hello this is jack from tofluency.com
and welcome to this video where i'm
going to share seven tips to help you
learn English fast we are going to talk
about the different learning strategies
that you can implement so you can make
faster progress with your English and
we're going to mainly focus on speaking
because that's what most people want to
improve so let's get started actually
before we do check out the description
because I'm going to leave a summary of
these tips a link to the article where
you can read these tips and also a link
to all the resources that I mentioned so
let's get started with tip number one
tip 1 is to set a goal for yourself so
to be very specific with what you want
to achieve and also importantly when you
want to achieve this goal so for example
let's say that you have a b-1 level of
english a pre intermediate level of
english and again we're going to focus
on speaking here now this is a level
that a lot of learners have and a goal
for you if you have this level is to
reach a c1 level an advanced level of
English within 9 to 12 months so to be
very specific with what we want to
achieve and if you want to learn more
about these different levels then check
out the video I made on that but again
if you have a pre intermediate level 2
b1 level of English a great goal to set
yourself is to reach that advanced level
a c1 level within 9 to 12 months this
goal is ambitious but it's also
attainable so its ambitious but it is
realistic it's something that you can do
if you apply yourself if you do the
right things and having a goal that is
ambitious with a deadline will help you
create a strategy in order to
reach this goal so basically what we're
doing here is we're setting ourselves a
target to improve at a faster rate than
we are doing now and having this
deadline will actually make us not only
come up with a strategy but also take
action on that strategy to actually do
the things we need to do so the first
step is to create a goal for yourself
I've given you an example but depending
on your lifestyle your ambition and also
just what you want to do you might want
to be more ambitious or less ambitious
and know that we can change this goal
depending on our progress but it's good
to set a goal and to be very specific
with what you want to achieve and when
you want to achieve this so write down
your goal and say exactly what level you
want to reach you when you want to reach
this goal by and then move on to tip
number two tip number two is to commit
to doing something in English every day
once you have your goal it's now time to
come up with the strategy and I highly
recommend committing to the daily
practice of learning English now know
that there are two different types of
learning that we can focus on -
generally speaking things that we can do
in order to improve one is more passive
this is where you're reading something
you're watching something in English or
you're you're listening to something in
English this is where you surround
yourself in English and we're going to
talk about that in tip 3 this is easier
to implement because you can listen to
something in English while doing other
things the second type is more
deliberate it's more active and this is
for example working on the sounds of
English getting speaking practice doing
some writing and we'll talk about that
later but this is something that you'll
have to really dedicate time to doing
because while you can listen to things
in English while doing other things if
you're focusing on some type of language
that you need to learn then you need to
actually create that environment where
you can focus on this but the key to
this tip is just the commitment to daily
practice the commitment to actually
doing something daily because in order
to improve quickly in order to make that
fast progress you're going to have to do
something every day and get into the
habit of doing something every day tip
number three is to surround yourself in
English and we've already talked about
that tip 2 but I want to expand on this
and also talk about a mistake that a lot
of learners make when they do this ok so
you've probably heard other teachers say
listen to things in English read things
in English watch things in English you
know change your life so that it's more
surrounded by the English language which
is great advice because it works and
it's something that you need to do in
order to improve more quickly but choose
resources that are specific to you and
your level to help me explain this a lot
of learners get in touch with me and the
same email saying I can understand your
videos but I don't understand movies or
when I watch a movie I don't know what
is happening and this isn't a big
surprise because again if you have that
pre intermediate level it's going to be
difficult for you to understand things
that aren't written for English learners
that aren't made for English learners so
native materials like movies and songs
and TV shows they're going to be more
difficult to understand them but things
that are made for you in your level so
fine resources that are suitable for
your level so if you have a b1 level of
English again find graded readers that
are made for you and get the audio book
to fine TV shows
Cass songs or books that you are
interested in so that you're learning
the type of English that you're going to
use and also ask this question am I
going to learn the type of English that
I need to learn by reading this book or
listening to this podcast as your level
increases you'll be able to expose
yourself to native materials and to
enjoy movies and TV shows and podcasts
that are made for English speakers but
for now surround yourself in English
that you are going to enjoy and the type
of English that's suitable for your
level because if it's too difficult for
you you're not going to enjoy it and if
you don't enjoy it you're not going to
continue listening or reading tip number
four is all about using the most
effective methods so that you make the
most out the time you spend studying
because so far we have set a goal we
have talked about daily practice we have
talked about listening to things that
are suitable to you in your level but
now we're going to focus on the study
inside now I like to talk about
deliberate practice when it comes to
this and deliberate practice is focusing
on the skills you want to improve and
using the best methods in order to
improve those skills and it also
includes getting feedback on your output
so that you can make changes and so that
you can improve your English so this is
more active tip 3 surrounding yourself
in English is very passive you're
listening you're reading but what we're
talking about here is be more active
with what you do and this is where you
need more concentration you need to
focus on what you're doing in order to
get the most out of the different things
that you do now here are some examples
of deliberate practice and these are the
types of things that I recommend you do
the first one is writing and I made a
whole video on how to improve your
writing skills but writing is
a great way for you to improve because
it gives you the time to think about
what you want to say and how you want to
say it when you're speaking it's
difficult to use the correct
pronunciation and to use the right words
and you're constantly interacting with
someone who it's a difficult skill to do
but with writing you can take your time
and ensure that you are using the right
words in the right way another example
is taking lessons with a teacher so this
is where you can practice your speaking
and get feedback on your speaking
another one is to use the to fluency
method which we are going to talk about
next so five is to use the to fluency
method also known as the el RRC method
and this is how to use it first you
listen to a sentence in English then you
repeat the sentence and record yourself
saying it you then listen to your
version and the original and then you
make changes to the way that you say the
sentence and you get long-term
repetition again focus on the type of
English that you want to learn
so get sentences that are specific to
you and your level then either use your
phone or your computer to record
yourself saying these sentences and then
just compare them so listen to the
original and then listen to your version
and then notice what you need to do to
sound more like the original version so
think about what you need to do with the
sounds of English notice what you have
to do when it comes to linking words or
the way you stress different parts of
the sentence and keep doing this until
your version is as close as possible to
the original and then once you have done
this use an app like Anki to get long
term repetition so that you internalize
phrases and that's a big part of this
method in turn alliance in the
vocabulary and the grammar so that you
can just produce there without really
thinking about the rules so that you
produce this automatically and naturally
and if you do this with lots of
sentences then you'll be able to be very
flexible with the way you speak and
you'll be able to just do this without
thinking about grammar rules or sentence
structure or anything like that and
without translating to learn more about
this method again check the description
there'll be a link there and I'll also
include one of the cards here on youtube
so you can watch that video tip number
six is to get more speaking practice now
what we have talked about so far with
deliberate practice is kind of like
football training so where you work on
your heading you practice dribbling and
passing but then speaking practice and
having conversations is like playing the
game and you need both in order to to
make fast progress and there are three
main ways that you can get speaking
practice the first way is to get teacher
now hiring a teacher is great if you can
afford it because a teacher will give
you feedback on your mistakes and help
you when it comes to deliberate practice
the second way is to join a language
exchange and a language exchange is
where you meet with somebody who knows
the language you want to learn so an
English speaker and they also want to
learn the language that you know so if
you are from Russia find an English
speaker who wants to learn Russian and
then you spend half the time speaking in
English and half the time speaking in
Russian I'll leave a link in the
description to my favorite language
exchange app and then finally make
friends and join clubs this is a
long-term plan because if you just send
a message to somebody
on facebook saying hey do you want to
chat with me in English there 99% of the
time they'll say who are you I don't
know you know so take your time to make
friends in the city where you live
online or anywhere else that you go and
join clubs too so if you're in an
english-speaking country join clubs so
that you meet people and you can easily
make friends tip number seven is all
about the Pareto principle or the 80/20
rule and I think this is such an
important thing to think about when it
comes to learning English and it's
actually going to help you with all the
tips that we've talked about before and
here is a little stats from the BBC
which I'm going to share with you and
they said if you learn only eight
hundred of the most frequently used
lemmas in English and a lemma is like a
word family you'll be able to understand
75 percent of the language as it is
spoken in normal life so this is saying
that it's important to learn the most
commonly used words and phrases and this
makes sense right because if you learn
the most commonly used words and phrases
then you'll be able to have better
conversations because those are the
words and phrases that people use more
often but also take this a step further
by focusing on the language that you
specifically are going to need so for
example let's say that part of your job
is to describe charts in English and
different graphs and data then you need
to learn the words and phrases related
to this also if you're taking the IELTS
exam then focus on what you need to know
for the IELTS exam so be smart with this
don't waste your time learning things
that you won't need to know especially
when it comes to the to fluency method
that I introduced before where you are
taking sentences and you are
internalizing them
through the repetition and the speaking
so do sentences that you're going to
need to know so with all that in mind
let me know in the comment section which
tip is the most powerful which tip
you're going to start implementing today
and then share your tips what tips do
you have that will help English learners
improve at a faster rate thank you so
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