hi there I'm drew badger the world's
world's number one english fluency
fluency guide and it is a pleasure
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another advanced listening practice
practice lesson as
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well I guess I can't really say as
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and conversations with people so
so anyway if you are ready to begin
begin this lesson let's get into it
it
it well
well this one I know I'm going to
to ruffle a few feathers to ruffle
ruffle a few feathers means to to
to make people and no later upset
upset or angry but this has to be
be done
be done really
really for the benefit of learners
learners everywhere this is something
something I've been thinking about
about for a while and I do speak with
with my private students about it
it
it so
so my personal students know my you
you know my specific kind of things
things that really irk me I
I RK to jerk me this just means to
to make me really annoyed or upset
upset or angry and I get very passionate
passionate about these things so I
I saw it I thought I would make a
a video all about maybe not all about
about but focusing on three specific
specific issues which i think about
about as far as learning for non-native
non-native speakers were trying to
to learn how to speak English confidently
confidently now because I focused
focused on this so much i'm not talking
talking about you know specifically
specifically learning linguistics
linguistics or if you want to actually
actually study something at a higher
higher academic level you
you know like the etymology of words
words so the history or other things
things like that anything like that
that
that I'm
I'm again I'm just focusing specifically
specifically on what people actually
actually need to learn in order to
to speak fluent English confidently
confidently because again that's what
what I focus on so i really want people
people to understand this just
just beginning this video because
because i think it's going to piss
piss a few people off and that really
really just means to make people angry
angry but I don't really mind I'm
I'm actually here not to work
work for people that I guess teach
teach things in a different way I'm
I'm here to actually work for students
students and actually help people
people that want to learn so anyway
anyway understanding that let's
let's get into three things that I
I think are bullshit bullshit just
just means you know they're like either
either a waste of time or they're
they're not true or it's just something
something that you shouldn't be thinking
thinking about so three things that
that I think are just actually bullshit
bullshit about ESL so this is ESL
ESL bullshit yay all
all right the first one and this is
is something I have a big problem
problem with about pronunciation this
this is the international phonetic
phonetic alphabet now
now again I don't have a problem with
with the international phonetic alphabet
alphabet by itself or if you want
want to learn pronunciation by learning
learning a separate language that
that you can use in order to understand
understand many different languages
languages if you are a linguist again
again if you're studying that you're
you're a graduate school student or
or you really just like learning the
the pronunciation of many different
different sounds in many different
different languages then feel free
free study the international phonetic
phonetic alphabet but my bone to pick
pick
pick so
so my bone to pick this just means
means like my kind of the annoying
annoying . or the thing that frustrates
frustrates me by a bone to pick with
with the international phonetic alphabet
alphabet is that it is not required
required in order to speak English
English confidently so
so in order to even you know reduce
reduce your accent if you want to
to do that to sound more like a native
native speaker I
I know plenty of people who you know
know their native speakers and they've
they've never heard of the international
international phonetic alphabet they
they don't know the symbols for they
they don't know how to read it so
so when people are learning pronunciation
pronunciation there often starting
starting from their native language
language let's say I'm a Spanish speaker
speaker learning to speak English
English confidently so i would be
be learning often in the classroom
classroom I'm learning Spanish we're
we're learning English through spanish
spanish and then you know to help
help me understand things i have to
to learn the international phonetic
phonetic alphabet or some of the symbols
symbols of it and then I can move
move to english now this is making
making it even more troublesome more
more complicated more difficult for
for people because you're adding more
more steps to the process so you have
have your own language then trying
trying to learn the IPA the international
international phonetic alphabet such
such that you can go to the fluent
fluent English after that so
so I kind of like to think about this
this and you can think about this
this for the rest of the video as
as well these three points that i'll
i'll be making besides the international
international phonetic alphabet one
one if a native speaker doesn't do
do this if they don't know if they
they don't use it and it's not necessary
necessary for them to
to speak confidently you don't need
need it either so if you are a learner
learner and you're watching this and
and you're thinking maybe I should
should learn the international phonetic
phonetic alphabet if
if you actually really want to just
just focus on pronunciation and sounds
sounds again the way I teach it is
is just through word blending and
and phonetically understanding the
the sounds of the words so
so that's why I just focus on that
that and showing you phonetically
phonetically how something works even
even if it's not spelled exactly the
the right way so
so when I would you know be taking
taking a word like that and then putting
putting it next to Train I don't put
put like the the phonetic sounds of
of it because i have to teach you
you what those phonetic symbols mean
mean in order for me to use that so
so i want to say that train that train
train that we remove the tea because
because that's how we pronounce it
it in English to keep things nice
nice and short and sweet and simple
simple and easy to say so that's why
why we blend the sounds of our words
words together so you should if you
you want to have a good pronunciation
pronunciation if you want to sound
sound like a native speaker you should
should be focusing on learning things
things phonetically because you already
already understand the letters of
of the alphabet and if you can read
read English then you can learn pronunciation
pronunciation that way so
so focusing on phonetic sounds and
and focusing on you know the same
same way you would learn it the way
way a native speaker would learn so
so just by learning how the how it
it sounds and then writing it phonetically
phonetically you're learning it phonetically
phonetically that way so
so if you are a learner and you're
you're not interested in a higher
higher degree where you're focusing
focusing on pronunciation - learn
learn a whole bunch of different languages
languages
languages then
then it's not necessary to learn the
the international phonetic alphabet
alphabet so I just think it's bullshit
bullshit that people would you know
know think you should have to learn
learn something like that because
because a lot of people do and they
they are encouraging you to learn
learn the phonetic alphabet such that
that you can learn English if
if you just want to get to the English
English then forget about the international
international phonetic alphabet go
go right to the English and start
start learning at the same way a native
native speaker with the second thing
thing that really pisses me off about
about you know being able to learn
learn is that people think they have
have to have an advanced degree in
in order to teach or they are promoting
promoting the fact that they have
have an advanced degree as a way of
of showing that i have an advanced
advanced degree i have a masters or
or I have a doctorate in education
education so that means I'm a good
good teacher now
now the problem is we have seen if
if you've been following my channel
channel for a long time is that most
most of the things that people learn
learn in higher education about how
how to teach you exactly what you
you should not be doing if you want
want to become a confident speaker
speaker so me myself i have only a
a bachelor's and this is a bachelor's
bachelor's in philosophy you
you can
you can a little
a little bit of this are ringing right
right now that was almost like that's
that's like from the heavens they're
they're saying like yes like you need
need to listen to this man anyway
anyway that's why I have a bachelors
bachelors in philosophy and really
really the the basic thing that taught
taught me was that you know if you're
you're able to communicate things
things in a logical way then people
people can understand them easily
easily
easily so
so you don't have to worry about spending
spending time learning from someone
someone that's got an advanced degree
degree such that they can teach you
you something in a basic wave the
the whole education system and this
this isn't even just about education
education for language learning specifically
specifically this is about let like
like education in general whole the
the whole education system for the
the most part is really messed up
up i mean basically we teach people
people a lot of things that number
number one they're not really gonna
gonna learn we try to teach them in
in a way that really isn't going to
to help them learn and help them use
use things confidently and that's
that's why we have so many people
people speaking specifically now about
about language education that they're
they're learning how to pass tests
tests but not learning how to speak
speak confidently and all these people
people that are teaching our people
people that got advanced degrees i'm
i'm at time I have a degree in teaching
teaching so it means I know how to
to teach and wow my students can pass
pass some tests but what happens when
when they try to speak they
they can't so if you're thinking about
about wow i'm going to learn from
from that teacher because they have
have an advanced degree again I don't
don't have a problem with wanting
wanting to get an advanced degree
degree if that's what you want to
to do but promoting that as something
something that says wow I actually
actually know what I'm doing about
about teaching because i have an advanced
advanced degree it's
it's just not necessary to teach now
now again I'm not even saying that
that because i don't have an advanced
advanced degree i actually thought
thought about getting an advanced
advanced degree in education but then
then you know having just done my
my own education about it reading
reading and talking with people and
and actually being a teacher for you
you know many years becoming an English
English fluency guide after realizing
realizing the teaching is probably
probably not the best way to help
help people learn so i actually want
want to guide people in a certain
certain way and show things you know
know what to do what not to do the
the mistakes and pitfalls so pitfalls
pitfalls are you know like traps or
or problems that you might experience
experience as you're learning so
so all these things are really great
great things that you learn as a person
person it's actually working in the
the field working as a teacher working
working as an educator and working
working to get an advanced degree
degree
degree it's
it's kind of great for the people
people that have a degree here that
that just like being an academic but
but it's not necessary for being able
able to speak confidently I
I do not have a master's i do not
not have a PhD but I don't give a
a shit hey it's fine I
I mean I do what I do because I actually
actually delivered results to my learners
learners and that's why they continue
continue to learn with me so
so that's another one of my eel dsl
dsl bullshit things again I don't
don't want to feel you know make people
people feel bad if they have an advanced
advanced degree but if you are a teacher
teacher and you have an advanced degree
degree and you're using that as a
a way of saying like well I know how
how to teach it's almost the same
same thing is you know pretty much
much every time there's an election
election so there's an election happening
happening right now we're coming up
up soon in America and anytime there's
there's a new person that comes into
into the you know wants to try to
to be President or run for some particular
particular office you always hear
hear news people say like well your
your new what do you know about politics
politics and it's like well hey I
I mean you guys have been fucking
fucking up this whole time like it's
it's time for actually you know something
something new to come along and so
so if you try to do the same thing
thing everybody else is doing you're
you're going to get the same results
results you got all these new people
people that are trying to become teachers
teachers and they think they need
need to get an advanced degree in
in order to help people that really
really that's just inside the education
education system I
I do not have to be inside the education
education system because i am free
free to work directly with learner's
learner's I don't have to be inside
inside that and you know try to get
get a degree so that I can help people
people within a certain thing I don't
don't have to worry about any of that
that shit
that shit I
I can go directly to people i work
work with them to develop a great
great system that helps them learn
learn and that's what I do anyway
anyway that's my my second thing if
if you have an advanced degree that's
that's great for you but don't worry
worry about using that as a way of
of communicating your ability to teach
teach learners if
if you can actually teach them then
then you won't need to worry about
about having a degree the
the last thing this is a really big
big one a very important one for me
me the biggest of the ESL bullshit
bullshit things for me and this is
is that there are different learning
learning styles now
now i know people will know re just
just woke up hopefully I can finish
finish this video in just a second
second but anyway one of the biggest
biggest problems i hear or I have
have with people is saying like well
well like we've got to teach our children
children in this way because this
this child has a particular learning
learning style they like to you know
know seeing in order to learn music
music or this child likes to you know
know play in order to you know learn
learn this thing or whatever I think
think this is all bullshit I like
like to add you know obviously when
when i'm teaching people i try to
to do lots of different things you
you know even when
when I was teaching in the classroom
classroom I would do some singing
singing in some dancing and other
other things like that but what I
I really noticed and this is not me
me just reading books or thinking
thinking about it is actually as an
an educator someone that's been doing
doing it for a really long time what
what I've noticed is that if you could
could actually just make something
something very clear and logical and
and not try to put in too many things
things at one time and this means
means more than teaching more than
than one thing at a time then this
this is what really makes things nice
nice and easy and clear for people
people to understand and that's what
what really gets them excited about
about learning I
I like to think about it when I guess
guess a good example would be something
something like internet search so
so if you're a you know person like
like I'm going to I'm going to search
search for something online we don't
don't really you know talk about in
in general like well there you know
know I like to search like through
through music i like to search for
for something through this or whatever
whatever like and then the reason
reason we don't have this is because
because google figure that shit out
out google knows how to have searched
searched and obviously it's not perfect
perfect ideally you just think like
like I want a brown handbag or I want
want to like a black baseball bat
bat or something like that and it
it would appear on the screen for
for you but we're still not there
there but we're getting pretty close
close and the reason google controls
controls the whole market is because
because they figure that shit out
out and it's the same thing with education
education that's exactly what I'm
I'm doing with English anyone . com
com and because all these other people
people are thinking about well you
you know I have to like teach it in
in this way or we're going to teach
teach it in this way these are all
all just gimmicks and the reason they're
they're just using gimmicks is because
because they haven't just figured
figured out what's the simple way
way to teach all you have to do is
is just explain something to people
people but make it obvious and
and that way you don't have to explain
explain a lot of things and use the
the person's native language in order
order to help them understand the
the language so again if I'm missing
missing some people off eh
eh it's okay I'm really here to work
work for the learners i really want
want to help you out there so
so forget about the international
international phonetic alphabet forget
forget about you know is my does my
my teacher have a degree or not you
you want to want to figure out if
if the person is teaching you helping
helping you learn whether it's me
me or somebody else it doesn't matter
matter
matter but
but if that person can number one
one speak for themselves in another
another language but also can they
they give you the results you want
want so whatever that is they
they should be able to deliver that
that resulted it should be something
something you can understand if you're
you're actually making progress with
with that person or me or whoever
whoever it is then continue learning
learning with that but this business
business about learning styles like
like as soon as like as we grow and
and
and as
as we continue to do the things we're
we're doing with English anyone where
where we're going to make that whole
whole thing disappear about different
different learning styles especially
especially for language learning because
because we're just making it very
very simple and obvious for people
people to learn and once you do that
that then all of this like well I
I learned this way and I learned that
that way like all of that just it
it you know it finally becomes something
something people realize as a gimmicky
gimmicky way of learning not to say
say it's necessarily bad but again
again it's just one of those things
things that it isn't required if you
you can just make it logical for your
your brain and every human basically
basically has the same brain functionality
functionality anyway we all you know
know we all like search in the same
same way so it makes it seem logical
logical that we all like be learning
learning and basically the same way
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