Speak English Fluently - The 5 Steps To Improve Your English Fluency

Dan Lok
20 Aug 201909:37

Summary

TLDRCe script vidéo partage six astuces pour améliorer la fluidité en anglais. L'orateur, natif de Hong Kong, a appris l'anglais en tant que troisième langue et donne des conseils basés sur son expérience. Il suggère de ne pas se soucier du jugement des autres, de parler autant que possible, de lire à haute voix, d'apprendre un nouveau mot chaque jour, d'immerger dans la langue à travers la musique et les films, et de passer du temps avec des personnes parlant anglais. Un conseil bonus : l'apprentissage en surcharge pour maîtriser la langue au-delà des besoins de base.

Takeaways

  • 🗣️ L'auteur a utilisé l'anglais pour changer sa vie, bien qu'il ne soit pas sa langue maternelle.
  • 🌐 L'auteur suggère de ne pas se soucier des jugements des autres et de parler autant qu'on peut pour améliorer la fluidité en anglais.
  • 📚 Il recommande de lire à haute voix des livres simples pour améliorer la prononciation et la compréhension.
  • 🔍 Apprendre un nouveau mot chaque jour peut élargir le vocabulaire et aider à comprendre la culture et les philosophies.
  • 🎵 L'immersion dans la langue est essentielle, en écoutant de la musique et en regardant des films en anglais sans sous-titres.
  • 🤝 Fréquenter des personnes qui parlent anglais peut accélérer l'apprentissage et la pratique de la langue.
  • 👫 Le fait d'avoir une relation avec quelqu'un qui parle la langue cible peut être un moyen efficace d'apprentissage.
  • 🏋️‍♂️ L'apprentissage en état de surapprentissage, comme le souligne l'auteur, peut améliorer considérablement les compétences linguistiques.
  • 💡 L'auteur a utilisé l'apprentissage de l'anglais comme un moyen d'améliorer non seulement ses compétences linguistiques mais aussi ses compétences en vente et en marketing.
  • 🎯 L'objectif de l'auteur est de communiquer clairement au point où les gens sont prêts à faire affaire avec lui, ce qui est le signe d'une maîtrise avancée de la langue.
  • 🚀 L'auteur encourage les apprenants à aller au-delà de la simple communication quotidienne et à s'engager dans des situations où l'apprentissage est plus intense et les enjeux sont plus élevés.

Q & A

  • Quel est le premier langage de l'orateur?

    -Le premier langage de l'orateur est le cantonais.

  • Pourquoi l'orateur a-t-il mentionné que le cantonais est son premier langage?

    -Il l'a mentionné pour souligner qu'il n'a pas appris l'anglais comme langue maternelle et pour montrer comment il a réussi à maîtriser l'anglais malgré cela.

  • Quelle est la deuxième langue de l'orateur et pourquoi est-elle importante pour lui?

    -La deuxième langue de l'orateur est le mandarin, car sa mère est originaire de Taiwan. Cela montre l'importance de la diversité linguistique dans sa famille.

  • Quelle a été l'expérience de l'orateur lorsqu'il est arrivé en Amérique du Nord?

    -Lorsqu'il est arrivé en Amérique du Nord, l'orateur ne pouvait pas parler un seul mot d'anglais.

  • Quels sont les cinq pas que l'orateur recommande pour améliorer la fluidité en anglais?

    -Les cinq étapes recommandées sont: ne pas se soucier de l'accent ou des jugements, parler autant que possible; lire à haute voix des livres simples; apprendre un nouveau mot chaque jour; s'immerger dans la langue en écoutant de la musique et en regardant des films en anglais; et passer du temps avec des personnes qui parlent anglais.

  • Pourquoi est-il important de ne pas se soucier des jugements des autres, selon l'orateur?

    -L'orateur souligne que ne pas se soucier des jugements permet de parler plus librement et de s'habituer à l'expression en anglais, ce qui est essentiel pour améliorer sa fluidité.

  • Quelle méthode l'orateur a utilisée pour améliorer sa prononciation en anglais?

    -L'orateur a lu à haute voix des livres, en répétant les mots et les phrases difficiles, pour améliorer sa prononciation.

  • Quel est l'impact de l'apprentissage du vocabulaire en anglais, selon l'orateur?

    -L'orateur considère que l'apprentissage du vocabulaire est crucial pour enrichir sa langue et sa compréhension de la culture et des philosophies.

  • Quelle est la technique d'immersion que l'orateur a utilisée pour améliorer son anglais?

    -L'orateur a écouté de la musique et regardé des films en anglais pour s'immerger dans la langue, ce qui l'a aidé à comprendre et à apprendre le langage de manière naturelle.

  • Pourquoi est-il essentiel d'interagir avec des personnes qui parlent anglais, selon l'orateur?

    -L'orateur souligne que passer du temps avec des personnes qui parlent anglais permet de pratiquer la langue dans un contexte réel, ce qui améliore la confiance et la fluidité.

  • Quelle est la 'étape bonus' que l'orateur suggère pour améliorer la maîtrise de l'anglais?

    -La 'étape bonus' suggérée par l'orateur est d'aller dans un état d'apprentissage excessif, comme en s'entraînant à vendre ou à négocier en anglais, ce qui permet de surperformer et de surmonter la nervosité dans les situations quotidiennes.

Outlines

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🗣️ Améliorer la fluidité en anglais

Le narrateur partage son expérience personnelle d'apprentissage de l'anglais, langue qui a changé sa vie. Né à Hong Kong, l'anglais est sa troisième langue après le cantonais et le mandarin. Arrivé en Amérique du Nord sans connaissance en anglais, il encourage les spectateurs à ne pas se soucier du jugement des autres et à parler autant que possible. Il insiste sur l'importance de la pratique orale et la nécessité de surmonter les craintes liées à la prononciation et aux jugements pour s'améliorer dans la langue.

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📚 Méthodes pour améliorer la maîtrise de l'anglais

Le narrateur propose cinq étapes pour améliorer la fluidité en anglais. Il suggère de parler sans se soucier de l'accent ou des jugements, de lire à haute voix des livres simples pour améliorer la prononciation et la compréhension, d'apprendre un nouveau mot chaque jour pour élargir le vocabulaire, d'immerser dans la langue en écoutant de la musique et en regardant des films en anglais sans sous-titres, et de passer du temps avec des personnes qui parlent anglais. En outre, il recommande un sixième pas : l'overlearning, qui implique de se pousser au-delà des connaissances de base pour s'adapter à des situations où la communication est essentielle, comme les ventes et le marketing.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Fluence

La 'fluence' fait référence à la capacité de quelqu'un à parler une langue avec aisance et sans hésitation. Dans le script, l'orateur insiste sur l'importance de l'améliorer pour le langage anglais, en utilisant l'exemple de son propre accent et de sa progression dans la maîtrise de la langue.

💡Immersion

L'immersion est le processus d'apprendre une langue en se plongeant dans un environnement où cette langue est parlée. Le script mentionne l'écoute de musique et la vision de films en anglais comme des méthodes d'immersion pour améliorer la fluence en anglais.

💡Accent

Un 'accent' est une particularité de la prononciation qui reflète l'influence de la langue maternelle ou la région d'origine d'une personne. L'orateur reconnaît qu'il a un accent et que cela n'a pas empêché de communiquer efficacement avec un large public.

💡Vocabulary

Le 'vocabulaire' désigne l'ensemble des mots que quelqu'un connaît et utilise dans une langue. Le script suggère d'apprendre un nouveau mot chaque jour pour élargir son vocabulaire en anglais.

💡Communication

La 'communication' est l'échange d'informations ou d'idées. Le thème principal du script est d'améliorer la communication en anglais en se débarrassant des inhibitions et en s'entraînant à parler ouvertement.

💡Culture

La 'culture' inclut les coutumes, les traditions et les connaissances sociales d'un groupe de personnes. L'apprentissage de l'anglais est lié à la découverte de la culture anglo-saxonne, comme le suggère le script en mentionnant l'apprentissage de la langue comme un moyen d'explorer la philosophie et les affaires.

💡Over learning

L'apprentissage en excès, ou 'over learning', est le processus d'apprendre au-delà de la simple maîtrise pour atteindre une compétence plus élevée. Le script utilise l'analogie de l'entraînement physique pour expliquer comment l'over learning peut améliorer la capacité de communication en anglais.

💡Prononciation

La 'prononciation' est la manière dont les mots sont prononcés. Le script conseille de lire à haute voix des livres pour améliorer la prononciation en anglais et de répéter les mots difficiles jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient maîtrisés.

💡Dictionnaire

Un 'dictionnaire' est un recueil de mots avec leurs définitions, synonymes et exemples d'utilisation. Le script suggère d'utiliser un dictionnaire pour en savoir plus sur les nouveaux mots appris et ainsi élargir son vocabulaire.

💡Interraction

L''interaction' désigne la manière dont les personnes communiquent et interagissent les uns avec les autres. Le script met en évidence l'importance de l'interaction avec des locuteurs natifs pour améliorer la fluence en anglais.

Highlights

Improve English fluency by not worrying about making mistakes and speaking as much as possible.

The importance of forgetting about judgment and speaking English confidently despite an accent.

Practice speaking English by engaging in conversations with people in public places like malls.

Reading books out loud is an effective method to improve pronunciation and understanding of English.

Consistently learning one new word every day can significantly expand one's vocabulary.

Understanding the cultural and philosophical aspects of English through language learning.

Immersion in English through listening to music and watching movies without subtitles.

The benefits of hanging out with native English speakers to improve fluency.

The strategy of overlearning by engaging in high-stakes communication to enhance language proficiency.

Learning to sell and close deals in English as a form of overlearning to improve communication skills.

The speaker's personal experience of learning English despite a thick accent, similar to Jackie Chan.

The speaker's recommendation to read books out loud for years as part of the language learning process.

The idea of picking a book on topics of interest and reading it out loud daily to improve language skills.

The impact of understanding only a small percentage of English content initially and gradually increasing comprehension.

The concept of making language learning fun through natural interactions and media consumption.

The observation of students sticking to their own language groups in college and the speaker's contrary approach.

The speaker's personal anecdote of dating a Korean girlfriend who speaks English to accelerate language learning.

Transcripts

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- Do you wanna improve your English?

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Do you wanna speak English more fluently?

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You see the English language changed my life.

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I was born in Hong Kong so English is not my first language.

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My first language is actually Cantonese.

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My second language is Mandarin

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because my mother is from Taiwan,

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and my third language is English.

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So when I first immigrated to North America

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I couldn't speak a word of English.

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And I know some of my fans, rumor says

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that you're tuning into my videos because

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you wanna learn how to speak the English language.

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I find that that's kind of interesting.

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If that's the case, actually comment below

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and let me know.

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So today I wanna share with you five steps

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to improve your English fluency.

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The five things that I did to learn the English language.

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Step number one to improve your English fluency,

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it's actually very simple and that is don't give a damn.

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That's right don't give a damn.

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Speak whenever, wherever, however.

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It doesn't matter if you speak with an accent,

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I still speak with an accent,

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and I talk to tens of millions of people every single month.

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It doesn't matter.

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Forget how people would judge,

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forget how people would think of you,

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all this stuff it doesn't matter,

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just speak as much as you could.

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If they don't understand, you say it again.

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if they don't understand you say it again,

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you just keep saying it.

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I remember because I spoke with such a thick accent,

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I spoke like it sounded like Jackie Chan.

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I can still speak with some Chinese accent

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like hey, yeah, this then that,

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like that kind of stuff,

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like I could speak with that kind of accent,

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but you just speak, you just speak as much as you could

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'cause that's how you get comfortable.

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You would not guess,

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if you're always thinking about oh, I'm not sounding smart,

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or they would misunderstand what I'm saying,

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or they wouldn't understand or I'll look stupid,

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all this stuff, all these things holds you back

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learning the language.

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So don't give a damn speak as much as you could

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to as many people as you could.

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I will walk into the mall I will talk to people, right?

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Say hello, how are you?

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Just to practice it's okay, right?

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They don't bite it's okay practice.

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Step number two and that is this is what I did,

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I would take a book, any book, but simple book,

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and I would read it out, loud word for word,

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paragraph by paragraph.

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I found that that's a very good way learning the language

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because there's certain parts where maybe

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you have difficulty pronouncing certain chunks

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you say it again and again,

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or maybe there's certain words you don't understand

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you can go to a dictionary.

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Reading a book out loud that's also another thing

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that I did to learn the English language.

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You finish one book and you might as well pick something

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that you are interested in,

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if you're interested in investing,

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or success, or motivation, or sales. Pick a book on those topics,

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and then read it out loud every single day.

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I'm talking about could be 20 minutes,

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30 minutes, 25 minutes it doesn't matter,

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but do it every single day.

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I did that every day for years

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to learn the English language.

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Step number three to improve your English fluency

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and that is take one word that you don't understand

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that you don't know what it means,

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every single day you just learn one new word.

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Go to Google Translate dictionary

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find out exactly what it means.

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So every single day pick a new word

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that you've never heard of before,

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you never use before and learn it every single.

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If you've done this every single day that's 365 words,

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new words that you could add to your vocabulary

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that you could use.

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See English is such a powerful language

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first of all, not just because a lot of people use it,

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but to understand a culture, to understand philosophies,

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you need to understand the language.

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So when I learn the English language then I also learn about

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a lot of other things about the culture,

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about business of course that's what I do.

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So language is not just something that you to communicate,

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language is also something that you could train

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your mind with so understand that.

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Step four immersion.

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You have to immerse yourself.

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So when I was learning the English language,

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what I did is I would listen to music every single day.

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I would listen to English music, English song,

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and try to sing along and just to learn it, right?

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It was very very difficult and I was listening to rap music

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which is way too difficult I gave that up,

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but I was watching English movies without subtitles

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and I would listen and at first I wouldn't understand.

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I would understand maybe 5% of it, right?

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And then I would understand,

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I think it's like that's what she means and 10%, 20%,

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as my English improves I noticed

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I would understand the movie more and more and more, right?

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So you have to immerse yourself, talk in English,

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listening to English music, watch English movies,

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do as much as that as you could naturally

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you'll pick up the slang,

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you'll pick up kinda certain stories or phrases

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like that kind of phrases

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that's how you learn English language,

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then you make it fun.

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So it doesn't have to be you have to sit down

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and study oh, I'm studying the language,

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no make it fun talk to people who speak English, right?

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Like interact, connect, read, watch, listen,

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that's how you get good, that's how I got good.

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Step number five to improve your English fluency

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and that is to hang out with people who speak English.

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Like I know it sounds so obvious,

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but that's how you do it.

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I remember in college you will see these groups of people,

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and I would see the Chinese students

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only hang out with Chinese students,

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I would see the Korean students

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hang out with Korean students,

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and Japanese students hang out

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with Japanese students, right?

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And I would do the opposite,

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I would go and hang out with people who speak English.

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I would hang out with Caucasians,

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I would hang out with people who grew up locally

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who speak perfect English,

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and I would just talk and hang out we go to library

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and I would try to talk as much as possible,

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listen, ask questions, right?

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To get comfortable and another thing that I did was actually

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I got a Korean girlfriend who speaks English, right?

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So that's another way to do it,

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so I'm not saying that's the only way to learn,

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but if you wanna learn a new language

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take someone who speak the language

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you'll be shocked how quickly you pick that up, right?

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How quickly you can pick up the language.

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Let me give you a bonus tip,

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a bonus step if you want it, okay?

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Step number six,

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and that is going to a state of over learning.

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Lemme explain.

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If you are thinking about let's say learning a language,

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let's say you're here and you wanna get to this good,

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the fastest way to get to this good

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is you actually go into a state of over learning.

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So let's take an exercise example, okay?

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If you wanna have stronger bicep,

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let's say you're only doing your curl,

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you can only hypothetically lift 20 pounds,

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20 pounds, right?

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That's much of strength you have.

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If you wanna make that 20 pounds easy

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to better lift that up guess what?

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Train with 25 pounds, train with 30 pounds

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that's an over preparation, over learning

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that's what I mean, right?

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You want to stay over learning.

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So what I did because I'm in business, right?

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Not only learning English language,

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I was learning how to sell,

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how to close, how to do marketing,

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so not only just the English language

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day-to-day basis to communicate,

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but actually at a way higher level

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where there's something to lose.

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Where it's not just learning the basic day-to-day

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communication but also there's money involved, right?

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The stakes are high.

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When I lose a sale when I'm selling someone,

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when I'm communicating if they don't understand

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what I'm saying I'm not gonna close that sale, right?

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That's a state of over learning.

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So imagine I could do that not just to say things

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that you understand to be able to communicate

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in a way clearly enough that you can understand me,

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but to communicate in a way that you would do business,

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you would buy from me, you would spend money with me,

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that's over learning.

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You could do that when you go back to day-to-day

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just like talking of course is so easy.

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Would you be nervous?

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No.

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Would you care what people think?

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No.

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I just got 20 rejections in the last week

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like you don't understand what I'm talking about who cares?

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Who cares?

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It wouldn't bother you,

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and that's what I mean over learning.

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So I suggest to my students,

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if you wanna learn the English language,

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learn how to close, learn how to sell.

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Go sell something because then all the nervousness,

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all of that fear, all the anxiety,

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all that is gone when you're talking to day-to-day

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with people because you train yourself well.

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You go into a state of over learning, you over prepare.

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That's what I say, that's what you need to do.

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So those are the six steps or five steps

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to improve your English fluency.

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