watch this video and learn how much grammar and vocabulary you need to learn
in order to become a fluent speaker
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very exclusive tips with you but you know one of you guys asked me this
question teacher Prix how much grammar and
vocabulary do I need to learn in order to become a fluent speaker hmm what do
you think and that's why I decided to make this video because the truth is
that many of you guys have this question how much grammar do I need to learn and
how much vocabulary do I need to learn today if you go to a book shop well you
don't even need to go to a book shop today if you go online on Amazon or many
other websites you will find hundreds of books today on Facebook communities I'm
always checking English pages and communities and there are so many
questions from you guys of what's the best English book what's the best course
book by the way I have some articles about that on my blog so check it out
but it's interesting because you guys are always trying to quantify how much
vocabulary you need how much grammar you need and the truth is that the more you
focus on how much you need to learn, the harder it gets and the further the
more distant the further you get from English fluency because the point is not
how much the point is how you're going to use them if you follow my videos if
you follow my channel you know that I am always talking about context in
conversations context in everything you learn and there is a reason why I'm
always repeating this over and over and over because if you focus on quantity on
how much vocabulary you know you may not be a good English speaker and why do I
say that well I have many students who have very good grammar I give them
exercises and they get all the answers correct they do their homework and it's
perfect but when they are going to speak it's not why because it doesn't matter
how much grammar you know it doesn't matter how much vocabulary you know when
you are speaking you may not be able to use that why because the way you
study grammar and vocabulary and the way you speak are disconnected and that's
why you are not feeling that all the grammar you know and all the vocabulary
you know are being used efficiently so when I'm when I'm talking to my students
when I'm talking to my clients I don't like them to focus on how many new words
they learn on how many grammar lessons they study because that's not gonna be
helpful as a matter of fact you need very basic grammar to become a good
communicator to become a fluent communicator in my opinion fluency is
being able to talk about many different kinds of subjects being a flexible
speaker that has a reasonable amount of vocabulary and this reasonable amount of
vocabulary is enough to help you communicate in different kinds of
contexts in different kinds of situations that's why knowing how much
doesn't matter now what do you need to focus on what are you learning this
grammar for oh, Priscila, that's obvious I'm learning because I want to become a
better speaker wrong why are you learning this grammar point
why are you learning this vocabulary point because someone told you it was
important because you believe it is important see that's where you need to
fix that's where you need to reanalyze and make sure to understand that the
main reason why you should learn it you shouldn't learn something just because
it's important you should learn something because you're gonna use it
okay of course Priscilla I know I'm gonna use
it hmm I got a question for you what are you going to use it for Priscilla to
speak in conversations everyday conversations see the more general you
are the more difficult it is for your brain to understand that subject is
important so what do you need to do what conversations can I use this for in what
conversations can I use this grammar point in what conversations can I use
this vocabulary point that's why context is so important if
you watch my videos you see that I'm always giving you some conversation
subjects weekend, talking to the doctor checking in at the airport going through
customs and security let's see what else talking about your daily routine likes
and dislikes about food about personality why there's a purpose I am
preparing you to use those grammar points to use those vocabulary lessons
in contextualized conversation because it's easier for your brain to make
associations and remember those words and remember those grammar lesson
because if you just open a grammar book and start studying that's it they're
just words you're not giving them meaning you're not giving them
importance all right so you don't need much as I said you don't need much
grammar to become a fluent speaker the ugly truth is that many times many
students many English learners do not master basic grammar points such a
simple present simple past future if you don't know these three guys you can't
talk it would be difficult for you to communicate if you don't master them
what I always tell my students is lack of practice if you're making continuous
mistakes in such grammar points like present past and future it's because
you're not practicing enough and the only way to improve that is by
practicing and you don't need to only practice by speaking you can practice by
writing by reading by listening by watching by interacting with that
grammar point not only sitting down and doing exercises or speaking to someone
there are other ways to become a better communicator a better English speaker
and it's not just speaking especially if you are studying alone instead of trying
to understand how much vocabulary or how much grammar you need focus on what
conversations do I want to master I want to be able to talk about DNA I want to
be able to talk about genetics or I want to be able to talk about sports cars I
want to be able to talk about my job I want to be able to talk about nature and
flowers and biology so what exactly do you want to talk about and that's a good
way to start to help you improve your vocabulary and believe me when you do
that you don't improve only at the subject you want to improve but so many
other aspects of the language improve as well because you are focusing you are
being strategic about how and what you study but more importantly your brain
has a reason has a why why you should learn what you're learning not just
because it's important or because someone told you so but because you want
to use this for some very specific conversation subject I hope you enjoyed
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