Teacher Prix I finished my basic practice I have been studying English for quite some
time what do I need to do next to unlock my English and feel more confident understand
people in English well watch this video and learn the next five things you should do for
your English fluency success coming up student I am teacher Prix and I’m going to help
you talk to anyone anywhere anytime in English well this is the lesson for you if you want
to find ideas to help you keep going so that you can unlock your English and finally speak
English with confidence understand native speakers remember the words you study because
I know sometimes it can get a little frustrating when we don't know what to do next now guys
if you finished your basic studies you know you've already been studying English for at
least six months it is time that's the first thing it is time to eliminate your native
language and what do I mean by that I will explain when students start their journey
to fluency they use their native language they may watch some lessons in their native
language they may write all the explanations in their native language but that can be a
problem in the future because if you focus all your practice on writing information about
English in your language studying things in your language to learn English then it'll
be more difficult for you to put into practice the information you study because you will
do a lot of mental translation so now if you've already gotten the basics if you can understand
this video that's very important this video is not for everybody okay if you can understand
this video then the first thing you got to do to be successful on your journey to fluency
the next five things that's the first one you gotta eliminate your native language because
as you unlock your English as you keep learning more new information you will realize that
there is a lot of vocabulary in English that you are able to understand an explanation
but you may not have an actual translation it will be more difficult for you to find
a translation and if you keep doing this work of studying in your language translating to
your language you will never practice describing things in English explaining things in English
thinking in English will get more difficult because all your work is in your native language
so you gotta start eliminating your native language so watching this video is already
a great start you're already eliminating your native language because I am speaking in English
so these are small things that you need to start doing maybe on your journal you know
when you write on your notebook don't write in your language anymore write only in English
when you watch another YouTube video you know another channel focus on listening to videos
in English explanations in English by doing that you will be unlocking your English and
improving your chances of becoming a successful English speaker the second thing that you're
going to do is to start following a paraphrasing routine paraphrasing is a very powerful technique
and it's basically what every fluent English speaker does fluent speakers understand that
fluency is communication not perfection because they know that they realize and they accept
the fact that they will not always know the words there are words that we don't know so
what happens in a conversation and you're like oh I don't know how to say that what
do I do you paraphrase but paraphrasing is a technique that needs to be improved but
if you've never done that before it may be a little challenging but if you never do it
how do you improve how do you become a successful English speaker who can understand and talk
to people anywhere anytime so paraphrasing is an exercise that will require explanation
instead of translation okay Priscila but how can I start using paraphrasing well start
with words you already know in English okay basic words house car keys and describe those
words in English how would you describe this word to a child in English think that way
oh okay how can I simplify make it simple simplify my explanation to someone in English
describing something silly a mouse okay how do I do that that's how you start paraphrasing
then as you keep going you can go to more difficult words oh okay how am I going to
explain this how I’m going to explain that something more difficult and then the next
step will be okay I don't know how to say this word in English um opportunity to paraphrase
how can I explain it to someone so that if I am in a conversation the person listening
to me can understand and help me find the word I’m looking for or understand what
I need because that's usually what happens that's paraphrasing that's the next step you
have to follow for your English fluency success number three you gotta work on intonation
and pronunciation consistently I understand as a beginner there are many things there's
so much information you're learning verb to be and many students are afraid of verb to
be you're learning simple present questions oh there's so much information it may be difficult
to spend some time working on pronunciation and intonation more consistently maybe you
checked a new word you saved on your phone but you never really took the time to master
the pronunciation of that word maybe until now you haven't really worked on specific
sounds like the TH the schwa or any other sound that may be different from your native
language in Brazil we speak Portuguese and there are some sounds in English that we don't
really have in Portuguese so you gotta spend some time working on pronunciation and intonation
mastery this is the next step guys you want to talk to anyone anywhere anytime you gotta
spend a little time working on pronunciation and intonation and there are many sources
on the internet for you to do that for my students in my academy for example in the
vocabulary part they listen to the words the pronunciation of the words in the reading
part they get to listen to the article they have to read you know to study to work on
pronunciation in the listening part they have the transcript and the audio file for them
to listen and work on pronunciation so I’m always finding ways to teach my students in
my academy how to work on pronunciation and intonation not to mention specific lessons
that I give them inside my program to work on difficult sounds to work on linking sounds
because native speakers connect they link sounds all the time so how are you going to
improve your comprehension it's not just listening you got to work smart and learn specific lessons
about pronunciation and intonation so you got to include that okay it's not just about
learning a bunch of words or listening to an audio file for an hour and that's your
routine no you want to be successful you want to unlock your English like a key you know
unlock your English you got to start changing your process before I tell you number four
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now number four connect English grammar with English speaking probably when you were a
beginner you had some grammar lessons you had to do a lot of exercises depends on the
program or course you took or if you studied alone that's usually our mentality let's do
some exercise then I’ll improve I’ll get better but now you have to do something else
you got to change you got to change the game so how about connecting grammar with English
speaking and here are some ideas you can start by practicing creating questions questions
and then answering your questions that's grammar and speaking you have to do this orally even
if you are alone okay you can also get some phrases in English you can even google this
okay and agree disagree oh do you agree with this statement yes no why by doing this exercise
you're practicing grammar because you have to explain yourself and you're practicing
your English speaking and your ability to agree and disagree and share your opinions
with the world what is your opinion do you agree with this do you disagree with that
make a list of taboo subjects and think about how you would express yourself that's grammar
guys in a much more active way it's not just about doing exercises in my academy I don't
do that with my babies that's how I call my students babies that's not how I do it with
my babies they have grammar but they have lessons to help them better understand explanations
and rules but at the end of the day in the other parts of the module they use the grammar
they're studying that's a much more productive way to learn and use English grammar now number
five number five is uh something that you have to do at some point in your life okay
and I strongly recommend which is to join an online program okay even though you will
be doing a self-study program by yourself studying what I like about online programs
is that you will be following guidelines you will be following a schedule someone a professional
will have chosen everything that you need to do you know this person will give you the
necessary activities so that when it's time to study you know what to do you know what
not to do you know what vocabulary to study you know the strategies this is what I do
in my program I have recently closed ended the registration for my program I don't know
when I’m going to open again if you want to join a waiting list click down below this
video in the description you can find a link where you register for a waiting list so that
when I open again you will be the first one to know but I strongly believe that a good
online program will teach the necessary tools and strategies so that you can keep going
and making the necessary changes on your practice on your routine so that you can unlock your
English and be a better English speaker understand things more easily and boost your confidence
because when you learn the right way you start to see results and because of that your confidence
level increases there you have it if you found value in this lesson make sure to subscribe
to my channel but other than that I’ll see you next time bye