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If you can't speak English fluently, keep reading to understand why, and discover the simple secret to finally expressing yourself clearly, confidently and automatically.

English learners all over the world experience the same basic frustrations:

They have to translate ideas from their native language into English in their heads before they speak.

They need to think about grammar rules, and make mistakes when speaking.

They forget new vocabulary, and have trouble finding the right words to say in conversations.

They're often not understood because of their poor pronunciation or use of incorrect words.

And they sometimes don't understand the fast speech, difficult accents or conversational vocabulary of native English speakers.

Over time, these lead to a loss of confidence, a fear of speaking and many missed opportunities.

So, why do so many learners experience these problems, and never become successful communicators? It's because of how they learn English.

From their very first lesson, non-native beginners study English the traditional way:

They learn English through their native language, so they translate words and phrases instead of understanding their meanings directly.

They're introduced to new words and grammar rules with textbooks, but aren't trained to remember and use what they learn without hesitation when they speak.

They study the formal English appropriate for writing, but not the slang, idioms and cultural references found in actual conversations.

They rarely practice speaking, and because they only hear slow, clear English in listening practice exercises, they never develop smooth pronunciation, or the ears to understand fast native speakers.

Intermediate students who have only learned to read, write and understand slow, clear speakers try to teach themselves conversational English with TV shows, movies, podcasts and music. This casual, normal English is great content to study, but its fast speech, slang, idioms, incorrect grammar, jokes, sarcasm, cultural references, and incomplete sentences are just too overwhelming and difficult for most learners when all together.

Ultimately, after years of lessons and struggle, most students either never learn conversational English, or they learn it the wrong way.

The good news is that if you can read English and understand this video, you're incredibly close to becoming a fluent speaker!

All you have to do to get from where you are now to where you want to be is study native, conversational English in simple, easy steps. That's it!

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Are you translating words from your native language in your head while you are speaking English? When you do this, you a long time to speak and your English sounds unnatural because the sentence structure is different! If you want to sound more natural when you speak English, you need to learn how to think in English.

Learning to think in English will make you a more confident English speaker because you will speak more naturally, fluently and with less hesitation.

But you have to train your brain to do it. Watch this video to learn how!

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Sometimes when you are trying to speak English, you just don't know what to say! Because you are still learning, maybe you need some extra time to think of the correct words. Watch this lesson and learn how English speakers use hesitation sounds like erm, mmm and phrases such as you know to keep the conversation alive. I'll also teach you some phrases you can easily add to the beginning of sentences to give yourself more time. No more awkward silence!

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Hello. My name is Benjamin. I'm a lost tourist in London, and I don't know where to go. I'm going to talk to the ticket man in the London Underground and see if he can help me. Hello, Mr. ticket man. I would like a ticket to Piccadilly. The man starts talking to me. Blah, blah, blah. He asks me a question. I don't know what to say, so I need to make a noise. Ah. These are noises that give you time to think about your answer. Ah. I would like a ticket, please, to Piccadilly Circus. Or I could say, Urgh, I want a ticket please. Or Urm, I want to go to --. Or the other one would be, Mmm, I want a ticket. Okay. Good.

So then, my ticket man says, No problem. That will be four pounds fifty, please. I then say, You know, I think that's a little bit expensive, a bit expensive. So these are all phrases for expressing an opinion -- if I think that's too big a price. So I could say, you know, I think that's too expensive. Or, I mean, I only really want to go one stop, half a mile. You see, I've only got four pounds. Then, I can't eat. Or, Well, maybe you could give it to me for a little less. Or, the thing is, Mr. ticket man, I need to go there as well. These are all expressing an opinion to the ticket man. Okay? So one last way of expressive an opinion. I could say, Well, it's like this. You see, I want to go to Piccadilly, but I can only give you two pounds. Okay? All ways of giving an opinion, of starting I want, I need. Okay?

The ticket man thinks, and then he says, Well, for three pounds, I can give you a single. Is that what you want? A single? What is a single? These are all phrases for when I need to think about my answer. So I could say, Mmm, let me see. A single? And then I repeat the question he has given to me. Okay? Or I can say, Now, let me think. That might be a good idea. Or, Just a minute. I'm going to ask my friend. Or, Hang on, sir. I need to look in my guidebook to find out. Or, That's a really interesting question.

Now, the thing about this phrase here, It's a really interesting question, it's better maybe in school or university. Probably not very appropriate for the London Underground. But it's a good phrase to remember, anyway. Or I could say, I'm not sure about that. Maybe. Could you tell me more? And then, the ticket man says, Of course I can tell you more, but you must watch the next video in EngVid. See you soon. My name is Benjamin. Thank you.

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Have you heard how native speakers shorten their words when they speak with each other? This is called reduction, and you may have already started using this in your own English. If so, watch out for some common mistakes when reducing words. The expressions I havta, I wanna, and I'm gonna are examples of reductions. If you have never learned about reduction, now is your chance to understand native speakers better, and to become more fluent in English yourself!
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Hello. Do you have problems understanding when native English people talk to you? Yes? If your answer is yes, this lesson is for you.

Second question. Do you know how to reduce words in English so that you sound more fluent? Maybe? Maybe you're not sure. Okay. Perfect. We're going to do three things in this lesson. The very, very first thing that we're going to do is I'm going to teach you why you don't understand when native people speak to you.

Two, I'm going to teach you how to reduce words in English to make you sound more fluent or to help you sound more natural.

And three, I'm going to help you with some mistakes that you maybe will make when you are reducing these words. Some of you have already learned how to do the reductions in English. Hold on. You still have to watch this lesson because unfortunately, you're making mistakes when you do this.

So three things; one lesson. Let's hit it. Reduction mistakes. Good.

The first thing we have to know is regularly how we say these words. So for example, if we have it, she, he, in English, we have wants to. If we have I , you, we, and they, we have want to. What's the difference? One difference makes a world of difference because he, she, and it have the S, the way that we say this in the reduction is going to be different than if there was no S. So check this out. I wanna; you wanna; we wanna; they wanna. Perfect. Your turn. I wanna; you wanna; we wanna; they wanna. This is how we reduce want to. So the reason why you don't understand native speakers is they will say to you, Do you wanna beer? Giovanna? Who's -- I'm not Giovanna. This is my friend Giovanna. How do you know her name? We don't say, Do you want a beer; we say, Do you wanna beer? It's really, really, really fast, and we never divide want to; we say wanna.

If we have it, she, and he, we say wantsta. So it wantsta; she wantsta; he wantsta. Your turn. It wantsta. Good. She wantsta; he wantsta. Good work. Do it again. Okay. You got it. Good.

So when you have he/she/it, you have to say wantsta. When you have I/you/we/they, you have to say wanna. Good.

This is a mistake. You cannot say it, she, and he with wanna. I hear every day people saying, She wanna go home. She wanna go home? No. She wantsta go home. So you have to be really, really careful with the S. We call this subject and verb agreement. If you have he, she, or it, you have to put the S on the verb. Even when we speak quickly and we reduce things, it's really important that you have to put the S on the verb again. This rule never fails. So it, she, or he wanna? Mm-hmm. This is a mistake. Please be careful can your S sound.

Are you ready for another one? Are you excited? Again, we're playing with the basic subjects of I, you, we, they. Okay? The next set of verbs we have is have to, so I have to go. So maybe you're at a party, and maybe one of your friends who speaks English says, I havta go. I havta? What is 'havta'? You think about it, and you go, Ah. 'Have to'. You have to go. Yeah. I havta go. We don't say have to; we say havta.

If we're talking about another person, he, she, or it as a thing, again, because of our subject and verb agreement, we have to change this to has to. So in the reduced form, we're going to say hasta like pasta. So I havta, you havta, we havta, they havta. Your turn. Go. Good. He hasta, she hasta, it hasta. Go. He -- she -- it -- you got it. Good.

Uh-ho. Mistake. It's the same mistake as here. You can't say he, she or I havta because havta is only for I, you, we, and they. This is a really common mistake in written grammar and also in spoken. Even when it's reduced and spoken informally -- or slang if you'd like to -- we have to be very careful, when you're reducing words, that your grammar is still okay. Oh, grammar is always there to haunt you.

Okay. The last one. Very, very common, we say I am going to. We say I'm gonna. I'm gonna go home. Gonna? Who's 'gonna'? Where's 'gonna'? We don't say, I'm going to go home. We say, I'm gonna. I'm gonna go. Your turn. I'm gonna go. Good.

This video is about the way posh people speak in the UK. Being 'posh' typically implies that you are from a wealthy family that is very traditional in its practices and outlook and usually means that you were privately educated and went to a school where there were fees to pay.

Although calling someone 'posh' has come to be perceived as a pejorative term, or in other words an insult, I think it's all just part of the incredible range and diversity in the way the English are and the way we speak. It is not a good or bad thing to be posh. However, 'trying to be posh' can be seen as a negative thing. When a person is trying to be posh, they are not acting in a way that is a true reflection of their personality or background; they are acting in a way that is not genuine.

The posh accent is often considered by people from outside of the UK as the quintessential accent of England. This is partly because of the international appeal of period dramas and an outdated view of England as a place of tradition and good manners. This misconception is also spread by the fact that in the past, all TV and news presenters in the UK spoke in a posh accent. Today the posh accent is very rare in everyday use and sounds old fashioned to the vast majority of the British public. Even news and TV presenters speak in their regional accents today.

In this video I try speaking in a posh way and give you some general tips on how to imitate a posh accent. I also go in to some of the vocabulary that you can add to your sentences to make it sound more posh. There is even some advice on how to hold your mouth to improve your posh accent that works really well for me.

These tips and impressions are made from observations I have made from my personal experiences, which you may or may not agree with. This is a bit of harmless fun that aims to give English learners and people from outside of England a general idea on how a section of our society speaks.

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What is shadowing? I define it as 'training for English fluency'. shadowing is a good way to improve your pronunciation, accent and speaking as well as rhythm. It gets your mouth moving, and your ears paying attention to English.

Regardless of whether it's the best way to improve English speaking or not, to get good at speaking English you're going to have to do some hard work.

And shadowing is no different.

People often come to me asking how can I improve spoken English? Do I need people around me to practise?

The answer is no.

This lesson is going to show you how to learn to speak English NOW, even if you don't have anybody to speak with.

Understand that speaking has to be learnt physically.

It is important to get a lot of English speaking practice. Actually speak English. Actually move your mouth. If you don't move your mouth when you learn, pronunciation will be hard. Which means speaking will be hard.

There is a problem ...

If you don't live in an English speaking country, you'd probably say ...

But this isn't an English speaking country -- how can I get a lot of English speaking practice?'

I don't mean English conversation practice.

I mean the same type of practice that gets you good at riding a bike. Raw, repetitive practice.

English speaking practice. Training your mouth to speak English easily, and fluently.

English speaking practice is much easier than you probably think.

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Just use your listening materials!

The materials I recommend in this video are 'penguin readers'. They come as a book/ CD set, they're cheap, really well made and above all interesting.

The important part is the CD, but the book also has an important use.

A summary of the shadowing technique I describe in the video:

- Listen to the book as many times as you can.
- Read the book and check any words you don't know in your dictionary.
- Listen to the book again.
- Listen and read (out loud!) the book together. Practice section by section until you get really good at it.
- Shadow the CD without the book.

It's a really good idea to record yourself doing this too, so you can tell where you're making pronunciation mistakes.

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10 common English expressions used in daily conversation.

LONG TIME NO SEE
It's an English expression used as a greeting by people who have not seen each other for a while.
Eg. you meet your old friend after many years seeing him you would greet him and say HI! HOW ARE YOU LONG TIME NO
SEE

TWENTY FOUR SEVEN
Twenty four hours in a day seven days a week.
Eg, Hospitals function 24/7

BEAT AROUND THE BUSH
Deliberately not talking straight forward
Eg. someone wants to tell you something but they are not sure how you would react... or how to say it. They might say things and try to make you guess or lead you to it yourself with phrases!!! So you tell them STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH and just get to the point.

SICK AND TIRED
You hate it!! You are fed up angry and bored because something unpleasant has been happening for too long
e.g. I am sick and tired of trying to lose weight.

BACK AND FORTH
Backward and forward
e.g. Peter have been running back and forth for his college admission.

WHAT'S THE CATCH
something sounds too good to be true-it means u suspect there is a hidden problem, which might make the situation not as good as it appears.
e.g. Sam wants to sell his car for $500 only you would be thinking
Hum!! what's the catch.

GIVE ME A HAND
Asking for help
e.g. You are carrying many bags you would ask your friend can you give me a hand.

IT'S A SMALL WORLD-WHAT A SMALL WORLD
Reaction to an unexpected coincidence
e.g. You meet someone in a meeting who was also present in the seminar the previous day so you say oh! what a small world I met you yesterday in a seminar.

COME ON
Please
Hurry
Go faster
e.g. Come on stop doing that.
Come on I only have few minutess before I must go.
Come on u can do it.

FAT CHANCE
Greater possibility-a sarcastic way of saying that there is no chance or a good chance of happening something
e.g. There is a fat chance of our team wining as we performed really very well.

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Many English learners are quite embarrassed and feel shy to speak English, important thing to note here is if you are going to feel shy and embarrassed to speak English, how would you practice the language?, how would you become fluent? Even if you have limited vocabulary, your pronunciation is not that great, your accent is not perfect, don’t worry, just speak up, you are gradually going to improve.

Don’t be frustrated with yourself.

Getting frustrated is not uncommon, it happens with all learners, but if constantly start feeling frustrated you are not going to learn English. There are time when you are not being able to describe things effortlessly , there are times you wouldn’t get the right vocabulary when you need it the most, just don’t bang your head, relax you will improve as time progresses. Getting frustrated just won’t help.

Don’t take things personally.

While speaking in English you might come across situation where people don’t understand you at the first go, maybe because of your sentence structure, your pronunciation, or even your accent. Please understand there are people with different accents across the world, they speak English with a touch of their native accent. If someone doesn’t understand you accent at the first go, it’s okay, you can repeat it for them, just go slow and you would get it right.

Don’t compare yourself with native English speakers.

The biggest mistake that English learners make is they compare themselves with native English speakers. Many learners start to think, I have been learning English for a long time, but still I don’t speak like the native ones. The best thing is to be happy with the level you have achieved, you are still learning and one fine day you will speak as native speakers do. Keep up the good work going.

If you get fluent, don’t be arrogant.

It happens, once you get fluent in English you start getting to feel that edge over other learners and you start insulting them. Arrogance will not lead you anywhere, remember you never inserted a chip in your brain to learn English, it’s a learning process, some are slow learners, everyone in this world is different and have varied pace to learn. Be patient with new learners, don’t insult them, rather encourage them to speak up, share the experiences you had during your learning process.

I hope you have enjoyed this English lesson and remember the points I shared with you to avoid while learning to speak English.

If someone asks you your opinion, don't say so-so, or maybe. Tell the person how you feel. In this lesson, learn how to give your opinion! Don't be shy!

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Hello. Welcome to the lesson of giving your opinion. My name is Ronnie. Do me a favor. Go to YouTube. Go to my page, EnglishLessons4U, and subscribe to my channel. Watch out for imitators. I'm the real deal. Be careful. I'm going to teach you guys how to give your opinion. Now, you might think, Ronnie, I already know how to give my opinion. If someone says, Hey, do you like pizza? And I say, It's so-so. Your opinion is so-so? Guess what, that's a really bad answer. So I want to teach you some techniques to continue a conversation when you have to give your opinion. This happens all the time. Maybe you went to a new restaurant or you saw a movie or you went to a new pub or bar or restaurant and you want to tell people, Oh, my god, it was great! I went to the new restaurant that opened up. And your friend says, How was it? And you say, Okay. What kind of answer is okay? Was it good? Was it bad? Did you get diarrhea? Did you like it? What did you eat? So when someone asks you your opinion, instead of giving short, one-word answers -- Yes. I liked it. It was great. -- you need to expand, and you need to give more information.

Here is a list of things that you should not say when someone asks your opinion. -So? How was the movie? -So-so. What the hell does so-so mean? So means yes and no at the same time? If someone said to me, It's so-so, I think it's bad. Don't say that. Maybe your friend and you saw the same movie, and someone asks your friend, Hey, how was the movie? Your friend said, Well, it was a little boring, and there wasn't a lot of action. I didn't really like it that much. The conversation naturally would go to you, and you'd go, Same. Same what? Please don't do this. It's so frustrating when you're trying to have a conversation with someone. Don't say same. You are an individual. Please give the person your opinion. You can say something like, Well, I agree. It was boring, but... -- add your own spice of life; add your own opinion. So instead of saying same, you can say, I agree, and then add your information. The next one. Now, if you're a little shy, and someone offers you something, for example, Would you like to have free English lessons? Sure is a good answer. But if you're giving your opinion, for example, Did you like the new restaurant that you went to last night? Sure. Sure is a really, really bad answer. What, again, you want to do is expand in your answer. This is the worst thing you can say if someone asks you your opinion or if they ask you a question about something. As an example, someone might say, -Ronnie, are you from Canada? -Of course. Well, excuse me for asking. You only are going to use of course if someone has asked you a very, very stupid question or a question that they already know the answer to. As an example, you could say, Ronnie, you're from Canada. Do you have red hair? And I'd say, Of course I do. You can see it. So when you answer of course, it does not mean the same as yes. Of course is a very, very rude way to answer someone's question if they ask you something. So please be very careful of this.

Are you enjoying your English lessons? Of course! Good answer. Maybe. Do you like Ronnie, teacher? Maybe. Maybe? What does maybe mean? So maybe, sure , same, so-so -- garbage. Don't use them. Maybe -- are you not going to tell me the answer? Is it a secret? Don't say maybe. Another one that a lot of you guys say is unnecessary unless you want to exaggerate something. So let's say, again, that you went to a new pizza shop, and you ordered some really spicy pasta -- at a pizza store. That's okay. So you get the pizza or the pasta; it's really spicy, and you eat it, and your friend goes, Hey how's your spicy pasta? You're going to say, It's spicy. You do not need to say, It's spicy for me because you are the one talking. So you can just say, It's spicy. Now, the way that we would use this correctly is to exaggerate something. Example: If you're having pasta that's really, really spicy, and your friend is having the same pasta dish, maybe your friend is eating it and goes, This is not spicy for me. You're exaggerating that one is spicy and one isn't. So you're eating it; you're dying; you're crying; your face is turning red; you say, God, this is spicy. Your friend's, like, This isn't spicy for me. So you're exaggerating your point. Be careful about this one.

So these ones: Don't use them. This one: Only if you're exaggerating a point. These -- are the good ones. These are the good guys. These ones don't exist anymore.

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English fillers to speak fluently and confidently. ( Gap fillers) - Free English lessons

When we speak continuously we end up using gap fillers. These words are short phrases and are used when we fall short of words. You would commonly come across people who end up making vocal sounds to keep a conversation going such as 'umm', 'ah' or 'oh' etc., They end up up doing this subconsciously but it’s better to avoid them as they are signs of weakness.

Here in this lesson we don’t encourage you to use fillers, but there are times when we hesitate in the middle of a conversation and search for words to keep going. Here are some expressions that you can use as fillers:

o Tell me something
o Wow
o Well
o You see
o By the way
o No way
o Certainly/ Surely
o Exactly
o Basically
o To be honest
All the above expressions help you to buy time and avoid that awkward silence when you are falling short of words.
There are situations when someone asks you a question and you are not able to answer straight forwardly, then please don’t give up, just repeat the question and add well, ......( helps you to buy time)
Eg) what do you think about this movie?
Repeat the question .........well, ........You know, I think it was a little boring and stereo type.
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Practice speaking on the phone with me, Emma! Do you know how to speak on the phone? Do you feel nervous talking on the phone? In this survival English video, I teach you common expressions to use on a phone call. By learning these expressions, your telephone conversations will become clearer and you will understand more. You can practice these expressions by taking our quiz.


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Hello. My name is Emma. And in today's lesson, we are going to be learning some important telephone expressions. Okay?

I know a lot of students get very scared when they have to talk on the phone, and it's understandable; it can be very scary when you can't see the person's face when you're talking to them. So one great idea if you're afraid of talking on the phone in English is to memorize key expressions that we use all the time. This way, it will improve your listening, you will know what people will probably say on the phone, and your speaking will improve too. All right?

Now, in this video, we're actually going to practice these expressions together. In my pocket, I have my cellphone. All right? So what is going to happen is I will teach you an expression, and then I will pretend to be on the phone, you can pretend to be on the phone too. I will say something, and you say the correct expression to me. All right? So, if you don't understand, that's okay - you will in a moment. Let's get started.

Now, when somebody calls you... Ring, ring, ring, ring First thing you say is: Hello? As in a question. Hello? All right? And then what happens?

The person who's calling asks a question. They can do this in different ways. I've listed four different ways, the most common. Sometimes they'll say:
Is __________ there, please?
Is Emma there, please?, Is Daniella there, please? Is Yvonne there, please?
Okay? A very common way. And notice: please, very important to be polite.

You can also say:
This is __________ - Emma - calling for _________.
Whoever you're calling. So, if I'm calling you, I might say: Oh, hello. This is Emma calling for Daniel, This is Emma calling for Joseph., This is Emma calling for Pete. Okay? So this is a common expression, especially if you're at work, this is the one we would use a lot at work. This one is a little more informal; you'd probably use this one more if you're calling your friends or calling someone in not a business situation.

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Is __________ in?
So all of these blanks are the name of the person who the caller wants to speak to. Is Emma in?, Is John in?, Is Mary in? Okay. So, again: Hello. Is Mary in? Informal.

Last one:
May I please speak to __________? Emma.
May I please speak to Mary?, May I please speak to the doctor? All right? This one is more formal. So we have sort of formal/informal, formal, informal, and last one, formal.

All right, so let's get your phone out. All right? Whether you have a real cellphone or your hand, and let's practice a statement. So you're going to be calling me. You're going to use one of these expressions. Pick whichever one you want and practice it. All right? Let's get started.

Ring, ring, ring, ring.
Hello?
Perfect. All right? So you can watch this video again and again; practice, practice, practice until you have it memorized, until it is easy for you.

All right, now how do I respond or how..? How does the person you're calling respond?
If you say: Is Emma there, please? I would say: Speaking. Which means: Yes, it's me, it's Emma. I wouldn't say that, I would just say: Speaking.

Or I could say:
__________ speaking. How can I help you? [SM1]Emma speaking., Emma speaking. How can I help you?

This is __________. [SM2]This is Emma. Or: This is he., This is she.

All right? So again, these represents the... The name of the person. This... These blanks are names. All right?

So let's try one. I want you to pick any of these. All right? Now, I'm sorry - there are so many of you, I probably will not pick your name when I ask this question. So today, I am going to call you all Bob. I'm sorry if that's a problem, but today, you are Bob. All right? So I want you to either say: Speaking., Bob speaking., This is Bob. Just for practice. All right. So get your phone ready.

Ring, ring, ring, ring
So you say: Hello?
And I say: Is Bob there, please?
What do you say?
Good, very good.

All right, so let's learn some more expressions.

Okay, great. So we've gone through the first part of a phone call. -

Hello, is Emma there, please? -Speaking.

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This means that at first you must make a lot of mistakes. But that's OK. Concentrate on speaking fluently first, and you will speak accurately later more easily.

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Understand everything you hear in English movies, TV shows, music and conversations, and finally speak confidently – without ever feeling nervous or worried about mistakes – with the smooth pronunciation of a native speaker…

And best of all, this 1 easy change in the way you learn will help you experience immediate improvement in your spoken English so you’ll finally be certain that you’re learning the right way.

But before I reveal this trick, I’d like you to know why so many English learners have problems with their English and struggle to become fluent Speakers…

Why do so many English learners often use words that sound unnatural in conversations?

What’s the reason they often have to think about what grammar rules to use before speaking?

What stops them from speaking smoothly and clearly?

The answer to all of these questions is, in 3 words…

How They Learn

You see, traditional language learning methods only give English learners part of the fluency puzzle…

Lessons teach them grammar rules, but not how to use grammar without thinking when they speak.

Students learn English through their own language, so they’re trained to hesitate and translate in their heads during conversations.

They learn to read and write the formal English of textbooks, but get very little training listening to – and speaking – casual, conversational, spoken English.

So, what is the 1 simple trick to becoming a successful English speaker?

It’s to learn English like native speakers.

Fluency is nothing more than a collection of habits, like using grammar without thinking, or pronouncing words correctly. So, all you need to do to develop the same habits native speakers have is to learn the same way native speakers learn…

When you learn English like native speakers, you master grammar automatically – without grammar tables and boring drills – through visual examples and stories.

Building fluency like a native speaker means you also learn slang, idioms, phrasal verbs and other conversational, spoken English expressions, in addition to what’s appropriate for writing.

Learning English the native way means you learn to speak fluent English naturally, actually practicing with native English speakers and building speaking confidence in the real world.

When you learn this way, it’s easy, fun, fast and doesn’t feel like studying at all, just like how you learned your own native language…

Now that you know that you must change the way you learn if you want to get fluent – because the traditional methods you’ve been using until now have not helped you become a confident speaker – how can you start developing the habits of a native English speaker so you can start speaking fluent English confidently?

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Communication is critical to success in business and life. Concerned about an upcoming interview? Anxious about being asked to give your thoughts during a meeting? Fearful about needing to provide critical feedback in the moment? You are not alone! Learn and practice techniques that will help you speak spontaneously with greater confidence and clarity, regardless of content and context.

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Common & Silly mistakes made in spoken English – Free English speaking lessons



This English speaking lesson is about the common mistakes made in spoken English. Sonia your Spoken English teacher, will discuss with you some common examples of the mistakes made while speaking English and help you understand the correct usage of some common everyday English conversation words.

Amount v/s number
Amount how much – uncountable
I’ve reduced the amount of tea I drink.
Number – countable
The number of participants is high.
Among – more than two
We divided the money among ourselves
Between – 2 or 2 groups
Tom was sitting between John and Maria.
Bring – to the speaker
Please bring the documents here.
Take –away from the speaker
Please take the files away from my desk
Further –more or longer time for example
Do you have any further questions?
Farther – far away
The shopping complex is farther away from here
Fewer- countable
I have fewer projects than her
Less – uncountable
The memory on the smartphone is quite less.

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What do you call your boyfriend or girlfriend? Maybe you say baby, honey, sweetheart, sexy, or something else? In this lesson, I will provide you with a lot of inspiration for cute nicknames for your loved ones, guaranteed to make their hearts melt!!! WARNING: These terms are NOT to be used with strangers! After watching the video and doing the quiz at ,and leave a comment telling me your favorite terms of endearment.

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Welcome, darlings, to the lesson. How are you? Do you like my new wardrobe? Today I'm going to teach you about things or names that you can call your partner, your honey-bunch, your significant other. Rainier, Sonja, this one's for you guys. How are ya? So these are words that we use in English to talk about the one that we love or the one that we love for the moment. In English they're called terms of endearment. It has nothing to do with deers. But, they are terms of endearment.

So, probably the most common ones are things like, as I said to you: darling. Now, sometimes we say: darling. One word of caution, ladies and gentlemen: These are for people that you know. So, for example, if you're in a restaurant, please do not call the waitress: babe, or honey, or sweetheart. It is degrading. It is not cool. Women don't like it. If you know the person, if it's your baby, your mom, your dad-that's weird-your child, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your other boyfriend, your other girlfriend, your dog, your cat, someone who is close to you - please, use these. But if this is a stranger, do not use these. Women, especially, do not appreciate being called these names. We find it insulting because I am not your sugarpie, darling. Unless you want a smack in the face, I'm not your sugarpie. Okay? So be careful. Say these to people you love and know.

So, one thing that's come up that I didn't know that I found out when I was researching this is back in the... A long time ago in the 2000s or the 1990s, it was popular in rap songs to say: My boo. And I thought: That's funny, that's what ghosts say. But it actually is probably just people who can't say friend properly-Americans-it comes from the French: beau. So in the French language they have the word beau, which means boyfriend or girlfriend, but I guess Americans just say boo. Honey Boo Boo, oh god, the horror. So, Honey Boo Boo is a really famous little girl, and her name has two names... Terms of endearment together, Honey Boo Boo, you darling. So, boo is the French bastardization of beau. So, use at will.

We make these names by talking about sweet things. For example: honey, honey is sweet. Most of these names are older, so that's why we're using kind of older things. So, you can just call someone your honey, but then we can have: honey-pie, honey-bun, honey-bunny, honey-baby. I think Elvis did this a lot. Then we can be sweet something, so: sweet-pea, sweet-cheeks. Cheeks are here and they're also your bum. Sweet-thing, but I think you should be like: sweet-thang, you should say it like that. Then we have: sweetie or sweetiepie. I don't know why, but a lot of these have to do with pie. I guess back when they were making these words, they liked pie, and that's all they had. Sweetheart, this is pretty common. You have: pumpkin or pumpkinpie. Again, it's the pie. A pumpkin is a big, orange fruit or a veggie, I guess it's really cute. And: sugar or again sugar-pie.

Again, I can't stress enough that you cannot just say these to people that you don't know, you don't have a relationship with. Be very careful who you say these to because you can use them sarcastically. So, for example, Mel Gibson called a cop or a police officer sugar-tits. I don't think that the cop really enjoyed that, and Mel Gibson in a movie was arrested. So, sugar-tits, maybe a term of endearment, but be careful how you use it. You don't want to get arrested, go to jail. We can also use this, for example, if I am speaking to another girl and I'm trying to kind of be sarcastic with her, I can say, like: Okay, honey. So the way that we use it, the intonation that we say it, especially to a stranger, it has a completely different meaning. So, please, again, be careful. We also have things like: cutie or cutiepie, angel, apricot. My chiropractor always calls me apricot, and I'm like: I'm not an apricot, sir. I'm a person. And: doll. Now, this is a very, very old expression. You hear it or see it in movies: a doll or dollface. Again, outdated, we don't use it as much.

More common ones are: hottie or hot stuff. Hot stuff, baby, oh yeah. They use that in a commercial now. Then we have just names that are silly, like: snookums, or snooky. I think Snooki was one of the characters in that terrible television show. Snuggles and one of my mom's favourites: pet.

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