How to Go From Beginner (A1) to Fluent (C2) in English | Study Tips with a Friends Parody!
This is the question I get asked more than anything else.
How long until I'm fluent in English?
There is no one answer for this.
No. Okay, look, it depends on a few things.
So instead of deciding I need to be fluent by October, I'm going to show you
the fastest, most efficient and real way that you can become fluent in English.
But also what it really means to be fluent in English.
And I think most important is what is your reason for studying?
Why do you want to learn English?
Not have to want to learn English.
Is it to move to another country to study?
Speak English and you want to communicate with them better?
that reminds me of this episode of friends.
Remember the episode where Paolo. This guy.
The Italian guy who didn't speak any English.
He came back in this one episode.
All I'm saying is I can quit smoking whenever I want.
Hey, Mon! Do you have any aspirin?
Oh, I did something a little crazy last night.
So Paolo was A1 level of English super beginner.
Paolo, honey, you have to learn English, or you won't get your visa.
But whatever your reason is, it should motivate you just the same.
If I've said it lots of times, if you're not interested
in what you're doing, you're not going to do it well.
You need to immerse yourself in English and work on your skills
Well, for listening skills, yes.
Listen to podcasts on your way to work.
Have one playing in the background, especially the ones
where it's an interview, a conversational style podcast.
This is gold for your studies because you'll be listening
to full, real English conversations that lasts like an hour long.
But the goal here isn't to focus on
every word and understand everything.
Yeah, you might pick up a few words or new expressions here and there,
but The point here is that listening
is a passive way to improve your speaking skills.
Listen to the rhythm, the intonation of the way we really speak English.
Also really important is that you'll notice
we native English speakers, we make mistakes all the time.
being fluent, doesn't mean never making a mistake in your grammar.
Fluency is about ease of communication.
Can you communicate in English with me easily?
Can you understand me? great.
third person s or that verb three that you can't remember.
Wrote it, I think. for speaking.
Of course, having a teacher being in an English class is always the best thing.
However, it's not always cheap.
And I know it's not easy to find a partner to practice with.
So another great option to practice speaking - Apps.
I'm sure you've already tried some apps to learn English, but today
I want to recommend one in particular.
It's called cake, and they're helping me make today's video
this isn't the first time I've talked about them.
But I'm really happy too, because they're the only app doing what
all English learning apps should be doing right now.
This is the app that Paolo used in that episode.
You should get him to use this app. Cake.
It's great for learning English.
I did a commercial for it before.
You know, I thought it was a commercial for ACTUAL cake!
Can he not put on some clothes?
like Paulo, you need to make sure you're learning
from the best places and cake gets you there.
I've talked about them in videos before and they've only gotten better since then.
now they've got AI engines evaluating your pronunciation.
and again, I think they showed how this worked in that episode of friends.
I fell head over heels in love.
Head.
I fell head over heels in love.
on and off for about two years.
By the way on and off is a great expression.
It means you start something and stop and start again and stop.
Great for talking about relationships which are not consistent.
Like, yeah, we were on and off again
for ten years before getting married or your hobbies.
Yes, I played basketball, but it's been on and off for the past year
Now learning a British or American or Australian accent
However, if you want to consider yourself really fluent in English
and have a native level of communication,
it's really important to expose yourself to a variety of accents.
If you don't understand people with a certain strong accent, that's
because you haven't expose yourself to it enough.
Having said this, yes, we also have to ask Scottish people
to repeat themselves if the accent is super, super strong.
Don't worry Now, when it comes to British or American
accent, there's no right or wrong answer.
Except there is a correct answer.
British is the best The best advice that I give to all of my British dialect
coaching clients is I tell them to find an actor or actress
whose voice an accent they really like, and mirror that as much as possible.
That's something you can practice in your own time.
Again, it comes back to enjoying what you're studying.
If you like that person, you like how they speak.
You're more likely to be better at copying it.
I also have a full and free British accent course and my website is totally free.
Please never pay for a British accent course because you won't learn anything.
And also this one makes it unique and natural to you.
Of course, it's easier than ever to find TV shows
specific to your preferred accent.
For British, you've got Doctor Who, Sherlock.
Think black Mirror is mostly British accents, I think.
it's a little harder to find shows
with Australian accents, but I watch this one.
This one's actually pretty good.
So again, choose someone who has the accent you want,
watch their work and repeat what they're saying,
especially when they talk about topics or they use expressions
that you want to use in the future.
This is something you can start doing today.
Sure, you've got lots of articles to read every day, but
make sure it's something you really enjoy.
enjoy this subject to your rating, you're just wasting your time.
A real thing you could do right now.
Take your phone, set the phone's language to English.
Then you have to engage with English every day.
Every time you look at your phone.
ChatGPT isn't bad, but honestly, do not rely on ChatGPT
for anything where you need accuracy.
if you ask it to correct you or give you tips to improve,
it will do an okay job at best.
I've seen it give wrong answers way too often for me
to really recommend it, at least in its current version.
now. I wouldn't be talking about cake if I didn't use it myself.
I am actually learning Korean on it.
Yeah, you can learn English in Korean, but before I talk about any app,
I need to know if I can trust it and therefore recommend it to you.
So I tried to trick this app by pronouncing things
Sounds awesome. What do you call it?
I don't know what they're doing with this AI evaluation engine,
but it points out exactly where you went wrong.
It's absolutely mad that an app can do this.
Every time you get something right, you learn something or pronounce
It gives you those ping points and that little dopamine hit.
it's kind of gamified learning, which is exactly where education apps should be.
game makes learning something you want to do
and not something where you're like, Okay, well, I guess I should learn,
Now there are long form lessons, but even those are broken up
If you don't have much time and you can repeat parts if you need to,
But if you're serious about studying, you have to go for the Cake Plus option.
This is the premium version of the app
and you get unrestricted access to all features and content.
no limitations, no ads, just a better learning experience.
You don't need a textbook for this.
Just download the app and learn authentic native level English from great teachers.
You have so many options for learning on this
that it really took me a while to actually look at all the features.
Plus you get like more than 20,000 pieces of learning materials.
It's got TV shows like friends obviously songs, movies, vlogs, celebrities,
everything now, like I said, finding a class can be expensive,
but the plus version of this works out like
less than $3 a month, which is crazy good.
So go download it using my link in the description.
you not only improve your English,
but you'll really help the channel by using my link.
I couldn't handle the pressure, and I caved
you've got to stop blaming yourself.
why can Paolo speak English now?
I know I bought him cake plus.
He saved only Flirty Expressions in his review tab.
To cave means when someone or something is pressuring you to do something
and you're like, no, no, no, no, no, I don't want to do this thing.
But then eventually you're like, okay, I'll do the thing.
When you say, okay, I'll do it.
So Chandler caved to the pressure of smoking.
so do you want to see more of these learning English with friends videos?
I should probably call it mates though.
and give them British accents.
Anyway, let me know about your adventures with a cake app in the comments
and if you've got any fun tips for other users of the app, put them down there.
Remember to use my link when you sign up.
It really supports the channel and I'll see you in the next class. Bye!