hey friends it is teacher Prix here with another video for you. you know, I am here at the
park, Ibirapuera, my favorite place in São Paulo and I had brought my selfie stick
but it broke and now I am holding my phone and here we go! Let's go for a walk together.
I don't know for how long or until my arm can't take it anymore! What is the subject
of today's video. Sometimes you reach a point in your English level when you feel like you
are not improving and one thing I noticed with people who study by themselves is that
you don't test how much you're improving, you know, it is like you don't check what
kind of things you're learning and what do I mean by that? Sometimes you learn a lot
from videos, you learn a lot from books but you don't put it into practice. You don't
find opportunities to put everything you're learning into, you know, action and that's
what I wanna talk to you guys, about, oh My god! Christmas lights! I don't know if you
can see that. Oh, it stopped shining, just because I wanna show it to you guys, let's
wait a few seconds and see if it happens. No, because I am lucky. Murphy's law. Oh well,
let's keep going. The city is getting quite busy because of Christmas time. Christmas
is coming and pretty much the entire city is coming to Ibirapuera. It is cool. So, as
I was saying, We're learning so much, but at the same time, you're not putting everything
you're learning into practice. And then you may say, teacher, I'm alone, like, how am
I gonna know? and one thing you can do is, for people who study alone, for people who
are alone, I get it, you know, you don't have someone to, you don't have anyone to practice
with, and it is annoying, you can't always find people who you can talk to, but you gotta
do it, like. I didn't wanna do this video today, I was shy, I was afraid of people like,
staring at me and guess what, here I freaking am. So, my first recommendation for you to
test what you're learning is write it down. Put it into real context, so you watched a
video and you learned a new phrasal verb. Come up with your own examples. Think about
your life and think about how you can put that into practice, you know, how can you
create a real example with what you learned. If you watched a video about grammar. I see
that a lot of you guys ask for grammar videos and it's interesting because so many of you,
I'm not, I'm not specifically talking about specific people, but many people online complain
about learning with grammar, that it is not the best way, it is tough, but whenever I
check groups, I check comments on other channels, there are so many requests for grammar explanations,
so if you watched a grammar video and you wanna check if you really understood, well
it is time to put it into action and put it into practice by by trying to come up with
stories, or by trying to write things with the content you learned and this is something
you can do anywhere anytime I gotta be careful here because there are bike lanes and, Brazilians
love bike lanes but they also love riding a bike outside the bike lane, you know, so,
right, so, I am gonna make more videos about this, how to evaluate yourself and how to
check if you are really learning. Today is more like a heads up, you know, like we need
to start thinking about it, we need to start thinking about all those times, all those
minutes we spend watching videos on youtube, all those minutes you spend reading, all those
minutes you spend reading grammar books, or doing exercises, how can you turn that into
results? how can you turn that into something you really learn and people are staring at
me, oh man! One practical idea is think about every, think about every video you've been
watching lately, think about every podcast you've been listening to, think about every
piece of English material you have been using and I think that's a good way to start and
then check what you have really learned from those materials. I think that way you're gonna
have a pretty solid idea whether you are actually learning, huhu, I think you are gonna have
a pretty good idea whether you are learning or if you're just watching things, ok? like
the videos I make, they are lessons, they are lessons of things you can put into practice.
They are things you have to do, you know, I always give you practical exercises, I always
ask you questions because that's the way you are going to learn. Ok, so I am gonna finish
this video now and don't worry if the ideas are a little bit loose, it is an introduction
video and a heads up that you need to exercise the things you learn, you need to practice
the things you learn even if it is a, even if it is in writing, ok? Maybe right now,
you don't have someone to talk to, but what if you write about it, ok you need to find
ways to help your brain remember the information you're studying and actually learning and
feel comfortable with it and that's a good thing you have to do so think about the videos
you have been watching and the materials you have been listening to, the blogs you have
been reading and try to summarize what you have been learning, you know, what have you
been learning this month? what kind of subjects have you been researching? ok I would love
to know that. Next week I will be posting another video talking about that and, I was
gonna go to Paulista now and shoot another video, but my arm says no. Anyways, guys I
hope you enjoyed it, let me know what you think of this, do you ever think about that?
how do you assess your English level, ok/ Thank you so much and I'll see you tomorrow!