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  • Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

  • How can I learn English?

  • I'm a beginner.

  • Help!

  • Let's talk about it.

  • Are you a beginner at English?

  • Wonderful.

  • Do you know someone who would like to begin learning English?

  • Awesome.

  • Usually my English lessons are for intermediate English learners, but today we're going to

  • slow things down and talk about some essentials.

  • First, who is a beginner?

  • Did you learn English in elementary school?

  • And do you want to relearn?

  • Congratulations.

  • You're a beginner.

  • Are you starting to learn English now?

  • Congratulations.

  • You are a beginner.

  • Being a beginner is great because you can see fast progress.

  • One day you knew nothing about English and the next day you know something.

  • Wonderful.

  • It's progress.

  • La donna.

  • Oh, hi, Theo.

  • What are you doing?

  • Tu sei un ragazzo!

  • I'm learning Italian, Theo.

  • Thanks to the sponsor of today's lesson, Duolingo, I'm starting to learn Italian.

  • My great grandmother, Antoinette Manolfi (so Italian!) and my great grandfather came from

  • the south of Italy.

  • So, it's my job to learn Italian, right?

  • Even though I'm really busy with my family and my job, I can find five to 10 minutes

  • to study a quick fun lesson on the app.

  • But really it doesn't feel like studying because you get points and rewards, which makes learning

  • a language feel like a game.

  • Because the app is completely free, anyone around the world can use it.

  • I also have a special giveaway to 10 lucky subscribers on my channel, but you'll have

  • to wait until the end of the video to find out!

  • Let's talk about my top five tips for beginners in English.

  • My first tip is #1 Learn Vocabulary.

  • Look around your house and put notes on items.

  • You can write just one word or a simple sentence or a more complex sentence.

  • When you use the microwave, read the word and sentence out loud.

  • You will remember the word microwave, the sentence structure "this is" and the verb

  • to heat up.”

  • Go crazy and put notes everywhere!

  • Let's go to tip #2.

  • #2 Improve Listening.

  • Watch simple English videos, like this lesson, and listen to simple English songs.

  • Don't be worried about using English subtitles or reading English lyrics to the songs.

  • You're a beginner, so it's okay to use this extra help.

  • Subtitles and lyrics can help you a lot.

  • Make sure that you understand at least 70%.

  • If you watch a five minute video and you are completely lost, stop.

  • It's okay.

  • Find something easier.

  • When you understand the ideas, but not every single word, this is great.

  • That means you're on the right path.

  • A good way to improve your listening is with simple songs.

  • What kind of music do you like?

  • The Beatles, Queen, Taylor Swift?

  • Whatever you like, choose one song, look up the lyrics, and listen to the song again and

  • again with the lyrics.

  • You can sing, too.

  • Congratulations!

  • You are improving your listening skills right now with this video.

  • All right, let's go to tip #3.

  • Tip #3 is Practice Pronunciation.

  • If you know a lot of English vocabulary, but other people can't understand you easily when

  • you speak, that's a sad situation.

  • So don't forget to practice your pronunciation.

  • In tip #2, Improve Listening, I said you should watch simple English videos and listened to

  • simple English songs.

  • Well, you can use these, too, to practice your pronunciation.

  • Listen to real English and repeat directly after it.

  • It's important to hear your own voice using English.

  • Every time you see an English sentence, say it out loud.

  • This is a microwave.”

  • Every time you hear an English sentence, say it out loud.

  • We are the champions, my friends, and we'll keep on fighting till the end!”

  • When you practice pronunciation, you are becoming more and more confident when you speak.

  • I used to go to work every day.

  • I used to go to work every day.

  • I used to go to work every day.

  • Are you ready to practice pronunciation and speak out loud?

  • All right, let's do it during tip #4.

  • My tip #4 for beginners learning English is to Grow Your Grammar skills.

  • This is the biggest mistake that a lot of English learners make.

  • They study only grammar.

  • Don't study tons and tons of grammar books.

  • You will feel tired, frustrated, and annoyed.

  • Not good.

  • I recommend studying basic sentence structure and basic verb conjugations.

  • What is basic sentence structure?

  • Subject + verb+ object.

  • Vanessa is a teacher.

  • Can you say that with me?

  • Vanessa is a teacher.

  • Great work.

  • You just practiced your pronunciation.

  • Let's go on to some simple verb tenses.

  • I recommend focusing on the simple past, the present continuous, and the simple future.

  • Let's take a look at some sentences and I challenge you to speak out loud, imitate my

  • voice and say these sentences directly after me.

  • Are you ready?

  • I watched this lesson.

  • It's your turn.

  • Say it out loud.

  • Great work.

  • This is the simple past because it uses -ED at the end.

  • I am watching this lesson.

  • Your turn.

  • Say it out loud.

  • Great.

  • This is the present continuous.

  • It's happening right now.

  • I'm going to watch this lesson.

  • Say it out loud.

  • Go ahead.

  • Great.

  • This is the future.

  • I usedgoing toand notwillbecausegoing tois more common in daily conversation.

  • Let's look at some more examples.

  • I learned English.

  • Go ahead.

  • Say it out loud.

  • Excellent.

  • This is the simple past because it uses -ED at the end.

  • I am a learning English.

  • Say it out loud.

  • Go ahead.

  • Excellent.

  • This is the present continuous.

  • It's happening right now.

  • You are learning English.

  • I am going to learn English, say it out loud.

  • Excellent.

  • This is the future.

  • It's something that is going to happen in the future.

  • I ate breakfast.

  • Say it out loud.

  • Go ahead.

  • Excellent work.

  • This is the simple past, but do you see -ED?

  • Nope.

  • This is an irregular past tense verb.

  • There are a lot of them in English.

  • I am eating breakfast.

  • Now it's your turn.

  • Go ahead.

  • Great.

  • This is the present continuous it's happening right now.

  • I'm going to eat breakfast.

  • Say it out loud.

  • Go ahead.

  • Excellent work.

  • This is the future.

  • And you're also using a contraction.

  • “I ambecomes “I'm.”

  • So, great work imitating, practicing your pronunciation, and also growing your simple

  • grammar skills.

  • Are you ready to learn vocabulary, improve your listening, practice your pronunciation,

  • and grow your grammar skills at the same time?

  • Okay, let's go to tip #5.

  • My fifth tip for beginners learning English is to use Duolingo.

  • Duolingo is the world's number one language learning app.

  • It is perfect for beginners and it's completely free.

  • You can do all of the four skills I just talked about.

  • Here I am learning Italian: learning vocabulary, practicing pronunciation, improving listening,

  • growing my grammar skills.

  • Knowing English can give you so many benefits in life, a better job, easier communication

  • with other people, and simply opening your mind to another language.

  • On YouTube, I share these lessons with you every week, 100% for free.

  • And I love that Duolingo shares the same mission: Make education free and accessible to everyone!

  • I have only just started to learn Italian, so I'm a beginner just like you.

  • But I know that if I continue the daily quick lessons, my skills will grow every day.

  • This is my challenge for you.

  • Maintain a positive attitude and a lot of determination and your English skills will

  • continue to improve lesson by lesson.

  • Because my subscribers are the best, I want to offer 10 lucky subscribers, maybe you,

  • a free one year subscription to Duolingo Plus, which is their ad free platform and you can

  • also download the lessons for offline use.

  • Of course, you can use the regular version of Duolingo for free forever, which is awesome!

  • But if you would like to get the ad free version, they're offering it to 10 of my lucky subscribers.

  • To win a year free subscription to Duolingo Plus, all you need to do is subscribe to my

  • YouTube channel, download the Duolingo app with the link in the description box, and

  • number three is I want to knowWhy do you want to learn English?”

  • I love learning more about my subscribers, learning more about you.

  • Tell me in the comments: Why do you want to learn English?

  • In a couple of days, I will announce the winners in the community tab of my channel.

  • Before we go, I want to tell you something.

  • You can do it.

  • I know learning English is a big task, but it is rewarding and you're not alone.

  • There are over 2 billion people who use English around the world.

  • So welcome to the family: the very, very big family!

  • Thanks so much for learning English with me.

  • And I'll see you again next Friday for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.

  • Bye!

  • Did you enjoy this free lesson?

  • The next step is to subscribe to my YouTube channel.

  • Don't forget to write a comment to tell me why do you want to learn English?

  • I can't wait to read what you have to say.

  • Keep up the good work with English.

  • Bye.

Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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