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Hi, how are you? I'm Gabby Wallace your American English teacher here to help make the world a more fluent place with your help
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so if you'd like to know how to express yourself and
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Impress others with your awesome English keep watching what if there was a way to?
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Accelerate your English learning to learn more in less time
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What if there was a way to become?
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Almost a language learning expert so that you're not only learning English, but you're able to
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Easily learn or absorb any language you wanted to learn
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Well, that's what I teach here at go natural English as the first step of English language learning is how to learn the language
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So we don't just dive right into what is the past present tense or
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Lists of vocabulary words. In fact, I don't like lists of vocabulary words
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I like to teach them in a more meaningful way, but you get my point before learning any
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specific English lessons we have
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To make sure that we have a learning mindset and that we understand
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Strategies for language learning because the way that we were taught to learn English or other languages in school
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Hasn't been working very well, and I know that firsthand because it didn't work for me, and I know as an English teacher
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Having to teach in traditional methods at traditional
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Schools in a traditional classroom with a traditional textbook that it doesn't work for English language learners either
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So in this lesson, I want to share several
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Strategies that you can use to become kind of a language learning expert whether you're learning English or other?
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Languages too, so let's go. Let's dive right into
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Strategy for language learning now this lesson is brought to us by the English fluency formula
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Which is an e-book that I wrote to put together
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My best lessons and strategies and techniques for you in one easy
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to read
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downloadable
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Resource it's also available streaming online
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There's audio so that you can listen to it as you read or just listen or just read there's a lot of options, so
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Anyway on page seven we have several
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strategies
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One thing that's really helpful when you're learning a language is to read a little bit every day
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This is especially helpful if you're not in an English environment
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so if you're not living in the United States, maybe you're in your home country and
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What you see around you is actually in your native language
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so if you go to a restaurant the menu is in your native language if you
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Drive around your city signs are in your native language
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If you view the news it's in your native language
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So you need to challenge yourself you have to actually push yourself to select something every day to read in
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English now I would suggest that you automate this make it something that is easy and
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Automatic for you to read every day
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so maybe it's the news on the BBC or NPR or Voice of America which is a
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special news site for English learners
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You could make sure that every day you're reading part of a book that you want to read maybe a fiction or nonfiction
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Book, I personally love reading
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biographies and I love reading nonfiction or
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real stories real history or
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self-help books too actually
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I love those because I love to always learn about how to become a better person okay anyway more strategies
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review and
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Repeat what you've already learned because if you don't review it and repeat it well
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It's kind of like riding a bicycle after a while if you don't ride your bicycle
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You know it takes a little time maybe a few minutes to actually remember how to keep your balance
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But it'll come back to you easily
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but if you continue riding a little bit every day you're gonna get stronger and faster and better and
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Improve and build some muscles and endurance, too
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next keep a positive
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can-do
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So don't focus on what you can't do don't
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worry about
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Thinking thoughts like oh my English is so bad. I'll never learn English these thoughts are not helpful really
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Keep a positive mindset, and think about all the things that you've already learned if you can understand me right now
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You're doing a great job
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So remember that you are 100%
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capable of learning English fluently I believe in you and I want you to believe in yourself and to stay positive too so next
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Related to that don't focus on the negative
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Don't focus on what you can't do don't focus on your mistakes
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But actually focus on what you can do and what you can improve
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Maybe there's just one little thing that you could learn today or one mistake that you could improve today mistakes are
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amazing opportunities
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to learn and improve
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So if you learn just one little thing one new thing every day
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or you make an observation of a new way to use a vocabulary word or a
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new proverb a new idiom or maybe just
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Observing the way that words are pronounced if you just try to
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Learn one little thing every day your English is going to improve a lot over time
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So don't feel like you're not doing enough. Don't get down on yourself. Don't feel bad
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If you're not able to study for hours, and hours every single day. I'm telling you you'll
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Definitely improve if you just do a little bit every day if you can do more
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That's great, but I know you're busy
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And I know that a little bit every day will definitely help you to improve, so just keep at it
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Okay
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two more quick tips use a variety of resources
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And a variety of different kinds of media like text audio
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video and especially
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Use things that you enjoy so use a variety of different
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Resources that's one strategy for learning
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You know don't just rely on your textbook or reading because then you're not gonna know how words sounds so be sure to listen
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To people speak or watch videos or TV programs as well and finally select
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media that you enjoy books that you enjoy music that you enjoy because
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English should become a part of your life that you love at least that's my hope for you because I know that
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With that kind of strategy making English part of your life and making English something that you look forward to
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Doing every day or experiencing every day is gonna
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Help you to learn a lot faster, and of course. It's gonna be more fun
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So I hope that these strategies are helpful for you
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I know that they've been helpful for me as I've studied different languages
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Right over there. Thanks so much for watching, and I'll see you in another lesson soon bye for now