hi there I'm drew badger the world's
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to welcome you to another advanced
advanced listening practice lesson
lesson
lesson I
I was really excited to release the
the previous one where i was talking
talking about learning 10,000 english
english words or really any language
language whatever it is you want to
to study there is a certain way to
to do that so if you haven't seen
seen that video you check out that
that one it is episode
episode 22 in this series anyway today
today I wanted to continue that because
because we are as i mentioned in that
that video releasing a whole bunch
bunch of new guides actually seven
seven different new guides will be
be releasing in the near future so
so I've been really busy working on
on those but each one targets a specific
specific area of fluency so
so in this one I'd like to kind of
of celebrate that and talk about that
that a little bit for this specific
specific video and that is how to
to get fluent or how to speak fluently
fluently so I want to talk hopefully
hopefully I won't talk too long and
and there's actually quite a bit more
more revealed in the actual guide
guide i'll be releasing called speak
speak English fluently but what I'd
I'd like to do is just give a little
little bit of overview in this video
video so hopefully it will give you
you some good ideas to think about
about as you're starting to learn
learn and hopefully it will also just
just get you a bit more excited and
and hopefully also clear up or you
you know this is a great conversational
conversational phrasal verb to clear
clear up to make something a bit more
more clear and easy to understand
understand so hopefully this clears
clears up with fluency means and so
so you can kind of think about that
that and actually get fluent a bit
bit more quickly anyway
anyway as I like to begin all of these
these episodes because i will be speaking
speaking a bit more clearly we'll
we'll make hopefully i'll try to be
be speaking more clearly but more
more quickly i'll
i'll be speaking more quickly in this
this video so if you're not used to
to the sound of my voice or the speed
speed at which i'll be speaking which
which will be native or faster than
than native speed what
what I'd like you to do please go
go back and enjoy some of the previous
previous videos I made when I'm spa
spa specifically focusing on i can
can it's like still early for me over
over here in Japan but I was excited
excited to make this video so here
here I am
here I am anyway
anyway so if you go back and watch
watch those videos you'll see a lot
lot more things when i'm specifically
specifically focusing on grammar or
or learning you know helping you learn
learn some idioms or other phrasal
phrasal verbs or something like that
that but this series is where we put
put it all together so you get to
to live
to live into
into the sound of my voice in native
native speed anyway if you're ready
ready for the video make sure I'm
I'm ready to get my smile smile on
on my face my video face here we go
go let's begin lesson alright
alright so i thought i would do something
something cool today just to show
show you kind of how you know people
people talk about fluency and all
all people don't really have a simple
simple definition of what fluency
fluency is and you know in a way that
that we could talk about being fluent
fluent in a particular language versus
versus being fluent in you know like
like being able to play a sport fluently
fluently something like that so
so before I talk about what fluency
fluency is what fluency means i'd
i'd like to show you what fluency
fluency looks like and kind of how
how it develops and I'd like to do
do this in Japanese so I haven't prepared
prepared anything but you know hopefully
hopefully I'm just kind of talking
talking about it but using a little
little bit of Japanese because it's
it's easier for you to understand
understand that way as opposed to
to seeing it in English because you
you already know quite a bit of English
English so if you're already a Japanese
Japanese speaker your native Japanese
Japanese are you just know Japanese
Japanese you probably understand what
what I'm saying don't worry i'll put
put some subtitles in the video anyway
anyway but hopefully I doesn't confuse
confuse things for you anyway so let's
let's begin by let's say it's my like
like first week learning japanese
japanese and I'm trying to have a
a conversation with someone now I
I basically no no Japanese at all
all so I just want to learn and I
I just want to say something but I
I can't I can't quite remember how
how to say the word clock so
so the regular clock like a ticking
ticking clock that's up on the wall
wall
wall so
so when I'm talking to someone and
and I and I'm like I honestly I my
my Japanese is very bad so I can't
can't explain anything so i might
might do something like this i
i might say um Maru one
one two three Ichi
Ichi nice young she and I and that's
that's about all I can do now I'm
I'm trying to use like maybe a little
little bit of English is coming in
in there maybe I'm trying to explain
explain it like that like Maru meaning
meaning circle and I'm talking about
about numbers on the side of that
that so I say maybe like you know
know
know Ichi
Ichi nice song she
she go one two three four five but
but again this is because i have basically
basically no understanding of the
the language really and
and it's even a simple word that I
I don't know so I'm trying to use
use gestures and i'm trying to use
use very basic knowledge that i do
do have to explain something that
that I don't and
and when I'm able to do that you know
know using gestures and song like
like our motto you
you know Mark Maru and i'm not even
even pronouncing very well either
either
either so
so I'm saying Maru and one two three
three four five so I'm just it's a
a very basic explanation much like
like a child would do so i don't really
really understand much Japanese and
and that's the way i would do it now
now let's say you have progressed
progressed a little bit more and the
the person was able to understand
understand me all k they understand
understand the clock so
so I'm talking about the word - okay
okay tokay so
so I'm not trying to teach Japanese
Japanese but that's where the word
word he is here so
so anyway we're moving unless their
their progress a little bit further
further my fluency is maybe a little
little bit better the
the things i would add you kind of
of see what I'll show you first in
in Japanese how I would explain it
it and then we'll talk a little bit
bit more about how it would be in
in english so let's say I am in the
the conversation and I can't remember
remember what clock is i would say
say I know I know see
see my Sam Courtois non disco up ma
ma de Ichi nice
nice song she go ah
ah ok ok
ah ok ok ah
ah he got all goes ID months now again
again right now I'm my pronunciation
pronunciation is maybe a little bit
bit better but i'm using a bit more
more things like that the two things
things that are different really number
number one I'm using filler words
words in the japanese language instead
instead of my own filler language
language so instead of saying uh-uh
uh-uh i would say I know I know I
I know
I know or
or i could say something like it though
though it is net it
it doesnae and these are just it's
it's again the same thing in English
English that it would be in Japanese
Japanese but i'm using filler language
language to ask you know a particular
particular question or to give a little
little bit of hesitation in a native
native Japanese wait so in the same
same way the native Japanese speaker
speaker with would pause and hesitate
hesitate people don't always win I have
I have a clear idea of what they want
want to say and they want to say something
something just so they can speak so
so this is where filler words come
come into the equation so to come
come into the equation this is actually
actually a really great native way
way of saying where something happens
happens or something becomes part
part of the situation so filler words
words are becoming part of the equation
equation
equation the
the other thing I'm adding our particular
particular phrases that I practice
practice like excuse me tsumimasen
tsumimasen tsumimasen excuse me and
and like what is this like your day
day one on disco what
what is this called a one on disco
disco so even if my pronunciation
pronunciation is not very good a
a Japanese person can understand what
what I'm saying so I've gone from
from just saying like circle and maybe
maybe a few numbers or something like
like that to becoming a little bit
bit more fluent by just adding a few
few phrases into that so i'm still
still using the same thing like ma
ma do you know 1
1 2 3 4 5 but in Japanese song again
again it's a little bit tricky in
in my mind trying to explain both
both of these things but the point
point is I moved from just saying
saying individual words much like
like a baby would be to getting a
a little bit more fluent by using
using filler words and particular
particular phrases that I've memorized
memorized it i just use over and over
over again now
now if I want to get a little bit
bit more creative and my fluency is
is a little bit stronger than maybe
maybe I'm actually thinking about
about it and at the same time I'm
I'm trying to learn more information
information not just about the word
word but maybe you know a little bit
bit more about a clock in and of itself
itself
itself so
so here we go so I'm gonna ask in
in Japanese and my fluency is a little
little bit stronger I
I know I see myself I know nine times
times on all right we got to the show
show so no more each any signs you
you know about Heidi Moscow nay I
I know not 19 so I know take out take
take out of the show so
so no I took it is asked talking so
so mostly watch it and watch it is
is that in a minute okay - oh it's
it's okay god I know I take patients
patients today how
how did he show you how do you how
how do you got how did how did the
the app so i miss you i didn't think
think you're not too much tonight
tonight he got there was a master
master
master alright
alright so right there i'm just going
going on I'm speaking fluently but
but i'm not really explaining anything
anything or I'm you know I'm kind
kind of learning like a little bit
bit of new information that the
the new information I learned is like
like in English we would talk about
about the hands of a clock and in
in Japanese were talking about the
the needles on a clock so it's basically
basically the same thing but we're
we're pronouncing it in a different
different way you're saying it in
in a different way but explaining
explaining it you know basically the
the same thing anyway
anyway I'm getting like a little bit
bit confused in my own mind trying
trying to use both of these languages
languages
languages now
now when i use them normally the the
the real thing about fluency here
here that I want you to see is that
that fluency doesn't mean having an
an extensive vocabulary it means being
being able to speak and continuing
continuing to move freely kind of
of like water does now water
water water is lazy but water is also
also something that can kind of move
move around corners and when it gets
gets to something it doesn't know
know it just goes around it so
so in the same way i'm in a conversation
conversation awesome i sin I
I know I know nay so I'm hesitating
hesitating I'm pausing but i'm still
still I'm still I'm still moving i'm
i'm using my my fluent Japanese in
in order to to explain something when
when I don't have anything to say
say
say so
so then i take some words that I do
do know how to say like I know so
so no model we got to listen a like
like that that round thing soon as
as you got high . he must not like
like there are numbers written on
on it
on it 90
90 or net so this is a more native
native way of saying like for a one
one on disk on saying like 91 and
and 92 net and so this is the same
same thing i would do if I'm learning
learning English so the english equivalent
equivalent would be how do you call
call this in english or what do you
you call this in English you say like
like what you might call it what you
you might call it what
what should we call it so what's that
that thing what do you call that what
do you
you call that in english so I'm taking
taking the phrase like I practiced
practiced it this is the regular thing
thing i would find in a textbook but
but I'm saying it in a negative way
way
way so
so moving from fluency really what
what we are what we are so what I'm
I'm trying to show you here is the
the fluency isn't about knowing a
a lot of words it's about moving like
like water through a conversation
conversation by taking the things
things you already know and then using
using that in a situation that's novel
novel and so really this is what you
you know being able to respond automatically
automatically or to respond in affluent
affluent way or to speak fluently
fluently means it doesn't mean knowing
knowing a lot of words it just means
means you know having a basic vocabulary
vocabulary and then actually using
using that when you get into conversations
conversations now the tricky thing
thing
thing excuse
excuse me obviously is you have to
to have some kind of courage in order
order to speak when you don't know
know what you're talking about but
but if you use it as an opportunity
opportunity to learn something and
and you don't mind you know actually
actually trying to learn something
something from the situation then
then you're going to feel much better
better about it so don't worry about
about what you might lose like okay
okay somebody laughs at me for not
not knowing what the word clock is
is in Japanese all right whatever
whatever
whatever but
but in my own experience is my opportunity
opportunity to actually take something
something and learn something new
new
new -
- all right like we got we've learned
learned with the word clock is and
and we also discovered that we don't
don't call them hands of a clock we
we call them needles so in the same
same way that I'm like learning something
something new i'm learning it in the
the language by speaking fluently
fluently and again it doesn't mean
mean i know a whole bunch of words
words it means i'm taking a limited
limited vocabulary and kind of piecing
piecing it together in different ways
ways so other things could also be
be circles i could be talking about
about like you know what do you what
what do you call that thing like that
that like the vehicle with two circles
circles on it something like that
that like monograph . so no 99 a 99
99 99 so I'm again i'm practicing
practicing these things over and over
over again instead of saying like
like quite a one on disco what do
do you call this I'm saying like what
what do you call what do you call
it what
what do you call it but in Japanese
Japanese so we got these stages of
of fluency that develop so it begins
begins with like learning some basic
basic vocabulary adding to this the
the next step would be learning some
some filler words and then you're
you're also learning a few phrases
phrases that are that are used often
often enough that you would have to
to you know basically you would remember
remember them just by using them as
as frequently as you do in conversation
conversation so what is this what
is this what is
is that these kinds of things you
you use them over and over in conversations
conversations and you learn to remember
remember them naturally so
so you combine these two together
together and then as you develop your
your use of the language this
this is how your pronunciation improves
improves as well so all of these things
things are actually things that you
you can work on individually so there's
there's vocabulary building there's
there's the actual fluency building
building which is just really developing
developing the practice of being able
able to move like water in a conversation
conversation so I don't know what
what that word is all right whatever
whatever i guess you're going to take
take a different word and try to explain
explain it using something else you
you do know so
so I don't know the word clock ok
ok la walk out in Iowa what can i
i what kind of mine that I don't know
know I don't know what clock is but
but I do know how to say circle and
and I do know how to count in Japanese
Japanese and kind of use gestures
gestures and that's how I would do
do it so this is how you develop fluency
fluency
fluency don't
don't worry about making mistakes
mistakes the whole point is to learn
learn something in to try getting
getting into something new and in
in and as you again is your moving
moving and learning things throughout
throughout the process you're
you're taking something like like
like even something basic like learning
learning a clock and then you're learning
learning the pieces of that like maybe
maybe you don't know what gear means
means or you don't know what like
like hand in one language means you
you know needle and something else
else or maybe it means you know a
a completely different thing in a
a different language but it's something
something you only learn if you're
you're willing to get fluid and actually
actually take the time to do that
that
that so
so hopefully this video is cleared
cleared up a little bit you know again
again we're clearing up we're
we're clearing up the idea we're trying
trying to make something clear and
and a bit more easy to understand
understand so
so hopefully this is cleared up the
the idea of what really fluency is
is and how you develop it so
so just to review this again i want
want to make this really clear for
for you to begin we start with just
just having a basic vocabulary and
and then taking that and applying
applying it to novel situations or
or two new words or phrases that we
we don't really know so we're taking
taking again a word like circle and
and we've got like one two three four
four five
four five that's
that's all my that's like all my vocabulary
vocabulary in Japanese I don't know
know how to say anything else I know
know how to say Maru
Maru and even if my pronunciation
pronunciation is bad so regular japanese
japanese pronunciation of a native
native speaker would be like motto
motto motto motto medina
medina ma de okay . moderate is nae
nae ma de but if I'm just learning
learning the language maybe I say
say maru maru maru which just means
means circle so
so again the pronunciation is something
something that you can kind of put
put on after that but we don't worry
worry about pronunciation because
because you can study fluency and
and actually become fluent without
without being able to sound like a
a native speaker but we talk about
about fluency is being something that
that once you once you kind of develop
develop the ability to move like water
water through a conversation then
then you can really take your you
you know ability to speak a language
language in it are a different language
language excuse i'm talking too quickly
quickly for myself here but the pronunciation
pronunciation is kind of what we call
call the icing on the cake it's the
the additional part the the kind of
of bonus
of bonus this
this is actually something i'm teaching
teaching and master English conversation
conversation this month but so we're
we're talking about the icing on the
the cake so the pronunciation is something
something that's not terribly important
important for being able to speak
speak fluently but obviously if you
you can communicate with being able
able to be understood that's really
really the ideal thing you should
should be shooting for to shoot for
for something means that thing you
you should be aiming at so
so hopefully this is made fluency
fluency a bit more clear and when
when you think about like well this
this person is fluent or that person
person is for one relates to the ability
ability to move like water in a situation
situation where even if its novel
novel or you're responding to someone
someone
someone whatever
whatever that situation happens to
to be so it's the same thing in sports
sports
sports you
you might not do it like as perfectly
perfectly as you like to but you can
can continue moving you can if you're
you're stuck here you continue moving
moving this way something
something like that so think of yourself
yourself like water in a situation
situation and you will develop fluency
fluency much better so
so as I just cover this one last time
time build your vocabulary of basic
basic things you can learn and fluent
fluent
fluent you
you know the way people pause because
because that's what people do it in
in natural conversation is using filler
filler language and other little phrases
phrases that you learn and then just
just continue to work on it adding
adding you know maybe the improvement
improvement of pronunciation or a
a bit more vocabulary other things
things like that but really the goal
goal is to be speaking such that you
you learn the language you're learning
learning in that language and when
when I mean that in like you're actually
actually having a conversation with
with someone like I was like oh so
so taken up to take a stand up today
today
today how
how do you how do you just now I almost
almost don't know ads and so I'm saying
saying like I'd say it's not it's
it's not a hand it's it's a needle
needle and so I'm I'm learning that
that in the context of the conversation
conversation and helps me remember
remember that much more easily anyway
anyway I'm getting so excited over
over here just really i wanted to
to share that with you and we'll be
be talking about this more in the
the guide speak English fluently of
of the left speak english fluently
fluently
fluently that
that will be releasing soon but hopefully
hopefully I need to sit down just
just have like I get so excited when
when I talk about these ideas you
you know because these are the things
things that helped me learn to speak
speak fluently in Japanese and again
again it doesn't mean I have a like
like a like a you know a billion words
words I don't know everything about
about Japanese but I know how to get
get into a conversation with anybody
anybody talking about pretty much
much anything and be able to move
move like water through that so
so if you'd like to do that as well
well that's how you do it I hope you've
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