TIP 1 6 Tips For Speaking Natural English
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm are you ready to stop
sounding like a textbook let’s get
started welcome to tip number one in the
series six tips for speaking natural
english stop sounding like a textbook
and start sounding like a native speaker
tip number one is listen to natural
materials every day I know that I say
this a lot listen listen listen
but it’s so valuable and today I want to
give you some extra tips for listening
some people think that they should only
listen and they feel bad if they need to
look at some subtitles or if they need
to read a transcript don’t feel bad
about this if you need to use the
dictionary the dictionary is our friend
it’s not a big deal these are excellent
resources that you can use to improve
your English if you need to use English
subtitles go ahead I recommend reading
it again and again and again to
challenge yourself so that eventually
you can try to listen to a movie a video
something without subtitles but if you
need to use subtitles for a little bit
it’s okay if you want to read a
transcript from a video or from a
podcast go ahead this is a great
resource to get it in your head when I
want to learn a new French song I
learned to speak French and I love
listening to French songs and when I
want to learn a new French song I listen
to it a few times and then I read the
lyrics the lyrics are like the
transcript of the of the song then I
read the lyrics and I get a better
feeling for the words that I missed and
it helps me to see the words as well as
hear them so don’t feel bad if you need
to read a transcript read the subtitles
a little bit but I do encourage you to
try to use that only for a short time
and if you’re watching something again
and again if you’re listening to a
podcast
one time two times maybe three times the
final time at least try to listen to it
a little bit without any reading this is
a great challenge and listening is a
great skill that we can use to improve
language skills because you’re hearing
the words your ears and your speaking
are so connected a lot of natural
English teachers are expressing that
listening is really the key and I
totally agree that listening is
something that can transform your
English skills
so my tip today is listen to natural
material every day even if it’s only
five minutes if you listen to this video
for just five minutes once a day to get
some motivation go ahead and do it and
how can you start to listen to natural
material I want to give you some
resources so at the bottom of this
lesson on my website you can find a free
guide that you can download that’s going
to have some resources that you can
check out some podcast recommendations
some YouTube channel recommendations
that you can use to start speaking
natural English today so go ahead and
check out and download that free guide
if you’re not on my website you can
click on the link below the video go to
my website and download the free guide
and I’m looking forward to seeing you in
tip number two in the six tips for
speaking natural English series I’ll see
you again soon goodbye
you