Vanessa: How long will it take you to
become fluent in English? Is it 30 days, one year, 10 years? If you've ever googled this question,
you have probably found a whole range of answers, including some experts who promise you you can go
from zero to 100 and become fluent in English in 30 days. But have you ever tried a program
like that that promised you everything? At the end, you probably felt quite disappointed. Today
we're going to talk about five important factors that will help you to become fluent in English
and help us to answer this question of how long it will take you to reach this dream of fluency.
Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com, and like always, I have created a free PDF
worksheet for you for today's lesson. It includes all of the five important
points that we need to consider when thinking about how long it will take you to become fluent,
including some solutions, some problems that a lot of my English students face in
their English journey and some ideas I hope to help you reach fluency. So you can click
on the link in the description to download this free PDF worksheet today. It is my gift to you.
Before we get started, I have a question. Are you an intermediate English learner who has
been stuck on an intermediate plateau? That means that you made a lot of progress at the beginning,
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All right, let's get started with the first answer to the question, how long will it take
me to become fluent? The first answer is it depends on your current English level. If you
are an absolute beginner right now, and maybe that means you have to watch subtitles to understand my
English lessons, well, of course it's going to take you longer to reach fluency than for people
who are at an intermediate or already in advanced English level. So if you join a course and someone
promises you, you will learn everything you need to know to become absolutely fluent in 30 days and
you're a beginner English learner, turn off that radio in your ears. Don't listen to it. Instead,
we need to be more realistic. That depends on where you're starting in your English journey.
The second answer to this important question is it depends on if you want to be a fluent English
reader or a fluent English speaker. If you are wanting to level up your English skills because
you need to read research documents for your career, well, you're going to achieve reading
fluency in a different way and at a different speed than someone who's trying to speak fluently,
have English conversations without hesitation with a variety of people. These two paths are
quite different, so you need to decide what type of fluency are you searching for? Are you
searching for just reading fluency? Do you want to just understand English TV shows and movies? Okay,
so maybe you need listening fluency or are you reaching for speaking fluency?
Well, let's go on to step number three to answer that question as well. The third
answer to this question, how long will it take me to become fluent is one of
the most important. It depends on what your definition of fluency is. Like we mentioned,
if you are going to study English papers for academia, okay, well, this is a much different
definition of fluency than someone who's going to move to the U.S. and need to interact and
speak in English every day. So I have a question for you. What does fluency mean to you? This is
a big question. You don't need to answer it right now. I'd like to give you some ideas,
including my personal definition of fluency, but yours might be different for you.
Consider why you're deciding to learn English. Is it because you want to travel easily?
Do you want to be able to speak with your coworkers? Do you want to learn
more about your academic field or your career and you have to read high level
research papers? What is the reason why you're deciding to learn English? You
can see that all of these different scenarios, these different reasons for learning English,
mean that you're on a different path to fluency. Your definition of fluency will be different.
Well, what about for me? For me, my personal definition of fluency means that you can speak
easily and comfortably about multiple topics. Your vocabulary doesn't need to
be perfect. Your grammar doesn't need to be perfect. Your pronunciation just needs
to be clear and understandable. But if you feel comfortable speaking and if the
other person feels comfortable having a conversation with you,
they're not changing their speech depending on how you speak, they're speaking normally and
you're speaking comfortably, that means, in my opinion, that you're fluent.
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All right, let's go to the fourth answer for the important question,
how long will it take me to become fluent? The fourth answer is, well,
it depends on the tools and techniques that you're using. I want to ask you, which one do you think
will take you longer to achieve fluency? Using an English game app for 10 to 15 minutes per day,
or joining a full course with a guide, with lessons, with speaking partners that you can study
with on a weekly basis? Which one will take you longer to achieve fluency? Yep, that first one.
If you're just using simple tools or simple techniques, it is going to take you longer
to achieve fluency. Some of the best ways are to combine methods. Yes, use a game app and you can
join a course, maybe The Fearless Fluency Club Unlimited, ooh, where you can really have access
to the best tools and techniques and quickly level up your English skills to reach fluency.
Our fifth and final answer to this important question,
how long will it take me to become fluent is, well, it depends on you. It does not depend on
your personal level of intelligence. Instead, it depends on your motivation, determination,
your attitude and your mindset. The good news is, even if you used to think that you weren't
good at learning languages or good at learning English, well, these things, your determination,
your motivation, your mindset and attitude, we can always learn those things. So no matter how
you feel about your learning ability, you can always grow your motivation and determination.
One of the best ways to stay motivated to learn English and to have a positive
mindset and attitude about your growing skills is to speak with other people.
This really helps us to understand why we're learning English in the first place. Well,
it's a communication tool. That's what language is. I would love to help you
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you to stay motivated and have a positive attitude because learning English is a rollercoaster.
As we know, some days you feel really great and some days you don't. What can you do on those
difficult days? Well, when you are surrounded by a community of other English learners who
are on the same journey, you can easily be boosted up and maintain that motivation and
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Keep your motivation strong and grow your English level. This week only, you can get a
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Well, thank you so much for learning English with me, and I'll see you again next Friday for a new
lesson here on my YouTube channel. Bye. But wait, do you want more? I recommend watching this video
next where you can start speaking with me today about important daily life conversations like your
city, your pets, your job, your weekend plans. Don't wait to start speaking. I'll see you there.