Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles hi there I'm drew badger the hi there I'm drew badger the world's number one english world's number one english world's number one english fluency guide and it is a fluency guide and it is a fluency guide and it is a pleasure to welcome you to pleasure to welcome you to pleasure to welcome you to another advanced listening another advanced listening another advanced listening practice lesson today actually practice lesson today actually practice lesson today actually this is less of a lesson and this is less of a lesson and this is less of a lesson and more of a question for you so I more of a question for you so I more of a question for you so I just been thinking as i always just been thinking as i always just been thinking as i always do about the youtube channel and do about the youtube channel and do about the youtube channel and how we can best help you become how we can best help you become how we can best help you become a more confident speaker and so a more confident speaker and so a more confident speaker and so the interesting thing about the interesting thing about the interesting thing about fluency one of the things i fluency one of the things i fluency one of the things i struggle with is well on the one struggle with is well on the one struggle with is well on the one hand so for part of this on the hand so for part of this on the hand so for part of this on the one hand you've got a bunch of one hand you've got a bunch of one hand you've got a bunch of different habits really seven different habits really seven different habits really seven fluency habits that you must fluency habits that you must fluency habits that you must improve in order to become a improve in order to become a improve in order to become a confident speaker but at the confident speaker but at the confident speaker but at the same time I really want to have same time I really want to have same time I really want to have something in particular to focus something in particular to focus something in particular to focus on so it's kind of a tricky on so it's kind of a tricky on so it's kind of a tricky thing that I deal with typically thing that I deal with typically thing that I deal with typically like if other people are even like if other people are even like if other people are even just wanted to become like just wanted to become like just wanted to become like English teachers on youtube or English teachers on youtube or English teachers on youtube or if they want to do other if they want to do other if they want to do other businesses i always recommend businesses i always recommend businesses i always recommend that they focus on a particular that they focus on a particular that they focus on a particular thing and so I'm trying to thing and so I'm trying to thing and so I'm trying to follow that information or that follow that information or that follow that information or that advice is best I can for myself advice is best I can for myself advice is best I can for myself but I know at the same time so but I know at the same time so but I know at the same time so on the one hand or on the other on the one hand or on the other on the one hand or on the other hand is on the one hand i know hand is on the one hand i know hand is on the one hand i know that all of these habits are that all of these habits are that all of these habits are required to speak fluently and required to speak fluently and required to speak fluently and if you have even one of them is if you have even one of them is if you have even one of them is like missing you could be a like missing you could be a like missing you could be a great listener great listener great listener maybe you have a great maybe you have a great maybe you have a great vocabulary you know a lot of vocabulary you know a lot of vocabulary you know a lot of words and you have great words and you have great words and you have great pronunciation but if you're pronunciation but if you're pronunciation but if you're missing maybe just one of them missing maybe just one of them missing maybe just one of them that's that confidence if you that's that confidence if you that's that confidence if you don't have the confidence to don't have the confidence to don't have the confidence to open your mouth you're never open your mouth you're never open your mouth you're never going to speak fluently so going to speak fluently so going to speak fluently so that's why all these things are that's why all these things are that's why all these things are important in order to help you important in order to help you important in order to help you become a confident speaker and become a confident speaker and become a confident speaker and the tricky part about that is the tricky part about that is the tricky part about that is that like I could teach grammar that like I could teach grammar that like I could teach grammar i could have a whole series on i could have a whole series on i could have a whole series on grammar i could have a whole grammar i could have a whole grammar i could have a whole series on pronunciation I could series on pronunciation I could series on pronunciation I could have a whole series on all these have a whole series on all these have a whole series on all these other things but then I kind of other things but then I kind of other things but then I kind of lose focus on the channel and lose focus on the channel and lose focus on the channel and really it's it's all about really it's it's all about really it's it's all about fluency and speaking confidence fluency and speaking confidence fluency and speaking confidence so are so excuse me i was so are so excuse me i was so are so excuse me i was thinking what would be a good thinking what would be a good thinking what would be a good way to kind of help do that way to kind of help do that way to kind of help do that thing and I thought maybe having thing and I thought maybe having thing and I thought maybe having some challenges for myself that some challenges for myself that some challenges for myself that I could do in front of the I could do in front of the I could do in front of the camera other things that maybe camera other things that maybe camera other things that maybe maybe I'm not necessarily scared maybe I'm not necessarily scared maybe I'm not necessarily scared of doing there are very few of doing there are very few of doing there are very few things i'm actually scared about things i'm actually scared about things i'm actually scared about doing doing doing I think the only thing like i I think the only thing like i I think the only thing like i don't think i would ever jump don't think i would ever jump don't think i would ever jump out of a plane out of a plane out of a plane I think maybe I like like I I think maybe I like like I I think maybe I like like I would probably i have no problem would probably i have no problem would probably i have no problem speaking in public if you want speaking in public if you want speaking in public if you want me to come to your school I will me to come to your school I will me to come to your school I will stand in front of 22 million stand in front of 22 million stand in front of 22 million people in and speak all day i'm people in and speak all day i'm people in and speak all day i'm happy to do that I don't feel happy to do that I don't feel happy to do that I don't feel nervous about that at all but nervous about that at all but nervous about that at all but like bungee jumping or something like bungee jumping or something like bungee jumping or something like that i have i guess a fear like that i have i guess a fear like that i have i guess a fear of heights of heights of heights maybe to fear death I don't know maybe to fear death I don't know maybe to fear death I don't know so it's not the height so much so it's not the height so much so it's not the height so much but like the dying part if you but like the dying part if you but like the dying part if you fall in like something happens fall in like something happens fall in like something happens so when I think about doing so when I think about doing so when I think about doing something like that just as like something like that just as like something like that just as like a challenge kind of thing for a challenge kind of thing for a challenge kind of thing for myself i'm sure i would feel myself i'm sure i would feel myself i'm sure i would feel great if i did and maybe one day great if i did and maybe one day great if i did and maybe one day I will I will jump out of a I will I will jump out of a I will I will jump out of a plane or do something maybe i'll plane or do something maybe i'll plane or do something maybe i'll put it on youtube and we can we put it on youtube and we can we put it on youtube and we can we can celebrate that event can celebrate that event can celebrate that event together but I think it's get together but I think it's get together but I think it's get the kind of the reason i'm the kind of the reason i'm the kind of the reason i'm thinking about this is a maybe thinking about this is a maybe thinking about this is a maybe just having some challenges just just having some challenges just just having some challenges just so i can demonstrate to you that so i can demonstrate to you that so i can demonstrate to you that number one like if you try these number one like if you try these number one like if you try these things like even just asking things like even just asking things like even just asking someone like what time is it someone like what time is it someone like what time is it and you're just trying to use a and you're just trying to use a and you're just trying to use a particular language . or particular language . or particular language . or something whatever it is kind of something whatever it is kind of something whatever it is kind of like I do in master English like I do in master English like I do in master English conversation with our special conversation with our special conversation with our special mission homework assignments so mission homework assignments so mission homework assignments so I send people out and i have I send people out and i have I send people out and i have them do particular things like them do particular things like them do particular things like take a tour in their their take a tour in their their take a tour in their their native country but in a ninny in native country but in a ninny in native country but in a ninny in like the English language so like the English language so like the English language so you're taking a tour in the you're taking a tour in the you're taking a tour in the native English language native English language native English language hopefully it's taught by a hopefully it's taught by a hopefully it's taught by a native English speaker or at native English speaker or at native English speaker or at least somebody that speaks least somebody that speaks least somebody that speaks English good enough that they English good enough that they English good enough that they can lead a tour anyway or if can lead a tour anyway or if can lead a tour anyway or if you're just going to you know a you're just going to you know a you're just going to you know a place where you've got native place where you've got native place where you've got native English speakers where you live English speakers where you live English speakers where you live and you're saying oh he like and you're saying oh he like and you're saying oh he like maybe these people are even just maybe these people are even just maybe these people are even just tourists if they don't live tourists if they don't live tourists if they don't live there but you go to like a there but you go to like a there but you go to like a tourist area around where you tourist area around where you tourist area around where you live and then you can ask people live and then you can ask people live and then you can ask people like you enjoying yourself or like you enjoying yourself or like you enjoying yourself or you know how is a how is this you know how is a how is this you know how is a how is this like tourist attraction or even like tourist attraction or even like tourist attraction or even just simple things like how long just simple things like how long just simple things like how long have you been here or offering have you been here or offering have you been here or offering advice can I help you find advice can I help you find advice can I help you find something or you know what do something or you know what do something or you know what do you need help with anything you need help with anything you need help with anything something like that even just something like that even just something like that even just like a can I take your picture like a can I take your picture like a can I take your picture so I do that all the time when I so I do that all the time when I so I do that all the time when I walking around with people where walking around with people where walking around with people where was I was so I went a couple of was I was so I went a couple of was I was so I went a couple of days ago to a floating water days ago to a floating water days ago to a floating water park here in japan so not that park here in japan so not that park here in japan so not that far from where i live i went far from where i live i went far from where i live i went with a friend of mine but it was with a friend of mine but it was with a friend of mine but it was a lot of fun we have all these a lot of fun we have all these a lot of fun we have all these inflatable rafts that are right inflatable rafts that are right inflatable rafts that are right out on the ocean so you can run out on the ocean so you can run out on the ocean so you can run around and jump and climb on around and jump and climb on around and jump and climb on things i was great after things i was great after things i was great after spent a whole bunch of time spent a whole bunch of time spent a whole bunch of time sitting at a desk in you know sitting at a desk in you know sitting at a desk in you know typing things on the computer typing things on the computer typing things on the computer and making videos and editing i and making videos and editing i and making videos and editing i want to get outside and actually want to get outside and actually want to get outside and actually use my body and run around so use my body and run around so use my body and run around so one of the things also I'd like one of the things also I'd like one of the things also I'd like to do is I kind of get out and to do is I kind of get out and to do is I kind of get out and do more things like that but do more things like that but do more things like that but hopefully in a way that's hopefully in a way that's hopefully in a way that's actually beneficial for you now actually beneficial for you now actually beneficial for you now I do get a lot of people that I do get a lot of people that I do get a lot of people that are asking me for videos about are asking me for videos about are asking me for videos about kind of Japan related stuff but kind of Japan related stuff but kind of Japan related stuff but i don't really want to make this i don't really want to make this i don't really want to make this video about our make this this video about our make this this video about our make this this YouTube channel about Japan YouTube channel about Japan YouTube channel about Japan that's not really why I'm making that's not really why I'm making that's not really why I'm making this series and I mean it's this series and I mean it's this series and I mean it's helpful to learn more about the helpful to learn more about the helpful to learn more about the culture but there are plenty of culture but there are plenty of culture but there are plenty of channels that kind of focus on channels that kind of focus on channels that kind of focus on that thing in general and it's that thing in general and it's that thing in general and it's interesting just to see the interesting just to see the interesting just to see the different niches of people say different niches of people say different niches of people say niches like a specific category niches like a specific category niches like a specific category or subcategory of something so or subcategory of something so or subcategory of something so maybe sports is like one thing maybe sports is like one thing maybe sports is like one thing but you would have skateboarding but you would have skateboarding but you would have skateboarding as a niche in that particular as a niche in that particular as a niche in that particular thing so people on YouTube thing so people on YouTube thing so people on YouTube YouTube is kind of a niche or a YouTube is kind of a niche or a YouTube is kind of a niche or a community of niche different community of niche different community of niche different areas you got sports as a areas you got sports as a areas you got sports as a general category then you've got general category then you've got general category then you've got weightlifting and skateboarding weightlifting and skateboarding weightlifting and skateboarding and other sports like baseball and other sports like baseball and other sports like baseball and basketball and then people and basketball and then people and basketball and then people have their own specific videos have their own specific videos have their own specific videos about those things and it's about those things and it's about those things and it's really important in the same way really important in the same way really important in the same way I talk about learning to focus I talk about learning to focus I talk about learning to focus and become a master at a and become a master at a and become a master at a particular thing with in English particular thing with in English particular thing with in English so that you can use that mastery so that you can use that mastery so that you can use that mastery and move it into other things i and move it into other things i and move it into other things i also recommend people that are also recommend people that are also recommend people that are creating YouTube channel to do creating YouTube channel to do creating YouTube channel to do the same thing so in the same the same thing so in the same the same thing so in the same way i'm trying to figure out way i'm trying to figure out way i'm trying to figure out what the best way to do that is what the best way to do that is what the best way to do that is so it's kind of weird to be so it's kind of weird to be so it's kind of weird to be talking about this but i figured talking about this but i figured talking about this but i figured i might as well talk about it i might as well talk about it i might as well talk about it with my subscribers who better with my subscribers who better with my subscribers who better to discuss it with and you but to discuss it with and you but to discuss it with and you but hopefully if you have any hopefully if you have any hopefully if you have any interesting ideas about that interesting ideas about that interesting ideas about that maybe some challenges if you maybe some challenges if you maybe some challenges if you think that would be a helpful think that would be a helpful think that would be a helpful thing for you thing for you thing for you so what I'm thinking of is maybe so what I'm thinking of is maybe so what I'm thinking of is maybe you would give me a challenge you would give me a challenge you would give me a challenge just in the comments section just in the comments section just in the comments section below and then i would actually below and then i would actually below and then i would actually go out and try to do that just go out and try to do that just go out and try to do that just to show you that number one like to show you that number one like to show you that number one like it's possible to do and even if it's possible to do and even if it's possible to do and even if you're feeling nervous about you're feeling nervous about you're feeling nervous about something you can go out and do something you can go out and do something you can go out and do that thing and number two that that thing and number two that that thing and number two that if you fail at doing that thing if you fail at doing that thing if you fail at doing that thing it's not the end of the world it's not the end of the world it's not the end of the world so I really want to show that i so I really want to show that i so I really want to show that i know a lot of people are know a lot of people are know a lot of people are watching like they know a lot of watching like they know a lot of watching like they know a lot of information and if you were an information and if you were an information and if you were an english learning you're watching english learning you're watching english learning you're watching this if you can understand what this if you can understand what this if you can understand what I'm saying right now but you I'm saying right now but you I'm saying right now but you just can't speak then there's just can't speak then there's just can't speak then there's typically again when i mentioned typically again when i mentioned typically again when i mentioned earlier about like the fluency earlier about like the fluency earlier about like the fluency habits the things that the habits the things that the habits the things that the problems that you have are problems that you have are problems that you have are typically coming from like not typically coming from like not typically coming from like not being able to have like one being able to have like one being able to have like one particular habit so I guess particular habit so I guess particular habit so I guess another way to explain it is another way to explain it is another way to explain it is it's kind of like x effect so if it's kind of like x effect so if it's kind of like x effect so if you have like let's say you've you have like let's say you've you have like let's say you've got like really good got like really good got like really good pronunciation you have a lot of pronunciation you have a lot of pronunciation you have a lot of vocabulary if you have I don't vocabulary if you have I don't vocabulary if you have I don't you can understand really well you can understand really well you can understand really well if like your confidence as i if like your confidence as i if like your confidence as i mentioned before is 00 x these mentioned before is 00 x these mentioned before is 00 x these other things is still zero other things is still zero other things is still zero that's why you can't speak that's why you can't speak that's why you can't speak fluently so you need all these fluently so you need all these fluently so you need all these pieces will be working together pieces will be working together pieces will be working together properly and confidence is a big properly and confidence is a big properly and confidence is a big one for a lot of people so I was one for a lot of people so I was one for a lot of people so I was thinking why don't I do thinking why don't I do thinking why don't I do something where I have some something where I have some something where I have some challenges so maybe i will do it challenges so maybe i will do it challenges so maybe i will do it maybe I won't but again we'll maybe I won't but again we'll maybe I won't but again we'll still see i'm just still like still see i'm just still like still see i'm just still like even like a couple of years into even like a couple of years into even like a couple of years into the channel here it still feels the channel here it still feels the channel here it still feels like i haven't found like the like i haven't found like the like i haven't found like the best way to focus to help people best way to focus to help people best way to focus to help people improve i guess i'm always improve i guess i'm always improve i guess i'm always trying to think about how to trying to think about how to trying to think about how to improve the channel and how to improve the channel and how to improve the channel and how to make it better but hopefully as make it better but hopefully as make it better but hopefully as we continue to discuss things we continue to discuss things we continue to discuss things continue to think about things continue to think about things continue to think about things I'll figure out a better way to I'll figure out a better way to I'll figure out a better way to help even more people with your help even more people with your help even more people with your help anyway I just wanted to help anyway I just wanted to help anyway I just wanted to make this quick video it's a make this quick video it's a make this quick video it's a good thing to listen to it's got good thing to listen to it's got good thing to listen to it's got some good tips and it as well some good tips and it as well some good tips and it as well but really it's a kind of way of but really it's a kind of way of but really it's a kind of way of talking with people about the talking with people about the talking with people about the things that are required for things that are required for things that are required for fluency as well as having like a fluency as well as having like a fluency as well as having like a channel that helps people get channel that helps people get channel that helps people get fluent but also trying to fluent but also trying to fluent but also trying to remember and make a balance remember and make a balance remember and make a balance between being general and being between being general and being between being general and being focused at the same time anyway focused at the same time anyway focused at the same time anyway I just thought it would be an I just thought it would be an I just thought it would be an interesting kind of interesting kind of interesting kind of behind-the-scenes view or behind-the-scenes view or behind-the-scenes view or something behind the scenes way something behind the scenes way something behind the scenes way of thinking that you know what of thinking that you know what of thinking that you know what I'm getting into videos like I'm getting into videos like I'm getting into videos like this are trying to think about this are trying to think about this are trying to think about how to improve you learn how to how to improve you learn how to how to improve you learn how to help you improve your learning help you improve your learning help you improve your learning these are the things that I these are the things that I these are the things that I think about anyway if you have think about anyway if you have think about anyway if you have enjoyed this video and you'd enjoyed this video and you'd enjoyed this video and you'd like to help along with that so like to help along with that so like to help along with that so if you have a particular if you have a particular if you have a particular challenge or something you think challenge or something you think challenge or something you think i could do it could be like i could do it could be like i could do it could be like going out into the community going out into the community going out into the community locally and doing something even locally and doing something even locally and doing something even if I'm just like asking people i if I'm just like asking people i if I'm just like asking people i mean i could even be speaking mean i could even be speaking mean i could even be speaking japanese if you want to see that japanese if you want to see that japanese if you want to see that again again again like I don't want to do too much like I don't want to do too much like I don't want to do too much of that in the series because of that in the series because of that in the series because number one I don't this isn't number one I don't this isn't number one I don't this isn't like just for people that have like just for people that have like just for people that have an interest in Japan some people an interest in Japan some people an interest in Japan some people don't have an interest in Japan don't have an interest in Japan don't have an interest in Japan at all they just want to improve at all they just want to improve at all they just want to improve their English and so the people their English and so the people their English and so the people that really like Japan there are that really like Japan there are that really like Japan there are some other great YouTube some other great YouTube some other great YouTube channels that you can do for channels that you can do for channels that you can do for that also the other thing is I that also the other thing is I that also the other thing is I didn't want to make the kind of didn't want to make the kind of didn't want to make the kind of channel as i mentioned earlier channel as i mentioned earlier channel as i mentioned earlier in videos in this series where in videos in this series where in videos in this series where I'm teaching Japanese are I'm teaching Japanese are I'm teaching Japanese are teaching English through teaching English through teaching English through Japanese because again i don't Japanese because again i don't Japanese because again i don't want to teach you to translate want to teach you to translate want to teach you to translate so for all the channels that are so for all the channels that are so for all the channels that are doing out there that's okay but doing out there that's okay but doing out there that's okay but that's not what i want to do i that's not what i want to do i that's not what i want to do i really want to make sure you really want to make sure you really want to make sure you learn everything in English so learn everything in English so learn everything in English so that you can communicate that you can communicate that you can communicate automatically anyway if you have automatically anyway if you have automatically anyway if you have enjoyed this video do click that enjoyed this video do click that enjoyed this video do click that like button becoming a like button becoming a like button becoming a subscriber to the YouTube subscriber to the YouTube subscriber to the YouTube channel if you haven't already channel if you haven't already channel if you haven't already and do let me know if there's and do let me know if there's and do let me know if there's something could be a challenge something could be a challenge something could be a challenge or something else where you feel or something else where you feel or something else where you feel like the focus needs to be in like the focus needs to be in like the focus needs to be in order to help kind of talking order to help kind of talking order to help kind of talking about maybe your specific about maybe your specific about maybe your specific problem would be the best thing problem would be the best thing problem would be the best thing and I think I understand pretty and I think I understand pretty and I think I understand pretty much what that is but still much what that is but still much what that is but still trying to figure out the best trying to figure out the best trying to figure out the best way of the best kind of series way of the best kind of series way of the best kind of series to do that thing i really enjoy to do that thing i really enjoy to do that thing i really enjoy making these advanced listening making these advanced listening making these advanced listening practice videos because this is practice videos because this is practice videos because this is a great way for you to just a great way for you to just a great way for you to just listen to a lot of English and listen to a lot of English and listen to a lot of English and learn lots of different things learn lots of different things learn lots of different things about not only how to improve about not only how to improve about not only how to improve but also great vocabulary words but also great vocabulary words but also great vocabulary words and expressions as well but you and expressions as well but you and expressions as well but you know still trying to always know still trying to always know still trying to always improve the channel and try to improve the channel and try to improve the channel and try to make it better for you make it better for you make it better for you so 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