjoy it
listen to podcasts another vote for
podcast 11 great all ears English this
is a great podcast all ears English comm
how you listen to native speaker
podcasts I Tina how’s it going oh
ossama said I would say to him that you
should choose a topic you love in your
native language and try to apply it to
English this is a great point for me I
love travel and learning about other
cultures so when I want to improve my
French skills I try to find YouTube
videos about French people who are
talking about their travels they’re not
teaching French but they’re simply
talking about their travel experiences
or different cultural things between
different countries they’ve visited this
is a great they think about something
you love animals travel food and find
YouTube videos of people talking about
that that’s a great that’s great advice
asana
I’ll get really
has another thing we haven’t mentioned
yet you should probably shadow youtube
videos just for those of you who are not
certain what it is shadowing shadowy
means that you repeat directly after
someone else so this is going to
exercise your speaking muscles this this
will help you with your English muscles
that maybe you don’t use that often and
it’s also going to help your
pronunciation and grammar and vocabulary
because you’re repeating after a native
speaker and the native speaker is using
natural grammar and sentence structure
you’re not thinking about the rules
you’re just following directly after
them like a child
maybe I’m the winner today because I
started to learn English when I was zero
but as a kid I heard English from my
parents I heard English from people
around me and as you know if you have
kids in your life kids love to imitate
if you say anything they will eventually
imitate it even if it’s something bad
they will imitate it and that’s how
they’re learning so shadowing is a great
way you can do that
find a three minute YouTube video and
repeat after the native speaker just use
those English muscles ah
Utica says you could speak English 24/7
great expression yes excellent
I’ll Jory says you should read the
newspaper newspapers are a great way
especially online there’s so many
sources I recommend NPR right oh I can’t
write it down right but NPR comm NPR
comm can check out like CNN BBC lots of
letters the NPR CNN BBC these are great
websites for being introduced to news
topics and if you feel like there are
you’re too challenging there are
websites for English learn
the website takes a news article and it
makes it a little bit simpler not
totally simple but is it a little bit
simpler so this is a good place to start
once those websites is called breaking
news English breaking like a breaking
something
breaking news English or like lace to do
striking in English calm this is a good
way to start with the news because you
are hearing something or you’re also
audio hearing or reading something
that’s not too difficult of a level
great advice Rita visit Burton aha yes I
guess I speak with Vanessa yes speaking
speaking with an eight-speaker speaking
with another inch learner this is going
to be a great way and one way that you
can speak with me or you can speak with
another english learner is on Saturday
on Saturday The Fearless fluency Club is
going to open and in the fearless
fluency Club you will have the
opportunity to get a speaking partner so
I will help you to find a speaking
partner in the group who is a good fit
for you their personality their level
and I will provide questions to help you
interact with them and ask questions
together to use h so you’ll be able to
speak with another member of the
fearless fluency club and once a month
I’m gonna choose a featured student to
talk with me on skype we’re gonna talk
together on Skype make a short video
together and share it with you all to
let you know that yes you can speak
English you can become a fearless fluent
English speaker so make sure that you
are you have downloaded the sample
lesson set if you already receive my
emails you will see the the notification
and the early bird discount which is
going to start on Saturday on setting
uh-huh we’ve got other recommendations
mica says you should study too
three hours a day mmm this is this is
good advice because I want to clarify
study study could mean listen to a
podcast maybe you’re driving in the car
for 30 minutes you could listen maybe
not in your ears if you’re driving but
you could ascend to a podcast 30 minutes
going to work 30 minutes coming home
that’s an hour you’ve already introduced
English into your life for an hour great
advice
aha edwin says you should find a partner
in the conversation club certainly
certainly I know a lot of my students
have already started talking with other
people that they’ve met using Skype
communicating once a week twice a week
talking together it’s great to make
friends around the world friends who you
speak English with but you’re not
focusing on grammar you’re not focusing
on pronunciation you are focusing on
your connection and relationship with
them and maybe you’ll learn something
new in grammar or you’ll learn some kind
of new vocabulary from them but this is
going to be a natural situation that’s
beautiful huh marsinah says hello
Vanessa hi Marcia hook they should
probably watch some series like TV
series repeat the sentences and imitate
the voices this is great advice use
shadowing with TV shows excellent it’s
fun TV shows are entertaining and it is
completely different from the kind of
study that you did in school the kind of
study that made you fall asleep or hate
English this is completely different it
can be interesting and fun Delfy hi
Delphine Duncan says you should make
friends with native English speakers and
practice speaking English with them
certainly this is our first point to
speak with anyone speak with native
speakers speak with other people who are
learning who are motivated this is
yes finding native English speakers and
one way that you can find native English
speakers is meet up.com n e ET u p meet
up comm find in your city a group of
people who are getting together to speak
english i do this twice a month with
french there’s a french meetup group in
my city we just go to a coffee shop and
speak french together this is a really
natural situation and a great way to
feel comfortable with the language and
just have a good time meet other you’ll
feel encouraged
thank you much as low for the link yes
you can download the lessons set speak
English with Vanessa DOM / fluency there
are four videos conversation vocabulary
grammar pronunciation
there are mp3s for all of them there are
transcripts for all of them and there is
a lesson guide with some questions as
well so these questions will help you to
use what you learned in the video set so
you can ask yourself the questions you
can use those questions with your
friends with your speaking partner with
your teacher this is a great way to
connect and really learn the material
and if you are an English teacher
this is also a really good way to have a
lesson plan for your students you can
use this information natural information
as as homework as a material for your
class asking questions and using it this
is a really clear plan so I hope that
you enjoy downloading it and using it if
you are an English Learner
or a 2/3 tatiana says you should
communicate as much as possible in
english
certainly as much as possible any chance
you have Oh Claudia says I think the
best way to be a confident English
speaker is to maybe we just say to let
shyness
aside to set shyness aside forget that
you feel shy and try your best to do
something that is challenging for you
outside of your comfort zone because it
is true that speaking with a stranger
it’s me if it’s another inch learner if
it’s a some group in your city it takes
a lot of guts to be able to do that so
you have to mentally be able to set
shyness aside and this will help you to
gain confidence I know this is a big
task so starting small speaking with one
person maybe an English Learner for a
couple minutes then speaking with one
native speaker for a couple minutes then
speaking with a group of people after a
couple months this will feel so much
more comfortable and your nervousness
will be a thing of the past you’ll feel
much better a treaty says you should
only try hard by reading and listening
yes thank you for that advice uh-huh yes
yes so far has a great suggest I suggest
that sometimes talk about rammer I have
in the past we will talk about it in the
future as well
I recommend the other live lessons that
we’ve talked about the other live
lessons on this page two weeks ago we
talked about could and would and how to
use this grammatically in the sentence
so I recommend going down the Facebook
page you can check out those live
lessons and also you can check out the
grammar video that you can download in
the fields fluency Club of sample lesson
it’s up here the link you can download
it and learn this month’s grammar with
me ah campuses you should speak with
Vanessa great yes
hi Francesca ah valerie has a good point
if you could certainly you should try to
visit the target language country and
speak with native people as much as you
can yes if you have a
chance to go to England to the u.s. to
Canada to Australia to other
english-speaking countries try your best
to speak with other people even if it’s
at the store ask a question I’m gonna
buy this marker have you tried this
marker before what do you think about
them asking people questions and trying
to use it at the store anywhere this is
great advice try to visit the target
language country an english-speaking
country Oh
Valentina says you couldn’t date someone
who’s an English speaker certainly if
you find someone who is an English
speaker who you love this will help you
improve your English certainly just
don’t date them because they speak
English date them because you love them
ah mark John says I think what the best
way is to listen to audio write
everything that you heard and your
listening skills will increase quickly
this is a technique called dictation
dictation and some people love it some
people hate it but I think it could be
useful if you enjoy it listen to
something and try to write down what you
don’t understand or what you understand
try to understand everything write down
everything and then you can’t go back
and see which sound or which words were
difficult for you maybe this could be
full if you don’t know which sounds are
hard for you you could do a dictation
listening and a writing and when you
review that you’ll be able to see oh I
missed this word every time I can’t hear
this word so I’m gonna listen really
carefully for this the next time that’s
a possibility thank you for bringing
that up I think that’s something I
haven’t really talked about before so
congratulations brought it up before me
great ah mom content you should probably
read books that you like the most
TED Talks TED talks or die notices news
in levels become great advice this is
like breaking news English it will help
you read the news in different
holls maybe beginner intermediate
advanced great advice oh because you
should dream of having a chance to talk
to your favorite Hollywood star it could
be good motivation I think focusing on
your dream if your dream is I want to
meet this star I want to talk with them
maybe it will never happen but it’s my
dream that will help you stay motivated
or if your dream is to study abroad
focusing on that dream will help you to
keep your motivation another great one
for Hussein says we should read a story
it’s the best way to improve read a
straight great scroll down i’ve passed a
lot of them chat with native speakers
yes sir oh great lewis says usually
watched CNN articles videos on the
internet about lots of topics
oh stop it says I have an exam on
September 4th that’s my birthday they’re
going to not check your English speaking
level only other classic traditional
things I think that’s the that’s the
hard thing because you want to show them
you’re speaking not reading and
listening you want to focus on speaking
but tests often don’t do that
oh my battery is getting low I think it
might be time go soon all right I don’t
want this to cut off at the end so I
want to say thank you everyone for your
hi John Jack hi yes Dean hi Magda I’m
glad you’re here ah thank you everyone
for your wonderful advice about how to
be a fluent English speaker what I
recommend is watching this video again
and writing down a lot of these ideas
see which ones you already do which ones
you don’t do and decide maybe one thing
choose one thing that you’re going to
try this week maybe it’s watching the
music videos in English on YouTube or
maybe it’s trying to find a new double
group or maybe it’s downloading the
sample lesson set and following the
conversation the information this is
going to be really useful ice tip that
you can take this week I want to give
you some good news that on Saturday
because the fearless fluency Club is
going to open on Saturday at 8 a.m.
which is two hours earlier than our
usual face book lesson at 8 a.m. on a
Saturday morning there will be a live
facebook video here where I will be
answering questions about and giving
answers about the fearless fluency Club
so on Saturday the fearless fluency Club
will open this means that you can
download the new lesson set you can join
our private Facebook group you can start
to find an English speaking partner you
can enter our community this is going to
be great a good chance for you so on
Saturday the fearless fluency Club will
open and I want to answer as many
questions as possible about it so on
Saturday at 8 a.m. you’re welcome to
come back here and there will be a live
lesson where I will be answering
questions about the hairless fluency
Club and you’ll have the chance to join
the club for a special early bird
discount rate so typically normally the
course will be $27 per month but bring
this special opening week from Saturday
August 27th until September 4th my
birthday I planned it like that fifth
the course will be only 22 dollars per
month so there is going to be a discount
during the opening week but after the
opening week it’s going to be gone so
you’ll be able to join for a special
price and I’m going to give you as much
help and answer your questions as much
as possible because I want you to make
sure that it’s a good fit for you I want
to make sure that you know exactly what
it is
because it will
really help you to satisfy I’d be
motivated and improve English I really
believe that this does that help you to
increase your skills and feel
comfortable with English and use it a
lot there’s going to be guides and tips
and information to really help you
become a fluent English spirit so come
back on Saturday I’m Saturday at 8 a.m.
Eastern Time this is two hours earlier
than the usual face book lesson you can
see at the top of this post I wrote it I
wrote it in this post 8:00 a.m. on
Saturday and I’ll answer any questions
you have about the fearless fluency club
and I hope to see you there thank you
everyone for this live chance to talk
with you and encourage you about English
uh-uh
John Jack a good question would there be
another conversation between you and
your sister each month there’s going to
be a conversation with a different
person so in the future yes I will talk
with my sister again but the first month
in September there’s going to be a new
person so thank you everyone for coming
live I hope to see you on Saturday on
Saturday est est time is New York time
mark time a.m.
see you on Saturday and have a wonderful
Thursday have a wonderful Thursday bye
everyone bye Louise
bye Claudia filos vitamin E I Karen
thank you for joining me I appreciate
you taking time for English today have a
wonderful Thursday bye thank you for
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