Learn English without a Teacher Learn Alone
hi hi Internet hello everybody welcome
back to our weekly live stream my name
is Alisha and today we’re going to talk
about how to study English alone so how
to study English with no teacher without
a teacher I know many of you are
studying maybe in a small town or in a
place where it’s difficult to connect
with a teacher so today I want to
introduce some ideas and give you some
strategies to study by yourself to study
by yourself so today there has been some
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show you these free PDFs later in the
lesson these are great resources for
people who are studying alone for
quick-like topic based vocabulary and
phrase lists so please have a look at
this when you have a chance okay I see
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you very much for coming today we’re
going to talk about how to study English
alone how to study English alone okay so
let’s begin today’s lesson is in three
parts the red color is a little
difficult to see sorry I’ll try to fix
that yeah I mentioned it so we’re going
to start here and I’m going to show you
kind of the flow for this so let’s begin
with this part over here so I think the
first step the first place I want to
start for today with how to study alone
is this part right here so it’s hard to
see I know this is assess assess the
spelling here is a ssgss assess to
assess means to check to check something
in this case assess yourself so check
yourself means check your level so a lot
of you in the comments will writes like
how do I know my level or I don’t know
where to start so first step for this
lesson is to check yourself to check
your level so how do you do that we need
to answer a few questions so when you
check your level you need to know what
can I do what can I do what is easy for
me and what is difficult for me so these
three questions are things we want to
check we want to understand about
ourselves
how do we do this so we can do this by
asking some can questions so the
questions begin with can-can for example
can I give my name so this is a question
about your English skills so in English
can I give my name or in English can I
give my phone number so these are maybe
basic questions can I give my name can I
give my phone number more challenging
questions then can I talk about my work
can I talk about my work
another more challenging one can I give
a presentation can I give a presentation
so these are just four simple questions
you can ask yourself
there are many can style questions like
can I order a pizza on the phone or can
I make a reservation for a hotel there
are many very small questions you can
ask yourself about your English level so
your answers to these questions are
important for example this question can
I give my name so by this I mean I can
say my name is Alicia that’s very
comfortable for me so in your case are
you comfortable saying my name is so and
so your answer is important so I think
it’s a good idea to have three different
possible answers so can I give my name
yes easily yes easily so it’s easy to
give my name in my case yes it’s very
easy to give my name my name is Alicia
maybe though for some people yes but
it’s difficult yes but it’s difficult so
maybe I can give my name or I can give
my phone number but it’s difficult for
me
the third possible answer is no I can’t
it’s not possible now I can’t I cannot
do that for example can I give a
presentation in English can I give a
presentation in English no I can’t
so with these three levels of questions
we can check our English level our
language our language level so if these
questions like can I give my name if you
can say yes it’s easy no problem then
these these types of things maybe you
don’t need to study or you don’t need to
focus on these right now however here
can I talk about my work or can I talk
about my hobbies maybe you said mmm yes
I can but it’s difficult so I want the
focus to be on these these questions the
questions that you say yes but it’s
difficult so I can do it a little bit
but it’s challenging for me if you say
can I give a presentation and the answer
is no I can’t
then maybe let’s not focus on this point
right now let’s focus your level your
studies on these difficult points right
here so focus on this for today’s lesson
let’s imagine you want to talk about
your work or maybe talk about your
hobbies so you ask yourself like can I
do this thing yes I can but it’s
difficult
the next thing to ask is why why so why
is this difficult for me for example can
I talk about my work yes but it’s
difficult okay next
why so why are some things difficult in
this case why is it difficult for me to
talk about my work so in my case my work
is teacher my job is teacher
so why is
difficult for me in your case depending
on your job why is it difficult for you
to talk about your job for example not
enough vocabulary not enough vocabulary
so I don’t know the words I don’t know
the correct words this is one possible
reason or I don’t know the grammar I
don’t know how to explain the grammar
like how do I say it my vocabulary is
okay
my grammar is not so good or maybe my
pronunciation is not clear so I can’t
speak clearly and communicate many
people have a question about confidence
I check your comments and lots of people
say I don’t have the confidence to speak
I don’t have the confidence to do this
confidence comes with practice this is
an important point for practice so if
confidence is your problem from all of
these the solution is to practice so
this one practice lots for this so these
however if your problem is vocabulary or
I don’t know grammar or pronunciation is
not great or for example on my writing
skills my writing is not good these
possible reasons why it’s difficult will
help you make your study plan okay
someone asked one asked mate can I
answer maybe but I’m not sure well these
questions are designed they are
yes-or-no questions so if you say maybe
but I’m not sure you’re probably saying
yes but it’s difficult so try to say it
or try to write it can you do it or not
so you should be able to say yes no or
it’s a little difficult for these
okay Fernando what does assess means
assess means check check yourself to
assess yourself is to check yourself
okay good so this is the first part of
today’s point so the first part for
studying alone is to find your level the
goal of this is to find your level and
find what can I do what is easy for me
what is difficult for me so I recommend
like make a list of these can questions
what can you do what can’t you do make a
list of these and right yes I can yes
but difficult and no answers for these
okay so point 1 point 1 let’s take one
quick break and then we’ll continue to
the next step for studying alone so I
know many of you are studying alone and
some of you say vocabulary is a hard
thing for you but capillary is tough so
if your vocabulary is weak or you want
to improve your vocabulary you can find
from this link right here you can see
these free pdf lessons you can find
these from the link below the video if
you’re watching on YouTube and if you’re
watching later on Facebook you can find
them from the link above the video so
depending on your goal depending on your
can statement you can choose one of
these pdf lessons for example this is a
business English PDF it has phrases for
a meeting on it
I’ll show on this camera that’s it ok
alright to show a little more clearly if
you want to practice work-related
phrases this is the business English PDF
there are phrases for a meeting on the
back if you are interested in talking
about your family we have
family vocabulary sheet with some
phrases and vocabulary words for talking
about your family holidays and so on if
you are a student if you are a student
on this back-to-school PDF sheet you can
find some expressions for the classroom
the classroom so to speak to your
classmates or to speak to your teachers
so you can find all of these from the
link below the video on youtube or if
you’re watching later perhaps on
Facebook you can watch early check the
link above the video on Facebook so you
can get these from the link if you have
an account in English class 101.com you
can download all of these all of these
for free now they are free if you do not
have an account you can make an account
for free with your email address and
your name so please check these out
these are great for vocabulary practice
and some grammar practice too there are
lots of expressions on the back page ok
let’s continue on then for those of you
just joining today’s lesson is about how
to study English alone how to study
English alone no teacher so part 1 of
today’s lesson was about assessing
yourself how to assess yourself how to
check your level let’s go now to part 2
here part 2 is make a plan
make a plan how do you make a plan so in
part 1 we assess ourselves we found
something that was difficult for us so
not impossible like we can do it a
little bit but it’s difficult so we
learned that we need to find why that’s
difficult I don’t have vocabulary I
don’t know the grammar my pronunciation
is not good for example so with this we
need to take this information
and make a plan make a plan with this so
for example for today’s lesson let’s
imagine look cab you Larry is the
problem so I want to talk about my work
but I don’t have enough vocabulary so
what should I do
so when you make your study plan keep
this point vocabulary and your topic in
mind because this becomes your goal your
goal so for this part for making a plan
think about how to finish these
sentences how do you finish this
sentence with what’s difficult for you
for example for today’s lesson my goal
is to talk about my work or my goal is
to talk about my hobby in English so
here let’s imagine my goal is to talk
about my work I’m a programmer or I’m a
student maybe to talk about my studies
is also okay then your second sentence
to finish is my deadline is my deadline
is so this means when am I going to
finish my goal so next week the end of
2019
when am I going to finish my goal my
deadline is April April 15th
whatever choose a deadline maybe your
deadline is a test so there’s a TOEIC
test or a TOEFL test or some other test
you’re preparing for like my goal is to
do this my deadline is the test date
that’s okay too so choose your goal my
goal is to talk about my work my
deadline is June 1st for example next
thing in your plan the next thing to
think about is your study schedule your
study schedule so this means how often
are you going to study
I’m going to study every day for 15
minutes I’m going to study three times a
week for 30 minutes so choose your study
schedule I would suggest at least twice
a week at least two times isn’t great
three times is better five times is
really really nice ideally the best the
best case is a little bit every day a
little bit every day so my study
schedule is three times a week for 30
minutes each time or my study schedule
is every day for 10 minutes whatever
that is for you finish this sentence or
make a study schedule for yourself okay
someone asked what do you do if you have
questions when you study alone we’ll get
to that down here the fourth question or
rather the fourth sentence to answer is
my study resources are my study
resources so resources for example a
study resource is like our videos on
English class 101 or like the dialogues
the texts the transcripts on our website
it could be your textbook it could be an
app you use your study resources so your
vocabulary lists your favorite flashcard
tool these are all study resources so
decide your study resources so to talk
about my work my study resources are
videos on English class 101 and my
flashcard application so these are my
study resources for this goal finally as
some of you said what about this one if
I have questions if I have questions Oh
what so what are you going to do if you
have a question this is an important
thing to do or an important thing to
answer
if you have a question and you don’t
know who you should talk to you can get
stuck so if you are a member on our
website you can leave comments on our
videos on the website and a teacher from
our company will reply and give you
feedback if you have one of the premium
level subscriptions you can practice
one-on-one together with a teacher
they’ll you can send homework you can
send audio files and they will give you
feedback if you’re not a member of the
website that’s fine too
you can find for example English
speaking message boards there are
English speaking apps where you can
connect with native speakers for
language exchange so find a way to get
your questions answered if that’s still
difficult for you think about how to use
Google to help you with this so like if
you have a grammar question how do you
use Google search to get your question
answered so think about how to answer
this question okay good so this these
answers are rather the ways that you
finish these sentences will help you
make your plan they’ll help you make
your plan so for example if my goal our
goal for today is to talk about work I
want to talk about my work in English so
my goal is to talk about my work in
English I’m going to study vocabulary so
I want to study vocabulary my deadline
is yeah June first let’s say I have a
few months my study schedule is three
times a week 30 minutes each time my
study resources are English class videos
on YouTube and I’m going to use a flash
card application to study my vocabulary
and I’m going to practice sending
comments on an English language message
board asking for feedback so something
like that so this is how we can make a
specific
plan for a specific goal so notice in
this so far I’m not saying like my goal
is to become fluent that’s not a good
goal we’re making a very specific study
plan for a very specific goal for a very
specific weakness so keep this in mind
okay so we’ll take one more break and
then we’ll finish with the last part and
hopefully give you a tool so that you
can continue this process
okay so we’ll finish there for now we’ll
take a break if you missed it
earlier I showed a few of these free
PDFs there’s this banner here that you
can see these are available from the
link below the video on YouTube or maybe
it fizzes up later on Facebook you can
check the link above the video there so
I showed you some family some business
related and some school related things
in the last break in this break however
I want to show maybe some more hobby
related things so if your goal is to
talk about your hobby
I’ll go over here for example if you
enjoy shopping this is close but you can
use this for other shopping too so
shopping for other items there are
phrases on the back here and some
shopping related vocabulary as well as
color review - if you enjoy travelling
here is a PDF cheat sheet for hotel so
Hotel vocabulary here and on the back
phrases to use at a hotel I think this
part is very useful it’s hard to see
sometimes or sorry sentences you’ll use
in a hotel so this is good for those of
you who like to travel if you are like
me and you like food this one it says
dining like a champ but this is how to
eat at restaurants so here at the
beginning here this is expressions for
talking to the staff at restaurant so if
you like food
and you want to practice food vocabulary
please check out this PDF okay so there
are a lot of different different topics
for these if you want to check
everything please check the link below
the video on YouTube above the video on
Facebook okay so we’re going to go to
the last part of today’s lesson the last
part is this part a fairly short part
which is simply to study to study so if
you missed it
today’s topic is how to study English
alone how to study English alone without
a teacher so some of you are sending
your comments in the chat also a quick
reminder don’t forget to like and share
the video as well someone said do I need
a subscription plan to get the PDF
lessons no you can make a free account
you can make a free account yes there
are subscription plans on the website
but you can get these the PDFs I showed
with a free account a free account okay
so let’s go to the last point here so we
assessed ourselves we checked our level
we found our goal we found the reason
the thing is difficult for us and we
made a plan so the next thing to do is
to study so put your plan into action
put your plan into action study until
you reach your goal
so again using those resources we talked
about vocabulary lists so vocab is the
short word for vocabulary your grammar
videos like I showed you a vocab showed
you a grammar video at the beginning of
this lesson the video about just so
that’s a grammar video that you can use
presentation skills you can look for
videos and resources about presentation
skills you can look for videos about
writing skills improving your writing
skills textbooks as well there are many
different resources to improve different
skills
so study with your plan until you reach
your goals your goal or your goals
depending on your situation so by this I
mean don’t just study one time or study
for one week and then quit you have to
use your plan and continue studying
until you can do this thing so this is
an important part this is like the
completing point for the for the circle
here oh hi there Deebo Kim thank you
very much thank you thank you we
appreciate it in the super chat so the
last part and the very important point
here is after you’ve studied so you’ve
been studying studying studying to do
this thing then when you feel
comfortable when you think okay maybe
I’m ready maybe I can do this thing now
this says ask the can question again ask
the can question again so at the
beginning of the lesson today I talked
about this can I pattern so can I give
mine in yes can I give my phone number
can I talk about my work so maybe at the
beginning when you started it was
difficult for you but after studying ask
the question again can I talk about my
work and if you studied correctly
hopefully you can say yes easily I can
talk about my work keep in mind as I
said to confidence confidence comes with
practice so try to think about
vocabulary and grammar and so on to
improve that if you’re just like not
sure if you’re nervous about it just
keep practicing there then think about
okay do I know the vocabulary do I know
the grammar can I do this and when the
answer becomes yes easily then move on
to your next goal so like can I give a
presentation or can I talk about my
hobby mmm yes but it’s difficult okay
why what’s difficult and
so on so we repeat this flow this kind
of circle this cycle too slowly or maybe
quickly move forward but it’s really
important to choose a specific thing to
focus on specific things to study make
the plan put it into action and then
always check yourself again later so
this is how you can study English alone
studying English without a teacher
one-on-one or maybe if you have an
online teacher this is how you can kind
of take charge of your studies so I hope
that this tool is helpful for you in
making your plans and finding your own
level
so another recommendation I have I
mentioned at the beginning of the lesson
this is my last point for today maybe
when you start make a list of a lot of
cann questions like that are important
for you this is for maybe you can choose
like 20 or 25 cani questions and then
like keep track maybe on your computer
like in Excel maybe Microsoft Excel or
something similar you can record your
answers so like this month yes this is
easy easy easy no it’s difficult and I
can’t do it and then every time you
study and check yourself record new
answers
then you can track your own progress and
see okay last month this was difficult
for me now I can do it or maybe next
year you can see easily oh I learned
this and this and this so it can help
you to track your progress to keep a
list and a record of your answers to
these questions so that’s another tip
that you can use to understand your
progress okay I have to finish now
though so I hope that this was a helpful
lesson for you for all of you who are
studying alone I will end the SDS in the
lesson there for today our next lesson
our next live lesson rather will be in
two
weeks actually so next week there is a
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it will be Wednesday March 27th
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Time now we have daylight savings time
to think about the topic will be how to
talk about household tasks how to talk
about household tasks so the everyday
things you do inside your house house
cleaning or doing the laundry those
kinds of small everyday actions how do
you talk about those this will be our
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