What would your life be like if you could speak better English?
Think about it
would you have a better job
more money
could you travel more
could you talk to people all over the world
speaking English well can change your life
How can you do this
You can start by following my new series on how to
learn English in a better way. How to learn English like a native speaker
let's go
welcome back to my new series on how to learn English better like a native speak
And welcome aboard the palm tree teaching English Academy
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In this video I reveal
secret number two to learning English better and by the end of the video I'll
give you lots of ideas and tips on how you can put that into practice
now the second secret to learning English like a native speaker is probably the most
important it is the secret that will help your speaking skills the most.
What is it.
The second secret
is to LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN
to speak English well you
have to have listened to A LOT of English before you start speaking
listening is the only way that speaking English will become natural to you.
This idea of listening may be new to you.
if you learn English at school
or even in a language school all your language experience would have been visual with your eyes.
You would have watched the teacher.
You would have read the textbook
You would have read the grammar book rules and you would have
read all the instructions that you had to do and then you would have written
something as well
So where were the hours and hours of listening that you
have to do to get better at English?
Academic research has also shown that
listening is the key to improving speaking. You have to put English
listening into your brain to get English speech out of your mouth.
Ahh lovely thank you there. Thank you very much.
Could we have knife and forks please thank you
very much thank you
it is only by listening that you learn real English
the grammar and vocabulary we speak is very different from what we write as
well we sometimes speak entirely in idioms and phrases which we wouldn't
necessarily write and speech is much faster too and it's only by listening
a lot
that you become used to the speed of English
So you should be listening to easy simple English
that you can easily understand if you need a dictionary you
need to find something easier the idea is that the language absorbs into your
head so that you understand everything and you get the real sound of real English.
And start to behave like a baby not crying for food although that would
be quite funny if you did but generally using a long period of listening before
you start speaking focus on listening and not speaking for a while
So how are you going to listen to lots of English and where you're going to find it?
There are two best ways to learn lots of English number one of course with my
youtube videos listen to all my videos you get the sound of a received
pronunciation natural native speaking English and you get to learn about
British culture that's number one.
Number two is podcasts these are very important
and are key watch.
rather listen, to the BBC podcasts there are two,
"6 minute English" and "The English we speak" I'll put the links under this video for you
and you need to download that onto your phone or your computer
It's brilliant English for you to listen to at any time
Deirdre I hear you say when am I gonna
find time to do all this listening I tell you what I have a plan for you you
are going to multitask
once you've downloaded those podcasts and once
you've found the videos from YouTube for my videos you're going to listen to them
while you're doing everyday things you'll get a multitask when you're
cooking when you're waiting at the bus stop when you're on the train when
you're driving to work or picking up your children or
when you're at the gym or when you're waiting to meet someone then every
10 minutes counts it's really really important
You will have guaranteed
success and improving your English if you do two things. One you listen to a
lot of English not just 15 minutes a day you need more English to listen to and
the second thing is don't give up
So now you're ready for your lesson. So stand or sit straight lift yourself up
shoulders back chest out head up smile and hold it.
Now punch the air
I love English, English is easy I'm going to listen to English every day
So what you are gonna do you're gonna go right now to find the podcast so that are underneath
my video and you're going to listen to English while you're cooking while
you're driving while you're waiting for somebody and at home if you are cooking
why not involve the whole family.
So I hope you've enjoyed this video and if
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