are you a non-native English speaker do
you struggle to speak in English are at
times a little embarrassed
speaking in English well you don't have
to worry because we have some survival
English phrases for you hi friends
thanks for clicking I am Niharika and
today's lesson we have some survival
English phrases and some tips for
non-native speakers so are you planning
a trip to an english-speaking country or
do you deal with a lot of English
speakers especially native English
speakers and if you or your English is
not that great then what do you do about
it well in today's lesson we will help
you with some phrases that you can use
now here there are set of four phrases
that you can use but the ones in the
black are the phrases that people
usually use and I want you to stop using
them so let's get started the very first
phrase that I commonly come across
people say is my English is terrible
it's okay well your English is not very
good but I'm sure your other languages
are great which probably we can't speak
so you don't have to feel so bad about
it you don't have to literally explain
that
oh my English is terrible or my English
is awful the better expression that you
can use is I'm working on improving my
English now when you end up saying my
English is terrible or my English is
just awful it gives a very negative
impact to your statement if you keep
saying that I am sure that one day you
will just give up or you'll start
believing that yes my English
is bad so please stop using this if you
are doing so don't use it furthermore
you are gonna use this statement instead
which is I am working on improving my
English okay so this is for the English
learners if you use this then then don't
do it
use this okay the next one sorry for my
bad english hey it's alright you don't
have to be so apologetic about not
knowing English like I said there are
other languages that you speak and
probably we can't
so here when you know people end up
saying especially English learners when
they speak to native speakers they say
sorry for my bad english okay don't be
apologetic you don't have to say sorry
you don't have to apologize a better
positive statement that you can use is
English isn't my first language so
please excuse any mistakes now here when
you are making this point in front of an
English native speaker it shows that yes
English is not your first language okay
so you are gonna struggle or you are
gonna make mistakes while speaking in
English so indirectly you're asking that
person to be patient and understanding
and people will do so it's okay if you
don't know English it's okay if you're
not very good at it once you use the
statement people will always give you a
very positive response so rather than
apologizing by saying sorry for my bad
english don't do that use this statement
that English is in my first language so
please excuse any mistakes all right
let's move on to the third statement
which is I don't understand what hmm
now when you speak to a native in your
speaker you are not accustomed to they
are
accent you don't know what they are
saying and probably you think that they
are speaking too fast and that's why you
are not able to understand them so while
they are saying something while they are
talking and if you fail to understand
them you are not gonna say I don't
understand what that's going to be rude
that's not a good way of saying this to
someone that person will not appreciate
so instead of saying I don't understand
what are you saying you would say could
you repeat that please
so in a very courteous tone you will say
could you repeat that please okay so
that will definitely make that person
repeat whatever he or she just said
there's another statement that you can
use either you can say could you repeat
that please but you can also say that
could you speak a little slower so that
I understand better so again when you
say that could you speak a little slower
so that I understand you better is a
very positive way of asking someone to
repeat themselves all right so if you
are using this what oh I don't
understand you don't do it use this
phrase instead okay and now let's move
on to the fourth one do you understand
okay now again when you go to an
english-speaking country or if you are
having a conversation with an English
native speaker that person is probably
not accustomed to your accent so he or
she fails to understand what you are
trying to say now if you think that he
has this puzzled look on his face he's
confused he's like trying to catch every
word that you're trying to say it's all
right you're not gonna say do you
understand okay even if you say it in a
very polite tone do you understand it
would still come out in a very rude
way so instead of saying do you
understand you are gonna say that let me
repeat that for you
now here either you can say let me
repeat that for you or let me clarify it
for you both these phrases can be used
when you think that the opposite person
is not able to understand you
now again since your English is not very
good and you're trying to explain things
in English make sure that you speak very
slowly okay don't go too fast because
you are trying to use the limited
vocabulary that you have so go slow and
if you think that the person is not
understanding you then you would say let
me repeat that for you or let me clarify
okay that's the way you will try to
build a conversation with that person
okay
so the four statements are the four
phrases that I need you to stop using
are my English is terrible sorry for my
bad english stop apologizing I don't
understand what do you understand okay
stop using these phrases and instead of
using these phrases try the phrases
written in the red which are I'm working
on improving my English English is in my
first language so please excuse any
mistakes could you repeat that please
and then the last one is let me repeat
that for you or let me clarify okay so
start using them trust me people will
understand you better
and people would like to build a
conversation with you even if your
English is not that great okay so please
follow these tips and I will be back
with a new lesson soon
till then you take care and have a great
day
this must be a statue this must be
statue there's supposed to be a statue
supposed to be statue what am I saying
are you able to understand what I said
this is supposed to be a pissed a -
that's what I said does it happen that
you get confused when other people are
talking maybe they're talking too
quickly or maybe too low and you just
didn't understand if you want to learn
ways to ask someone to repeat themselves
then stay with me in this lesson I'm
your tutor for the day Michelle come
join me hi friends I am Niharika and
welcome back well we are gonna look at
some phrases to compliment men let's
make them feel special let's flatter
them so how do you do that in English
well we have some phrases here now this
lesson is divided into three categories
that men love to be complimented for so
the very first category that we are
going to look at is compliments that
show that your man is a superhero
you