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minutes okay today's topic is 21 ways to break your routine and master a language
you're going to learn one the importance of taking a break 2 how to update your
language learning routine and 321 ways to break your learning routine if you've
ever felt like you're not making any learning progress or are in a rut then
this is for you it's time to break your routine you'll find out how in just a
second but first listen up here are this month new lessons and resources first
the how to count to 1 billion PDF eBook maybe you can already count to 10 in
your target language but with this new ebook you go all the way up to 1 billion
download it for free right now second do you know the 40 most common verbs with
this new useful verbs PDF cheat sheet you'll master the 40 most common verbs
that all beginners should know third do you know the 12 Habits of Highly
Effective language learners you'll find out what smart learners do differently
and you'll learn how to say these habits like don't procrastinate in your target
language fourth must know money phrases can you talk about money this one minute
lesson will teach you phrases like I'm broke time is money and I want to be
rich to get these free resources click the link in the description below okay
let's jump into today's topic
twenty-one ways to break your routine and master a language so have you ever
felt like you were in a language learning rut you have a routine going
you're studying but you're not really pushing the needle on your progress so
what should you do let's jump into the first part part one the importance of
taking a break so before you quit learning languages completely you should
just take a day or two off why well there's a good reason why many cultures
rest for one or two days out of the week it's why we go on vacation why we take
days off we need time to recharge our batteries because language learning is
work it's nonstop dedication to one of many goals you have in your life right
you have other things in mind bills relationships work school vacations so
first if you feel like you're in a rut take a break for a day or two do
something else and let your brain rest the next step update your current
language learning routine part 2 how to update your language learning routine
what do I mean by that I mean do something completely different with your
language learning do something you enjoy and there are two ways you can update
your routine first do something new within the specific skill you're working
on for example if you like reading and want to continue reading change the
resource put down the textbook and try a comic or our easy extensive reading
books on the website the second way is to change it up completely if you're
focusing on grammar stop that and switch over to something else like practicing
your listening with audio lessons or podcasts the point here is you break a
routine you're tired of and you do something else
something you enjoy but you're still learning the language
the result is you don't burn out you have something new to look forward to
and you're still taking action on your language goal so right now you might be
thinking okay I want to break my routine what else can I do
let's get into the third part 21 ways to break your learning routine the key here
is to do something new and fun or at least something that's easy enough so
that you're not overwhelmed and for that you need some new resources and study
tools so here are 21 examples but if you have more approaches leave a comment
these are just suggestions and you need to find out what works for you
okay if you're focusing on vocabulary set small goals learn just five words a
day that's it sign up for our free word of the day
emails you learn one new word a day every day learn words and phrases with
our free vocabulary lists these cover all kinds of topics seasons holidays and
common phrases use spaced repetition flashcards to drill words or if you're
listening to music or watching a show or a youtube video make it a goal to write
down five words you don't know for grammar listen to our audio lessons with
every lesson conversation you'll learn the grammar rules for the lines used in
the conversation it's a lot easier to hear grammar in action than to read
about the rule look up example sentences using that specific grammar rule again
it's better to learn from multiple examples and see the rules in action get
a grammar workbook and drill through the problems for speaking try and talk to
yourself say what you're doing out loud read out loud you can do this with any
reading resource including our lessons shadow which you hear if you've heard
this tactic before there's a good reason why you're hearing about it again
because it works and if you're not doing it you're missing out for listening this
is the easiest skill to practice just watch a YouTube lesson you can also look
up songs and TV show clips listen to our audio lessons on the site immerse
yourself download our dialogue tracks that give you just the conversation in
the language and play them on repeat for writing make it a goal to write one or
two sentences about your day or simply copy out text from elsewhere whether our
lesson or a social media post you saw you can also write down all the new
words you learned today finally for reading it's a bit tough to
find an easier more fun routine but try these read along as you listen to the
audio so you'll need a resource that gives you text and audio the audio will
make it easier for you to follow along you can easily do this with our audio
lessons try kids books or comics in your target language try our extensive
reading practice books these are easy one line of page books that are designed
to get you reading fast or find a book about a topic you're interested in or a
book you read before in your native language then try reading it in your
target language again the point is if you feel that you're in a language
learning rut the best thing to do is take a break and then do something new
something easier something that's fun now what's fun is really up to you as a
person you just learned a whole bunch of ways to learn but if you have more
approaches please leave a comment these are just suggestions and you need to
find out what works for you all right everyone in the last monthly review we
asked you to submit a video or audio file of yourself speaking the language
introducing yourself or talking about your country in the language so thank
you to all of you that sent in submissions you've all received a
premium plus subscription as a reward now let's take a look at some of the
videos
okay so we've received a few audio messages from our viewers this month so
I'm going to have a listen to them let's get started
hey Alisha hi how's queen good I'm talking I'm from Bangladesh Bangladesh
cool I own a long language because I want to
go abroad I can get good job and in she's an international place but my
English is not so good especially in the drama part I don't know hard to do and
how to improve in English I'm also preparing for miles
poor you please help me how to improve in English have a lovely day
thank you cool thank you and thanks for wishing us a lovely day yeah how to
improve in English I think the most important thing is to continue your
studies always continue your studies every day study a little bit so in your
case you said grammar is really tough so I think if you focus on grammar like you
know that grammar is tough for you if you can focus on really studying grammar
a little bit every day slowly over time over weeks and months you'll get used to
it and then you can move on to more like different like a lot of different things
so like vocabulary or you can move on to listening practice and so on so in your
case you already know grammar is tough so start there good luck with your
continued studies and make sure you keep studying every day I think that's super
important thanks for this message okay let's go on to the next one
hello my name is because villain and from India India I've been learning
English for two years and I think I have not gone too far to have gained so much
knowledge about the language I've been watching it in this class or not one
videos since 2018 and I have got a lot of stuff at this site stuck when it
comes to speaking and I have not interacted much with native speakers I'm
looking forward to practice more English with this channel but English class 101
lastly a tank all the stuffs that English class put to YouTube
thank you nice yeah speaking is tough I know many people really struggle with
speaking like it's hard to find a native speaker to practice with so for some
people I know they like to use apps they found like study partners online and
they use an app to practice with a native speaker or someone who has native
speaker level English so maybe that's one thing that you can try to do another
thing you can do is practice shadowing we talked about shadowing a lot on the
channel which means repeating after something after a native speaker so you
can choose a video that I did that I've made or you can choose a video that like
Davy or Michael appears in and you can practice speaking just after them too so
I think those kinds of things can help you to improve your speaking skills and
get used to making the sounds at a faster pace because like in your message
here like your sentences were grammatically correct your vocabulary
choices were nice like you said speaking and you know
speaking smoothly and getting unstuck and feeling like you can communicate
naturally I think in order to do that you have to kind of push yourself to
practice a little bit faster and like using the same words that native
speakers do so try shadowing that's one thing you can do without a partner and
if you can find a partner great I know for many people that isn't possible
finding a partner and making these recordings of yourself speaking that's
another thing that can help you a lot of things thank you very much for this
message very cool okay I'm going to go to the next one
hello hi I'm Korean and from Mexico so Lana Turner of the country okay so no
rice a state where you can relax everyday riding a horse watching horses
race while you drink some beers and listen and the music or gorillas also
usually those kind of bands to concerts that are are named Silas will go and
dance all night in Sonora we have the best meat of Mexico therefore we make
the best tacos oh well Sonora is like a big ranch
so Javier thanks for sending us a message about your cities Sonora that
sounds really cool so it sounds like lots of good food he claims that the
best tacos the best meat is in his City and he talked about these really cool
parties that go all night I forgot the word already I have to listen to your
message again but that was really cool I really enjoyed learning about your city
and just like 43 seconds that was super cool thanks for sending that I kind of
want to see like a picture of this now - awesome thanks very much okay that is
everything that we have for this month's user submission so thank you so so much
to everybody who sent one in and I'm looking forward to hearing from you all
again next month - thanks very much
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