if you're fed up with getting stuck in
English of not being able to fully
express yourself or constantly feeling
judged and self-conscious when you speak
English this videos for you becoming
fluent is not something that just
happens to you okay I'll just listen to
podcasts and watch movies without
subtitles and read lots of books and
speak a little bit at work and then I'll
be fluent no that doesn't happen that
way it's like planning a project at work
or deciding to renovate your house right
you're not just stumbling upon furniture
or people asking them hey do you mind
breaking this wall in my apartment
because I need to renovate it and then
you break a wall then you're like oh no
that was not a good idea maybe I need to
put back the wall and then break another
wall then you go ahead and break that
wall and then you go above your budget
and the house is a mess right and you
have no idea what to do well it's it's
sort of the same thing but but different
if your goal is to become fluent you
have to make it a project of yours
you have to plan it you have to see
what's working for you and what's not
working for you you have to focus your
attention and to do only the things that
get your results you've got to stop
wasting time with the wrong teachers you
got to stop wasting times watching all
these videos without really doing
something about it you have to stop
wasting time doing things that don't
advance you but to do that you have to
know what you need and the only person
that can help you with that is you today
I'm gonna teach you the three steps that
will help you develop your fluency
strategy to understand what to learn and
how to learn it how to practice
effectively and how to boost your
confidence by changing your mindset and
owning that fluent mindset that will
help you kick ass when you speak English
the way I see it fluency has three
pillars the first pillar is knowledge
knowledge of words knowledge of grammar
knowledge of pronunciation
right knowing how to use certain
expressions and what words to use when
and how to structure in a sentence
so this is knowledge the second pillar
is practice which is taking all the
knowledge that you have and turning it
into spoken English this is usually the
biggest struggle most people are having
an easier time reading and writing and
listening to English but when they have
to speak that's the main challenge
retrieving the right words knowing how
to structure it fast and fluently and of
course being able to pronounce it and to
sound clear when speaking so you
actually communicate your message
the last pillar is confidence it's great
to know all those things you know you
can learn for hours on end and you can
practice with your teachers and with
your friends but if you don't have the
confidence to speak up when you're
needed when you're asked the question
when you have something to say in a
meeting or in front of people or just in
the store if you avoid conversations
like you avoid fire then you need to
boost your confidence now confidence is
one of the pillars but it's also the
result of the first two because when you
learn more and when you practice more of
course it improves your confidence and
these three elements are essential if
you want to become fluent in any
language now that we know these three
elements we need to understand how to
improve in each and every element here
when it comes to learning English I feel
very lucky I think that we all are we
live at a time that there is so much
information out there there are so many
learning resources high-quality top
resources they can just reach your hand
and grab them for free the downside of
it is that you don't know what to focus
on because if you go and try to learn
everything that is out there because
you're passionate and motivated the
result is that it can be overwhelming a
waste of time and sometimes redundant
let me give you an example if you still
struggle with a past simple tense or
present simple do not go and learn the
perfect tenses master the basic and most
used tenses before you move on to more
advanced tense
phrasal verbs are very important but if
you still don't know when to use on in
and asking about time and space do not
go and learn all the phrasal verbs out
there in the world focused first on the
things that get you stuck because you
use them daily okay
understand what are your needs and focus
just on that when it comes to
pronunciation do not go and learn all
the different nuances of the American
tea and all the extra sounds added when
you're connecting words if your arse and
ELLs are still getting confused okay I'm
not saying it's not important it's not
important right now you need to focus on
the things that will get you the best
results and those things are the most
apparent things the things that you
probably want to deal with the least
because you're so tired of it or and
bored with it but these are the most
important elements that keep getting you
stuck and when it comes to vocabulary
don't waste your time learning words
that you don't know focus on using words
that you know but never use that you
understand when other people speak that
you use in reading and writing but you
never use in speaking that will get your
results learning new words and
memorizing them and never using them
along with the other 1,500 words that
you already know we never use will not
get you results when you're planning
your learning roadmap trying to
understand what are the topics that you
need to focus on you have to laser focus
on the things that critical pieces that
are missing when you're speaking English
the critical pieces that still hold you
back
when you speak English do not go
although it's tempting do not go and
learn everything that is out there
that's just procrastinating that's just
not dealing with what's important for
you and believe me I know I know it's
the most boring stuff it's the stuff
that you know but it's just not a part
of you so you know that you need to do
it but it's just it's not there yet and
then you're like pushing it to the
corner
no open that box
and drill down and master it and then
you will see how everything is so much
so much easier when it comes to
practicing English remember that it's
always quality over quantity you do not
need to study every day for two hours
you do not need to move to an
english-speaking country in order to
immerse yourself and really improve no
you can do it from a non-english
speaking country also and you can become
fluent and you can master the language
and I know it because I've seen it
happen
swear to God I've seen my students in my
community members take huge leaps in
their English and their ability to
communicate just by practicing
effectively what is to practice
effectively first of all to plan it out
to learn only the things that you need
to learn you need to be aware of what
you're doing maybe you need to record
yourself maybe you need to videotape
yourself listening to it giving yourself
feedback looking in the mirror to make
sure that you're opening your mouth or
rounding your lips as you're speaking
all of these things turn your practice
into a conscious active exercise from
which you can learn and improve remember
that the small changes make all the
difference and of course speak as much
as possible speak to yourself in the car
speak to a friend you don't have to have
native speakers around you to be able to
speak and to practice you don't need
that constant feedback understand that
just speaking looking for the words
trying to understand how to say it even
if it's when speaking to non-native
speakers it's a great way to improve in
fact I find that non-native speakers
have a much easier time to practice with
fellow non-native speakers they feel
less judged they feel a lot more freedom
because they know they're both in the
same boat and this is why I started our
online community and if you're not a
member please click the link below and
join us because it's a safe space for
people to discuss meaningful things in
English because you don't have to
constantly practice English to practice
English you just need to
speak and when you speak about
meaningful things and when you really
connect with other people from around
the world it makes everything so much
better and to be honest is the most
empowering and safest space I've ever
seen online so click on the link and
join us lastly let's talk about
confidence you know that voice in your
head that tells you oh you made a
mistake oh you're not gonna be able to
say it oh you're not gonna know how to
finish the sentence why even bother
starting you sound funny they're gonna
think you're stupid do you know that do
you know that voice you know these
voices it's not just in your head I just
want you to know that it's in everyone's
heads and even in my head because what
do you think when I'm speaking to you
right now in front of the camera there
isn't this vicious Hadar sitting up here
and they're like you didn't sound good
here you made a grammar mistake mm-hmm
that's the best you can do
it's here all the time the question is
how much space I'm willing to give this
person sitting right here usually I tell
her to take the back seat because I'm
right here making videos for you guys
and that's more important than making a
presentation mistake or grammar mistake
when you're communicating with other
people you give others the opportunity
to get to know you to learn from you to
understand something about themselves or
about you or about the world even if
it's simple things when you're holding
yourself back because of mean voices you
are denying yourself the opportunity to
be you even if it's in the second
language you have to remember that and
there are a few things that you need to
keep your minding yourself that will
completely change your mindset and those
things are being perfect is overrated
I hate nothing more than hearing the
term speak like a negative speaker
because when you set the bar so high the
gap is so wide that you'll feel that
you'll never be able to reach there if
this is your goal then this becomes
impossible you don't need to sound
like a native speaker sound like
yourself but your most fluent expressive
and confident self that's your goal
don't try to achieve something that will
hold you back try to achieve something
that will empower you really trust me on
that I know I know that it's hard to
change that mindset because you've been
told for years that the only way to
become fluent is to sound like a native
speaker but understand that being a
native speaker is a is something that
happens if you're born into the language
and if you're not born into the language
you can become very fluent in the
language and you can master it and you
can master the accent I know that and
again I've done it myself but I know the
the journey is long and it takes a lot
of hard work and sometimes the goals
should be expressing yourself being
fluent finding the words sounding clear
even if it's not like a negative speaker
even if people still ask you where
you're from okay the thing is that you
need to be okay with that you need to
understand that what you bring to the
table as a non-native speaker is your
gift is your advantage okay don't try to
hide it
don't try to wash out your identity
become clear have a powerful voice say
what you have to say doesn't matter if
it's with an accent and it doesn't
matter if it's with mistakes which leads
me to the second thing and that is
mistakes are okay mistakes are the only
way to learn don't beat yourself up
every time you make a mistake don't be
afraid of making mistakes because that
will only result in not speaking don't
wait till it's perfect to speak your
pronunciation your knowledge of English
your thought okay don't wait for you to
know exactly what you need to say before
you speak start speaking get stuck make
a mistake ask for help but speak once
you're okay with making mistakes and
again I'm telling you this because I
have come
terms with my mistakes with my grammar
mistakes with my pronunciation mistakes
with my stupid typos in my videos that I
don't see because I've been writing
words phonetically for years now that
I've forgotten how to spell correctly
okay but I have to become okay with it
to be able to make those videos for you
and if you feel that you're benefiting
from my videos then I know that I've
done my work then I know that I did my
job in this world because at the end of
the day it's not about being perfect but
it's about communicating with the world
and expressing yourself and it doesn't
matter in what language you do that the
most important thing is that you show up
now you know that in order for you to
make things happen you have to take
action and this is why I want you to
take a few minutes right now and share
with us in the comments below two things
one where do you struggle the most is it
with knowing what to learn and how to
pursue your knowledge is it sitting down
and actually doing the work practicing
or is it confidence what are the voices
that you hear in your head and then the
second thing I want you to do is to
write down your game plan what are you
planning to focus on what are the things
that you are going to learn in order to
improve be as specific as possible
really the most specific you could be
and then I want you to let us know how
much time out of your day you're willing
to invest practicing effectively in
order to become the most fluent you've
ever been and if you haven't yet I
highly encourage you to join our amazing
online community so I'll post a link to
it right here below I know I'm not
objective but I'm not the only one
saying it it's really the most the
safest most empowering place where you
can share and learn from and create
activities so really
telling you don't waste your time click
that link and get your butt in there
thank you for letting me share this with
you and I truly believe that if you put
your mind into it and you do the work
English will come to you thank you so
much for watching and I'll see you next
time