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[Music]
helicopter helicopter
so a helicopter is similar to an
airplane it flies but there’s one
propeller on top of it the ceo travels
to work by helicopter
the ceo travels to work by helicopter
the ceo travels to work
by helicopter black
black black
black is a color or rather black is the
absence of color it’s the darkest color
that we have
i have a black cat i have a black cat
i have a black cat
brown brown
brown so brown is a very natural color
it’s very common
on hair color and an eye color my hair
color is brown for example
my uncle has a new pair of brown shoes
my uncle has a new pair of brown shoes
my uncle has a new pair of brown shoes
gray gray
gray so gray is a very neutral color
it’s between
white and black gray is not a very
flashy color gray is not a very flashy
color
gray is not a very
flashy color
rest rest
rest so rest
is a verb that means to take a break you
can use it anytime you need to stop what
you’re doing for a short period
i’m just resting i’m just resting
i’m just resting
here here
here so the verb here
is used for any time you need to use
your ears
to receive information so this means
you’re not
focusing your attention but information
can enter
your ear i can barely hear you
i can barely hear you i can
barely hear you
want want
want so the verb want is used to express
a desire for something we use it to talk
about the things we would like to
receive
i want to eat cherries i want to eat
cherries
i want to eat cherries
disgusting disgusting
disgusting disgusting is an adjective
we’d use it to describe things that we
think are really really terrible
especially food or maybe even comments
things that we think are really
unacceptable cockroaches are disgusting
cockroaches are disgusting cockroaches
are disgusting
eleven eleven
e le ven eleven is the number that comes
after 10.
this department store has 11 floors
this department store has 11 floors
this department store has
11 floors
twelve twelve
twelve so twelve is the number that
comes
after eleven twelve can also be called a
dozen
when we refer to a dozen of something we
mean 12 of something
it’s 12 o’clock it’s 12 o’clock
it’s 12 o’clock
- 13
13 13 is the number that comes
after 12. for many people 13 is an
unlucky number so you might hear people
having suspicions
around this number she’s 13 years old
she’s 13 years old she
is 13 years old
email email
e mail so email is a very common part of
everyday life
email comes from electronic and mail
together
what’s your email address what’s your
email address
what’s your email address
cellular phone cellular phone
cellular phone so a cellular phone is a
very common thing that many people have
we often shorten this expression to cell
phone
with a cellular phone you can make calls
from almost anywhere
with a cellular phone you can make calls
from almost anywhere
with a cellular phone you can make
calls from almost anywhere
text message text message
text message so a text message is any
message that you send
by writing text we commonly shorten this
expression to just
text she contacted me via text message
she contacted me via text message
she contacted me via text message
mouth mouth
mouth so the mouth is part of the body
it’s this part we use it for eating and
for speaking
you may also hear mouth used to talk
about the part of the river that
connects to the ocean
watch your mouth watch your mouth
watch your mouth
cheek cheek
cheek so the cheek or cheeks
refers to this part of the body this
part of the face so we have two
cheeks it’s a countable noun her cheeks
are very red
her cheeks are very red her
cheeks are very red
nose nose
nose so the nose is another part of the
body it’s this part of the body
right here the nose my nose is stuffy
my nose is stuffy my
nose is stuffy
notebook notebook
notebook so a notebook is usually a
small book we carry around
and we write notes in it hence the name
notebook
i have a separate notebook for each
class
i have a separate notebook for each
class
i have a separate notebook
for each class pencil
pencil pencil
a pencil is something that we use to
write this is a
common analog tool that we use to write
lots of school children use these
the pencil broke in half the pencil
broke in half
the pencil broke in half
eraser eraser
e ray sir so an eraser is a tool that we
use to remove
pencil marks in some cases you might
find pens that also have erasers which
can remove
pen marks can i use your eraser
can i use your eraser can i
use your eraser
white white
white so white is another very basic
color
the color white is commonly associated
with purity
it is difficult to keep white furniture
clean
it is difficult to keep white furniture
clean
it is difficult to keep white
furniture clean red
red red
red is a very popular color this color
is associated with passion and also
emergencies
a glass of red wine please a glass of
red wine please
a glass of red wine please
green green
green the color green
is very commonly associated with nature
and the environment
he painted the wall green he painted the
wall green
he painted the wall green
finish finish
finish the verb finish
means to do something to the end to do
something to completion
did you finish your homework did you
finish your homework
did you finish your homework
start start
start so the verb to start
is the opposite of finish it means to
begin something it means to do the first
thing in a process
my new job starts tomorrow my new job
starts tomorrow
my new job starts tomorrow
become become
become so the verb
become is used to refer to one thing
turning
into another thing red mixed with yellow
becomes orange
red mixed with yellow becomes orange
red mixed with yellow becomes
orange 14
14 14
the number 14 is the number after 13.
i have 14 students i have 14 students
i have 14 students
15 15
- the number 15
is the number that comes after 14.
i will be in thailand for 15 days
i will be in thailand for 15 days
i will be in thailand
for 15 days
16 16
- the number 16
comes after 15. 16 is considered a
special age in the usa because it’s the
age at which people can get their first
driver’s license we have 16 minutes
we have 16 minutes we have
16 minutes
telephone telephone
tele phone so the telephone is the
machine that we use to call
people we commonly shorten this word to
phone
the telephone is ringing the telephone
is ringing
the telephone is ringing
i i
i so the i
or our eyes this is the part of the body
that we use to see this is a countable
noun we can talk about one
eye or two eyes my eyes are dry
my eyes are dry my eyes
are dry teeth
teeth teeth
so your teeth are the part of the body
inside the mouth that we use to chew
things this is the pleural version of
tooth
one tooth two or more teeth did you
brush your teeth
did you brush your teeth did you
brush your teeth
lip lip
lip so the lip is the part of the body
that is at the edge of the mouth lips
are very important for making proper
pronunciation
you have something on your lip you have
something on your
lip you have something
on your lip copy machine
copy machine copy
machine so a copy machine is a
very common machine that you have in an
office we use a copy machine to make
copies of documents
can i use the copy machine can i use the
copy machine
can i use the copy machine
desk desk
desk a desk is a piece of furniture that
most people have in their office or in
their schools
and we use it for work we use it for
work or for study
the books are under the desk the books
are under the desk
the books are under the desk
book book
book so a book is something that you
read
it’s a story or other kinds of topics
on paper you might also have many
textbooks in your home
there are some old books on the table
there are some old books on the table
there are some old books on the table
pen pen
pen a pen is something that we use to
write
unlike a pencil a pen uses ink
it’s a pen it’s a pen
it’s a pen
post office post office
post office the post office is the place
where you go
in your city or your community to send
mail to someone else
the post office is open until 5 pm
the post office is open until 5 pm
the post office is open
until 5 pm
library library
library a library
is a place where you can rent books your
library might also
have dvds or other media available to
rent
the library is over there the library is
over there
the library is over there
supermarket supermarket
super market the supermarket is the
place you go to buy
food you might also be able to find
other daily goods like cleaning goods at
a supermarket this supermarket is very
cheap
this supermarket is very cheap
this supermarket is very cheap
hi everybody my name is alicia in this
lesson i’m going
to introduce some spelling tips these
are a few tips that i hope can help you
to improve your spelling i prepared
these tips with
english in mind but i think some of
these tips could work for
other languages that you’re studying too
so let’s get started
okay the first tip and the most
important
tip for improving your spelling is to
read
reading is really really important
because you can actually
see the words on the page so
especially in english there are many
words that are pronounced
differently from the way they are
spelled
reading can help you familiarize
yourself can help you better
understand the correct way to spell a
word
not just listening to the word but
actually looking at the word
so reading is very important when you
read however
there’s one thing that’s good to keep in
mind there’s one thing that’s good to
think about
so choose books or newspapers or
magazines for reading
but what you should do is make sure you
read
and listen to things as well i’ll talk
about this
read things that have been edited
edited means someone checked the text
to make sure there are no errors there
are no mistakes
so make sure that you are reading things
that have been
checked a lot of native speakers
especially
on like social media such as facebook or
twitter or instagram
they’ll post messages sure but they’re
not checked
like the english is not properly checked
or they’re using
very informal english so when you read
and when you’re practicing your spelling
paying attention to the words when
reading make sure you’re choosing things
that have been edited
so that you can be sure you’re reading
proper english
sometimes when we’re speaking casually
or writing casually we don’t think very
much about our grammar or our spelling
so please make sure to use materials
that have been
edited for your spelling studies i
mentioned also
listening if you like another thing you
can do
as you read is choose a book that has an
audio
version so that means as you read the
book
you can listen to the pronunciation at
the same time
of course if you’re busy too you can
just listen to the audio
and learn the story but if you want to
practice your pronunciation and
listening skills in addition to your
spelling and reading skills
you can consider trying an audio book so
you read along
and listen at the same time so this
could be another interesting way to
practice a few skills
at the same time but this is the most
important tip for this lesson is to read
read read lots and this is something you
can do every day as well
if you find an online magazine or a
newspaper or something similar that you
enjoy
you could read it on your way to work
for example or maybe during lunch for
example
just a few minutes here and there each
day to practice your reading
skills and to boost your spelling skills
okay
let’s move along to the next tip the
next tip here
is to play word games or to do word
puzzles we have a lot of these in
english i’ve given a couple
examples here so word games and word
puzzles are similar
i’ll introduce first what’s called a
crossword
puzzle so this is what a crossword
puzzle looks like
a blank crossword puzzle this is a brand
new one a simple one i made
is made from boxes the boxes go from
left to right
and from top to bottom when you play a
crossword puzzle or when you try to
complete a crossword puzzle
your job is to read clues that are next
to the puzzle
each clue matches with a row
or a column of boxes so your job
is to find the word that matches this
clue
and you have to spell the word correctly
to put the letters into the boxes so i
prepared a very simple one here
so i’ve numbered these as one two and
three
going down so here i have hints one 2
and 3.
again this is very simple usually
crossword puzzles are very big
and they have lots of clues but just to
show you how a crossword puzzle works
the first clue here number one this says
a yellow
fruit a yellow fruit so a yellow fruit
is a lemon
so we place each letter
in the box l-e-m-o-n
we know the spelling is correct or we
can have a pretty good guess
at least that the spelling is correct
because it fits in the box
then we look at the next clue number two
down here
number two oh sorry i made a mistake
number two should actually be here
number two is i accessories i
accessories
so an accessory is a small piece of
clothing or like jewelry for example
in this case it’s for your eyes so eye
accessories that’s
glasses so we write glasses
with one letter in each box glasses
and it fits here it also fits with the l
from lemon from our first clue so
glasses is here
finally the last clue down here the clue
is something
that costs no money something that costs
no money so a word we can use
to describe this is free f-r-e-e
so this is a very simple example of a
crossword puzzle
but your job is to fit the different
vocabulary words together
like i said this is simple but there are
lots more
challenging ones out there if you’re
interested in crossword puzzles you can
do a quick
google search and you can find beginner
crossword puzzles
more difficult ones and there are some
extremely challenging ones that you need
to know a lot about like history or
science or pop culture
to find the answers but this is a really
fun way
to improve your spelling because you
have to make sure to have the spelling
right in order to
finish the puzzle you can do this alone
or with friends
it’s fun another thing you can play
word games word games so this is kind of
a more general thing
i’ve listed a couple examples of word
games
there’s one very popular and very
well-known word game
called scrabble it looks similar to a
crossword puzzle
but the difference is there are no clues
there are no hints
you play with a group of people and each
person
has to make words from the letters so
imagine you have a lot of little single
letters
and your job is to create words from
those letters
you put the words on the board and your
friends make new words
from the words that you choose so this
is a fun way to practice spelling
and to kind of think about other things
that you can do with the letters that
you have
so this is kind of a fun way to practice
spelling i think
if however it’s difficult for you to get
this game
or to play this game you could try this
game
words with friends this is a free
application
so if you have a smartphone you can find
this online it’s called
words with friends it’s basically
scrabble
but it’s online and it’s free so you can
find a partner somewhere in the world
you don’t have to talk to that person
but you can play this game building
words from the words your partner makes
and so on
and you try to compete you try to get
the top score in the game to win
so if you want to practice word games
you can try these
there are other word games as well if
you do a quick google search you can
find some other examples of word games
but these are quite popular
okay finally there is spelling contests
i included spelling contests here
because this is something that we do
in the usa at least we have a spelling
contest for
kids that’s called the spelling bee so
you might have something similar in your
country or you might be interested in
participating in the spelling bee if you
are a young person
in the usa so with spelling contests
each contestant has to spell a word
correctly
however the person has to rely on his or
her knowledge of words
so that means maybe the root of the word
the words history like where did the
word originally come from
how the word is used in a sentence the
part of speech
and so on so this could be an
interesting way to practice your
spelling
and to practice the history of words so
spelling contests can be fun
of course if you don’t have an official
spelling contest you can just create a
spelling contest with your group of
friends
okay let’s move along to the next tip
the next tip i have here is to memorize
some basic rules some basic spelling
rules
so i’ve included a few examples of just
basic rules here for example words that
end in a
shun sound we often use this t-i-o-n
spelling to spell that sound shun
another example is words that end in gh
like enough or rough so this is an
example
where the spelling is different from the
way it sounds
you might think we should use an f to
spell this word
but enough actually ends with a gh
there are words that end in able or the
similar ible like possible for example
or
capable so remembering these kinds of
word
endings can help you because they’re
very very commonly used
and if you understand how to spell the
word roughly
like this you at least have this sort of
rule in your mind
it can help you when you’re reading and
when you’re trying to spell the word
however there are some cases where you
need to remember that the rules are not
perfect so i marked it rules here
because it’s not
like 100 a rule so a great example
is this really common expression i
learned this in school
but this is actually not 100 true it’s
helpful
sometimes this rule is i before
e except after c this is a very common
spelling rule which means
we should always put i first i
before e however when you’re spelling a
word
and c is in the word we should not
follow this rule
that’s what this means so it’s kind of
helpful in some cases
but there are some situations where this
rule is not
effective it doesn’t work so examples
where it is okay
here receipt so here we have a c
and the e comes first the i comes second
which is the opposite here
that’s correct in this word fried it’s
correct there’s no c
so the i is before e i e d
we see the same thing in this word here
cried as well
so in these examples it’s correct
however
here are a few examples where this rule
is not correct
like weird the e comes first the i
comes second in this word weird means
strange
another example the word height
referring to how tall
something is the e is first the i is
second
here the word science there’s a c here
but the i still comes before the e
so remember if you hear a rule like this
or some kind of
you know expression to help you with
your spelling try to remember that it’s
not
always a perfect rule they’re very
helpful sometimes
but you need to consider that there are
some exceptions some things that don’t
quite
fit the rule okay let’s go on to the
next
spelling tip the next spelling tip is to
watch english media with
subtitles to watch english media with
subtitles means
like movies tv youtube videos as well
so read and listen to the pronunciation
at the same time so the words appear at
the bottom of the
screen in english that means not
necessarily watching in your native
language
but you’re listening to the person
speaking in english
and you’re reading the subtitles in
english
so you can find a new word perhaps that
way or you can better understand the
spelling that way too
so this can be a fun tip if you know a
movie very well for example
you’ve seen it many times you might try
to watch it with english
subtitles to pick up some new things
that you never noticed in the movie
before
so this is another fun thing you can do
and you can enjoy media
while you study okay so those are a few
spelling tips remember the most
important thing to do here
is read read i really recommend reading
it’s fun too
but those are just a few things that you
can do to hopefully improve your
spelling
if there’s something else that you like
to do that you think has helped you to
be a better speller
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section of this video if you have
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soon bye-bye hi everybody my name is
alicia
in this lesson i’m going to talk about
the differences between
must have to and should i’m also going
to talk quickly about the negative forms
i’m going to focus on comparing the very
similar meanings of these words so
let’s get started first let’s talk about
must must in the negative we say
must not so must or must not
in british english you may hear mustn’t
mustn’t but we don’t really use this in
american english
we usually use must not when we want to
use this pattern
so we use must and must not
first for official rules official rules
means for example rules at a company
or rules at a school rules at the
airport
uh police so law related rules
like things that are related to your
society so
official rules we use must and
must not to explain these rules
for example passengers must
show passports at immigration passengers
must show passports at immigration this
shows
it’s an official rule all passengers
must
show they have a responsibility it’s the
rule
must expresses this it’s a formal
rule-like statement
must not then visitors must not
wear shoes inside visitors must
not wear shoes inside so that means
visitors must take their shoes off
before coming inside so must not
wear shoes inside means not allowed it
is prohibited
you may not it’s not allowed so may not
means
it’s like less formal than must not must
not is much
stronger i’m not going to cover mei in
this one
so must not is more formal it sounds
more rule like official rule-like
the second use of must and must not is
for
strong personal advice strong
is the key here i’m going to talk more
about personal advice
later in this lesson but when you want
to express
strong personal advice you can use must
or
must not for example like visiting
a doctor’s office or maybe some other
kind of health related issue or
something that’s very important to
someone’s life
you can use must and must not to express
advice in those situations for example
you must stop smoking you must stop
smoking
so this might be advice strong personal
advice
for a very heavy smoker someone who
smokes a lot
you must stop smoking or you’ll die or
you must stop smoking
or you’re going to get much more sick
for example another one you must not
forget to take this medicine
you must not forget to take this
medicine
so that means you have a responsibility
it’s very important
to take this medicine you must not
forget to take this medicine
so we use this for strong personal
advice so strong
is an important key word here we don’t
use must
for like everyday general advice i will
talk about that later
so official rules strong personal advice
this is how we use must and must not
let’s continue to the second point for
this lesson which is
have to in the negative don’t have to
for different subjects doesn’t have to
uh
in the negative and in the positive has
to
the same rules will apply to need to as
well
need to also have got to in british
english so
let’s look at how we use this we use
have to and the negative don’t have to
to talk about responsibilities
responsibilities
so this can mean school responsibilities
work responsibilities
like relationship responsibilities
family responsibilities
the things that we have some kind of
obligation to do so in many cases
we don’t want to do these things but
there’s some
need there’s some responsibility for
example
i have to go to work i have to go to
work
have to shows it’s a responsibility
i have to go to work she has to
leave early she has to leave early she
has a responsibility
to leave early she has to so
as i said when she or he or it
is the subject we conjugate the verb we
change the verb from
have to has she has to leave early
these show a responsibility of some kind
so many learners ask like can i use must
here i must go to work
she must leave early it’s not
grammatically
incorrect to say must i must go to work
but because we use must for official
rules and for like strong
personal advice it sounds kind of
strange to use
must hear like i have to go to work
that’s an everyday
regular responsibility when we make like
a sentence like
i must go to work it sounds like there’s
a very like strong reason
or there’s a very official reason i must
go
so you might hear that in movies like in
epic big scale like fantasy stories
there’s someone fighting a war
for example or there’s someone with a
really big responsibility they might say
i must go in those cases and when
they’re using like an old style of
english
fine but in everyday english using i
must
before some of like your
responsibilities sounds
pretty strange so i don’t recommend it
in most cases
if you want to sound funny you can say
something like
i must go to work but in most cases i
would not recommend it
i have to go to work sounds much more
natural
or she must go or she must leave early
it sounds way too formal so please use
has to or have to to talk about your
everyday responsibilities
now let’s look at negatives
negatives so again don’t have to
is like the i subject version i don’t
have to we don’t have to they don’t have
to
if your subject is he she or it it
becomes
doesn’t have to he doesn’t have to she
doesn’t have to
so examples he doesn’t have to come he
doesn’t have to come
this means he has no responsibility
to come it’s okay he doesn’t have to
come no responsibility
he can but he doesn’t have to that’s
what this communicates he doesn’t have
to come
same thing here we don’t have to leave
yet
so yet shows it’s okay now we don’t have
to leave
yet maybe later later we don’t have to
leave yet
again we can but we don’t have to
there’s no responsibility there
so an important point about the negative
with have to uh or need to
is that when you make a negative with
this pattern
make sure you’re talking about a common
or
irregular responsibility we use
these patterns we use this have to this
negative have to
pattern for things that we can
reasonably
be expected to have a responsibility to
do
so an example i have heard from students
from learners
is something like this i don’t have to
drink
alcohol at work i don’t have to drink
alcohol
at work so for grammar this sentence
is correct the sentence is grammatically
perfect
there’s no communication problem it’s a
great sentence but this sounds
strange because for most people drinking
alcohol at work is
not a regular responsibility i mean
unless
unless you’re like a bartender or you’re
someone who works with alcohol
like a wine sommelier whatever but for
most people in this example
drinking alcohol at work is not a
regular responsibility
so it sounds a little strange to say i
don’t have to drink alcohol at work
we typically we often regularly use
have to in the negative i don’t have to
to talk about our
everyday responsibilities so like
i don’t have to get up early on the
weekends
means i have no responsibility to do
that on the weekends or if you have a
holiday
i don’t have to go to work today that’s
a much more common way of using
don’t have to so please keep this point
in mind
make sure you’re expressing a regular
like a reasonable
expectation when you use the negative
form here
okay so with that in mind let’s continue
to the last point for this lesson
the last point is about should should
in the negative it should not and we
reduce
should not to shouldn’t shouldn’t
should should not and shouldn’t we use
should and should not for general advice
general advice this means every day just
regular life advice so compare this
to must and must not which we use for
very strong personal advice in most
cases in
everyday life we use should to talk
about
general advice a suggestion a
recommendation
we use should to talk about that we do
not use
must to talk about that unless for some
reason
it’s very very strong examples
you should go home you should go home
maybe you look sick
you should go home or he should take a
day off
he should take a day off maybe he looks
stressed
so using must in these cases would sound
strange
because these are kind of everyday small
suggestions like
you must go home that sounds very
serious
or he must take a day off again sounds
very serious
why did something happen so use should
in these cases also using have to in
these cases
kind of sounds a little strange too if i
use have to
here you have to go home you have to go
home
like why do i have a responsibility to
go home
it’s kind of strange same thing here he
has to take a day off
why like maybe there’s some company rule
he has to
take a day off i don’t know but be
careful
make sure if you’re giving just advice
your opinion
just use should of course there are some
cases
where you can use have to in place of
should to make a stronger recommendation
this is useful when you’re giving like a
restaurant recommendation
and it sounds like this you have to try
this restaurant
so that sounds more like excited than
you should
you should try this restaurant and you
have to try this restaurant
have to sound stronger because it’s like
you’re saying
you have a responsibility to try this
restaurant
you have to try this restaurant or you
have to try this recipe
it sounds a little stronger than you
should so you can use it in that way
but if you’re giving advice like based
on something you can see
or if you’re trying to give someone like
career advice maybe
be careful with your use of should and
have to
so have to shows like you’re putting
responsibility on that person
so should is more like general advice
okay let’s look then at using
shouldn’t shouldn’t so as i said should
not reduces to shouldn’t shouldn’t
we shouldn’t talk so loudly we shouldn’t
talk so loudly so in this case we
shouldn’t that’s like advice for
our group maybe we’re talking very
loudly
and one person says oh no we shouldn’t
talk
so loudly so that’s giving advice to the
group
we should talk more quietly so we
shouldn’t talk so loudly
another one she shouldn’t worry so much
she shouldn’t worry so much so it’s
general advice
don’t worry so much is another way to
say that she shouldn’t worry so much
so again using something like must not
sounds way too serious here like we must
not talk so loudly
it’s for strong personal advice so using
must hear
sounds very strange same thing here
she must not worry so much again very
strange because this is a very strong
sounding expression she must not worry
so much
similarly using have to here we don’t
have to
talk so loudly that expresses lack of
responsibility
we don’t have to talk so loudly but we
can is kind of the idea there
so this doesn’t sound natural same here
she doesn’t have to worry so much this
could be used perhaps she doesn’t have
to worry so much
like you could say in for example a work
situation
you have a colleague a co-worker and she
worries a lot
and you want to express to your manager
or to your team member
she doesn’t have to worry so much i can
do it
like in that case maybe it’s natural
but if you’re giving general advice
shouldn’t
sounds much better so keep this in mind
should and should not for your general
everyday advice for recommendations
have to and don’t have to for your
responsibilities
must and must not for official rules
and for very strong personal advice
so i hope that this introduction to
these three expressions
helps you understand the differences and
the different feelings and situations in
which we use
these so if you have any questions or
comments or if you want to practice
making some sentences with these
please feel free to do so in the comment
section of this video
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bye bye hi everybody my name is alicia
in this lesson i’m going to talk about
how to describe
large amounts in english let’s get
started
okay for this lesson there are a couple
of points that i want to
remind everyone about first is the
difference between
countable and uncountable nouns in this
lesson
most of the expressions i’m going to
talk about can be used for either
countable or
uncountable nouns but some of the
expressions
we’ll need to be careful about so i’ve
marked those
with a star i’ll come to these near the
end of the lesson
but if you want to know more about
countable and uncountable nouns
please take a look at the videos we have
on the english class 101 channel
okay with that in mind let’s get started
first i want to talk about these very
very commonly used expressions
a lot of and lots of a lot of and lots
of they have the same meaning they
communicate the same idea
you can choose whichever one you prefer
we can use a lot of
and lots of with countable and
uncountable
nouns remember countable nouns take an s
to make the plural form uncountable
nouns are not used in this way to create
the plural form
for example uncountable nouns are words
like money
air time beer wine we can’t count these
individually we use counter words for
those
so we can use a lot of and lots of with
both countable
and uncountable nouns for example
she won a lot of money in las vegas
money is an uncountable noun i’ve used
it with a lot of here
you can use this with an uh or rather
with a countable noun too
you have lots of friends you have lots
of friends
so reminder when you are using a
countable noun you need to use the
plural form of the noun
in this case friends you have lots of
friends
don’t forget that s i could swap these
if i wanted to
she won lots of money in las vegas is
fine
or you have a lot of friends also fine
these mean exactly the same thing you
can choose which you prefer there’s no
difference in nuance
no difference in meaning just whichever
you prefer they mean the same thing
let’s look at then the next pair a ton
of and tons of again just like a lot of
and lots of these mean the same thing
the difference between these is the
level so if we imagine
uh on a scale a lot of is maybe here
tons of is here it’s a lot
more it’s a lot more so tons of or a ton
of is a lot more than lots of
or a lot of so on a scale tons of is
here
a lot of or lots of is down here so
this is for when we want to express a
much higher
amount of something so if you need a
hint you can use
ton ton is a measurement a measurement
a very large measurement so remember
that tan refers to
very very big heavy things some examples
we have a ton of work to do we have a
ton
of work to do work is an uncountable
noun no s
we have a ton of work to do or they have
tons of pets they have tons of pets
pets is a countable noun we need to use
the plural form
pets here again i could swap these if i
wanted to
we have tons of work to do is okay and
they have a ton of pets is also okay
so again this pair and this pair follow
the same rule
you can choose whichever one you prefer
okay let’s continue on to this next
group there are actually three here
because i feel that these expressions
are all about the same
level so we have a lot of a ton of or
tons of
and then a bunch of or bunches of or
plenty of for some people
it might come this one might come
between
tons of and a lot of for some people it
might be a little bit
further down it’s kind of you have to
feel for yourself what this means
i like to imagine this expression
bunches of or a bunch of
like a bunch of flowers we use the
expression a bunch of flowers to talk
about a bouquet
of flowers like that group of flowers we
give as a present
so we can imagine there are many there
are lots of
flowers inside a bunch so in my mind i
imagine like a bunch of
kind of that’s sort of the image i have
in terms of quantity like how many
flowers are in a bunch of flowers
that might be helpful for you plenty of
sounds like a lot of something and it’s
like
there’s a relaxed feeling about that so
let’s look at some example sentences
that use these
first bunches of money were stolen
from the store bunches of money were
stolen from the store
so money is my uncountable noun i’ve
used bunches here
to compare this with a countable noun a
bunch of
my co-workers went out for a drink a
bunch of my coworkers went out for a
drink
so this means a lot of people or maybe a
group of people that had many people in
it went out for a drink
so the idea here is that there’s some
kind of group
i feel that’s kind of the image of a
bunch
so plenty also has this this feeling of
a lot of something yes but there’s also
kind of this relaxed casual feel we tend
to use bunch and bunches when there’s a
little bit of a casual feel
too you will often hear plenty of
in this expression we have plenty of
time
we have plenty of time you might hear
lots of time too we have lots of
time plenty of time sounds like don’t
worry
it’s nothing to worry about we have a
lot of time to do this thing we need to
do there’s plenty of time that’s often
the voice that’s used
so it has this idea behind it of like
relaxation or being able to do something
at an easy
pace we have plenty of time so we do not
have this form for plenty of
but again we can use this with countable
or
uncountable nouns okay so let’s move
along
then to the next part as i said this
next part will
include some differences some important
differences between
countable and uncountable nouns the
difference is in these words here
actually first i have this
this pair a large amount of and a large
number of something so when should we
use these
this word amount we use this when we’re
talking about
uncountable nouns a large amount of
uncountable noun
we use number for countable nouns a
large number of
countable nouns so this is the
difference between these two
let’s take a look at some examples first
a large amount of the population got
sick
a large amount of the population got
sick so here we’re talking about a
population we’re not talking about like
one person
we’re talking about the whole population
of a city
so an entire group of people so we use
amount
to do that a large amount of the
population got sick
we can compare this to a large number of
students improved a large number of
students
improved so here i’ve used number
because students
is my countable noun in the plural form
a large number of students
improved so please keep this difference
in mind
we’ll see the same thing down here a
huge amount
of or a huge number of follows this same
pattern the difference here is in this
word
huge versus large so large means big
so we don’t say big really in this case
we use large and it tends to sound a
little more formal
these sound a bit more formal than these
do these expressions are fairly casual
here however huge means very very very
very big
so for like an animal it would be an
elephant
is very big that’s a huge animal
maybe a large animal would be a horse
for example a huge animal is an
elephant so that’s the difference in
size
here so when you’re thinking about
concepts you can kind of use that as
like the guideline for your vocabulary
decision making
so we follow the same uncountable
countable rule here
a huge amount of count sorry uncountable
nouns and a huge number of
countable nouns so there was
a huge amount of interest in our project
so interest is uncountable we don’t say
one interest to interest
there was a huge amount of interest
uncountable noun
in our project on the other hand a huge
number of
illnesses are treatable illnesses so
illness means a sickness a type of
disease a huge number of illnesses
are treatable so here the plural form
illnesses shows it’s the plural of
the countable noun illness illness a
huge number of
illnesses are treatable able to be
treated or cured
finally then is this word several
several this is special because several
is used
only for countable nouns only for
countable nouns
we do not use several with uncountable
nouns
so several is more than just two or
three or four
i think a good hint is here several
sounds like seven but it doesn’t mean
seven
it means like a good number of ideas
in this case or a good number of
something so it’s not a small amount
but it’s not quite a lot either it’s
kind of
near the middle the bottom middle of a
scale
so in this case she has several ideas
again countable nouns so we need to use
the plural form here she has several
ideas
so this is only for countable nouns
please be careful with that
okay so this is an introduction to some
common expressions we use to talk about
large amounts so i hope that this was
helpful for you
again if you want to know more about
countable and uncountable nouns
please search the english class 101
channel for some information for some
videos
about those topics of course if you have
any questions or comments or if you want
to practice making sentences with any of
these points
please feel free to do so in the
comments section of this video
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soon bye-bye okay the first tip is
learn words through phrases so learn
words through phrases what does this
mean
this means instead of studying one
vocabulary word at a time
and having that be your only way to
study vocabulary
it means study entire phrases study a
group of words at a time
so for example don’t study like
morning only study good morning or
how was your morning those kinds of
expressions so you’re not just studying
one word at a time and thinking about
how you need to link
that word to other words instead set
yourself
up to know how to put those words
together by
studying a few phrases at a time okay
the next tip is to watch your favorite
video with
subtitles so when you do this choose a
video or maybe a movie that you like
and turn on the english subtitles for
that movie
so while it might be difficult to catch
everything that’s happening in each
scene
you can at least check the subtitles you
can check the information
as it’s being said so if you can’t catch
everything by listening
you can at least read the words on the
screen and understand these as kind of
units or as sentences that you can study
so again you’re not looking just at one
word
or maybe even two words together but
you’re studying things
as a phrase or as a question or as a
sentence
okay let’s go to the next tip the next
tip is to
think in the language you want to learn
think in the language you want to learn
this is a really really tough one
especially when you’re starting out and
it will take time so don’t worry
if you can’t do this right away but this
means as you go about your day
as you wake up and eat food go to school
go to work whatever
try to think spend some time thinking in
english
think in the language you’re studying so
this can be really really boring stuff
like thinking about what you’re doing
how could i express that in english so
think about those sorts of
everyday actions and activities and try
to express them
in english you can do this out loud to
work on improving your speaking skills
okay let’s go to the next tip okay the
next tip is to use
available learning applications use
available learning applications
so that means if you have a favorite
application
and app that you like to use to study
make sure you
use that so maybe you’ve downloaded our
application for example thank you
you can use that to work on your
speaking you can do that by reading
dialogues by
trying to shadow conversations that you
hear you can also
just use your phone’s recording function
and record yourself
and then listen to it later that might
sound like a really simple tip but it
can help you a lot
so we sound very different when we’re
talking and we often don’t hear that
unless we kind of step outside our body
a bit and listen to ourselves from
outside
and recording your voice is a really
really good way to do that
so make sure you check out the apps and
the functions that you have on your
phone or your computer to do that
the next tip is to expand your
vocabulary by reading expand your
vocabulary by reading
so a common complaint from learners is
they say i don’t feel like i have the
vocabulary i need to express
myself i know lots of basic words but i
don’t feel like i can say the things i
want to say
when the time comes in a conversation so
one way to do this is to work on
building your vocabulary
reading is a really great way to do that
so choose
things to read that you have a
connection to
they’re related to your hobbies to your
work to your studies whatever
choose things that are relevant so like
they’re connected to your life
and read those things and find the key
vocabulary words that people use
within your daily life activities and
try to remember those try to make those
the vocabulary words that you study and
practice so that you’re able to use them
when you speak in conversations
the next tip is to talk to yourself talk
to yourself
like talking to yourself sounds a little
bit crazy sure
but this is a great way to practice
speaking when there’s nobody around
you can just practice making the sounds
that you’re working on you can practice
saying sentences and questions you can
practice talking about your day
so for those of you that maybe don’t
have somebody to practice with this can
be an excellent
tip and again as you talk to yourself
you can also record yourself and listen
back
and i know a lot of people say i hate
the sound of my own voice i hate the
sound of my
own voice it’s only you you’re the only
person who is going to listen to that
recording
and it’s to help you study and it helps
a lot actually this is something that i
do
when i need to improve my own speaking
skills so i highly recommend
this tip if you want to work on speaking
and improving your speaking so talk to
yourself
sounds weird but it helps okay next tip
is to
listen to recordings and repeat listen
to recordings and repeat
another word for this is shadowing
shadowing
so that means basically you listen to a
lesson for example like if you want to
listen to this video or you want to
listen to one of our lessons
you can listen to it and then quickly
try to say
the same thing that the speaker is
saying
right after them so if you’re using this
video for example
it just means you try to repeat the same
things i say
now in just a moment so shadowing like
this
the point of shadowing like this is to
try to match the intonation and the
rhythms of the speaker in addition to
the pronunciation
so this can be helpful if you’re having
trouble like linking words together
on your own if you’re having trouble
building your own sentences
by shadowing after a native speaker you
can kind of get
a better feel sometimes for the rhythm
of how a language is supposed to sound
and how you can produce that language
yourself the next step is to prepare for
daily routine situations prepare for
daily routine situations
so that means like think about your day
and think about the things you need to
say
in your day and how you would express
those things in
english so for example when you greet
your coworkers or you greet
your fellow like classmates or whatever
how do you greet them how would you
greet them in english prepare something
for that
or when you want to ask about dinner how
would you ask for dinner in english
so think about these things you know
you’re going to do
in your day and just prepare them ahead
of time it will save you time
and it will also make the other person
feel more comfortable right because
they’ll be ready for a natural question
the next tip is to try to practice your
speaking with a native
speaker try to practice your speaking
with a native speaker
this is challenging for many people i
know because they don’t have a native
speaker in their community
or they don’t have a native speaker to
connect with online
it might take some time to find that
person but this is of course
a hugely important thing to do so a
native speaker
does not mean a teacher so just because
a person is a native speaker does not
mean that they are a teacher
in fact most native speakers probably
don’t know
all of the rules of grammar and they’re
not prepared to answer all of your
questions which is fine
but a native speaker does know what
feels
and sounds natural so they can help you
to make more natural choices with your
speaking
they can also help you to address any
questions that you might have about
pronunciation or maybe like vocabulary
choices
within a specific region so it’s
important to remember
that not every native speaker is a
perfect speaker but
they can help you a lot in helping you
sound more natural
the next tip is know your audience know
your audience so what does this mean
to know your audience means to think
about the person
to whom you are speaking so that means
don’t just think about you think about
the other person like
when you’re talking to someone else what
are they looking for in the conversation
are they talking to you to get
information are you study partners are
you co-workers
are you classmates what are their needs
so how do you meet their needs
how do you match their manner of
speaking so
please try to remember to think about
the other person in the conversation
as well the next tip is to ask for
feedback and
reflect on it ask for feedback and
reflect on it
so try to think of someone in your
community that you can ask for feedback
about your speaking skills if you don’t
have a teacher you can check out the
online options that we offer of course
or maybe you have
an online exchange buddy that you can
practice with but make sure to ask for
feedback
and when they give you feedback don’t
take it as criticism
so if someone says for example oh your
pronunciation
of this sound needs some work don’t feel
offended
like that feedback is intended to help
you improve so when you receive
feedback like that think about how you
can focus your energy on improving those
points so that means
please reflect on that feedback and
think about what you can do
to integrate it so to integrate it means
how do you put that feedback
into your mind and put your energies
towards
improving that point all right the next
tip is to avoid
reading directly and try to use an
outline
avoid reading directly and try to use an
outline so
this tip is specifically if you need to
give a presentation
or if you need to like share some
information like a report
in a classroom so instead of just
printing a piece of paper and reading
directly from the piece of paper
like this in a classroom setting or if
you’re giving a speech or a presentation
try to print just an outline of your
main points
and then practice talking about those
things before
your speaking presentation before
whatever presentation you need to do
this will help you sound a lot more
natural it’s really
unnatural and it’s not very much fun or
and it’s not very interesting
to watch someone just read a report in
front of a classroom or to read a report
in a business presentation so instead of
doing that try to refer to an
outline throughout your presentation so
your outline
might be something like introduction uh
main points i want to talk about
and then you move on to the detailed
points you want to talk about and just
write a few words
so that you can remember the things that
you want to make sure
you share with your audience so again
this goes back to that point about
knowing your audience in our earlier tip
think about their perspective too the
next tip is
shadow language cds and then repeat what
you heard
shadow language cds and repeat what you
heard so very very similar to the
earlier tip about repeating quickly
after a native speaker like when you’re
watching this kind of video
if you’re not comfortable using a movie
or using a video like this one
you can try using language learning
audio so maybe you have cds or maybe
you have podcasts or other lesson
content
that is at a slower pace and that is
easier for you to understand
you can practice shadowing with these
things too
you don’t have to practice with a native
speaker that’s
talking at fast pace you can also use
these slower practice
cds and practice audio files to do your
shadowing exercises so don’t feel like
you have to speak
super super quickly to practice your
speaking efficiently
practicing slowly is also okay keep
practicing regularly otherwise your hard
work will be wasted
keep practicing regularly otherwise your
hard work will be wasted so this one i
think is pretty clear
but it’s important for all aspects all
parts of learning a language keep
practicing regularly so that means
practice your speaking a little bit
every day if you just try to speak for
like an hour
one week it’s way too much so try to
practice speaking like one minute
today and then a minute and 10 seconds
tomorrow so keep building
keep working on things every single day
and you’ll see much better results in
the long term
all right let’s go to our last tip the
last tip is don’t give up and stay
positive
don’t give up and stay positive so that
means
please be kind to yourself so if you
make a mistake in a conversation it’s
not the end of the world
if you forget a word or if you say
something funny that’s
fine it’s all part of the learning
process please don’t worry about those
sorts of things you’ll get over them and
you’ll learn
how to improve so make sure that you
always continue moving forward and you
keep
a positive attitude but 10 pairs of
commonly confused words so
let’s go claim complain
the first pair is claim and
complain first let’s talk about the word
claim to claim is like to accuse someone
of something to complain is to explain
a problem in a negative manner so
example sentences he claimed he was
harassed by the police
she complained about the food effect
effect next pair is effect and effect
so this is a pair that even native
speakers make mistakes with
there are some deeper meanings to effect
with an e
when used as a verb however when used
with an a
affect although the pronunciation is the
same effect effect
when used with an a it means a verb it
means to cause
something to happen effect is a result
you can think of it as the
outcome the result of something so in
sentences
my job change is going to affect my
salary
the weather has a big effect on my mood
accept accept the next pair is
accept and accept so they have the same
pronunciation you can hear it except
accept
but the spelling is different except a c
c
so accept and accept to accept as a verb
means to
allow something or to permit something
except however is a word we use to mean
um to mean excluding something else
so please accept my apologies
so please allow me to apologize he gave
me everything
except his wallet so he gave me
all of his things but not his wallet so
everything
but his wallet everything except his
wallet so same pronunciation
different spelling lead lead
lead the next pair is actually three
words that i want to talk about i say
three
because the first word can be pronounced
in two different ways
uh there’s lead and then there’s lead
and then
lead so let’s start with lead and
lead l-e-a-d we can read them um
so we can read the word l-e-a-d
in two different ways the word that’s
spelled like that first let’s talk about
the noun the noun form is pronounced
lead lead so the noun form so this
lead means it’s like a type of soft
metal if you’ve ever used a pencil
that’s the material that the pencil is
made from that’s the writing material
that’s called
lead a lead pencil however
the same spelling is used for the
present tense of the verb
lead as in like the word leader for
example
so leader has that word we can also use
it as a verb
to lead something like to lead a group
to lead
a party to lead an expedition into the
mountains i don’t know
so lead as a verb in the present tense
and lead as a material have the same
spelling
you need to pay attention to the
sentence that you’re reading and the
grammar of the sentence to understand
which is the true meaning in that
sentence now though let’s talk about
l-e-d lead this is the past
tense of the verb lead so please be
careful
lead l-e-a-d the verb the past tense of
that verb
is lead l-e-d l-e-d
lead has the same pronunciation as the
noun
form of l-e-a-d lead as a pencil
material and
lead past tense of the verb lead it’s
very confusing i’m very sorry but that’s
just the way it is
so please be careful with lead lead
and lead okay example sentences now
my pencil is made from lead he wants to
lead the presentation
she led me to the restaurant scary
scared okay all right next pair
uh actually this is a very common issue
that i want to talk about but i’m going
to explain it with two
common words scary and scared
so both of these refer to fear
scary is a word that we use to describe
something outside us a ghost is scary a
movie is scary a monster is scary
my next door neighbor’s cooking is scary
i don’t know
something that is scary something that
causes fear
outside of you is scary with a y
at the end scary scared however refers
to
a person’s emotions he is scared she is
scared the dog
looks scared scared is referring to an
emotion
scary refers to something’s quality its
characteristics
so if you’re trying to remember like
which should i use scary or scared go
with the ed
one that ed is always going to refer to
an emotion
so um you you’ll see similar patterns
with other
uh with other words so for example like
um
i don’t know like a word like shocking
and shocked so one of these two words
ends in ed shocked in that case so
shocked
should apply to you your emotions so if
you’re ever in that situation which do i
use
there’s the scary scared go with the ed
one so
example sentences that movie was really
scary
he looks really scared challenge
try the next pair is challenge
and try challenge and try so we can use
challenge both as a noun
and as a verb when we say
when we use challenge as a noun we’ll
say it in a sentence like
i i’m interested in a challenge this
year for example something that is
difficult
but not impossible to do the trouble
with these two words comes when people
try to use the word challenge to mean
attempt
we don’t have this meaning for challenge
in english
so if you say like i want to challenge
uh this test
it’s it sounds odd we have a word
uh we have a verb meaning of challenge
which means like to
um it’s it sounds like to initiate a
fight with someone like he challenged
his boss
it’s like it sounds like a very
aggressive situation to challenge
someone or to challenge a
verdict in a court case for example it
means like to make an appeal for
something or to try to change the
opinion of someone else
to challenge as a verb to try
on the other hand means to make an
attempt
so it doesn’t mean it doesn’t have the
nuance really of a
challenge necessarily it might be a
challenging
task it might be a challenging thing to
attempt
but it doesn’t necessarily mean a
challenge the word i’m sorry the nuance
of challenge
isn’t really always included in the word
try
try just means attempt so let’s look at
some example
sentences this recipe is going to be a
challenge
as a verb challenge yourself and then
try
i’m excited to try making this cake
every day every day okay the next pair
of words is
every day and every day so the
difference here is there’s a word with
no space
every day and then there’s two words
with a space every
day there is a difference between these
two words
every day with no space is used this is
an adjective
so it means something that is common
something that is a regular behavior or
something that is kind of expected an
everyday behavior and everyday activity
for example every day refers to
something that
happens regularly but it is not an
adjective it’s like it’s like we use it
as an
introduction to a phrase every day i
brush my teeth
every day i take a shower every day he
goes to work however when we use
every day we use it as an adjective so
for example
going to work is an everyday activity
taking a shower is an everyday activity
we can use these two words to describe
the same things to describe similar
activities and similar actions
however grammatically they have
different functions so please be careful
everyday adjective every day refers to
a series of activities each day all
right
example sentences i study every day
it’s an everyday task for me then
then next is a common spelling error i
think even for native speakers
it’s then and than t-h-e-n
and t-h-a-n then is like a connecting
word we say
first next then after that for example
or then meaning like it leads to where
it connects to another idea in a
sequence
van however is used typically to make
comparisons like my hair is longer than
her hair for
example or my
rent is cheaper than donald trump’s i
don’t know
i don’t know why was that the first i
don’t know
but van is used to make comparisons then
is used to make connections so please
try to keep these two in mind that
that vowel does make a difference that
sounds very similar i know but then
then then and then example sentences
i took a shower then went to bed he has
more time
than me borrow
lend the next pair is borrow
and lend borrow and lend are so
confusing i know and actually i mix up
these words in like other languages and
i study them too i don’t know
why they’re so difficult to remember i
feel your pain
okay but let’s review so to borrow
something from someone
when you yourself use the word borrow it
means you
want to receive something so
let me borrow your book i want to borrow
your car can i borrow your
dog i don’t know what i’m gonna do if i
borrow someone’s stuck
but to borrow something means you’re
going to receive something when you make
a request
can i borrow blah blah blah or
my friend let me borrow his
dvd player i don’t know borrowing to
borrow means to receive that thing
lend on the other hand means to provide
something to
give someone something so the confusion
i think comes in with an expression like
will you lend me your car because the
speaker
is asking the other person to take the
action
of giving something but we use the word
lend like lend me
your car um in american english
i think i i tend to say can i borrow
i’ll i’ll put myself as the subject
there can i borrow your pen
for example is it okay if i borrow your
pen i typically don’t use the expression
lend me or pen that’s just not a word
that i tend to use
however i think it can cause confusion
because i’m using the word lend
however i want to receive that thing so
i’m i’m using the command form for the
other person
i’m telling them lend me something
so i think that’s where the confusion
comes in so
if if you use an expression depending on
the kind of english you’d like to use of
course you can use borrow you can use
lend either of these patterns are fine
but just keep in mind if you want to
borrow something
you should say can i borrow if you want
to use the verb len you should say
lend me you can say will you lend me
something
um but just keep in mind who the subject
of the sentence is like will you
lend me this thing will you lend me your
pen is correct
and can i borrow your pen is correct
keep in mind who the subject of the
sentence is
so if the other person is giving you a
thing
you can use like i want i want to if i’m
the subject
i want to borrow that thing if the other
person is the subject it’s
lend me that thing so quite confusing i
think but
i think in this case this could be one
of those times where it’s better to
try to think of it as a set phrase and
focus
less on the individual words so maybe
studying them
as uh set questions studying them as
a pattern instead of focusing a lot on
oh is it lend or borrow
i think trying to repeat as as a
question um or
as a statement could be more useful if
this is if this is difficult for you
so let’s look at some more example
sentences
i borrowed a lot of money from the bank
hey can you lend me your car for the
afternoon
loose lose the last one is another
spelling problem and pronunciation
problem i suppose
the last pair is loose and lose
loose and lose you can hear maybe the
the
difference in vowel sound loose and lose
uh so loose is an adjective so loose
means something that is not
the opposite of tight so if your bag
comes together you pull a string your
bag becomes
tight the the opening in the bag becomes
tight
if you relax the string the bag becomes
loose perhaps and you can put items
inside it so
loose is an adjective which kind of
means like relaxed or open
so the opposite of tight lose however
is ever so to lose something like i
don’t want to lose my wallet or oh my
gosh i’m going to lose my job
not true but to lose something means it
disappears it goes
away so loose and lose have very
different meanings
however there’s one o that is different
there
example sentences okay i lost a lot of
weight
and now my pants are loose be careful
not to lose your keys
hey everyone welcome to the monthly
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if you have trouble sticking with your
language learning goals it’s probably
because you’re skipping one specific
step
it’s the step you need to take before
you even start any learning
and doing it will help you stick with
the language not get overwhelmed and
reach your language goals
so today you’ll learn one what solo
language learners need to succeed
and two how to do self-assessment and
set yourself up for success
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first step in your language learning
journey that will guarantee your success
here’s a question for you when you want
to learn a language how do you usually
get started with that goal
you might say the inspiration comes
first and that motivates you to start
then you get a textbook or an app and go
from there right
that’s a pretty standard answer but how
does that tend to work out
most people end up falling off a week or
a month later
why do you think that happens leave a
comment with why you think people tend
to lose inspiration quickly
more often than not it happens because
you pick a goal a learning routine or a
resource that overwhelms you and just
isn’t right for you
here’s a typical example let’s say you
work an 8 hour day and you want to try
to start learning
most people would try to squeeze in
learning for one or two hours at night
or you could try and wake up an hour
early and usually that doesn’t work out
because you’re trying to do things that
you’re not used to
wake up earlier and study earlier it
doesn’t fit your current lifestyle
so what should you do differently well
let’s take an example from language
schools
before you start learning language
schools force you to take an assessment
test on the first day
why so that they make sure the language
lessons
fit your level and put you in the proper
class the goal of an assessment test is
to find out where you are
and meet you there that’s something most
solo learners don’t do
and the problem is if you’re a solo
learner no one assesses you
and you yourself don’t know what routine
works best for you how much time you can
set aside and how much studying you can
comfortably do
we all imagine we can do an hour a day
but realistically speaking it’ll be a
lot less than that so
that’s where self-assessment comes in
before you start learning a language or
do any goal for that matter
it’s important to know where you are in
life what your daily schedule is like
when you’re busy and when you’re free so
you can set your expectations
know how much time you can put in and so
you can start learning at a pace that
works for you
now how do you actually assess yourself
there are three assessments you can do
one a life assessment
two a routine assessment and three
language assessment
language assessment will only be helpful
if you already have some experience
if you’re brand new you won’t need this
first
life assessment here the goal is to see
how the language will fit into your life
and how you generally deal with goals as
in if you succeeded with the goal before
what helped you succeed you could take
that and apply it here
if you failed before find out why so you
can avoid it this time
so you’ll need to answer the following
questions why are you learning this
language
how will it help your life what current
connections do you have to this language
for example listening to music watching
tv you have a relative
you have neighbors or friends that speak
it what have you been doing so far to
learn
have you learned languages before have
you failed any goals before
how or why have you succeeded with any
goals before
how or why write these questions out and
answer them
next the routine assessment write out
your daily routine for a whole week
for example wake up at 7 a.m breakfast
at 8 a.m
commute to work at 8 30 am arrive at
work at 9 30
am lunch at 1pm and so on
do this for every day of the week the
goal here is to see what your daily
routine is like so you know when you’re
free when you’re busy and where you can
fit in language learning
that way if you’re super busy on mondays
and 5 minutes is all you can do then
that’s good enough
you won’t feel bad about doing only 5
minutes if you see that you spend
30 minutes on commuting add language
learning on top of that existing routine
if you take walks or go for a jog play
an audio lesson there
or even if you’re cooking at a certain
time play an audio lesson in the
background
remember look for an existing routine
that you already stick with like
commuting
and where you can multitask don’t try to
create new routines
for example waking up at 7am to learn
will set you up for failure
if you usually wake up at 8am waking up
at 7am will be even harder
and then actually trying to learn a
language at 7am makes it
even harder this is where new learners
start having trouble
you’re trying to do two things at once
trying to learn the language and trying
to stick to a new routine
one is hard enough trying to do two can
overwhelm you
so piggyback off of your existing
routines first so you can build momentum
and finally there’s language assessment
if you’re an absolute beginner you won’t
need much of an assessment
just start with our absolute beginner
recommended learning pathway
but if you have experience and want to
assess yourself there are two things you
can do
first if you’re a premium plus user then
you’re asked to do an assessment test
when you join
but you can always request it again from
your teacher and second if you’re a
premium user
check our recommended pathways we assign
these pathways level 1 to level 5
based on your learning level from
absolute beginner to advanced
at the start of each pathway there’s a
diagnostic test you can take that to
assess yourself
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what are some surefire ways to stay
motivated when you’re learning a
language
in this video we’re going to talk about
10 sure-fire ways to stay motivated and
stay on track
all right we asked our premium and
premium plus members for their tested
techniques
you’ll find out what worked for them
number one
you must see your progress
in other words you have to see it to
believe it there’s nothing better than
seeing your results firsthand
it’s like seeing muscles in the mirror
after working out
how do you do this with language in
order to see it you have to start
measuring it first
and you can do that with the dashboard
on our website with the dashboard you
can see how many lessons and how much of
the language you’ve mastered so far
so review the progress you’ve made with
the dashboard on the site
number two use the daily dose of
language app
with this you get free daily mini
lessons but that’s not all
this app keeps you on track because it
actually sends you daily reminders
if you need that extra push or reminder
this app does it for you
and the daily dose lessons are quick and
easy they take just one minute of your
time
number three learn with somebody better
than you
a tutor a friend and you can even learn
with your own teacher with a premium
plus subscription
simply having someone better than you by
your side is enough to help you improve
and motivate you
it’s like having a coach number four
set a small measurable goal
for example finish 10 lessons in one
week
or learn 20 words in a week most people
give up because they have a vague goal
like i want to be fluent that they don’t
know how to reach but if you aim
small and make it measurable you’ll have
a much better chance of reaching it
your goal is to learn 20 words and you
know 17 already
because you know how close you are
you’re more motivated to close the gap
and reach your goals
number five watch movies and shows in
your target language
first of all we recommend this because
it’s fun but more importantly
when you understand what you hear it’s a
clear sign of progress
and you’ll feel good about it number six
listen to music in your target language
music is enjoyable and if you make it
part of your routine you’re giving
yourself a nice break in between lessons
but you’re still immersing yourself in
the language so if you enjoy this
routine you’re more likely to stay
motivated
number seven do the lessons that you
enjoy
just like with music if you enjoy our
audio and video lessons then stick with
them
if you have any favorite lessons
remember you can always download them to
your device
and review them as much as you want
they’re yours to keep
number eight understand that language
learning is a marathon
learning a new language is not a sprint
most people think they can study for
hours and suddenly get better
but when they realize that it takes time
this can hurt their motivation
so understand that it’s a marathon
remember that it’s better to study for a
few minutes every day than pulling a
five-hour cram session that will burn
you out
number nine keep the big goal in mind
imagine yourself being fluent
small measurable goals are definitely
important but when you just don’t feel
like learning which is completely
natural by the way
remember the big goal having the big
picture in mind will remind you of
what’s important and put you back on
track
number 10 invest in the language make a
commitment
whether you buy a book or a subscription
enroll in a class or join a study group
by investing and making a commitment
you’re much more likely to go through
with it
you’ve paid for it so you value it more
you want to make sure you get your
money’s worth
plus other people expect you to show up
this can be extremely helpful when
working towards your language goals
and that’s it there are so many ways to
keep yourself motivated do you have a
favorite way
leave us a comment let us know so to
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studies
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bye want to speak and understand more of
your target language
you’ll need to know more words and
phrases to really make new conversations
and ultimately connections
in this video you’ll discover six ways
to master new words and phrases fast
number one use our free vocabulary lists
here’s what makes this study tool so
powerful this is your free library of
vocab and phrase lessons you can learn
words and phrases for current events
like halloween or new years
there are also many useful topics like
the top 10 ways to say hello
conversational phrases and more in other
words you learn phrases that you
wouldn’t normally find in textbooks
and if you want to learn extra fast you
can use the slideshow tool
just tap on or click on view slideshow
then sit back and review the words and
phrases
find the vocabulary list in the
vocabulary drop down menu on the site
and yes these vocab lists are free for
all users
number two take the audio and video
lessons
one of the best ways to learn new words
is through conversations
you get to hear how the words are used
so in every lesson dialogue you’ll come
across some words you don’t know
but don’t worry because our teachers
translate everything
so when you hear the conversation again
at the end of the lesson you’ll know
them all
number three learn with our 2000 most
common words list
here’s a question for you how many words
do you think you need for conversational
fluency
3000 5000 actually language experts say
you need only about 1
500 to reach conversational fluency and
with this steady tool the 2000 most
common words list
you get the words you need for
conversational fluency right up front
that’s what makes this study tool so
powerful it’s all here for you
and they’re broken down into simple
categories such as adjectives
nouns verbs food drinks numbers and
months
now 2000 is quite a lot to learn do you
have to learn at
all well you don’t have to learn it all
at once
you can go category by category you can
also start with the top 100 words then
move on to the top 200
300 and so on until you get to 2000
so if you’re an absolute beginner you
can start with the top 100 words
once you’ve mastered those you can move
on to the next category
you can also use other study tools to
learn these words faster right
such as number four study with spaced
repetition flashcards
now we’re not talking about paper flash
cards we’re talking about the smart
flash cards that you can find in our
premium study tools
picture this think of these as a teacher
inside of your computer who quizzes you
and sorts the words for you
so words that you struggle with you’ll
be quizzed on more and more
and words that you know you’ll see less
and less so they display the words as
needed so you never forget them
in every session they’ll refresh your
memory on the words you learned last
time
and introduce new ones that’s exactly
how our smart flash cards work
and because you get drilled on the words
you struggle with you have no choice but
to master them and improve
you have no choice but to succeed you
can also study the words from your
lessons and vocab lists with the very
same flashcard tool
number five create printable word lists
with the word bank
the word bank is a study tool that lets
you save words and phrases from lessons
and vocab lists
think of it as your extended brain if
you come across
a new word that you want to review later
you can save it to the word bank
but the word bank also lets you print
out your word lists
so click on the printer friendly option
inside word bank
and print out your collection of words
you can use that sheet for writing
practice
number six use the words
after you learn a new word using it
right away is crucial to remembering it
so when you’re done with a lesson or a
vocab list leave a comment
make up a sample sentence and post it in
the comment section
write it down in a notebook or shadow it
meaning listen to the audio
pronunciation and say it out loud
you should do this because it’s the
actual practice that gets you to
remember it
so say it write it listen to it again
doing this will help lock the words into
your memory
so if you want to take advantage of any
of these tools for yourself
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are you studying a language but starting
to lose motivation
in this video we’re going to talk about
the halfway point and how to keep going
with language learning
after six months to a year of studying a
language you might be feeling like
you’re losing a little bit of steam
maybe you started out strong and now
you’re feeling a bit low
maybe you aren’t seeing the results you
wanted or you think your efforts aren’t
paying off
but the reason for that might not have
anything to do with your studies
it might be more an issue about your
reviewing and your goal setting
one why you should review your past
language goals
when you set goals do you ever go back
to review your progress
it can be a reminder of how far you’ve
come and help you keep your motivation
up
let’s say you started learning a
language and you’ve been at it for a few
months
in month 1 you’re excited and motivated
in month 2 you’re still going at it but
maybe the motivation is not as strong
and you want to make sure that you don’t
fall off unfortunately as most people
do so you work hard to keep at it by
month three you’re kind of on autopilot
and learning with whatever has been
working for you
that sounds like a good place to be
cruising on autopilot
well it may seem like a good place to be
but the problem is by month 4
5 or 6 if you’ve been coasting along for
too long and haven’t had any significant
improvements
you may start wondering if you’re
actually learning or if you’ll ever
master the language
you might start losing motivation and
worse you might even quit
if you’re learning by yourself it’s hard
and if you’re not tracking your progress
by month four or five you might realize
that the textbook you’ve been using
isn’t helping you increase your fluency
you might think you’re going nowhere
so the reason to review is to check your
progress maybe you can speak none of
your target language in month one
but at the end of month three you can
speak three minutes
so that’s in progress and if you’re at
eight minutes now for example then you
can definitely say that you’ve improved
since the start
it’s good for motivation just knowing
that you got a return on your time
investment
so reviewing is good for progress and
motivation
also it’s natural to lose motivation
with anything you’re trying to learn or
do
so it’s something you need to keep up
something you need to keep in mind
what do you do when your motivation dips
you can stop take some time to review
and reflect
is your motivation dipping are you
studying less do you feel like you’re
not making progress
and if you say yes to these questions
then you can work on boosting your
motivation to help you keep going
how do you boost your motivation well do
you remember anchor points
anchor points are things that connect
you or anchor you to your goal
such as a language class or program it
could even be relatives or friends who
speak the language
tv shows in that language you like or an
upcoming trip to the target country
all of these things in one way or
another keep you anchored to your
language learning goal
so if you’re watching a tv show in your
target language then it’s natural for
you to want to understand it better and
your desire to learn goes up
if you’re taking language classes where
a teacher expects homework from you
that’s another connection to the
language so you do the homework
you attend classes you learn more
ultimately
if you want to boost your motivation and
keep going you should get more anchor
points
but how do you do that let’s jump into
the second part
two how to review your progress and
maintain motivation
how do you review your progress first
you always set
small measurable goals and always track
results
the study resource you’re using can be
used for your review
as well it’s easy to get demotivated and
think that you have learned nothing
but if you’re using a textbook for
example you can set a number of pages
and that can be a really good motivator
something to reach for making sure
you’re getting through and then testing
yourself on material is a little
harder if you’re not actually using your
textbook though so make sure that you
actually stick to the plan you set for
yourself
again the tool you’re using is not so
important but just make sure whatever
you use
you measure it and track your progress
reviewing is as simple as looking at
your past goals and results
you can also do it the old school way
and look through your notebooks see how
much you’ve written out
in fact we have something called the
dean’s date with our premium plus plan
where our premium plus users send in all
of the work they’ve completed with their
teacher
the writings the recordings the
assignments and you can see it all
everything that you’ve done then you can
see your actual results of your three
months of work
everything you’ve accomplished is in one
place do you ever run out of motivation
of course you do occasionally and it’s
natural for everyone’s motivation to dip
after some time
then if you lose motivation how do you
keep going
just as we talked about earlier add more
anchor points
more connections to the language whether
that means enrolling in in-person
classes at a real language school
planning trips or signing up for a test
those anchor points
help you stay motivated your main ones
need to be things that will keep you
interested in your target language or
the people in your life connected to it
these are the things that will keep you
motivated
but it’s also important to remember
whether you’re struggling or you’re
progressing rapidly
that you have to keep your learning
adaptive as humans we are adaptive
we adapt to environments and this is the
same thing your language learning path
has to adapt as you progress
if you’re progressing faster there’s a
way to adapt if you’re progressing
slower there’s also a way to adapt
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how you can keep going past the halfway
point
if you’ve been studying the language for
a few months it’s normal to start losing
steam
if you’re not losing steam when you’re
progressing then great job and maybe you
can share some of your tips with us
because it’s one of the hardest things
ever to stay motivated long term
if you are starting to lose steam
remember that this happens with
any goal it can happen to anyone at any
time so you need to learn how to adapt
to it
by being aware that these dips are
natural and that they happen
you can expect them so when one does
come around you’ll know how to boost
your motivation and know how to keep
yourself going
here’s what you do when a dip does come
around 1.
review your learning progress if you’ve
been setting small
measurable goals every month then this
won’t be a problem
the goal here is to see how far you’ve
come and this will help you maintain
motivation
if you can see that you learn 50 words
in january 50 in february 100 in march
and so on
then you have measurable progress and
this lets you know that you’re improving
even when you don’t feel like you are
second if you’re a premium plus student
you can also participate in the dean’s
date and submit your work on the
deadline
be sure to ask your premium plus teacher
about it third
if you’re a premium or premium plus user
you can also check your dashboard and
see how many flash cards you’ve studied
and how many lessons you’ve completed we
track your progress for you
but of course it’s best to set goals
like learn 50 words
or speak one minute of conversation
because completing a lesson
may not mean that you’ve mastered
everything inside so
if you’ve not been setting goals and
tracking them now is the time to start
otherwise do you know how much of the
language you can speak or how many words
you’ve learned
if you don’t know then you’ll feel like
you’re floating around and not learning
anything
so be sure to set small measurable
monthly goals
fourth create more anchor points to
boost your motivation
anchor points are connections to the
language that keep you anchored to the
language and your goal
it could be friends or relatives who
speak the language tv shows in that
language you like
an upcoming trip to the target country
language classes or language programs
all of these things in one way or
another keep you anchored to your
language learning goal
so if you started learning a language
because your relative speaks it
that motivation may not last forever it
may help you in month 1 or month 2
but by month 4 5 or 6 your motivation
might wear off
but you can decide to enroll in a class
or start watching a tv show in that
language
that will give you some new reasons to
keep going to the language
in a way you give yourself more reasons
to learn
a lot of the time the reasons why we
start something are not often the
reasons why we continue them
so don’t be afraid to adjust your
motivations as you go along
if you’ve reached a language milestone
and are starting to feel a little less
motivated just take a look at these tips
thorough reviews setting anchor points
and reviewing your study methods will
all help you keep going in your studies
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