It was late one evening when a student walked into my class.
It was an English class, and this student walked in and he looked quite young, early
twenties, and he sat down and I asked him what his name was and he told me his name.
And as I've proceeded to ask him questions, I noticed that his
English was absolutely amazing.
He was in my level five class, but his English literally sounded
just like he was an American.
So I stopped.
I said, listen, I have to ask you a question.
I know I'm your English teacher, but I need you to tell me how you
learned to speak English so well.
You see, it was his first time being in my class, and the young man kind of smiled
a little bit and he said, well, teacher.
I've actually never been to America.
I said, no, you have to be kidding me because your
English fluency is so amazing.
He said, well, I'll tell you what I did, and he proceeded to tell me several things
that helped him speak English fluently.
Fluently enough to blow the mind of an English teacher.
Do you wanna know those secrets?
Well then I'm teacher Tiffani.
Let's jump right in.
Secret number one, immerse by watching.
Immerse by watching.
Let me explain what this means.
Immerse means to dive head in, to surround yourself with something.
Immerse yourself with English by watching you see.
When you surround yourself with television programs or movies or video podcasts,
anything where people are speaking in English, immersing yourself by watching
it can help improve your listening skills and understanding of the language,
which will enhance your English fluency.
And that's exactly what the young man said he had done.
He had watched tons of YouTube videos of native English speakers
speaking to and with each other.
He had watched tons of English programs over and over again, so
his listening skills were great, and his fluency was also amazing.
This also helped him and can help you learn more about the culture, which will
help you communicate better in English.
Because English fluency is not just about the words you use.
It's about your understanding of how to use those words and expressions at the
right time and in the right context.
In order to do this, you must understand culture, immersing yourself by watching.
It also can help you become more familiar with idioms and natural English
expressions, which will improve your English fluency, and that's the first
secret that that young man revealed.
He immersed himself by watching tons and tons of English programs.
Remember?
He had never been overseas before, but his English sounded just like me.
Secret number one, immerse by watching.
The second secret practice daily and consistently.
Once again, practice daily and consistently.
This is something that you've heard many times before, but the young man, the
young man who could speak just like me, his teacher was able to speak English
fluently because he practiced daily.
And consistently you see, by practicing daily and consistently, it can help
you develop better pronunciation and intonation, which will improve your
competence when you speak English.
This young man, amazing pronunciation, he practiced daily and consistently.
It can also help you recall things faster, which will cause you to communicate more
effectively in real life situations.
I was asking him tons of questions about his English journey, how he
learned English so well, how he was able to immerse himself and he
was able to respond immediately.
He was able to recall things faster because he was practicing
daily and consistently.
And this will also help you to become more comfortable and confident
speaking English in social situations.
Have you ever felt nervous?
When you are speaking to a native English speaker, even when you are
speaking to your teacher, I've been in so many classes with my students, right?
And we'll be in a Zoom class and I'll pop into their breakout room, and
as soon as I pop in, woo, the new students get a little bit nervous.
Why?
Oh no, my teachers here.
I don't wanna mess up.
But what happens when you practice daily and consistently, you'll
become like the young man.
Confident.
He wasn't nervous at all.
Every question I asked him, he was able to answer with confidence because
he practiced daily and consistently.
Secret number two.
Now, secret number three is also important.
Record.
And listen to yourself.
This is something that I need you to understand.
It doesn't matter where you live right now.
You might be living in Iran, you might be living in Ghana,
you might be living in Spain.
It doesn't matter where you live, even if there are no English speakers around you.
When you understand the secret of recording and listening to
yourself and how it can help you speak English fluently, your entire
English journey is going to change.
You see, this can help you identify areas where you need improvement, which can help
you improve your English fluency faster.
I don't think you realize how smart you are.
I am gonna say that again.
I don't think you realize how smart you actually are.
You see, when you record yourself and then play it back and listen to yourself,
you will recognize your own mistakes, you will recognize things that you need
to work on, and you'll start making the tweaks so that you'll be able to speak
English fluently just like that young man.
Here's the other thing that this does for you.
It can also help you become more comfortable with the sound of your
own voice, which can make you more confident in your speaking skills and
help you speak English more fluently.
Many times, as an English learner, you hear yourself speak.
Ooh, it maybe it makes you nervous.
Maybe it makes you feel a little bit weird.
But the more you record and listen, record and listen,
suddenly you'll be more confident.
Suddenly your English fluency will improve.
Recording and listening to yourself will change your English.
And finally, this can also help you develop better awareness,
which will make you speak with more confidence in real life situations.
As you record yourself and listen, you'll be more aware of the things you do.
Maybe you say, um, um, uh, maybe you say that a lot, or maybe when
you're speaking English, you use the same words over and over again.
When you record and listen to yourself, you'll be able to catch those things
and fix them, which will result in you speaking English more fluently and faster.
Secret number three.
Now, secret number four is also very important.
Memorize phrases, not words, memorize phrases, not words.
You heard me right?
Memorize phrases and not words.
You see, it's very common to focus only on vocabulary.
Vocabulary is extremely important, but.
When you memorize phrases, it will be easier for you to use them in real
conversations and speak English fluently.
Here's the other thing, when you memorize phrases and not just words, it
will help you become more comfortable with the natural flow and rhythm of
English, which will make you more competent in your speaking ability.
You'll get the flow.
You'll understand, okay, native English speakers use this.
They use this sentence pattern, this phrase, these phrases.
This will help you speak English.
More fluently.
It will also help you learn how to use more English idioms faster, which can
improve your overall fluency and ability to express yourself in a natural way.
When you hear someone, a native English speaker, use a certain
phrase, and that phrase includes an idiom, memorize it, and then later
on you can use it in the same way.
It can also help you develop a better understanding of context,
which will cause you to use them more effectively in conversation.
When you hear a certain phrase and you understand, ah, this is the
context, this is when they use this phrase, you'll also start using the
same phrase in the same context.
This will help you speak English more fluently, just like the young man.
Secret number five.
It's important for you to share your opinions regularly,
share your opinions regularly.
Remember I told you at the very beginning that this young
man was not nervous at all.
I was shooting questions at him back to back to back because I was so
interested in how he learned English, and he was able to give his opinions.
He was able to give details without any hesitation.
When you share your opinions regularly, it becomes easier for
you to share them in every situation and speak English fluently.
It can also help you develop better communication skills, which will
cause you to express yourself more effectively and persuasively.
This is going to change your English.
Another reason why this is so important, it can help you become more confident
and assertive in your speaking skills.
When you feel like your opinions are able to come out and be expressed
clearly in English, it will give you more confidence in your speaking ability
and you'll speak English more fluently.
It will also help you become more engaged in English conversations.
Because now you have something to say.
Now you'll know exactly how to express your opinions
about a certain topic or idea.
Remember secret number five.
Share your opinions regularly about whatever topic is being discussed.
This is how you speak English fluently, the five secrets to speaking English.
Fluently.
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You still there?
You know what time it is?
It's story time ache.
I said it story time.
Alright.
I have a kind of funny story for you today.
It's about a secret.
So, you know, I was teaching tons of students in South Korea, but
this one semester I had a class that only had one student in it.
And this young man happened to be a member of my church, so I knew him very well.
There was an evening class about a 7:00 PM evening class, and it
was just he and I in the class.
I said, Hey, it's okay.
I'll still teach the class.
We'll spend time together.
So he and I spent time together.
The first class, just he and I were there.
The second class, it was just he and I.
And then the third class, another young lady joined us.
So it was the three of us.
I said, okay, perfect.
Two students, they can kind of kind of help each other out
and learn and ask questions as we're going through the class.
So we went through the class and everything was going fine.
Class number four, class number five, class number six.
I decided to switch things up.
Right.
I said, you know what?
Let's just have kind of a heart to heart.
Let's just talk today.
Let's just really practice your English skills.
So we sat kind of in a small circle and we were just going around.
Now the guy, the one that I knew personally, was kind of a shy
guy, super nice, but he was kind of a shy guy, and the female also
seemed to be a little bit shy.
But I could tell that she was extremely friendly.
So we're going around and we're talking, and all of a sudden the topic
of relationships and dating comes up.
Right now, I knew this guy was ready to be in a relationship, right?
So I was trying to see, oh, okay, maybe the female also, she knows somebody,
because I didn't think there was any chemistry between the two of them.
They didn't seem to like each other in that way.
So I asked the guy a question.
I said, okay, so tell us what type of female you like.
And he looked at me and I said, Hey, you know what's up.
Remember I said there was a secret coming?
And I said, Hey, what?
What's going on?
He said, TIFF, I have something to tell you.
And I said, okay, what's up?
He said, we've actually been dating for the last several weeks.
And I said, we who?
He said, me.
And the other girl that joined our class just a few weeks ago,
they had started dating almost right after she joined our class.
They had started dating right under my nose.
I wasn't aware of anything when they came to my class.
They acted totally normal.
They didn't hold hands.
They didn't sit super close to each other.
They didn't even look at each other in a strange way.
When he told me that secret, I said, you have got to be kidding me.
And they both just smiled.
I said, you are telling me you guys have been dating for the last several
weeks and you didn't say anything to me.
And then they kind of chuckled.
They were like, Yeah, TIFF, we didn't say anything.
So for the next 20 minutes we just talked about how they got
together and everything, and they were a very cute couple.
But you see that that secret was kept for several weeks, even though I was
around them in a close environment.
Maybe you've kept a secret like that from someone.
Let us know in the comments section.
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