How To Communicate Your Ideas In English
this is what your brain looks like you
have tons of thoughts and ideas but you
don’t know how to communicate them in a
clear and concise way but there is a
formula SR CS simplify your idea prove
your idea connect to an emotion and
share your examples and today I’m gonna
show you exactly how to use this formula
welcome to speak English with Tiffany I
am teacher Tiffany let’s jump right in
simplify you see the first thing you
need to do is simplify your idea this
means that you need to make sure your
idea is clear concise and easy to
understand for example let’s say this is
you right now and you have many
different ideas about animals you see
there the dog is a parent there’s a cat
there’s a rabbit there’s a turtle and
there’s even a fish all of these things
are running through your mind but you
don’t know exactly what to talk about
because you can’t talk about all of them
you see your goal is to do what your
goal is to find the common idea this is
the first thing that you need to do when
it comes to properly communicating your
idea so again in your mind you have all
of these thoughts pulsating and all of
these ideas pulsating in your mind but
what needs to happen is they need to be
grouped together to find the common idea
they need to be simplified so let’s look
at it in a little bit more detail again
the first point in order for your idea
to stick you need to make your idea as
simple as possible now let’s look at
this part right here very quickly to
stick the
is an expression we use in English to
stick just means to remain in a certain
place okay to remain in a certain place
so since we are talking about an idea
sticking we’re actually referring to our
idea
staying in the person’s mind that we are
talking to okay so we want it to stay
inside of their mind
we want our idea to stick okay
that’s how you understand to stick
alright the second point break your idea
down until you get to the core of your
idea now this part right here break your
idea down is just another way of
explaining dividing a point into smaller
parts okay into smaller parts or smaller
pieces so in English we say break your
idea down okay divided into smaller
pieces and then the last part says the
core of your idea now for this one you
can think of an apple core think about
when you eat an apple it’s this part
right here the center of the Apple okay
so core just means the center or the
main point okay
the main point so once again point two
says break your idea down until you get
to the core of your idea remember we’re
learning how to simplify so that we can
properly communicate our idea and then
the third point regarding simplify is
come up with one simple and impactful
sentence
or statement now this word right here
impactful just means to have a powerful
effect okay to have a powerful effect on
something okay
effect on something so even though your
idea needs to be simplified and needs to
be simple it still needs to have an
impact or some kind of effect on the
person that will listen to your idea
okay
so let’s keep going now the next thing
is to prove so the second thing you need
to do is prove your idea
this means that you need to give clear
reasons why your idea is valid correct
or believable so let’s look at an
example now in this example the first
thing we have is an apple which
represents Mac or the apple company and
this company is very popular around the
world but we need to prove that so as
you’ll see there’s the Mac’s computer
the laptop there’s the iPhone and is
also the iMac or the desktop computer so
what has happened is these things prove
the point to be true or approve the idea
to be true that Mac for Apple as a
company is very popular or let’s say for
example we’re talking about fashion or
clothing and the point or idea that we
want to present is that fashion is
important to everyone well in order to
prove that we may talk about men’s
fashion or ladies fashion or even babies
fashion and these things actually become
a way to prove our idea so once again
what is the goal the goal of this step
let’s write it right here the goal is to
find the support
information that is the goal of this
step find the supporting information for
your idea okay so let’s keep going
so what’s happening again in your mind
is you have these ideas but you need to
search for proofs once you find the
proofs they become the three points that
prove your idea remember you can give
more than three but three is always a
good number the first point is it helps
to support your idea and in essence
becomes the foundation now you’ll notice
here that this is a special expression
in English in essence this expression
just means basically and it is used to
emphasize the most important or central
point okay the most important or central
point okay so it’s just a different way
of saying that but it’s used very often
so in essence okay all right so the next
point is it helps to give clarity to
your idea
now the word clarity is also another
word that is commonly used in English
and this word means to be clear so no
confusion okay again clarity and then
our last point is it helps to round out
your idea now once again we have another
English expression that is very useful
round out
okay round out now round out means to
complete or finish
a thought or idea okay a thought or idea
this is also something you can use on a
regular basis
round out okay so let’s keep going
connect the third thing you need to do
is connect your idea to an emotion this
means that you need to know the
listeners emotions now let’s look at
this example right here okay so let’s
look at some examples of some ideas you
may be thinking about depending on a
conversation maybe you’re having a
conversation about food or maybe about
an exam or shopping or even about nature
now these things are ideas but you need
to actually connect them to an emotion
so let’s look at some different emotions
we have happy we have angry or worried
we have shocked and then we even have
serious now which emotion can we connect
these things to well if we’re talking
about nature we can connect it to the
emotion of calmness or relaxed or as you
see in this picture he looks very
serious just thinking deeply and then
what about if we actually are talking
about food
well usually food makes people happy so
we can connect it to that emotion and if
we’re talking about an exam or a test
that we did not pass normally we feel
angry or worried it’s not a good emotion
so as you see we’ve connected it to that
person’s face or that person’s emotion
and finally shopping well sometimes when
you go shopping the prices are a little
high so we’ve connected it to the
emotion of shock or stunned this is the
emotion we’ve connected it to so again
the goal for this section is find an
emotion to match your idea once again
find an emotion to match your idea
remember we’re all talking about how to
communicate our ideas properly in
English okay so let’s keep going to
understand a little bit more what goes
on in our minds so in your mind you have
all of these different ideas and you
also have a kind of a general idea of
what kind of emotion to attach to these
ideas and you want to connect those
emotions with your ideas so now the
first point about this is this is
important because your idea will stay in
the listeners mind if they care about it
so the key is you need to make sure your
listener actually cares about what
you’re talking about
so you don’t just want to talk over and
over or speak without caring about the
listeners mind or the listeners feeling
okay so the person listening to you
needs to actually care about what you’re
talking about okay second point when
someone cares about something they pay
attention to it more this is a fact if
someone is interested in something they
will listen closer and they will pay
attention now pay attention to just
means to focus on well okay to focus on
something let’s see if we can get this G
in there to focus on something I used to
tell us to my students when I taught
junior students I would tell them pay
attention in class or in other words
focus on the information okay and point
three by connecting your idea to the
listeners emotions you inadvertently
answer the why question in their mind
now this word right here is a common
word in English and it actually means to
do something without intention or in
other words to do something accidentally
okay not on purpose
accidentally okay we say in advertently
okay all right let’s keep going now
share the fourth thing you need to do is
share your examples this means that you
need to give a metaphor or an analogy or
in other words a story or an example so
for example there are many different
experiences that happen in our lives so
let’s say for example you wanted to talk
about a movie that you saw recently or
maybe you wanted to talk about a trip a
vacation or something you did where you
travel to somewhere special or you can
even talk about a celebration maybe a
birthday celebration or even a wedding
anniversary or you can talk about office
life what it’s like to work at your
company these are things that you can
share in order to support your idea so
again the goal is to find a story to
match your idea once again find a story
to match your I D F it’s that I dia
that’s your goal find a story to match
your idea so what’s happening in your
mind is you have all of these stories
and you’re looking for a way to share
them to connect them to your idea so
your ideas in the center and you’re
actually putting out more information
giving them stories and sharing
information that’s connected to your
idea so the first point is this is
important because your story or
experience makes your idea more real you
see the person listening to you is just
listening to your idea so the first step
again when you’re talking and you’re
giving your idea the first step is the
person is simply listening to you
they’re just seeing what your idea is
but if you share a story what happens is
now the person is listening and also
imagine
what your idea really looks like so
instead of just listening they’re also
imagining what’s happening so it becomes
more real to them okay it’s an easier
way of communicating your idea point to
when someone hears your story they may
also think about your idea more remember
when you’re giving your idea you want
the person listening to you to actually
think about what you’re saying
but this says they will think about it
even more which will make your point
even stronger because they’re paying
attention more and the third point is by
connecting your story to your idea your
story to your idea you actually help the
listener understand it even more than
before now this actually connects back
to the point that was made here they
understand it more because now they are
hearing it and they are also imagining
your idea this is why it helps to
properly communicate your idea if you
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