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at the beginning of all these lessons
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lesson well this is actually something
something I wanted to talk about this
this was about a mail i sent out to
to some of my subscribers so we get
get lots of people you know they subscribe
subscribe for our our email newsletters
newsletters or for various guides
guides that we create we make lots
lots of free information for learners
learners and so a lot of people they
they also continue to read receive
receive excuse me messages about all
all kinds of topics you
you know usually things related to
to fluency but i also talked a lot
lot about motivation and psychology
psychology and things because if you
you don't understand those basic fundamentals
fundamentals the basic things about
about how to get fluent before you
you even start studying the language
language it doesn't really matter
matter what you're going to do so
so
so getting
getting fluent in a language is something
something that takes a lot of time
time and effort even if you use like
like the best techniques possible
possible because there's just a lot
lot of training that happens and you
you have to condition your body and
and your mind and your your voice
voice in your tongue to make certain
certain motions you know like if you're
you're coming from like a one particular
particular language that doesn't have
have the sounds like Japanese and
and trying to speak English a lot
lot of those sounds to start in the
the English language that are in Japanese
Japanese or vice versa so
so when you're coming from that if
if you're not prepared with the psychology
psychology if you don't have the right
right mindset this
this way of thinking what we call
call mindset it's going to be much
much more difficult to get fluent
fluent
fluent so
so what I was talking about you know
know in addition to just giving various
various tips about how to get fluent
fluent you know talking about like
like specific phrases that I give
give like phrases that will help you
you sound more native
native or grammar points or other
other things like that this
this was a particular meal i was talking
talking about myself having some frustration
frustration creating a new video for
for master English conversation members
members now this is actually something
something i'm deciding to make this
this video because it was such a powerful
powerful thing it's struck a chord
chord with a lot of a lot of readers
readers a lot of people that were
were we're reading the the meal that
that I said so to strike a chord this
this is a really great fantastic even
even made a phrase you can use and
and it just means to have a good connection
connection or be in agreement or be
be in harmony but
but it's kind of a music idea so if
if you strike two strike a chord like
like to strike something means to
to hit it so you could strike like
like a you know a guitar string or
or a drum or strike a piano key and
and you get a chord like Dean well
well that's just one note i can't
can't really do a cord it's like ding
ding ding ding like something like
like that but anyway to strike a chord
chord with someone means to have agreement
agreement or to be kind of on the
the same frequency on the same wavelength
wavelength as we say in English so
so what i have written struck a chord
chord with a lot of readers struck
struck a chord anyway
anyway so I was talking about frustration
frustration i was experiencing because
because actually i'm not so great
great with understanding grammar if
if that sounds weird I actually really
really like studying grammar it's
it's something that's interesting
interesting because i like logic and
and figuring out how logically
logically the language works but then
then also trying to take that and
and explain it to people by showing
showing it to them or to make it really
really simple with a simple formula
formula so it's easy to remember because
because really any of the grammar
grammar points you're using you should
should be learning in a way that number
number one is helping you see the
the grammar in action and then number
number to helping you practice that
that but also it shouldn't be something
something that you're trying to memorize
memorize a list of words or something
something that you won't be able to
to access when you're actually having
having a conversation so
so if one of your big problems with
with fluency is that you're thinking
thinking about something and then
then you have to stop and hesitate
hesitate and think and then okay
okay how do I say this what grammar
grammar . am I using and by using
using the right word with this that
that kind of thing I want to stop
stop you from doing that so I'm trying
trying to help students and help you
you from not doing that especially
especially if that's one of your big
big problem anyway
anyway so one of the grammar points
points that I was kind of struggling
struggling with each month in master
master English conversation we have
have a different grammar point that
that we focus on and you learn it
it in different ways to help you learn
learn it and use it automatically
automatically so this one is whether
whether to use 2 + infinitive or verb
verb + ing after a verb and now that
that sounds kind of complicated but
but all its really asking is if you
you have a verb the
the following verb after that do you
you say like I don't know like recall
recall to see or recall seeing so
so would you say i recall seeing the
the movie or would you say i recall
recall to see the movie something
something like that now this is something
something that it's kind of obvious
obvious to native speakers but a lot
lot of them don't understand the rules
rules and what was really interesting
interesting is that you know it actually
actually took me a long time to think
think about it and it was quite frustrating
frustrating actually spent like a
a week just figuring out this one
one video and the whole video is only
only you know it's less than 20 minutes
minutes long and a lot of people don't
don't see all the work that goes into
into that but again i'm talking about
about it now because i have written
written this mail about it and people
people were really excited and interested
interested in a bad so I figured I
I would just make it for everyone
everyone to learn more about here
here
here so
so anyway about this grammar . i had
had spoken with my mom about it because
because she likes talking about that
that kind of stuff and even she didn't
didn't have a great answer and
and i looked online and other people
people that like basically done the
the kind of a denial I
I hate to say it this way but it's
it's kind of the lazy way which is
is some verbs use this one and some
some verbs use that one and
and if you look for like video examples
examples of this grammar . online
online you know you'll find them either
either web pages or videos on youtube
youtube and other sites like that
that
that basically
basically you've got ok remember these
these lists of words here and remember
remember these lists of words here
here to know which is which and
and this is really an awful thing
thing to tell students because it's
it's just incredibly frustrating and
and you knowing knowing that for a
a test is pretty helpful because you
you have time to think about that
that but in a conversation you don't
don't you need a really quick way
way to understand something and
and so when I was thinking about what's
what's the best way to do that it
it was really frustrating and you're
you're thinking about all these things
things kind of when I was in the middle
middle of my frustration it's still
still not figured out the best way
way to solve this for students i had
had seen an interview that Jackie
Jackie Chan was talk it
it was an interview of jackie chan
chan but he was talking about all
all the action scenes he does now
now Jackie Chan is a hero of mine
mine i love like his determination
determination and his perseverance
perseverance so
so the fact that he's very patient
patient and he continues to work hard
hard at something but i think this
this is a very important point here
here and the reason I'm again making
making this video is because the point
point of the jackie chan interview
interview is to show something about
about fluency but also to remind students
students that even though Jackie Chan
Chan looks amazing he looks like a
a genius when he does all these great
great action scenes that's
that's one of the the last takes after
after he's done the thing for like
like 50 60 70 a hundred times so he
he tries you know recording a particular
particular fight scene and he messes
messes up he makes a mistake over
over and over and over and over again
again but because he has the patience
patience to continue and there are
are you know willing to take the time
time to do that to get just the right
right take that's what helps us get
get fluent so
so there's always you know looking
looking at people you could like look
look at a video I make and maybe it's
it's like 10 minutes long and you
you think wow a 10 minute video but
but maybe like a hundred hours go
go into making something so that it's
it's just right like the phrasal verb
verb course that we made you know
know I took like many months to make
make a whole series of videos that
that worked just right to get the
the formula just right so that students
students can watch the videos and
and really understand a lot and then
then also have the understanding of
of how to make phrasal verbs so
so that they can create thousands
thousands of phrasal verbs on their
their own and understand how they
they work
they work so
so when you can do that that's where
where you feel you know really excited
excited and great about that so
so for you as an English Learner out
out there it's really important to
to remember you know when you're looking
looking at people like wow that guy
guy can really speak well or that
that that woman can really speak really
really well and this person is successful
successful doing that thing you're
you're only seeing the tip of the
the iceberg this
this is another great native phrase
phrase we've got an iceberg this is
is like a huge block of ice it's sitting
sitting in the water and most of the
the iceberg is below the water so
so we've got just the tip the very
very top of it above the water this
this is the water level and then the
the big part of the iceberg is below
below it down there so
so what you see the final product
product
product really
really you can you can remember that
that and be impressed by that you
you can be awed by that awwe
awwe to beyond buy something is to
to be wowed or impressed by that thing
thing
thing but
but you should remember all of the
the practice and all of the hard work
work that goes into that so you remember
remember that if you do this part
part down here this part is what comes
comes from that and other people will
will be impressed by you and other
other people will be awed by you if
if you also take the same time to
to go through that effort i won't
won't go into the grammar point because
because this is for master English
English conversation members it will
will be released very soon and they
they are very excited to be getting
getting this and I'm also really excited
excited to be releasing this lesson
lesson set because it's such an important
important grammar point that people
people should know and finally people
people will have a really simple formula
formula that they can use to automatically
automatically understand you know
know this really great grammar . so
so don't know which to use in which
which situation and then we'll be
be able to practice that so that in
in any time they're using a situation
situation that can quickly know how
how
how ok
ok we use this verb with that verb
verb that kind of thing so
so again when you're practicing things
things number one try not to think
think about rules you know so much
much as if you can see the grammar
grammar . in action and try to practice
practice it over and over again and
and the second part is to not be so
so awed by the great work you see
see other people do without remembering
remembering all the hard work that
that they're doing behind that that
that you don't really see so
so whenever you get kind of frustrated
frustrated or you look at other people
people and think wow they've really
really done something amazing like
like I started a business or they
they learn to play an instrument really
really well what
what you don't see is the hard work
work ask people about the hard work
work and how they did that part not
not just like this little part up
up here getting excited about that
that find people that are successful
successful and follow them but ask
ask how they did all that hard work
work at the bottom well
well I hope you have understood most
most of this if not all of it if you
you probably want to go back and review
review this many times there are quite
quite a few great phrases in this
this in this lesson but I look forward
forward to seeing you in the next
next one and i hope you have a fantastic
fantastic day bye-bye
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