Stop Wasting Time and Start Learning English
and begin hi everybody welcome back to
our live stream we are as always on this
week and today we’re going to talk about
ways to stop procrastinating and keep
your studies moving forward so if you
don’t know the word procrastinate so to
procrastinate is a verb which means to
delay something to put something off
like to wait until tomorrow or to wait
until later to do something so I think
everybody has probably had a problem
with procrastination at some time in
their life but today we’re going to talk
about some ways that you can stop doing
that especially for your English Studies
so some of these are going to be tips
some of these are going to be ways that
you can keep your study motivation up so
they’re going to be tips specifically
for study for studying a language but
we’re also going to talk about some tips
that maybe can be helpful in other parts
of your life to keep motivation up and
to keep yourself from procrastinating so
I hope that this is a useful lesson in
many different ways just some different
ways that you can keep your motivation
going so that being said our intro for
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but um last time actually if you joined
us last time we were talking about job
interviews so that was the that was the
focus for last time so maybe one of your
goals I think some of you joined this at
the beginning of the year this year
where we talked about New Year’s
resolution so maybe your goal is to get
like a new job for example this is kind
of the theme of the topics and then
maybe as a continuation of that
so in continuing this theme maybe how
can you keep your motivation going so
that’s kind of the idea for today
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great but let’s get started then I want
to as always share something from my
life something some way that I used
something that might be of interest to
you guys so actually I have something a
little bit special this week this week
rather last week we were working on
something here that you guys I think
will be interested in and I tweeted
about this actually it’ll be over here
so something I know that many of you you
have this goal of studying English of
course this year and like improving your
English as a kind of open go abroad goal
but this is something that our company
just developed and released and so we
shot a video for it last week so if you
use Alexa like Amazon this is an Amazon
echo device which maybe is in this room
but we there’s a new app so if you don’t
know our app it’s called daily dose and
there are these like every day you can
get like vocabulary lessons and lessons
like actual spoken long spoken lessons
and
now you can do it all voice-controlled
through this so this is really really
cool you can find this app on the Amazon
store now so definitely check that out
if you like but this is something that I
thought this is actually a point we’re
going to talk about later today so
different ways to help you keep your
motivation up one way is through having
a course alright
so that’s just the intro for today but
let’s get into our topic the actual tips
for reducing your procrastination so
keeping your motivation up will be
today’s topic so let’s get into that as
I said at the beginning of the video
today is going to focus on how to keep
yourself keep your motivation for
studying a language but some of these
tips will be good for other things in
your life too I hope maybe new
challenges or other goals so I hope it’s
useful for you if you’re just joining
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begin today let’s talk about how to keep
your motivation going throughout the
year so it’s the end of January let’s
talk about how to keep your motivation
going through February March and the
other months ok so to review we began
this year’s live stream series with
SMART goals I talked about SMART goals
you can go back to the first live stream
this year about New Year’s resolutions
if you want to review that so that’s
kind of step 1 for today’s lesson so
step 1 imagine you have a goal there’s
something that you want to do and I
think for many of you that’s studying
English so for today we’re going to talk
about three to four tips and three to
four different ways to keep your
motivation and to continue your studies
so the first one I want to talk about
maybe you’ve you are already doing this
I don’t know but just something that I
think that’s really helpful for me is
registering for a test so I think I I’ve
made it
up here so we’ll see some text up here
for each of these tips but one of the
things that I think is useful to do is
to register for a challenging test so
challenging
means beyond your current level of
ability so if you register for a test
that you are sure you can pass that
seems really easy for you it’s maybe
it’s not going to push you forward so
much so if you’re constantly like
registering for something that’s a
little bit higher than the level that
you are now you’ll always be able to
kind of push yourself forward so think
about like the level you’re at now and
the level you want to go to and try to
register for a test or work to work to
like take a test or to do an event or
something that’s at a level slightly
more difficult than you’re at now so
this is a really good way to like make
sure you keep going I think this is
useful this is useful for me I use this
actually I use this because I don’t like
to fail as I’m sure most of you are the
same but I hate failing so if I register
for a challenging test I’m motivated to
study because I don’t want to fail so
this can be a really good way to keep
your to keep your motivation up or to
keep you studying every day because you
know there’s this test in the future and
maybe the test cost money for example so
this can be a really good way to do that
as far as though like some people say
well what test should I take I don’t
even know what I should do there are
some really popular or very I don’t know
I don’t know if popular is the right
word but perhaps some common tests that
you can think about maybe some of you
already know about it there’s the IELTS
test that’s one on that there’s I think
a speaking element involved in that
there’s the TOEFL test which is quite
popular the TOF LTO EFL TOEFL test and
then finally there is the TOEIC test the
TOEIC test so there are a few different
tests that test kind of different
capabilities and depending on your
country one test might be more
available than the other but you can
take a look those are just a few
examples of some tests of course in your
country there might be a different test
you can register for but this is kind of
our first tip for today it’s a register
for a challenging test something that’s
challenging for you so given that it is
about time for our first break so
perfect timing today actually the the
team last week we introduced it for the
first time but we actually have a PDF
cheat sheet a free downloadable PDF
cheat sheet to help you as you prepare
for the TOEIC test so some of you maybe
are taking the TOEIC test if you are and
you are looking for some strategies to
improve your score or to improve your
test taking abilities you can try taking
a look at this cheat sheet so I think
you’ll see it in just a moment there it
is good so if you did not download this
last week please check it out this week
so if you are thinking about taking a
test of course these are tips
specifically for taking the TOEIC but
these some of these tips might also be
useful for taking other tests so in
general these could be good test taking
tips so if you would like this this is
totally free please check the link below
the video on youtube and above the video
on Facebook so you can get this for free
if you have an account on the website
you could download it for free right
away if you don’t have an account you
can make an account a free account in
just a few seconds and then you can
download the PDF for free so if you’re
thinking about registering for a test
please check that out that could be very
helpful for you alright good I see a lot
of people still coming in fantastic hi
everybody from Taiwan and Chile good ok
let’s continue on so I want to move on
to a few different kinds of tips then if
you are just joining us today - the
topic for today is how or some ways to
stop procrastinating so ways to keep
your motivation up and ways to make sure
you continue your studies throughout the
year so
we’ve talked about it before but a
couple good points to review or some
good livestreams to review our for
example our new year’s resolution live
stream that has some tips about how to
make good goals for yourself so good
goals I think are important to your to
your studies so if you’re just joining
that’s today’s topic and of course
please make sure to hit the like button
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other people will find the video okay
but let’s move on to some other ways
that you can maybe work to keep your
motivation going another tip that I have
that I use as well is having a many
people actually many of you do this many
of you connect with each other this way
is using a diary or having a social
media account that you can use and you
can update every day so there are a
couple of different reasons that I that
I like this one and that I think that
this is useful so if you do this it
gives you a chance to connect with other
people who are working towards the same
goal so for example everybody in like
the YouTube chat now and everybody in
the facebook chat now has a chance to
connect with each other and like we like
I can connect with you a little bit
through live streams and through like
ask Alicia now too so through social
media now we have the chance to connect
and through social media and through
something like a diary or like everyday
updates you have the chance to actually
create in English you yourself can write
or you yourself can make something in
English so it’s a good opportunity to
practice and maybe to get feedback so
that’s one point about this second you
can follow people on like Facebook on
Twitter on YouTube whatever follow
people who are sharing information about
the thing you’re interested in so in
this case like you know of course you’re
watching this live stream thank you
so we’re talking about English and like
today’s motivation and stuff like that
but if you’re following people who
regularly who often share good resources
those can be helpful for you so it’s
just like these everyday small pieces of
information that can help you
you work towards improving so this can
be a good tip just something that you
can do like between classes at
university for example or just I don’t
know sitting on the subway or the train
for example so this can be a really good
way to just take a few minutes every day
to work towards your goal so this is a
nice way to to like make yourself do
something everyday something small every
day so this is I use this actually so
for example like if I do editing or I do
editing in like translation work so I
follow people who share articles or who
share tips or who share things they
learn in their jobs about editing or
about translation and then I gain
knowledge from them so I didn’t talk to
them directly but they shared something
useful for me so in your case if you’re
studying English or if you’re studying
something else you can look for people
who are sharing those resources and
follow them so that can be a really good
way to kind of make connections with
people I think okay and of course if you
have tips for your classmates you can
share them in the chat too so if there’s
someone like that you follow on like
Twitter or Facebook I don’t know if you
want to share that of course you can
share that with your classmates in the
comment section - for sure okay and of
course we hope you follow us on Twitter
and on Facebook because we share things
on our Twitter feed and on our Facebook
feed like vocabulary points are like
like live streams for example so there
are lots of good small daily resources
like this that can help you keep your
motivation up I think okay good so since
we’re talking about media then I want to
move on to another tip that’s kind of it
sort of mixes fun with study I think so
I think another good tip for another
good way to keep your motivation up is
to focus on understanding like a
specific TV show or movie for example so
some of you have said like one of your
goals is to understand like your
favorite TV show in English or to like
be able to watch a movie in English with
no subtitles it’s good if you don’t have
that goal like this this can be a fun
way to like practice at least
so if there’s a piece of media so that
means TV show it could mean a movie for
example if there’s something that you’re
interested in or maybe your friends talk
about a lot it could be a good way to
study and a fun way to keep your
motivation up to try to use something
like this to practice so oftentimes we
find that like TV shows or movies use
English language differently than like
textbooks do so you get to see like or
you get to hear as well many different
kinds of speaking I think through like
TV shows especially so that can be a
really useful way to listen to like have
exposure to have a chance to listen to
lots of different ways of speaking
different vocabulary choices and it can
be entertaining so this is a fun way a
fun thing to do so that’s fun for me I
like to do that like I pick up I pick a
show and like Netflix or something that
I like as far as like English language
shows that like people enjoy watching
I’ve heard the u.s. TV show friends was
quite popular for a long time many
people liked friends because it’s quite
short it’s like 22 minutes but it’s and
it has like a like six main characters
and then some other characters sort of
that aren’t main characters but there
are different styles of speaking and
it’s funny and that and so lots of
people like to use that I’ve also heard
lots of people like to use sex in the
city that that’s similar it’s kind of
funny there are a few main characters
four main characters so depending on who
you are and depending on your
personality you can find a TV show or a
movie that can be interesting for you
and use that to study everyday okay so
let’s think then since we’re here we
have an opportunity to share a chance to
share with your classmates today’s first
question for you guys then I hope you
have some answers for this I’m curious
actually what you’re interested in what
is an English TV show an
english-language TV show or movie that
you would like to be able to understand
or maybe that you recommend for other
people in their studies so like I meant
I know many people like friends or like
sex in the city that’s what I’ve heard
before
some of my students have told me that so
but in your case what is a TV show or a
movie that you want to understand or
that you you have used to study like
what have you studied with is there a TV
show that you have enjoyed Nashville
camila on facebook says Nashville I
don’t know Nashville is Nashville on
Netflix I have I that sounds kind of
familiar mmm okay so Nashville is a show
that’s a show new girl
oh yeah new girl is funny new girl is
with Zooey Deschanel yeah I’ve seen that
before new girl is is really funny I
think it’s set in New York but there are
a lot of different speaking styles in
that and so that’s all that’s a really
good way to learn humor for sure and
also like to see the different ways and
like the different lifestyles that
people have to so new girl for sure is
really good a Family Guy is another one
family guys okay Family Guy is funny for
sure if you’re interested in like
American humor but the problem with
Family Guy is one it’s animated so it’s
difficult to see the way that Nate’s
like the speakers are making the sounds
one two there are a lot of jumps in that
show so sometimes the jokes aren’t
related to like the plot aren’t related
to this story so sometimes that’s a
little bit difficult but it’s it’s very
entertaining okay Pierre says Westworld
I haven’t seen Westworld that’s the one
that’s like the futuristic cowboy show
actually I don’t watch very much TV what
else - did someone say two and a Half
Men
oh yeah Christian on facebook says two
and a Half Men that’s with Charlie Sheen
that’s actually a good show too so that
features two and a Half Men is the show
the name of the show that’s a show that
has as main characters two adult men and
it’s sort of their life story and then
there’s the the two and a half refers to
like a younger guy so they they have a
chat there’s a child in the family -
they have to take care of so that’s a
like maybe a nice one for practicing
like funny men’s speech but again you
have to kind of get a fee
for this story I think nice examples Oh
someone’s a prison break Prison Break I
haven’t seen prison break actually
either I need to watch more TV okay
great you guys have nice suggestions
nice lost someone has suggested lost
that is an interesting suggestion so if
you don’t know the show Lost Lost is
like this epic story about people who
are in a survival situation on an island
like a mysterious island and they have
to decide what to do so that’s an
interesting one a person of interest as
well I saw like one episode of that okay
but you guys have a lot of really good
recommendations so definitely if you’re
watching on Facebook or you’re watching
on Twitter like our Twitter sorry you do
like check the chat like your classmates
the other people in the chat have some
really good recommendations so check
that out for sure okay nice all right
but let’s take a break let’s take
another break so break number two today
again if you missed it before the first
tip that we talked about for today in
terms of keeping your motivation up was
registering for a challenging test so if
you are planning to take a test
this year we have which you’ll see in
just a second we have this free pdf
that’s about taking the TOEIC so these
are strategies for taking the TOEIC test
so TOEIC is one example of a test that
you can take to get an idea of your
English level your English skill level
so this PDF it’s for free you can
download it from the link below the
video on youtube or above the video on
Facebook and you can get it for free
from the site if you don’t have an
account on the site you can make an
account and get it for free but if
you’re taking the TOEIC test this could
be these could be some good hints for
how to like take the test how to make
your time more effective but if you’re
taking a different test this could be
this could be a good
kind of series of hints to help you so
check that out if you’re planning to
take a test this year that could be
something useful to look at oh okay
let’s pick it up we have only like eight
more minutes left to go not much time so
if you are just joining live today the
topic is how to stop procrastinating or
how to keep your motivation up
throughout the year so continuing our
January theme of like goals and
challenges how do you continue your
motivation throughout the year okay so
let’s move on and of course if you
haven’t already please hit the like
button it’s very helpful for us other
people can find the video so all right
let’s continue to my last two tips today
my last to act that these are actually
all things that I use by the way these
are things from my experience that were
helpful for me let’s go on to the
second-to-last tip our penultimate tip
penultimate means second to last it’s a
fancy word okay um the next one is to
enroll in a regular course to enroll in
a regular course so enroll means like
register for something enroll in a
regular course secure so by this I mean
it’s register for something you have to
go to or you have to participate in
regularly meaning every week or like two
times a week or maybe every day so
something that gives you like a pattern
to follow this can be really helpful and
I find personally if I’m involved in a
course if I’m involved in like in an
event or there’s something where I have
some responsibility especially to my
classmates or to a teacher then I am
more motivated to continue so this is
something quite good so um I know some
of you have said like I don’t have a
like a course or maybe like courses are
really expensive or whatever so of
course there are digital options I mean
many of you obviously know about our
videos on YouTube and on Facebook and of
course we have on our website courses
that you can take and check out so
please check the website too and I also
mentioned
at the beginning of today’s lesson as
well if you have yet but for like
smartphone we have an app the daily dose
app is now available there and it’s on
Alexa so it’s voice controlled too so
there are a lot of options like those
are just the options from our company so
like if you want to like check out all
of the stuff that’s available like from
our stuff like our courses please check
that out it’s a great resource for you
so this is a really useful one because
you do it like at the same time every
day or the same time every week so look
around and see what is available in your
community and if you’re not sure about
something in your community look for
things digitally so you can you can find
many different resources I think so of
course if you want to check out our
stuff then definitely check the link in
the description on YouTube below the
video or above the video on Facebook
okay so that’s that one but let’s move
on to today’s last hints today’s last
idea I hope for keeping your motivation
can I steal the mouse Kyle we’re sharing
the mass all right so let’s go to the
last tip for today my last tip for today
again is one that I use a lot and that’s
make your goal public make your goal
public you’ll see it here in a second
so when I say make your goal public
I mean share your goal so like tell
people about your goal what is the thing
that you want to do so if your goal for
example is to give a business
presentation and English this year maybe
tell your colleagues about it or tell
your boss about it so if you tell other
people what you’re trying to do so if
you share about the thing that you’re
trying to do you’ll you might find I
have found that people will say okay
that’s interesting and like support you
you know that they know that you’re
trying to like run a marathon for
example so they’ll help you or they’ll
listen to you if you’re talking about
your challenges maybe and help you by
giving advice or support whatever that
might be
so make your goal public so make it easy
to
see your goal or share your goal with
people of course if it’s like something
you only want to tell a few people about
that’s fine but I’ve found that making
goals public even very small goals
really helps me to like keep my
motivation up so I do this if I don’t
have in my case sometimes like I’m like
working at home or I just I don’t have
like a friend nearby to talk to you
about something I’ll actually sometimes
I just use like Twitter to do this I say
like okay I’m going to do this today or
even if it’s like a like a recipe I want
to make I say okay I’m going to make
this and then somehow I feel like if I
don’t make that thing or if I don’t do
that thing like because I told somebody
I was planning to do it like I feel like
I will have failed them in some way so
this is a really good one so to make
your goal public or another way of
thinking of this is to kind of create
like a relationship like an
accountability relationship with someone
by that I mean like having a friend or
having someone you can like who knows
about your goal and maybe even shares
your goal and then you can do work on
that thing together so I think that this
is a really really good one so this is
one this is one like I say I like to use
this one too so those are a few tips
from me four ways to keep your
motivation up this year so we’ve talked
a lot this month about how to like set
goals for yourself and thinking about
new challenges like new jobs as well
ways to think about moving forward into
the future so I hope that these are some
useful tips that you can think about
throughout the year of course for your
English Studies but also just in general
for the like challenges that you’re
thinking about this year all right yeah
and many of you are writing in the chats
like I want to get good at speaking
English this year fantastic
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so yeah please follow us great but we
are out of time for today so I have to
end unfortunately but I appreciate you
joining us as always this week so I hope
that those were some helpful tips for
you as well
but we have to wrap up we have to finish
for today so we’ll be back next week
with a new topic next week’s topic we’re
going to change from like this very
beginning of the year sort of thing to
so we’re gonna talk about like internet
and texting words so you might have seen
like for example you might see like
native English speakers using like this
like this sort of thing like lol or like
this one BRB that sort of thing so we’re
going to talk about these next week so
things that are useful for you and
things you might see like when you’re
talking with your friends and also
things that you can use in like business
emails as well so that’s our focus for
next week so please join us next week so
that’s going to be January 31st
Wednesday January 31st 9 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time that’s New York City time
and I believe that’s 7:30 in the morning
in India on Thursday 9 o’clock in the
morning in Vietnam Thailand and
Indonesia 6 p.m. in Mexico City on
Wednesday night and midnight in Brazil
on Thursday morning technically so I
hope those are the correct times correct
me if I’m wrong correct me if I’m wrong
but 30 minutes before now essentially if
you’re watching live so next week is
going to be internet and texting words
so I hope that that’s gonna be useful
it’s actually kind of interesting and
fun too well we’ll talk a little bit
about some slang as well so that’s it
for me today thank you so much for
joining in for liking the video for
sharing the video and for sending your
ideas some people are still sending
ideas which is nice too
um of course check out the free TOEIC
PDF on the website you can download that
right after I finish so please go
download that please check that out
especially if you’re thinking about
taking a test this year so that’s it
from me this week thank you guys again I
hope you have a great day a great night
and a great week I will see you again
soon bye bye
you