Placeholder Image

Subtitles section Play video

  • hi there I'm Drew Badger the world's

  • first and number one English Fluency

  • Guide and it is a pleasure to welcome

  • you to a new video here on YouTube and

  • in this video this is something that I

  • really get asked about a lot and this is

  • I don't have anyone to practice speaking

  • with so how can I find people to

  • practice speaking with especially native

  • English speakers alright now if you look

  • at most of my videos and you scroll down

  • in the comments there are people asking

  • each other hey we should make a Skype

  • group or meet me in whatsapp or get on

  • Facebook and let's do this like do not

  • do any of that stuff I'm going to tell

  • you right now it might be helpful but

  • there are much better ways to practice

  • and that's what I'd like to talk about

  • in this video so if I see those comments

  • down below I'm going to be very

  • disappointed so you should be not

  • following that advice you should be

  • following the advice I'm giving you in

  • this video because this is how I learn

  • to speak and this is how a lot of

  • learners that want to improve quickly

  • are improving their pronunciation their

  • use of vocabulary their automatic speech

  • or their grammar use all of these things

  • come from practicing speaking and if you

  • understand how to meet native speakers

  • the right way and it becomes much easier

  • to do that so let's get into that in

  • this video all right the first thing you

  • have to understand about practicing with

  • native speakers or just practicing in

  • general is if you practice with people

  • that are at your level you're going to

  • stay at this level so this is why I

  • don't recommend people using forums for

  • other English learners we do have this

  • when people join like the the fluency

  • course or master English conversation

  • people are invited to learn and to

  • connect with other people and many

  • people do but I always recommend and

  • this is why we actually teach in the

  • program lots of different ways to help

  • people connect with actual native

  • speakers because if you practice with

  • people at a higher level than you that's

  • going to pull your language up they

  • might not necessarily be able to correct

  • all of your language because if you're

  • not really a teacher of the language you

  • might not know why we do things in

  • English but at least it gives you a

  • correct model for you to follow and this

  • is the same way that native speakers

  • learn so young children are following

  • their parents and very few people are

  • actually native teachers of the language

  • even when they're just practicing with

  • their kids they're just speaking in an

  • everyday condo

  • stationed away and children are getting

  • to understand the basic rules just by

  • copying what their parents are doing so

  • you should be doing the same thing again

  • if you spend time trying to meet other

  • people like if you're in the comments

  • right now saying hey we should meet and

  • connect with each other why waste your

  • time doing that when you can connect

  • with actual native speakers now the

  • second part of this is if you want to

  • connect with native English speakers

  • then you have to actually offer them

  • something of value in return now if you

  • go to a person say hey can you please

  • practice speaking with me I really want

  • to improve my speaking all you're doing

  • is just requesting that person to take

  • their time and their energy and even if

  • they don't know how to teach the

  • language you're basically putting a

  • burden on that person and that's what

  • makes it really frustrating for a lot of

  • people when they're trying to learn

  • because they're going to people and

  • they're saying hey can you help me with

  • this can you help me can you help me

  • instead of how can I help you so the

  • most important thing about this is when

  • you're trying to connect with other

  • people the same way I was trying to

  • connect with Japanese speakers when I

  • was learning Japanese or at least at the

  • beginning I've got plenty of people know

  • plenty of Japanese speaker Japanese

  • speaking friends now that I can

  • communicate with both online and in

  • person but to get to that level I had to

  • think how can I offer these people

  • something they want and it doesn't mean

  • you have to pay them or anything like

  • that but typically this is just the same

  • way you would meet an actual friend

  • where you live you know like a person

  • that speaks your native language so when

  • you're communicating with people and you

  • say hey if I just walk up to someone say

  • hey please be my friend they're going to

  • look at me and think well that's kind of

  • a weird question like I don't know if we

  • really connect with each other why do I

  • want to be your friend why is it why is

  • it important for me to do something like

  • that in the same way that you are

  • looking for something of value to you

  • other people are looking for something

  • of value to them so you have to respect

  • that and you have to understand that

  • thing so the more you give the more

  • you're going to get from other people

  • that are trying to help you practice now

  • the next thing you have to do is stop

  • wasting time in comments like these like

  • videos just like this you scroll down

  • below this video people looking for

  • people to comment or people to practice

  • with and I'm sure they will like you

  • will absolutely see comments like that

  • below the video it might even be from

  • people that have not

  • watch the video and learned an even

  • better way to do it right in this video

  • unfortunately but that's how life is you

  • can lead a horse to water but you can't

  • make him drink this is a great English

  • expression or a proverb you probably

  • have something similar in your own

  • language so you can you can present

  • information you can make it available

  • that you can't make people consume that

  • information or that knowledge anyway so

  • once you understand the first step that

  • you should not be practicing with people

  • at your level if you want to improve you

  • need to practice with people just like a

  • sport you have to practice with people

  • that are better than you you have to

  • play against people that are better than

  • you if you want to improve and the

  • second part of that is that you have to

  • give in order to get so you have to give

  • a reason why people are trying to have a

  • relationship with you and because of

  • that what I really recommend you do is

  • actually go to where the fish are if you

  • want to catch the fish now this is

  • another idea of like like native

  • speakers are not going to be watching

  • this video or if they are they're

  • probably teaching the language or

  • somebody that's just trying to get some

  • information or for like YouTube was like

  • hey watch this video and then they're

  • going to comment below this video like

  • I'm a native speaker why am i watching

  • this video and so that's why you're not

  • going to get many people down below this

  • video or in this video watching this

  • video that are native speakers so this

  • is not if you want to go fishing for

  • native speakers this is not a place to

  • do that you have to go where native

  • speakers are now if you live in an

  • english-speaking country like the United

  • States the United Kingdom Canada

  • Australia wherever or even just an area

  • where you live that has a lot of native

  • speakers that's great then you can just

  • start connecting with people personally

  • but when you walk up to them just treat

  • them like a regular person you don't

  • have to begin by saying help me improve

  • my my English just start speaking with

  • them and even if you make a mistake it's

  • okay native speakers will probably be

  • happy to to connect with you but again

  • you have to do it where you're just

  • trying to meet the person the same way

  • you would meet someone that speaks your

  • native language you don't walk up to

  • them and just say hey help me with my

  • whatever you try to offer them something

  • it's like hey like those are some nice

  • shoes you have there you know you may be

  • giving them a compliment or connecting

  • with them in some way like I see we both

  • like the same

  • sports team or whatever you're making a

  • connection with that person and that's

  • where the communication develops but in

  • the case of you know maybe somebody

  • that's online you don't live in a place

  • where they're native English speakers

  • you have to connect with people online

  • the truth is that native English

  • speakers are in every country on the

  • planet if you mean if you have access to

  • the Internet and you're learning English

  • and you probably can maybe find

  • somewhere somewhere close by in your

  • country or in the next town or something

  • some large city where you live it you

  • could probably travel to and meet native

  • speakers there but the best way to do

  • that first is through online forums

  • where you're actually connecting with

  • native speakers as opposed to non-native

  • speakers so when I was giving some

  • advice to a learner not that long ago I

  • was in Vietnam and so I was talking with

  • learner there about like okay here's how

  • we can connect with people and like if I

  • just wanted to meet somebody online

  • because she was saying oh I have

  • problems may be meeting native speakers

  • even though native speakers are

  • everywhere so you could be even in the

  • same room but people don't end up

  • connecting with each other so if you

  • help these people this is just one way

  • to do it if you're online so let's say I

  • live in Japan so I do live in Japan I

  • can do this exact same thing and I want

  • to learn maybe Japanese or something

  • actually now let's see let's use the

  • example of like Vietnam like I just did

  • so we're in Vietnam and this student is

  • Vietnamese but lots of foreigners

  • english-speaking foreigners are coming

  • to Vietnam and in Vietnam

  • you have a lot of people that maybe

  • they're coming there some foreigners

  • that don't really understand maybe

  • things about Vietnam or what are the

  • best places to travel because people

  • read guide books online but really

  • foreigners want to connect with locals

  • as much as possible this is why air B&B

  • is such a popular thing and this is a

  • way of traveling and staying at people's

  • homes as opposed to staying with you

  • know a hotel something like that so it

  • could be a little bit cheaper in some

  • places but also people get to connect

  • with actual local people so it makes it

  • makes for a really great arrangement for

  • people and that's how you can also

  • improve your your language ability as

  • well but in these situations you have a

  • lot of foreigners that come there and

  • there are forums for foreigners either

  • we're living in your country so in the

  • case of Vietnam we would just look up

  • foreigners we go to Google or whatever

  • search engine you want to use and you

  • type in foreigner or or like forum for

  • visitors or people living foreigners

  • living in whatever country you're in and

  • so we find that we go to the first

  • couple of forums and we see wow there

  • are a lot of people chatting they're

  • talking each other and these are all

  • native speakers and this is your chance

  • to give to these people all you say you

  • create an account with one of these

  • things and to say hey like you just you

  • start answering questions that people

  • have because that's what people do these

  • foreigners they come to your country

  • like Americans and they don't know what

  • to do they don't know where the best

  • restaurants are they I don't know like

  • what places they should go or should not

  • go to so if you can give to these people

  • before you try to get from them any kind

  • of language help this is what's going to

  • help you connect with lots of people and

  • you can spend an afternoon like just an

  • hour going in maybe answer ten different

  • questions people have and develop a

  • relationship with those people and if

  • they're traveling like let's say you

  • live in like Ho Chi Minh City or you

  • live in Tokyo or wherever any place

  • where they're going to be foreigners

  • then you can connect with them and say

  • hey like if you want to meet we can I

  • can like show you some of these places

  • around you know where we live and

  • especially foreigners like people coming

  • from the United States or the United

  • Kingdom they're happy to connect with

  • locals because it's a great way for them

  • to have a better vacation to get some

  • great stories for people back home and

  • you can be a part of this so if you

  • think about giving to these people first

  • and thinking also about fishing where

  • the fish are so don't look for native

  • English speakers in the comments below

  • this video look for them where they are

  • so especially whether you're in the

  • United States or United Kingdom if you

  • have an opportunity like that you can

  • just think about your interest and then

  • go to those places you know actually try

  • to associate with native English

  • speakers it's really easy because

  • they're everywhere whether you were in

  • an english-speaking country or not so

  • again think about giving think about

  • fishing where the fish are and then

  • actually trying to connect with these

  • people by helping them in some way

  • so the forums online are a really great

  • way to do that just think about some

  • places where you can connect with people

  • and then offer them help and say

  • if you need like whatever like people

  • are saying like what's the best place to

  • do is how do I do this how do I do this

  • how do I do this it's the exact same

  • thing I'm doing right with these videos

  • people have all of these questions about

  • how do they learn how do I meet people

  • to practice with how do i improve my use

  • of grammar so I can say it automatically

  • how to improve improve my pronunciation

  • in my accent all I'm doing is answering

  • all these questions it's not a mystery

  • here and by giving I receive a lot from

  • all the great learners that are helping

  • me do what I want to do so it's a

  • fantastic arrangement and you can do the

  • exact same thing but it just begins with

  • going to where people are the actual

  • people that should be helping you if you

  • want their help and this is again why

  • you should connect with native English

  • speakers because they're going to

  • increase your level they're going to

  • pull you up to a higher level as opposed

  • to working with other learners that are

  • going to maybe help you a little bit but

  • again you're going to get much more

  • support and help from people that are

  • native speakers if you give to them

  • first and treat them in a good way well

  • that's it for this video these are the

  • things that we do in mastering this

  • conversation and the fluency course

  • where we go through lots of different

  • techniques just like this ways that you

  • can get out and practice with people how

  • do you meet people whether it's online

  • or in the real world and this is how we

  • can help you improve as well so you

  • could like to learn more about those

  • programs you can at English anyone comm

  • and if you like this video do click that

  • like button and become a subscriber to

  • the YouTube channel do tell a bunch of

  • other people about this videos to other

  • people who are also struggling thinking

  • how can i meet native speakers of

  • practice with this is one simple

  • technique that I've given you in this

  • video that you can share with them as

  • well and if you'd like to learn more

  • about improving not only your way of

  • meeting native speakers but about how

  • you practice how you learn how you you

  • know review grammar all of these things

  • that you can use to finally become a

  • confident successful English speaker

  • click on the link in this video to take

  • our free English fluency quiz it will

  • tell you exactly what you need to do for

  • your particular situation so we can help

  • you become a great speaker I look

  • forward to seeing you in English anyone

  • calm so click on the link here or in the

  • video description below this video and

  • click on the link there to take our free

  • English fluency quiz I look forward to

  • seeing you in the next video and until

  • then bye bye

hi there I'm Drew Badger the world's

Subtitles and vocabulary

Click the word to look it up Click the word to find further inforamtion about it