How I Practice English Every Day by Myself — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hi everyone, welcome back to my channel.
2. 0:02Long time no see, right? I know I
3. 0:04haven't made a long video in quite a
4. 0:06while, but I promise I promise to myself
5. 0:10and I promise to you that I'm going to
6. 0:12get better at this. My goal is to be
7. 0:15more regular and consistent with
8. 0:17creating long videos, not just shorts.
9. 0:20So, today I wanted to share with you
10. 0:23what I do to practice English everyday
11. 0:27by myself. Over the years, I've
12. 0:29developed a system that works really
13. 0:32well for me and I try to be as
14. 0:34consistent as possible with this routine
15. 0:37because it helps me to maintain my
16. 0:40English level and also keep improving,
17. 0:43keep learning something new everyday. Of
18. 0:45course, not everyday looks the same. We
19. 0:48all have busy lives. Sometimes I'm
20. 0:51exhausted or I simply don't have enough
21. 0:54time to follow all the steps of my
22. 0:57routine, but what I'm about to show you
23. 1:00is more or less what my English routine
24. 1:03looks like. And yeah, one important
25. 1:05thing to mention is that I do not live
26. 1:07in an English-speaking country. In fact,
27. 1:10I've talked about it in my previous
28. 1:12videos, I have never been to the US or
29. 1:15Canada or the UK. So, since I'm not
30. 1:19surrounded by native English speakers, I
31. 1:22have to create this environment for
32. 1:24myself in order to practice English. I
33. 1:28can't just go outside and pick it up
34. 1:30naturally, you know, on the streets. Um
35. 1:33and I thought, if I can do it, you can
36. 1:35do it as well. So, without further ado,
37. 1:38let's get into it. So, the first thing I
38. 1:41do is consume content in English.
39. 1:44Nowadays, we spend a lot of time
40. 1:46watching YouTube, Netflix, and other
41. 1:48streaming platforms. So, I simply choose
42. 1:51to do it in English. If I'm going to
43. 1:54spend time watching something, I might
44. 1:56as well improve my English at the same
45. 1:58time, right? Often times I watch YouTube
46. 2:01while having breakfast alone. For
47. 2:03example, let's say my husband is not at
48. 2:05home or he's working.
49. 2:07Um I know this is not super healthy. The
50. 2:10scientists say that you are not supposed
51. 2:12to do it, but I can't help it. I'm
52. 2:15really into travel vlogs and my favorite
53. 2:18YouTubers are Kara and Nate. They're an
54. 2:22American couple who travel around the
55. 2:25world and their videos are incredibly
56. 2:27inspiring. Plus, I absolutely love their
57. 2:30personalities and on top of that, I get
58. 2:33to listen to natural American English,
59. 2:36which is another huge bonus. And as for
60. 2:39TV shows, I usually watch them with
61. 2:42English subtitles. Yes, I do put the
62. 2:44subtitles on,
63. 2:46uh but not because otherwise I don't
64. 2:49understand the characters. That's not
65. 2:51the case at all. It just helps me to
66. 2:54notice interesting vocabulary, useful
67. 2:56expressions, uh grammar structures that
68. 2:59I can later use um in my lesson material
69. 3:03uh that I create for my students. And
70. 3:06also, this way I draw inspiration for my
71. 3:09content. When it comes to
72. 3:11recommendations, I honestly think that
73. 3:14TV shows and movies are a matter of
74. 3:17personal taste. Everyone enjoys
75. 3:20different genres. For example, I for
76. 3:23some reason do not connect with the
77. 3:25majority of modern TV shows and movies.
78. 3:29Um every time there is a new TV series
79. 3:31on Netflix, I give it a chance. I watch
80. 3:34an episode or two,
81. 3:37but most of the time it just doesn't
82. 3:39keep me interested. I don't know, maybe
83. 3:41there's something wrong with the movie
84. 3:43industry in general or there's something
85. 3:45wrong with me.
86. 3:47I can't figure it it out. Um but the
87. 3:49fact is I I
88. 3:50end up going back to the classics. The
89. 3:53Office, How I Met Your Mother,
90. 3:56um Friends. Yeah, those are the shows
91. 3:59that I can rewatch over and over again.
92. 4:02If you have any recommendations, if
93. 4:04there's a movie or a TV show that
94. 4:07completely blew your mind, please leave
95. 4:10them in the comments. I'm always looking
96. 4:12for something good to watch. Next, I
97. 4:14keep a vocabulary list. Whenever I come
98. 4:17across an unfamiliar word or expression,
99. 4:20I write it down in my notes app on the
100. 4:22phone, and every now and then I go back
101. 4:25to it and review this list. And if I
102. 4:27notice that I have forgotten a word, I
103. 4:30look it up again. I make a few example
104. 4:32sentences with it. It helps me to retain
105. 4:36the information. I used to really like
106. 4:38flashcards. I know they're incredibly
107. 4:41effective, but for some reason,
108. 4:44I don't know, I just don't use them
109. 4:46anymore. Maybe I've become a little
110. 4:48lazy, but if flashcards work for you,
111. 4:52definitely keep using them. They are a
112. 4:54fantastic learning tool. Next, I
113. 4:57practice shadowing. If you don't know
114. 4:59what shadowing is, it's when you listen
115. 5:02to a native speaker and repeat what they
116. 5:04say almost immediately, trying to copy
117. 5:07their pronunciation, rhythm, stress, and
118. 5:10intonation.
119. 5:22In every language, we use the muscles of
120. 5:25our tongue, lips, and jaws very
121. 5:28differently. So, shadowing helps our
122. 5:31mouth get used to these new movement
123. 5:34patterns, which in turn helps us to
124. 5:36produce English sounds more accurately.
125. 5:39And I normally don't do super long
126. 5:42videos. I practice shadowing right
127. 5:45before my classes to warm up my muscles,
128. 5:48my mouth. And I believe that even 1
129. 5:51minute of shadowing can be very
130. 5:53effective. Next thing that I highly,
131. 5:56highly recommend is reading out loud. I
132. 6:00read a lot and I try to read out loud
133. 6:04even though my husband kind of hates it.
134. 6:07He says that it sounds like I'm quietly
135. 6:10whispering curses, but
136. 6:13all jokes aside, it's incredibly
137. 6:15beneficial, you guys. It makes your
138. 6:17brain work really hard. It improves your
139. 6:20pronunciation, your grammar. It helps
140. 6:22you notice how sentences in English
141. 6:25naturally flow.
142. 6:26>> "Doesn't like me," she said to herself.
143. 6:28And at once this possibility became an
144. 6:31established certainty. John had refused
145. 6:34to come because he didn't like her. He
146. 6:36didn't like her.
147. 6:37>> I don't know, maybe it's just my
148. 6:38feeling, but reading makes me feel
149. 6:41smarter.
150. 6:43It's like with food, do you know,
151. 6:45healthy food and junk food? After eating
152. 6:48junk food, I usually feel guilty. Same
153. 6:50way after consuming a lot of content,
154. 6:53watching a lot of stupid videos on
155. 6:56social media, I feel guilty. I feel like
156. 7:00I've just wasted my precious time.
157. 7:04And with reading, I feel like I'm
158. 7:07feeding my brain healthy food. It's
159. 7:10almost like a book is a huge bowl of
160. 7:14salad for my brain.
161. 7:16If it makes any sense. And I'm not
162. 7:18extremely picky with what I read.
163. 7:20Sometimes it's self-help books, novels,
164. 7:22science fiction, autobiographies. It
165. 7:25really depends on my mood. And last but
166. 7:28definitely not least, I teach English. I
167. 7:31mentioned that in my previous videos
168. 7:33that teaching is one of the best ways to
169. 7:36improve your own English. When you
170. 7:38explain something to others, it helps
171. 7:41you understand it and remember it much
172. 7:44better. Many of my students are quite
173. 7:46advanced, so they often challenge me
174. 7:49with difficult grammar questions or
175. 7:51topics, and when I'm preparing lessons
176. 7:55for them, I'm learning, too. I do a lot
177. 7:57of research, I look things up, and all
178. 8:00of that deepens my own understanding of
179. 8:03the language.
180. 8:04>> a fortune. If something is crazy
181. 8:06expensive, yeah, you can say costs a
182. 8:08fortune. Uh-huh.
183. 8:11All right.
184. 8:12>> Now, I'm not saying that everyone has to
185. 8:14become an English teacher.
186. 8:16Of course not, but this could be a great
187. 8:19idea, you know, to teach maybe your
188. 8:21children, your friends, family members,
189. 8:25etc. Okay, my microphone is dying. I
190. 8:27have to charge it, but that's pretty
191. 8:29much it for my daily English routine.
192. 8:33Thank you so much for watching and
193. 8:35spending some time with me today. And
194. 8:38now, I would love to hear from you guys.
195. 8:40What do you do to practice English by
196. 8:43yourself? Do you have any habits that
197. 8:46help you stay consistent on your
198. 8:48journey? I would love to hear from you.
199. 8:50Please share in the comments. Let's
200. 8:52exchange some good ideas with each
201. 8:54other. And of course,
202. 8:56like this video and subscribe, and I'll
203. 8:58see you in the next one. Bye-bye.
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