hi there I'm drew badger the world's
world's number one english fluency
fluency guide and it is a pleasure
pleasure to welcome you to another
another advanced listening practice
practice lesson today actually this
this is less of a lesson and more
more of a question for you so I just
just been thinking as i always do
do about the youtube channel and how
how we can best help you become a
a more confident speaker and so the
the interesting thing about fluency
fluency one of the things i struggle
struggle with is well on the one hand
hand so for part of this on the one
one hand you've got a bunch of different
different habits really seven fluency
fluency habits that you must improve
improve in order to become a confident
confident speaker but at the same
same time I really want to have something
something in particular to focus on
on so it's kind of a tricky thing
thing that I deal with typically like
like if other people are even just
just wanted to become like English
English teachers on youtube or if
if they want to do other businesses
businesses i always recommend that
that they focus on a particular thing
thing and so I'm trying to follow
follow that information or that advice
advice is best I can for myself but
but I know at the same time so on
on the one hand or on the other hand
hand is on the one hand i know that
that all of these habits are required
required to speak fluently and if
if you have even one of them is like
like missing you could be a great
great listener maybe
maybe you have a great vocabulary
vocabulary you know a lot of words
words and you have great pronunciation
pronunciation but if you're missing
missing maybe just one of them that's
that's that confidence if you don't
don't have the confidence to open
open your mouth you're never going
going to speak fluently so that's
that's why all these things are important
important in order to help you become
become a confident speaker and the
the tricky part about that is that
that like I could teach grammar i
i could have a whole series on grammar
grammar i could have a whole series
series on pronunciation I could have
have a whole series on all these other
other things but then I kind of lose
lose focus on the channel and really
really it's it's all about fluency
fluency and speaking confidence so
so are so excuse me i was thinking
thinking what would be a good way
way to kind of help do that thing
thing and I thought maybe having some
some challenges for myself that I
I could do in front of the camera
camera other things that maybe maybe
maybe I'm not necessarily scared of
of doing there are very few things
things i'm actually scared about doing
doing
doing I
I think the only thing like i don't
don't think i would ever jump out
out of a plane I
I think maybe I like like I would
would probably i have no problem speaking
speaking in public if you want me
me to come to your school I will stand
stand in front of 22 million people
people in and speak all day i'm happy
happy to do that I don't feel nervous
nervous about that at all but like
like bungee jumping or something like
like that i have i guess a fear of
of heights maybe
maybe to fear death I don't know so
so it's not the height so much but
but like the dying part if you fall
fall in like something happens so
so when I think about doing something
something like that just as like a
a challenge kind of thing for myself
myself i'm sure i would feel great
great if i did and maybe one day I
I will I will jump out of a plane
plane or do something maybe i'll put
put it on youtube and we can we can
can celebrate that event together
together but I think it's get the
the kind of the reason i'm thinking
thinking about this is a maybe just
just having some challenges just so
so i can demonstrate to you that number
number one like if you try these things
things like even just asking someone
someone like what time is it and
and you're just trying to use a particular
particular language . or something
something whatever it is kind of like
like I do in master English conversation
conversation with our special mission
mission homework assignments so I
I send people out and i have them
them do particular things like take
take a tour in their their native
native country but in a ninny in like
like the English language so you're
you're taking a tour in the native
native English language hopefully
hopefully it's taught by a native
native English speaker or at least
least somebody that speaks English
English good enough that they can
can lead a tour anyway or if you're
you're just going to you know a place
place where you've got native English
English speakers where you live and
and you're saying oh he like maybe
maybe these people are even just tourists
tourists if they don't live there
there but you go to like a tourist
tourist area around where you live
live and then you can ask people like
like you enjoying yourself or you
you know how is a how is this like
like tourist attraction or even just
just simple things like how long have
have you been here or offering advice
advice can I help you find something
something or you know what do you
you need help with anything something
something like that even just like
like a can I take your picture so
so I do that all the time when I walking
walking around with people where was
was I was so I went a couple of days
days ago to a floating water park
park here in japan so not that far
far from where i live i went with
with a friend of mine but it was a
a lot of fun we have all these inflatable
inflatable rafts that are right out
out on the ocean so you can run around
around and jump and climb on things
things i was great after spent
spent a whole bunch of time sitting
sitting at a desk in you know typing
typing things on the computer and
and making videos and editing i want
want to get outside and actually use
use my body and run around so one
one of the things also I'd like to
to do is I kind of get out and do
do more things like that but hopefully
hopefully in a way that's actually
actually beneficial for you now I
I do get a lot of people that are
are asking me for videos about kind
kind of Japan related stuff but i
i don't really want to make this video
video about our make this this YouTube
YouTube channel about Japan that's
that's not really why I'm making this
this series and I mean it's helpful
helpful to learn more about the culture
culture but there are plenty of channels
channels that kind of focus on that
that thing in general and it's interesting
interesting just to see the different
different niches of people say niches
niches like a specific category or
or subcategory of something so maybe
maybe sports is like one thing but
but you would have skateboarding as
as a niche in that particular thing
thing so people on YouTube YouTube
YouTube is kind of a niche or a community
community of niche different areas
areas you got sports as a general
general category then you've got weightlifting
weightlifting and skateboarding and
and other sports like baseball and
and basketball and then people have
have their own specific videos about
about those things and it's really
really important in the same way I
I talk about learning to focus and
and become a master at a particular
particular thing with in English so
so that you can use that mastery and
and move it into other things i also
also recommend people that are creating
creating YouTube channel to do the
the same thing so in the same way
way i'm trying to figure out what
what the best way to do that is so
so it's kind of weird to be talking
talking about this but i figured i
i might as well talk about it with
with my subscribers who better to
to discuss it with and you but hopefully
hopefully if you have any interesting
interesting ideas about that maybe
maybe some challenges if you think
think that would be a helpful thing
thing for you so
so what I'm thinking of is maybe you
you would give me a challenge just
just in the comments section below
below and then i would actually go
go out and try to do that just to
to show you that number one like it's
it's possible to do and even if you're
you're feeling nervous about something
something you can go out and do that
that thing and number two that if
if you fail at doing that thing it's
it's not the end of the world so
so I really want to show that i know
know a lot of people are watching
watching like they know a lot of information
information and if you were an english
english learning you're watching this
this if you can understand what I'm
I'm saying right now but you just
just can't speak then there's typically
typically again when i mentioned earlier
earlier about like the fluency habits
habits the things that the problems
problems that you have are typically
typically coming from like not being
being able to have like one particular
particular habit so I guess another
another way to explain it is it's
it's kind of like x effect so if you
you have like let's say you've got
got like really good pronunciation
pronunciation you have a lot of vocabulary
vocabulary if you have I don't you
you can understand really well if
if like your confidence as i mentioned
mentioned before is 00 x these other
other things is still zero that's
that's why you can't speak fluently
fluently so you need all these pieces
pieces will be working together properly
properly and confidence is a big one
one for a lot of people so I was thinking
thinking why don't I do something
something where I have some challenges
challenges so maybe i will do it maybe
maybe I won't but again we'll still
still see i'm just still like even
even like a couple of years into the
the channel here it still feels like
like i haven't found like the best
best way to focus to help people improve
improve i guess i'm always trying
trying to think about how to improve
improve the channel and how to make
make it better but hopefully as we
we continue to discuss things continue
continue to think about things I'll
I'll figure out a better way to help
help even more people with your help
help anyway I just wanted to make
make this quick video it's a good
good thing to listen to it's got some
some good tips and it as well but
but really it's a kind of way of talking
talking with people about the things
things that are required for fluency
fluency as well as having like a channel
channel that helps people get fluent
fluent but also trying to remember
remember and make a balance between
between being general and being focused
focused at the same time anyway I
I just thought it would be an interesting
interesting kind of behind-the-scenes
behind-the-scenes view or something
something behind the scenes way of
of thinking that you know what I'm
I'm getting into videos like this
this are trying to think about how
how to improve you learn how to help
help you improve your learning these
these are the things that I think
think about anyway if you have enjoyed
enjoyed this video and you'd like
like to help along with that so if
if you have a particular challenge
challenge or something you think i
i could do it could be like going
going out into the community locally
locally and doing something even if
if I'm just like asking people i mean
mean i could even be speaking japanese
japanese if you want to see that again
again
again like
like I don't want to do too much of
of that in the series because number
number one I don't this isn't like
like just for people that have an
an interest in Japan some people don't
don't have an interest in Japan at
at all they just want to improve their
their English and so the people that
that really like Japan there are some
some other great YouTube channels
channels that you can do for that
that also the other thing is I didn't
didn't want to make the kind of channel
channel as i mentioned earlier in
in videos in this series where I'm
I'm teaching Japanese are teaching
teaching English through Japanese
Japanese because again i don't want
want to teach you to translate so
so for all the channels that are doing
doing out there that's okay but that's
that's not what i want to do i really
really want to make sure you learn
learn everything in English so that
that you can communicate automatically
automatically anyway if you have enjoyed
enjoyed this video do click that like
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and do let me know if there's something
something could be a challenge or
or something else where you feel like
like the focus needs to be in order
order to help kind of talking about
about maybe your specific problem
problem would be the best thing and
and I think I understand pretty much
much what that is but still trying
trying to figure out the best way
way of the best kind of series to
to do that thing i really enjoy making
making these advanced listening practice
practice videos because this is a
a great way for you to just listen
listen to a lot of English and learn
learn lots of different things about
about not only how to improve but
but also great vocabulary words and
and expressions as well but you know
know still trying to always improve
improve the channel and try to make
make it better for you so
so again do like this video and i
i will see you in the next video i
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