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 anyway let's get practice lesson anyway let's get practice lesson anyway let's get right into the lesson today I right into the lesson today I right into the lesson today I want to talk about actually a want to talk about actually a want to talk about actually a lot of people ask me questions lot of people ask me questions lot of people ask me questions about especially this series of about especially this series of about especially this series of videos they say wow how can you videos they say wow how can you videos they say wow how can you just talk like that for you know just talk like that for you know just talk like that for you know five or ten minutes without five or ten minutes without five or ten minutes without having a script or reading having a script or reading having a script or reading anything honestly I'm not anything honestly I'm not anything honestly I'm not there's no script i'm just there's no script i'm just there's no script i'm just sitting here in a chair in this sitting here in a chair in this sitting here in a chair in this room and I just enjoy trying to room and I just enjoy trying to room and I just enjoy trying to help people learn and so I think help people learn and so I think help people learn and so I think maybe that kind of motivates me maybe that kind of motivates me maybe that kind of motivates me in a way to think of things to in a way to think of things to in a way to think of things to say say say typically the way I speak about typically the way I speak about typically the way I speak about these lessons is I have a these lessons is I have a these lessons is I have a general idea of something I want general idea of something I want general idea of something I want to talk about to talk about to talk about in the case of this lesson I'd in the case of this lesson I'd in the case of this lesson I'd like to talk about actually like to talk about actually like to talk about actually making these kinds of lessons making these kinds of lessons making these kinds of lessons and how I'm trying to give you and how I'm trying to give you and how I'm trying to give you examples of speaking fluently examples of speaking fluently examples of speaking fluently but I want to talk more but I want to talk more but I want to talk more specifically about how i'm specifically about how i'm specifically about how i'm actually doing that as i'm doing actually doing that as i'm doing actually doing that as i'm doing it so it's kind of a weird it so it's kind of a weird it so it's kind of a weird lesson but just talking about lesson but just talking about lesson but just talking about how i'm actually speaking how i'm actually speaking how i'm actually speaking fluently fluently fluently while I'm speaking fluently in while I'm speaking fluently in while I'm speaking fluently in the lesson so hopefully this is the lesson so hopefully this is the lesson so hopefully this is an entertaining video for you an entertaining video for you an entertaining video for you but I just wanted to talk about but I just wanted to talk about but I just wanted to talk about a few things you can do to a few things you can do to a few things you can do to practice so that you can start practice so that you can start practice so that you can start developing developing this same developing developing this same developing developing this same habit habit habit so the first thing you can do is so the first thing you can do is so the first thing you can do is you can actually take the same you can actually take the same you can actually take the same thing and just express it in thing and just express it in thing and just express it in different ways different ways different ways now this is something i did a now this is something i did a now this is something i did a lot when I was first getting lot when I was first getting lot when I was first getting fluent in Japanese I would just fluent in Japanese I would just fluent in Japanese I would just take a sentence like this is red take a sentence like this is red take a sentence like this is red and then I would just ask myself and then I would just ask myself and then I would just ask myself like oh is this red is it red is like oh is this red is it red is like oh is this red is it red is that red is that not read and that red is that not read and that red is that not read and I'm taking really just one or I'm taking really just one or I'm taking really just one or two changes in the sentence and two changes in the sentence and two changes in the sentence and just asking the same thing just asking the same thing just asking the same thing you're saying the same thing you're saying the same thing you're saying the same thing over and over again over and over again over and over again so let's say I'm here is just a so let's say I'm here is just a so let's say I'm here is just a pen that i have with me here pen that i have with me here pen that i have with me here so if i'm going to describe this so if i'm going to describe this so if i'm going to describe this in English so this is a pen in English so this is a pen in English so this is a pen is this a pen yes it is this is is this a pen yes it is this is is this a pen yes it is this is a pan and it's a black pen a a pan and it's a black pen a a pan and it's a black pen a long black pan and I don't have long black pan and I don't have long black pan and I don't have to say anything complicated to say anything complicated to say anything complicated about it about it about it I'm just talking about the basic I'm just talking about the basic I'm just talking about the basic descriptions of the pen as much descriptions of the pen as much descriptions of the pen as much as I can describe it so you want as I can describe it so you want as I can describe it so you want to try to ring as much out of a to try to ring as much out of a to try to ring as much out of a particular object as possible particular object as possible particular object as possible all the information that you all the information that you all the information that you know know know so to ring something is like so to ring something is like so to ring something is like when you have a cloth and you when you have a cloth and you when you have a cloth and you have water and you have water and you have water and you bringing it out and all the bringing it out and all the bringing it out and all the water drips out the bottom so water drips out the bottom so water drips out the bottom so you want to suck all of the you want to suck all of the you want to suck all of the information out of something information out of something information out of something even very simple and the fact even very simple and the fact even very simple and the fact that this is simple it helps to that this is simple it helps to that this is simple it helps to constrain you're thinking so to constrain you're thinking so to constrain you're thinking so to focus your thinking on a focus your thinking on a focus your thinking on a particular thing when people particular thing when people particular thing when people start talking in conversation start talking in conversation start talking in conversation lessons i noticed a lot of them lessons i noticed a lot of them lessons i noticed a lot of them they're talking about politics they're talking about politics they're talking about politics or something like that and it or something like that and it or something like that and it almost gives you too much almost gives you too much almost gives you too much information to discuss and that information to discuss and that information to discuss and that shut your brain down so the shut your brain down so the shut your brain down so the reason I take a very simple reason I take a very simple reason I take a very simple object like this and lately I've object like this and lately I've object like this and lately I've been making these up this other been making these up this other been making these up this other video series where I'm talking video series where I'm talking video series where I'm talking about specific things like about specific things like about specific things like describing a pen or whatever describing a pen or whatever describing a pen or whatever maybe a shirt or a hat or shoes maybe a shirt or a hat or shoes maybe a shirt or a hat or shoes or something but I'm just trying or something but I'm just trying or something but I'm just trying to take something very basic to take something very basic to take something very basic just to show you that you really just to show you that you really just to show you that you really can develop fluency and you can can develop fluency and you can can develop fluency and you can actually improve just by actually improve just by actually improve just by describing a little things like describing a little things like describing a little things like this this this so again i'm talking about pen a so again i'm talking about pen a so again i'm talking about pen a pen in this case a black pen pen in this case a black pen pen in this case a black pen this is a pilot super grip of this is a pilot super grip of this is a pilot super grip of seven this is a pan that I got seven this is a pan that I got seven this is a pan that I got here in Japan here in Japan here in Japan so when you begin describing so when you begin describing so when you begin describing something you begin by something you begin by something you begin by practicing just to speak longer practicing just to speak longer practicing just to speak longer by talking about a particular by talking about a particular by talking about a particular object for as long as you can object for as long as you can object for as long as you can so ask yourself questions this so ask yourself questions this so ask yourself questions this is a black pan is this a black is a black pan is this a black is a black pan is this a black pen yes it is pen yes it is pen yes it is so even if it's a question that so even if it's a question that so even if it's a question that you know the answer to the point you know the answer to the point you know the answer to the point is just to train yourself to is just to train yourself to is just to train yourself to speak for a particular length of speak for a particular length of speak for a particular length of time like maybe 45 minutes or if time like maybe 45 minutes or if time like maybe 45 minutes or if you can't even do that for 20 you can't even do that for 20 you can't even do that for 20 seconds and then try to speak seconds and then try to speak seconds and then try to speak longer and longer longer and longer longer and longer so even if i'm talking about so even if i'm talking about so even if i'm talking about this pan like look I've been this pan like look I've been this pan like look I've been talking about this pen or talking about this pen or talking about this pen or something related to this pen something related to this pen something related to this pen for around 0 2 minutes or for around 0 2 minutes or for around 0 2 minutes or something like that and there's something like that and there's something like that and there's nothing amazing about what i'm nothing amazing about what i'm nothing amazing about what i'm doing i'm not even using a doing i'm not even using a doing i'm not even using a really complicated vocabulary really complicated vocabulary really complicated vocabulary I'm just talking about the basic I'm just talking about the basic I'm just talking about the basic shape of a pain in the way that shape of a pain in the way that shape of a pain in the way that a basic native speaker would or a basic native speaker would or a basic native speaker would or maybe not a native speaker but maybe not a native speaker but maybe not a native speaker but somebody that's just learning somebody that's just learning somebody that's just learning the language it's learning this the language it's learning this the language it's learning this is a long pan this is a pan is is a long pan this is a pan is is a long pan this is a pan is this app and yes it is this is a this app and yes it is this is a this app and yes it is this is a pan is this a cat pan is this a cat pan is this a cat no it isn't it is not a cat so no it isn't it is not a cat so no it isn't it is not a cat so I'm just I'm even just saying I'm just I'm even just saying I'm just I'm even just saying sentences that maybe don't mean sentences that maybe don't mean sentences that maybe don't mean anything its there's no real anything its there's no real anything its there's no real relevance in my everyday life to relevance in my everyday life to relevance in my everyday life to talk about is this a cat no it talk about is this a cat no it talk about is this a cat no it isn't but the point is that i'm isn't but the point is that i'm isn't but the point is that i'm using the language so that I've using the language so that I've using the language so that I've become able to use it for a become able to use it for a become able to use it for a longer period of time longer period of time longer period of time so when I do that I'm training so when I do that I'm training so when I do that I'm training myself to to start thinking of myself to to start thinking of myself to to start thinking of ways of responding to questions ways of responding to questions ways of responding to questions or to start thinking of things i or to start thinking of things i or to start thinking of things i can say in a particular can say in a particular can say in a particular situation such that they appear situation such that they appear situation such that they appear to me automatically to me automatically to me automatically so what I'm really doing in this so what I'm really doing in this so what I'm really doing in this is the second part of this is is the second part of this is is the second part of this is I'm thinking about what to say I'm thinking about what to say I'm thinking about what to say as I'm saying something else so as I'm saying something else so as I'm saying something else so if i try to start talking about if i try to start talking about if i try to start talking about one thing it's generally one thing it's generally one thing it's generally creating ideas in my mind about creating ideas in my mind about creating ideas in my mind about what i want to say next that are what i want to say next that are what i want to say next that are related to that thing related to that thing related to that thing so I have kind of a particular so I have kind of a particular so I have kind of a particular goal that I have like in the goal that I have like in the goal that I have like in the case of this video my goal is to case of this video my goal is to case of this video my goal is to help you speak more at length so help you speak more at length so help you speak more at length so to speak at length means to to speak at length means to to speak at length means to speak for a long time and really speak for a long time and really speak for a long time and really just talk about things it just talk about things it just talk about things it doesn't matter what you're doesn't matter what you're doesn't matter what you're talking about but just to get talking about but just to get talking about but just to get into the habit of being able to into the habit of being able to into the habit of being able to speak for an extended period of speak for an extended period of speak for an extended period of time about something so even time about something so even time about something so even something as simple as a pin something as simple as a pin something as simple as a pin if you can't talk about a pin if you can't talk about a pin if you can't talk about a pin for one minute then it's going for one minute then it's going for one minute then it's going to be even more difficult to to be even more difficult to to be even more difficult to talk about politics talk about politics talk about politics I know that sounds really weird I know that sounds really weird I know that sounds really weird because really there's a million because really there's a million because really there's a million things you could talk about with things you could talk about with things you could talk about with that but the idea comes back to that but the idea comes back to that but the idea comes back to focusing your mind and when you focusing your mind and when you focusing your mind and when you have too many options to talk have too many options to talk have too many options to talk about things about things about things that's what really kind of trips that's what really kind of trips that's what really kind of trips you up so in general in my own you up so in general in my own you up so in general in my own mind I'm thinking about what i mind I'm thinking about what i mind I'm thinking about what i want to say as I'm saying want to say as I'm saying want to say as I'm saying something else something else something else so right now if I'm talking so right now if I'm talking so right now if I'm talking about this pen in the back of my about this pen in the back of my about this pen in the back of my mind I'm thinking okay is this mind I'm thinking okay is this mind I'm thinking okay is this leading me to the main point is leading me to the main point is leading me to the main point is this like kind of staying this like kind of staying this like kind of staying attached to that or is this attached to that or is this attached to that or is this going off on a tangent as I going off on a tangent as I going off on a tangent as I sometimes do in this series sometimes do in this series sometimes do in this series or is it helping people or now or is it helping people or now or is it helping people or now can I talk about like the pen can I talk about like the pen can I talk about like the pen itself itself itself can I talk about the shape of it can I talk about the shape of it can I talk about the shape of it can i talked about how it was can i talked about how it was can i talked about how it was made made made excuse me or where it was from excuse me or where it was from excuse me or where it was from or you know maybe how long I've or you know maybe how long I've or you know maybe how long I've had it something like that had it something like that had it something like that there are lots of different ways there are lots of different ways there are lots of different ways to approach discussing even to approach discussing even to approach discussing even something as simple as a pin so something as simple as a pin so something as simple as a pin so i know people think well this is i know people think well this is i know people think well this is kind of boring we're just kind of boring we're just kind of boring we're just talking about a pen there's talking about a pen there's talking about a pen there's nothing amazing about that but nothing amazing about that but nothing amazing about that but actually the point is again just actually the point is again just actually the point is again just to use something simple like to use something simple like to use something simple like this and sometimes I'm this and sometimes I'm this and sometimes I'm reiterating i'm speaking again reiterating i'm speaking again reiterating i'm speaking again and again about a particular and again about a particular and again about a particular thing because again this is part thing because again this is part thing because again this is part of being able to speak at length of being able to speak at length of being able to speak at length and part of that is really when and part of that is really when and part of that is really when you're trying to make sure you're trying to make sure you're trying to make sure you're connecting with the you're connecting with the you're connecting with the audience and making sure they audience and making sure they audience and making sure they remember something because you remember something because you remember something because you do have to repeat things over do have to repeat things over do have to repeat things over and over again to make sure that and over again to make sure that and over again to make sure that your point is heard your point is heard your point is heard often people that are like often people that are like often people that are like really fantastic marketers really fantastic marketers really fantastic marketers this is a problem i have because this is a problem i have because this is a problem i have because i have a Bible like a tendency i have a Bible like a tendency i have a Bible like a tendency like to try to go into a whole like to try to go into a whole like to try to go into a whole bunch of things and teach a bunch of things and teach a bunch of things and teach a whole bunch of information but whole bunch of information but whole bunch of information but really it's best to keep things really it's best to keep things really it's best to keep things simple and just to repeat those simple and just to repeat those simple and just to repeat those pieces of information over and pieces of information over and pieces of information over and over again over again over again so the first part of this is to so the first part of this is to so the first part of this is to take a basic object whatever take a basic object whatever take a basic object whatever that is and just try to think that is and just try to think that is and just try to think about approaching it from a few about approaching it from a few about approaching it from a few different angles so approaching different angles so approaching different angles so approaching it from a few different angles it from a few different angles it from a few different angles being how it was made being how it was made being how it was made where did you get it how long where did you get it how long where did you get it how long have you had it or even like have you had it or even like have you had it or even like what else could you do with this what else could you do with this what else could you do with this pan or like you could tell a pan or like you could tell a pan or like you could tell a story thats related to this pan story thats related to this pan story thats related to this pan or pens in general something or pens in general something or pens in general something like that like that like that oh my father used to work at a oh my father used to work at a oh my father used to work at a pan factory and i'm just i'm pan factory and i'm just i'm pan factory and i'm just i'm thinking about ways to connect thinking about ways to connect thinking about ways to connect this pen with other things and this pen with other things and this pen with other things and more connections you can build more connections you can build more connections you can build the more you practice doing that the more you practice doing that the more you practice doing that the more your mind will the more your mind will the more your mind will automatically do that when automatically do that when automatically do that when you're just in regular you're just in regular you're just in regular conversations so here i am i'm conversations so here i am i'm conversations so here i am i'm talking about this pin but at talking about this pin but at talking about this pin but at the same time in my mind I'm the same time in my mind I'm the same time in my mind I'm thinking about different ways to thinking about different ways to thinking about different ways to create ideas or connect ideas create ideas or connect ideas create ideas or connect ideas with this pen so this pain is a with this pen so this pain is a with this pen so this pain is a very simple object but it's only very simple object but it's only very simple object but it's only simple if you think about it simple if you think about it simple if you think about it that way if you think wow this that way if you think wow this that way if you think wow this is actually a really cool thing is actually a really cool thing is actually a really cool thing it's got lots of connections it's got lots of connections it's got lots of connections that are helping me talk about that are helping me talk about that are helping me talk about or bring other things into the or bring other things into the or bring other things into the discussion into the conversation discussion into the conversation discussion into the conversation then wow like it actually is a then wow like it actually is a then wow like it actually is a pretty interesting thing pretty interesting thing pretty interesting thing so this uh this is actually a so this uh this is actually a so this uh this is actually a pen that i got from the the pen that i got from the the pen that i got from the the president of a local company he president of a local company he president of a local company he was saying hey thanks so much was saying hey thanks so much was saying hey thanks so much for doing some great writing for for doing some great writing for for doing some great writing for us and he gave me this pan us and he gave me this pan us and he gave me this pan actually that's not a true story actually that's not a true story actually that's not a true story but this is just a great example but this is just a great example but this is just a great example of how you can even just make up of how you can even just make up of how you can even just make up a story just for the purposes of a story just for the purposes of a story just for the purposes of explaining something now right explaining something now right explaining something now right now I'm speaking quite quickly now I'm speaking quite quickly now I'm speaking quite quickly because this is an advanced because this is an advanced because this is an advanced listening practice lesson but listening practice lesson but listening practice lesson but let's slow it down for a second let's slow it down for a second let's slow it down for a second and we'll just take it more to and we'll just take it more to and we'll just take it more to an intermediate or basic way of an intermediate or basic way of an intermediate or basic way of describing something describing something describing something so again I really just want to so again I really just want to so again I really just want to make this very clear for you make this very clear for you make this very clear for you while i'm talking about this i'm while i'm talking about this i'm while i'm talking about this i'm thinking of ideas in my mind thinking of ideas in my mind thinking of ideas in my mind that are connecting with this that are connecting with this that are connecting with this thing and at the beginning when thing and at the beginning when thing and at the beginning when you start doing this you start doing this you start doing this this is red is this red no it is this is red is this red no it is this is red is this red no it is not oh this is not ready not oh this is not ready not oh this is not ready this is a black pan this pan is this is a black pan this pan is this is a black pan this pan is black black black this is black this object is this is black this object is this is black this object is black now i'm at the beginning black now i'm at the beginning black now i'm at the beginning i'm just saying things that are i'm just saying things that are i'm just saying things that are talking about the description of talking about the description of talking about the description of it physically describing the pan it physically describing the pan it physically describing the pan but I can talk about how i use but I can talk about how i use but I can talk about how i use the pan so i use this pen for the pan so i use this pen for the pan so i use this pen for writing or I don't use this pan writing or I don't use this pan writing or I don't use this pan for brushing my teeth and I'm for brushing my teeth and I'm for brushing my teeth and I'm just using ideas that are just using ideas that are just using ideas that are helping me connect this thing helping me connect this thing helping me connect this thing while in the back of my mind I while in the back of my mind I while in the back of my mind I have maybe a few have maybe a few have maybe a few it's almost like a program that it's almost like a program that it's almost like a program that i run so can I talk about the i run so can I talk about the i run so can I talk about the history history history can I talk about the use of it can I talk about the use of it can I talk about the use of it can I talk about maybe where i can I talk about maybe where i can I talk about maybe where i received this pen something like received this pen something like received this pen something like that but this is how you train that but this is how you train that but this is how you train yourself to number one yourself to number one yourself to number one speak at length but also to get speak at length but also to get speak at length but also to get your mind thinking so that your mind thinking so that your mind thinking so that you're not in a conversation you're not in a conversation you're not in a conversation thinking a and this is really a thinking a and this is really a thinking a and this is really a skill that you can develop in skill that you can develop in skill that you can develop in your own language because it your own language because it your own language because it helps you understand how it helps you understand how it helps you understand how it works just the process of being works just the process of being works just the process of being able to think about things so i able to think about things so i able to think about things so i think even a few people have think even a few people have think even a few people have commented below like what I'm commented below like what I'm commented below like what I'm doing right now people they can doing right now people they can doing right now people they can actually speak about something actually speak about something actually speak about something for you no more than a minute for you no more than a minute for you no more than a minute something like that even in something like that even in something like that even in their native language their native language their native language so if you can develop this habit so if you can develop this habit so if you can develop this habit a lot of the habits i developed a lot of the habits i developed a lot of the habits i developed that helped me got that helped that helped me got that helped that helped me got that helped me become fluent or help me get me become fluent or help me get me become fluent or help me get fluent are the same things i fluent are the same things i fluent are the same things i used in order to like be more used in order to like be more used in order to like be more successful my everyday life in successful my everyday life in successful my everyday life in english as an English speaker so english as an English speaker so english as an English speaker so being able to walk up to people being able to walk up to people being able to walk up to people i don't know and say hey like i don't know and say hey like i don't know and say hey like can I get directions to a can I get directions to a can I get directions to a particular location so let's say particular location so let's say particular location so let's say I'm an American because I am an I'm an American because I am an I'm an American because I am an American but I'm in a different American but I'm in a different American but I'm in a different city like Seattle or San city like Seattle or San city like Seattle or San Francisco or Cincinnati Francisco or Cincinnati Francisco or Cincinnati it doesn't matter where I am if it doesn't matter where I am if it doesn't matter where I am if I have a very weak confidence in I have a very weak confidence in I have a very weak confidence in general for walking up to people general for walking up to people general for walking up to people and saying hey can you help me and saying hey can you help me and saying hey can you help me give me directions to a give me directions to a give me directions to a particular place then i'm going particular place then i'm going particular place then i'm going to be lost but if I don't have to be lost but if I don't have to be lost but if I don't have that problem i can just walk up that problem i can just walk up that problem i can just walk up and say hey excuse me can you and say hey excuse me can you and say hey excuse me can you help me find you know whatever help me find you know whatever help me find you know whatever this place it is i'm looking for this place it is i'm looking for this place it is i'm looking for so this is a skill that i so this is a skill that i so this is a skill that i developed in my native language developed in my native language developed in my native language that I now carry over to using that I now carry over to using that I now carry over to using when i'm in speaking in Japanese when i'm in speaking in Japanese when i'm in speaking in Japanese so because I don't have a so because I don't have a so because I don't have a problem asking people i don't problem asking people i don't problem asking people i don't know about know about know about hey where is this or where is hey where is this or where is hey where is this or where is that something like that even if that something like that even if that something like that even if I make a mistake in Japanese I I make a mistake in Japanese I I make a mistake in Japanese I don't have a problem asking don't have a problem asking don't have a problem asking people for help people for help people for help so this is the kind of thing so this is the kind of thing so this is the kind of thing just in the same way that you just in the same way that you just in the same way that you can practice speaking for a long can practice speaking for a long can practice speaking for a long period of time and right now period of time and right now period of time and right now he's just like a little thing he's just like a little thing he's just like a little thing that sits in the back of my mind that sits in the back of my mind that sits in the back of my mind as I'm describing this as I'm describing this as I'm describing this I'm remembering an idea or I'm I'm remembering an idea or I'm I'm remembering an idea or I'm remembering a time from may be remembering a time from may be remembering a time from may be my fourth grade when we had to my fourth grade when we had to my fourth grade when we had to give presentations in front of give presentations in front of give presentations in front of the class and just stand up for the class and just stand up for the class and just stand up for a minute and give a presentation a minute and give a presentation a minute and give a presentation about whatever we wanted to about whatever we wanted to about whatever we wanted to actually the kind of tricky actually the kind of tricky actually the kind of tricky thing about it was we couldn't thing about it was we couldn't thing about it was we couldn't prepare for it prepare for it prepare for it I think like all of the students I think like all of the students I think like all of the students just wrote you know the name of just wrote you know the name of just wrote you know the name of some object or something like some object or something like some object or something like that it could be a person or an that it could be a person or an that it could be a person or an object or something down on a object or something down on a object or something down on a piece of paper and then the piece of paper and then the piece of paper and then the teacher would pull out at random teacher would pull out at random teacher would pull out at random a piece of paper with the name a piece of paper with the name a piece of paper with the name of that thing on it and so the of that thing on it and so the of that thing on it and so the student had to stand up in front student had to stand up in front student had to stand up in front of the class so all it's already of the class so all it's already of the class so all it's already embarrassing you know standing embarrassing you know standing embarrassing you know standing in front of the class and being in front of the class and being in front of the class and being the one that like everybody is the one that like everybody is the one that like everybody is looking at because you know as a looking at because you know as a looking at because you know as a kid that's pretty scary and kid that's pretty scary and kid that's pretty scary and embarrassing but also you didn't embarrassing but also you didn't embarrassing but also you didn't really know what exactly it was really know what exactly it was really know what exactly it was you're going to talk about how you're going to talk about how you're going to talk about how you're going to describe it you're going to describe it you're going to describe it so now I don't have a problem so now I don't have a problem so now I don't have a problem doing that at all but i remember doing that at all but i remember doing that at all but i remember getting up and I even like the getting up and I even like the getting up and I even like the funny thing about what I did so funny thing about what I did so funny thing about what I did so this is back in again like this is back in again like this is back in again like fourth grade and I'm sitting fourth grade and I'm sitting fourth grade and I'm sitting there and my name gets called there and my name gets called there and my name gets called and I'm like oh shit like I and I'm like oh shit like I and I'm like oh shit like I don't want to get up in front of don't want to get up in front of don't want to get up in front of the class and you know i'm going the class and you know i'm going the class and you know i'm going to say something stupid to say something stupid to say something stupid now the interesting thing about now the interesting thing about now the interesting thing about my cases that they actually my cases that they actually my cases that they actually pulled the car that I wrote pulled the car that I wrote pulled the car that I wrote so even though i wrote the thing so even though i wrote the thing so even though i wrote the thing it was about plants or something it was about plants or something it was about plants or something i just wrote like plants on it i just wrote like plants on it i just wrote like plants on it or something and like I couldn't or something and like I couldn't or something and like I couldn't speak for like a minute about speak for like a minute about speak for like a minute about plants even though that was the plants even though that was the plants even though that was the thing i wrote i think maybe I thing i wrote i think maybe I thing i wrote i think maybe I was really nervous about it but was really nervous about it but was really nervous about it but it just goes to show it just goes to show it just goes to show so this is an example of so this is an example of so this is an example of something that goes to show that something that goes to show that something that goes to show that if you don't practice doing this if you don't practice doing this if you don't practice doing this it's not something that you it's not something that you it's not something that you would be able to do naturally would be able to do naturally would be able to do naturally for a lot of reasons number one for a lot of reasons number one for a lot of reasons number one because it's kind of because it's kind of because it's kind of embarrassing if you make a embarrassing if you make a embarrassing if you make a mistake if you don't know what mistake if you don't know what mistake if you don't know what you're talking about you're talking about you're talking about or if you can't you know be able or if you can't you know be able or if you can't you know be able to speak it fluently and and to speak it fluently and and to speak it fluently and and continuously about something continuously about something continuously about something then you maybe feel or seem a then you maybe feel or seem a then you maybe feel or seem a little bit awkward but also it little bit awkward but also it little bit awkward but also it just shows like you're not quite just shows like you're not quite just shows like you're not quite prepared for what it is you want prepared for what it is you want prepared for what it is you want to speak about to speak about to speak about so in my case I was standing up so in my case I was standing up so in my case I was standing up there and like I was thinking there and like I was thinking there and like I was thinking about plants like how do I about plants like how do I about plants like how do I describe plants and i was like describe plants and i was like describe plants and i was like ok they have leaves and you know ok they have leaves and you know ok they have leaves and you know your your your mind gets focused your your your mind gets focused your your your mind gets focused on Blake what I don't know or on Blake what I don't know or on Blake what I don't know or like all the information I don't like all the information I don't like all the information I don't have have have but if you think about but if you think about but if you think about restricting your information to restricting your information to restricting your information to something very specific ok let's something very specific ok let's something very specific ok let's go through the list i want to go through the list i want to go through the list i want to talk about what this object talk about what this object talk about what this object looks like what are the physical looks like what are the physical looks like what are the physical properties of it and I try to properties of it and I try to properties of it and I try to talk specifically as talk specifically as talk specifically as specifically as i can about as specifically as i can about as specifically as i can about as much of this pan as possible so much of this pan as possible so much of this pan as possible so i could talk maybe even just i could talk maybe even just i could talk maybe even just describing this for I don't know describing this for I don't know describing this for I don't know 20 minutes talking about how we 20 minutes talking about how we 20 minutes talking about how we shape and I like the the shape and I like the the shape and I like the the interesting mechanics of the pen interesting mechanics of the pen interesting mechanics of the pen on the inside so we can open on the inside so we can open on the inside so we can open this pan up this pan up this pan up I could let's see if it even I could let's see if it even I could let's see if it even opens up ok so you have to opens up ok so you have to opens up ok so you have to unscrew the front part we've got unscrew the front part we've got unscrew the front part we've got the actual ink cartridge on the the actual ink cartridge on the the actual ink cartridge on the inside and there's a spring here inside and there's a spring here inside and there's a spring here as well and we can talk about as well and we can talk about as well and we can talk about the spring action of this and the spring action of this and the spring action of this and how it opens and closes its got how it opens and closes its got how it opens and closes its got the front little case made out the front little case made out the front little case made out of plastic here of plastic here of plastic here this is this case is plastic this is this case is plastic this is this case is plastic looks like clear plastic or you looks like clear plastic or you looks like clear plastic or you could call that translucent it could call that translucent it could call that translucent it means that the light can shine means that the light can shine means that the light can shine through it so this is clear through it so this is clear through it so this is clear it's not opaque so the opposite it's not opaque so the opposite it's not opaque so the opposite of that again when you're of that again when you're of that again when you're talking about things whenever talking about things whenever talking about things whenever you describe something you can you describe something you can you describe something you can always talk about the opposite always talk about the opposite always talk about the opposite of something else of something else of something else so maybe like instead of saying so maybe like instead of saying so maybe like instead of saying like I have a smile on my face like I have a smile on my face like I have a smile on my face you could say I don't have a you could say I don't have a you could say I don't have a frown something I don't have a frown something I don't have a frown something I don't have a sad face sad face sad face so when you maybe know some so when you maybe know some so when you maybe know some vocabulary for something you vocabulary for something you vocabulary for something you actually have like twice the actually have like twice the actually have like twice the vocabulary because you can vocabulary because you can vocabulary because you can describe something one way or describe something one way or describe something one way or you could describe it in a you could describe it in a you could describe it in a different way so I'm actually different way so I'm actually different way so I'm actually going to put the cap back on going to put the cap back on going to put the cap back on this and then put the ink back this and then put the ink back this and then put the ink back inside the actual pen itself inside the actual pen itself inside the actual pen itself it's got a rubber guard on it it's got a rubber guard on it it's got a rubber guard on it so this is like the hand grip so this is like the hand grip so this is like the hand grip right here rubber grip and it's right here rubber grip and it's right here rubber grip and it's got its a couple of lines on got its a couple of lines on got its a couple of lines on here so your hand doesn't slip here so your hand doesn't slip here so your hand doesn't slip and you can push on the top here and you can push on the top here and you can push on the top here to load the actual pen to load the actual pen to load the actual pen so to keep the pen from coming so to keep the pen from coming so to keep the pen from coming out and maybe writing when it out and maybe writing when it out and maybe writing when it shouldn't are getting ink when shouldn't are getting ink when shouldn't are getting ink when it shouldn't you can release it it shouldn't you can release it it shouldn't you can release it back into the pan so it's back into the pan so it's back into the pan so it's actually really interesting actually really interesting actually really interesting mechanism and again I'm like mechanism and again I'm like mechanism and again I'm like obviously I'm a fluent speaker obviously I'm a fluent speaker obviously I'm a fluent speaker in my vocabulary is probably in my vocabulary is probably in my vocabulary is probably larger than yours but these larger than yours but these larger than yours but these aren't things that are difficult aren't things that are difficult aren't things that are difficult to learn to learn to learn it's just being interested in it's just being interested in it's just being interested in something like this and something like this and something like this and recognizing the potential of recognizing the potential of recognizing the potential of even something as basic as a pin even something as basic as a pin even something as basic as a pin to give you a lot of practice to give you a lot of practice to give you a lot of practice with your fluency with your fluency with your fluency so these kind of two things I'd so these kind of two things I'd so these kind of two things I'd like you to think about four like you to think about four like you to think about four the video again I am repeating the video again I am repeating the video again I am repeating things I want to come back so we things I want to come back so we things I want to come back so we talk about some things and I try talk about some things and I try talk about some things and I try to repeat them at the end to to repeat them at the end to to repeat them at the end to make sure they're remembering or make sure they're remembering or make sure they're remembering or you're remembering them that you're remembering them that you're remembering them that they are memorable they are memorable they are memorable so this one is the first one is so this one is the first one is so this one is the first one is when you're trying to think when you're trying to think when you're trying to think about describing something just about describing something just about describing something just to develop the ability to speak to develop the ability to speak to develop the ability to speak at a longer rate or for a longer at a longer rate or for a longer at a longer rate or for a longer period of time period of time period of time the most important thing is just the most important thing is just the most important thing is just to take something simple so it to take something simple so it to take something simple so it doesn't get your mind thinking doesn't get your mind thinking doesn't get your mind thinking of how about a whole bunch of of how about a whole bunch of of how about a whole bunch of things that like again like with things that like again like with things that like again like with politics or philosophies become politics or philosophies become politics or philosophies become much more difficult to talk much more difficult to talk much more difficult to talk about you just want to develop about you just want to develop about you just want to develop the habit of being able to speak the habit of being able to speak the habit of being able to speak for a longer period of time and for a longer period of time and for a longer period of time and you do that by just describing you do that by just describing you do that by just describing something as best you can this something as best you can this something as best you can this is long or this is longer than a is long or this is longer than a is long or this is longer than a pencil this is longer than a pencil this is longer than a pencil this is longer than a mouse this is longer than any mouse this is longer than any mouse this is longer than any racer and make as many sentences racer and make as many sentences racer and make as many sentences you can just to get to the you can just to get to the you can just to get to the process of being able to speak process of being able to speak process of being able to speak like that automatically and the like that automatically and the like that automatically and the more you do that the more you more you do that the more you more you do that the more you will actually develop fluency to will actually develop fluency to will actually develop fluency to be able to speak about maybe be able to speak about maybe be able to speak about maybe even more complex things or even even more complex things or even even more complex things or even you know like the things like you know like the things like you know like the things like philosophy or politics but philosophy or politics but philosophy or politics but really when you're in a really when you're in a really when you're in a situation where you have to talk situation where you have to talk situation where you have to talk about philosophy or politics and about philosophy or politics and about philosophy or politics and you don't really know much you don't really know much you don't really know much that's your opportunity to learn that's your opportunity to learn that's your opportunity to learn so ask people what their views so ask people what their views so ask people what their views are and why they think them in are and why they think them in are and why they think them in like you're you're kind of doing like you're you're kind of doing like you're you're kind of doing the opposite approach where your the opposite approach where your the opposite approach where your again like what's the physical again like what's the physical again like what's the physical thing they're talking about thing they're talking about thing they're talking about what's the history behind that what's the history behind that what's the history behind that thing how is it connected to thing how is it connected to thing how is it connected to other things you're thinking other things you're thinking other things you're thinking about all these things at the about all these things at the about all these things at the same time and then the second same time and then the second same time and then the second part is that when you're part is that when you're part is that when you're thinking about things you're thinking about things you're thinking about things you're asking questions you're also in asking questions you're also in asking questions you're also in the back of your mind because the back of your mind because the back of your mind because you've been practicing your you've been practicing your you've been practicing your starting to get more ideas so starting to get more ideas so starting to get more ideas so that you always have something that you always have something that you always have something new and always a new direction new and always a new direction new and always a new direction and take people in and take people in and take people in so this is exactly what I do in so this is exactly what I do in so this is exactly what I do in my master English conversation my master English conversation my master English conversation lessons when i'm sitting in lessons when i'm sitting in lessons when i'm sitting in talking with people about talking with people about talking with people about particular things now most particular things now most particular things now most people they come on to the people they come on to the people they come on to the program or they join me for a program or they join me for a program or they join me for a video and they're a little bit video and they're a little bit video and they're a little bit nervous because people are you nervous because people are you nervous because people are you know it's kind of new for many know it's kind of new for many know it's kind of new for many people to be in front of the people to be in front of the people to be in front of the camera and speak without any camera and speak without any camera and speak without any rehearsal and the reason i don't rehearsal and the reason i don't rehearsal and the reason i don't have people rehearsals because i have people rehearsals because i have people rehearsals because i really want to have them really want to have them really want to have them be fresh and being able to say be fresh and being able to say be fresh and being able to say things that it's like a real things that it's like a real things that it's like a real conversation so that's why we conversation so that's why we conversation so that's why we don't rehearse anything for don't rehearse anything for don't rehearse anything for actual conversations in master actual conversations in master actual conversations in master English conversation but anyway English conversation but anyway English conversation but anyway so people get on the program and so people get on the program and so people get on the program and they're feeling a little bit they're feeling a little bit they're feeling a little bit nervous but I'm there to direct nervous but I'm there to direct nervous but I'm there to direct them so whenever they talk about them so whenever they talk about them so whenever they talk about something something something excuse me again you drink some excuse me again you drink some excuse me again you drink some water i'm like talking too much water i'm like talking too much water i'm like talking too much over here but anyway so when over here but anyway so when over here but anyway so when people are on the program people are on the program people are on the program maybe they don't know exactly maybe they don't know exactly maybe they don't know exactly what they want to speak about what they want to speak about what they want to speak about for a particular thing there for a particular thing there for a particular thing there thinking okay like I I been thinking okay like I I been thinking okay like I I been asked about like maybe what my asked about like maybe what my asked about like maybe what my job is or my boyfriend or job is or my boyfriend or job is or my boyfriend or girlfriend or something like girlfriend or something like girlfriend or something like that but I don't know what else that but I don't know what else that but I don't know what else he wants me to talk about so he wants me to talk about so he wants me to talk about so that's what I'm leading them on that's what I'm leading them on that's what I'm leading them on to something else to something else to something else oh that's interesting it's oh that's interesting it's oh that's interesting it's interesting how this connects interesting how this connects interesting how this connects with this other thing with this other thing with this other thing so your job as a person is so your job as a person is so your job as a person is trying to learn how to speak in trying to learn how to speak in trying to learn how to speak in other languages to learn to find other languages to learn to find other languages to learn to find as many connections as possible as many connections as possible as many connections as possible that there are easy patterns to that there are easy patterns to that there are easy patterns to this and just as I showed you in this and just as I showed you in this and just as I showed you in this video look at me i'm this video look at me i'm this video look at me i'm talking about a pin and other talking about a pin and other talking about a pin and other things like that like i have no things like that like i have no things like that like i have no script for this at all but it's script for this at all but it's script for this at all but it's just because i'm using just because i'm using just because i'm using connections between things and connections between things and connections between things and this is exactly what you should this is exactly what you should this is exactly what you should be doing to get fluent be doing to get fluent be doing to get fluent so remember to number one you so remember to number one you so remember to number one you want to speak about something want to speak about something want to speak about something for our as long a period of time for our as long a period of time for our as long a period of time as you can even if you're just as you can even if you're just as you can even if you're just saying the same sentence over saying the same sentence over saying the same sentence over and over again with a slightly and over again with a slightly and over again with a slightly different way like this pain is different way like this pain is different way like this pain is longer than a mouse this pain is longer than a mouse this pain is longer than a mouse this pain is longer than an eraser this pain longer than an eraser this pain longer than an eraser this pain is longer than my foot is longer than my foot is longer than my foot if that's true whatever or this if that's true whatever or this if that's true whatever or this pain is not longer than my put pain is not longer than my put pain is not longer than my put my foot this pen is not longer my foot this pen is not longer my foot this pen is not longer than you know a snake or than you know a snake or than you know a snake or something like that something like that something like that so I'm just trying to like again so I'm just trying to like again so I'm just trying to like again get into the habit of speaking get into the habit of speaking get into the habit of speaking about something continuously so about something continuously so about something continuously so that way that way that way I'm training myself to look for I'm training myself to look for I'm training myself to look for connections and I'm doing that connections and I'm doing that connections and I'm doing that kind of intentionally at first kind of intentionally at first kind of intentionally at first but it becomes automatic it but it becomes automatic it but it becomes automatic it becomes something that I can do becomes something that I can do becomes something that I can do my brain does subconsciously my brain does subconsciously my brain does subconsciously when I'm speaking when I'm speaking when I'm speaking so if you can do the same thing so if you can do the same thing so if you can do the same thing and even if you're practicing and even if you're practicing and even if you're practicing first in your native language first in your native language first in your native language that's particularly helpful then that's particularly helpful then that's particularly helpful then feel free to do that then feel free to do that then feel free to do that then practice in your own language practice in your own language practice in your own language first but then go back to first but then go back to first but then go back to english and start doing the same english and start doing the same english and start doing the same thing took take a look at thing took take a look at thing took take a look at something like this and try to something like this and try to something like this and try to like even just write down all like even just write down all like even just write down all the things that you can describe the things that you can describe the things that you can describe about this and get like very about this and get like very about this and get like very specific if you want to start specific if you want to start specific if you want to start with writing that's perfectly with writing that's perfectly with writing that's perfectly fine too but it will get you to fine too but it will get you to fine too but it will get you to think about things almost like a think about things almost like a think about things almost like a template what does it look like template what does it look like template what does it look like physically physically physically where did it come from how is it where did it come from how is it where did it come from how is it made what is it connected to made what is it connected to made what is it connected to this looks like something else this looks like something else this looks like something else this brings back this memory of this brings back this memory of this brings back this memory of this other thing i had when i this other thing i had when i this other thing i had when i was a kid and all these things was a kid and all these things was a kid and all these things are examples of giving you in are examples of giving you in are examples of giving you in this very video so go back this very video so go back this very video so go back watch this video a couple of watch this video a couple of watch this video a couple of times actually it's really times actually it's really times actually it's really important video and if you're important video and if you're important video and if you're watching this you're still watching this you're still watching this you're still watching this right now watching this right now watching this right now I applaud you that's fantastic I applaud you that's fantastic I applaud you that's fantastic you've been sitting here you've been sitting here you've been sitting here watching me speak for like 20 watching me speak for like 20 watching me speak for like 20 minutes minutes minutes I can't believe I'm talking for I can't believe I'm talking for I can't believe I'm talking for like 20 minutes about this video like 20 minutes about this video like 20 minutes about this video anyway that's it for this video anyway that's it for this video anyway that's it for this video I don't want to give you too I don't want to give you too I don't want to give you too much information but hopefully much information but hopefully much information but hopefully I've given you a lot of hope and I've given you a lot of hope and I've given you a lot of hope and show you some very specific ways show you some very specific ways show you some very specific ways that you can develop your that you can develop your that you can develop your fluency fluency fluency well now i need to go relax and well now i need to go relax and well now i need to go relax and get some water and soothe soothe get some water and soothe soothe get some water and soothe soothe my throat because i'm speaking my throat because i'm speaking my throat because i'm speaking too much over here but it's been too much over here but it's been too much over here but it's been a pleasure hopefully I'm giving a pleasure hopefully I'm giving a pleasure hopefully I'm giving you some really great tips here you some really great tips here you some really great tips here that are helping you express that are helping you express that are helping you express yourself more fluently yourself more fluently yourself more fluently get out in practice don't just get out in practice don't just get out in practice don't just sit here like this and watch sit here like this and watch sit here like this and watch these videos these videos these videos I want you to get out and use I want you to get out and use I want you to get out and use what you learn start picking out what you learn start picking out what you learn start picking out anything like when you're on the anything like when you're on the anything like when you're on the bus or you're at school or bus or you're at school or bus or you're at school or you're at work you're visiting you're at work you're visiting you're at work you're visiting your family while you're having your family while you're having your family while you're having dinner look at even something dinner look at even something dinner look at even something like chopsticks or a fork or a like chopsticks or a fork or a like chopsticks or a fork or a knife or anything specific like knife or anything specific like knife or anything specific like that and just start talking that and just start talking that and just start talking about it like even if you're about it like even if you're about it like even if you're just talking in your head that's just talking in your head that's just talking in your head that's just fine but that will get you just fine but that will get you just fine but that will get you to start speaking more fluently to start speaking more fluently to start speaking more fluently I hope you've enjoyed this video I hope you've enjoyed this video I hope you've enjoyed this video do give this video you know do give this video you know do give this video you know 20likes if you can or tell like 20likes if you can or tell like 20likes if you can or tell like all your friends and family hey all your friends and family hey all your friends and family hey you should like this video you should like this video you should like this video because this is a really because this is a really because this is a really important video that will teach important video that will teach important video that will teach you how to speak fluently again you how to speak fluently again you how to speak fluently again fluency is not about learning a fluency is not about learning a fluency is not about learning a whole bunch of words it's about whole bunch of words it's about whole bunch of words it's about the habit of speaking such that the habit of speaking such that the habit of speaking such that you can speak continuously and you can speak continuously and you can speak continuously and while you're speaking you're while you're speaking you're while you're speaking you're also thinking about other things also thinking about other things also thinking about other things to say to say to say so you never run out of things so you never run out of things so you never run out of things to talk about in conversations to talk about in conversations to talk about in conversations you'll never be boring again but you'll never be boring again but you'll never be boring again but just kind of as an aside this is just kind of as an aside this is just kind of as an aside this is when you want to speak when you want to speak when you want to speak the other time it's really the other time it's really the other time it's really important to listen so be sure important to listen so be sure important to listen so be sure to listen especially when you to listen especially when you to listen especially when you don't know what's happening and don't know what's happening and don't know what's happening and you want to learn a bunch of new you want to learn a bunch of new you want to learn a bunch of new vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary anyway have a fantastic day to anyway have a fantastic day to anyway have a fantastic day to become a subscriber to the become a subscriber to the become a subscriber to the English anyone . com youtube English anyone . com youtube English anyone . com youtube 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