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  • well hello out there in YouTube

  • well hello out there in YouTube land this is drew badger the

  • land this is drew badger the

  • land this is drew badger the co-founder of English anyone .

  • co-founder of English anyone .

  • co-founder of English anyone . com and your English fluency

  • com and your English fluency

  • com and your English fluency guide

  • guide

  • guide well we got 10,000 views on the

  • well we got 10,000 views on the

  • well we got 10,000 views on the last video in our series on

  • last video in our series on

  • last video in our series on advanced listening practice and

  • advanced listening practice and

  • advanced listening practice and here we are again so let's

  • here we are again so let's

  • here we are again so let's continue the show you guys are

  • continue the show you guys are

  • continue the show you guys are actually getting these views a

  • actually getting these views a

  • actually getting these views a little too quickly maybe you

  • little too quickly maybe you

  • little too quickly maybe you should not watch so much and

  • should not watch so much and

  • should not watch so much and you're making me busy over here

  • you're making me busy over here

  • you're making me busy over here I've got a newborn baby to take

  • I've got a newborn baby to take

  • I've got a newborn baby to take care of but it's ok i'm just

  • care of but it's ok i'm just

  • care of but it's ok i'm just kidding if you keep giving me

  • kidding if you keep giving me

  • kidding if you keep giving me the views i will keep giving you

  • the views i will keep giving you

  • the views i will keep giving you all of the new videos

  • all of the new videos

  • all of the new videos so let's keep them coming anyway

  • so let's keep them coming anyway

  • so let's keep them coming anyway if you're new to the program as

  • if you're new to the program as

  • if you're new to the program as i always say at the beginning of

  • i always say at the beginning of

  • i always say at the beginning of this series in advanced

  • this series in advanced

  • this series in advanced listening practice we speak a

  • listening practice we speak a

  • listening practice we speak a little bit more quickly actually

  • little bit more quickly actually

  • little bit more quickly actually quite a bit more quickly i try

  • quite a bit more quickly i try

  • quite a bit more quickly i try to go even faster than native

  • to go even faster than native

  • to go even faster than native speed and just so you can learn

  • speed and just so you can learn

  • speed and just so you can learn a few new words but also just

  • a few new words but also just

  • a few new words but also just get used to listening to native

  • get used to listening to native

  • get used to listening to native English the kind of English that

  • English the kind of English that

  • English the kind of English that you would see in movies or TV

  • you would see in movies or TV

  • you would see in movies or TV shows or in actual conversations

  • shows or in actual conversations

  • shows or in actual conversations but if you're new to the program

  • but if you're new to the program

  • but if you're new to the program or you're new to my channel i

  • or you're new to my channel i

  • or you're new to my channel i recommend you go back and watch

  • recommend you go back and watch

  • recommend you go back and watch a lot of the previous videos we

  • a lot of the previous videos we

  • a lot of the previous videos we have a whole over 250 videos on

  • have a whole over 250 videos on

  • have a whole over 250 videos on the channel so please go back

  • the channel so please go back

  • the channel so please go back and watch some of those to make

  • and watch some of those to make

  • and watch some of those to make sure you're used to my voice and

  • sure you're used to my voice and

  • sure you're used to my voice and that way you can actually focus

  • that way you can actually focus

  • that way you can actually focus more on listening to fast

  • more on listening to fast

  • more on listening to fast english and learning a few of

  • english and learning a few of

  • english and learning a few of the new phrases that I'll teach

  • the new phrases that I'll teach

  • the new phrases that I'll teach as the lessons go on but do go

  • as the lessons go on but do go

  • as the lessons go on but do go back and do that

  • back and do that

  • back and do that also if you'd like to learn a

  • also if you'd like to learn a

  • also if you'd like to learn a lot more about how you can learn

  • lot more about how you can learn

  • lot more about how you can learn thousands of new words learn

  • thousands of new words learn

  • thousands of new words learn lots of great phrases and

  • lots of great phrases and

  • lots of great phrases and expressions and start speaking

  • expressions and start speaking

  • expressions and start speaking in English the same way you

  • in English the same way you

  • in English the same way you speak in your native language

  • speak in your native language

  • speak in your native language you can click on the link right

  • you can click on the link right

  • you can click on the link right here in the description down

  • here in the description down

  • here in the description down below the video as well and that

  • below the video as well and that

  • below the video as well and that will take you to master English

  • will take you to master English

  • will take you to master English conversation and you can learn a

  • conversation and you can learn a

  • conversation and you can learn a lot more about that and that's

  • lot more about that and that's

  • lot more about that and that's really the best of what we do

  • really the best of what we do

  • really the best of what we do anyway let's get on with the

  • anyway let's get on with the

  • anyway let's get on with the lesson of that now so I'm going

  • lesson of that now so I'm going

  • lesson of that now so I'm going to speak a little bit faster

  • to speak a little bit faster

  • to speak a little bit faster voices and usually speaking I

  • voices and usually speaking I

  • voices and usually speaking I don't you just love that if you

  • don't you just love that if you

  • don't you just love that if you really like listening to the

  • really like listening to the

  • really like listening to the sound of my voice i know i do on

  • sound of my voice i know i do on

  • sound of my voice i know i do on occasion

  • occasion

  • occasion actually I don't really like the

  • actually I don't really like the

  • actually I don't really like the sound of my voice very much but

  • sound of my voice very much but

  • sound of my voice very much but a lot of people on YouTube have

  • a lot of people on YouTube have

  • a lot of people on YouTube have been very nice to comment to say

  • been very nice to comment to say

  • been very nice to comment to say that i do have a nice voice and

  • that i do have a nice voice and

  • that i do have a nice voice and actually my baby which I intra

  • actually my baby which I intra

  • actually my baby which I intra I can't really speak on trying

  • I can't really speak on trying

  • I can't really speak on trying to speak too quickly now but

  • to speak too quickly now but

  • to speak too quickly now but when I introduce my my new

  • when I introduce my my new

  • when I introduce my my new daughter in the last video a lot

  • daughter in the last video a lot

  • daughter in the last video a lot of people are really

  • of people are really

  • of people are really congratula Tory this is a great

  • congratula Tory this is a great

  • congratula Tory this is a great word congratula Tory they were

  • word congratula Tory they were

  • word congratula Tory they were congratulating me for becoming a

  • congratulating me for becoming a

  • congratulating me for becoming a new father

  • new father

  • new father I still can't believe it so this

  • I still can't believe it so this

  • I still can't believe it so this is my new video that I'm making

  • is my new video that I'm making

  • is my new video that I'm making after that one

  • after that one

  • after that one and are you my daughter was born

  • and are you my daughter was born

  • and are you my daughter was born on the sixth of this month of

  • on the sixth of this month of

  • on the sixth of this month of August so only about maybe less

  • August so only about maybe less

  • August so only about maybe less than three weeks so she's only

  • than three weeks so she's only

  • than three weeks so she's only been in this world for a little

  • been in this world for a little

  • been in this world for a little bit and now we're experiencing

  • bit and now we're experiencing

  • bit and now we're experiencing her at home and having a lot of

  • her at home and having a lot of

  • her at home and having a lot of time to enjoy with her but you

  • time to enjoy with her but you

  • time to enjoy with her but you know she doesn't really do so

  • know she doesn't really do so

  • know she doesn't really do so much so in between you know

  • much so in between you know

  • much so in between you know changing diapers which I am

  • changing diapers which I am

  • changing diapers which I am doing i'm actually doing a lot

  • doing i'm actually doing a lot

  • doing i'm actually doing a lot of work around the house so I'm

  • of work around the house so I'm

  • of work around the house so I'm doing a little bit more taking

  • doing a little bit more taking

  • doing a little bit more taking care of her picking her up

  • care of her picking her up

  • care of her picking her up showing her around but you know

  • showing her around but you know

  • showing her around but you know we really can't do so much but I

  • we really can't do so much but I

  • we really can't do so much but I am trying to get her as i

  • am trying to get her as i

  • am trying to get her as i mentioned in the video before I

  • mentioned in the video before I

  • mentioned in the video before I believe the previous video when

  • believe the previous video when

  • believe the previous video when i introduced her

  • i introduced her

  • i introduced her I'm getting myself into the

  • I'm getting myself into the

  • I'm getting myself into the habit of how i can teach her so

  • habit of how i can teach her so

  • habit of how i can teach her so having specific times when i

  • having specific times when i

  • having specific times when i read to her and how I read to

  • read to her and how I read to

  • read to her and how I read to her and other things like that

  • her and other things like that

  • her and other things like that so maybe we go for a little bit

  • so maybe we go for a little bit

  • so maybe we go for a little bit of a walk and we talk about

  • of a walk and we talk about

  • of a walk and we talk about certain things and even if you

  • certain things and even if you

  • certain things and even if you know the information is not

  • know the information is not

  • know the information is not really being remembered

  • really being remembered

  • really being remembered self-consciously yeah i guess i

  • self-consciously yeah i guess i

  • self-consciously yeah i guess i should say consciously in the

  • should say consciously in the

  • should say consciously in the subconscious mind is already

  • subconscious mind is already

  • subconscious mind is already starting to pour in there

  • starting to pour in there

  • starting to pour in there both her English and her

  • both her English and her

  • both her English and her japanese and as she grows we can

  • japanese and as she grows we can

  • japanese and as she grows we can take a little bit more of a

  • take a little bit more of a

  • take a little bit more of a specific way of teaching her and

  • specific way of teaching her and

  • specific way of teaching her and I'm going to talk about that in

  • I'm going to talk about that in

  • I'm going to talk about that in this video

  • this video

  • this video so in the previous video I was

  • so in the previous video I was

  • so in the previous video I was asking people what they thought

  • asking people what they thought

  • asking people what they thought about you know me actually

  • about you know me actually

  • about you know me actually taking a lot of time to explain

  • taking a lot of time to explain

  • taking a lot of time to explain more about how i teach younger

  • more about how i teach younger

  • more about how i teach younger children so that way if you've

  • children so that way if you've

  • children so that way if you've got younger students yourself or

  • got younger students yourself or

  • got younger students yourself or maybe you're living in a foreign

  • maybe you're living in a foreign

  • maybe you're living in a foreign country and your English is

  • country and your English is

  • country and your English is already pretty good but you want

  • already pretty good but you want

  • already pretty good but you want to start teaching your you know

  • to start teaching your you know

  • to start teaching your you know you're growing children may be

  • you're growing children may be

  • you're growing children may be there are a few years old or

  • there are a few years old or

  • there are a few years old or even if you have parents or

  • even if you have parents or

  • even if you have parents or something like that that has no

  • something like that that has no

  • something like that that has no idea about the English language

  • idea about the English language

  • idea about the English language at all but you'd like to help

  • at all but you'd like to help

  • at all but you'd like to help teach them

  • teach them

  • teach them we actually have a lot of

  • we actually have a lot of

  • we actually have a lot of English videos on our channel we

  • English videos on our channel we

  • English videos on our channel we have a whole playlist from 1 to

  • have a whole playlist from 1 to

  • have a whole playlist from 1 to 19

  • 19

  • 19 actually I really need to

  • actually I really need to

  • actually I really need to continue with that series will

  • continue with that series will

  • continue with that series will come we'll come back to that in

  • come we'll come back to that in

  • come we'll come back to that in the future but right now that's

  • the future but right now that's

  • the future but right now that's the actual English anyone

  • the actual English anyone

  • the actual English anyone playlist for beginners

  • playlist for beginners

  • playlist for beginners and so what we're doing with

  • and so what we're doing with

  • and so what we're doing with that one is actually taking

  • that one is actually taking

  • that one is actually taking people from zero so without any

  • people from zero so without any

  • people from zero so without any knowledge of the english

  • knowledge of the english

  • knowledge of the english language at all you could show

  • language at all you could show

  • language at all you could show that video series to someone and

  • that video series to someone and

  • that video series to someone and they would begin to understand

  • they would begin to understand

  • they would begin to understand the language

  • the language

  • the language so this is a project that i

  • so this is a project that i

  • so this is a project that i began a long time ago and

  • began a long time ago and

  • began a long time ago and hopefully I come back to it in

  • hopefully I come back to it in

  • hopefully I come back to it in the future but I'm going to come

  • the future but I'm going to come

  • the future but I'm going to come back to it in a certain way it's

  • back to it in a certain way it's

  • back to it in a certain way it's actually funny if you type in

  • actually funny if you type in

  • actually funny if you type in youtube search if you type in

  • youtube search if you type in

  • youtube search if you type in english anyone

  • english anyone

  • english anyone maybe it'll be different for you

  • maybe it'll be different for you

  • maybe it'll be different for you but if you're typing that in the

  • but if you're typing that in the

  • but if you're typing that in the auto complete feature that

  • auto complete feature that

  • auto complete feature that google has a YouTube uses it

  • google has a YouTube uses it

  • google has a YouTube uses it actually says less than 20

  • actually says less than 20

  • actually says less than 20 so that's the one it's like one

  • so that's the one it's like one

  • so that's the one it's like one of the things that people are

  • of the things that people are

  • of the things that people are searching for

  • searching for

  • searching for but we don't have the video made

  • but we don't have the video made

  • but we don't have the video made so if you've been looking for

  • so if you've been looking for

  • so if you've been looking for that one I'm sorry but will be

  • that one I'm sorry but will be

  • that one I'm sorry but will be coming to that in a few in the

  • coming to that in a few in the

  • coming to that in a few in the future but in a slightly

  • future but in a slightly

  • future but in a slightly different way

  • different way

  • different way so what I wanted to talk with

  • so what I wanted to talk with

  • so what I wanted to talk with you about today is how i'm

  • you about today is how i'm

  • you about today is how i'm teaching reading and how to

  • teaching reading and how to

  • teaching reading and how to teach reading to my daughter

  • teach reading to my daughter

  • teach reading to my daughter so before and I just right quick

  • so before and I just right quick

  • so before and I just right quick if you hear any like crying or

  • if you hear any like crying or

  • if you hear any like crying or anything like that coming from

  • anything like that coming from

  • anything like that coming from the next room that's going to be

  • the next room that's going to be

  • the next room that's going to be her making herself known in this

  • her making herself known in this

  • her making herself known in this video

  • video

  • video so we'll see if she remains

  • so we'll see if she remains

  • so we'll see if she remains quiet not anyway in the previous

  • quiet not anyway in the previous

  • quiet not anyway in the previous video I ask people if they were

  • video I ask people if they were

  • video I ask people if they were curious to know how I'm teaching

  • curious to know how I'm teaching

  • curious to know how I'm teaching my daughter and what I'm doing

  • my daughter and what I'm doing

  • my daughter and what I'm doing at home you know because she

  • at home you know because she

  • at home you know because she gets to have me be her personal

  • gets to have me be her personal

  • gets to have me be her personal fluency guide and actually show

  • fluency guide and actually show

  • fluency guide and actually show her all of the things i'm

  • her all of the things i'm

  • her all of the things i'm actually trying to make it even

  • actually trying to make it even

  • actually trying to make it even faster than native so assuming

  • faster than native so assuming

  • faster than native so assuming you know she has a regular mind

  • you know she has a regular mind

  • you know she has a regular mind and can absorb things we're

  • and can absorb things we're

  • and can absorb things we're still trying to figure that out

  • still trying to figure that out

  • still trying to figure that out hopefully she's okay

  • hopefully she's okay

  • hopefully she's okay I think she will be but assuming

  • I think she will be but assuming

  • I think she will be but assuming she can learn things normally

  • she can learn things normally

  • she can learn things normally and doesn't have any you know

  • and doesn't have any you know

  • and doesn't have any you know developmental problems or

  • developmental problems or

  • developmental problems or anything like that we should be

  • anything like that we should be

  • anything like that we should be able to do lots of things that

  • able to do lots of things that

  • able to do lots of things that get even faster

  • get even faster

  • get even faster - fluency than normal because

  • - fluency than normal because

  • - fluency than normal because we're not only just you know

  • we're not only just you know

  • we're not only just you know kind of doing the everyday

  • kind of doing the everyday

  • kind of doing the everyday talking with her but teaching

  • talking with her but teaching

  • talking with her but teaching her in a very strategic

  • her in a very strategic

  • her in a very strategic wait so making sure that all the

  • wait so making sure that all the

  • wait so making sure that all the things that were speaking are

  • things that were speaking are

  • things that were speaking are nice and clear and it's obvious

  • nice and clear and it's obvious

  • nice and clear and it's obvious and we're not giving her too

  • and we're not giving her too

  • and we're not giving her too much information at one time so

  • much information at one time so

  • much information at one time so because people are interested in

  • because people are interested in

  • because people are interested in knowing how I'm going to teach

  • knowing how I'm going to teach

  • knowing how I'm going to teach her and other things like that i

  • her and other things like that i

  • her and other things like that i just want to talk about one

  • just want to talk about one

  • just want to talk about one specific thing in this video and

  • specific thing in this video and

  • specific thing in this video and that's reading so most of my you

  • that's reading so most of my you

  • that's reading so most of my you know all the fans are the people

  • know all the fans are the people

  • know all the fans are the people that I teach and help on youtube

  • that I teach and help on youtube

  • that I teach and help on youtube they know me for doing these

  • they know me for doing these

  • they know me for doing these kinds of lessons when I'm

  • kinds of lessons when I'm

  • kinds of lessons when I'm speaking you know like talking

  • speaking you know like talking

  • speaking you know like talking to people having

  • to people having

  • to people having master English conversation

  • master English conversation

  • master English conversation lessons as well so those

  • lessons as well so those

  • lessons as well so those programs that we have four more

  • programs that we have four more

  • programs that we have four more higher level students so they

  • higher level students so they

  • higher level students so they already understand quite a bit

  • already understand quite a bit

  • already understand quite a bit of English but the problem is

  • of English but the problem is

  • of English but the problem is that they don't really know how

  • that they don't really know how

  • that they don't really know how to express themselves in a

  • to express themselves in a

  • to express themselves in a native and natural weight

  • native and natural weight

  • native and natural weight so that's how we're helping them

  • so that's how we're helping them

  • so that's how we're helping them and we're kind of making videos

  • and we're kind of making videos

  • and we're kind of making videos that bridge the gap what I call

  • that bridge the gap what I call

  • that bridge the gap what I call the fluency gap so that you can

  • the fluency gap so that you can

  • the fluency gap so that you can go from not understanding the

  • go from not understanding the

  • go from not understanding the things that you would see in a

  • things that you would see in a

  • things that you would see in a conversation or movies or TV

  • conversation or movies or TV

  • conversation or movies or TV shows but then we would teach

  • shows but then we would teach

  • shows but then we would teach you those you can actually enjoy

  • you those you can actually enjoy

  • you those you can actually enjoy conversations more

  • conversations more

  • conversations more so that's the typical thing that

  • so that's the typical thing that

  • so that's the typical thing that I do but really my education as

  • I do but really my education as

  • I do but really my education as far as you know my teaching

  • far as you know my teaching

  • far as you know my teaching experience in my career

  • experience in my career

  • experience in my career experiences

  • experiences

  • experiences starting with really really

  • starting with really really

  • starting with really really young children so when I lived

  • young children so when I lived

  • young children so when I lived in kyoto japan and even before

  • in kyoto japan and even before

  • in kyoto japan and even before that maybe even older

  • that maybe even older

  • that maybe even older previously i should say than 10

  • previously i should say than 10

  • previously i should say than 10 years ago when I was just coming

  • years ago when I was just coming

  • years ago when I was just coming to japan i started teaching

  • to japan i started teaching

  • to japan i started teaching younger children

  • younger children

  • younger children so actually when I first came

  • so actually when I first came

  • so actually when I first came here I was teaching maybe junior

  • here I was teaching maybe junior

  • here I was teaching maybe junior high school kids but the

  • high school kids but the

  • high school kids but the students i really like teaching

  • students i really like teaching

  • students i really like teaching a lot are the really young ones

  • a lot are the really young ones

  • a lot are the really young ones i like to get them young as I

  • i like to get them young as I

  • i like to get them young as I say

  • say

  • say so anybody you want to try to

  • so anybody you want to try to

  • so anybody you want to try to influence the way a child thanks

  • influence the way a child thanks

  • influence the way a child thanks for the way they learn or their

  • for the way they learn or their

  • for the way they learn or their behaviour or other things like

  • behaviour or other things like

  • behaviour or other things like that you want to get them young

  • that you want to get them young

  • that you want to get them young so if you get access to them if

  • so if you get access to them if

  • so if you get access to them if you can have them when they're

  • you can have them when they're

  • you can have them when they're younger you can do a lot of

  • younger you can do a lot of

  • younger you can do a lot of teaching and a lot of

  • teaching and a lot of

  • teaching and a lot of interesting things in shape

  • interesting things in shape

  • interesting things in shape their behavior and how they

  • their behavior and how they

  • their behavior and how they learn how they think that kind

  • learn how they think that kind

  • learn how they think that kind of thing

  • of thing

  • of thing so what I'm doing with our is

  • so what I'm doing with our is

  • so what I'm doing with our is what i actually did and I did a

  • what i actually did and I did a

  • what i actually did and I did a lot of experimenting on children

  • lot of experimenting on children

  • lot of experimenting on children not in like a bad way you know

  • not in like a bad way you know

  • not in like a bad way you know science experiments but testing

  • science experiments but testing

  • science experiments but testing a lot of different things about

  • a lot of different things about

  • a lot of different things about how i read and how i teach

  • how i read and how i teach

  • how i read and how i teach reading and help help learners

  • reading and help help learners

  • reading and help help learners read so I actually I have

  • read so I actually I have

  • read so I actually I have another channel on youtube you

  • another channel on youtube you

  • another channel on youtube you can look for it's called shop

  • can look for it's called shop

  • can look for it's called shop any sense a sh á be

  • any sense a sh á be

  • any sense a sh á be errr why since they actually put

  • errr why since they actually put

  • errr why since they actually put it just a link in the

  • it just a link in the

  • it just a link in the description if you'd like to

  • description if you'd like to

  • description if you'd like to look for that but there I have a

  • look for that but there I have a

  • look for that but there I have a few videos for me teaching

  • few videos for me teaching

  • few videos for me teaching younger Japanese children and so

  • younger Japanese children and so

  • younger Japanese children and so this is some students that are

  • this is some students that are

  • this is some students that are really young i think i have a

  • really young i think i have a

  • really young i think i have a couple of videos about me taking

  • couple of videos about me taking

  • couple of videos about me taking a trip to the zoo with them

  • a trip to the zoo with them

  • a trip to the zoo with them so after we practiced all these

  • so after we practiced all these

  • so after we practiced all these things we go to the zoo and we

  • things we go to the zoo and we

  • things we go to the zoo and we get to actually i called it

  • get to actually i called it

  • get to actually i called it adventure English so we get to

  • adventure English so we get to

  • adventure English so we get to go out and practice and see how

  • go out and practice and see how

  • go out and practice and see how the actual English works you

  • the actual English works you

  • the actual English works you know and getting to practice

  • know and getting to practice

  • know and getting to practice with them within something

  • with them within something

  • with them within something outside of a regular classroom

  • outside of a regular classroom

  • outside of a regular classroom that looks a little bit more

  • that looks a little bit more

  • that looks a little bit more so that's the way I like to

  • so that's the way I like to

  • so that's the way I like to teach we kind of give you

  • teach we kind of give you

  • teach we kind of give you different pieces of information

  • different pieces of information

  • different pieces of information in oak oh there goes a little

  • in oak oh there goes a little

  • in oak oh there goes a little bit of crying now but hopefully

  • bit of crying now but hopefully

  • bit of crying now but hopefully we'll be okay we'll be safe for

  • we'll be okay we'll be safe for

  • we'll be okay we'll be safe for a little bit

  • a little bit

  • a little bit so anyway I've got some videos

  • so anyway I've got some videos

  • so anyway I've got some videos on that channel that are talking

  • on that channel that are talking

  • on that channel that are talking about that and give you examples

  • about that and give you examples

  • about that and give you examples of that kind of thing but what

  • of that kind of thing but what

  • of that kind of thing but what you don't really get to see is

  • you don't really get to see is

  • you don't really get to see is how I actually taught reading so

  • how I actually taught reading so

  • how I actually taught reading so i want to talk about that today

  • i want to talk about that today

  • i want to talk about that today well after all this explanation

  • well after all this explanation

  • well after all this explanation about getting into it

  • about getting into it

  • about getting into it basically the way that you want

  • basically the way that you want

  • basically the way that you want to teach people especially when

  • to teach people especially when

  • to teach people especially when they're not knowing the language

  • they're not knowing the language

  • they're not knowing the language that you speak already

  • that you speak already

  • that you speak already and even if they do because you

  • and even if they do because you

  • and even if they do because you really want to minimize

  • really want to minimize

  • really want to minimize explanations is you want to use

  • explanations is you want to use

  • explanations is you want to use just simple comparison and

  • just simple comparison and

  • just simple comparison and contrast and that's really all I

  • contrast and that's really all I

  • contrast and that's really all I do to teach so all the things

  • do to teach so all the things

  • do to teach so all the things that I do for basic students

  • that I do for basic students

  • that I do for basic students it's the same principles i use

  • it's the same principles i use

  • it's the same principles i use for master English conversation

  • for master English conversation

  • for master English conversation and that's why I teach a few

  • and that's why I teach a few

  • and that's why I teach a few things and help students master

  • things and help students master

  • things and help students master them in each month they go

  • them in each month they go

  • them in each month they go through the lessons and don't

  • through the lessons and don't

  • through the lessons and don't know there she goes

  • know there she goes

  • know there she goes hopefully she doesn't cry to odo

  • hopefully she doesn't cry to odo

  • hopefully she doesn't cry to odo hopefully she can maybe you even

  • hopefully she can maybe you even

  • hopefully she can maybe you even can hear that

  • can hear that

  • can hear that we'll see we'll see how it comes

  • we'll see we'll see how it comes

  • we'll see we'll see how it comes out of the video but so when

  • out of the video but so when

  • out of the video but so when we're talking about teaching

  • we're talking about teaching

  • we're talking about teaching people how to read we want to

  • people how to read we want to

  • people how to read we want to make sure that we get them into

  • make sure that we get them into

  • make sure that we get them into the language as quickly as

  • the language as quickly as

  • the language as quickly as possible

  • possible

  • possible I don't know and here comes a

  • I don't know and here comes a

  • I don't know and here comes a motorcycle if there's just

  • motorcycle if there's just

  • motorcycle if there's just really have no there's no hope

  • really have no there's no hope

  • really have no there's no hope around here there's nowhere to

  • around here there's nowhere to

  • around here there's nowhere to go to shoot a good video quickly

  • go to shoot a good video quickly

  • go to shoot a good video quickly but and i'll pay a track

  • but and i'll pay a track

  • but and i'll pay a track actually when I shoot the master

  • actually when I shoot the master

  • actually when I shoot the master English conversation videos i go

  • English conversation videos i go

  • English conversation videos i go to a new recording studio kind

  • to a new recording studio kind

  • to a new recording studio kind of place which is really cool so

  • of place which is really cool so

  • of place which is really cool so those video lessons are very

  • those video lessons are very

  • those video lessons are very quiet

  • quiet

  • quiet anyway back to the reading so as

  • anyway back to the reading so as

  • anyway back to the reading so as a very simple example

  • a very simple example

  • a very simple example you don't want to give a whole

  • you don't want to give a whole

  • you don't want to give a whole bunch of explanations for things

  • bunch of explanations for things

  • bunch of explanations for things you want to have people discover

  • you want to have people discover

  • you want to have people discover how to read by themselves and

  • how to read by themselves and

  • how to read by themselves and have them discover the rules by

  • have them discover the rules by

  • have them discover the rules by exploration or through

  • exploration or through

  • exploration or through exploration rather than having

  • exploration rather than having

  • exploration rather than having to say this letter makes this

  • to say this letter makes this

  • to say this letter makes this sound and this letter makes that

  • sound and this letter makes that

  • sound and this letter makes that sound but in this case it makes

  • sound but in this case it makes

  • sound but in this case it makes a different thing because those

  • a different thing because those

  • a different thing because those rules are really difficult to

  • rules are really difficult to

  • rules are really difficult to remember

  • remember

  • remember so even as a teacher I can't

  • so even as a teacher I can't

  • so even as a teacher I can't remember all this grammar . does

  • remember all this grammar . does

  • remember all this grammar . does this thing or this other rule

  • this thing or this other rule

  • this thing or this other rule does that you know for whatever

  • does that you know for whatever

  • does that you know for whatever it is i'm teaching

  • it is i'm teaching

  • it is i'm teaching so what i did when i was working

  • so what i did when i was working

  • so what i did when i was working with young students lower

  • with young students lower

  • with young students lower beginning to help them or

  • beginning to help them or

  • beginning to help them or helping them begin to learn how

  • helping them begin to learn how

  • helping them begin to learn how to read is I would just take all

  • to read is I would just take all

  • to read is I would just take all the the vowel sounds and you can

  • the the vowel sounds and you can

  • the the vowel sounds and you can kind of see this in the phonics

  • kind of see this in the phonics

  • kind of see this in the phonics video series

  • video series

  • video series I have on the channel but it's

  • I have on the channel but it's

  • I have on the channel but it's only video so it's kind of a

  • only video so it's kind of a

  • only video so it's kind of a one-way thing and that's the

  • one-way thing and that's the

  • one-way thing and that's the tricky thing about teaching

  • tricky thing about teaching

  • tricky thing about teaching people how to read it really has

  • people how to read it really has

  • people how to read it really has to be a responsive thing that

  • to be a responsive thing that

  • to be a responsive thing that you're working either with the

  • you're working either with the

  • you're working either with the teacher or something else that

  • teacher or something else that

  • teacher or something else that you can actually show the

  • you can actually show the

  • you can actually show the student many different options

  • student many different options

  • student many different options and then have them compare

  • and then have them compare

  • and then have them compare listening to the different

  • listening to the different

  • listening to the different sounds you make

  • sounds you make

  • sounds you make so as an example I've got the

  • so as an example I've got the

  • so as an example I've got the five vowels in the middle like

  • five vowels in the middle like

  • five vowels in the middle like AEIOU and after we've already

  • AEIOU and after we've already

  • AEIOU and after we've already gone through all the names of

  • gone through all the names of

  • gone through all the names of the letter sounds I actually

  • the letter sounds I actually

  • the letter sounds I actually like to teach that first

  • like to teach that first

  • like to teach that first some people prefer to teach the

  • some people prefer to teach the

  • some people prefer to teach the sounds of the letters rather

  • sounds of the letters rather

  • sounds of the letters rather than the names of the letters

  • than the names of the letters

  • than the names of the letters but i prefer to teach the sounds

  • but i prefer to teach the sounds

  • but i prefer to teach the sounds are excuse me the names of the

  • are excuse me the names of the

  • are excuse me the names of the letters first because those will

  • letters first because those will

  • letters first because those will never change

  • never change

  • never change so it's nice to get something to

  • so it's nice to get something to

  • so it's nice to get something to two students to hold on to say

  • two students to hold on to say

  • two students to hold on to say hey look

  • hey look

  • hey look any time you look at this letter

  • any time you look at this letter

  • any time you look at this letter it's always going to have the

  • it's always going to have the

  • it's always going to have the same letter names

  • same letter names

  • same letter names abcdefg etc so these are the

  • abcdefg etc so these are the

  • abcdefg etc so these are the names of the letter sounds and

  • names of the letter sounds and

  • names of the letter sounds and that that why

  • that that why

  • that that why Oh No so these are the names of

  • Oh No so these are the names of

  • Oh No so these are the names of the letter sounds are the names

  • the letter sounds are the names

  • the letter sounds are the names of the letters i should say and

  • of the letters i should say and

  • of the letters i should say and if you teach those first it's

  • if you teach those first it's

  • if you teach those first it's going to be easier for for

  • going to be easier for for

  • going to be easier for for students to move from that to

  • students to move from that to

  • students to move from that to say hey you know we have the

  • say hey you know we have the

  • say hey you know we have the name for this letter but it does

  • name for this letter but it does

  • name for this letter but it does make different sounds and this

  • make different sounds and this

  • make different sounds and this is how we're going to teach that

  • is how we're going to teach that

  • is how we're going to teach that so i would have a e i o u and

  • so i would have a e i o u and

  • so i would have a e i o u and then i will just take letters

  • then i will just take letters

  • then i will just take letters I would just take different

  • I would just take different

  • I would just take different combinations like be and I would

  • combinations like be and I would

  • combinations like be and I would line them up next to those

  • line them up next to those

  • line them up next to those letters like back in a bit

  • letters like back in a bit

  • letters like back in a bit but but or i could put the

  • but but or i could put the

  • but but or i could put the beyond the end of that and have

  • beyond the end of that and have

  • beyond the end of that and have like AB and Beebe up

  • like AB and Beebe up

  • like AB and Beebe up now what i'm doing here is not

  • now what i'm doing here is not

  • now what i'm doing here is not trying to focus on specific

  • trying to focus on specific

  • trying to focus on specific words but really showing the

  • words but really showing the

  • words but really showing the learners how the words can make

  • learners how the words can make

  • learners how the words can make for the different letters sounds

  • for the different letters sounds

  • for the different letters sounds can be put together to make

  • can be put together to make

  • can be put together to make different combinations because

  • different combinations because

  • different combinations because that's really what reading is

  • that's really what reading is

  • that's really what reading is it's not about memorizing

  • it's not about memorizing

  • it's not about memorizing certain words are certain

  • certain words are certain

  • certain words are certain patterns it's really about

  • patterns it's really about

  • patterns it's really about saying you know if you've got

  • saying you know if you've got

  • saying you know if you've got this combination of things and

  • this combination of things and

  • this combination of things and for the most part that's how you

  • for the most part that's how you

  • for the most part that's how you can remember them now obviously

  • can remember them now obviously

  • can remember them now obviously phonics isn't perfect and no

  • phonics isn't perfect and no

  • phonics isn't perfect and no reading system is that's why

  • reading system is that's why

  • reading system is that's why there's a lot of controversy

  • there's a lot of controversy

  • there's a lot of controversy when people are talking about

  • when people are talking about

  • when people are talking about reading systems there's like the

  • reading systems there's like the

  • reading systems there's like the whole language approach or

  • whole language approach or

  • whole language approach or phonics which is just focusing

  • phonics which is just focusing

  • phonics which is just focusing on the sounds that's the blood

  • on the sounds that's the blood

  • on the sounds that's the blood the

  • the

  • the the form i prefer because really

  • the form i prefer because really

  • the form i prefer because really gives you about eighty four

  • gives you about eighty four

  • gives you about eighty four percent of the language and

  • percent of the language and

  • percent of the language and they're always going to be some

  • they're always going to be some

  • they're always going to be some exceptions but it's still a good

  • exceptions but it's still a good

  • exceptions but it's still a good enough system that with a little

  • enough system that with a little

  • enough system that with a little bit of help from a teacher you

  • bit of help from a teacher you

  • bit of help from a teacher you can get a nice well-rounded

  • can get a nice well-rounded

  • can get a nice well-rounded ability to read and that's

  • ability to read and that's

  • ability to read and that's exactly what my students in

  • exactly what my students in

  • exactly what my students in japan had so all of them even

  • japan had so all of them even

  • japan had so all of them even starting with young kids

  • starting with young kids

  • starting with young kids I would start you know teaching

  • I would start you know teaching

  • I would start you know teaching them to read about maybe two

  • them to read about maybe two

  • them to read about maybe two years old two and a half and now

  • years old two and a half and now

  • years old two and a half and now like you know i can give them

  • like you know i can give them

  • like you know i can give them something to read and they can

  • something to read and they can

  • something to read and they can read it pretty well so it takes

  • read it pretty well so it takes

  • read it pretty well so it takes a little bit of time and

  • a little bit of time and

  • a little bit of time and obviously i'm only working with

  • obviously i'm only working with

  • obviously i'm only working with these students for a few hours a

  • these students for a few hours a

  • these students for a few hours a week

  • week

  • week so obviously it's much better if

  • so obviously it's much better if

  • so obviously it's much better if you can you know if you have

  • you can you know if you have

  • you can you know if you have your own child you're trying to

  • your own child you're trying to

  • your own child you're trying to learn or help them learn how to

  • learn or help them learn how to

  • learn or help them learn how to read you have a lot more time to

  • read you have a lot more time to

  • read you have a lot more time to spend with them the more time

  • spend with them the more time

  • spend with them the more time you spend the more you review

  • you spend the more you review

  • you spend the more you review the faster they are going to

  • the faster they are going to

  • the faster they are going to become great readers and of

  • become great readers and of

  • become great readers and of course this is something i don't

  • course this is something i don't

  • course this is something i don't really need to mention but i

  • really need to mention but i

  • really need to mention but i will but reading is one of the

  • will but reading is one of the

  • will but reading is one of the most important things you can do

  • most important things you can do

  • most important things you can do especially when you have young

  • especially when you have young

  • especially when you have young children not only the time you

  • children not only the time you

  • children not only the time you spend with them

  • spend with them

  • spend with them it's much better than you know

  • it's much better than you know

  • it's much better than you know even watching a TV show with

  • even watching a TV show with

  • even watching a TV show with them but that communication the

  • them but that communication the

  • them but that communication the people that are you know the

  • people that are you know the

  • people that are you know the most intelligent people that are

  • most intelligent people that are

  • most intelligent people that are the most successful their

  • the most successful their

  • the most successful their readers

  • readers

  • readers I mean really they just on

  • I mean really they just on

  • I mean really they just on average readers are just much

  • average readers are just much

  • average readers are just much stronger they have you know for

  • stronger they have you know for

  • stronger they have you know for lots of different reasons I

  • lots of different reasons I

  • lots of different reasons I won't go into but i highly

  • won't go into but i highly

  • won't go into but i highly recommend people teaching you

  • recommend people teaching you

  • recommend people teaching you know their children or anybody

  • know their children or anybody

  • know their children or anybody how to read so that's why I'm

  • how to read so that's why I'm

  • how to read so that's why I'm such a it's such an important

  • such a it's such an important

  • such a it's such an important thing for me and even though

  • thing for me and even though

  • thing for me and even though most of what people know before

  • most of what people know before

  • most of what people know before on youtube now is about teaching

  • on youtube now is about teaching

  • on youtube now is about teaching these kind of more difficult

  • these kind of more difficult

  • these kind of more difficult things complex expressions and

  • things complex expressions and

  • things complex expressions and things like that so you some

  • things like that so you some

  • things like that so you some non-native speakers can sound

  • non-native speakers can sound

  • non-native speakers can sound more native i really want to go

  • more native i really want to go

  • more native i really want to go back and start doing those other

  • back and start doing those other

  • back and start doing those other things

  • things

  • things so as I mentioned with this

  • so as I mentioned with this

  • so as I mentioned with this different you know teaching

  • different you know teaching

  • different you know teaching showing the different

  • showing the different

  • showing the different comparisons and actually you

  • comparisons and actually you

  • comparisons and actually you know students would have me say

  • know students would have me say

  • know students would have me say like well what about this

  • like well what about this

  • like well what about this combination or what about that

  • combination or what about that

  • combination or what about that combination so again we're

  • combination so again we're

  • combination so again we're getting them to understand the

  • getting them to understand the

  • getting them to understand the rules without explicitly telling

  • rules without explicitly telling

  • rules without explicitly telling them to this letter in this

  • them to this letter in this

  • them to this letter in this letter makes the sound because

  • letter makes the sound because

  • letter makes the sound because of this

  • of this

  • of this we're just giving them different

  • we're just giving them different

  • we're just giving them different options and letting them test

  • options and letting them test

  • options and letting them test that

  • that

  • that so what I've actually done for

  • so what I've actually done for

  • so what I've actually done for that and this is you know

  • that and this is you know

  • that and this is you know knowing my wife was pregnant a

  • knowing my wife was pregnant a

  • knowing my wife was pregnant a few months back i finally got

  • few months back i finally got

  • few months back i finally got around to beginning the

  • around to beginning the

  • around to beginning the production of the new app that

  • production of the new app that

  • production of the new app that were building called scroll

  • were building called scroll

  • were building called scroll phonics so I actually want to

  • phonics so I actually want to

  • phonics so I actually want to talk about that a little bit in

  • talk about that a little bit in

  • talk about that a little bit in this video as well so when I

  • this video as well so when I

  • this video as well so when I knew my wife is pregnant and I

  • knew my wife is pregnant and I

  • knew my wife is pregnant and I was like okay we're going to

  • was like okay we're going to

  • was like okay we're going to have a daughter and obviously

  • have a daughter and obviously

  • have a daughter and obviously you know you know she can't read

  • you know you know she can't read

  • you know you know she can't read right from the beginning but I

  • right from the beginning but I

  • right from the beginning but I want to have you know these

  • want to have you know these

  • want to have you know these things created for her so that

  • things created for her so that

  • things created for her so that when she gets old enough she can

  • when she gets old enough she can

  • when she gets old enough she can begin using them they'll be all

  • begin using them they'll be all

  • begin using them they'll be all ready for so I looked around for

  • ready for so I looked around for

  • ready for so I looked around for lots of different find x apps

  • lots of different find x apps

  • lots of different find x apps and other things like that you

  • and other things like that you

  • and other things like that you know other you know early

  • know other you know early

  • know other you know early learning tools obviously since

  • learning tools obviously since

  • learning tools obviously since I'm there I can do a lot of

  • I'm there I can do a lot of

  • I'm there I can do a lot of teaching myself but I wanted to

  • teaching myself but I wanted to

  • teaching myself but I wanted to give even more resources are

  • give even more resources are

  • give even more resources are having other things like that

  • having other things like that

  • having other things like that available to help her or help my

  • available to help her or help my

  • available to help her or help my wife or other people especially

  • wife or other people especially

  • wife or other people especially since she's living in Japan at

  • since she's living in Japan at

  • since she's living in Japan at the moment so she has a really

  • the moment so she has a really

  • the moment so she has a really good resource that may be a

  • good resource that may be a

  • good resource that may be a teacher won't be so necessary

  • teacher won't be so necessary

  • teacher won't be so necessary for certain times

  • for certain times

  • for certain times so one of those things is

  • so one of those things is

  • so one of those things is teaching reading and instead of

  • teaching reading and instead of

  • teaching reading and instead of me going back and physically

  • me going back and physically

  • me going back and physically saying this sound makes this

  • saying this sound makes this

  • saying this sound makes this combination in this sound makes

  • combination in this sound makes

  • combination in this sound makes that other thing the same way i

  • that other thing the same way i

  • that other thing the same way i would do in a regular classroom

  • would do in a regular classroom

  • would do in a regular classroom I decided to make an app that

  • I decided to make an app that

  • I decided to make an app that takes that exact same formula

  • takes that exact same formula

  • takes that exact same formula and then

  • and then

  • and then no you know give that to my

  • no you know give that to my

  • no you know give that to my daughter but something i could

  • daughter but something i could

  • daughter but something i could produce for everyone else out

  • produce for everyone else out

  • produce for everyone else out there as well

  • there as well

  • there as well so whether you are you know a

  • so whether you are you know a

  • so whether you are you know a great speaker maybe you know

  • great speaker maybe you know

  • great speaker maybe you know some some even your own children

  • some some even your own children

  • some some even your own children are some family members or

  • are some family members or

  • are some family members or something like that

  • something like that

  • something like that I just made something my team

  • I just made something my team

  • I just made something my team and I were working together to

  • and I were working together to

  • and I were working together to release our first appt and is

  • release our first appt and is

  • release our first appt and is coming out next month

  • coming out next month

  • coming out next month now right now depending on when

  • now right now depending on when

  • now right now depending on when you watch this it might already

  • you watch this it might already

  • you watch this it might already be out so you can click on the

  • be out so you can click on the

  • be out so you can click on the link in the description of this

  • link in the description of this

  • link in the description of this video as well to learn more

  • video as well to learn more

  • video as well to learn more about that and you can learn

  • about that and you can learn

  • about that and you can learn more about how we're building it

  • more about how we're building it

  • more about how we're building it and that kind of thing will

  • and that kind of thing will

  • and that kind of thing will probably talking about that more

  • probably talking about that more

  • probably talking about that more in future videos but this one I

  • in future videos but this one I

  • in future videos but this one I just want to talk about a couple

  • just want to talk about a couple

  • just want to talk about a couple of things about learning and how

  • of things about learning and how

  • of things about learning and how scroll finest works

  • scroll finest works

  • scroll finest works so one of the biggest things i

  • so one of the biggest things i

  • so one of the biggest things i wanted to think about was for

  • wanted to think about was for

  • wanted to think about was for you know what I'm building an

  • you know what I'm building an

  • you know what I'm building an app and thinking about the

  • app and thinking about the

  • app and thinking about the design of it and how I want it

  • design of it and how I want it

  • design of it and how I want it to work

  • to work

  • to work one thing is that i really

  • one thing is that i really

  • one thing is that i really wanted to make it something that

  • wanted to make it something that

  • wanted to make it something that anyone could use

  • anyone could use

  • anyone could use I really pictured it happy you

  • I really pictured it happy you

  • I really pictured it happy you know it could be on a high pot

  • know it could be on a high pot

  • know it could be on a high pot like an iPad or a pot or a phone

  • like an iPad or a pot or a phone

  • like an iPad or a pot or a phone or whatever or Android device or

  • or whatever or Android device or

  • or whatever or Android device or desktop we're making all of

  • desktop we're making all of

  • desktop we're making all of these versions of the app as

  • these versions of the app as

  • these versions of the app as well but what we're doing is

  • well but what we're doing is

  • well but what we're doing is making something that we can

  • making something that we can

  • making something that we can really like we could put a

  • really like we could put a

  • really like we could put a parachute on it drop it in the

  • parachute on it drop it in the

  • parachute on it drop it in the middle of the jungle or a desert

  • middle of the jungle or a desert

  • middle of the jungle or a desert hurt or city anywhere in the

  • hurt or city anywhere in the

  • hurt or city anywhere in the world and anyone that knew how

  • world and anyone that knew how

  • world and anyone that knew how to hold a nap and scroll or you

  • to hold a nap and scroll or you

  • to hold a nap and scroll or you know touch a button or something

  • know touch a button or something

  • know touch a button or something like that you know when people

  • like that you know when people

  • like that you know when people get a new thing with buttons on

  • get a new thing with buttons on

  • get a new thing with buttons on it a try pressing things and

  • it a try pressing things and

  • it a try pressing things and exploring different things like

  • exploring different things like

  • exploring different things like that

  • that

  • that I wanted to make it accessible

  • I wanted to make it accessible

  • I wanted to make it accessible for anyone so but i find really

  • for anyone so but i find really

  • for anyone so but i find really odd about a lot of fun x apps or

  • odd about a lot of fun x apps or

  • odd about a lot of fun x apps or other teaching apps but

  • other teaching apps but

  • other teaching apps but especially if you're a

  • especially if you're a

  • especially if you're a non-native speaker

  • non-native speaker

  • non-native speaker you will you know maybe look at

  • you will you know maybe look at

  • you will you know maybe look at phonics apparate will try to

  • phonics apparate will try to

  • phonics apparate will try to tell you a word and then it will

  • tell you a word and then it will

  • tell you a word and then it will explain you something

  • explain you something

  • explain you something and if you don't already know

  • and if you don't already know

  • and if you don't already know how to speak and you don't have

  • how to speak and you don't have

  • how to speak and you don't have a teacher sitting there with you

  • a teacher sitting there with you

  • a teacher sitting there with you if you don't really understand

  • if you don't really understand

  • if you don't really understand the language it's basically

  • the language it's basically

  • the language it's basically impossible for you to understand

  • impossible for you to understand

  • impossible for you to understand that

  • that

  • that so it's a really weird thing

  • so it's a really weird thing

  • so it's a really weird thing that a lot of fun x apps

  • that a lot of fun x apps

  • that a lot of fun x apps actually have a lot of writing

  • actually have a lot of writing

  • actually have a lot of writing in them

  • in them

  • in them so why would you do that I don't

  • so why would you do that I don't

  • so why would you do that I don't understand why you know why

  • understand why you know why

  • understand why you know why those are in there

  • those are in there

  • those are in there I guess they're assuming that

  • I guess they're assuming that

  • I guess they're assuming that may be a child would sit with

  • may be a child would sit with

  • may be a child would sit with their parents and go through the

  • their parents and go through the

  • their parents and go through the app but I thought that was

  • app but I thought that was

  • app but I thought that was really slow

  • really slow

  • really slow I really want you know to be

  • I really want you know to be

  • I really want you know to be able to control my own learning

  • able to control my own learning

  • able to control my own learning and I wanted to give that to my

  • and I wanted to give that to my

  • and I wanted to give that to my learners as well

  • learners as well

  • learners as well so anybody using the app they

  • so anybody using the app they

  • so anybody using the app they can go through and begin

  • can go through and begin

  • can go through and begin scrolling and testing things out

  • scrolling and testing things out

  • scrolling and testing things out and there is no description

  • and there is no description

  • and there is no description there's no explanations none of

  • there's no explanations none of

  • there's no explanations none of that

  • that

  • that it's all intuitive and that

  • it's all intuitive and that

  • it's all intuitive and that means that when you start

  • means that when you start

  • means that when you start playing the app it's really

  • playing the app it's really

  • playing the app it's really simple you go in and begin

  • simple you go in and begin

  • simple you go in and begin learning and testing the

  • learning and testing the

  • learning and testing the different sounds and seeing how

  • different sounds and seeing how

  • different sounds and seeing how they work and so that's also

  • they work and so that's also

  • they work and so that's also another really great thing about

  • another really great thing about

  • another really great thing about the app something that we wanted

  • the app something that we wanted

  • the app something that we wanted to make we didn't just want to

  • to make we didn't just want to

  • to make we didn't just want to take a textbook and put it onto

  • take a textbook and put it onto

  • take a textbook and put it onto a nap which is what a lot of

  • a nap which is what a lot of

  • a nap which is what a lot of people have done so the line you

  • people have done so the line you

  • people have done so the line you know obviously this is a new

  • know obviously this is a new

  • know obviously this is a new thing with the digital

  • thing with the digital

  • thing with the digital technology so you can take you

  • technology so you can take you

  • technology so you can take you know interesting videos and

  • know interesting videos and

  • know interesting videos and other things but what a lot of

  • other things but what a lot of

  • other things but what a lot of people are doing or just using

  • people are doing or just using

  • people are doing or just using the digital part is kind of a

  • the digital part is kind of a

  • the digital part is kind of a gimmick

  • gimmick

  • gimmick now the word gimmick if you're

  • now the word gimmick if you're

  • now the word gimmick if you're not familiar just means kind of

  • not familiar just means kind of

  • not familiar just means kind of something special or you know

  • something special or you know

  • something special or you know maybe a little bit silly but

  • maybe a little bit silly but

  • maybe a little bit silly but it's not really anything

  • it's not really anything

  • it's not really anything substantial are important

  • substantial are important

  • substantial are important so maybe I'm wearing like a

  • so maybe I'm wearing like a

  • so maybe I'm wearing like a rabbit costume to teach english

  • rabbit costume to teach english

  • rabbit costume to teach english so there's really nothing

  • so there's really nothing

  • so there's really nothing helpful about me wearing a

  • helpful about me wearing a

  • helpful about me wearing a rabbit costume but it's

  • rabbit costume but it's

  • rabbit costume but it's different and it's gimmicky and

  • different and it's gimmicky and

  • different and it's gimmicky and maybe it will get more people to

  • maybe it will get more people to

  • maybe it will get more people to watch me so that's a gimmick

  • watch me so that's a gimmick

  • watch me so that's a gimmick so I didn't want to use that

  • so I didn't want to use that

  • so I didn't want to use that when we were having the app so i

  • when we were having the app so i

  • when we were having the app so i didn't want to just take

  • didn't want to just take

  • didn't want to just take something and say whoa its

  • something and say whoa its

  • something and say whoa its digital textbook

  • digital textbook

  • digital textbook I really wanted to make

  • I really wanted to make

  • I really wanted to make something so that you could

  • something so that you could

  • something so that you could actually use the app and teach

  • actually use the app and teach

  • actually use the app and teach yourself something and really

  • yourself something and really

  • yourself something and really explore the language and really

  • explore the language and really

  • explore the language and really test different rules for

  • test different rules for

  • test different rules for yourself instead of someone

  • yourself instead of someone

  • yourself instead of someone telling

  • telling

  • telling you what they are so what

  • you what they are so what

  • you what they are so what happens like this is that it

  • happens like this is that it

  • happens like this is that it becomes an actual game for

  • becomes an actual game for

  • becomes an actual game for people to play

  • people to play

  • people to play so you don't need to think about

  • so you don't need to think about

  • so you don't need to think about like oh I've gotta like raise

  • like oh I've gotta like raise

  • like oh I've gotta like raise this baby tiger over here and

  • this baby tiger over here and

  • this baby tiger over here and that's how I learn my language

  • that's how I learn my language

  • that's how I learn my language or whatever I don't care about

  • or whatever I don't care about

  • or whatever I don't care about any of that stuff I want to get

  • any of that stuff I want to get

  • any of that stuff I want to get right to the language and makeup

  • right to the language and makeup

  • right to the language and makeup you know all the extra

  • you know all the extra

  • you know all the extra animations and other words and

  • animations and other words and

  • animations and other words and you know things like that that

  • you know things like that that

  • you know things like that that are just they're just

  • are just they're just

  • are just they're just unnecessary to help someone

  • unnecessary to help someone

  • unnecessary to help someone learn how to read

  • learn how to read

  • learn how to read so we took care of everything we

  • so we took care of everything we

  • so we took care of everything we removed everything else but a

  • removed everything else but a

  • removed everything else but a very simple system that teaches

  • very simple system that teaches

  • very simple system that teaches people how to read and I don't

  • people how to read and I don't

  • people how to read and I don't want to go into everything here

  • want to go into everything here

  • want to go into everything here but i just wanted to you know

  • but i just wanted to you know

  • but i just wanted to you know kind of talk a little about a

  • kind of talk a little about a

  • kind of talk a little about a little bit about that for you

  • little bit about that for you

  • little bit about that for you when you're thinking about these

  • when you're thinking about these

  • when you're thinking about these kinds of things for educating

  • kinds of things for educating

  • kinds of things for educating your own children

  • your own children

  • your own children so you don't want to give too

  • so you don't want to give too

  • so you don't want to give too much information or extra

  • much information or extra

  • much information or extra information that it's not

  • information that it's not

  • information that it's not necessary

  • necessary

  • necessary you want to give everything that

  • you want to give everything that

  • you want to give everything that straight to the point and make

  • straight to the point and make

  • straight to the point and make sure that things are easy enough

  • sure that things are easy enough

  • sure that things are easy enough for the learner to test by

  • for the learner to test by

  • for the learner to test by themselves because when a

  • themselves because when a

  • themselves because when a learner understands a rule for

  • learner understands a rule for

  • learner understands a rule for themselves and they've taught

  • themselves and they've taught

  • themselves and they've taught themselves that rule they never

  • themselves that rule they never

  • themselves that rule they never forget it

  • forget it

  • forget it and then they understand it can

  • and then they understand it can

  • and then they understand it can use it automatically why a lot

  • use it automatically why a lot

  • use it automatically why a lot of people struggle to learn

  • of people struggle to learn

  • of people struggle to learn English is because they were

  • English is because they were

  • English is because they were learning rules and there was

  • learning rules and there was

  • learning rules and there was learning you know list of rules

  • learning you know list of rules

  • learning you know list of rules and you know list of words

  • and you know list of words

  • and you know list of words things like that in english text

  • things like that in english text

  • things like that in english text books but when they actually try

  • books but when they actually try

  • books but when they actually try to use things in a conversation

  • to use things in a conversation

  • to use things in a conversation they can't they have to think

  • they can't they have to think

  • they can't they have to think and translate something from

  • and translate something from

  • and translate something from their native language into

  • their native language into

  • their native language into English in their head when they

  • English in their head when they

  • English in their head when they speak and then they can speak

  • speak and then they can speak

  • speak and then they can speak now if you actually get people

  • now if you actually get people

  • now if you actually get people to understand this principle

  • to understand this principle

  • to understand this principle what I'm telling you right now

  • what I'm telling you right now

  • what I'm telling you right now about helping people understand

  • about helping people understand

  • about helping people understand how things work without an

  • how things work without an

  • how things work without an explanation

  • explanation

  • explanation that's how you get people to use

  • that's how you get people to use

  • that's how you get people to use things automatically so that's

  • things automatically so that's

  • things automatically so that's actually what we do in master

  • actually what we do in master

  • actually what we do in master English conversation but we're

  • English conversation but we're

  • English conversation but we're taking that same principle and

  • taking that same principle and

  • taking that same principle and just using in a very basic way

  • just using in a very basic way

  • just using in a very basic way with scroll phonics

  • with scroll phonics

  • with scroll phonics another thing I wanted to talk

  • another thing I wanted to talk

  • another thing I wanted to talk about whether you're a teacher

  • about whether you're a teacher

  • about whether you're a teacher out there or learn or something

  • out there or learn or something

  • out there or learn or something like that just another thing

  • like that just another thing

  • like that just another thing that I noticed when I was

  • that I noticed when I was

  • that I noticed when I was looking at different phonics

  • looking at different phonics

  • looking at different phonics apps for my daughter

  • apps for my daughter

  • apps for my daughter one of them was when you're

  • one of them was when you're

  • one of them was when you're looking at a picture of

  • looking at a picture of

  • looking at a picture of something like that and

  • something like that and

  • something like that and something happens in your mind

  • something happens in your mind

  • something happens in your mind when you don't quite understand

  • when you don't quite understand

  • when you don't quite understand what the picture of needs

  • what the picture of needs

  • what the picture of needs excuse me and what happens is

  • excuse me and what happens is

  • excuse me and what happens is you don't really understand that

  • you don't really understand that

  • you don't really understand that thing and you can't make a very

  • thing and you can't make a very

  • thing and you can't make a very quick direct connection to that

  • quick direct connection to that

  • quick direct connection to that so you need to form a

  • so you need to form a

  • so you need to form a translation or somehow have some

  • translation or somehow have some

  • translation or somehow have some kind of explanation in your mind

  • kind of explanation in your mind

  • kind of explanation in your mind to understand

  • to understand

  • to understand what that means as an example

  • what that means as an example

  • what that means as an example let's say I show you a picture

  • let's say I show you a picture

  • let's say I show you a picture of a vase so this is like a like

  • of a vase so this is like a like

  • of a vase so this is like a like a bottle or some kind of cup or

  • a bottle or some kind of cup or

  • a bottle or some kind of cup or something like that vase with a

  • something like that vase with a

  • something like that vase with a flower in it

  • flower in it

  • flower in it now i'm not going to put a

  • now i'm not going to put a

  • now i'm not going to put a picture up here but you can

  • picture up here but you can

  • picture up here but you can imagine that

  • imagine that

  • imagine that now if i tell you and you're a

  • now if i tell you and you're a

  • now if i tell you and you're a native speaker and you

  • native speaker and you

  • native speaker and you understand the word flour then

  • understand the word flour then

  • understand the word flour then you know I ok i'm talking about

  • you know I ok i'm talking about

  • you know I ok i'm talking about the actual flower in the pot or

  • the actual flower in the pot or

  • the actual flower in the pot or in the vase and not the whole

  • in the vase and not the whole

  • in the vase and not the whole thing but if you think about

  • thing but if you think about

  • thing but if you think about that logically there are lots of

  • that logically there are lots of

  • that logically there are lots of different descriptors I could

  • different descriptors I could

  • different descriptors I could use for something like that

  • use for something like that

  • use for something like that now if I you know teach you a

  • now if I you know teach you a

  • now if I you know teach you a different language like if I'm

  • different language like if I'm

  • different language like if I'm speaking Japanese and I have you

  • speaking Japanese and I have you

  • speaking Japanese and I have you look at this same picture and I

  • look at this same picture and I

  • look at this same picture and I say hana I say coming or

  • say hana I say coming or

  • say hana I say coming or something like that again these

  • something like that again these

  • something like that again these are Japanese words that one

  • are Japanese words that one

  • are Japanese words that one could be referring to the flower

  • could be referring to the flower

  • could be referring to the flower one could be referring to the

  • one could be referring to the

  • one could be referring to the base so a lot of fun x apps are

  • base so a lot of fun x apps are

  • base so a lot of fun x apps are a lot of education apps they're

  • a lot of education apps they're

  • a lot of education apps they're kind of designed for children

  • kind of designed for children

  • kind of designed for children and they have lots of colorful

  • and they have lots of colorful

  • and they have lots of colorful pictures in there there it's

  • pictures in there there it's

  • pictures in there there it's really too busy there are lots

  • really too busy there are lots

  • really too busy there are lots of animations and you don't

  • of animations and you don't

  • of animations and you don't really know what a specific word

  • really know what a specific word

  • really know what a specific word is describing so is flour

  • is describing so is flour

  • is describing so is flour does that mean flower or does

  • does that mean flower or does

  • does that mean flower or does that mean vase or does that mean

  • that mean vase or does that mean

  • that mean vase or does that mean like a color or something like

  • like a color or something like

  • like a color or something like that

  • that

  • that now people that are native

  • now people that are native

  • now people that are native speakers will understand that

  • speakers will understand that

  • speakers will understand that but if you're not a native

  • but if you're not a native

  • but if you're not a native speaker

  • speaker

  • speaker you don't know what that means

  • you don't know what that means

  • you don't know what that means so if i'm speaking Vietnamese or

  • so if i'm speaking Vietnamese or

  • so if i'm speaking Vietnamese or tie or Russian or anything else

  • tie or Russian or anything else

  • tie or Russian or anything else and I give you a word like i

  • and I give you a word like i

  • and I give you a word like i just did in Japanese Johanna

  • just did in Japanese Johanna

  • just did in Japanese Johanna means flower company means a

  • means flower company means a

  • means flower company means a vase

  • vase

  • vase you know like a like a glass

  • you know like a like a glass

  • you know like a like a glass bottle that kind of thing but if

  • bottle that kind of thing but if

  • bottle that kind of thing but if you don't know that then it's

  • you don't know that then it's

  • you don't know that then it's going to be really difficult for

  • going to be really difficult for

  • going to be really difficult for you to understand

  • you to understand

  • you to understand so what we did differently what

  • so what we did differently what

  • so what we did differently what we've done differently i should

  • we've done differently i should

  • we've done differently i should say with the opposite were using

  • say with the opposite were using

  • say with the opposite were using icons instead

  • icons instead

  • icons instead so instead of having a picture

  • so instead of having a picture

  • so instead of having a picture of a cat that's all like zany

  • of a cat that's all like zany

  • of a cat that's all like zany and moving around and jumping

  • and moving around and jumping

  • and moving around and jumping rope and doing stuff like that

  • rope and doing stuff like that

  • rope and doing stuff like that just to have animation because

  • just to have animation because

  • just to have animation because that's what app developers think

  • that's what app developers think

  • that's what app developers think that people need in order to

  • that people need in order to

  • that people need in order to learn something we just have a

  • learn something we just have a

  • learn something we just have a very simple image of a cat

  • very simple image of a cat

  • very simple image of a cat it's unmistakable you know

  • it's unmistakable you know

  • it's unmistakable you know exactly what we're talking about

  • exactly what we're talking about

  • exactly what we're talking about is no action we're not talking

  • is no action we're not talking

  • is no action we're not talking about anything like that and its

  • about anything like that and its

  • about anything like that and its really clear and you understand

  • really clear and you understand

  • really clear and you understand so anytime you're teaching

  • so anytime you're teaching

  • so anytime you're teaching younger people or you're trying

  • younger people or you're trying

  • younger people or you're trying to learn something yourself you

  • to learn something yourself you

  • to learn something yourself you want to restrict to you know the

  • want to restrict to you know the

  • want to restrict to you know the the most basic essence of what

  • the most basic essence of what

  • the most basic essence of what it is you want to learn and

  • it is you want to learn and

  • it is you want to learn and that's what's going to help you

  • that's what's going to help you

  • that's what's going to help you learn a lot more effectively

  • learn a lot more effectively

  • learn a lot more effectively so whether you're teaching

  • so whether you're teaching

  • so whether you're teaching someone or trying to

  • someone or trying to

  • someone or trying to and by yourself always keep

  • and by yourself always keep

  • and by yourself always keep things simple throw out all of

  • things simple throw out all of

  • things simple throw out all of the extra information that you

  • the extra information that you

  • the extra information that you don't need it's just going to

  • don't need it's just going to

  • don't need it's just going to clutter up everything that's a

  • clutter up everything that's a

  • clutter up everything that's a great word great phrasal verb

  • great word great phrasal verb

  • great word great phrasal verb actually to clutter up something

  • actually to clutter up something

  • actually to clutter up something just means to make things really

  • just means to make things really

  • just means to make things really messy and disorganized

  • messy and disorganized

  • messy and disorganized so don't clutter up you know

  • so don't clutter up you know

  • so don't clutter up you know you're learning or your

  • you're learning or your

  • you're learning or your education especially when you're

  • education especially when you're

  • education especially when you're working with young children

  • working with young children

  • working with young children you know when we talk to our

  • you know when we talk to our

  • you know when we talk to our children normally I have kind of

  • children normally I have kind of

  • children normally I have kind of two kinds of conversations with

  • two kinds of conversations with

  • two kinds of conversations with my daughter or maybe not

  • my daughter or maybe not

  • my daughter or maybe not conversations because you can't

  • conversations because you can't

  • conversations because you can't really speak back with me but

  • really speak back with me but

  • really speak back with me but one of them is just me talking

  • one of them is just me talking

  • one of them is just me talking normally maybe a little bit

  • normally maybe a little bit

  • normally maybe a little bit slower than the speed i'm using

  • slower than the speed i'm using

  • slower than the speed i'm using right now and she's kind of

  • right now and she's kind of

  • right now and she's kind of slowly getting to understand

  • slowly getting to understand

  • slowly getting to understand maybe just the flow of English

  • maybe just the flow of English

  • maybe just the flow of English in the same way that she's

  • in the same way that she's

  • in the same way that she's understand the flow of my wife's

  • understand the flow of my wife's

  • understand the flow of my wife's Japanese we actually use both

  • Japanese we actually use both

  • Japanese we actually use both languages interchangeably when

  • languages interchangeably when

  • languages interchangeably when we speak with her but I try to

  • we speak with her but I try to

  • we speak with her but I try to speak more English with her and

  • speak more English with her and

  • speak more English with her and my wife does the same thing with

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