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0:00one of the biggest challenges for
0:02English Learners is knowing how to
0:06improve when they're studying alone
0:10maybe you are studying alone and you get
0:12frustrated you want to improve quickly
0:15but you just don't know how well in
0:18today's English lesson I am going to
0:20teach you how to study alone and still
0:24improve your English rapidly are you
0:28ready well then I'm teacher Tiffany
0:31let's Jump Right In tip number
0:36one
0:37read aloud I want you to pay close
0:41attention read aloud practice reading
0:46English texts out loud you might have a
0:51ton of books at home like I do if you're
0:53watching this video right and you might
0:56pick those books up and read them but
0:59you need to start reading aloud opening
1:02up your mouth and maybe you're asking
1:04Tiffany why is this so important let me
1:07explain there are three reasons why it's
1:10so important for you if your goal is to
1:13improve your English rapidly even though
1:15you're studying alone the first reason
1:18why reading aloud is so important is it
1:21will improve your pronunciation and your
1:25intonation reading aloud helps you
1:28become more aware of the sounds and
1:31rhythms of English allowing you my
1:34friend to practice the correct
1:37pronunciation and intonation patterns
1:40for example you know my voice well I'm
1:43happy to be your teacher I'm honored to
1:46be your English teacher so you know my
1:49patterns you know my intonation you know
1:51my pronunciation so when you start
1:54practicing and reading aloud even if you
1:57are
1:58alone you'll naturally start comparing
2:02your voice your pronunciation your
2:04intonation to what you have heard during
2:07my English lessons we're talking about
2:11boosting your English improving your
2:13English rapidly even when you study
2:16alone the second reason why this tip is
2:20so important is it enhances memory
2:23retention through auditory
2:27reinforcement hearing your own voice
2:30that's right your voice actually
2:33reinforces memory making it easier for
2:36you to remember words and phrases my
2:40friend your brain is amazing and in your
2:44goal to speak English fluently and with
2:47confidence in your uh your efforts to
2:51achieve this goal you have to remember
2:53the power of hearing your own voice on a
2:58regular basis you'll start to correct
3:01yourself and you'll start to remember
3:04things even faster so again memory
3:08retention and the third reason why
3:11reading aloud is so important is builds
3:15confidence in
3:17speaking regular
3:19practice regular practice can reduce
3:24anxiety about speaking in public and
3:27make you more comfortable using English
3:30in conversations I know that you feel a
3:33little bit discouraged at times because
3:35you're studying alone I know you feel
3:38like maybe someone else has a better
3:40situation or more opportunities because
3:43they might be
3:45surrounded by English
3:47learners but you have to remember it's
3:49not impossible for you even though
3:52you're studying alone it's not
3:54impossible for you to boost and improve
3:57your English rapidly Remember When you
4:00read
4:01aloud it will actually increase your
4:04confidence it's amazing how even
4:07studying alone can help you improve your
4:10English so number one tip number one
4:13read aloud tip number
4:17two listen to English
4:21media listen to English media listen
4:25engage with English podcasts music and
4:30videos now if you have a cell phone if
4:34you have a cell phone you need to start
4:36using it on a regular basis to listen to
4:39podcasts to listen to music to watch
4:42videos maybe even my videos again you
4:47need to start inundating yourself with
4:50English media filling your mind with
4:54English media constantly adding more and
4:58more remember we're talking about even
5:00though you're studying alone being able
5:03to boost your English rapidly three
5:05reasons why this tip is so important
5:08reason number
5:10one enhances your listening skills and
5:15your comprehension you see exposure to
5:18different accents and speech
5:22speeds improves your ability to
5:26understand spoken English in various
5:28contexts you understand my pronunciation
5:32you understand my intonation you can
5:35follow my pace and my speed you're used
5:38to my voice but the more you listen to
5:43podcasts and watch other videos the more
5:46your ear will be able to pick up on
5:49different accents different
5:50pronunciation and different
5:53intonations this is going to affect your
5:56ability to speak English fluently the
5:59second second reason is it will expose
6:02you to various accents and colloquial
6:06Expressions understanding Regional
6:09accents and slang terms is crucial is
6:13imperative is super important for
6:17effective communication and it helps you
6:20sound more natural here's the deal I
6:24live on the east coast not too far from
6:27Washington DC so where I'm from we sound
6:31a certain way but if you go to the Deep
6:34South maybe if you go to Alabama or even
6:38if you go to the west coast to
6:40California you will hear different
6:44accents and your ear needs to get used
6:47to these accents remember we're talking
6:49about boosting your English rapidly if
6:52you want your listening skills to
6:54improve rapidly you need to listen to
6:56many different accents each of the
7:00individuals you're listening to can be
7:02American they can be British if you're
7:04looking for British English but
7:06listening to these different accents
7:08will enhance your listening skills which
7:10will automatically affect your speaking
7:13skills reason number three provides a
7:17context for Real World Language use you
7:21see media often depicts real life
7:25scenarios helping you learn practical
7:28language use man and this happened to me
7:31when I was studying Korean you know that
7:33I speak Korean I lived in Korea for
7:35about 10 years and I remember as I was
7:38on my journey learning the language I
7:42would constantly watch different
7:44programs everyone speaking Korean I
7:47would listen to different music
7:50different podcasts why I wanted to get
7:53used to the accents I wanted to get used
7:56to the words the terms the expressions
7:59the slang that were being used in real
8:02life and this helped me when I went to
8:05speak with my friends this is why it's
8:07so important for you to follow tip
8:09number two listen to English media you
8:14got it excellent all right tip number
8:19three
8:21write
8:23daily I'm going to say this again write
8:28daily it's important for you to keep a
8:31Daily Journal or even blog in English
8:35now again if you're watching this video
8:37on YouTube you can see behind me there
8:40are tons and tons of notebooks why I am
8:45in the habit of jotting down notes on a
8:47regular basis right when ideas come to
8:50mind even right in front of me I'll show
8:52you this is where I take my notes right
8:55for the day and this is something that I
8:57have done for years since I was a child
9:01this is an effective way of improving
9:04enhancing your language skills let me
9:08give you three specific reasons why this
9:10tip is so important reason number one it
9:14improves your writing skills and your
9:17vocabulary you see writing regularly
9:20helps you practice sentence structure
9:24and new vocabulary if you watched my
9:28lesson last week I spoke about seven
9:31English phrases you need to truly boost
9:34your English enhance your English
9:36conversation skills right so when you
9:38watch my lessons I'm sure you enjoy them
9:41right go ahead nod your head yes okay
9:44you enjoy the lessons but after you
9:46finish the lessons you might watch
9:48several other videos right several other
9:51lessons and that's perfect but then you
9:53also need to start writing down in your
9:56journal what did you like the most what
9:59was your favorite phrase what was your
10:01favorite word what was your favorite tip
10:06this is important for you to write on a
10:09regular
10:11basis secondly it helps organize your
10:16thoughts in English you see thinking in
10:19English while writing AIDS helps
10:24influency and makes it easier to express
10:27ideas clearly
10:29listen when you have your notebook when
10:32you take it out and you start writing
10:35things down in order to write something
10:37down you must first think so you're
10:40starting to train yourself to think in
10:43English and then write down your
10:44thoughts what's going to happen now when
10:46you go to conversations you've been
10:48practicing thinking in English so much
10:51it's going to be so easy for you to
10:52speak English you got it excellent all
10:57right here's the third reason
11:00provides a record of progress and shows
11:07you areas needing
11:09Improvement reviewing past entries
11:13allows you to track your improvement and
11:16identify persistent mistakes again going
11:20to take out this notebook now this is
11:23one of my newer notebooks right but in
11:26this notebook I've started to take notes
11:30and what's going to happen when I come
11:32back years from now and I look at this
11:35notebook I'll say ah I remember writing
11:38that down ah I remember what I was
11:41thinking when I wrote that ah I remember
11:44dot dot dot the same is true for you
11:48when you go back and review your notes
11:51review your daily journals you'll see
11:53man I've improved so much and this
11:56reminder will give you confidence As you
11:58move forward to the the next level a
12:01record of progress and shows you where
12:04you need to improve tip number three
12:07write daily tip number four
12:13use
12:14flashcards you heard me right use
12:17flashcards you see create flashcards for
12:20new vocabulary and phrases why is this
12:23so important when you're studying alone
12:26but you want to boost your English and
12:29improve rapidly you see when you use
12:32flash cards it will Aid in memorization
12:35through
12:37repetition regular review of flash cards
12:41reinforces your memory and AIDS
12:44long-term retention you might be sitting
12:47at work you might be working with your
12:49kids you might be out and about and you
12:52have your flash cards with you you whip
12:55a few of them out when you're waiting in
12:57line at the grocery store
12:59okay retention it means to keep
13:01information in next word you have the
13:04opportunity to remind yourself of what
13:07you have learned and be able to retain
13:10it even more reason number
13:13two can be used for quick review
13:16sessions I actually just showed you an
13:18example right if you're watching the
13:20video but I explained when you're at the
13:22grocery store flashcards are portable
13:25and convenient allowing for study during
13:29spare moments and finally helps in
13:33categorizing and recalling vocabulary
13:37organizing flash cards by theme or
13:40difficulty level can make learning more
13:44systematic we're talking about you
13:47improving your English even though
13:50you're studying alone being able to
13:52improve your English rapidly you got it
13:56excellent tip number four use
13:59flashcards tip number
14:03five
14:04practice
14:06speaking again practice speaking you
14:10need to talk to yourself or use language
14:15apps to practice
14:18speaking something happens when you
14:21practice actually speaking even when you
14:25are alone it's important for you to
14:27practice speaking now I'm going to give
14:28you the three reasons why this is so
14:30important but I do want to remind you
14:32remember you can use my app English with
14:36Tiffany you can download the app the
14:38link is in the description and you can
14:40get it by going to the Google Play store
14:42or the Apple Store now each week when
14:45you download the app each week the
14:47lessons that I'm teaching you you can
14:49find a corresponding lesson in the app
14:52that will help you review what you've
14:55been learning this is why it's so
14:59important for you once again with this
15:01tip practice speaking using an app or if
15:06you're with someone else now let's check
15:09out the reasons why this is so important
15:12reason number one this builds speaking
15:16fluency and confidence you see regular
15:20practice helps you speak more smoothly
15:22and
15:23naturally smoothly and naturally number
15:29two it reinforces language structures
15:32and vocabulary you see speaking uses
15:36different parts of the brain compared to
15:40reading or writing deepening your
15:43understanding of the language you have
15:45to remember how amazing your brain is
15:50our previous tip was all about writing
15:53on a daily basis now we're talking about
15:57speaking on a regular
15:59preferably daily basis here's the third
16:03reason it mimics real life conversations
16:09you see practicing common phrases and
16:12responses prepares you for real
16:15interactions don't let studying alone
16:19stop you or hinder you from improving
16:21your English you can do it it will
16:26prepare you for the real life
16:28interactions that that will come you got
16:30it excellent tip number five practice
16:33speaking now tip number
16:37six
16:39record
16:41yourself record yourself listen record
16:45and listen to your speaking practice now
16:48you can do this by recording a video of
16:51yourself or you can record an audio clip
16:55this has done so much to help my
16:57students so I have stud students in my
16:59programs in the speak English like a
17:01native program and also my daily English
17:04lessons membership program you can find
17:06all of them at the speak English with
17:08Tiffany Academy Link in the description
17:11but I encourage each of my students to
17:14record themselves on a regular basis and
17:17the students that do it on a regular
17:19basis even if they are alone in their
17:22country no one else around them is able
17:24to speak English when they record
17:27themselves or when they record an audio
17:29clip I have watched them improve so
17:33quickly why is this the case here are
17:37the reasons why this tip is so important
17:39reason number one it helps you identify
17:41pronunciation and grammatical errors you
17:44see listening to recordings of yourself
17:48allows you to catch mistakes you might
17:50not notice while
17:53speaking next it allows for
17:56selfassessment and corre correction self
18:00assessment is a powerful is a powerful
18:04tool for improving language skills this
18:09is something that I need you to
18:11understand many times as an English
18:15learner many times you think that your
18:17teacher listen closely you think that
18:20your teacher is the most
18:24important that's not true you my friend
18:28are actually the most important listen
18:30carefully you see as your English
18:33teacher I'm honored I am happy and yes
18:35my role is important right as you're
18:38going on this English
18:39Journey however I am simply giving you
18:43the tools you need you my friend have to
18:48pick up those tools and actually use
18:51them if I only give you the tool and you
18:54never use it there's no point but once
18:59you receive the tool from me and decide
19:02to put this tool into practice into use
19:06you'll start seeing amazing results
19:08again going back to the power of self
19:12assessment you are the most important
19:14individual on your English Journey
19:17listen to yourself after you recorded
19:20yourself watch yourself if you recorded
19:22a video of yourself and start assessing
19:25yourself you'll be amazed at how quickly
19:29you'll improve the third reason is doing
19:32this builds confidence in speaking you
19:35see becoming accustomed to the sound of
19:38your own voice in English actually helps
19:41to reduce speaking anxiety you know what
19:45I'm talking about right when you get to
19:48a conversation and all of a sudden maybe
19:50your palms start sweating maybe you
19:52start shaking a bit because you get
19:54nervous right maybe you feel like your
19:55brain goes white you can't remember
19:57anything this is what anxiety feels
20:01like when you're going to speak English
20:04in a group
20:06situation but the more you practice
20:09recording yourself then listening to
20:12yourself or watching yourself the more
20:16comfortable you become with your own
20:17voice so that when you get to the
20:20situations where you would normally feel
20:22nervous all of a sudden you'll feel
20:25confident all right tip number
20:29seven practice listening and
20:33speaking
20:36simultaneously listen to English audio
20:39while repeating it aloud for example
20:42you're watching me right now I'm
20:44teaching you this English lesson if
20:46you're listening to me via the podcast
20:48you're listening to me right now what I
20:50want you to do is as you're watching as
20:53you're listening try to repeat what I'm
20:54saying I'm speaking to you I'm teaching
20:57you I want you to say I'm speaking to
20:59you I'm teaching you practice speaking
21:03simultaneously as you're listening let
21:05me explain why this is so important this
21:08enhances both listening and speaking
21:12skills simultaneous practice reinforces
21:17both skills listening and speaking
21:20here's the second reason it reinforces
21:23correct pronunciation and rhythm you're
21:26trying to follow along keep up the
21:28Rhythm them follow the pace mimicking
21:30native speakers improves your own
21:33pronunciation and fluency I did this
21:36exact same thing when I was studying
21:39Korean I would watch videos I would
21:42listen to podcasts and I would try to
21:45repeat what I was watching or what I was
21:47hearing as I listened to the
21:50podcast and finally this improves
21:54retention through multiple senses your
21:57ears and your speaking through your
21:59mouth using multiple senses strengthens
22:03memory and understanding we're talking
22:06about studying alone and still being
22:09able to improve your English
22:13rapidly tip number
22:16eight use English in daily
22:21tasks incorporate English into everyday
22:25activities whatever you do whether
22:27you're working whether you're playing
22:29with your children whether you're
22:31commute commuting like you're going back
22:33and forth to work includeed in your
22:36daily tasks why is this so important
22:38reason number one makes learning
22:41practical and relevant using English in
22:45real life situations reinforces learning
22:48it reinforces what you've learned
22:50remember earlier we talked about taking
22:53notes writing in a Daily Journal right
22:57now you're starting to to use what
22:59you've written down or use what you've
23:03learned reason number two provides
23:05constant practice and immersion regular
23:08use of English helps maintain and
23:12improve skills we're talking about
23:15improving your English even when you're
23:18studying alone and number three
23:20reinforces everyday
23:23vocabulary practical use ensures you
23:26remember and can apply everyday words
23:31and
23:32phrases tip number eight use English in
23:36daily
23:38tasks tip number nine tip number nine
23:43set
23:45specific goals once again set specific
23:48goals Define clear and achievable here
23:52we go language goals what are your goals
23:57be specific not vague not broad be
24:01detailed why is this so important let me
24:04explain here's the reason reason number
24:08one provides motivation and
24:12Direction clear goals keep you
24:16focused and
24:18driven clear goals keep you focused and
24:21driven remember we're talking about
24:23being able to enhance your English even
24:27when you're studying
24:29Alone number two it helps measure
24:33progress
24:35effectively specific goals make it
24:37easier to see improvements when you have
24:41a set goal you know what you're working
24:44towards and number three it keeps
24:48Learners it keeps you as an English
24:50learner focused and organized structured
24:54learning plans prevent you from being
24:57overwhelmed
24:58I tell this to my students all the time
25:00the students in my daily English lessons
25:02membership 365 days of English lessons
25:06each and every day of the year I have
25:10set up a plan I have set up a lesson for
25:13the students to follow all of a sudden
25:16they're not as overwhelmed why because
25:19they have a plan to follow this is what
25:22you have to keep in mind if your goal
25:24even when you're studying alone is to
25:25boost your English skills you must set
25:29specific goals this tip must be
25:32remembered I hope you enjoyed this
25:35English lesson I hope these tips truly
25:37help you don't be frustrated don't be
25:40overwhelmed instead even when you're
25:42studying alone follow these nine tips
25:44and improve your
25:54English you still there you know what
25:58time it is it's Story Time hey I said
26:03it's story time all right for today's
26:08story I actually want to just tell you
26:11something very short you know there's
26:14this phrase that has been said for
26:18decades it takes a village I'll say it
26:22again it takes a village now this phrase
26:27just means it takes people around a
26:32child to truly help them grow well
26:36mother and father they do amazing but
26:39grandparents are important aunts and
26:41uncles are important family members
26:44extended family members Friends Church
26:46members depending on where you live
26:48whoever is around you that is close to
26:50you it takes a village to truly raise a
26:54child and this happened to me when I was
26:57in South Korea again I taught thousands
26:59upon thousands of students and I
27:01remember working with kids kids bring so
27:05much joy to adults they have this
27:09Carefree attitude so many times because
27:11they don't have bills they don't have
27:13worries right but I remember I was
27:16working um at an Institute in yongan
27:19yongin in in Korea in South Korea and
27:23there were two young ladies they were
27:25best friends they might have been nine
27:27years old and every day they'd come to
27:29class holding hands they'd come to class
27:32laughing talking about their day they
27:34always seemed so happy but on this
27:37day I noticed something different they
27:40came in separately and they had kind of
27:43a frown each of them had a frown on
27:46their
27:46face so before I taught the class I
27:50decided to step out with the two young
27:53ladies so I had the other students do
27:55something while I was stepping out of
27:57the room
27:58and at this time I was speaking to them
28:00in Korean because when there are things
28:03going on you want to make sure the kid
28:04can express him or herself in a way that
28:06is comfortable so I asked the young
28:08ladies hey what's wrong you both kind of
28:11look sad or upset and they proceeded to
28:14tell me that they had had an argument at
28:15school and they were mad at each other
28:17and they were expressing themselves and
28:19I could tell that there was still a lot
28:20of
28:21tension and In This Moment these two
28:23young ladies who were not my
28:26daughters I saw them for for 30
28:29minutes four times a
28:31week I wasn't even around them for a
28:34large portion of their day but I
28:37remembered that it takes a
28:40village I thought to myself if I
28:44actually were the mother of these two
28:47young ladies what would I say to
28:49them and I proceeded to explain to them
28:52the value of friendship the value of
28:55communication the value of conflict
28:58resolution and I told them hey you guys
29:01can work this out you guys are really
29:04good friends don't let one argument
29:06destroy your friendship and so I
29:08remember literally like it was yesterday
29:10giving them this advice and this
29:11happened well over eight years ago I
29:13think maybe seven seven or eight years
29:16ago I remember giving them this
29:18advice and this story popped into my
29:20head because the same is true of you it
29:25takes a village
29:28even adults when we have a goal when
29:32there's something we're trying to
29:34achieve it takes a village many times
29:38think about it I'm your English teacher
29:41I'm passionate about it I love it I
29:43can't wait to see you achieve your
29:46English goals even though we've never
29:48met in
29:49person you have a goal but it takes a
29:54village I might not be your only English
29:56teacher there might might be another
29:58English teacher online that you follow
30:00he or she has helped you as well you
30:02might have a friend who is where you're
30:04trying to go and he or she has been
30:07helping you there might be another
30:09teacher in your actual City that's
30:12helping you it takes a village what I'm
30:15trying to tell you is on your English
30:18Journey you really are not alone it
30:22might feel like you're physically alone
30:25but you're not alone I tell students in
30:28my Academy all the time that I love
30:31Community I love fostering and building
30:34Community because people grow when there
30:37are people around them so my students in
30:40my Academy they we have a private group
30:42and they talk all day they have meetings
30:45throughout the week and I love watching
30:48them grow because it takes a village so
30:52as you go throughout the rest of this
30:53week throughout the rest of this day
30:55never forget that it takes a village and
30:58that you're never really alone I love
31:01you I'll talk to you in the next lesson

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