Now, one final thing I wanted to cover in this video, and this is really important,
but it’s not a specific word or phrase.
Sometimes I just want to give these things, and this is a simple practice hack you can
do when you’re practicing with people, or when you’re writing, so it doesn’t matter.
You can use it when you’re speaking directly with people or when you’re in conversations
with them.
Uh, and it doesn’t matter if they’re native speakers or not, but this is a very sneaky
way to practice your speaking even though, uh, maybe the other person might not notice
it.
But you’re trying to make kind of longer, longer, uh, sentences and expressions, uh,
in your conversations.
But it also helps you have a better connection with those people.
So, does that sound good?
You ready to intro, get, get introduced to this?
It’s pretty simple.
Now, if you watch me in the conversation, and, and you actually go back.
If you’ve been a member for a while, and you watch some of the previous videos, uh,
you’ll see me do this on occasion to have better rapport with the people I’m speaking
with.
They will say something, and then I will almost repeat it back to them.
And I’m doing this not only to give you an opportunity to listen to something again
because that’s really important to not only hear something one time.
But I’ll repeat it again, uh, just so you can hear that.
But also, because if I’m saying the same thing, if I’m moving in the same way with
that other person, then this is a great way to establish a connection with them and to
make the interview or the conversation flow a bit more smoothly.
So, I want to reduce the friction.
Reduce the friction there.
So, what I’d like you to watch for, and you’ll see this in the conversation, is
me repeating the same thing back to that person.
And I’ll give you just an example right now in the form of a question.
Let’s say someone asks you, “What did you do this morning?”
Or, “What did you eat for breakfast?”
Now, I can just answer the question if I remember.
Oh, I ate pancakes or I ate some cereal or I ate some fish or something like that.
I can just answer the question.
But if my English is not so good and I want more opportunities to practice, I would ask
myself that same question back.
So, I’m repeating that back to them, and it also, again, it just shows that you’re
understanding the person, that you understood the question.
Uh, and I might say to myself, “What did I eat for breakfast today?”
So, they say, “What did you eat for breakfast today?”
And I say, “What did I eat for breakfast today?”
So, I’m trying to think about it.
I don’t need to say that, but I’m using it as a way to practice.
Like, I do this, uh, when I’m speaking Japanese…
People will say something to me, and I will repeat back to them what they said just so
I can get a good, uh, especially if I’m speaking with native speakers and pretty much
everyone out here, uh, because I live in Japan, uh, I can speak with native speakers pretty
much any time I want to.
But you can find them online or in person or if you live in a country where you can
find more people to practice with.
You might have to go to a bigger city or some other place to do that, but the point is,
uh, there are really a lot of great reasons to repeat back what the other person said.
So, if a person says, um, like, they’re not asking me a question.
They said, like, “I, I saw, uh, a really great movie yesterday.”
I saw, you know, this movie.
I say, “Oh yeah, that really was a great movie.”
So, I’m repeating back what they say just so I can get into the habit of expressing
myself in a correct way.
So, I’m using the model of what they say and then I’m saying that back to them.
Isn’t that cool?
So, all you have to do is respond back to them with what they said.
And that, number one, helps you practice and improve.
But number two, more importantly, it really helps you just make a better connection with
those people.
Of course, it also shows them that you’re listening because you’re really understanding
and using their language back at them.
So, remember, don’t do this too much because it can be annoying.
You don’t have to repeat everything.
But especially about questions where maybe you have to take a bit of time and think about
that, use this as a way to practice.
It’s really a great thing, and it will help you improve.
Well, that’s the end of this lesson.
I hope you have enjoyed it.
Do remember to use this as well as all the phrases and words that you’ve learned in
this lesson set.
Go back and practice.
Make sure you really master everything.
You have to go back and read, write, listen, speak, all the things that you need to do
to practice.
Don’t just sit and watch the video like this.
Get excited, stand up, speak loudly with emotion when you’re going to speak, and it will
help you get fluent faster.
We’re giving you everything you need, but you need to take the next step.
So, take that step in the right direction and start speaking.
Have a fantastic day, and I’ll see you in the conversation coming up next.
Bye bye.
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