this is a gonaturalenglish blogcasts number 4
what is english fluency
and how to get fluent
in this blogcast we are going to discuss
how fluency is a lot like a beauty
it is in the eye of the be holder
I'm also bring to give you
the first step that you need to take
in order to get fluent english
so guys I would thinking today
about how I made a mistake in english
I would teaching in english class
and talking about different phases
that you can use to make suggestion or recommendation
or even to invite people to do something
like ahh how about going to lunch that one example
so I was telling my students this time
we are not going to say I suggest or I recommence
we are going to use other phases
so I said don't say I suggest to go to lunch
or I recommence to go to lunch
umm I suppose is not in correct
but what I would commentary here or say
is I suggest going to lunch or I suggest
ohh sorry I recommence going to lunch
ahh so usually I would use the ing form of the second verb
it's minor detail but you can use both
I just was thinking that you know the more time I spend in different countries
like right now in Japan
and I live in travel in different country around the world Brazil, Dominican Republic
ahh and I 've been in Japan for few years on and off
umm of course I live in the US this well
but the more I travel and the more I spend time with international friends and students
I speak a source of well english both
because I become a product of the people around me
I try to emphasize and emulate them
and I also what to be clear to my students
so I end up speaking more clearly
I end up speaking in words that they won't understand
because there are high fluency words of word that my might have in a textbook
and so I was thinking today is that wrong
should I continue to speak in a away that more native like
even means people won't understand me
so what I think the right answer is
you have to ask yourself for questions
and this is the first step to really become in fluent in english
do you have to ask yourself do you want to speak world english
or do you want to speak american english
or native english
or do you want to be able to function at a high level
maybe a aprofessional or academic level
in english in the United State
or in another english speaking country
because if you want to functional a high level
you want to have native english
if you want to be able to speak with international friends
and do international business you need world english
that is a different right
world english is not concern as much with grammar
or with using really umm fancy vocabulary
we want to use for world english
we want to use what we use we call high frequency vocabulary
vocabulary that we use a lot in english
because those of the words that other english learners will know and you got it
I don't know you realize more
but there are more non english speaker in the world than native english speaker
so if you want to be able to communicate with more people
then we should be learning world english
world english is about learning a lot of vocabulary
world english is about being able to understand of variety of accent
and make yourself clear to people
who are from a variety of background
that 's what I speak very clearly
because I want to be understood
by people from different background
or different languages
so when we learn of world english
we want to focus on high frequency words
like verb like ,have, be, do, go, make, want
it's very elementary verb
but we want to know them and use them often
also we wanna learn a lot of vocabulary
like places, things ,daily activities
really common words that going to need a daily basic to express
what you have,what you are, what you do,where you go,what you make and what you want
so you have to ask yourself what is your goal
for example if you want to be a train conductor
and you are working on the train
where you need to speak english
well for your purpose
all you need to say to be fluent in english is to give please
and I got that example for my friend Tony March
at Tony March method.com
he gave example
because it'show in order to be a successful train conductor in english
you only need 2 words
right well yeah what else someone ask you a question in english
it will help to more than 2 words
but the point is you have to first ask yourself
what is your purpose for learning english
if your purpose is to be a train conductor
you need a specific vocabulary
and I believe in that 100% that you need to learn english that is specific to your purpose
if you want to be able to make friends when you travel around the world
then you should learn a variety of conversational english word
you should be able to talk
about travel and culture and languages and may be current advance
but if you want to be a diplomatic you are going to need to learn a specific that vocabulary
if you want to be a medical translator
that's very specific that vocabulary that you need to learn
I like to share my example because I'm pretty fluent in Spanish
I taught Spanish for over 3 years
and a lot of people think when they hear me speak
ohh you are fluent Spanish speaker
I thought for a while about becoming a medical translator from spanish to english
I had even volunteer as a medical translator for a fews years
so when I apply to be in an official pay the medical translator
I thought I got it
I took the test and I'm embarrass to say I failed
you know why I failed
I didn't have the very very specific vocabulary
like words for certain organ or word for certain only is
that I need it in order to pass that test
so it is all about your goal
and it's all about studying the words
and the expression that you need to reach your goal
all right so that the first step to fluency
even befor you start learning
any english grammar or vocabulary
I want you to ask yourself what is my goal
It might goal to go to the university in the United State
may be to do a MBA program
ahh a business program that is a master of business administration in the US
or do I just want to use english to travel
do I want to use english to make new friends to connect with people
to have rich conversation
and have people understand when I'm saying
or maybe is both and that ok then you know you need the vocabulary and the grammar to do both
so again fluency is in the eye the be holder
just as we say beauty an the eye the be holder
that means that
what I think is a beautiful my bite different that use it,it's beautiful
may be you see a person you say wow she is beautiful
but I think ohh I don't know
or maybe I say wow that man is beautiful
you say umm really are you sure
well that was fluency is right
I maybe fluent enough in Spanish
to have a great conversation
but I'm not fluent in Spanish to be medical translator
so may fluency in Spanish is in the eye of the be holder
or depend on the situation
ok so ask yourself that question
why do I want to be fluency in english
what is my goal
and please tell me if you can leave your gold
in the comments for this episode
I would love to know your answer
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bye for now