well hello everyone I have a very
very special announcement today my
my good friend and fellow teacher
teacher Jason Levine aka the fluency
fluency MC and I we are partnering
partnering together to create a really
really special lesson and a free guide
guide for learners out there and so
so I'm going to be answering a few
few questions from him in a video
video right now so we will have a
a little bit of a a quick interview
interview to explain what's happening
happening in the future so
so listen carefully and if you want
want to become a much better speaker
speaker and for you teachers out there
there that watch this if you want
want to help your students to help
help them become better speakers by
by finding more people to practice
practice with especially native speakers
speakers
speakers I
I want to teach you the right way
way to do that the fast way and the
the same way that i learned how to
to do it using the same strategies
strategies I use to get fluent in
in Japanese so
so let's get started hey drew welcome
welcome
welcome first
first question tell us about English
English anyone and
and hello and welcome to you Jason
Jason thank you so much for deciding
deciding to do this with me i know
know this is a new project and it's
it's something it's going to be something
something very big i'm really excited
excited about it will be a free guide
guide
guide in
in addition to a lesson on with IQ
IQ after we learn more from students
students so I'm really excited to
to do that but very quickly about
about English anyone one
one of the things i do as a teacher
teacher because there is so much information
information about you know learning
learning verbs or adjectives or nouns
nouns are all kinds of things about
about the English language that you
you can study the thing that I do
do for english anyone it's more of
of the first things you learn and
and the last things you learn and
and the first things are how you think
think the psychology of learners is
is probably the most important thing
thing that will help people get fluent
fluent
fluent so
so I talked a lot with students about
about how to think and how to learn
learn so all of the speed learning
learning tactics i know for getting
getting fluid faster and languages
languages
languages the
the exact same things i use for getting
getting fluent in Japanese and then
then the kind of last things you learn
learn our once you understand the
the language how
how do you actually get out with native
native speakers in practice so
so my program master English conversation
conversation it takes you through
through step by step so that you learn
learn all of the grammar and phrases
phrases and cultural things that you
you need to learn about the language
language and then the best part about
about the program is that it teaches
teaches you actually how to get out
out and meet native speakers to practice
practice with each and every month
month
month so
so these are the kinds of things that
that I want to do right now and release
release more of with this free guide
guide and less than that we're going
going to do with was i cute together
together
together what
what do you think most help people
people improve their fluency in the
the language the
the most important thing people can
can do is to focus on how they think
think
think again
again this is what I do what I specialize
specialize in for helping people build
build speaking confidence at English
English anyone . com but
but the most important thing especially
especially if you are a learner out
out there listening to this all of
of the ideas that you have about all
all I can't do this or I don't know
know where to meet native speakers
speakers all of these other ideas
ideas are what stopped you from getting
getting fluent it's
it's not the textbook you're using
using it's not your teacher everything
everything is about you so
so if you want to take responsibility
responsibility for your learning and
and then to begin thinking in the
the right way and this means having
having more of a a can and how added
added to then beginning with all I
I can't do that so
so that's probably the most important
important thing there are lots of
of little pieces to fluency but
but for me as a teacher the thing
thing that I see the most change in
in the most improvement with students
students is when they begin changing
changing the way they think make
make a lot of excellent videos I'm
I'm wondering what do you enjoy most
most about making them what
what do I enjoy most about making
making the videos well
well I think the really nice thing
thing now with technology is that
that we can show how something works
works instead of using a translation
translation to help people learn one
one of the the serious difficulties
difficulties that main complaints
complaints that I get from from learners
learners
learners when
when i receive questions and comments
comments and emails is that they have
have to learn and then by thinking
thinking and translating in their
their head before they speak so this
this is really really frustrating
frustrating for a lot of people it's
it's a serious problem that i saw
saw with master English conversation
conversation but basically the problem
problem with traditional methods most
most traditional methods anyway
anyway is that you learned something
something in your own language so
so you learn the definition of a word
word or the explanation for a grammar
grammar . and then you put that translation
translation of that definition between
between you and the language so
so you're taking a step back from
from something and usually I try to
to explain it best by talking about
about how children learn so
so there is the child here and then
then the word over here and so the
the child learns the word by matching
matching it with the meaning of that
that thing but
but what most people that are learning
learning a language do they have kind
kind of a second step in between so
so they can't learn the language directly
directly they have to learn the translation
translation first and then from the
the translation they moved to the
the definition of the word in English
English so what people should be doing
doing is learning words directly and
and the power of video really allows
allows you to do that so
so that's why I really enjoy making
making video lessons so probably the
the most important thing is that they
they allow people to make a direct
direct connection with the language
language
language I
I don't have to hold up at like a
a flash card or something like that
that I can actually show how something
something works in the language and
and it's a lot more obvious for students
students to learn directly but the
the probably most enjoyable part about
about making the videos is getting
getting all of the letters from students
students that say I remember this
this
this I
I haven't forgotten what you taught
taught me and I've actually been able
able to go out and use it so that's
that's my favorite part of making
making videos drew
drew are really excited to welcome
welcome you on to with IQ and we're
we're curious what you have in mind
mind what are you plans for teaching
teaching on the platform ah
ah so what are my plans for teaching
teaching on with IQ now
now one of the things i get again
again I really like to listen to learners
learners i asked them lots of questions
questions i'm kind of a pesky teacher
teacher that way because I really
really want to get to the root of
of why people are having problems
problems learning I
I have my own problems learning and
and I went through my own experience
experience when i was learning japanese
japanese starting with the traditional
traditional way and then complete
complete
complete we're
we're changing the way i learned it's
it's a story I tell the English anyone
anyone . com for master English conversation
conversation if people are interested
interested in learning about that
that but basically going from the
the typical way of learning you have
have a lot of problems and it creates
creates its kind of 11 way of learning
learning that creates a lot of separate
separate problems and one of those
those problems is how to meet people
people to practice with especially
especially native speakers so people
people have a lot of psychological
psychological hang-up sore problems
problems about this so
so like one of those is I'm scared
scared about making the states I'm
I'm worried that other people are
are going to judge me that kind of
of thing and people are also really
really kind of unfamiliar with actually
actually how to get out and meet native
native speakers practicing your speaking
speaking is one of the most important
important things you can do as a learner
learner in order to improve your language
language and that's why I really try
try to help students with master English
English conversation and through english
english anyone . com to teach them
them the proper way the
the fast way to really go out and
and meet native speakers so for this
this with IQ lesson and the free guide
guide that i'll be releasing very
very soon about how to meet native
native speakers and even just anyone
anyone you want to practice with is
is changing the way you think and
and then using new tactics to get
get out and meet native speakers so
so I'm really excited about doing
doing this and i'll explain a little
little bit more how you can help with
with that in a little bit later in
in this video but
but the thing that I'm really excited
excited to do is help you out there
there all of the learners out there
there find real people that are excited
excited to practice with them so not
not people that you say all let's
let's meet on skype and we'll try
try to find people in language learning
learning forums and all of these other
other places that just really aren't
aren't so successful for many people
people
people so
so i'll be teaching all of those things
things and I'm really excited to do
do that with Jason it
it was like you what advice do you
you have for people learning English
English who are struggling to stay
stay motivated what
what advice do I have for people who
who are struggling to stay motivated
motivated with language learning I
I usually talk to students about having
having some kind of reason for studying
studying the language I'll
I'll give a kind of different example
example from my childhood when i was
was learning how to read now
now if you just tell a child to learn
learn to read and they don't like
like learning to read it's going to
to be really really difficult just
just like it was for me my mom would
would try to give me books and give
give me lots of different things but
but I just wasn't interested in the
the material so i didn't really enjoy
enjoy reading very much and then for
for many many years as I was young
young I was a bad reader so I'm a
a much better reader now that I enjoy
enjoy it but learning the language
language itself we're learning how
how to read or any skill like that
that
that it's
it's a much better idea if you have
have something that you're trying
trying to arrive at by using that
that skill so
so let's say you want to teach your
your child how to ride a bike yeah
yeah if you just focus on the bike
bike riding itself and the student
student or the child doesn't really
really enjoy riding a bicycle it's
it's going to be really difficult
difficult for them to learn how to
to do that because they will fall
fall
fall they
they will get frustrated but if you
you tell them that if they learn how
how to ride the bike they can ride
ride over here to get to this like
like movie or TV show that they want
want to watch or something like that
that and you've created a bridge that
that helps you get to the actual goal
goal here
goal here so
so for learning English or you know
know whatever the case may be especially
especially for learning English for
for English learners don't
don't worry about the language itself
itself think about what you can get
get with the language and that's why
why when i was learning to get fluent
fluent in Japanese I didn't really
really want to just learn the Japanese
Japanese language it's not really
really something you can sit and learn
learn and it's not very fun so
so I learned Japanese through studying
studying Japanese gardening and from
from that it branched out into many
many different things so now i can
can talk about more than just rocks
rocks and trees and things like that
that
that I
I can have interesting conversations
conversations about many different
different things but it began i
i call it like a fluency wedge it's
it's basically your
your way to get into the language
language and something that pulls
pulls you to the language so
so if you are a learner and you're
you're not kind of losing motivation
motivation for your teacher and you're
you're trying to help students feel
feel more motivated about studying
studying i highly recommend you get
get students to think about what the
the actual role is because the goal
goal isn't really the language the
the goal is to travel somewhere or
or were to get a job or to do something
something like that and
and once you think about this goal
goal over here it helps you focus
focus and brings you to that goal
goal much more easily and for my last
last question how do you envision
envision the future of learning online
online
online alright
alright so about what the future of
of online learning holds for learners
learners
learners I
I think the future of online learning
learning more than anything else is
is about helping people connect and
and it's just more about helping people
people connect in the right way which
which is exactly what i want to do
do with this lesson there
there are lots of services out there
there that help people learn online
online but many of them don't actually
actually help you become a great speaker
speaker
speaker so
so I was just uh actually a friend
friend of mine sent me a link today
today for a website that was teaching
teaching you you
you can learn a language by translating
translating from one language into
into another and that's a good way
way to learn how to translate languages
languages or become a language translator
translator i suppose but none of those
those skills are going to help you
you become an actual great speaker
speaker because really you need to
to get out and meet people in the
the right way so i think one of the
the most important things about learning
learning for the future is the way
way people actually connect so we
we have the foundation of that now
now we've got the internet and videos
videos and chat that kind of thing
thing
thing the
the only problem is that people just
just don't really know how to use
use those channels in the right way
way to find people actually to practice
practice with so
so language learning forms they might
might be helpful for some people but
but it's really not what i recommend
recommend for my students so
so i'll tell you a lot more about
about that in the actual lesson that
that we create as well as the free
free guy
free guy all
all right so you can see now that
that we are creating a fantastic free
free guide with lots of information
information to help you find more
more native speakers as well for teachers
teachers to give advice to their students
students and will also be creating
creating a lesson from that but Jason
Jason and I don't want to just sit
sit here and do this by ourselves
ourselves
ourselves even
even though we've got lots of experience
experience we need help we need to
to hear from you out there so
so what I've done is created a very
very very simple it will take you
you maybe two minutes if you want
want to help improve your English
English and improve the English of
of everybody else around the world
world
world I
I have three simple questions that
that I need you to answer so
so you can click i will put a link
link right here you can click on this
this and then it will take you to
to the survey where you can just answer
answer these three simple questions
questions about how you learn and
and the struggles that you have figuring
figuring out how to meet native speakers
speakers or anybody that you want
want to practice with so
so if you answer these three questions
questions i will send you instantly
instantly a free audio lesson that
that i created just for master English
English conversation members who were
were helping me out to improve the
the program and I heard from one particular
particular master English conversation
conversation member that the information
information was too good to keep private
private
private so
so I I don't want to just give it
it away to everybody because it's
it's such important information i
i really want students that are excited
excited to improve their English and
and ready and motivated to do that
that
that so
so if you are that learner you really
really want to find lots of english-speaking
english-speaking friends and language
language partners to practice with
with the right way no matter where
where you live in the world click
click on this link right here it will
will take you to the three questions
questions you can answer them and
and immediately you will get access
access to the free audio lesson that
that I'm giving just for you so
so once we create this once i get
get all of these answers and I'm going
going over them right now we're already
already getting hundreds of answers
answers i'm really excited to see
see what students have to say we're
we're learning so much about that
that so we can make a really phenomenal
phenomenal program for students both
both the
both the free
free guide and the lesson for with
with IQ later there will be happening
happening very soon probably next
next month now
now what we're basically doing is
is after i get this information I'm
I'm looking over everything and then
then i will email everyone on my power
power learning list and so this is
is my my free membership at English
English anyone . com where I give
give lots of private information lots
lots of great tips for learning so
so after you fill out the three questions
questions if you're not already a
a master English conversation member
member please subscribe so that you
you can get the free report when we
we finish it after I review the questions
questions i will email people telling
telling them what I learned so
so you're interested in learning this
this and you don't want to do that
that and these are all the things
things and i will ask everybody if
if that's correct and if it's what
what people want then
then we will make the free report
report after the free report comes
comes out we will get more feedback
feedback from learners some things
things that were really helpful and
and other things that they want to
to learn more about and then we will
will use that information to produce
produce the final lesson for with
with IQ that will be live with Jason
Jason and myself and we will be talking
talking all about how to meet native
native speakers and the right ways
ways to practice so
so if you are excited about this again
again click on the link right here
here where you can just it's
it's a it's a completely anonymous
anonymous form you don't have to tell
tell me anything about who you are
are your personal information it's
it's just answering three questions
questions about how we can help you
you learn better and that's it so
so it's all free everything is free
free no strings attached it's
it's just really learning more about
about students and how we can help
help them improve because we've been
been through the same thing and i
i remember when i was struggling to
to learn japanese and i wish i had
had this information about how to
to move makes the meat native speakers
speakers
speakers anyway
anyway I look forward to hearing from
from you if you're not already a fan
fan of Jason and you don't even know
know who he is but he's all over the
the place i hope you do you can click
click i will put a link right up here
here so you can go to his channel
channel and check him out he's fantastic
fantastic
fantastic but
but I look forward to learning more
more about you by answering the three
three questions and to giving you
you this fantastic audio lesson the
the free report and welcoming you
you to the free live lesson that -
- next month have a fantastic day
day and we'll see you next time bye